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This becomes evident by their constant boasting of their sins and their delight in telling others of their sins. This is quite obviously not repentance. True repentance involves sorrow and grief over sin. One of the words that the New Testament uses for repentance means to change one’s mind. Repent
Because true repentance commences with a right understanding of sin and mercy, God does not work true repentance merely by means of the strict preaching of the demands of the moral law and its condemnation of sinners. Those who walk down crowded streets holding signs that say, "Repent or perish! Tur
Defined simply, repentance is a drastic change of mind about my sin and about my God. The Greek word for repentance literally means "change of mind." It is not a mere change of the brain's thinking, nor a change of mood, but it is a radical change of the heart's mind. Repentance is a 180-degree turn
From these terms we get an accurate idea of the biblical concept of repentance. The most important and frequently used Hebrew term emphasizes turning -- turning from sin to God. The most important and frequently used Greek term emphasizes the internal, spiritual change of the mind or heart whereby o
It is a broken and a contrite heart, or as Lord's Day 33 says, it is a sincere sorrow of heart that we have provoked God by our sins. As the mind changes from minimizing sin, from blaming others for sin, from enjoying sin, now to acknowledge sin, see its grossness. It grieves. It grieves. Joel 2
What is repentance? What is Jesus calling us to? First of all, Jesus is calling us to recognize our sins, to realize what they are, and to acknowledge them, and to confess them, and to do that from the heart. Not mere lip service, but to confess from the heart our sins. I have sinned by this th
Repentance is not only being sorry and feeling remorse for our sinful lives, but it is to make a radical turn around, a complete change of the basic motivation and direction of one’s life, and to accept total dependence on God. “But, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish” (Luke 13:3b). “Bri
How often does that happen? We do not always obey all of God's commands from our heart. We fail again and again and again. See your sin. See your sinful nature tonight. That you are conceived and born in sin. See that you are in need of a physician. and seeing your sin now, recognize that you o
For as our mind changes regarding sin, regarding Christ against whom we have sinned, it will be that effect upon the feelings of our heart also. That's proven by the word, the Hebrew word for repentance. If you go to the Old Testament and you look up the word repent in the Old Testament, the wo
That's the positive aspect of repentance and it should make a light bulb go off in your mind to think that's faith. It's the positive side of repentance that as I turn with a change of mind with regard to sin, I have a change of mind with regard to Christ. Because when I was continuing in sin a