Title: Sorrow Over Sin?

Text: 2 Corinthians 7:10

I. Undoing Wrong Ideas Regarding Sorry and Repentance.

A. Sorrow alone is not repentance.

B. Repentance is an action not a feeling.

C. There is not a scale to measure right ratio of sorrow and repentance.

D. Repentance is a lifestyle, not an event.

II. Distinguish Between the Two Sorrows Mentioned in the Text.

A. Godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation is... 2 Cor. 7a.

B. The sorrow of the world is... 2 Cor. 7b.

III. Godly Sorrow is Good Because...

A. We have broken God’s law Rom. 3:23.

B. We have disobeyed the gospel and insulted God’s grace Heb. 10:29.

C. We have grieved God Eph. 4:30.

D. It points us to the grace of forgiveness Acts 2:36-38.