Q&A 88 What is involved in genuine repentance or conversion?

Two things:

the dying-away of the old self,

and the coming-to-life of the new.¹

 

¹ Rom. 6:1-11; 2 Cor. 5:17; Eph. 4:22-24; Col. 3:5-10

 

 

It is to be genuinely sorry for sin,

to hate it more and more,

and to run away from it.¹

 

¹ Ps. 51:3-4, 17; Joel 2:12-13; Rom. 8:12-13; 2 Cor. 7:10

 

 

It is wholehearted joy in God through Christ¹

and a delight to do every kind of good

as God wants us to.²

 

¹ Ps. 51:8, 12; Isa.57:15; Rom. 5:1; 14:17

² Rom. 6:10-11; Gal. 2:20

 

 

Only that which

arises out of true faith,¹

conforms to God's law,²

and is done for his glory;³

and not that which is based

on what we think is right

or on established human tradition.⁴

 

¹ John 15:5; Heb. 11:6

² Lev. 18:4; 1 Sam. 15:22; Eph. 2:10

³ 1 Cor. 10:31

⁴ Deut. 12:32; Isa. 29:13; Ezek. 20:18-19; Matt. 15:7-9

 

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