Hello, thank you for joining me today for Give Him 15. The title of today's post is

an incredibly harmful misunderstanding. What I'm about to share with you is not related to what

is coming in 2024 in a predictive sense, but it is very related in a causative sense.

It is extremely important, greatly misunderstood, and terribly undertaught.

Please put your student hats on today and think. And let's agree right now.

Holy Spirit, open our ears to hear today and give me the ability to communicate with great clarity.

Much is said in revivals and evangelistic meetings about repentance.

It is indeed involved in the cleansing of sin, whether one is being born again, or when a believer receives

cleansing. Unfortunately, many don't understand the true meaning and process of repentance,

which can cause them to miss the transforming power it generates.

Believers often struggle with repetitive sin due to this,

and unbelievers can think they're born again or saved when they may not be.

Statistics reveal that a very small percentage of people who pray what many call the sinner's

prayer actually become true followers of Christ. I've heard statistics as low as 3 to 5 percent.

I'm certain it's below 10 percent. You may have picked up on me using the word process.

Repentance is actually part two of a three-part process.

Part one.

Some think of repentance as remorse. It isn't. Regret, sorrow, or remorse is a different word in scripture and is the first part of the process. It is good to have sorrow or be sorry for our sins,

but biblical repentance involves more. Judas had sorrow. And I'm talking about true sorrow.

He hung himself. Judas had sorrow, same word metamelamon,

but not repentance. Esau wept over selling his birthright. Obviously he felt remorse,

but couldn't find repentance. I've seen people weep at altars when confessing sin or when confessing sin.

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