Because you are not sorry for your sins and will not turn from them, you will be punished even more on the day of God’s anger. God will be right in saying you are guilty.
- Romans 2:5 (NLV)
I have often written about how the God I serve is loving and forgiving.
Accepting Jesus into your heart is essential for redemption, but there is more to it than that.
We can ask for forgiveness and spend half the day in church on Sunday, but unless we truly repent and stop committing the sins we are living, forgiveness isn't granted.
Our idea of forgiveness seems to be that if we say we are sorry, everything is okay.
That is simply not true.
For example, I might be sorry for cutting someone off in traffic on my way to work this morning, but will I do it again?
Probably.
Will I curse and get angry while driving tomorrow?
More than likely.
Just saying "I'm sorry" doesn't mean instant forgiveness.
True repentance requires a genuine change in behavior.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Please feel free to share your thoughts, but please also be respectful.