Bible Readings:
Psalm 5:1 – 19
Matthew 5:1 – 6
2 Corinthians 7:1 – 16
Sermon Outline:
2 Corinthians 7:10 (ESV)
10 For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.
I The three elements in repentance
- Change of mind – thinking
- Change of heart – emotions
- Change of life – will and action
2 Corinthians 7:11 (ESV)
11 For see what earnestness this godly grief has produced in you, but also what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what punishment! At every point you have proved yourselves innocent in the matter.
II The happy result of godly sorrow
Westminster Shorter Catechism Q. 87. What is repentance unto life?
A. Repentance unto life is a saving grace, whereby a sinner, out of a true sense of his sin, and apprehension of the mercy of God in Christ, doth, with grief and hatred of his sin, turn from it unto God, with full purpose of, and endeavour after, new obedience.
III The tragic end of wordly sorrow
Repentance is nothing else but a reformation of the whole life according to the law of God — John Calvin
Repentance is nothing else but a reformation of the whole life according to the law of God — John Calvin
No repentance is true repentance which does not recognize Jesus as Lord over every area of life — John C. Chapman
Repentance is the process by which we see ourselves, day by day, as we really are; sinful, needy, dependent people — Charles Colson