REPENT

REPENT

To Repent; To turn or return, to change the mind. [ISBE; International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]

Repentance is that change of a sinner's mind which leads him to turn from his evil ways and life. The change wrought in repentance is so deep and radical as to affect the whole spiritual nature and to involve the entire personality. [ISBE]

Repent. A small word, a BIG impact. It appears in our Bible 38 times over 36 verses, OT and NT. Six tiny letters that will change your life forever! Easy to pronounce. Difficult for many to perform. Will take a lifetime to maintain. An eternity to perfect.

Let us examine and probe our ways, And let us return to the LORD.

[Lam 3:40]

Examine me, O LORD, and try me; Test my mind and my heart. -- Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being, And in the hidden part You will make me know wisdom. -- I considered my ways And turned my feet to Your testimonies. I hastened and did not delay To keep Your commandments.

[Psa 26:2 --Psa 51:6 -- Psa 119:59-60]

But a man must examine himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup. [1Co 11:28]

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. -- Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

[1Jn 1:9 -- Heb 10:19-22]

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