What Does The Word "Repent" Really Mean?

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The main focus of the word repent, gives us the idea to receive comfort or be the comforter and consoler which can bring comfort as two walking together. As man repents he receives comfort, God repents to comfort his own self knowing His will was done on earth as it is in heaven just as by faith knew it would be

It is how I believe we are comforted by the comforter the Holy Spirit, disciplining those he does love.

To repent is a work of God and as always he must do the first work in creting new creatures.In this case the work of Him turning us so that we then after he turn us by the hearing of His voice in return we can repent and comfort ourselves knowing he cannot deny Himself if he has paid the full wage of sin.

Having been comforted we are reminded of our youth, in respect to the milk of the word which teaches us He is gracious to forgive of all sins and continue cleanse us of from daily unrighteousness to the very end. If he has begun the good work of faith in us he will finish it to the very end. Finishing is better than starting, just as patience is better than pride.


Strongs lexicon...05162 nacham {naw-kham'}
a primitive root; TWOT - 1344; v
AV - comfort 57, repent 41, comforter 9, ease 1; 108
1) to be sorry, console oneself, repent, regret, comfort, be comforted 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to be sorry, be moved to pity, have compassion 1a2) to be sorry, rue, suffer grief, repent 1a3) to comfort oneself, be comforted 1a4) to comfort oneself, ease oneself 1b) (Piel) to comfort, console 1c) (Pual) to be comforted, be consoled 1d) (Hithpael) 1d1) to be sorry, have compassion 1d2) to rue, repent of 1d3) to comfort oneself, be comforted 1d4) to ease oneself

The whole chapter of jeremiahs 31 offers us much information into this work he works to perform in us to both will and do His good pleasure. In that way scripture defines scripture.

Surely have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast “chastised me”, and “I was chastised”, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; (not perhaps or maybe) for thou art the LORD my God.Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. Jer 31:18 I
 
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It means I say I'm sorry to God for breaking His commandment not to sin. Just because I'm saved and I know that I AM forgiven even when I do flub up, doesn't mean that I can do whatever I want and figure that since I'm forgiven, I can still do whatever and not face any repercussions. I believe that God knows my heart, and to use your example, if I were about to die in a car crash and swore, that He would know that swear word probably came more from fear, than a compulsion to sin once more before I die.. lol
I see you have learned well, what a "Straw man Argument" is. LOL Not one person has even mentioned just doing what you want.
 
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In today's world? Circumstances being what they are?...it p!!!!s me off to no end...no ...I can end my angst and I do with unhealthy counterproductive ways

Then I blame my results on the world, it's a renewing digress that only God can end.
 

blue_ladybug

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Ultimately, the only one we can blame for our screw ups, is ourselves. God doesn't make us sin..


In today's world? Circumstances being what they are?...it p!!!!s me off to no end...no ...I can end my angst and I do with unhealthy counterproductive ways

Then I blame my results on the world, it's a renewing digress that only God can end.
 

blue_ladybug

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Go visit the Not By Works thread.. LOL.. Many on that thread think we CAN do whatever we want, since we're already forgiven anyway..

I see you have learned well, what a "Straw man Argument" is. LOL Not one person has even mentioned just doing what you want.
 

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Can you elaborate on that a little bit more, please? :) When I repent (turn away from), I try to not do that same sin again. But then I get frustrated or mad, and sometimes, a swear just pops out of my mouth. And when I ask for forgiveness, I say "I'm sorry Lord for (fill in the blank) and ask His forgiveness.. Maybe I should be praying, "Lord please keep Your hand over my mouth". :p LOL

I will give two main meanings.

There is initial 'repentance' such as that 'given to Israel' with forgiveness of sins (Acts 5.31) when He opened their eyes AND TURNED THEM FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT and the power of Satan to God, as He did also the Gentiles that they also may receive forgiveness of sins (Acts 26.18). This is initial overall repentance, a turning to God from sin which includes general regret for our sinfulness.

Then there is Christian repentance where we repent over individual sins seeking forgiveness from our Heavenly Father.

In these cases it includes sorrow over out sin(s).

Other examples are 'God repenting ' that He intends to do something. In this case the emphasis is on change of mind brought about by a change of situation.
 
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I think that's the point of repent. It's a view to change ones mind to turn away from swearing. Only using swearing as this is your example.

So if you know that there is something that is offensive to God you change your mind that it is wrong with a view to change and come in line with Gods viewpoint.

Now the fact that you have swore does not mean you have not repented of it.
You want God to work in this area and the fact that you have spoken to him about it shows a repentant heart.

To me I think that when we slip up we have not become unrepentant.
Was Peter unrepentant when he denied Jesus? I don't think he was.
I may be wrong but I don't think there is a verse where Peter asked God to forgive him after he denied him.

I think Jesus knew his heart and asked him 3 times do you love me? Of course Jesus knew Peter loved him but the build up here was to restore Peter and prepare him for the plans Jesus had for him.

also to me when we get it wrong we need come before God, confess when we have got it wrong, acknowledge we have got it wrong, thank him for his forgivness and say "I need your help here, please work in me, you know I love you"
:)Now that was very well explained.:)
 
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Thank you, seed time. :) So, if "repent" means to choose to turn away from sin, then why do we change our mind and sin every now and again? Like I choose not to swear, yet on 2 separate days last week, I got frustrated with something that refused to work, and I swore. :( Now did I intend on swearing while I was trying to get what I was doing put together? Of course not, but the swears popped out anyway.. So if we sin sometimes, how is that we have changed our mind about doing it, if it happens every once in awhile?

And NO, I don't make it a habit to swear. YES, I apologized to God and asked for forgiveness. :)

☺Hi blue_ladybug☺
Post#12 by BillG explains It well.
 
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There seems to be alot of confusion about what the word "repent" actually means. Some here say it means to "change one's mind" or "turn away from". Others say it means "to ask forgiveness" of our sins. To me personally, "repent" has always meant to ask for forgiveness from God when I sin.. What say you all? :)
if im talking of repenting from sin



to learn something is unholy that is in your life, address it to God, ask for help turn from it completely and no longer let it be a part of your life

this applied to any sin would be repentance from my current understanding


(if you go back to w.e it is i dont think having a changed mind is enough to say you repented of it)
 

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For me it means to "think again / think differently" then to turn away from whatever was being done while asking for forgiveness.
 
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Repentance IMO,has to do with when a person gets saved the first time.They had a changed mind.After the person Is saved and they sin,a person should be righteousness conscience and not so sin conscience.There's absolutely nothing wrong with telling GOD I sinned,but tell HIM that because you didn't Intend to offend HIM,not because you feel you need to perform some kind of spiritual requirement every time you sin.

Your mind changed,GOD came In and now because of GOD's mercy,we should present our bodies a living sacrifice and that's a reasonable thing to do,not conforming to the world but renewing our minds to the WORD of GOD.
 
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One of the things taught in the American culture now by... well, I'd call them liberals, but they aren't anymore. Liberals still have some concept of what they want from government that just differs from conservatives. They're not bad people. But the news and school don't teach that any more. What they teach is anarchy.

And it begins with words. Any word. And the idea is to make a word mean anything you want it to mean, because if words actually mean something than people would really communicate and we can't have that, because communication is anti-anarchy. So, they really are out to destroy civilization, structure, manners, and anything to do with people getting along together.

My point? Why is everyone going through this as if they alone understand the word Repent? It's a word. It has a definition. The definition is in any dictionary. It's findable. It doesn't change.

What does change is the art of communicating by arguing over the meaning of a word when the word already has meaning.

Brought to you by basic (and real, because dagnabit, they don't like that word either, so they changed it) semantics!

If you're against what's happening in First-World nations across the globe, then don't join in the anarchy.

Repent means the exact same thing if it's used in the Bible or not. It's an English word. It doesn't have to be redefined because it's defined well already.
 
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One of the things taught in the American culture now by... well, I'd call them liberals, but they aren't anymore. Liberals still have some concept of what they want from government that just differs from conservatives. They're not bad people. But the news and school don't teach that any more. What they teach is anarchy.

And it begins with words. Any word. And the idea is to make a word mean anything you want it to mean, because if words actually mean something than people would really communicate and we can't have that, because communication is anti-anarchy. So, they really are out to destroy civilization, structure, manners, and anything to do with people getting along together.

My point? Why is everyone going through this as if they alone understand the word Repent? It's a word. It has a definition. The definition is in any dictionary. It's findable. It doesn't change.

What does change is the art of communicating by arguing over the meaning of a word when the word already has meaning.

Brought to you by basic (and real, because dagnabit, they don't like that word either, so they changed it) semantics!

If you're against what's happening in First-World nations across the globe, then don't join in the anarchy.

Repent means the exact same thing if it's used in the Bible or not. It's an English word. It doesn't have to be redefined because it's defined well already.
And, to your mind, what would that dictionary definition be? Something from a Biblically aligned dictionary that frames the word in the era it was first used, or from a modern dictionary that relates the word to how it is commonly used today?
 
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There seems to be alot of confusion about what the word "repent" actually means. Some here say it means to "change one's mind" or "turn away from". Others say it means "to ask forgiveness" of our sins. To me personally, "repent" has always meant to ask for forgiveness from God when I sin.. What say you all? :)
I believe in biblical context, repent means to "turn from sin." If not, the word doesn't have much of an impact, does it?
 
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What many teach as repentance is really the very opposite of repentance, it is an encouragement to sin….the sin of religiosity, the substitution of our activity for the activity of Christ.
 
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I believe in biblical context, repent means to "turn from sin." If not, the word doesn't have much of an impact, does it?
How do we make that fit the Bible saying God repented? (Which it says He did 28 times.)
 

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The day...the moment that we became born again...what did we say or do? That's repent. Right?
 

blue_ladybug

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Yeah, but we still sin sometimes, even after being saved. Being still human and imperfect still.


The day...the moment that we became born again...what did we say or do? That's repent. Right?
 

stonesoffire

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Col 2:13  AndG2532 you,G5209 beingG5607 deadG3498 inG1722 your sinsG3900 andG2532 theG3588 uncircumcisionG203 of yourG5216 flesh,G4561 hath he quickened togetherG4806 withG4862 him,G846 having forgivenG5483 youG5213 allG3956 trespasses;G3900
 

trespasses:

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παράπτωμα
paraptōma
par-ap'-to-mah
From G3895; a side slip (lapse or deviation), that is, (unintentional) error or (wilful) transgression: - fall, fault, offence, sin, trespass.
Total KJV occurrences: 23

Maybe all we need to do is say we are sorry?





 

Chris1975

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An interesting video. The Fear of the Lord is the beginning of Knowledge (Prov 1v7), Wisdom (Prov 9v10) and Understanding. The Fear of the Lord is to depart from Evil (Prov 16v6).

With the goal of the upward call in Christ, and that none of us should be lost, a sober self assessment is always necessary. This man cuts to the point. May we be humble enough to hear and repent.


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