True Christians live a life of holiness. Hebrews
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Real Repentance
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Scripture reading: Psalm 51:1-12 ...
The way to heaven begins with salvation. The way to salvation
begins
with forgiveness. The way to forgiveness begins with
repentance. And
repentance always begins inside us with penitence--feeling
sorry for our
sins. The whole process begins inside.
We’ve all said words of repentance and apology. When we were
children,
we learned we had to apologize if we hurt others or did
something
wrong--and we’d say the words, though a little hesitantly.
We’ve even said
apologies to God--and sometimes without really meaning it.
Saying the
words isn’t what counts. What really matters is having a state
of
penitence deep down in our hearts, where only God can see.
David had inner penitence when he prayed the prayer of Psalm
51. He
called for God’s mercy because of his terrible sins of
adultery, lying,
and murder (see 2 Samuel 11-12). It was a big step for David
to say these
words, and he finally said them only after being confronted by
a
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