10 Reasons to repent
I was re-reading Joy Dawson’s book “Intimate Friendship with God” over the last few weeks. In it there is a lot of good things that help you to have a close and intimate relationship with God.
In chapter eight of the book there is a section that talks about purposes to repent of sin. It lists ten reasons why we should repent of our sin on pages 97 and 98.
1. To stop grieving the Lord Jesus, who paid the horrendous price to deliver us from the ravages of sin by His death on the cross (2 Corinthians 5:21)
2. To prevent quenching the Holy Spirit’s power to enable us for God’s service (1 Thessalonians 5:19)
3. To enable us to fulfil our destinies by becoming more like Jesus (Romans 8:29)
4. To enable us to be intimate friendship with Him and find fulfilment (Psalm 25:14)
5. To keep us from the most destructive force to our minds, bodies, souls and spirits (Romans 6:23)
6. To enable us to share our faith more effectively and bring more people to Jesus (Matthew 4:19, Proverbs 11:30, Acts 1:8)
7. To stop holding back the revival and spiritual awakening we desperately need; to turn from our wicked ways of pride, unbelief and prayerlessness (2 Chronicles 7:14)
8. To prepare us to be part of His spotless Bride for the marriage supper of the Lamb (Ephesians 5:27, Revelation 19:6-7)
9. To prepare us for standing at the judgement seat of Christ, where we will give an account of what we did with the opportunities He gave us to know Him and make Him known (2 Corinthians 5:10)
10. To prepare us for serving Him throughout eternity. How we live here on earth determines what sort of privileges and responsibilities we will be given in heaven.
