Repentance

My Early Morning Guests took a basic doctrine assessment test last Monday. The purpose was to find out if my students understood principles of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Immediately following the test each student received an answer sheet to see how they did. The results were varied and we reviewed the questions that everyone missed and talked about the questions everyone got right.  The very last question was an essay question that went like this: Suppose a friend asked you, "What is required for full and complete repentance?' What would be a correct response? Now, mind you, it was 6:30 am and my students don't especially like writing. Everyone included feeling sorry, confessing the sin, and trying to make things right. No one mentioned Jesus Christ or his atonement. 

  That raised a red flag for me. Are we teaching the principle of repentance without the doctrine of the atonement of Jesus Christ? The next morning we played 7 Little Words.

   This learning readiness game was intended to spur more discussion about what complete repentance
entails. For more direction about this game click here.

    The next morning, day three, I asked them to answer the same essay question in their journals. To my dismay, Jesus Christ was still missing from the process of repentance in everyone's answer. This called me to action. Every Friday our devotional will be entitled "Faith in Jesus Christ Friday". We started with the account from Enos, looking for what Christ offers in the process of repentance. To have our guilt swept away is pretty awesome. My hope is that He will be the anchor we wrap ourselves around.