NEGATIVES BECOME POSITIVES -Andrew Wommack

Luke 15:18 "I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee."
LUKE 15:18-19 This is a good example of true repentance. This son did not claim any goodness of his own or try to justify his actions, but he humbled himself and appealed to the mercy of his father. Likewise, we cannot approach God in self-righteousness, but we have to humble ourselves, put all of our faith in a avior, and turn from our wicked ways !" #hr. $%&'(. That is true repentance. )epentance is a necessary part of salvation. )epentance may include godly sorrow, but sorrow does not always include repentance. )epentance is simply a change of mind accompanied by corresponding actions. There is a godly type of sorrow and an ungodly type of sorrow. Godly sorrow leads to repentance. *ngodly sorrow, or the sorrow of this world, just kills. +ur culture has rejected all ,negative, emotions. -ut God gave us the capacity for these negative emotions and there is a proper use of them. .eople should feel bad about sin. There should be sorrow over our failures. /owever, this sorrow should lead to repentance, then when forgiveness is received, our sorrow should be cast upon the Lord !0sa. 12%'(. The sorrow experienced by those who do not turn to God produces only death. They grieve over their situation because they don3t turn to God !that3s repentance(. #hristians should only have sorrow until they repent. +nce repentance has come, we need to appropriate the forgiveness and cleansing that are already ours through #hrist !& 4n. &%5(. The positive change that our sorrows led us to, changes our attitude towards the things that caused us sorrow. 6egatives become positives through 4esus.