Bible Repentance: Path to Love - Robert J. Wieland

Horatius Bonar learned this in a dream. One
night he seemed to be witnessing the crucifixion of
Christ. In a frenzy of agony, such as we experience
in vivid dreams, he tried to remonstrate with the
cruel soldiers who were driving spikes through
Christ’s hands and feet. He laid his hand on the
shoulder of one of them to beg him to stop. When
the murderer turned to look at him, Bonar
recognized his own face.
The repentance which Christ calls for from
Laodicea is that which will go down to the deepest
roots of this natural “enmity against God.” What is
this deeper phase of repentance? It is repenting of
sins that we may not have personally committed,
but which we would have committed if we had the
opportunity. This is appropriate because the books
of heaven already record those sins written against
our names:
God’s law reaches the feelings and motives, as
well as the outward acts. It reveals the secrets of
the heart, flashing light upon things before buried
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