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Originally Posted by countmeworthy
My experience which is also biblical is Blessings come from genuine Repentence.
I found myself reading passages in the last few weeks that led me to do a study on Repentence because I began to see how God always blesses people when they repent! .....
Peace & blessings always follow and I again, I know this is True because this is what always happens to me: Conviction-Repentence-Peace-Thanksgiving-Praise, Blessings. In that order.
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Isaiah ch. 53 said, "We all like sheep have gone astray." Isaiah wasn't talking about goats, or wolves, or pigs. No, even the sheep go astray. Those who think they are beyond error, and are swimming in the sea of pure truth, are in the most trouble.
I am sure many of my mental models of "how things are" and "how things ought to be" are riddled with error, or are at least woefully incomplete. I have to be willing to let go.
Nee had some good things to say. But it is critical to be willing to let go of Nee's ideas. Anything beyond Jesus is a dangerous snare. "I was determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified." (1 Cor. ch. 2)
One thing I learned while in the Recovery Churches was that "repentance" doesn't mean to feel bad, or to regret. It means to change, to have a change in thought, a change in behavior, and a change in direction. I wonder how many of us are willing to change?