And Grieve With a Heartfelt Sorrow

Q. What is the dying of the old nature? 

It is to grieve with heartfelt sorrow that I have offended God by my sin, and more and more to hate it and flee from it.

For the Bible Tells Me So...

Psalm 51:3-4 

• For I acknowledge my transgressions, And my sin is always before me. 
• Against You, You only, have I sinned, And done this evil in Your sight; That You may be found just when You speak, And blameless when You judge. 

Psalm 51:17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart; These, O God, You will not despise. 

Joel 2:12-13 

• “Now, therefore,” says the LORD, “Turn to Me with all your heart, With fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.” 
• So rend your heart, and not your garments; Return to the LORD your God, For He is gracious and merciful, Slow to anger, and of great kindness; And He relents from doing harm. 

Romans 8:12-13 

• Therefore, brethren, we are debtors; not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. 
• For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 

2 Corinthians 7:10 For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death.

The Heidelberg Catechism Lord's Day 33