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Re: Overcoming Habitual Sin

2 Corinthians 7:10-11 (10) For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. (11) For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
Feeling sorry for your sins comes in two forms: godly sorrow, and the sorrow of the world. The sorrow of the world is a "woe is me" despondency that produces nothing but depression and sadness and surrender and eventually death. Godly sorrow produces something else:

Carefulness - Godly sorrow causes a repentant person to be diligent and searching into "what went wrong" and "how to make it right". The issue becomes the Number One Issue. Sin becomes Public Enemy Number One. Rather than a flip "Lord forgive me" then on with the day's business it cause a person to STOP! LOOK! LISTEN! Put's everything on hold until this matter is taken care of.

Indignation - Godly sorrow produces a righteous anger against sin and weakness and failure. Not just a "oopsie, done it again" attitude, but a bona fide anger against sin, the flesh, temptation, the devil, worldliness, etc. It produces a realisation of just how offensive sin is to God and how dangerous it is to the soul. This indignation produces a determination to punish sin and the devil.

Fear - a healthy fear of God's righteous judgment and wrath against sin goes a long way to moving a soul from failure to repentance to victory. Not just fear of the consequences of the sin that was committed, but a healthy fear of allowing it to happen again.

Vehement desire - Godly sorrow produces a vehement, fiery, fanatical desire to defeat sin and be established in holiness. If there's no desire to be sanctified, there'll be no sanctification.

Zeal - That vehement desire coupled with a healthy fear of God produces zeal, or jealousy for God's sake. One who is a zealot is willing to do whatever it takes for the cause. For the repentant person, the cause is defeating sin and seeing the Power and Grace of God manifested, so that God can get some GLORY. The zealous believer will do whatever it takes to see God vindicated. His honour is on the line, because our sin causes the nations to blaspheme God's Name. How dare we promote such things! Treason! Grab the pitchforks and torches and get down to business and hunt out the traitor (the flesh) and put it to death! (Make sure your zeal is according to knowledge though, it has to be done God's way, not man's, otherwise you fall into blind asceticism and "will worship" that will not produce sanctification.)

Revenge - Godly sorrow working repentance produces revenge. It produces victory against the forces of anarchy and rebellion against God. Think of your temptations as vile brigands and outlaws running loose in God's country (your soul, your life). Godly sorrow will work some careful diligence that will lead to zeal to root out all rebellion and destroy it by the Power of Christ and His Cross. Victory will be obtained, because the forces of holiness are simply not going to stop. Sanctified Terminators, hunting down and destroying the strongholds of the enemy until there are none left.

THAT'S old fashioned Bible repentance, the apostolic way.
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