This article came across my life yesterday. It's caused me to stop and ponder for a little while. I hope it blesses you. The letter from Whitfield near the end is mainly what has hit me...
“It is important to consider how the gospel affects and transforms the act of repentance. In ‘religion’ the purpose of repentance is basically to keep God happy so he will continue to bless you and answer your prayers. This means that ‘religous repentance’ is a) selfish, b) self-righteous, c) and bitter all the way to the bottom. But in the gospel the purpose of repentance is to repeatedly tap into the joy of our union in Christ in order to weaken our need to do anything contrary to God’s heart.”
Read the rest of the article by Tim Keller here
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