The CALL to REPENT:
Acts 17:30
King James Version
30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at;
but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
Knowing the truth about God, is heaven.
Being kept in sin, is hell.
Jesus is our Savior.
That's really the truth of things.
When times are good, we forget God.
When times are bad, we remember God.
And yet, God is lovingly consistent.
The world offers you sin.
God offers you love.
The world thrives on your ignorance.
God delights in your knowledge of His Son, JESUS.
The world will make sure you don't seek God.
Thus, the many distractions.
Haven't you noticed it yet?
But once those distractions have lost their attraction, you will look for something more meaningful.
Once you wake up, you will begin to question the ways of the world.
You will begin to doubt its intentions.
You will begin to see that things don't add up.
Something is always veiled.
And that's the one that propels you to seek truth.
Even as you initially don't know it's God you're seeking.
God is TRUTH.
The world kept us in darkness.
But God sent His Son to be the LIGHT for our souls.
John 8:12
King James Version
12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying,
I am the light of the world:
he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness,
but shall have the light of life.
The Lord has already lived it out for us.
He knows what being human is.
The man who knew no sin, bore our sins or us.
His blood saved us from the power of death.
And death thrives in sin.
We cannot continue to be ignorant.
We can only be saved, through Jesus.
He is the WORD of GOD.
How many people really know Christ?
Not all Christians are precise about the Lord.
Neither are they faithful.
You only have to look at how they're living, and you'll know the world is still too much in them.
All who seek Jesus, were given by the Father.
John 6:39
King James Version
39 And this is the Father's will which hath sent me,
that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing,
but should raise it up again at the last day.
And Jesus prayed to the Father, to bring God's Spirit, upon our souls.
John 14:16
King James Version
16 And I will pray the Father,
and he shall give you another Comforter,
that he may abide with you for ever;
Anyone who brings you to prayer, knows Jesus.
Anyone who leads you to the Bible, is a worthy friend.
Anyone who teaches you about the simplicity of Jesus, is a person worth listening to.
But anyone who glorifies self, is ignorant.
Jesus didn't even glorify Himself.
He glorified the Father.
John 17:4
King James Version
4 I have glorified thee on the earth:
I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
That's why ignorance is not bliss.
What you don't know can hurt you.
You cannot shut out the truth of God.
Jesus commanded we be born again, so we can understand the ways of God.
He also commanded we repent.
And believe the gospel.
For the kingdom of God, is at hand.
Mark 1:15
King James Version
15 And saying,
The time is fulfilled,
and the kingdom of God is at hand:
repent ye,
and believe the gospel.
The world wallows in ignorance of God's laws.
Many are indifferent.
Many are hardhearted, and hardheaded.
Which one are you?
Would you be ready, when God decides it's time for Jesus to have His faithful meet Him up in the air -- at any moment?
As followers of Jesus, we have much to do, for the world is asleep.
We want our brothers and sisters awakened in CHRIST.
We cannot bear that anyone be lost.
We cannot bear that anyone suffer, in continuing ignorance.
And it's all so simple.
All we have to do, is believe in the LORD JESUS CHRIST, that He is the SON of GOD.
Acts 16:31
King James Version
31 And they said,
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ,
and thou shalt be saved,
and thy house.
There is no time to waste.
This is not the time to be ignorant.
It's time to walk in the Spirit.
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