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Is regret the same as repentance?
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No, regret is our conscious telling us we have sinned.
Repentance means a change of mind
The NT word translated repent is μετανοέω (metanoeō); repentance is μετάνοια (metanoia).
So metanoia literally means a change of mind.
So if we are committing adultery and repent, but continuing in adultery we have not really changed our mind and have not really repented.
We are called to confess and forsake our sins Pro28:13 and we can only stop sinning through the power of the Holy Spirit submitting ourselves to God. John15:4-10 John14:15-18
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They are not at all the same. In fact, even heartfelt change of mind does not equal true repentance. We are petulant, fickle, self-involved, ignorant, rebellious and at the core, evil, but for God's work in us to change us. The only true repentance is a gift from God. Submission is a good way to tell the difference, and that, by evidences, not by feelings, as it is also concerning obedience. See Romans 8: "7 The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. 8 Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God."
Curiously, in the Greek, the notion of repentance is not the same thing as it is in the English. Understanding that we are but man, God speaks of repenting in terms of continuous action. We do indeed repent, done and done, but we also continue to live in repentance, if repentance is real. And that is something that only God can produce in us. If it is so, it is established so by God, and "kept" by God, but we still remain responsible to commit to it.
Curiously, in the Greek, the notion of repentance is not the same thing as it is in the English. Understanding that we are but man, God speaks of repenting in terms of continuous action. We do indeed repent, done and done, but we also continue to live in repentance, if repentance is real. And that is something that only God can produce in us. If it is so, it is established so by God, and "kept" by God, but we still remain responsible to commit to it.
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