Steps into repentance
If you sense that God’s wave of repentance is beginning to stir in you, don’t resist it. Get alone in some place if possible and as He brings before you the sins you have committed LIST THEM on a sheet of paper. Then CONFESS each sin as a sin to the Lord. Be specific. Ask for […]
The ramifications of repentance
The tree of repentance has three major branches: REMORSE: this involves a feeling of regret for a sin or a wrong committed. 2 Corinthians 7:9 Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that your sorrow led to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly manner, that you might suffer loss from […]
Faith for repentance
How does one then come to have faith for repentance? The Bible teaches us that when we hear the Word of God; when it speaks to our hearts, a miracle takes place inside of us and faith is supernaturally released in us to be able to report and accept God’s offer of salvation. Romans 10:14 “How […]
God's help in repentance
In Acts 5:31 the apostle Peter says, “Him (Jesus) hath God exalted with His right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for TO GIVE REPENTANCE…and forgiveness of sins”. In other words , Jesus gives to us the gift of repentance. Humanly speaking we are incapable of repenting. Repentance is a gift that we […]
Incapability of repentance
This is perhaps the most frightening aspect about repentance. You see, you cannot repent whenever YOU want to! It’s like catching a wave. If you launch yourself in front of the wave too soon, the wave washes over you. If you move too late you also miss the wave. Be sure to repent when God’s […]
The call to repentance
The clear message of the OLD TESTAMENT is “TURN” Deuteronomy 4:29-31 But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul. When you are in distress, and all these things come upon you in the latter days, when you turn to the Lord your God […]
What happens when we sin?
Sin BLINDS us! 2 Corinthians 4:4 …whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them. Sin SEPARATES us from GOD! Ephesians 4:17-18 This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that […]
The need for repentance
God created man and placed him in the Garden of Eden, placing the following requirement on him, Genesis 2:16-17 “Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou […]
The Meaning of Repentance
The word “repentance” means more than being sorry for what one has done, although this always accompanies real repentance. It also means more than to stop sinning, although every repentant person will deliberately stop sinning. In essence, repentance is a right about turn involving every part of a person, their minds, their emotions and their […]
Repentance
The Bible places great emphasis on the subject of REPENTANCE. It is listed as the first of the Foundational Doctrines in Hebrews 6:3 “The first principles of the oracles of God… “…REPENTANCE FROM DEAD WORKS”. Repentance was preached by John the Baptist: Matthew 3:2 “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!” Peter the Apostle: Acts […]