... you regret for what you did in the past, or it is just the guilty in your conscience?
2007-09-02 19:24:14 · 9 answers · asked by Janet Reincarnated 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
A sin is falling short, missing the mark. The mark which is missed is the ideal to live what you know in fullness. A sin at its based is knowledge not lived, so it only exist in reference to what you are not willing to apply in your life. Repentance is therefore unloosing your mind and making a progressive turn towards embodying the truth as you understand it in thought, desire, and deed. As grace can truly only be invoked by making a turn from former ignorance and helping others not to fall into a similar fate that you did. By helping others you work on that nature through them and it becomes progressive, as you are engaging that aspect of mind, through another's reflection.
The great problem is that Christians don't really understand that there is no sin, but people make it in regard to not living what they know. They speak of mans sinful nature, yet don't truly understand what they "nature" is, because we literally have a earthly nature, one of which in regards of consciousness our as inner earthly kingdoms. So we have an animal nature, or a lower nature, but this nature is to be worked on, this refers to inner work through living a consecrated lifestyle and having the proper mindset which is signified in the parable of the sower and seed, to become the good ground. The sinful nature they don't understand is a nature that they must raise up and bring into harmony and purity. But then again there is much that they don't truly know about their paths unfortunately, in the Thomas Gospel there is a glimpse. The lower must become like the upper, the male and female must become one, neither male nor female - heaven and earth must become one within ones self.
2007-09-02 22:05:22 · answer #1 · answered by Automaton 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
True repentance means you are sorry for your sins because they have offended the perfect goodness of God, and you also beg God's forgiveness and pardon. You also pledge to try not to sin again, and avoid the near occasions of sin (placing yourself in places or situations that may easily lead you into sin again).
Regret and guilt are human emotions that do not really wipe out sin, and are not repenting - only God's forgiveness can do that. And that's what we ask God for when we repent.
2007-09-03 02:43:07 · answer #2 · answered by the phantom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
true repentant does not mean we are just sorry we sinned of "just got caught". Confession is agreeing with God that we have sinned against Him- repentance is turning away from the sin, and back to God.
2007-09-03 02:30:44 · answer #3 · answered by AdoreHim 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Repenting means to deeply regret doing something and truely not wanting to do it again.
2007-09-03 02:43:36 · answer #4 · answered by BoranJarami 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
repent means to give up, to stop sinning, feeling sorry for your sins means just that that you are sorry for your transgressions against God.
2007-09-03 02:37:06 · answer #5 · answered by samuraijsp 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Turn from them, stop doing them. Admit they are sins and don't repeat them.
2007-09-03 03:27:06 · answer #6 · answered by Sweet Suzy 777! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
repent = sorry + change of heart
2007-09-03 02:29:15 · answer #7 · answered by Hey, Ray 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
yea you're askin for forgivness and you dnt go bak to what you did
2007-09-03 02:30:39 · answer #8 · answered by Live.Love.Laugh 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it is both
2007-09-03 02:31:55 · answer #9 · answered by (o_o) 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋