WHAT IS REPENTANCE ???
Did You Know that the Bible Teaches that
Without Repentance a Person will Perish.
( It Means that a Person will Go to Hell when they Die. )
Luke 13:1-5
Repentance is a Change of Mind
in which a Man Turns Away From
His Own Ways & Turns Toward God
and HIS WAYS.
Notice what the Bible Says :
Isaiah 55:6-9
" Seek Ye the Lord While HE May be Found,
Call Ye Upon HIM While HE is Near :
Let the Wicked Forsake His Way,
and the Unrighteous Man His Thoughts: and Let Him
Return Unto the Lord, and HE Will Have Mercy Upon Him;
and to Our God, for HE Will Abundantly Pardon.
For MY Thoughts are Not Your Thoughts,
Neither are Your Ways MY Ways, saith the Lord.
For as the Heavens are Higher than the Earth,
so are MY Ways Higher than Your Ways,
and MY Thoughts than Your Thoughts."
The Bible Declares that All Men
are Like Sheep GOING ASTRAY.
Notice what Isaiah 53:6 says:
"ALL We Like Sheep Have GONE ASTRAY ;
We Have TURNED EVERY ONE to His OWN WAY ;"
Romans 3:10-12 Declares :
"As it is Written, There is None Righteous, No, Not One :
There is None that Understandeth,
There is None that Seeketh After God.
They are ALL GONE OUT OF THE WAY,
They are Together Become Unprofitable;
There is None that Doeth Good, No, Not One."
Instead of Living His Life on God's
Terms & In HIS Way, Man has Chosen
to Live on His OWN Terms &
In His OWN Way.
This is the Very Essence of Sin & the Self-Willed
Lifestyle that God Condemns !
Unless a Man REPENTS (Changes His Mind &
Turns Away From This Lifestyle), He Will "Perish."
Peter Writes to Christians in I Peter 2:25 :
"For YE WERE AS SHEEP GOING ASTRAY ;
But ARE NOW RETURNED Unto the SHEPHERD
and Bishop of Your Souls."
Man is Self-Centered & Self-Serving
by Nature. He is Born with a Natural
Tendency to Rely on His OWN Judgement
about what is Right & Wrong as well as
what is Good & Best for His Life.
He Believes In Himself & His OWN
Judgement MORE than He Believes
In God & HIS Judgement.
This is Why He Goes Astray From God &
HIS WAY, so He may Pursue His OWN Way.
But Man is WRONG to Do this !!!
God Says that a Man's Way May Seem Right
to Him, but It Will End in Death (Separation
From God in the Lake of Fire), Yet God's Way
Through Jesus Christ the Word of God
Will Lead Man to God's Abundant Life.
Proverbs 16:25; Revelation 20:14-15; John 14:6 & 10:10
WHOSE WAY are You Following After
In Your Life : God's or Yours ???
BE HONEST NOW,
Because Your Eternal Destiny will Depend On It !!!
The GOOD NEWS is that You
Can Be Forgiven for All of Your
Rebellion & Sins, and You Can
Escape the Lake of Fire
IF You CHOOSE to.
WHAT MUST YOU DO TO BE SAVED ???
You Must Repent In Your Heart of Living Your
Life On Your Own Terms, & You Must Choose
to Return to God to Follow HIM By Faith
Believing that HIS WAY is the Right Way
& the Best Way for You to Live.
Then, You Must Place Your Trust in the Lord
Jesus Christ & the Finished Sacrifice HE
Provided as Your Offering for Sin , AND You
Must Receive HIM Into Your Heart as Your
Only Hope of Heaven.
Mark 1:14-15; Acts 20:21; I Corinthians 15:1-4;
John 1:11-12; Revelation 3:20
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New Life Baptist Church
Dr. Gary D. Hall - Pastor
564-3845
REPENTANCE
Repentance is a Fundamental Shift in a Man's Thinking which
causes him to Change his Mind about the Direction he is going in
Life.
* Man by Nature Believes that his Own Way of Doing things is
Better for him than God's Way of Doing things.
* Man by Nature Believes that if he gets to Do what Seems Right
to him, then, things will Turn Out Best for him.
But Consider This:
1. Man Determines what is Right for himself by What he Thinks &
How he Feels in his Own Heart.
2. Man's Thoughts can be Misleading & Often Are - Proverbs 14:12.
3. Man's Feelings can be Misleading & Often Are - Jeremiah 17:9 .
4. Only God Himself Knows Everything !
5. Only God Himself can Always be Trusted !!!
6. Man Loves himself, but his Love for Sin Often Hinders his Judge-
ment, because Sin is Deceitful - Hebrews 3:13 .
7. God's Judgement is Not Clouded by a Love for Sin, so His
Judgement is Best !!!
8. God's Love for Man has Already Been Demonstrated -
Romans 5:8 .
9. Man's Best Interests would be Best Served by Turning Away
From his Own Ways & Turning Toward God & Following His
Ways.
10. Therefore, Man Must Repent (Change his Mind) & Turn From
his Faith IN his Own Ways & Judgement , and he Must Come
to Jesus Christ to Follow Him as his Saviour, Master, & Lord.
The Most Important Question is This :
Whose Ways are You Following in Life ??? God says :
" Let the Wicked Forsake HIS Way, and the Unrighteous Man His
Thoughts: and let him Return unto the Lord, and He will have
Mercy upon him, and to our God, for He will Abundantly Pardon. "
TO BE SAVED YOU MUST:
ACKNOWLEDGE
1. That You are a Sinner who has Come Short of the Standards that Jesus Preached & Lived by Romans 3:23 .
2. That You have Been Like a Sheep Going Astray, and You have Set Up Your Own Standards & have Done Things Your Own Way in Life Isaiah 53:6 .
3. That You have Been Wrong to Do This & that You Should have Been Following Jesus & the Father's Way in Your Life
Isaiah 8:19 & John 14:6 .
4. That there is a Terrible Penalty Placed Upon You By a Holy God Because of Sin Romans 6:23 & Revelation 20:14-15 .
5. That You Need the Forgiveness & Salvation Jesus Offers, because You Can't Save Yourself Isaiah 59:1-2 ;
Galatians 2:16 ; Romans 5:8 ; & I John 1:7 .
REPENT
* Turn Away From Your Life of Self Will & Turn Toward a Life of Surrender To & Faith In the Lord Jesus Christ Mark 1:15 ;
Acts 20:21 ; Isaiah 55:6-9 ; & II Peter 3:9 .
RECEIVE THE GIFT OF GOD
* Salvation is a Gift (Purchased by the Blood of Jesus) that God Freely Gives to All who Come to Him by a Heart of Repentance & Faith In the Sacrifice of Jesus Romans 6:23 ; Romans 10:9-13 ;
Hebrews 7:25-27 ; Hebrews 9:22-26 ; John 1:11-12 .
PRAY THIS PRAYER WITH A SINCERE HEART:
* Dear God, I Know that I'm a Sinner & that I've Lived My Life My Own Way. I Admit that I've Been Wrong, & I'm Sorry God. I Believe that Jesus Died for My Sins, so I could be Forgiven, & I Ask for Your Gift of Salvation through Him. I Repent of Going My Way Lord, & I Choose Today to Live for Jesus for the Rest of My Life, because He Died for Me. Come Into My Heart Lord Jesus; I Receive YOU Today as My ONLY HOPE of Heaven.
In Jesus' Name , I Pray , AMEN !!!
New Life Baptist Church / Dr. Gary D. Hall - Pastor (361) 564-3845
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