Godly Repentance

A very good morning to you, I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Thursday morning, the 30th of March, 2023 and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

“For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted,…”  
2 Corinthians 7:10

“Then Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, I give half of my goods to the poor, and if I have taken anything from anyone by false accusation, I restore fourfold.” 
Luke 19:8

Four hundred per cent, the tax collector Zacchaeus was prepared to give back to anybody that he had stolen from! Now, that is godly sorrow. That's what it means. It means to produce repentance, to change his ways when he realised that the King of Glory had come to his house and dined with him. Folks, godly sorrow leads to repentance and repentance to salvation. 

I just want to tell you a little story. I know an old couple in their eighties. He is a former Major General of the South African Defence Force, a highly decorated soldier. His wife is a gifted musician and a choir leader. Do you know, they gave it all up? That’s right. They are now running a mission Bible college in the bush. They are teaching Bible students from all over Africa, lots and lots of nations, and when I met him and I spoke to him, a godly man, he said to me, “Angus, now I have found my real purpose in life because Jesus is everything to me."

There is a church, somewhere up in the Johannesburg area, that I went to. As I walked through the door, there was a big neon sign up on the wall. “Missionary work is gratitude for Calvary.” When you realise what Christ has done for you, there is nothing else you want to do but to serve Him and serve His people.

Jesus bless you and have a wonderful day,
Goodbye.