"The Bible tells us that it's the change of mind.
The true Christian needs, first of all, to go through repentance, or rather, it's necessary to have his mind totally changed, in order to receive the Holy Spirit and truly become a new creature.
To repent does not mean to be sad or to regret the act practiced before.
To repent doesn't mean only to firm in your heart the desire of not practicing such acts anymore, because you did not like to practice them, you suffered because of them or something like that.
To repent is much more than that; it means to change your mind completely regarding what you practiced.
The true Christian needs, first of all, to go through repentance, or rather, it's necessary to have his mind totally changed, in order to receive the Holy Spirit and truly become a new creature.
To repent does not mean to be sad or to regret the act practiced before.
To repent doesn't mean only to firm in your heart the desire of not practicing such acts anymore, because you did not like to practice them, you suffered because of them or something like that.
To repent is much more than that; it means to change your mind completely regarding what you practiced.
A person who is really sorry for what he did starts hating his former condition not accepting that kind of life anymore.
This change of mind depends on the person, but also on the action of the Holy Spirit, or rather, it depends on the will of the one in charging and becoming a new creature, and on the action of God in strengthen him, so that he can leave the old things behind.
When the Apostle Paul in 2 Corinthians 5:17, "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! he was talking about a true and sincere repentance, that shows the adoption of new principles and objectives.
The repented Christian has his mind, attitudes and behaviour changed about sin, and this repentance is essential in order to inherit the Kingdom of God."
(Extracted from the book of Bishop Macedo, Bible study).
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