REPENTANCE IS RARE
 
              By A. W. Tozer

 
              Likewise, I say unto you, 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.