Godly sorrow and worldly sorrow. The first one leads to life, but the latter shoves us into a spiritual grave. Worldly sorrow only bemoans getting caught or weeps for what was lost. It never grieves for the wrong committed. Godly sorrow produces different results. When we experience godly sorrow, we are deeply grieved for the wrong we committed. We desire to ask forgiveness, to repair the damage, to make reparation for the harm done; not merely to protect ourselves from pain or regain what we didn’t want to give up. In a word, we repent.
— Charles Swindoll (b. 1934), Pastor, Bestsellerautor und Radiosprecher
Related Bible passage: 2CO.7.10
Topics: Guilt & Forgiveness
Charles Swindoll
Charles Swindoll (* 1934) ist ein US-amerikanischer evangelikaler Pastor, Autor und langjähriger Leiter des Dallas Theological Seminary sowie des Rundfunkdienstes „Insight for Living“. Er steht für eine alltagsnahe, seelsorgerliche Schriftauslegung und betonte insbesondere die Freiheit der Gnade gegenüber religiöser Gesetzlichkeit, was ihm teils Kritik aus fundamentalistischen Kreisen einbrachte. Für Bibelleser stehen seine Auslegungen heute für eine lebensnahe Anwendung biblischer Texte auf Charakterbildung und persönliche Lebensführung.
All quotes by Charles Swindoll (21)
I am the prodigal son every time I search for unconditional love where it cannot be found.
Henri Nouwen
There are two ways to do good: to give and to forgive.
Augustine of Hippo
God counts on your failure far more than you do yourself.
Hans Peter Royer
The church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.
Tim Keller
Forgiveness means allowing the other person not to have to be God.
Henri Nouwen
Love keeps no record of wrongs, but bitterness keeps detailed accounts.
Craig Groeschel
John Newton
Tim Keller