Nature: Contrition, confession, faith, restitution.
2 Corinthians 7:8-11
8 Even if I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret
it. Though I did regret it—I see that my letter hurt you, but only for a little
while—
9 yet now I am happy, not because you were made sorry, but
because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you became sorrowful as God
intended and so were not harmed in any way by us.
10 Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and
leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
11 See what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what
earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm,
what longing, what concern, what readiness to see justice done. At every point
you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.
Necessity
Luke 13:1-5
1 Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus
about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.
2 Jesus answered, “Do you think that these Galileans were
worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way?
3 I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all
perish.
4 Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam fell on
them—do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in
Jerusalem?
5 I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all
perish.”
Power
Romans 10:9-10
9 That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and
believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are
justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.
Luke 18:14
“I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home
justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he
who humbles himself will be exalted.”
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