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Bible Repentance: Path to Love - Robert J. Wieland

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cleansing from it (1 John 1:9).<br />

But <strong>to</strong> confess a sin without sensing its reality<br />

is mere lip-service, perilously close <strong>to</strong> hypocrisy.<br />

Skin-deep confession, surface repentance, bring<br />

skin-deep love, surface devotion.<br />

Jesus teaches that we must feel we have been<br />

“forgiven much” before we can possibly learn <strong>to</strong><br />

“love much” (see Luke 7:14).<br />

Note how an inspired comment clearly involves<br />

us all in the guilt of crucifying Christ:<br />

That prayer of Christ for His enemies embraced<br />

the world. It <strong>to</strong>ok in every sinner that had lived or<br />

should live, from the beginning of the world <strong>to</strong> the<br />

end of time. Upon all rests the guilt of crucifying<br />

the Son of God. (Desire of Ages, page 745.)<br />

The world was stirred by the enmity of Satan,<br />

and when asked <strong>to</strong> choose between the Son of God<br />

and the criminal Barabbas, they chose a robber<br />

rather than Jesus. … Let us all remember that we<br />

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