Another Snippet from the Repentance Sermon
Whether it was God’s command to John the Baptist, Jesus’ command during his earthly ministry or his command in the great commission - there is no salvation, relationship with God or spiritual growth without repentance. Matthew 3:2, Matthew 4:17, Luke 24:46-47, Acts 2:37-38 all agree with this principle.
You’ll never find God’s people being promised a new anything worth having unless their willing to get rid of an old something that’s not worth keeping.
The reason so many Christians never grow up/mature/learn how feed from meat of God’s word or teach others is because their minds aren’t made up. It’s because they may be converted to the seat on Sunday morning, but they’re not converted in their heart throughout the rest of the week (Acts 3:19).
Repentance is essential because it begins in the heart, stays in the heart, changes the heart and keeps the heart yearning to please God.
robertebarger 6:59 am on September 18, 2012 Permalink |
No man comes to Jesus Christ unless the Father draws him.
The reason that the bible is put togrther the way it is, is because the fear of God must be the driving force behind the person.The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. If a person is told that all you have to do to go to Heaven is accept Jesus Christ as their Savior, you have taken away the fear of not making it into the Kingdom. As many as recieve Him gave He POWER TO “”"BECOME”"”" A son of God, not already is saved. The only thing that will make you free is the Word of God. If there is no fear of the Lord, the person will not study their bible, and will not be set free. If a person does not understand why he is a sinner, and does not see that the plan of God is a growing proscess starting with being a babe in Christ, moving up in the Spirit through repentance in the babe stage to a child in Christ, next is the young man stage, than going on to be a father in perfection. We have lost the way through mans understanding. There is a way that seemeth right unto a man but the end thereof is death!