# 232 Today’s Living Word comes from Mark 1:15 “and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel."
"The message of Jesus was not, “ask Me into your heart and you will be saved.” He said, “repent and believe the gospel!” Repentance and belief are so much stronger than getting someone to say the sinners prayer. Repentance involves personal sorrow over sin. And belief involves complete trust that God has done something for you to take care of your sorrowful sin problem.
Many times people will have sorrow over getting caught in their sin, but that is not true repentance. True repentance is sorrow over the fact that you have grieved and disappointed God with your sins! When David was found out in his sin with Bathsheeba, please note his words and understand true repentance:
2 Samuel 12:13, “So David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the LORD." Was David embarrassed about being caught? Possibly, but there is no hint of it in his reply to Nathan.
Similarly, our repentance must not be driven by embarrassment, but rather by genuine sorrow over the fact that we have disappointed, or grieved, or offended our heavenly Father.
I’m Duane Matz and that’s today’s Living Word.
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