REPENTANCE
Audio: by Fred R. Coulter
Repentance is complete remorse and sorrow for one's sins, which are the
transgressions of the laws and commandments of God. Repentance is the first step
in the sinner's reconciliation with God the Father and Jesus Christ. True
repentance begins when God the Father opens a person's mind to understand that
he or she is a sinner against God the Father, and that his or her own sins had a
part in killing Jesus Christ. The graciousness of God the Father leads each
sinner to repentance. Repentance moves each one to confess his or her sins to
God the Father and to ask forgiveness, remission and pardon for those sins
through the blood of Jesus Christ. True, deep, godly repentance will produce a
profound change in a person's mind and attitude, called conversion, which will
result in a continuous desire to live by every word of God. The truly repentant
person will turn from evil thoughts and ungodly practices and will seek to
conform his or her life to the will of God as revealed in the Holy Bible and as
led by the Holy Spirit. Repentance and confession of sins is an ongoing process
in a Christian's spiritual growth toward the perfection of Jesus Christ.
Scriptural References:
| Rom. 2:4 |
Acts 2:37-38 |
Luke 24:47 |
| II Cor. 5:17 |
Rom. 8:5-9 |
II Cor. 7:9-11 |
| Acts 3:19 |
Jer. 17:5-9 |
Mark 1:15 |
| Luke 13:3, 5 |
II Tim. 2:25 |
Psa. 51 |
| Acts 11:18 |
I John1:6-2:2 |
John 6:44-45 |
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