Many
a time, when I read the following lines, I personally am
convicted over my own sinfulness:
Ezekiel 8:12a Then said he unto me,
Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the
house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the
chambers of his imagery?
Ezekiel 16:30a How weak is thine
heart,
Ezekiel 22:26b they have put no
difference between the holy and profane, neither have
they shewed difference between the
unclean and the clean,
And I repented.
But as time went on, I sinned again.
Could this mean that I did not really
repent the first time?
Or could it mean that I "un-repented"?
Or, although this is not Jesus' will
for our lives, will we struggle according to Romans 7,
while we still live on earth?
The next time you are convicted about
something, please remember me in you prayer.
That I repent with godly sorrow,
leading to line 11:
I Corinthians 7:9 Now I rejoice,
not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to
repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner,
that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.
10 For godly sorrow worketh
repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the
sorrow of the world worketh death.
11 For behold this selfsame
thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what
carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what
clearing of yourselves, yea, what
indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what
zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be
clear in this matter.
And if this be the case, please let me
know, and I will also remember to pray for you.