Lesson - 10
Repentance
What else is the will of the Father
that we may please Him
so that we can go to heaven?
All people everywhere, and that includes you and me, are commanded of God to repent.
Repent of what? Repent of our sins. Repent of not fully serving and following all that God says.
Luke 13:3
"I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish."
It is either repent or perish; the choice is ours.
But Satan does not want us to repent.
Acts 17:30
"And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent.".
God is pleading with us to repent.
He greatly desires that we turn to him.
God wants us to repent so we can be saved. He is patiently waiting on us. But eventually
our time will run out. The longer we put off repentance, the harder our heart gets.
II Peter 3:9
"The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering
to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance."
Repentance is not just being sorry,
being sorry brings you to repentance.
Repentance is a change of heart and a change of mind. We must make up our mind to
stop living life our way and start living it God’s way. It is making up our mind that henceforth we are going to
serve God with all our might and do everything He says.
II Corinthians 7:10
"For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the
world worketh death."
In other words, we must do it with all of our being.
Matthew 22:37
"Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul,
and with all thy mind."
Romans 2:4
"Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that
the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?"
He first loved us
God has been so good to us, and this should cause us to want to please Him in every way.
God, because of His love for us, has done so much for us, and because of this we love Him.
I John 4:19
"We love him, because he first loved us."
This should cause us to want to repent and do all the things that He has asked us to do, otherwise
we do not love God.
John 14:24
"He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the
Father's which sent me."
Do you love God?
If you do, you will want to do
everything that He says.
John 14:15
"If ye love me, keep my commandments."
Are you willing to show your love to God
by repenting?
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