Jeremiah TiptonFounder in president of David Hernandez ministries

True Deep Repentance

28 Mar 2025 · 1 min

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In this sermon, the speaker defines true repentance as a profound change of mind that aligns a believer’s perspective with God’s view of sin. Repentance is not merely abstaining from a sinful act; it is an active agreement with God that the sin is wrong, a rejection of any temporary or half‑hearted break, and a commitment to turn away from the sin continuously. The speaker warns against self‑deception—telling oneself the sin is over only to be tempted again—and emphasizes that genuine repentance requires a sustained mindset shift and corresponding actions that reflect God’s standards.

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Repentance is more than just not doing the thing you know you shouldn't do. Repentance is a change in mind where you come into agreement with God and you say, God, I agree with you about that sin. It's wrong. It needs to go. It needs to go now. It needs to go in all forms, and it needs to go from now on. In other words, I'm not going to give myself a break because sometimes we lie to ourselves and we say, I'm done with this sin. And our flesh whispers, for now, meaning I'm done with this sin until the craving becomes so strong to where I want to do it again. And so we have to come into repentance, change your mind about the sin and think about that sin according to what God thinks, and then begin to act on that new mindset and turn from it.