An Example of False Repentance -

What is an example of false repentance?

Michael Beasley shares an example from John Bunyan's book, Pilgrim’s Progress. There is a moment where Christian is walking with Pliable. For a moment, Pliable was willing to walk with Christian. There was all appearance of repentance, but as soon as the slough became difficult, as soon as began to swallow them up, Pliable relented of his original repentance and he headed to the city of destruction.

This is an example of a man who had an appearance of repentance but it did not endure. It was a false repentance. Repentance is a lifelong experience of a Christian. We are continually repenting and confessing sin and looking to grow and mature. For the person who says “I’ve repented” but enters back into sin, they deceive themselves.

2 Peter 2:22 (NKJV) – “What the true proverb says has happened to them: ‘The dog returns to its own vomit, and the sow, after washing herself, returns to wallow in the mire.’”

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