Have Repentance

“For all have sinned and fell short of the glory of God” – Romans 3:23

In this world, all the people who live, which ever religion or community, are sinners. “Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, this way death came to all people, because all sinned” – Romans 5:12

Sin doesn’t mean adultery or murder alone. There are lots of words which are defined for sin. Sin, Evil, Wickedness, Transgression, Unrighteousness, Ungodliness, Iniquity, Disobedience, Trespass are some of them. According to God, Sin is any violation of his Laws. “Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness” – 1 John 3:4. When you read the New Testament in Bible, there are 103 different sins listed. Some are – Evil thoughts, Murder, Adultery, Sexual immorality, Theft, False Testimony, Slander, Greed, Malice, Deceit, Lewdness, Arrogance, Gossips, God haters, Boastful, No love and mercy, Drunkenness, Jealousy, Gays, Witchcraft, Selfish Ambition, Foolish talk, Coarse Joking, Lust, Evil desires, Lovers of money and themselves, Abusive, Proud, Ungrateful, Unholy, Unforgiving, Without self-control, Lovers pf pleasures, Worldly Passions, Hypocrisy and Idolaters are some of them. (Mathew 15:18-20, Mark 7:21, 22, Romans 1:29-32, 1 Corinthians 5:9, Romans 13: 13, 14, 1 Corinthians 6:9, 10, Galatians 5: 19-21, Ephesians 5:3, 4, Ephesians 4:25-31, Colossians 3: 5, 6, 2 Timothy 3: 1-5, Titus 3: 3,4, 1 Peter 2:1)

The origin of sin came when Lucifer [Satan] rebelled against God in heaven. He

was cast out of heaven to earth and led the first man and woman into sin. Because of this, sin and the penalties of sin were pass on to all men.

There are people whose repentance from sin was ineffective. Judas was one of them. He confessed he sinned, but killed himself, did another sin. (Mathew 27: 3, 4). Peter confessed his sin and followed Jesus and became his powerful witness.

Only way to come out of sin is the confess it and accept Christ as your personal saviour. Repentance should come from your heart, and the faith should be there that in Christ you are a new creation, without sin. But after that if you destroy your salvation by going back to your old works, no point in that repentance. It will be like Judas’s repentance. Repentance from sin is an inner change of mind resulting in an outward turning away from sin to move towards God and righteousness.