Matt.3:2,3 - “The realm of heaven’s kingdom is about to appear—so you’d better keep turning away from evil and turn back to God!”Isaiah was referring to John when he prophesied:A thunderous voice! One will be crying out in the wilderness,“Prepare yourself for the Lord’s comingand level a straight path inside your hearts for him.” “Repent, …
GOODNESS OF GOD LEADS TO REPENTANCE
Rom.2:4 - Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and long-suffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance? The Lord is perfect in all of His ways. It’s His very nature, His goodness, that attracts us to this new life in Christ. Before our salvation we were all …
REPENT
Lk.3:3,4 - John went preaching and baptizing throughout the Jordan Valley. He persuaded people to turn away from their sins and turn to God for the freedom of forgiveness.This was to fulfill what was written in the book of the prophet Isaiah:“Listen! You will hear a thunderous voice in the lonely wilderness telling you to …
MESSAGE OF JESUS
Everything about Jesus is different and unexpected. When He first appeared in Galilee He preached a message far different from what the people were accustomed to. Mark said this is what Jesus preached, Mk.1:15 - “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.” The Passion …
THE UNPOPULAR WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
John 16:8-11 - And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment; concerning sin, because they do not believe in Me; and concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father and you no longer see Me; and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged. Look …
CAN WE ACTUALLY CHANGE ?
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. Ezek 36:25–27 There …
HE GIVES REPENTANCE
2Tim. 2:24-26 - And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil, correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth, and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, after …
SWEET REPENTANCE
Godly sorrow works repentance. 2 Cor. 7:10 Repentance is not something talked about too much today. Actually, sin is more often covered up or justified rather than repented of. ‘Who is to say what sin is anyway’ , seems to be the attitude of the day. I think the thing most people miss is …
GREAT CONTRADICTION
Matt. 5:4 ¶ “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. The teachings of Jesus were filled with apparent contradictions, at least they were contradictions in the eyes of the worldly man. Take today's verse from the Amplified Bible for example. "Blessed and enviably happy [with a happiness produced by the experience of …
REPENTANCE
REPENTANCE Acts 2:38 ¶ Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Repentance is not a very popular word. Actually it is greatly misunderstood. Repentance is more than …