Required reading
All of grace by C. H. Spurgeon (available from Amazon or free on the internet, here for example) - Read Chapters 14 and 15.
My summary
In Chapter 14 Spurgeon reminds us that Jesus is not a dead saviour, but an alive one.
In Chapter 15 Spurgeon demonstrates that repentance of sin is required if forgiveness may be found.
What grabbed me
It was a helpful reminder that repentance is an ongoing act: 'Repentance grows as faith grows. Do not make any mistake about it. Repentance is not a thing of days and weeks, a temporary penance to be got over as fast as possible! No, it is the grace of a lifetime, like faith itself. God's little children repent, and so the young men and the fathers. Repentance is the inseparable companion of faith...Faith and repentance, like Siamese twins, are vitally joined together. We repent in proportion to our belief in the forgiving love of Christ.'
We generally want our faith to increase. Do we want our repentance to increase? Or would we rather have repentance as a one-off affair?
Now it's your turn
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