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  • Carmelo on Matthew 10 - 3 years ago
    Hello! I have a reoccurring question, do we repent of our sins to be saved or repent because we are saved? I know in the book of Corinthians Paul talks about how the adulterous, fornicators, etc will not inherit the kingdom, thank you and God bless!
  • Jimreeves - In Reply on Matthew 10 - 3 years ago
    Shalom,Carmelo,

    We repent to be saved from our sins since we are all sinners ie born into sinful World

    Romans 3:23.
  • Mishael - In Reply on Matthew 10 - 3 years ago
    I find that when I have trouble repenting, it's often because I have pride issues in my life. Pride is spiritual blindness that causes us to think our standards are better than God's standards.

    The opposite of pride is humility, and one definition of it, which I really like, says, "Humility means agreeing with the truth." Perhaps that is why Paul says that repentance leads us to know the truth so that we can come to our senses ( 2 Timothy 2:25-26).

    When I repent and learn to agree with the truth of God's standards of righteousness and sin, I am growing in humility.

    God values humility; He shows favor to those who are humble, but He opposes and mocks those who are proud ( Proverbs 3:34, James 4:6). So let's be quick to repent, so that we may grow in humility and receive and enjoy God's favor.

    If your conscience is sensitive to the Holy Spirits lead, He will let us know when we are off in a place we should not be.

    John chapter 16. He convicts us in our spirit. Then it's time to pray 1 John 1:9 in sorrow that "here I am again."!

    1 Corinthians 7, days that it's better to marry, than to burn.



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