Do you understand what the word "REPENT" means?

Answer 1

to not continue the behavior that required asking forgiveness of.

Answer 2

To repent is to realize and make efforts to compensate for mistakes, ultimately in the hopes of being forgiven for error.

Religion has sort of commandeered the term, but the word has meaning outside of being sorry for sins.

Answer 3

Repent---"to recognize the wrong you have done and be sorry for it."---Most people know what repent means. Why do you ask? Are you having trouble understanding this word?

Answer 4

Yes, it means putting right all the things that you did wrong and getting 'right' with God. Being sorry doesn't cut it, a person must repent and stop sinning.
Bring forth fruits meet for repentance. -Matthew 3:8.

Answer 5

Repent, the way i always thought mean this:
To examine myself and *acknowledge* my faults, to ask God to forgive me of them,
You really start under standing HOW much you have to be sorry for when you take the time to THOROUGHLY look at your SELF, take a hour, not 5 minutes after something 'big' happens. You learn more when you find the little things that you were doing wrong, it still effects the bigger picture of you.

Answer 6

Yes from the Greek word which denotes a change of mind i.e. a fresh view about God, about oneself, and about the world. Since we are born into conditions of mortality, repentance comes to mean a turning of the heart and will to God, and a renunciation of sin to which we are naturally inclined.

Answer 7

To truly sincerely repent is to SURRENDER all committed and unconfessed sins associated with your carnal flesh at the foot of the cross ("placing one's sins upon Jesus), and to request intercession of the Holy Spirit for the Father to forgive all one's sins and release them into His care. By His mercy and the power & authority of the blood and Name of Jesus, one will receive the pouring of the Holy Spirit within and all bondage from sin will be cleaved in the fire of baptism. All former desires and lusts of the flesh will no longer hold one captive, hence the flesh can no longer lead one back to old ways. The spirit is now leading. But repentance must be performed frequently to maintain spiritual dominance over the flesh. We need to feed the "white dog" more than our "black dog" to ensure this.

Repentance is a daily dedicated effort that strives to cleave the "old, self-centered man" making way for the "new, God-centered creature in Christ", to enhance one's personal walk with the Lord and to do His will for the glory of the kingdom.

Answer 8

To repent is to turn away from our sin, and the sinful lifestyle, and to live God's way. A turn around.

To feel the weight and burden of one's sin, and to know a deep sorrow for it.

Answer 9

Yes,it means to feel deep sadness in your heart for having offended a Holy God and to turn from your wicked ways , to plan on not doing that same sin again.

Answer 10

It's a 180 degree turn from sin as opposed to 360 degree turn...

Answer 11

re·pent
–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.