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.