According to studies, people who never apologize can't bargain alongside "feeling" bad, ashamed, responsible or vulnerable. They desire to experience skillful most themselves.
So nosotros must inquire ourselves: Are nosotros to a greater extent than interested inward feelings or facts?
No 1 likes feeling bad, ashamed, responsible, or vulnerable, merely sometimes we're all of those things.
God expects us to repent fifty-fifty if nosotros were alone 10% incorrect as well as the other someone is 90%. That's because repentance maintains a salubrious human relationship alongside the Lord as well as restores our confidence as well as hope.
God says "I alive inward a high as well as holy place, merely I too alive alongside people who are humble as well as repentant, as well as hence that I tin restore their confidence as well as hope." Isaiah 57:15
The non-repentant may experience "happier," merely alone because they're self-deceived.
Genuine repentance refreshes, restores, as well as changes us. It brings Christ-lovers factual happiness as well as joy--it brings us "where God lives."
Some skillful thoughts on repentance: Thoughts on Jesus' Demand to Repent
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