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• Repentance is a thorough change of a person’s natural heart regarding the subject of sin.
• True repentance begins with knowledge of sin. The eyes of the repentant person are opened. He sees the length and breadth of God’s holy law with distress and confusion. He sees the extent, the enormous extent, of his own transgressions. To his surprise, he discovers that he has been under a huge delusion by thinking of himself as a good person with...
• True repentance produces sorrow for sin. The heart of a repentant person is touched with deep remorse because of his past sin and transgressions. He is cut to the heart to think that he has lived so foolishly and so wickedly. He mourns over wasted time, over abilities misused, over dishonoring God, and over injuring his own soul. The remembrance of...
• True repentance produces confession of sin.
• True repentance leads to a thorough breaking off from sin. The life of a repentant person is changed. The course of his daily conduct is entirely different. A new King reigns within his heart. He puts off the old nature. He now desires to do what God commands. He now desires to avoid what God forbids. He now strives to avoid sin in every way. He de...