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“_Repentance”
by Art Sadlier
September 7th, 2020

Repentance unto salvation, if it is genuine, arises from a deep and profound conviction by Christ’s Spirit that we are indeed wrongdoers who in sinister sin against Him have become alienated from Him. Though in His wondrous grace, generosity, and love He extends to us His mercy, forgiveness, and acceptance on the basis of His own magnanimous self-sacrifice on the cross. He demands that we for our part turn from our wicked ways, repent of our wrongs, seek His companionship, and claim His amazing justification and total forgiveness.

“I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish” (Luke 13:3).

For the believer, repentance is not a once-for-all experience that takes place only at the time of initial conversion. It is in fact a daily sacrifice in which we see ourselves as we really are in the white, intense light of Christ’s character and His Word, so that we need to turn to Him for cleansing and for forgiveness. It is the continual repudiation of evil in our lives. It is the humble admission of having missed the mark in the high calling to which Christ calls us. It is the bold willingness to face our sins and to come to hate them with utter disdain and stern intensity because they are such grief to Christ and such a corruption of our own character.

In the believers repentance there is a profound personal sorrow for the suffering which our sins bring to our fondest friend and saviour, Jesus Christ. There is genuine remorse for the pain and sadness that our wrong attitudes and rotten behaviour bring to those around us. There is horrendous self-humiliation because we know full well that we are not living our best. Our misconduct, our selfishness, our pride corrode our own character and contaminate our conduct.

For the believer repentance of unconfessed sin restores fellowship with the Lord. His standing in righteousness berfore God never changes even though sin disrupts his fellowship. “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9).

Looking for His glorious appearing! Titus 2:13