Being Sorry
by Bro. James Scott
09/23/2023
2 Corinthians 7:9-10 - “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. For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.”
Raising kids can be difficult, can it not? As parents, sometimes we have to say some of the craziest things to our kids. It is amazing some of the things that we have said. “Stop chewing on your sock.” “We are supposed to eat the food, not the paper plate.” “Why is the teddy bear in the refrigerator?” For many of us, the list could continue.
All humor aside, I love my kids and I enjoy teaching them about God and life. I enjoy it when they come home from church and tell me about something that they learned. One of the things that we are trying to teach our kids is how to be sorry. Not necessarily how to say sorry. Often, it is easy to simply say sorry. Sometimes, when our kids do something to each other we tell them to say “sorry”, and they might do so without even looking at each other. As a parent, that is not necessarily what we are looking for. We are wanting our children to actually BE sorry for what they have done. To truly repent for what they have done.
The apostle Paul’s first letter to the church at Corinth was filled with correction and rebuke. They were struggling with many things. For example, false doctrine, immorality, and confusion. However, in the second letter to the Corinthians, the apostle Paul mentions the change that had taken place in their lives. When Paul wrote the first letter, he was rebuking them for their sin. In the second letter, Paul spoke of their correct response to sin. They could have argued. They could have made excuses or tried to justify their decisions. But they chose not to do those things. They chose to repent and change what they were doing.
Often when someone in our lives tries to point out our sin, we can become defensive. Rather than carefully considering whether the person has a point, we may become bitter, or even blame them for the problem. Paul even said something like this to the Galatians, “Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?” (Galatians 4:16). When Nathan said to King David, “Thou art the man” and called out his sin, David could have responded negatively, but he did not.
A person who holds us accountable is not our enemy, but a good friend. We ought not to reject the rebuke or attack the rebuker. We ought not to justify or excuse it. When we view the rebuke correctly and view it in light of what Jesus did for us on the cross, it ought to lead us to repentance.
09/23/2023
2 Corinthians 7:9-10 - “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. For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.”
Raising kids can be difficult, can it not? As parents, sometimes we have to say some of the craziest things to our kids. It is amazing some of the things that we have said. “Stop chewing on your sock.” “We are supposed to eat the food, not the paper plate.” “Why is the teddy bear in the refrigerator?” For many of us, the list could continue.
All humor aside, I love my kids and I enjoy teaching them about God and life. I enjoy it when they come home from church and tell me about something that they learned. One of the things that we are trying to teach our kids is how to be sorry. Not necessarily how to say sorry. Often, it is easy to simply say sorry. Sometimes, when our kids do something to each other we tell them to say “sorry”, and they might do so without even looking at each other. As a parent, that is not necessarily what we are looking for. We are wanting our children to actually BE sorry for what they have done. To truly repent for what they have done.
The apostle Paul’s first letter to the church at Corinth was filled with correction and rebuke. They were struggling with many things. For example, false doctrine, immorality, and confusion. However, in the second letter to the Corinthians, the apostle Paul mentions the change that had taken place in their lives. When Paul wrote the first letter, he was rebuking them for their sin. In the second letter, Paul spoke of their correct response to sin. They could have argued. They could have made excuses or tried to justify their decisions. But they chose not to do those things. They chose to repent and change what they were doing.
Often when someone in our lives tries to point out our sin, we can become defensive. Rather than carefully considering whether the person has a point, we may become bitter, or even blame them for the problem. Paul even said something like this to the Galatians, “Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?” (Galatians 4:16). When Nathan said to King David, “Thou art the man” and called out his sin, David could have responded negatively, but he did not.
A person who holds us accountable is not our enemy, but a good friend. We ought not to reject the rebuke or attack the rebuker. We ought not to justify or excuse it. When we view the rebuke correctly and view it in light of what Jesus did for us on the cross, it ought to lead us to repentance.
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