“Repent”
is a Bible word meaning a change of mind that results in a change of action. Imagine
that you are driving west and halfway to your destination, you remember that you left your
wallet at home. You must have it for what you are about to do. So as soon as
possible, you find a turnaround and head in the opposite direction. You were
heading west, thinking everything was fine. But something changed. You gained
sudden understanding that caused you to make an abrupt change and head east. There
may be detours and flat tires, but you are still headed in the right direction.
That is a picture of repentance.
When
we come to the understanding that God is holy and we are not, we realize we
have a big problem. We cannot keep going the way we are going and end up where
we want to be. We must repent. We must have a change of mind about who is right
and who should run our lives. It used to be Self. But when we repent, we agree
with God about our sin and His right to be in charge of our lives. That change
of mind results in a change of action. We cannot repent and continue to follow
the same sin path we were on before, just as you cannot go east and west at the
same time. Repentance changes our direction.
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