Repentance means to grieve and turn as it relates to a SINNER being SAVED.
Iโve personally tried to be very patient with this issue, but this now calls for harsh rebuke because some of you are VERY dull of hearing on this matter.
The first mention of ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ is in Genesis.
โ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ข๐๐ฃ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ฉ๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ช๐๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐ง๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐๐ก ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ช๐๐ก๐ก๐ฎ. ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ต, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐๐ข ๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐ง๐ฉ.โ
๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ:๐ฑ-๐ฒ
NO, GOD IS NOT A SINNER, we know this. Stop accusing us of saying he is one.
What the text does (being 100% inspired of God, and profitable for doctrine, correction, reproof, and instruction in righteousness) is it gives us an understanding of what God himself wants FROM an IMPENITENT sinner who is NOT willing turn from their sin.
This is what the Holy Spirit teaches through the grace of God.
1. A grieving at the heart, why? Because all have SINNED and come short of HIS GLORY. (Romans 3:23) Sin is the transgression of the law (1 John 3:4) ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ป ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ. The wickedness of man is very great; and if God himself was grieved at his heart because of OUR SINS, HOW and WHY is it โHERESYโ to state that a hard-hearted sinner needs to grieve at the heart for their sinfulness?
Theyโre supposed to just sit there and not be grieved at all after realizing theyโre a TRANSGRESSOR of Godโs law? How does this make sense?
There are men right now telling you that repentance is not grieving over sin OR a willingness to turn from sin. ๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐.
The HERESY is ๐ก๐ข๐ง grieving over our sins! AT salvation OR after. Why because itโs a ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ to take sin lightly without remorse. This is an indication of someone who is NOT BEING PURGED FROM THEIR SINS.
The next verse gives insight of the โchangeโ as a result of this grief.
โ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฑ, ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐ค๐ฎ ๐ข๐๐ฃ ๐ฌ๐๐ค๐ข ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ต; ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ต ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐๐น๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ; ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐ต ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ.โ
๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ:๐ณ
2. A sinner in this case should say in his heart (once God has revealed his wickedness to him) that he will TURN from his sin (crucify the flesh) ๐๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ง, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ต๐ถ๐บ. With genuine faith, that he died at the cross and shed his blood to pay for HIS sin debt.
โTherefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed from sin.โ
Romans 6:4-7
2 THINGS:
โข God resists the proud but gives grace ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐๐บ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ (James 4:6)
โข ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ฒ (Psalm 51:17) these are the sacrifices of God it says it right in the text.
Put the two together and you have a grieved sinner who SEES that he is wretched and broken before God, desiring to ๐๐๐๐ from his life of sin. And God, by his mercy and in his goodness led him to this repentance (for the goodness of God leads man to repentance, Romans 2:4).
So he then believes on Christ!
AMEN.
There was a point in time, not too long ago, where movies and television werenโt as graphic and
โin your faceโ in regards to slaughter/killing. Now in this day and time most of us can look at it and go on about our day.
Desensitized and numb.
โ video games didnโt help either.
I personally see lack of accountability from women more than men.
Why do I think this is the case?
Women get rewarded and praised on every side, from simps and other guys, and females, constantly. While their error or red flags are either defended or swept under the rug, because their physical beauty and or charm is so focused on. If they magnify these things personally and they canโt help it, and theyโre getting constant validation โ who can tell them anything?
It is SO wrong the way accountability is disregarded when someone is clearly being ignorant and choosing not to fix the error of their ways.
I guarantee if bad behavior was shamed more than being praised or honored and rewarded โ it would do some justice!
So uh, Christians in name only ๐
When are you going to get serious about salvation, about Jesus, the gospel, and actually living according to the word of God?
You know it takes a lot more than just a profession right?
Simps can leave a thousand comments of a woman being beautiful and amazing and so on, and no one bats an eye, but let one man thatโs not simping over her tell the truth about her evil ways (if it applies to her) โ and you โhate all women.โ
Never confide in someone who kicks you while youโre down or gets upset or confused as to why youโre grieved. They have a lot to learn and there ainโt no fixing them.
Being real and true with yourself and others has everything to do with searching within, first. It is there you have to take on the WEIGHT of humility you must face, and the burden you have to bear, from facing the guilt and shame of your own life, hidden faults and secrets.
See, some people never recover from this, why? It is because in their mind, they canโt. They play a role, and wear a mask for so long, being untrue to who they are to begin with, they canโt deal with who they are let alone like who they really are on the inside. So instead of being broken and coming to the end of themselves for God to clean them up โ they must live a lie. What we call โfake it till you make it.โ They lie, manipulate, and live deceitfully before others. They must inauthentically present an image they want others to view them as, and fortunately, this doesnโt always work in their favor.
This is where Godโs judgment comes in, because many forget him and who he truly is. God is pure. God is holy, and God is just, And because he is so great and his power so mighty and his word so pure, they avoid him.
With people, you can be dishonest with them and cheat your way to success and so on, while disrespecting or undermining their ability to use good judgment, and make a decision for themselves on how to even deal with you.
Ultimately we reap what we sow (for God is not mocked,) so what they try to pull on others comes back around to bite them.
Thatโs the way life goes.
I will remain overly critical to Christianity today as the movement alone leaves me no choice to.
1. Thereโs too much foolishness happening in the name of God.
2. I am born again, which means my spirit cannot agree with the spirit of the world โ which is prevalent in any display of Christianity today (social media/content creators, churches, pastors teachers, prophets, etc, along with their forms of worship.
I realize with that it creates more backlash, burden, and barriers than anything because certain issues being brought to the forefront; and calling out the main issues that they either refuse to talk about, or are not enlightened about due to spiritual blindness and being sleep rather than awake and sober minded. I also contribute this to a number of negligent or false spiritual leaders.
Thereโs more unscriptural practices taking place, because the truth of the scriptures are being neglected.
This turn leads to more folly, more carelessness, less reverence toward God. Ultimately ending up having to deal with an angry, merciful God. Those of us that understand the times we are in and whatโs coming know that the wrath and judgment of God will not cease to happen, but escalate or hasten instead.