Have you ever had someone do you wrong and told you "I'm sorry" then turned around and did you wrong again, maybe over and over again. This person never repented for doing you wrong, they were sorry in the moment with no repentance. In Matthew 3, John the Baptist saw some religious leaders coming to where he was baptizing. He said "Who warned you from the coming wrath?" Yes, that's coming but John then shows us where Missouri got its nickname the "Show Me State" by telling them to "Produce fruit in keeping with repentance" (Mathew 3:8) This means if you are truly 'sorry' then you have made a conscious decision to turn away from sin and it will be demonstrated by a new behavior in your life which will prove a change of heart. If your truly sorry, show me! In Luke 3:11-14, John gives some examples: “Anyone who has two shirts should share with the one who has none, and anyone who has food should do the same." To the tax collectors, “Don’t collect any more than you are required to” To soldiers, he said, “Don’t extort money and don’t accuse people falsely—be content with your pay.” Notice these examples are not towards God but towards our fellow human beings. I've thought of a few places these few examples might apply to us today, I'm sure you can too.
Have you ever had someone do you wrong and told you "I'm sorry" then turned around and did you wrong again, maybe over and over again. This person never repented for doing you wrong, they were sorry in the moment with no repentance. In Matthew 3, John the Baptist saw some religious leaders coming to where he was baptizing. He said "Who warned you from the coming wrath?" Yes, that's coming but John then shows us where Missouri got its nickname the "Show Me State" by telling them to "Produce fruit in keeping with repentance" (Mathew 3:8) This means if you are truly 'sorry' then you have made a conscious decision to turn away from sin and it will be demonstrated by a new behavior in your life which will prove a change of heart. If your truly sorry, show me! In Luke 3:11-14, John gives some examples: “Anyone who has two shirts should share with the one who has none, and anyone who has food should do the same." To the tax collectors, “Don’t collect any more than you are required to” To soldiers, he said, “Don’t extort money and don’t accuse people falsely—be content with your pay.” Notice these examples are not towards God but towards our fellow human beings. I've thought of a few places these few examples might apply to us today, I'm sure you can too.
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