The need of repentance – Jezus is Heere

Acts 20:26-27 KJV – 26 Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. 27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.

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James 2:24 KJV Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.

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𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐃, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐠𝐢𝐟𝐭.

Acts 17:30 KJV

“And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:”

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“How tragic it is when people think they do God a great service by coming to church and participating in the worship service without repenting of their sins!”~~Shared

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Look at the first word in the following verses:

“𝐑𝐄𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐓 ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; And He shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you” (Acts 3:19-20 KJV).

Repent—that little word may never be spoken from many pulpits; however, whether or not it is spoken, it is still required. Sin must be repented in order for healing to come.

Repent—“repent, metanoeo….: From meta, “after,” and noeo, “to think.” Repentance is a decision that results in a change of mind, which in turn leads to a change of purpose and action.”

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐄𝐄𝐃 𝐎𝐅 𝐑𝐄𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄?

2 Corinthians 7:10 KJV – For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

When one considers the meaning of “repentance” when it is used in Scripture, one must recognize the context in light of the circumstances. It is quite obvious that a righteous, all-powerful, and all-knowing God would never have the need to repent as we commonly know and use the term, because God cannot sin. But to use this word in the same context when referring to the repentance God requires of mankind in salvation is very deceptive.

Those who have never been convicted of their sins and turned from their sins to God, like to think that this is not necessary in salvation. They claim that because God repents of certain actions, and God can’t sin, therefore repentance in the Scriptures does not refer to repentance of sin. This is where man in his natural and unenlightened thinking perverts and wrests the Scriptures to their own destruction. They have never experienced the miracle of the new birth (John 3:7), so their understanding has never been opened.

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝟔:𝟔, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐰 “𝐢𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭”, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬. 𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐇𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭……𝐍𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝟐𝟑:𝟏𝟗 𝐊𝐉𝐕 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐞; 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭: 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐢𝐭? 𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝? (See also Exodus 32:14, Jonah 3:10, 1 Samuel 15:35)

Repentance regarding the sins of mankind means a fundamental and thorough change in the hearts of man from sin and toward God. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, but only because a new Master rules in the hearts and lives of the regenerate. Repentance of sin and faith in Christ (Acts 20:21) cannot be separated. They are like two sides of the one coin. You cannot have one without the other, otherwise it is fake.

It was sin that made the Saviour die, not unbelief. “Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures….” Unless and until our sins are dealt with, there can be no true saving faith and no repentance to salvation.

Isaiah 59:2 KJV – But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.

The cry of repentance is the first cry God hears from convicted hearts by the Holy Spirit as they genuinely seek the Lord. Those with a false peace and a false salvation do not seek because they believe they are saved. It is not a matter of which sins we are to repent of, but a matter of repenting of what we are. Those who refuse to repent of their sins use such arguments as “but how do we know which sins to repent of as we don’t know all our sins.”

It is not a matter of that lame excuse to continue in sin and spiritual blindness, but it is understanding that we have missed the mark and fallen short of the glory of God. We must realize we are lost in sin and we cannot help ourselves, before we can be saved. We must feel our deep need of a Saviour and with a repentant heart, knowing that “my sins” in their entirety caused the Saviour to die the death deserved by me, and by the eye of faith look away to Calvary and see “my sins” removed as far as the east is from the west. True saving faith is a repentant faith.

Then I am saved, “by grace are ye saved through faith”, and I go on my way rejoicing. God does the rest. At that very moment of conversion God sanctifies the believer. He gives the repentant sinner a brand-new divine nature (2 Pet. 1:4) through the fruit of the Spirit (Ga. 5:22-23); a brand new heart, a brand new spirit (Ezek. 36:26), and thus the genuine believer can never be the same again.

This is the miracle of the new birth performed by God on contrite, convicted and believing hearts where Christ has come to dwell and old things are passed away; all things are become new (2 Cor. 5:17). This is regeneration, not reformation, which is works based, empty and vain. Good works are not the root of salvation, but the fruit of salvation, therefore “by their fruits ye shall know them.”

𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝‘𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭 “𝐁𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬” 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐢𝐭. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 “𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝” 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐨𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐧, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐨𝐝.

“Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:” Ezekiel 13:22

False prophets encourage people to continue in sin by not telling them that they need to turn (repent) from their wicked ways. When people sin, faithful preachers must not let them continue thinking they are acceptable before God. If we do not rebuke them, they will be lost, if they continue to refuse to repent of their sin.~~Shared

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David killed Goliath with a stone 𝐁𝐄𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄 he was anointed from God as king. He committed adultery with Bathsheba and had her husband killed 𝐀𝐅𝐓𝐄𝐑 he became king. Then he repented and was thereafter known as a man after God’s own heart… 𝐘𝐎𝐔 might have started out strong and then royally messed up by falling back into sin, but that doesn’t mean you have to 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐘 in that mess! Repentance makes all the difference. If it wasn’t for David repenting from his sins and turning back to God, who knows what could’ve become of him. But because he repented, he officially became one of the only men in the Bible known as a man after God’s own heart. Your sin doesn’t have to become who you are. Repent and become who you’re meant to be instead: a blood bought, born again, redeemed and forgiven child of the One True God! Your story doesn’t end until your life ends. If you’re still breathing, you still have time to repent and make an eternal difference! ~~Shared

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“𝐈𝐟 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐬, 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐮𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐮𝐧𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬.” (1 John 1:9 KJV) The misconception with this Scripture is that those involved in sin do not understand what “confessing” denotes. It is not just an awareness of sin or being sorry for sin, although these are part of it. King Herod was very much aware of wrong-doing when he ordered John the Baptist’s head on a plate for John’s rebuke of his and Herodias’ unlawful union. “𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲…” (Mark 6:26-27 KJV) But he did not repent – 𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐍 from doing what he knew was wrong. “𝐘𝐞𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐚𝐭𝐡‘𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐤𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭…” Confession involves 𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 from sin. If we acknowledge that an act is sin, then we must realize that God hates sin and that we must not love what He hates else we are not in fellowship with him. Read further in 1 John. “𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐲 𝐰𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐢𝐟 𝐰𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬. 𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡, 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐦.” (1 John 2:3-4 KJV) “𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲, 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥, 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐥, 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐭…” (Romans 13:9 KJV) ~~Shared

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Saying, “Sorry,” being sorry, or even feeling sorry are not the same as repenting. A person can feel emotionally sorry for something without addressing the underlying issue. “For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.” (2 Corinthians 7:10) Judas felt great remorse over what he had done to Jesus, but he did not repent. Instead, he committed suicide. (Matthew 27:3–5) Peter also felt great remorse over his denial of Christ (Matthew 26:75), but in his case it did result in genuine repentance and a change of direction, as later he boldly proclaimed Christ in the face of persecution. (see Acts 4) ~~Shared

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When was the last time you changed your mind that it didn’t lead to a change in your thinking? If you changed your mind about your sin, would you blissfully continue sinning or do something about it? It is nonsensical to say that true repentance (a change of mind) doesn’t bring about a change in actions.~~Shared

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As a young man I resisted God and sinned a lot … even though He showed me kindness and rescued me many times. Finally, He warned me: “This is your last chance!” At that moment I felt intense conviction of sin, and the fear of God caused my heart to pound. I truly repented of my sins, surrendered my life to the Lord and was then gloriously filled with the Holy Spirit. Scripture says the goodness of God leads men to repentance (Rom 2:4), but maybe you need to reconsider your definition of love and goodness. Remember, the goodness of a loving Father also includes serious warnings, uncomfortable discipline and painful correction. The fear of God is a very good thing!

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If repentance means to change your mind, and folks repent concerning sin, then what do you call it when the same folks go back to it? DOUBLE MINDEDNESS! James said concerning the double minded, that he “Is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways” (James 16-8).

As Christians, we are to bring forth fruits meet for (in keeping with) repentance.

The flesh wars against the spirit and the spirit against the flesh. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit (Galatians 5:16-25). For if we walk according to the desires of the flesh then we will die; but if we, through the Spirit, do mortify and put to death the deeds of the flesh we will live (Romans 8:13).

Those who turn from sin and go back to it are double minded. The double minded need to understand the principles of tug and war. Your flesh and spirit both have desires. Whatever you sow you will reap. If you sow to the Spirit by walking in the Spirit, then you will reap of the Spirit life everlasting. If you sow to the flesh by walking in the flesh, then you will reap corruption (Galatians 6:7-8).

If you are struggling to overcome the flesh and its desires, then sow unto the Spirit your prayers, tears, entreaties; pour your heart out to the only One who is able to free you (2 Corinthians 3:16-18). Cease from your idle, vain and temporal pleasures, pursuits and labors and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts (Romans 13:14). ~~Shared

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I hear people all the time say “I don’t have a conviction on that” – and I do understand that in our OWN walks some of us MAY encounter personal convictions that may NEVER effect our true brothers and sisters at all, without it being sin to them. BUT, having said that, there are SOME things in The Bible that are VERY clearly sin for one, and for all – NO FURTHER CONVICTION NEEDED!!

When you feel you have to “wait” to be convicted on something (that you KNOW the Lord, thru His Word, has called sin) before giving it up, then friend you are in grave danger of being judged by God for rebellion and willful disobedience……PLEASE REPENT and ACCEPT the Word of God and live by it. ~~Shared

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𝗙𝗔𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗪/𝗢 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞𝗦 𝗜𝗦 𝗗𝗘𝗔𝗗 – 𝑱𝑨𝑴𝑬𝑺 𝟮:𝟮𝟬.

If you say that Repent means to 𝐎𝐍𝐋𝐘 change your mind about Jesus and just to believe in Him….. Congratulations. You are now on the same spiritual level as demons. They believe in Him too. Like you, they just don’t believe in obedience to Him. They told you it’s ‘works’. 𝐁𝐔𝐓 𝐒𝐄𝐄 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐆𝐎𝐃‘𝐒 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐃 𝐒𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊𝐒.