Act
8:22 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps
the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
Repent.
From the
dictionary- Be sorry: to recognize the wrong in something you have done and be
sorry about it. Change ways: to feel regret about a sin or past actions and
change your ways or habits
Repentance.
Act
2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you
in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the
gift of the Holy Ghost.
Act
3:19 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
Act
17:30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth
all men every where to repent
Rom
2:4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and
longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to
repentance?
2Ti
2:25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God
peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;
2Ti
2:26 And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil,
who are taken captive by him at his will.
Sorrow for
something we've done. To feel the sorrow we need to recognize there is
something to be sorry for, that we've done wrong.
Not a day
goes by that I don't feel the need to repent, because not a day goes by that
I'm not sorry for my many shortcomings, my sins. Repenting of my sins means
acknowledging them and changing, turning away from those sins. Jesus told
people to 'go and sin no more'. Jesus
expected a change from the people He told that to. I wish it were possible for
me to sin no more, yet it seems every time I turn around my heart is filled
with selfishness, fear, failings.
Paul, good
old Paul, he would understand this-
Rom
7:23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my
mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my
members.
Rom
7:24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this
death?
The war
within himself.
Rom
7:25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I
myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
The
realization that His hope for deliverance was found in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Our only
hope is Jesus Christ our Lord, this is truth.
We are
wretched! We do things we don't want to do, things we know better than to do!
Our hearts condemn us for our sinfulness and Satan would have us concentrate on
our failing, and not on thanking God through Jesus Christ our Lord for
deliverance.
We are to
repent of our wrongdoings, not relish them, not encourage them, not seek to
continue in them, but strive to turn from any and all wrong we are convicted of
committing.
We are to
repent and be converted- not repent and remain in the very thing we've repented
of. The conversion is the change, it is the turning from ourselves and turning
towards God. It is the hope found in God. If we have great sorrow for our sin
and refuse to look to God for our hope, we will remain in that sin. We have to
turn to God for our hope and turn from all that would keep us from turning to
God. Repent and be converted so our sins can be blotted out. Only God can blot
out our sins through Jesus Christ. We must choose God!
More on
all of this tomorrow….
By the
will of our Lord, by the grace and mercy of our Savior.
May this
wretched person I am find hope in my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
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