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Repentance is one of the foundation stones of Christianity. We find repentance spoken of in the New Testament at least sixty times.
Repentance is a thorough change of a person’s natural heart regarding the subject of sin.
True repentance begins with knowledge of sin.
True repentance produces sorrow for sin.
True repentance produces confession of sin.
True repentance leads to a thorough breaking off from sin.
True repentance shows itself by producing in the heart an established habit of deep hatred of all sin.
He is deeply conscious of his own weaknesses. He groans under a sense of indwelling corruption. But still, despite all that, the general tendency of his heart is toward God and away from evil.
True repentance, such as that which I have just described, is never alone in the heart of anyone. It always has a companion – a blessed companion. It is always accompanied by active faith in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Wherever faith is, there is repentance. Wherever repentance is, there is always faith.
I do not mean that anyone ever knows sin, mourns for sin, confesses sin, forsakes sin, or hates sin as perfectly, thoroughly, and completely as he should.
Take heed that your repentance is a repentance wherein you turn to God.
Take heed that your repentance is a repentance that results in thoroughly forsaking sin.
Take heed, above all things, that your repentance is closely bound up with faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
Without repentance, there is no forgiveness of sins.
The tears of repentance do not wash away any sins. It is bad theology to say that they do. That is the work of the blood of Christ alone.
However, it is no less true that justified people are always repentant people, and that a forgiven sinner will always be someone who mourns over and hates his sins.
Without repentance, there is no real happiness in the life that now is.
Without repentance, you cannot be ready for heaven in the world that is yet to come.
will not see: I will not see one single unrepentant person at the right hand of Jesus Christ. I will see Abraham there, who said, I am dust and ashes (Genesis 18:27). I will see Jacob there, who said, I am not worthy of the least of all Your mercies (Genesis 32:10). I will see Job there, who said, I am vile (Job 40:4). I will see David there, who said, I was shaped in iniquity; in sin did my mother conceive me (Psalm 51:5). I will see Isaiah there, who said, I am a man of unclean lips (Isaiah 6:5). I will see Paul there, who said, I am the chief of sinners (1 Timothy 1:15).
Hear what a gracious Savior the Lord Jesus Christ is.
Hear what gracious declarations the Word of God contains.
Hear what marvelous parables our Lord Jesus spoke upon this subject.
