Feared! What is True Repentance?
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1. A prelude to true repentance.
1. A prelude to true repentance.
God grants it.
God grants it.
Guilt indicates it.
Guilt indicates it.
What is Guilt? “The amplified voice of conscience.”
What is Guilt? “The amplified voice of conscience.”
O Lord, rebuke me not in your anger,
nor discipline me in your wrath!
For your arrows have sunk into me,
and your hand has come down on me.
There is no soundness in my flesh
because of your indignation;
there is no health in my bones
because of my sin.
For my iniquities have gone over my head;
like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
My wounds stink and fester
because of my foolishness,
I am utterly bowed down and prostrate;
all the day I go about mourning.
For my sides are filled with burning,
and there is no soundness in my flesh.
I am feeble and crushed;
I groan because of the tumult of my heart.
O Lord, all my longing is before you;
my sighing is not hidden from you.
My heart throbs; my strength fails me,
and the light of my eyes—it also has gone from me.
There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
Grief leads to it.
Grief leads to it.
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For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.
2. A picture of true repentance.
2. A picture of true repentance.
What it is
What it is
What it is not
What it is not
3. The product of true repentance.
3. The product of true repentance.
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.
Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your steadfast love;
according to your abundant mercy
blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
and cleanse me from my sin!
For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is ever before me.
Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight,
so that you may be justified in your words
and blameless in your judgment.
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,
and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being,
and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
Let me hear joy and gladness;
let the bones that you have broken rejoice.
Hide your face from my sins,
and blot out all my iniquities.
Create in me a clean heart, O God,
and renew a right spirit within me.
Cast me not away from your presence,
and take not your Holy Spirit from me.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
and uphold me with a willing spirit.
Then I will teach transgressors your ways,
and sinners will return to you.
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God,
O God of my salvation,
and my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness.
O Lord, open my lips,
and my mouth will declare your praise.
For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it;
you will not be pleased with a burnt offering.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
Do good to Zion in your good pleasure;
build up the walls of Jerusalem;
then will you delight in right sacrifices,
in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings;
then bulls will be offered on your altar.
“Seven Signs of True Repentance”
I maintain a humble and teachable spirit.
I show a willingness to “come clean.”
I am willing and eager to make amends.
I am patient with those I’ve hurt or victimized,
I am willing to confess even in the face of serious consequences. (Including undergoing church discipline, having to go to jail, or having a spouse leave me).
I am willing to seek help with a counselor, a solid twelve-step program, or even a rehabilitation center.
I don’t resent accountability, pastoral rebuke, or church discipline.
(Adapted from The Gospel Coalition)