The following is the article my pastor referred to in his sermon Wednesday Night.
Do you have a continuous repentant attitude?
Or did you do that already?
The Unrepentant Repenter – Jim Elliff
The believer in Christ is a lifelong repenter. He begins with repentance and continues in repentance. (Rom. 8:12-13) David sinned giant sins but fell without a stone at the mere finger of the prophet because he was a repenter at heart (2 Sam. 12:7-13). Peter denied Christ three times but suffered three times the remorse until he repented with bitter tears (Mt. 26:75). Every Christian is called a repenter, but he must be a repenting repenter. The Bible assumes the repentant nature of all true believers in its instruction on church discipline. A man unwilling to repent at the loving rebuke of the church can be considered nothing more than “a heathen and a tax collector.” (Mt. 18:15-17)
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This is so true, the distinguishing mark of a true believer is living a life of continual repentance: true brokenhearted repentance that is, the kind wrought by the Spirit of God.
Thanks for this post BW!
Lyn
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Berean Wife Reply:
April 2nd, 2011 at 5:11 pm
Lyn,
I’m glad you found this link helpful. I’ve enjoyed reading many of Elliff’s articles and bulletin inserts.
Repentance is not a subject many churches ever even discuss. 🙁
Berean Wife
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