When God Changes Our Hearts, Our Actions Change, Too
True repentance occurs when we begin to see sin from God's point of view - when we see the way our sin has broken his heart. Perhaps the idea that God's heart can be broken by our sin is new to you.
In Genesis6:5-6 we are told, "
Genesis 6:5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Genesis 6:6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
God was so disappointed with what He saw that there was a grief or sorrow in his heart.
Jesus also was brokenhearted as He wept over Jerusalem.
Luke 13:34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!
God's heart aches over our sin. It alienates us from him and from our fellow believers.
If we want to have victory over sin and turn our lives wholeheartedly over to God, then we must see our sin from God's perspective. There is no preaching on hell can ever change a person's heart like seeing the grief sin has brought to the heart of the One who created us. We must ask God to show us what our sin does to him. As we do this and begin to understand his great love of us, despite how much we have hurt and grieved His heart, turning away from that sin is the natural thing to do. This is the test of our sincerity and of the level of our desperation to be right with God.
Luke 19:9 And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.
In Genesis6:5-6 we are told, "
Genesis 6:5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Genesis 6:6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
God was so disappointed with what He saw that there was a grief or sorrow in his heart.
Jesus also was brokenhearted as He wept over Jerusalem.
Luke 13:34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!
God's heart aches over our sin. It alienates us from him and from our fellow believers.
If we want to have victory over sin and turn our lives wholeheartedly over to God, then we must see our sin from God's perspective. There is no preaching on hell can ever change a person's heart like seeing the grief sin has brought to the heart of the One who created us. We must ask God to show us what our sin does to him. As we do this and begin to understand his great love of us, despite how much we have hurt and grieved His heart, turning away from that sin is the natural thing to do. This is the test of our sincerity and of the level of our desperation to be right with God.
Luke 19:9 And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.
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