Quiet Time Notes
Notes from my daily Quiet Times with God
Repentance - What It Is (part 3)
October 26th, 2009Previous |
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Dictionaries of Biblical Greek - Repentance
- a complete change of attitude, spiritual and moral, toward God
- a change of mind
- to change one’s way of life
- to change one’s mind or purpose
Questions:
- How did both John and Jesus begin their public ministry of preaching?
- What does the prefix meta- (from metanoia) mean? What other English words do you know that have meta- as a prefix?
- What does the root nous (from metanoia) mean? What other English words do you know that contain –noia?
- Have you ever considered your worldview? How has the Bible shaped it?
- Why is metanoia necessary for us to grasp the kingdom of God?
- How has the Latin idea of paenitentia influenced your understanding of repentance?
- Why is the author concerned with “repentance” as our English translation for metanoia?