The Kitchen Table Devotional
2 Corinthians 7 Day 4
I now rejoice, not that you were made sorrowful, but that you were made sorrowful to the point of repentance; for you were made sorrowful according to the will of God, so that you might not suffer loss in anything through us. 10 For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation, but the sorrow of the world produces death.
2 Corinthians 7:9-10
The only way to clean a dirty heart is through repentance. This act is preceded by sorrow that there is no room for God in our hearts. This act is followed by forgiveness and freedom through Jesus without regret. There is a sorrow of regret and that insufferable. There is a sorrow of repentance that brings salvation. Regret fills our hearts with self-judgment, but repentance fills our hearts with the Savior’s judgment, moving into our hearts forgiveness, freedom, and favor in Him.
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