Repentance 2
None of us can say we are without sin. Now what is sin then? Sin is the things we do that go against the will and word of the Lord, the things that cause a separation between us and God.
Romans 3:10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one.
Rom 3:23 For all have sinned and fall short of the holiness of God.
Rom 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Here we see that everyone who lives in sin will receive the wages of death. The death spoken of here in not the body that is going to die at some point, but a spiritual death, the death that leads to hell.
There comes a time, a day that will stand before God, that He will judge us, not according to our works, but according to our spiritual life, according to the fruit we bear. Fruit that suits our life as a child of God or the fruit that suits this world and its father.
Gal 5:22 tells us what the fruit is that we must bear. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, gentleness, and self-control.
Just being a good person, or just doing good deeds or just sitting in a church is not going to change anything, it is so essential to have a relationship with Jesus.
John 15John 15: 5-6 I am the vine, you are the branches. He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. If any man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
People here say the word clearly that without Jesus we are really nothing and can do nothing.
God has given us the way out of sin, eternal life in Christ Jesus
Rom 5: 8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still there, Christ died for us.
John 3: 3 says that if we are not born again we will not see the Kingdom of God. Now what now?
Up to this point we already know that everyone is sinful which leads to division between us and God leading to eternal death in the he, we also know that Jesus died for our sins, it’s just grace.
Romans 10:13 Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved
Rom 10:19 If you confess with your mouth and believe with your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved, for with the heart we believe to righteousness and with the mouth we confess to salvation.
What Is Repentance Then?
This is when you turn 180, away from sin, the things of the world walk away from it all, turn to Jesus Eyes fixed on Him.
Confess on your knees today you are sinful leave it to Him, ask for forgiveness you Will be forgiven, there is no sin too Small or too big, forgiveness is there, choose today to take it.
Seek His face, His Kingdom builds a relationship with Him it is the root that will keep you standing. The road is not easy, but keep going …