REPENTANCE by J.C. Ryle
True repentance begins with a knowledge of sin. The eyes of the repentant person are opened. They see with dismay and confusion the length and breadth of God’s holy law, and the extent, the enormous extent, of their own transgressions. They discover, to their surprise, that in thinking themselves a “good sort of person,” and a person with a “good heart,” they have been under a huge delusion. They find out that, in reality, they are wicked, and guilty, and corrupt, and evil in God’s sight. Their pride breaks down. Their high thoughts melt away. They see that they are a great sinner. This is the first step in true repentance.
True repentance begins with a knowledge of sin. The eyes of the repentant person are opened. They see with dismay and confusion the length and breadth of God’s holy law, and the extent, the enormous extent, of their own transgressions. They discover, to their surprise, that in thinking themselves a “good sort of person,” and a person with a “good heart,” they have been under a huge delusion. They find out that, in reality, they are wicked, and guilty, and corrupt, and evil in God’s sight. Their pride breaks down. Their high thoughts melt away. They see that they are a great sinner. This is the first step in true repentance.
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heaven. Every day I find I am a sinner, and every day I need to repent. I<br />
mean to carry my repentance, <strong>by</strong> God's help, up to the very gates of<br />
heaven."<br />
May this be our divinity, your divinity, my divinity; your theology, my<br />
theology! May repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus<br />
Christ be the two great pillars before the temple of our religion, the<br />
corner-stones in our system of Christianity! (2 Chron. 3:17.) May the<br />
two never be disjoined! May we, while we repent, believe; and while we<br />
believe, repent! And may repentance and faith, faith and repentance—<br />
be ever uppermost, foremost, the chief and principal articles, in the<br />
creed of our souls!<br />
J.C. <strong>Ryle</strong> Online Resources:<br />
https://www.smore.com/1zv5m-j-c-ryle<br />
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