We’ve often heard from the pulpit that we must repent, but many of us don’t understand what true repentance is. And the truth is, we cannot even repent on our own because we love sin more than we love Christ and don’t want to give it up. But repentance is a condition we must meet before we can even receive forgiveness. What, then, must we do to be saved?

The sad reality is that there are many Christians who are merely modified but have never been transformed. One of Satan’s major deceptions is that we don’t have to fully surrender to God. The problem is many of us have idols that possess our hearts while we claim to be Christ’s followers. But Christ cannot be satisfied with only a corner of our hearts while Satan occupies the throne.

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