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It's funny, I've been here on TalkJesus about 14 years now. I've started over 3,000 threads. Posted over 9,000 messages.
Some of them get quite a of feedback and reaction. I have a few threads on here with over 300 posts on them.
I suppose some might consider that bragging... but that's not really my point here.
In fact, just the opposite, whenever I start a thread about repentance. Nobody wants to talk about it.
My last two repentance threads have absolutely no responses. Not one.
It's like it's the dirtiest word you can say on a Christian website or something. I saw a recent YouTube video where a person
took over 1,000 online sermons from well-known pastors, and the word "repentance" was picked up less than 7 times.
Seven times... I guess I'm not the only one who noticed no one wants to talk about repentance.
What was John the Baptists first message to people?
Matt 3:2; "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."
What was one of Jesus's first messages to people?
Matt 4:17; From that time Jesus began to preach and say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."
Jesus went so far as to renounce people/cities who did not repent.
Matt 11:20; Then He began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles were done, because they did not repent.
Matt 11:21; "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles had occurred in Tyre and Sidon which occurred in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
What did the 12 apostles preach to people?
Mark 6:12; They went out and preached that men should repent.
Jesus said if we don't repent... there are consequences...
Luke 13:3; "I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.
Luke 13:5; "I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish."
Somehow this message has gotten twisted into.. "God's OK with it. Jesus loves you. God will work with you on this".
Just in case you're wondering... God's not OK with it.
Acts 17:30; "Therefore having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now declaring to men that all people everywhere should repent,
A lot of people think saying they are sorry is repentance.
The cycle goes like... sin, say I'm sorry, sin again tomorrow... keep repeating. That is NOT repentance.
At some point you have to make a change. You actually have to stop doing that sin. Now some will say we will always sin...
Well, where does the Bible say that? Where it say that we "have" to sin after we are saved? But even if we do still sin sometimes...
There should be some sins you quit doing. You should be all sins less than you were before. They should continually decreasing.
A lot of people think that repentance is something you do once.. and it's done. They think it's over with.
But it's never over with until you stop sinning.
The letters to the seven churches of Asia were not written to unbelievers... they were written to the church.
.. but yet in five of these letters, the churches are told...
Rev 2:5; 'Therefore remember from where you have fallen, and repent and do the deeds you did at first; or else I am coming to you and will remove your lampstand out of its place—unless you repent.
Rev 2:16; 'Therefore repent; or else I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of My mouth.
Rev 2:21; 'I gave her time to repent, and she does not want to repent of her immorality.
Rev 2:22; 'Behold, I will throw her on a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of her deeds.
Rev 3:3; 'So remember what you have received and heard; and keep it, and repent. Therefore if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you.
Rev 3:19; 'Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent.
Now if these people are already saved... why would Jesus say they need to repent? In fact He says repent.. "or else". In Rev 2:16; it says unless he church repents, Jesus is going to make
war against them... ( gee, I wonder who will win? )
Some of them get quite a of feedback and reaction. I have a few threads on here with over 300 posts on them.
I suppose some might consider that bragging... but that's not really my point here.
In fact, just the opposite, whenever I start a thread about repentance. Nobody wants to talk about it.
My last two repentance threads have absolutely no responses. Not one.
It's like it's the dirtiest word you can say on a Christian website or something. I saw a recent YouTube video where a person
took over 1,000 online sermons from well-known pastors, and the word "repentance" was picked up less than 7 times.
Seven times... I guess I'm not the only one who noticed no one wants to talk about repentance.
What was John the Baptists first message to people?
Matt 3:2; "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."
What was one of Jesus's first messages to people?
Matt 4:17; From that time Jesus began to preach and say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."
Jesus went so far as to renounce people/cities who did not repent.
Matt 11:20; Then He began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles were done, because they did not repent.
Matt 11:21; "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles had occurred in Tyre and Sidon which occurred in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
What did the 12 apostles preach to people?
Mark 6:12; They went out and preached that men should repent.
Jesus said if we don't repent... there are consequences...
Luke 13:3; "I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.
Luke 13:5; "I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish."
Somehow this message has gotten twisted into.. "God's OK with it. Jesus loves you. God will work with you on this".
Just in case you're wondering... God's not OK with it.
Acts 17:30; "Therefore having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now declaring to men that all people everywhere should repent,
A lot of people think saying they are sorry is repentance.
The cycle goes like... sin, say I'm sorry, sin again tomorrow... keep repeating. That is NOT repentance.
At some point you have to make a change. You actually have to stop doing that sin. Now some will say we will always sin...
Well, where does the Bible say that? Where it say that we "have" to sin after we are saved? But even if we do still sin sometimes...
There should be some sins you quit doing. You should be all sins less than you were before. They should continually decreasing.
A lot of people think that repentance is something you do once.. and it's done. They think it's over with.
But it's never over with until you stop sinning.
The letters to the seven churches of Asia were not written to unbelievers... they were written to the church.
.. but yet in five of these letters, the churches are told...
Rev 2:5; 'Therefore remember from where you have fallen, and repent and do the deeds you did at first; or else I am coming to you and will remove your lampstand out of its place—unless you repent.
Rev 2:16; 'Therefore repent; or else I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of My mouth.
Rev 2:21; 'I gave her time to repent, and she does not want to repent of her immorality.
Rev 2:22; 'Behold, I will throw her on a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of her deeds.
Rev 3:3; 'So remember what you have received and heard; and keep it, and repent. Therefore if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you.
Rev 3:19; 'Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent.
Now if these people are already saved... why would Jesus say they need to repent? In fact He says repent.. "or else". In Rev 2:16; it says unless he church repents, Jesus is going to make
war against them... ( gee, I wonder who will win? )
