Heres a perfect description of repentance. The Apostle Paul, he had a change of mind. Now, when he left to go on the road to Damascus, he left with orders to capture Christians. Now, why? This is what he believed. This is what Paul thought. Paul thought, that Jesus of Nazareth was the greatest blasphemer who had ever walked the planet. Thats what he thought. He also thought that the Christians were a terrible sect that ought to be destroyed. Thats what he thought. Then on the road to Damascus He had an encounter with the resurrected Christ. And what happened? His thinking changed. His ENTIRE REALITY was proved to be wrong, EVERYTHING he thought about reality, especially in regard to God, was wrong! He recognized he was wrong! And he began to think completely different. He now thought, what? That Jesus was the Son of God, And the long awaited Messiah. He now thought the Christians Were the very people of God, The very Israel of God. And because his thoughts changed, Everything else changed. And after being baptized, He began to minister, And to preach the gospel, And to be persecuted for the VERY FAITH that he was once persecuting! You see, to repent, is to realize that ALL your thinking, your entire view about reality was WRONG. And then to see, and to submit to Gods truth about who He is, about who you are, and about who Jesus is, and what Hes done for you. Now the question is... Have you repented? Has your mind changed? Has that change of mind Lead to a change of the intellect, Change of the will, a change of your emotions? The sins that you once loved, Do you now hate? The holiness you once ignored, Do you now desire? The Christ you had no part with, That you lived apart from, Do you now esteem Him? Do you consider the Kingdom of Heaven to be a Pearl of Great price? Those are certain evidences That a work of repentance has been done in your heart. Not only MUST we repent, But we MUST believe in Jesus Christ. ~ Paul Washer youtu.be/TXOWyjB7d24 Www NeedGod com
Posted on: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 04:42:30 +0000
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