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NASB | 1 Peter 2:25 For you were continually straying like sheep, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Peter 2:25 For you were continually wandering like [so many] sheep, but now you have come back to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls. [Is 53:5, 6] |
Bible Question: Question - what constitutes true repentance? Must one turn from a sin once and for all never again to return to it, or does one turn from it each time it surfaces? If the latter, how can it be said with any certainty that there has ever been true repentance if there is a constant turning away from recurring sin. |
Bible Answer: Dear Achilles, Repentance and conversion is an evidence of the work of regeneration (new birth) performed by the Holy Spirit. It is also a life-long process (Hebrews 12:3-4). What the Bible speaks of as the "mortification" of the flesh (Romans 8:13; Colossians 3:5) The old Puritans used to say that if you were not struggling with sin, then you were probably not saved. The wonderful thing is that God gives us everything we need in order to win the fight (2 Peter 1:3). In Him, Doc "Repentance is a grace, and must have its daily operation, as well as other graces. A true penitent must go on from faith to faith, from strength to strength; he must never stand still or turn back. True repentance is a continued spring, where the waters of godly sorrow are always flowing. 'My sin is ever before me'." --Thomas Brooks (1608-1680) "If you love anything better than God you are idolaters. If there is anything you would not give up for God it is your idol. If there is anything that you seek with greater fervor that is your idol. Conversion means a turning from every idol." --Charles H. Spurgeon (1834-1892) |