REPENTANCE

We see "gospel repentance" in all those who, made sore by the sting of sin but aroused and refreshed by trust in God's mercy, have turned to the Lord. -- John Calvin

For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death. For see what earnestness this godly grief has produced in you, but also what earnestness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what punishment! (I Corinthians 7:10-11).  

A hymn to read, sing, play, hum, or whistle to the glory of God: O Thou That Hear'st When Sinners Cry (From Psalm 51. Isaac Watts, 1719).

REPENTANCE

Repentance is not....

     ....merely feeling sorry (without hating sin);

     ....merely feeling disgusted (without turning from sin);

     ....merely fearing hell (without fearing God).

 

Repentance is....

     ....a change of one's view of sin (II Corinthians 7:10).

     ....a change of one's feeling about sin (Psalm 51:2,10, 14).

     ....a change of one's will and purpose regarding sin (Psalm 51:5, 7, 10). ---- pgs

A hymn to read, sing, hum, or whistle, to the glory of God: O Thou That Hear'st When Sinners Cry(From Psalm 51. Isaac Watts, 1719).

REPENTANCE

Evangelical repentance is that which carries the believing soul through all his failures, infirmities, and sins. He is not able to live one day without the constant exercise of it. It is as necessary unto the continuance of spiritual life as faith is. It is that continual, habitual, self-abasement which arises from a sense of the majesty and holiness of God, and the consciousness of our miserable failures.  ---- John Owen

 

The sacrifies of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, Thou wilt not despise(Psalm 51:17).

 

Seek ye the LORD while He may be found, call ye upon Him while He is near; Let the wicked forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto the LORD, and He will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon (Isaiah 55:6-7).