Repentance

Years ago a Hindu society sought to take everything positive in Christianity without compromising its Hinduism. Amazingly they started with the Westminster Shorter Catechism. And when they came to question #87, “What is repentance unto life?” They accepted the definition as-is with one modification. Can you pick it out?

This is what they affirmed:

“Repentance unto life is a saving grace whereby a sinner out of a true sense of his sin and apprehension of the mercy of God, doth with grief and hatred of his sin turn from it unto God with full purpose of and endeavor after new obedience.”

Did you notice what they left out?

They left out the most important part, “...in Christ!” The Westminster Shorter Catechism states this:

“Repentance unto life is a saving grace whereby a sinner out of a true sense of his sin and apprehension of the mercy of God in Christ...”

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