Repentance
“Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in
the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the
gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and
to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. And with
many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this
untoward generation.” (Acts 2:38-40)
Today’s Morsel: Jesus had told His
disciples that repentance and remission of sins must be preached in His name
among all nations beginning at Jerusalem (Luke 24:47). The first thing John the
Baptist preached concerning Jesus was repentance (Matthew 3:1-2). Jesus
Himself preached repentance and stressed it very strongly (Luke 13:3). And in 2
Peter 3:9, about thirty years after the death of our Lord that repentance was
still being preached. Peter shows us that to come to repentance is to avoid
perishing; therefore, repentance is necessary for salvation. The church today
must preach repentance. Repentance is
a change in the way a
person thinks that leads to change in the way one lives. When you really change your mind about something, it’s going to
change the way you think about it. Therefore, repentance is an inward
change of heart and an outward change of direction. Are you truly sorry for
your sins? Repentance brings about a change.
Sing: Turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full
in His wonderful face; and the things of this earth will grow strangely dim, in
the light of His glory and grace.
Thought For Today: “For godly sorrow
worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the
world worketh death.” (2 Corinthians 7:10)
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