REPENTANCE IS RARE

 

By A. W. Tozer

 

There is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one

sinner that repenteth.  Luke 15:10

 

    Humans, deceived by the devil and charmed by their

own pride and abilities, deny that our world is a rebel

province in God's universe.  They deny that human

society has willfully pulled loose from God's rule and the

rest of God's domain.

 

In fact, they deny that men and women are the creation

of God.  They deny even that they owe any allegiance to

God, their Creator!

 

    The Bible is the record of how God deals with mankind

and we can draw but one conclusion: all people are

morally obligated to repent and to ask forgiveness of God.

Failing to do so, they will perish.

 

    How rare it is in our day to hear of genuine repentance,

We live amid a proud, selfish and self-sufficient people,

Even in our Christian churches there are those who want

nothing more than to be known as "respectable church

members!"

 

    When repentance is real and faith is genuine, the

atoning death of Jesus Christ is effective for pardon

and forgiveness and regeneration. 

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Yours in Christ,

 

Paul N. F.