The teaching of brokenness over sin is not a very popular message in the world today, and even well-meaning Christians avoid sounding forth the call to repent lest people get "turned off". Many people want a god who is only loving and forgiving, but that is not the God of the Bible. People may want to forget that God is a God of wrath and that there are consequences for sin. They want to see Jesus as a "good man" but not see Him as a bloodied and crushed sacrifice. They want their sins washed away, but they forget that their sins were laid upon the Lamb and it was His Blood that carried them away.
For those who have repented and are turning from their sins and saying "Though temptations still assail my flesh at times, I have turned from them and by God’s grace will never turn back," we rejoice! The Bible tells us that there is a time for mourning, but that there is also a time for rejoicing over the precious coin that has been found, and the angels are doing that in heaven right now because of your brokenness!
--> from Day 6, Setting Captives Free
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