Real Repentance           

The Bible says, “Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.” Matthew 5:4 (KJV)

Mourn, is the deepest word for sorrow. It’s the word for the grief that you feel at the graveside of a lost loved one. It’s a strong word, a word for lament. Psalms 34:18 (KJV) “The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.”

Wabush, a town in a remote portion of Labrador, Canada, was completely isolated for some time. But recently a road was cut through the wilderness to reach it. Wabush now has one road leading into it, and thus, only one road leading out. If someone would travel the unpaved road for six to eight hours to get into Wabush, there is only way he or she could leave…by turning around.

Each of us, by birth, arrives in a town called Sin. As in Wabush, there is only one way out…a road built by God himself. But in order to take that road, one must first turn around. That complete about face is what the Bible calls repentance, and without it, there's no way out of town.

This is the missing note in the modern church. Many people are baptized pagans. They have united with churches like they have joined country clubs. The Bible says in 2 Corinthians 7:10 (KJV) “For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.”

In Matthew 5:4 Jesus is talking about Godly sorrow, not worldly sorrow. True repentance is a complete turning around, forsaking the sin that doth so easily beset us and heading away from sin to the Savior. Praise the Lord for 1 John 1:9 (KJV) “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” 

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