What Repent Means to Jesus
This is what repent means to Jesus.
But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.
He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.
And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.
Whether of them twain did the will of his father?
Matthew, Chapter 5
23:Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
24:Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
Jesus is saying that when you do something wrong to another person...you have to go to them and make it right by them before God will accept your offering?
When you do a wrong to your brother or sister just saying Lord forgive me is not going to get it. Jesus said you have to go to them and make it right by them. This one reason you see a lot of wrath on people who believe they have been forgiven for their sins against their brothers and sisters.
They say Lord forgive me and do not go and make it right their wrong that they did to their brother or sister. And God does not accept them.
God does not and never will accept sin.
God only accepts repentance of sin.
Repentance of sin. Means to make RIGHT the WRONG.
Luke, Chapter 15, 10: Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
No matter how many times you tell God the same thing over and over. God does not ever believe any lies.
They always say
"We are all sinners."
To which I say yes there are 2 groups of sinners.
The sinners that will not repent.
The sinners that will repent.
God will not let the sinners that will not repent into His Kingdom.
No matter how hard they try to get in without repenting.
You have to be purged of the evil within you to repent.