REPENTANCE
—Nave's
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From that time Jesus
began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of
heaven is at hand.
Matt 4:17 (KJV)
Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into
Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, 15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand:
repent ye, and believe the gospel.
Mark 1:14-15 (KJV)
I would
never want anyone to die in the same spiritual condition that I was in for a
large portion of my life. You see, I did
what people said to do to get saved. I
prayed, read my bible, and was even an interim youth pastor once…..but I wasn’t
saved. I can remember being at church
when I was young and just really being confused about salvation.
Now, I do
believe people can get saved at any age, but for me it was much later in
life. Jesus said we have to repent. As a matter of fact, this was the message of
He and His disciples especially toward the end of His ministry on earth.
I remember
telling a pastor of mine one night, “Pastor, I just don’t feel saved!” “ I’ve said the prayer and I BELIEVE in God,
but I just don’t feel like if I died tonight that I would go to heaven”. His answer was to tell me just to relax, that
I’m over thinking things. This is very
important, so please pay attention……………If I had just stopped searching and
taught myself not to worry about my salvation, I would probably be lost and
hell bound right now.
Listen to
your heart……It will tell you whether you are saved, or whether you are just
convincing yourself that you are.
Repent! You have to. You have to be able to turn your life over to
Christ, which WILL give you a new list of priorities in life, I promise. I still sin, as we all will. We are all sinners, just some are saved and
some are lost. Pray for God to show you
your life as He sees it. The 10
Commandments will help do this also.
A little
more serious today, but I’ve learned to write what I feel God leading me to
write.
God Bless!
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