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Part of the “How Can I Change?” series. See part one here<\/a><\/p>\n

Godly Sorrow (2 Cor 7:8-11)<\/h1>\n

“8\u00a0<\/sup><\/b>For even if I made you grieve with my letter, I do not regret it\u2014though I did regret it, for I see that that letter grieved you, though only for a while. 9\u00a0<\/sup><\/b>As it is, I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because you were grieved into repenting. For you felt a godly grief, so that you suffered no loss through us.\u00a010\u00a0<\/sup><\/b>For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death. 11\u00a0<\/sup><\/b>For see what earnestness this godly grief has produced in you, but also what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what punishment! At every point you have proved yourselves innocent in the matter.”<\/p>\n

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What is the passage saying?<\/h2>\n

1. There are two kinds of sorrow.\u00a0Worldly sorrow and\u00a0Godly sorrow<\/span><\/p>\n

Only Godly sorrow leads on to change<\/span><\/p>\n

Godly and worldly sorrow overlap at the beginning. Both feel a loss. Both are emotional. But the further you go the further they separate. Godly sorrow feels the pain of the consequences (Heb 12:7) but it points them toward God, not their own loss.<\/p>\n

Worldly sorrow is focused on \u201cI<\/b> sinned\u201d whereas godly sorrow is focused on \u201cI sinned against God<\/b>\u201d<\/p>\n

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How is it connected to grace?<\/h2>\n