GENUINE REPENTANCE

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*TEXT* :  Mathew 3:8

Prove by the way you live that you have repented of your sins and turned to God.

Many only confess Jesus as their Lord and Saviour but never repented. Genuine repentance will always lead to a changed life. It is not enough to tell someone you are sorry and you keep repeating same thing all over. 

The major difference between Christians of today and the old saints is that when the latter met with Christ, they truly repented. But many a Christians today only confess Jesus but they never come to a place of repentance.

Now repent of your sins and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped away. Acts 3:19

Repentance will make you turn to God genuinely. It shows that you have realised your errors and sins; and that you are willing to turn a new leave. 

Repentance is a change of heart. It is a turning back. It is a point where you decide to stop leading a pattern of life. It is all about changing from one path to another. As much as God's grace has brought forgiveness of sins, He expects that we make a turning from dead works. 

There is a huge difference between worldy and godly repentance.

For the kind of sorrow God wants us to experience leads us away from sin and results in salvation. There’s no regret for that kind of sorrow. But worldly sorrow, which lacks repentance, results in spiritual death.Just see what this godly sorrow produced in you! Such earnestness, such concern to clear yourselves, such indignation, such alarm, such longing to see me, such zeal, and such a readiness to punish wrong. You showed that you have done everything necessary to make things right. 2Cor: 7:10-11

 *IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO BELIEVE IN JESUS, BUT WE MUST BRING FORTH FRUITS(BEHAVIOUR) THAT SHOWS THAT WE HAVE TRULY REPENTED.* 


Bible Reading: Acts 8: 9-22


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