We must turn to the Lord

Repentance

We must turn to the Lord and away from our sin, for we are totally dependent on Jesus Christ for our salvation.

And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins; Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his  eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

Luke 3:3, Acts 20:21, Luke 18:13, Matthew 9:13, Mark 2:17, Luke 15:7

When we come out of our darkness into the light of Jesus Christ we come broken by our sin. The light shows us that we are not whole but shattered…not worthy but guilty…not rich but bankrupt…not confident but desperate…not mighty but lowly…not holy but uncleanRepentance means being sorry enough for our sin to stop, convicted enough by our sin to turn from it, broken enough by our sin to be willing to be changed.