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Defining Repentance

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What does it mean to repent? I was taught that 'metanoia' means to change the mind about your sins. In other words, to agree with God that our sins are wicked and evil and the cause of all misery in the world. Repentance does not mean that there are no consequences to sin in this world. Repentance appears to mean that a heart-condition occurs in the which we realize that our sins are what brought Christ here to suffer and die on our behalf and that we should be active in controlling our flesh in both mind and body to prevent continual sinning.

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The root hebrew word that "repent" comes from is "tshuvah" and it means "to turn"

Faith is defined as "strong trust". When we turn from putting strong trust in our ways towards putting strong trust in His ways, we are repenting.

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Repentance = a 180 degree turn.

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The root hebrew word that "repent" comes from is "tshuvah" and it means "to turn"

Faith is defined as "strong trust". When we turn from putting strong trust in our ways towards putting strong trust in His ways, we are repenting.

Amen!:thumbsup:

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Repentance = a 180 degree turn.

I agree. Repentance is changing your mind. It is turning away from the world and towards God. It is a faith response to God. In terms of being saved it is turning to Jesus away from the enticement of the world. After you become a Christian it is turning from sins you have committed or errors you have made. Repent means to turn from or to change your mind about. It is truly making a 180.

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Repentance = a 180 degree turn.

I agree. Repentance is changing your mind. It is turning away from the world and towards God. It is a faith response to God. In terms of being saved it is turning to Jesus away from the enticement of the world. After you become a Christian it is turning from sins you have committed or errors you have made. Repent means to turn from or to change your mind about. It is truly making a 180.

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Hebrews 9:14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, "purge your conscience" from "dead works to serve the living God?"

2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a "NEW CREATURE:" "OLD" things are passed away; "BEHOLD," all things are become "NEW.

:emot-heartbeat: We have been given a "new conscience" that is free to serve the living God, the new conscience or mind is aware of God, no longer do we need the OT laws, ceremonies, feasts and such to remind us about God because he purge our minds making us mindful of him aware of his prescence not just periodically. But all the time now we are aware within in our minds as we've been given a brand new heart as he took our fleshly heart of stone out and in it's place God gave us a "new heart" replacing the "old" by giving us a fleshly heart with the laws of God written on it a heart that can feel after the heart of God.

:amen: According to scripture this defines being born again it is a divine act of God within our hearts and minds.

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Good answers! :) we don't need to recriminate ourselves for our past sins. We need only turn about and walk the other way from them.

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no longer do we need the OT laws, ceremonies, feasts and such to remind us about God

giving us a fleshly heart with the laws of God written on it a heart that can feel after the heart of God.

There is a disconnect from logic in that position. We don't need God's instruction anymore?

If we don't need it then wouldn't it be erased instead of written on our heart? :blink:

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no longer do we need the OT laws, ceremonies, feasts and such to remind us about God

giving us a fleshly heart with the laws of God written on it a heart that can feel after the heart of God.

There is a disconnect from logic in that position. We don't need God's instruction anymore?

If we don't need it then wouldn't it be erased instead of written on our heart? :blink:

Rather it seems, you are making a leap from logic to assumption. OC has not said we dont need Gods law (love) but that the foreshadows of things to come are now no longer needed as reminders since Christ has now come and the Holy Spirit given to all who will believe.

The Holy Spirit tells us when we are not being loving, and these instructions when recieved are now written on the heart. Does the person who obeys from the heart need laws and cerimonies to do what they already love to do?

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