3 Quotes On Repentance From Charles Spurgeon
1- A Repentant heart comes from seeing Jesus
Do not sit down and try to pump up repentance from the dry well of a corrupt nature. It is contrary to the laws of your mind to suppose that you can force your soul into that gracious state. Take your heart in prayer to Him who understands it and say, "Lord, cleanse it. Lord, renew it. Lord, work repentance in it." The more you try to produce penitent emotions in yourself, the more you will be disappointed. However, if you believingly think of Jesus dying for you, repentance will burst forth.
-Charles Spurgeon
When you sin, you can look at yourself. Your sin. Or God. We should survey our sin and ourselves, but we should gaze at God.
2- Get the order right
Repentance will not make you see Christ; but to see Christ will give you repentance.
-Charles Spurgeon
We often think we must repent to have Christ loving us again. This is not true, He loves us “while we were still sinners” (Romans 5:8). Seeing Jesus and His love makes you want to leave the sins of your past and follow Him in obedience.
3- see sin as evil, not just “good that you can’t have”
The true penitent repents of sin against God, and he would do so even if there were no punishment.
-Charles Spurgeon
Sometimes we believe the lie that sin is a good thing. That it is harmless, soft, and for us, but God has simply marked it off boundaries because He doesn’t want us to have it. No, God has His reasons for protecting us from sinister sin. Would you repent of your sin even if there was never any punishment? No? Than you do not know the ugliness of sin.
Living a life of repentance and becoming more holy with you,
Josh.