Sorrow and Repentance

There are two kinds of sorrow:
            constructive sorrow
            & destructive sorrow.

Constructive sorrow
is better than destructive sorrow. 2 Cor c7 v5-11,,
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            Constructive sorrow is:
                 o    repentance (morally turning 180 degrees),
                 o    fruitful,
                 o    self-constructive,
                 o    of Heaven.

            Destructive sorrow is:
                 o    regret, (emotional, and staying as you are),
                 o    fruitless,
                 o    self-destructive,
                 o    of the Earth, hence of the world.

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You cannot go backwards in time.

            So there are some past wrongs
            that even constructive sorrow cannot fix.

 

 

However, we all go slowly to the future:

            So constructive sorrow causes you
            to do less wrong in the future.

            And right is the opposite of wrong.
            So constructive sorrow may cause/free you
            to do more right in the future.

 

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JUDGMENT REPENTANCE
&
FORGIVENESS REPENTANCE

 

 

In the previous section I wrote that there are
two kinds of sorrow:
            constructive sorrow
            & destructive sorrow,
but that only constructive sorrow
leads to repentance.

 

Constructive sorrow having led to repentance,
I now show that there are two kinds of repentance:

            Judgment repentance:
                       humbly doing good & not bad
                       causes us
                       to go to Heaven,
            our actions – prompt – God,

            Forgiveness repentance:
                       gratitude for our new eternal life
                       causes us
                       to humbly do good & not bad,
            God’s actions – prompt – us.

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THIS IS A TECHNICAL SITE

 

For something less technical & more practical
on Forgiveness repentance,
see: YouTube: – Repentance, it's simple... -Dan Mohler.,,,,,

 

I once heard David Holden preach,
about thirty-five years ago, at a New Frontiers meeting,
saying that:
,,        ,,        [The phrase repent & be baptized, in Acts c2 v38,,,,
,,        ,,        has implied, to many/most Christians,
,,        ,,        that you repent only once, at the beginning of your Christian life.
,,        ,,        However,] repentance can also be a useful, indeed vital, thing to do
,,        ,,        on an as needs basis.

 

I don’t also include a link to Andrew Wommack’s material here
because it’s so thorough & lengthy.
Ideally, go to: A better site than this one
and from there to Andrew’s site.

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