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True sorrow is a sorrow not merely over the consequences of sin but over the sin itself. We are grieved because we have provoked God, our Father, who is gracious to us and faithful to us in his covenant. Taking this view of our sins, we start to despise and detest them as the hated enemy in our spir
This is sorrow over the consequences of sin. It is also the sorrow of the world that works death. It is good to examine every day the sorrow we have when we sin. To the degree that this characterizes our sorrow we have not repented. True sorrow of the godly is sorrow over sin itself. It is a sorrow
This sorrow is due to the fact that we have sinned against the living God and provoked Him (read Psalm 51). Because of this sorrow in our hearts and because of the work of sanctification being performed in us, we no longer desire to sin, but rather we come more and more to hate sin and flee from it.
The realization that we grieve others by our sinful behavior will often be the incentive to turn away from such behavior. How can we continue to grieve a faithful spouse, a loving parent, or a close friend? How much more is this true for those who realize they are grieving the Holy Spirit of God by
We're not always on the mountaintops of joy before God. But as we're not on the mountaintops of godly living, as we find ourselves sometimes walking in the ways of sin, this still should characterize That is sorrow. There's grief over sin. Now perhaps you do grieve over your sin, but you wonder
And this grief is a grief not just over the effects and the consequences of the sin, but sin itself, and sin itself before God. With overwhelming grief, I weep, says the psalmist. But in the second place, this mourning is personal. It's personal. The blessing that Jesus promises here is persona