For the duration of my Christian life, I have always believed that repentance has to do with atonement for our sins. That Jesus paid the price for us on the cross. But that we had to feel the weight of our sins and to ask GOD to forgive us.
I have just completed the book, "Born from above" by Pastor Bill Randall. It gave me enormous insight into the act of repentance.
Repentance from the Greek word Metanoia literally means to change your mind. It is what happened to Saul on the road to Damascus. He met the Lord and was filled with the Holy Spirit and he went from Saul to Paul. From persecution to evangelism.
That is what we are called on by Jesus to do. To change our minds about sin and to turn from sinning, literally as being people who no longer wish to sin again.
Of course we are never going to be sin free on earth, because of our human sinful natures. However, if we ask GOD often to fill us with the Holy Spirit and allow the Holy Spirit to work in us, He will guide us to change our minds about committing the same sins again and again.
Prayer: ABBA FATHER, I thank YOU that YOU love me and that YOU can fill me continually with the Holy Spirit. I humbly ask that the Holy Spirit guide me in all things to change my mind about sinning. I pray this in the Holy Name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
Stay truly GOD blessed today!
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