"Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death."
I had written this in my notes on these verses.
"Godly sorrow - repentance with an honest heart.
Worldly sorrow - seen of the world because you were found out. Motivated by fear of people not of God."
As I pondered on this I realized godly sorrow makes one change for the better. The wordly sorrow does not change the man it punishes him into submission. God will never do that.
Day 1658
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