Salvation is a free gift from God through Jesus. However, if you accept this gift it makes you a part of His holy family. Being a part of His family has some responsibilities. You accept salvation through faith, but then you repent in your heart all your sins known and unknown. Next you live it out and proclaim it without embarrassment or hesitation.
While you are alive it is like you are running a marathon. You have to practice. You have to work the faith muscle. You learn endurance by using your spiritual gifts and leaning into God in the hard times. It is a relationship that should never go stagnant. You also have to learn humility to repent when you sin. Repentance is displayed in obedience. If you truly love God, then you will obey him.
To repent is to change your mind. You change how you look and think about sin. You repent what you know, but as you go on in life you realize that you still sin. You have to repent as sin becomes aware to you. It is like taking a spiritual shower. You are staying spiritually hygienic. You also want to repent from all your unknown sin, so you ask God to reveal them to you.
You have to have a repentant heart to follow Jesus. It ensures you have a heart seeking to be like him. Your heart and attitude leads to your actions, so it helps you stay righteous. If your heart is true then sin brings you real sorrow. The truth becomes clear. You accept God's forgiveness and change, but you also accept consequences in your life. People do not forgive as quickly as God because they can't read your heart. They only see the actions.
2 Chronicles 7:12-15, Psalm 51, Jonah 3, Mark 1:14-15, Romans 4:13-15, Hebrews 11:1-19, & James 2:19-20
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