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Lesson 1The Disciples Handbooks by New Song Nashville
II Samuel 12:1-13
The Definition of Repentance
What is repentance?
Read Romans 2:4 and II Corinthians 7:9-10
What is repentance?
Read Romans 2:4 and II Corinthians 7:9-10
Repentance involves turning away from something and turning towards something else. In your case as a disciple, you turn from sin to God. God’s kindness leads you to repentance, but godly sorrow produces repentance. The Holy Spirit, whom God gave you at salvation, is at work in this process as He reveals the truth of the Gospel, your sinful condition, and the need for Jesus’ gift of salvation. He convicts you in your heart and draws you to God. Repentance begins upon entering into relationship with Jesus, and should be practiced as a lifestyle to maintain intimacy with Him.
___________________________________________________________________________________________ _Repent in the Greek Language is“Metanoeo” (met-an-o-eh-o), a decision that results in a change of mind, which in turn leads to a change of purpose and action. It also means to think differently afterwards, to reconsider. Genuine repentance is not about having regret due to consequences, but instead involves a true change of heart toward God. It results in a wiser view of the past, present and future.
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In order for true transformation to take place, you must acknowledge each wrong thought, word, attitude and action as sin. Repentance is not just a change in your outward actions. It is a heart response that will result in clean, undefiled thinking. It is a mindset that honors, reveres, and embraces the truth of the Bible, and the will and the ways of God. [1]
Go Further
“The cross is laid on every Christian. It begins with the call to abandon the attachments of this world. It is that dying of the old man which is the result of his encounter with Christ. As we embark upon discipleship we surrender ourselves to Christ in union with His death... we give over our lives to death. Since this happens at the beginning of the Christian life, the cross can never be merely a tragic ending to an otherwise happy religious life. When Christ calls a man, He bids him come and die. It may be a death like that of the first disciples who had to leave home and work to follow Him, or it may be a death like Luther's, who had to leave the monastery and go out into the world. But it is the same death every time... death in Jesus Christ, the death of the old man at His call. That is why the rich young man was so loath to follow Jesus, for the cost of his following was the death of his will. In fact, every command of Jesus is a call to die, with all our affections and lusts. But we do not want to die, and therefore Jesus Christ and
His call are necessarily our death and our life.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer [2]
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https://www.oneplace.com/ministries/grace-to-you/read/articles/murder-of-jesus-9152.html Enjoy- Rick Livermore,Publisher of http://reader220.blogspot.com
Appendix Bibliography
Copyright 2016 New Song Christian Fellowship www.crownedimage.com
First Edition, 2016 ISBN: 978-0692693049
there is a page where authors are named here:
https://www.crownedimage.com/authors
[2] www.christianquotes.com, Dietrich Bonhoeffer - German Lutheran
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