The False Repentance

Sermons on the Christian Church of West Kalimantan (Adult Associate)
THE FALSE REPENTANCE
Hosea 5:15-6:6
Preliminary
Brother, several years ago I often serve in prison. There was one prisoner who had looked earnestly repent. At the time of worship he always testified, after services he was always talking to me and seemed already converted. I am very impressed with what is presented and briefly I think he has repented sincerely.
Therefore are close to me, I visited his parents. From her mother I know who this person really is. It turned out that her son was very unusual evil. This child is very, very hostile towards her mother, if she asks something of her mother and her mother was not granted he did not hesitate to beat and abuse his mother, even her daddy had died by the Due behavior. Therefore, none of his brother who recognizes him as a brother, by being so evil as this guy.
Year 2005 if not mistaken he was free, when he was free to visit me several times never met, his mama always katakana he always not at home he was returned to a long life. Look he is a person has repented, but actually he has not repented at all.
Three months after he was free to people to find him in the river in a state of dead cow. His death is not clear why, whether in a hit-run death or taxable. Conversion does not mean it.
This person has no genuine repentance, but repentance seems sesu ngguhnya, his conversion only to the extent the mouth alone. Which is called a false repentance.
Brothers, in our lives as believers God wants the genuine repentance. Repentance in the native language has a different meaning, ie, turned one hundred eighty degrees. So when people say he repents, he will not see mmebelakangi sin and will sin again. But the brother of the fact that many people turn over not just turn around 180 degrees but 360 degrees means back position to the beginning. Another meaning is sorry, where a person came to God with a broken heart, he felt unworthy and he will not repeat what has been done.
Examples: David, when he committed adultery, and was rebuked by the prophet Nathan, he came to God with confession and a broken heart with all the remorse he came to the Lord. He came not just heart broken and crying with great regret, but inside there is a commitment to repentance will not repeat the same falling into sin.
In Psalm 51 so obviously he's sorry and suungguh really repents, she not only regret but he also turned away from sin.
God wants, when we truly repent our sins and put the old life to God and start a new life. In repentance there is a commitment to live in truth and must be held to that commitment seriously. God does not want dipermainan, God wanted when we repent, not because it is influenced by factors outside ourselves, but must come from the hearts and our lives. Like David.
Repentance must be based on the awareness that what we are doing is something that is hated by God.
Brothers, in our reading we had seen how God reveals God's disappointment towards his people who will not repent (5:15) so God told me I would place my home until they plead guilty from seeking face-KU. In the constriction they miss me.
This verse speaks about God letting and leave his people, for the time while waiting for them to repent, confess their guilt and seek God. God is described here as a father who was so annoyed and began to grind down with their children who dropped out did not hear the advice and didikannya. So that the father was as if to let what will be his children.
(We also often Thus, if the mentor had annoyed our children and they are not heard, usually God seemed to leave them with their desires until one time they realize what they did was wrong and they need God.
How is God's way of bringing people to confess that they are really guilty and need God. God used difficulties and tightness in their lives so they turned to God.
This is one way of God in a practical and effective way to bring the nation of Israel and of mankind dating back to the Lord and recognize the power of God. Because humans have a tendency not to repent if only in preaching. Therefore the prophets who called for repentance ignored them, they do not want to hear, that they want to hear is the false prophets who deliver things that are pleasant to their ears, but the prophets who rebuked the sins they did not listen so God must constriction and difficulty to use to bring them back to God.
Dear friends, as long as I serve God, I ponder a lot about the ways of God brings a sinner to God. Sometimes God mermakai way too young to get people to come and believe in God, for instance when he saw the testimony of Christian life he immediately converted to believe God. But there are many years in prayer in the gospel do not want to believe, believe in God.
Some people seem unlikely to believe in God and repent, but the seconds would die can not believe Tuhan.percaya Someone once heard a sermon can believe in God and repent, but have repeatedly heard the sermon does not repent-repent. There are people who are invited by a good to believe in God and repent from sin, not willing to repent-repent even God had to hit her repeatedly until the new trust God.
Brother, for God's people at that time, God used the method by allowing them to face the difficulties and look how God has worked, in verses 1-3, where they called for an invitation to repent and know God. "Let us turn to the Lord '" let us know and trying to truly know God.
This is an invitation to all God's people to repent and turn to God, this is something that looks good, but does this guarantee that they will repent sincerely. Apparently not?
There described in paragraph 4 of their repentance, is the apparent repentance, repentance is temporary. They really do not repent sincerely. Repentance is only limited to their mouth, or only briefly and did not last long. It is unclear to what God katakana "love setiamu like morning mist.
Dear friends, never saw the fog, the fog here is not the fog of smoke, haze like if Pontiac could survive a week in two weeks, there was no rain during the fog persists. But the word of God says this is actually fog. As the fog dipuncak, fog only appears briefly in the morning after that when the sun, the fog will disappear. Thus Allah compares the repentance of God's people at that time. Their repentance is false, only briefly and did not last long.
Why God's people at that time did not experience a genuine repentance:
1. Repentance does not come from the heart that truly know the Lord (1-3)
Brothers in verses 1-3, we know, what cause they did not repent in earnest? The reason is that per bertobatan they do not come from their hearts, and not because they recognize and be aware of the power and greatness of God.
Not because they are the true recognition of God, not because it was his own personal God, not because God is worthy of praise and glory but because God is the source of blessing and help in their lives.
Dear friends, we need to understand is no difference between repentance for God to be released from trouble, OR repentance because so blessed by God with repentance because really know God.
Civil note the reasons they repent in verse 1-3? Why did they repent, because they know God is punishing them when they repent and God will heal them. They know that the God who beat them and when they repent God will restore them, God will turn on them.
Here we can see, what was the motivation they repent? Or in other words, why should they repent? Their motivation is that they are exempt from difficulties, and constriction of their lives.
Brother, some time ago I saw on TV someone arrested for stealing, beating the police, he said .... Boy, I repent not be stealing ... try again if released he would repeat his actions again. He said reconciliation was beaten and tortured so that no police anymore.
When we repent of motivation because of things like this, then I believe our repentance is not repentance seriously, and will not last long. When the safe return of our lives is not a problem for sure we will get back to the old life.
Brother, there's an old, sick and stroke, one time I served the Lord's Supper house. Finish the eucharist we talk to each other. Then he said this; pack I had for so long in the baptismal, koq pain I do not heal? He said after being baptized will be healed because God Almighty ... .. hear the words of this old man I was shocked. Then I asked who's to say like that? Turns out there was a visiting church members homes and asked him to be baptized with frill when he was baptized he will recover.
When I say that it is wrong and wrong, he looked so disappointed, praise the Lord through constant guidance he would understand and he served until he died in the Lord MIH.
Brother, why in the KKR-KKR so many people who mengancungkan hand but who can survive in the church and worship on a regular basis just a little? Why are there many people who baptized our church but the long-kelaman out of circulation?
It all happened because of their repentance from the heart not really know God. His conversion on the basis of external factors, whether in order to be cured by ill health, in order to experience a change in the economy, because of economic difficulty and say believe and come to church with hope God will bless and will recover its economic life. There are even being baptized in order to wed in church.
Sisters, repentance must begin from a broken heart and broken before God, through the awareness of who we are before God? Repentance is really about all aspects of our lives. Repentance must begin from our hearts and minds.
Some people just turn up minds, he repented to the logic but not to the hearts. There are those who repent based on feelings or liver is also not true. There's worse where there are people repent only to the mouth. Having carried out to speak to God again.
Brother why God's people, not experience serious repentance? Because of their repentance does not come from the heart and the true knowledge of God, so that their conversion did not last long.
2. Repentance is the National
Brother, God's people at a time when they face disaster and divine punishment, they realize that what they experienced, everything happened because of their lack of obedience to God.
Therefore, they asked all of God's people to call for repentance so that they can be free from disaster and divine punishment. They realize that just turned around and called for repentance they will be free. But the national character of their repentance is a repentance that is planned and conducted jointly with the crowd, nationally, and en masse, all those who are in a country.
Brother, how it is often done by the nation of Israel was not only time but when THEY have kind of disaster, both diseases, natural disasters, famine, and so forth. This calls for repentance usually commanded by a king or a prophet or a priest and would not want the whole nation will go and come to God, they mourned and wept before God. Then God banish all sorts of disasters that befall them. But what happened? not so long, they sin again namely by rejecting God, and they even worship idols!
Why is this so? Because of their repentance is repentance en masse, repentance is "to-do" with the entire nation and society. This repentance is a repentance that is not effective, why is that? Because the national repentance, not the case in private meetings between the sinner with God. They only come to God together, cry together, but no personal perjumpaam. They cry because of the suffering they experienced and not because of their sins in private to be recognized and altered personal secaa! So not surprisingly, they easily fall into sin again.
Civil repentance of one's personal concerns, not just a proclamation that we will repent. It's about our personal repentance to God. Therefore, when a person repents, not necessarily known by the crowd, but he must finish before the Lord. Because it involves personal with God.
3. While Repentance
While repentance is a form of repentance is not really well. This repentance occurs only up to the level "Regret" only. People who do not necessarily regret it repent; no regrets even if in repentance, but repentance is not necessarily representative.
Sorry it only recognizes that his actions are not true, even if done with an attitude of regret that cry, that attitude was disappointed and asked why I was doing! But only to the extent that's all.
Regret is never done with a truly heart broken before God. The repentant heart and mind to realize that his behavior was really mendukacitakan heart of God and then ask for strength in God to truly change.
The Lord Jesus gave the parable of the Sower, there are seeds that fell by the roadside. The seed was grown and then crushed by the stones, and eventually die. Mat. 13:20,21. The picture described by the Lord Jesus as someone who heard the Word of God, they repented but once in her life face challenges, difficulties either at work or in your family, then that person deviates, even leaving the right path. That is what is called the Repentance meantime.
Meanwhile repentance happens only to someone on the level of regret. And those who regret was not necessarily repent, because after he returned to regret the old life again. When reminded, he was sorry again and then do it again. Because it is in him has not repented!
Concrete examples in the Bible, for example in the OT was the Pharaoh - many times he seems to repent and believe in God, but basically he did not repent, and finally die in the middle of the Red Sea; Saul seems to repent but actually that is not only regretting his behavior right, where he finally came to a shaman at Endor. In the New Testament example occurred in Judas Iscariot.
Brother, What about repentance we are today, whether our repentance or regret only to the extent we truly repent. Dear friends, God wants us to experience genuine repentance or truly repent.
Lastly, what is True Repentance "(Conversis Actualis Prima).
True repentance, occurs in the personal encounter between God and men in private. Where we truly meet the Lord Jesus personally, we acknowledge ourselves as sinners, and impossible to save themselves in any way.
So we ask that the Lord Jesus into the hearts and lives and then we truly obedient to the Lord Jesus. We accept the Lord Jesus as Lord and personal Savior.
Repentance is not because of the people or me-too many people, but personally we meet the Lord Jesus and He is our melahirbarukan (Yoh.3: 3). And after that we really have a new life, a life that runs according to the Word of God, and truly God-fearing. Pikriannya, feelings and behavior change. Her life was not in vain, but able to spend the fruits of the Holy Spirit, goodness, truth, purity, patience, peace, love, and so forth.
Brother there are several people in the Bible who actually experienced repentance setlah met with Jesus: For example like Zacchaeus. Luke noted. "But Zacchaeus stood and said to God:" Lord, half of mine I would give to the poor and a presumably there's something squeezed from a person will return it fourfold. " Jesus said to him: "Today salvation has happened to this house, because people even this son of Abraham. (Luke 19:8,9). So it is with repentance Woman of Samaria (John 4:29,39); conversion of the eunuch from Ethiopia (Acts 8:30) and The Conversion of Paul (Acts 9:5). This is called true repentance.
Jesus said, if there is someone who truly repent, then there is great joy in heaven over one repentant person. The question we need gumulkan together is, the extent to which our true repentance? Are we already in a susungguhnya repentance?
If we are in real repentance, let us live our lives with God-fearing, obedient to His will and leadership and we really become a role model in our lives, whether in family or at work.
Amen