So often we can be self-righteous when we respond to a wrong done to us, feeling like the other person is wholly to blame so our response is justified. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins. When we hold on to bitterness and anger we are sinning. When we repent of that and make the hard choice to forgive, we are actually freeing ourselves.
God doesn't want robots that behave exactly as He wants them to out of a sense of duty, He wants a relationship with people who love Him like He loves them. Learning to accept responsibility when we make mistakes and saying sorry to God and also to anyone we have directly hurt helps us on the journey towards spiritual and emotional maturity.
This takes time, because it involves us learning to make the right choices and walk in the freedom that He offers us. We need to learn to keep short accounts — with those that hurt us, and even ourselves when we behave badly. Psalm David again also shows us how He removes our sin from His memory:. If God has taken our sin away, we don't need to cling on to the memory of it; rather we can learn, humbly, and move forward.
God longs for friendship with us, and to unite us with others that love Him. He puts us into church families because they are one of the channels through which His healing comes. When churches are working as they should, love and acceptance freely flows, which in turn helps us walk free of our fears and into wholeness. In reality, church communities can be very far from this model of grace and love, but that doesn't mean we should stop trying.
One of the by-products of being in right relationship with God is that we have a desire to restore our relationships with others too. As Paul wrote in Ephesians 4: ' I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received.
Repentance is turning from sin. Faith is turning to, trusting in, and relying on Christ. Our work is possible by the generosity of our readers. Give Today. Read Now » Ask a Question ». In a nutshell, it involves these three things: Recognition of our sin, renunciation of our sin and returning to God.
The more I came to understand what repentance really is, the more I realized that it is, in fact, a wonderful gift by God to us. Here are some reasons why. How can I still expect Him to forgive me? God promises to restore us when we repent of our sins Jeremiah God values humility; He shows favor to those who are humble, but He opposes and mocks those who are proud Proverbs , James Instead, the voices of guilt, doubt, fear and condemnation would ring a lot louder in my heart.
In this verse, submission to God means washing our hands and purifying our hearts from sin and double-mindedness James The enemy is close to those who does what he does John When I insisted on my own sinful ways, the one who suffered the most was me. Although sin may feel good, it ultimately hurts more than it seems to promise. If we do not repent, we will not be able to receive help and relief from the torment of sin. Sin will lead to spiritual death.
On the contrary, repentance leads to life Acts and salvation 2 Corinthians Ultimately, when we repent, we are inviting Jesus to have fellowship with us. I stand at the door and knock. It starts right now with having fullness of life with God, and repentance allows us to have that.
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