tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29606082.post8162448646200150394..comments2023-10-03T06:25:41.357-05:00Comments on Grace Roots Blog: Repentance Isn't About Your Changed BehaviorJoel Bruesekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10395847887953875757noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29606082.post-74598419233166935842020-10-03T21:07:38.172-05:002020-10-03T21:07:38.172-05:00We have also talked about this many times on the p...We have also talked about this many times on the podcast, and here is a little series we did near the end of last year.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.growingingrace.org/2019/12/731-repent-what-it-does-and-doesnt-mean.html" rel="nofollow">731. Repent! (What It Does and Doesn’t Mean)<br /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.growingingrace.org/2019/12/732-repenting-from-what-god-doesnt.html" rel="nofollow">732. Repenting from What God Doesn’t Remember?<br /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.growingingrace.org/2019/12/733-repentance-is-not-based-upon.html" rel="nofollow">733. Repentance Is Not Based Upon Behavioral Changes<br /></a><br />Joel Bruesekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10395847887953875757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29606082.post-38928818524283258092020-10-03T21:00:11.175-05:002020-10-03T21:00:11.175-05:00Hi Liliesgrandpa, thanks for your comment here. I...Hi Liliesgrandpa, thanks for your comment here. I'm glad you enjoy the podcast. The biblical word that is translated as "repent" in English versions of the Bible is "metanoéō" (Strong's 3340) and it literally means "to think differently or afterwards; that is, reconsider" or "to change one's mind." It has nothing to do with behavior, but rather with the way we think.<br /><br />No doubt about it, behavior change is a great thing! But this post is specifically about how "the repentance that is needed for salvation is not a repentance of works." That is, repentance is not about behavior. Here is more on this - another blog post of mine, in which I go a little more in depth than on this post.<br /><br /><a href="https://blog.graceroots.org/2010/04/repentance-doesnt-mean-changing-your.html" rel="nofollow">Repentance Doesn't Mean Changing Your Behavior </a>Joel Bruesekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10395847887953875757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29606082.post-23865959759852558152020-10-03T19:19:48.544-05:002020-10-03T19:19:48.544-05:00I love your podcast but this one is a little off.
...I love your podcast but this one is a little off.<br /> Repentance is seeing your sins like God sees them, and having the desire to change.<br /><br />Joh 3:19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.<br />Joh 3:20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.<br />Joh 3:21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.<br /><br />Do you love your sins? Do you love darkness?<br /><br />The Holy Spirit is the One that changes you, by making you a new creature. If you try to clean yourself to make yourself acceptable to God, that is called works.<br />Liliesgrandpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02624123199440047188noreply@blogger.com