God wants us to change our minds about our sin. If we do that, if we stop glorying in our sin, then we will turn away from our sin and replace it with living for Jesus according to his will as revealed in the New Testament. This in turn will lead to salvation.… Read More The Need for Repentance
“…unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.” (Luke 13:3, 5) The Importance of Repentance – Michael Morton.
All of us have heard the phrase, “stubborn as a mule.” This term was probably coined by frustrated farmers after they observed how difficult it was to get their donkeys to pull their assigned loads in the field…although a case could be made that the phrase was thought up as an observation made by frustrated… Read More Am I As Stubborn As A Mule?
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. Matthew 4:1 – Scripture of the Day (March 3, 2014) Believe it or not, this passage comforts me greatly. Here we have Jesus, the Messiah, the Son of God himself, being tempted by Satan! And he overcame those… Read More Then Jesus Was…Tempted By The Devil
Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord… Acts 3:19-20a – Scripture of the Day (February 27, 2014) What does it mean to repent? The word is translated from the Greek word metanoeo, which literally means “to change one’s… Read More Repent therefore, and turn again…
The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. Acts 17:30 – Scripture of the Day (February 19, 2014) This verse answers the question sometimes asked, “Will God still judge the people in some third world country or in the deepest darkest jungles of Africa who have never even… Read More …But Now He Commands All People Everywhere To Repent
And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes, and said, ‘Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into… Read More This Jesus, Who Was Taken Up From You Into Heaven, Will Come In The Same Way As You Saw Him Go Into Heaven…”
And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. John 17:3 – Scripture Of The Day (January 6, 2014) It is a very popular notion among religious folk who have been influenced by our post-modernistic, we’re-all-okay, everyone’s-right-and nobody’s-wrong society to try to take faith… Read More And This Is Eternal Life…
