2 Corinthians 7:10
For the kind of sorrow God wants us to experience leads us away from sin and results in salvation. There is no regret for that kind of sorrow. But worldly sorrow, which lacks repentance, results in spiritual death.
*Strong's Ex. Conc. No.
Worldly (in this context): ungodly, alienated from God and hostile to the cause of Christ
From the Greek word 'kosmos' (pronounced kos'-mos)
Sorrow: pain, distress, grief, emotional pain that weighs on a person
From the Greek word 'lupé' (pronounced loo'-pay)
Being sorry and apologizing for that offense which we say we are sorry for is not godly sorrow.
We can regret the words we have said but we cannot take them back. The damage has been done and cannot be undone. Remorse is not godly sorrow.
Though a person may change on the outside, and believe themselves to be fine, better or good enough, but have not repented of the sin they have committed, there is no forgiveness, no salvation, no real change in the heart.
Repentance activates God's forgiveness and makes it possible for God to change the repenter's heart. It is impossible to change ourselves by ourselves. We need God to change our hearts by the blood of His Lamb, His only begotten Son Jesus Christ, Who became sin for us and died on the cross so we wouldn't have to die and pay the penalty for our sins.
Hebrews 9:22
In fact under the Law almost everything is cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness [neither release from sin and its guilt, nor cancellation of the merited punishment].
1 John 2:2
And He [that same Jesus] is the propitiation for our sins [the atoning sacrifice that holds back the wrath of God that would otherwise be directed at us because of our sinful nature—our worldliness, our lifestyle]; and not for ours alone, but also for [the sins of all believers throughout] the whole world.
Romans 3:25
God presented Him as the atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.
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