Wesley Huff

And you stop doing those, not because God is a cosmic killjoy and he doesn't want you to feel the goodness of those things, but because those things are actually harmful to you.

They are hurting you, and they are creating a separation of the relationship between you and God.

The miracle of this is that your salvation is received, not achieved.

And so, once again, it's not about like brownie points.

It's not about checking off, you know, I read the Bible as many times.

I went to church as many times.

You know, I didn't lie.

I didn't steal.

I didn't cheat.

I didn't – because we still exist in this beautiful yet broken world and because we live in a world that is marred by the brokenness of the fall.

of our first parents, Adam and Eve, making that decision to rebel against God.

And because of that, now the creation itself has been affected.

It's not about trying to earn my way into heaven.

So is it a very small percentage of people who are actually repenting?

Maybe, but what of that percentage is a tempter who fully understands?

It's interesting, the word that we translate as repentance is the Greek word metanoia.

It means change your mind.

And so there's an aspect of it's not just about the doing, right?

It's an understanding.

It's a component of I don't want to do these things.