week of 10/30

Unit 14  Session 4 

A HUMBLED HEART

PSALM 119 ; PROVERBS 28 ; 2 CORINTHIANS 6-7

Repentance is an act prompted by sorrow in which a person turns from sin to Christ.

The past few studies have taken us from the theme of judgment to the theme of grace and back again. From a king to a nation of people, the need for humility is evident. So where should all of this take us? To a humbled heart. We've seen the kindness of God in the past few studies, though kindness and judgment aren't thought to live in the same house. With God, however, they do. The apostle Paul said God's kindness is intended to lead us to repentance (Rom. 2:4). It is to repentance we now look.

Points to consider:

✞   Repentance is the result of godly sorrow.

     * Why should repentance, whether someone 

        else's or our own, result in rejoicing?

     * What are some ways we can recognize the 

        difference between godly grief and worldly 

        grief?

✞   Repentance is the act of turning from sin.

     * What are some ways sinners do not "prosper" 

        when hiding their sins?

✞   Repentance is proven by obedience.       

     * Why does repentance require that obedience 

        follow?