Repentance...what is it?

[Buddy2]

First: What it is not.

Repentance is not being superficially sorry for getting caught.

Repentance is not being sad with ourselves or even mad at ourselves.

Repentance is not substituting gifts or services to try and compensate.

Repentance is not blaming others for our own actions.

Now for what Repentance is.

Repentance is being so truly sorry for commiting the sin that we decide to accept the responsibility for it and beg forgiveness of the person or persons hurt by it and since all sin is commited against God, to pray for forgiveness by confessing it with a contrite heart.

True repentance brings a change of heart, change of life and change of relationship.

Your thoughts?

 

[Eve]

Hi Buddy 2,

What you say is very true and you bring up an important point, these are my thoughts;

Before communion, I believe it is important that I focus on all the sins that I can that I have committed and try to make sure that they are dealt with appropriately in my mind.

I try to examine and understand what wrong I have done. I ask myself if I truely feel remorse for what I have done. I try to recognise the evil, reject those sins and consciously turn away from them.

I say my own little, private but earnest prayer to Jesus to help me to repent, to forgive me for all the sins that I can think of and those that I am unaware of and that I can become a better person.

I try to think about the emmense sacrifices that Jesus made for us all on the cross.

I am ashamed to admit though I find great difficulty forgiving myself!

God Bless

Eve

 

[Faithful Son]

Repentance comes from Godly sorrow:

2 Corinthians 7:8-11 (NIV)
8Even if I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it. Though I did regret it—I see that my letter hurt you, but only for a little while— 9yet now I am happy, not because you were made sorry, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you became sorrowful as God intended and so were not harmed in any way by us. 10Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death. 11See what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what concern, what readiness to see justice done.

 

[jiggyfly]

Repentance is the act of repenting. Repent is the translation of the Greek word metanoeo and it means: to think differently or afterwards, to reconsider, to change your mindset or change the way you think.

repentance is not sorrow for something done or thought but sorrow in many cases leads to repentance.

 

[Buddy2]

Thanks all. Especially for the Bible scripture, Teraside.

 

[calluna]

Yes Buddy 2, I like everything said so far, and agree. Repentance is having a sincere remorse for the sin I have committed. It is about my going to the Lord with a contrite heart confessing my sin and asking for forgiveness, its having a true desire not to want to repeat the same mistakes over and over, but striving to make permanent changes by following and living in Christ.

:shade: Calluna

 

[SpiritLedEd]

I' ve heard repentance described as the ACTION of changing direction, of reversing course.

SLE