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Repentance vs Regret
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thisnumbersdisconnected
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Godly sorrow results from a true, heart-felt belief that our sin has offended God. In light of His sacrifice at the Cross for us, such a sorrow should deeply grieve us in our spirit. We might think of a certain Old Testament writer who advised:
Isaiah 1
16 "Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean;
Remove the evil of your deeds from My sight.
Cease to do evil,
17 Learn to do good;
Seek justice,
Reprove the ruthless,
Defend the orphan,
Plead for the widow.
16 "Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean;
Remove the evil of your deeds from My sight.
Cease to do evil,
17 Learn to do good;
Seek justice,
Reprove the ruthless,
Defend the orphan,
Plead for the widow.
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I can regret something while continuing to do it. My understanding of repentance is to have a change of heart and turn away from continuing to do it.
I'll use what I think is a rather simple analogy. When I was young I had a terrible problem biting my nails. I regretted it but continued to bite my nails. Eventually I quit biting my nails and today I have no desire to do it anymore. Before I quit I had not yet repented from biting my nails however I did regret doing it. I have since repented from biting my nails and therefore I have lost all desire to do it.
Does that make sense?
I'll use what I think is a rather simple analogy. When I was young I had a terrible problem biting my nails. I regretted it but continued to bite my nails. Eventually I quit biting my nails and today I have no desire to do it anymore. Before I quit I had not yet repented from biting my nails however I did regret doing it. I have since repented from biting my nails and therefore I have lost all desire to do it.
Does that make sense?
iLOVE
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Repentance is staying in good fellowship with God for your blessings. Confessing your unrighteousness, sins, and inquities. Regret is the feeling of guilt. There is good guilt and bad guilt. The good guilt is the Holy Spirit red stop light in you with a warning from God (this is a gift from God). Because you now have God in you (Holy Spirit) it no longer wants to be exposed to unrighteousness. The bad guilt is Lucifer and evil principalities wanting you to believe God has not been merciful to all of your unrighteousness, sins, and inquities. He doesn't want God to write on your heart by keeping you sin conscious.
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Classik
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Thanks. :nod. At times I feel so guilty...asking myself. Has God truly forgiven? At times it's the enemy trying to deceive us.
Thanks again
J
JCitoL
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the love for God's righteousness brings complete repentance without regress - this is the meaning of 2 Corinthians 7:10, however the regret also is a good thing when is not hypocritical
Blessings
thisnumbersdisconnected
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Regret itself is self-centered. Regret is all about "me." I regret doing that. I wouldn't feel so badly right now if hadn't done it. People wouldn't be made at me right now if I hadn't done it. People wouldn't think I'm a doofus if I hadn't done it. Regret is never about God. Only repentance is about God, because that is the only way to forgiveness, and represents an understanding that what you did was wrong, not because of how you or others view yourself, but because it is wrong.
Repentance is acknowledging your sin, understanding how you have offended the holy, perfect and righteous God, turning from sin, forsaking sin and seeking after God's holiness. Greek word is metanoia (probably spelling that wrong).
Regret is simply sorrow for the consequences of sin, an intellectual ascent with no Godly sorrow. Judas felt regret because of the consequences of his betrayal of Jesus, but had no repentance. Greek word is metamelami (again probably spelling that wrong).
If is far better to have repentance than simple regret.
Regret is simply sorrow for the consequences of sin, an intellectual ascent with no Godly sorrow. Judas felt regret because of the consequences of his betrayal of Jesus, but had no repentance. Greek word is metamelami (again probably spelling that wrong).
If is far better to have repentance than simple regret.
Deborah13
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Exactly, you must first repent (recognized that what you did is sin). There does not need to have been any bad consequences for you because you sinned. No one but God knows. But you regert what you did simply because you have displeased God who loves you. And so you Confess to God that you were wrong and thank Him for His love that He shows you by His grace.
Deborah13
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Godly regret is about regretting something you have done because you have done something that is displeasing to God. It may not be something that as displeased the world in any way or any person. Just God. It is not done because you fear what God may do to you but just to love Him as He loves you to the best of your ability.
thisnumbersdisconnected
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As my post indicated, I disagree. Regret, as I said, is self-centered and cannot relate to God. Repentance is oriented to God and leads to forgiveness. As was pointed out by another member, our only response should be sorrowful over how our sins have affected our relationship with God, which leads to the recognition of the need to repent in the first place. The word translated "regret" (Gr., metamellomai ) is only used twice in the New American Standard, the most literal translation available. In 2 Corinthians 7:8, Paul speaks of not regretting sending the first letter, but regrets the sorrow it brought. Two verses later, he speaks of repenting "without regret" meaning we do not feel personal loss nor should we feel badly about abandoning our old life in favor of salvation.
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Deborah13
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You know that is a very interesting statement. I had to mull it over. It reminded me of something God said to Job.
Job 40:14
New American Standard Bible (NASB)
<sup class="versenum">14 </sup>“Then I will also confess to you, That your own right hand can save you.
My paraphrase.... "Then I, God will also admit to you, Job, That your own righteousness can save you.
God said the Job was righteous and upright and Job continued to proclaim he was. But God pointed out all the things that He could do that Job could not. Right in the middle or so of these statements from God, God said the above to Job. God showed Job that even though he was innocent He was not God and all his righteous ways could not save him.
Had Job gotten rather self-righteous?
Just a thought. But then I think Elihu was more than he appears to be on the surface.
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