PARABLES OF JESUS – True Repentance
Luke 15:18-19
" ' "I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you, and am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of the hired servants.' " ' "
True repentance is not just sorrow for the sad state that my wrong choices have gotten me into (in the pig sty), nor is it the shame for my filthiness, nor is it that I have wasted my life in selfish pursuits, nor it is that I have wronged another person. True repentance is acknowledging that I have sinned against heaven and a holy God. Without this last component, there is only worldly sorrow. As the Scripture says, "Godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation...but the sorrow of the world produces death" (II Corinthians 7:10). Seeing my sin against the backdrop of the glory of God's holiness will bring true repentance and sorrow.
TODAY'S THOUGHT: True repentance is more than the fact that I have made mistakes in this life – it is that I have offended a holy God.
Have a "true" day. Love you.
Luke 15:18-19
" ' "I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you, and am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of the hired servants.' " ' "
True repentance is not just sorrow for the sad state that my wrong choices have gotten me into (in the pig sty), nor is it the shame for my filthiness, nor is it that I have wasted my life in selfish pursuits, nor it is that I have wronged another person. True repentance is acknowledging that I have sinned against heaven and a holy God. Without this last component, there is only worldly sorrow. As the Scripture says, "Godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation...but the sorrow of the world produces death" (II Corinthians 7:10). Seeing my sin against the backdrop of the glory of God's holiness will bring true repentance and sorrow.
TODAY'S THOUGHT: True repentance is more than the fact that I have made mistakes in this life – it is that I have offended a holy God.
Have a "true" day. Love you.
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