Love for God enters a person's heart through the Gospel. When repentance follows from love for God, it is indeed a truly sweet sorrow, acceptable to God. It pleases God, for we cannot offer Him greater honor than by throwing ourselves in the dust before Him, confessing, "You are righteous, O Lord, but I am a poor sinner. Have mercy on me for the sake of Jesus Christ."
C.F.W. Walther, Law and Gospel: How to Read and Apply the Bible,
(trans. Christian C. Tiews; St Louis: Concordia, 2010), 281
(trans. Christian C. Tiews; St Louis: Concordia, 2010), 281
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