This Week with A Good Confession for Families

Week 46: What is Repentance?

This week’s Question and Answer can be further explained as follows for kids:

87. What is repentance unto life?

A. Repentance unto life is a saving grace, by which a sinner, being truly aware of his sinfulness, understands the mercy of God in Christ, grieves for and hates his sins, and turns from them to God, fully intending and striving for a new obedience.

(from Westminster Shorter Catechism in Modern English)

Q59. How do you repent of your sin?
A. I must be sorry for my sin, and hate and forsake it.

(from First Catechism by Great Commission Publications)

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