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NASB | 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord does not delay [as though He were unable to act] and is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is [extraordinarily] patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance. |
Bible Question: how many times should we repent. |
Bible Answer: Dear Elder, To repent, in the simplest definition, means to change your mind about something. Most of the time in the OT, repentance was changing the mind about sin. This was the purpose of the Law, to show people that they were sinners and not holy like God. In the gospels, John the Baptist's message of repentance was to change your mind about how you were justified by God i.e. turn from trying to keep the Law to accepting the Lamb of God as your justification. After Christ's death and resurrection, repentance is often associated with how we (sinful men) can get to a holy God. There is only one way - through Christ. So in that sense, there is only one repentance - turning from whatever system or religion we use to get to God to God's only provision - Christ - 2 Pet 3:9. There is also a repentance in the way of changing your mind about sins. This can be a daily thing but it is not a prerogrative for coming to God. God, in Christ, has forgiven all of our sins so they no longer stand in the way between us and Him. They do, however, still have consequences that we can suffer and they can grieve and quench the Holy Spirit's working in our lives. But while we are in these bodies of flesh, we will never perfectly repent of every sin. If we could, we would have no need of a Savior. Hope this helps. |