Repentance 2.0

Key Points





The aim of repentance is love.


Our problem with our idea of repentance less about what we
haven’t been told to do but more about what we have already been
told to repent of.


There are many unique situations that we need the Spirit’s help
to navigate the right and wrong, some of which are matters of
conscience. To go against your conscience is sin.


The church needs to be taught all that Jesus said to
teach. 


You don’t have to repent; you get to repent! 


God is patiently waiting for you to repent. 


Repentance is not penance. 


Without real change, there is no repentance. 


Repentance is right thinking that leads to a change of mind
followed by a change in behavior.


Faith and repentance are a two-sided coin. 


Repentance is a realization that we have been wrong in our
thinking, wrong in our outlook on life, wrong in our
actions. 


Repent quickly, joyfully, and constantly.





Discussion Questions


Can you tell someone to repent in love? What does that look like?


What are some of the things God has told you to repent from?


What are some of the things you know you should change but that
God has remained silent on?


What is penance? How is it different than repentance? 


How hard is it to tell someone you were “wrong” about something?
Why is it hard?


What, if anything, prevents you from repenting?