## Lord’s Day 33
### 88. Q. What is involved in genuine repentance or conversion?

**A**. Two things: the dying-away of the old self, and the rising-to-life of the new.<sup>1</sup>

<sup>1</sup> [Rom. 6:1–11](/References/Bible/45%20-%20Romans/Romans6.md); [2 Cor. 5:17](/References/Bible/47%20-%202Corinthians/2Corinthians5.md#17); [Eph. 4:22–24](/References/Bible/49%20-%20Ephesians/Ephesians4.md#22); [Col. 3:5–10](/References/Bible/51%20-%20Colossians/Colossians3.md#5)

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### 89. Q. What is the dying-away of the old self?

**A**. To be genuinely sorry for sin and more and more to hate
and run away from it.<sup>1</sup>

<sup>1</sup> [Ps. 51:3–4, 17](/References/Bible/19%20-%20Psalms/Psalms51.md#3); [Joel 2:12–13](/References/Bible/29%20-%20Joel/Joel2.md#12); [Rom. 8:12–13](/References/Bible/45%20-%20Romans/Romans8.md#12); [2 Cor. 7:10](/References/Bible/47%20-%202Corinthians/2Corinthians7.md#10)

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### 90. Q. What is the rising-to-life of the new self?

**A**. Wholehearted joy in God through Christ<sup>1</sup> and a love and delight to live according to the will of God by doing every kind of good work.<sup>2</sup>

<sup>1</sup> [Ps. 51:8, 12](/References/Bible/19%20-%20Psalms/Psalms51.md#8); [Isa. 57:15](/References/Bible/23%20-%20Isaiah/Isaiah57.md#15); [Rom. 5:1](/References/Bible/45%20-%20Romans/Romans5.md); [14:17](/References/Bible/45%20-%20Romans/Romans14.md#17)
<sup>2</sup> [Rom. 6:10–11](/References/Bible/45%20-%20Romans/Romans6.md#10); [Gal. 2:20](/References/Bible/48%20-%20Galatians/Galatians2.md#20)

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### 91. Q. But what are good works?

**A**. Only those which are done out of true faith,<sup>1</sup> conform to God’s law,<sup>2</sup> and are done for his glory;<sup>3</sup> and not those based on our own opinion or human tradition.<sup>4</sup>

<sup>1</sup> [John 15:5](/References/Bible/43%20-%20John/John15.md#5); [Heb. 11:6](/References/Bible/58%20-%20Hebrews/Hebrews11.md#6)
<sup>2</sup> [Lev. 18:4](/References/Bible/03%20-%20Leviticus/Leviticus18.md#4); [1 Sam. 15:22](/References/Bible/09%20-%201Samuel/1Samuel15.md#22); [Eph. 2:10](/References/Bible/49%20-%20Ephesians/Ephesians2.md#10)
<sup>3</sup> [1 Cor. 10:31](/References/Bible/46%20-%201Corinthians/1Corinthians10.md#31)
<sup>4</sup> [Deut. 12:32](/References/Bible/05%20-%20Deuteronomy/Deuteronomy12.md#32); [Isa. 29:13](/References/Bible/23%20-%20Isaiah/Isaiah29.md#13); [Ezek. 20:18–19](/References/Bible/26%20-%20Ezekiel/Ezekiel20.md#18); [Matt. 15:7–9](/References/Bible/40%20-%20Matthew/Matthew15.md#7)
