Luke 5:32 I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Jeremiah 3:22-25
22 Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the Lord our God. 23 Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel. 24 For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters. 25 We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God.
- Repentance turns to the Lord, “we come unto thee” v. 22. “Lord, to whom shall we go?” John 6:68.
- Repentance rejects other ways, “in vain is salvation hoped for from…” v. 23. “ye turned to God from idols…” 1 Thessalonians 1:9.
- Repentance embraces shame and confusion, “shame hath devoured…We lie down in our shame,” vs. 24-25. “For godly sorrow worketh repentance…” 2 Corinthians 7:10.
- Repentance acknowledges sin against God, “we have sinned against the Lord our God, we… have not obeyed,” v. 25. Repentance doesn’t excuse sin as just “mistakes” and “errors.” “O wretched man that I am!” Romans 7:24.
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