06.08.2025 | Freedom from the Philistines
1 Samuel 7
You might have heard the world repent before, but do you know what it means? The word repent means to change your mind. It means that you think one way about something but then change to think and believe the opposite.
In the Bible, the word repent is meant to call people to change the way we think about sin. We tend to think that doing things our own way and pursuing whatever pleases us is the best way to live, but the Bible calls this sin. Because God is Creator and Ruler over all creation, He wants us to pursue what is pleasing to Him and do things His way. To repent means to turn away from sin and toward God.
When the people continued to disobey God, they realized the consequences of their sin. They cried out to Samuel for help, and he told them to repent—turning away from sin and turning to Jesus. When the people repented and turned to God, He blessed them with victory over their enemy and restored everything they had lost because of sin. If we repent of sin and turn to Jesus, God blesses us with salvation and restores the relationship with Him that we had lost because of sin.
Samuel called the people to turn away from false gods and to worship God, and God gave them victory over their enemies. God calls us to turn away from sin and to trust in Jesus who gives us victory over our enemies of sin and death.
