A friend asked me, whats the point of accepting Christ and continue to sin, knowing that God will forgive you if you seek His forgiveness.
Well, true repentance is not just saying sorry.
Repentance is a 3 step process.
1. Acknowledge the sin.
2. Flee from the sin.
3. Serve God.
When one accepts Christ as one's personal Lord and savour, we need to be self-aware that we are sinners and have made mistakes. We must have contriteness. That means we are filled with a sense of guilt and the desire for atonement for sinning. Atonement means we must want to change. Change doesn't happen overnight. Thus we must always try and persevere to be better. This is a training process and definitely not easy. But we have God's grace and help to flee sin. ^-^
Romans 6:6-7 says: 6For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with,that we should no longer be slaves to sin— 7because anyone who has died has been freed from sin.
We are reborn and made new. Thus, I'd like to remind fellow brothers and sisters what Romans 6:13-14 says, "13Do not offer the parts of your body to sin, as instruments of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to him as instruments of righteousness. 14For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace."
And also 1 Corinthians 10:13, "13No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.".
Saturday, June 13, 2009
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