What does repentance look like in the life of a Christian?
Rob Ventura explains in this video that repentance is the continual disposition of the Christian. We see our sin and it saddens us. We are grateful that we can even repent because we understand that is a gift of God.
Repentance in the life of a Christian is not penance. It is the movement of the heart towards God. It is a confession to God that we have sinned against Him and have done evil against Him and a plea for forgiveness.
Romans 7:18 (NKJV) - "For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find."
Yeah, repentance is the continual disposition of the Christian. He's continually saying with the Apostle Paul in Romans 7, woe is me for I am undone. We see our sin and it saddens us and again it's a gift of God that we can even repent. We should rejoice that we can repent by God's grace. As unbelievers we were thinking about repenting and let me be clear about repentance.
Repentance is not penance. Okay penance again, that's Roman Catholicism, But repentance is the movement of the heart towards God, our Heavenly Father. I've sinned against you. I've sinned in your sight. I've done evil before you, O God.
Forgive me based on the bloodletting of Jesus Christ our Lord. You