As Francois de La Rochefoucauld once remarked, “When our vices quit us we flatter ourselves with the belief that it is we who quit them.” Many times, our repentance is really nothing more than us trying to escape the consequences of our sin. We are sorry only because we are caught or maybe it caught up with us.
That however isn’t the kind of repentance God wants from us.
Consider what is said about the woman Jezebell( probably not her real name but
an apt description) in the message to the church at Thyatira found in Revelation
2. Here is a woman who is involved in wickedness and leading others to it. It
is said of her “I gave her time to repent, and she does not want to
repent of her immorality.”
God is willing to
forgive. He wants us to turn back to him. He will give us chances to do just
that. But there comes a point when our sin isn’t ignorance, immaturity or
weakness, it is just simple rebelliousness. That kind of sin will be punished
by God and we will face the repercussions!
Don’t let sin ruin
you before you quit it, Get out of it while the getting is good!
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