It broke his heart. Psalm 6:6-7 “I am weary with my moaning; every night I flood my bed with tears; I drench my couch with my weeping. That is 1 Samuel 15:11. I approve the spanking from one angle, and at the same time I regret the spanking from another angle. And God may be capable of looking back on the very act of bringing something about and lamenting that act in one regard, while affirming it as best in another regard. We have a God who shows us mercy even when we don’t deserve it. Genesis 6:6 And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. When the struggles of life come, and oh yes, you’d better believe they will come, the number one focus must be to rely on truth. Hence we have our precious fighter verse in Numbers 23:19 - "God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent; Has He said, and will He not do it? Truth can be difficult to uncover in this world, but God’s promises are always true. God is able to feel sorrow for an act in view of foreknown evil — foreknown pain and sorrow and misery — and yet go ahead and do it for wise reasons. Most people in the world have no experience of lasting joy in their lives. If such a combination of emotions is possible for me in my finite decisions, it is not hard for me to imagine that God’s infinite mind — the infinite complexity of God’s emotional life — would be capable of something similar or even more complex. All of our resources exist to guide you toward everlasting joy in Jesus Christ. When God regrets, he fully knows and expects the sad results. Q. I say it is precious, because here God's commitment to his promises hangs on his not repenting like a man. This is a huge and important issue. 14 (Adar 5766) GOD REGRETS FOUR THINGS By Mois Navon Introduction R. Chana bar Acha said: There are four things God regrets having created: Exile, the Chaldeans (Casdim), the Ishmaelites (Yishmaelim), and the Evil Inclination (Yetzer Ha-ra). The LORD regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled. Deuteronomy 5:29 O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever! Third, remember, God had foretold the coming of His Son before this event. Deuteronomy 32:29 O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end! When used of God, regret incorporates the thought of compassionate grief and an action taken. So, you can see why I was embroiled in this controversy. “I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned back from following me and has not performed my commandments.” And Samuel was angry, and he cried to the Lord all … John Piper is founder and teacher of desiringGod.org and chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary. I am a frequent listener of the podcast from Northern Ireland, and I find all of the resources at desiringGod.org to be extremely helpful and insightful in my walk with Christ. The Hebrew root for the word “regret” actually means “to sigh.”. Another example of God’s regret is found in the story of King Saul. If I had to do it over again, I would still spank him. See if this helps. Welcome back to the Ask Pastor John podcast. And the other has to do with the context in 1 Samuel 15 where I think the writer explicitly does something to keep us from drawing a wrong conclusion about God’s foreknowledge. Draw Close to God. Since we know God does not make mistakes, the concept of sighing is a more descriptive term for the kind of regret God experiences. One has to do with the complexity of God’s emotional life. ‘But God is perfect,’ you say. But in essence what the sons of God are doing in verse 2 is very wicked, hence God’s judgement in verse 3. Psalm 78:40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! Bible verses related to Regret from the King James Version (KJV) by Relevance - Sort By Book Order Philippians 3:13 - Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but [this] one thing [I do], forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, JUDGES 2:11-18. So the LORD was sorry he had ever made them and put them on the earth. It was the right thing to do, even knowing that one consequence would be alienation for a season. Curiously, the Bible says that Jehovah can feel regret. So, some have argued, as I said, that, since God repents or regrets making him king, therefore, if he had it to do over again, he wouldn’t because he couldn’t see what was coming. AS IMPERFECT humans, we all feel regret at times. Bible > 1 Samuel > Chapter 15 > Verse 11 Library • Free Downloads • eBibles He is author of. I remember that but the Pastor went on to say that it was because of the culture and the low intellect of the people. He rebuilt the sites of pagan worship that had been torn down by his father (verse 3). Can God Feel Regret? He does repent. Genesis 6:7 says that, after seeing the wickedness on the earth, God regretted … Here is an example from my experience. In other words, God’s regret is not analogous in every way to our regret. He set up an idol in the temple of God (verse 7). Forgiveness (and ultimately our salvation) hinges on whether the sinner is willing to turn from his sins and turn towards God and faith in Christ (Acts 20:21). 10 Bible Verses to Remember God is Bigger. If I spank my son for blatant disobedience and he runs away from home because I spanked him, I may feel some remorse over the spanking — not in the sense that I disapprove of what I did, but in the sense that I feel some sorrow that the spanking was necessary and part of a wise way of dealing with my son in this situation, and great sorrow that he ran away. Ryan, a podcast listener, writes in to say: “Hello Tony and Pastor John! It’s the same word in Hebrew. 4.1). ‘He does not make mistakes!’ In what way, then, does God feel regret? Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ … He may well be capable of lamenting over something he chose to bring about. Don’t think for a minute that His sacrifice isn’t enough for you. God can look back at Saul and say “I’m grieved that he sinned; it’s time to find another king” while still maintaining, “I never change my mind.” This means that God would not do it differently with Saul if he got the chance, and that is a significant difference from how humans regret that deserves the explanation of verse 29. 270 Shares. There is no better place to look when you are in need than the word of God. One of the great implications of all of this is that when God makes a promise to us, he does it with complete foreknowledge of all the future circumstances and is, therefore, never caught off guard by anything. Tweet. 1 Samuel 15:11 "I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions." This I know and depend on. For 33 years, he served as pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota. If you think your sins are too big, remember God gave up his son Jesus who suffered and died on a cross to pay the price for YOUR sins. Else, why would he repent or regret if he knew in advance the consequence of his decision and chose to do it anyway? 27:3); so, feeling only self-sorrow he went out and hanged himself. Deuteronomy 32:36 For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left. We have a God who hears our every prayer. Rather, He was expressing His need to take specific, drastic action to counteract the wickedness of mankind: “Everything they thought or imagined was consistently and totally evil” (Genesis 6:5). For God to say, “I feel sorrow that I made Saul king” is not the same thing as saying, “I would not make him king if I had to do it over.” Oh yes, he would. The rest of the Psalm (through verse eight ) shows that God … If you are filled with shame and feel unworthy to receive God’s love, it’s time to hand all your sins and regrets over to God. 10 Bible Verses about Regret, Regrets, Regretting; Letting Go of Regret and Guilt; Letting Go of Deep Regret. Back in the mid-1990s, I was embroiled in disputes over what is called “Open Theism,” which argues that God is open to the future in the sense that he does not have exhaustive knowledge of what is coming in the future. My question is about God ‘regretting’ his decisions. felt regret and remorse (Mt. David’s Regret. And so, he is open-ended. My sister was listening to a Pastor who said that at one time God was so disgusted with people, He wished He had never made mankind. Share 218. [Wiersbe, p. [ b] 10 He said, “I have been very jealous for the LORD, the God of hosts. Else, why would he repent or regret if he knew in advance the consequence of his decision and chose to do it anyway? 에픽하이의 "Here Come The Regrets" 가사 [Verse 1: Lee Hi] Honest to God I don’t remember why I woke up on the floor ’bout a quarter after four God is not man that he should repent, the writer says, meaning God is not man that he should repent as a man repents in his ignorance of the future. And the difference would naturally be that God’s repentance happens in spite of perfect foreknowledge — and that is what it means to be God — while most human repentance happens because we lack foreknowledge. And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all that night. We have a God that is righteous and cares about our every care (or my distress in Ps. This is also shown by the summary in verse 5.