the road to repentance

I will give an account to God (Romans 14:12)

What I do in my life may not have physical consequences. However, everything I do, say, and how I act God sees. On the day I give an account to God, I must give an explanation of my actions.

 When I live in a way that brings God grief, I must have godly sorrow which leads to repentance. (2 Corinthians 7:10)

 

Having a Godly sorrow means realizing the true wicked and evil nature of my sin. Since I have a realistic view of my sin, as God looks at it; I have a need to confess my sin (leading to repentance). And when I confess my sin to God, I don't need to regret not repenting. The road to repentance leads me into a closer and deeper relationship with God. In contrast, "worldly" sorrow is just a view of sin that instead of truly seeing sin in the way God does, I am focused solely on consequences.

 

I must carefully discern the difference between Godly sorrow and worldly sorrow because only one leads to a truly changed life.