REPENTANCE & CONFESSION OF SIN

 ANCHOR OF LIFE DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE For THURSDAY, 2ND FEBRUARY, 2023.

Author: PASTOR DR. SAMUEL AYORINDE – General Overseer

Anchor of Life & Redemption Ministry Int’l

Topic:  REPENTANCE & CONFESSION OF SIN 

MEMORIZE: “"Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,” Acts 3:19.

SCRIPTURE READING: Acts 2:37-38.

“37 Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Men and brethren, what shall we do?" 38 Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.” 

EXPOSITION:

Repentance is a change of mind, accompanied with regret and sorrow for something done, and an earnest wish that it was undone.  Such was the repentance of Judah in Mt 27:3-4 “Then Judas, His betrayer, seeing that He had been condemned, was remorseful and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, Then he threw down the pieces of silver in the temple and departed, and went and hanged himself.”; and so it is said that Esau found "no place of repentance" in his father Isaac, although he sought it with tears, Heb 12:17; that is, Isaac would not change what he had done, and revoke the blessing given to Jacob, Genesis 27:1-46.  

God is sometimes said to "repent" of something he had done, Genesis 6:6; John 3:9,10; not that he could wish it undone,  but that in his providence such a change of course took place as among men would be ascribed to a change of mind.  But the true gospel repentance, or "repentance unto life," is sorrow for sin, grief for having committed it, and a turning away from it with abhorrence, accompanied with sincere endeavors, in reliance on God's grace and the influences of the Holy Spirit, to live in humble and holy obedience to the commands and will of God.  This is that repentance which always accompanies true faith, and to which is promised the free forgiveness of sin through the merits of Jesus Christ, “From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."” Matt. 4:17; "Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,” Acts 3:19;. “When they heard these things they became silent; and they glorified God, saying, "Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life.” Acts 11:18.

PRAYER POINT: Lord, grant genuine repentance to the unbelievers before it is too late in Jesus name.

DAILY BIBLE READING IN A YEAR –  Leviticus 14-16.

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