Biblical Model of Repentance

Posted on 19 Feb 2017, Pastor: Rev. Derek Geldart

We started off this series by talking sin and the character of God. When we sin, we become distant from God because He is pure light and there is no darkness in Him at all. We learned that repentance is the mechanism that God has given us to be forgiven and have our relationship restored with Him. Even with this mechanism we remain distant from God because we do not know how to repent God’s way. For instance, In the second week we identified seven myths concerning repentance. It is a myth that motivations such as sorrow, preservation, penance, reformation, self-deception, selective and no consequence; lead to repentance. Last week we explored ten of the most common impediments to repentance and then finished off by describing seven key motivating factors of a truly repentant heart. The focus of this week’s sermon is to summarize what we have learned thus by outlining six crucial steps of a Biblical model of repentance.