REAL REPENTANCE

By Rev. Maghembe 17^th Feb 2013

REPENTANCE

• It is being sorry enough to quit sinning.  
• The real repentance must involve a person as a whole.

TRIANGLE OF REPENTANCE

Repentance involves three important things namely

i.     Intellectual

ii.    Emotion

iii.   Will

I. INTELLECTUAL

The real repentance must involve intellectual whereby a person must:

1. Realise that he/ she has sinned against God
2. View sin as how God does
3. Realise God’s grace that saves

II. EMOTION 

For real repentance to be in place, emotion is an integral part to be considered

Here, a person must:

1. Feel shame to live sinful life
2. Feel bad, restless and disappointed

III. WILL

Will is also involved in the whole process of repentance, whereby a person must:

1. Turn around and change in heart, behaviour and conduct completely.
2. Be ready to incur the price in order to depart from sin such as being abandoned by the husband, being fired from job etc.

The instance of the real repentance Luke 15: 11-32