StriperAddict
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Another great nugget of heart-journey truth I can't take credit for. Used by permission
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You may wonder where the idea of “repentance” as fixing behavior again and again in an attempt to get right with God came from, when it should read as a “change of mind or belief”. Well the early Roman Catholic state at times accepted alms for absolution and prayer, known as a “penance”. This Latin phrase is still used to mean a payment for sin. In the English then, that Latin/catholic influence translated “metanoeo” stuck as “RE-penance” - or paying for sin again and again! The very idea of RE-PENANCE means Christ’s payment was insufficient for our sin, and is abhorrent to the whole of Scripture. Jesus said to believe in Him - to think differently, to renew our minds to the Truth of God as our Source - is true repentance. For as we think and believe differently, our behavior does change, and the kingdom of God is very near indeed.
- from Mike Q Daniel
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You may wonder where the idea of “repentance” as fixing behavior again and again in an attempt to get right with God came from, when it should read as a “change of mind or belief”. Well the early Roman Catholic state at times accepted alms for absolution and prayer, known as a “penance”. This Latin phrase is still used to mean a payment for sin. In the English then, that Latin/catholic influence translated “metanoeo” stuck as “RE-penance” - or paying for sin again and again! The very idea of RE-PENANCE means Christ’s payment was insufficient for our sin, and is abhorrent to the whole of Scripture. Jesus said to believe in Him - to think differently, to renew our minds to the Truth of God as our Source - is true repentance. For as we think and believe differently, our behavior does change, and the kingdom of God is very near indeed.
- from Mike Q Daniel