Repent.
Repentance is not simply an apology; it is an active life decision.
Repentance involve action, it literally refers to a radical change in direction. A repentant attitude doesn't simply say to God, "sorry, I hope I don't let You down again tomorrow." It does something about it; it does more than helplessly hope.
"So if you're serious about living this new resurrection life with Christ, act like it. Pursue the things over which Christ presides. Don't shuffle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with the things right in front of you. Look up, and be alert to what is going on around Christ - that's where the action is. See things from his perspective...
... And that means killing off everything connected with that way of death: sexual promiscuity, impurity, lust, doing whatever you feel like whenever you feel like it, and grabbing whatever attracts your fancy. That's a life shaped by things and feelings instead of by God. It's because of this kind of thing that God is about to explode in anger. It wasn't long ago that you were doing all that stuff and not knowing any better. But you know better now, so make sure it's all gone for good: bad temper, irritability, meanness, profanity, dirty talk.
Don't lie to one another. You're done with that old life. It's like a filthy set of ill-fitting clothes you've stripped off and put in the fire. Now you're dressed in a new wardrobe. Every item of your new way of life is custom-made by the Creator, with his label on it." Col 3:1-2,5-10 (Msg)
In the days of slavery, any slave that earned their freedom were known as 'freed men' and they were given the same respect and privileges as those who were born free. Before we discovered the Liberator himself [Jesus Christ] we may have thought of ourselves as free but the irony was that we were in fact [unwittingly] slaves to sin. Therefore we have the privilege in rejoicing our status of 'repentant sinners', it is not something to be ashamed of. We are freed men and women; we are free to pursue Christ and in doing so we are living out our repentance, rejecting our old life of slavery and embracing our new direction - we’re heaven bound!
"Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me." Phil 3:12
Repentance involve action, it literally refers to a radical change in direction. A repentant attitude doesn't simply say to God, "sorry, I hope I don't let You down again tomorrow." It does something about it; it does more than helplessly hope.
"So if you're serious about living this new resurrection life with Christ, act like it. Pursue the things over which Christ presides. Don't shuffle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with the things right in front of you. Look up, and be alert to what is going on around Christ - that's where the action is. See things from his perspective...
... And that means killing off everything connected with that way of death: sexual promiscuity, impurity, lust, doing whatever you feel like whenever you feel like it, and grabbing whatever attracts your fancy. That's a life shaped by things and feelings instead of by God. It's because of this kind of thing that God is about to explode in anger. It wasn't long ago that you were doing all that stuff and not knowing any better. But you know better now, so make sure it's all gone for good: bad temper, irritability, meanness, profanity, dirty talk.
Don't lie to one another. You're done with that old life. It's like a filthy set of ill-fitting clothes you've stripped off and put in the fire. Now you're dressed in a new wardrobe. Every item of your new way of life is custom-made by the Creator, with his label on it." Col 3:1-2,5-10 (Msg)
In the days of slavery, any slave that earned their freedom were known as 'freed men' and they were given the same respect and privileges as those who were born free. Before we discovered the Liberator himself [Jesus Christ] we may have thought of ourselves as free but the irony was that we were in fact [unwittingly] slaves to sin. Therefore we have the privilege in rejoicing our status of 'repentant sinners', it is not something to be ashamed of. We are freed men and women; we are free to pursue Christ and in doing so we are living out our repentance, rejecting our old life of slavery and embracing our new direction - we’re heaven bound!"Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me." Phil 3:12
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