“I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.” Luke 13:3 KJV
Looking through Facebook, I'm so aware of how far off the narrow road The Church has erred!
Mind you my newsfeed has been groomed to reflect Jesus and my faith in Him! The pages I've "liked" and even Facebook's suggestions are geared to exalt His name! What I see missing is the word "repentance", in the majority of stories, songs and posts!
Many believe that they took care of "that" when they were saved! They go to church, however they look more like the world than they should! Most think they are okay, even though they worry, have fear, are bitter, gossip, are angry and prideful in their rebelliousness!
In the following scriptures Jesus addresses the church not the world!
“Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.” Revelation 2:5 KJV
“As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.” Revelation 3:19 KJV
“Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.”
Revelation 2:16 KJV
“Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.” Revelation 3:3 KJV
You are thinking:
"There she goes again! All she does is talk about repentance!"
Would you like to know why?
Because, someone preached repentance to me, I heard and repented, and my life changed! And I thank God everyday!
See, He called me out of a denominational church; one that did not preach repentance of sin! I was told that “what was past should stay in the past!" Never was I told what God considers sin! I too, went to church three times a week and thought I was living for God; all the while angry, rejected, fearful, bitter, holding onto the judgments and unforgiveness - buried deep in my heart! I had my church face on too, just like all of the other hurting souls, coming there, hoping to find relief from the torment of life!
“For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.”
Matthew 6:14-15 KJV
The power of Forgiveness!
God is all over that! I repented and forgave and I was set free! I had never known peace a day in my life until then!
Do I have it all together? No! But I know where to go, when I blow it!
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
1 John 1:9 KJV
My mentor calls this the "fallin down, gettin back up" scripture! And quotes it to me often!
There is a scripture before:
“If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.” 1 John 1:8 KJV
and after:
“If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.” 1 John 1:10 KJV
that the church tends to overlook; because we have been told we are "okay!"
Brothers and sisters we are not "okay"!
I once heard in a teaching, something that resonated in me: "I was lost, when I thought I was saved!” Joyce Green had been a Sunday School Superintendent!
I also, heard testimony of a Baptist preacher who had pastored a church for 30 years and said he had just been saved after hearing the message on the power of Forgiveness!
I have now been saved for 4 years after being told I was saved for over 40 years!
The difference?
Obedience!
“Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.” James 5:16 KJV
Out of obedience, I met with people I could trust, I humbled myself and confessed my sins; I repented of unforgiveness and judgments I had made against those who had hurt me! They prayed for me and I was healed and set free!
I had tried everything the world had had to offer! I was so low; I had nothing to lose! I met Him on His terms! I chose to trust God at His Word and my life has not been the same since! Anyone who knows me, knows that! I have had many subsequent meetings and little by little, have surrendered more and more of me - to Him!
“Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,” Philippians 3:8 KJV
You who are suffering; you who have lost hope; you who have no where else to go; you are right where God wants you! You see NOW that you have nowhere else to turn, He can do for you what He did for me!
“He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.” Psalms 40:2 KJV
Private message me for a free copy of the cd that changed my life; Forgiveness - Prelude To Revival!
You too will wish you had not waited so long!
Even so - MARANATHA!
From 8/31/16
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