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5/30/13

Friday Devotional...5/30/13...REPENTANCE


“If we confess our sins, 
He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins 
and purify us from all unrighteousness.” 
I John 1:9

     Saying “I’m sorry” to someone we have hurt is almost a thing of the past.  We can see the effects of this in our society today.  Look at the cruelty, fraud, theft, killings – disregard for, disrespect for, disobedience, and rebellion against God’s laws which affect all of us.  Listening to court trials of news reports on television, the only thing we generally see is that the person is sorry they got caught.  This is not being sorry or “repenting” for the sins of wrongdoing.

     True repentance involves obedience, responsibility, action, and change.  How many of us compare ourselves to others so we do not look so bad – I’m afraid all of us do this from time to time.  If we viewed our sins as God sees them, however, we would be repelled by them and want to run from them.  Not only because sin causes so many problems in our own lives, but also our sins cause problems for those we love, for our society, for our world, and our sins ultimately separate us from God.
    
      However, God, through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross, holds out the gift of grace to all of us who truly “repent” and turn from our sinful ways to Him.  Forgiveness washes us clean of our sins and God no longer holds us accountable for them.  Then daily, relying on the Holy Spirit in our lives, we can walk in obedience to God’s Word and live lives both pleasing to God and also lives which will be best for us and everyone with whom we come in contact.  Repentance brings life.  We can get on with living in Jesus in the truest sense of the word.

Written by
Carol Lynn Steficek

1 comment:

  1. Add our repentance to God's grace to make forgiveness. We are really blessed.

    Good write, Carol.
    God bless

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