2006-08-22 15:04:52 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
WOW, some awesome answers here!
2006-08-22 15:18:03 · update #1
Grabbing a bottle of Jim Beam and drowning away your sorrows! Right? lol
2006-08-22 15:29:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the context. When god repented himself for creating man and seeing their sins before the flood, it doesn't neccessarily mean that he changed his mind or committed a sin.
"It repenteth Me that I have made man."
These words of the Lord are to be understood metaphorically, and according to the likeness of our nature. For when we repent, we destroy what we have made; although we may even do so without change of will; as, when a man wills to make a thing, at the same time intending to destroy it later. Therefore God is said to have repented, by way of comparison with our mode of acting, in so far as by the deluge He destroyed from the face of the earth man whom He had made.
2006-08-22 22:22:08 · answer #2 · answered by insideoutsock 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To repent means to have a change of mind. You hear the gospel that tells about the Lord Jesus Christ dying for your sins and since all people are sinners you have a change of mind and believe the gospel. 1 Corinthians 15: 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 1 Corinthians 15: 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
2006-08-22 22:11:44 · answer #3 · answered by Ray W 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
asking the Lord to forgive your sins is part of it but trying away from that sin is just as important. You don't get a free pass just for repenting and then continue to do the same things over and over again. You truly feel sorry for your sins and you truly want to live your life differently. IE you learn from your mistakes.
2006-08-22 22:10:11 · answer #4 · answered by Stand 4 somthing Please! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Repenting means that you agree with God that you are going in the wrong direction in some area of your life and so you do a u-turn in that area of behavior and start to do something good instead. Here's a classic passage that describes the actions associated with repentance.
"that you put off, concerning your former way of life, the old man which is being corrupted according to the deceitful lusts, and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and that you put on the new man which was created in the likeness of God, in true righteousness and holiness.
Therefore, having put off falsehood, "Let each one speak truth with his neighbor," for we are members of one another. "Be angry, and do not sin": do not let the sun set on your anger, nor give opportunity to the devil.
Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working that which is good with his hands, in order that he may have something to share with him who has need.
Let no corrupt word proceed from your mouth, but only what is good for edification, that it may give grace to them that hear. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and blasphemy be removed from you, with all malice. And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as also God in Christ forgave us. Ephesians 4:22-32
2006-08-22 22:17:16 · answer #5 · answered by Martin S 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To repent means that you have changed. You turn around, and you go in the other direction
2006-08-22 22:12:02 · answer #6 · answered by msjudy58 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is a translation of metanoeo in Greek. My dictionary defines that word as "to repent, to change any or all of the elements composing one's life: attitude, thoughts, and behaviors concerning the demands of God for right living"
Pretty much says it all.
2006-08-22 22:09:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Turning around, going another direction. It is like driving down a street, realizing you are going the wrong way, make a U turn, and go the other way. It is leaving behind the sinful lifestyle you were engaged in and going in the opposite direction.
2006-08-22 22:08:40 · answer #8 · answered by BrotherMichael 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
To repent doesnt mean to turn away... thats why it often says "repent AND turn away"
Repent means to consider afterwards, understand it was sin and be remorseful.
2006-08-22 22:10:57 · answer #9 · answered by impossble_dream 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Repenting means to be truly sorry for the sins we have committed and firm resolve to not repeat this sin...ever....
2006-08-22 22:19:03 · answer #10 · answered by Hillbilly Ma 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To come to realize that you have offended God, to be truly sorry with a sincere, heartfelt sorrow, to confess your sins and to do reparation for your sins, ask for forgiveness and make a solid vow to turn away from sin and follow God's will, not your own.
2006-08-22 22:14:41 · answer #11 · answered by Mamma mia 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋