Repentance

I hear so many people say something along this line
"Since we are forgiven as christians, why bother doing good works then?"

I learned this week that we often forget that we are forgiven through the cross and that God is behind the cross. It didn't come up randomly or all of a sudden but it was plan by God. We are often too selfish to think that we are forgiven already so why bother putting so much effort in being a good person or doing good things.
We are forgiven through Jesus and because of God. Not because we have been forgiven, we can be slacking off and live the way we like to live! We need to repent when we think this way or act this way. We are not saved because of our works in the first place so we need to live a life that is worthy of that salvation. We should live a life that is pleasing to him who saved us!

When a doctor successfully saved someone who was diagnosed with horrible lung problem because of smoking, the doctor would expect he/ she to stop smoking rite?? The same idea applies here. We had been saved from eternal death so God is expecting us to stop doing things that will lead us to that death again.

As part of our sinful nature, we would do things that shifts us away from God. An act of repentance is an ongoing process and action against our sinful nature and leaning towards Godliness. It should be our high priority as christians even though we have been forgiven because too often we forget that we are saved by God's grace and that we need to live worthy of the salvation given to us.

Do you think you need to repent??
How sure are you that when we return to God, he will forgive you??