I read Matthew 27 this morning, where Judas felt remorse for betraying Jesus. It says he wept and even tried to return the money, but then hung himself. A commentary I read said his actions were sorrowful but not true repentance. Now, reading this, I see that the timing was for me to learn more about repentance.
Perhaps church teaching needs to teshuvah.
Although my church does teach repentance this way, you're absolutely correct. Too many congregations view it as simply being "sorry."
I read Matthew 27 this morning, where Judas felt remorse for betraying Jesus. It says he wept and even tried to return the money, but then hung himself. A commentary I read said his actions were sorrowful but not true repentance. Now, reading this, I see that the timing was for me to learn more about repentance.
God is so good! I love when he puts lessons in front of us like that just when we need them!
Yes, absolutely this!
I'll be the first to admit that after my conversion I definitely had a wrong view of repentance. Took me a while to figure that out.
But these days I talk about this a lot, especially with newer believers who seem to think that just being sorry is all repentance is.
I think we all have been taught an incomplete view of repentance.