There\u2019s a difference between confessing<\/i> your sin and repenting<\/i> of it. In Scripture, the word \u2018repentance\u2019 means \u2018to turn away from sin\u2019.<\/i> By confessing your sin you acknowledge what you have done; by repenting you turn away from it. And the good news is that there\u2019s no limit to God\u2019s forgiveness. The moment you ask for it, you receive it. <\/p>\n
However, God doesn\u2019t intend you to keep repeating your sinful patterns over and over again. That\u2019s where \u2018godly sorrow\u2019<\/i> comes in. Paul writes, \u2018You sorrowed in a godly manner: what diligence it produced in you.\u2019<\/i> (2 Corinthians 7:11 NKJV) The purpose of godly sorrow is to make you more diligent when it comes to changing behaviour. When you allow sin into your life, you violate your core of righteousness. <\/p>\n
\u2018For [God] made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.\u2019<\/i> (2 Corinthians 5:21 NKJV) At the point of salvation God literally made<\/i> you \u2018the righteousness of God in Christ\u2019. <\/p>\n
You\u2019re a regenerated spirit living in an unregenerated body, and when you permit sin into your life, it violates the very core of who you are! And that will cause you godly sorrow, leading to repentance and turning away from sin. <\/p>\n
Don\u2019t settle for saying, \u2018This is a habit I can\u2019t break. But it\u2019s ok because God will forgive me.\u2019 Yes, He will forgive you, but He doesn\u2019t want you to settle for a cycle of sin, repentance, forgiveness, and then repeating the same sin. He wants you to be strong and effective in His service. That\u2019s why He\u2019s calling you to a higher level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
There\u2019s a difference between confessing your sin and repenting of it. In Scripture, the word \u2018repentance\u2019 means \u2018to turn away from sin\u2019. By confessing your sin you acknowledge what you have done; by repenting you turn away from it. And the good news is that there\u2019s no limit to God\u2019s forgiveness. The moment you ask […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1242"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1242\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}