Repentance

Repentance.

I am more than a little fascinated by the idea of repentance right now.

Last week I got into a conversation with one of my honorary brothers about this topic. We were talking about what happened with a woman he had been dating. His words to me were “You know she ended it first so I never had to repent and obey God... and then I found myself in the same situation with another woman.”

After talking with him I had to ask myself... when am I simply sorry and when and when do I actually repent? What is repentance?

We are going to take some time today to sit and think about repentance in light of I Kings.

When you look at repentance in the dictionary this is what you get

–verb (used without object)
1.to feel sorry, self-reproachful, or contrite for past conduct; regret or be conscience-stricken about a past action, attitude, etc. (often fol. by of ): He repented after his thoughtless act.

2. to feel such sorrow for sin or fault as to be disposed to change one's life for the better; be penitent.

–verb (used with object)
3.to remember or regard with self-reproach or contrition: to repent one's injustice to another.

4.to feel sorry for; regret: to repent an imprudent act.




Is this different from God’s understanding of repentance?



What occurred in I Kings Chapter 2?



Was Adonijah done in his grab for power?


Why did he go for it again?


Was he unaware that Solomon was supposed to be king?
Read I Chronicles 22:6-10


Why do we repeat the same sin?


Are we repentant if in the back of our hearts we are still striving to get whatever ‘power’ prize etc we want and the only thing that is stopping us is a lack of opportunity?

So then what is repentance?

II Corinthians 7:8-13
Acts 26:20

Look again at definition number 2... do you think that is repentance?