Not exact matches
Repent and turn
from your wicked
ways.
Even if we are relatively pious, it would be hard to keep a straight face if — on our
way home
from church, for example — we were beset by an itinerant preacher like John who wanted us to «
repent.»
The word tells us that the wages of sin is death like all sin the
way is to
repent and turn away
from it whatever the sin is.Why Judge him when he made the right choice to turn
from sin and follow Jesus.
The fact is, to get to «repentance» a person will need to come face to face with the reason they do need to
repent — and
way too many run away
from church then and there.
But unlike other Jewish preachers, Jesus offered a
way of salvation: he would take the blame for those who
repent, and thereby save them
from hell.
If you disagree with me, you are wrong, and I don't want to hear
from you until you
repent of your
ways and see things
from my perspective.»
Jesus was also born of a woman and he did not in any
way inherit sin
from his mother, He was the perfect sinless and totally innocent lamb of God which took away the sin of the world for all who
repent and believe in Him, and are «born again».
I certainly hope my above reply spurs you to
repent and turn
from your evil
ways.
I'm now saved (for the 1st time) because I have truly seen the error of my
ways (Need of a Saviour),
repented to God, turned
from all known sin, and have trusted in Jesus Christ's atoning sacrifice as the only means of my salvation.
Apparently so — unless they
repented from their sins and turned
from their evil
ways.
Loving unconditionally as Jesus Christ does, does not mean that sin is loved, just people are loved... Those who are willing to acknowledge their sin and
repent of it are those who are sorry for offending Love with sin; if pride gets in the
way of repentance, that is what one can choose... it is taking steps away
from God but He is still in love with the one who does become bored with loving Him, but He refuses to interfere with that person's choices.
I have
repented from those evil dark
ways in my past I will never ever go in that place again.
Even the «great» Ninevites would have been destroyed if they had failed to
repent and turn
from the error of their
ways.
I believe the only
way the Western world will return to a vintage form of Christianity, is when it
repents from a consumeristic, individualistic, and self - centered mindset, and instead turn to a more communal, selfless, people where faith in Christ is more conducive.
Jesus said
repent which means you pay for your own sins, and as Jesus spoke of in the Parable of the Lost Coin, doing work like cleaning and seeking diligently is all a part of repentance... Also, note that correcting something as small as a lost coin shows Jesus's views on repentance and sins (devations
from «the
way, the truth, and the life — economic health of life for a lost coin).
I still kept a round of duties, and would not suffer myself to run into any open vices, and so got along very well in time of health and prosperity, but when I was distressed or threatened by sickness, death, or heavy storms of thunder, my religion would not do, and I found there was something wanting, and would begin to
repent my going so much to frolics, but when the distress was over, the devil and my own wicked heart, with the solicitations of my associates, and my fondness for young company, were such strong allurements, I would again give
way, and thus I got to be very wild and rude, at the same time kept up my rounds of secret prayer and reading; but God, not willing I should destroy myself, still followed me with his calls, and moved with such power upon my conscience, that I could not satisfy myself with my diversions, and in the midst of my mirth sometimes would have such a sense of my lost and undone condition, that I would wish myself
from the company, and after it was over, when I went home, would make many promises that I would attend no more on these frolics, and would beg forgiveness for hours and hours; but when I came to have the temptation again, I would give
way: no sooner would I hear the music and drink a glass of wine, but I would find my mind elevated and soon proceed to any sort of merriment or diversion, that I thought was not debauched or openly vicious; but when I returned
from my carnal mirth I felt as guilty as ever, and could sometimes not close my eyes for some hours after I had gone to my bed.
FOLKS ITS NOT ABOUT ACCEPTING GAYS, ITS ABOUT MANKIND AND HOW SOCIETY / WORLD HAS TURNED AWAY FOR A LOVING GOD, WE ARE ALL SINNERS IN THE EYES OF GOD, AND I AM SO GLAD HE IS WILLING TO FORGIVE US IF WE ARE WILLING TO TURN
FROM OUR
WAYS, A SIMPLE PRAYER OF ASKING FOR HIS FORGIVENSS, THATS IT, WOW NO ONE IS GUARANTEED TMRW, WE ARE HERE BY THE GRACE OF GOD EACH DAY, AND EACH DAY IS AN OPPORTINITY TO
REPENT, MAY GOD HELP US, MAY OUR EYES BE OPEN TO THE TRUTH, AND MAY HE HEAR OUR PRAYER BEFORE ITS TOO LATE,
So instead of God being called a bully, we say his judgements are indisputable, unchangeable and everlasting; he is better than us, high and lifted up, all powerful and holy; he is disappointed or sorrowful or angry about our sin; he constantly convicts us by the Holy Spirit; he sends us suffering in order to teach us, discipline us and inevitably bring us in line with his
ways; and he threatens us with exclusion
from him and his group now or forever in Hell unless we
repent and straighten up.
The Good News is... it is all forgivable as long as you
repent and turn
from those evil
ways.
He is slow to anger and quick to mercy, but punishment will inevitably come if we do not
repent and turn
from our wicked
ways.
It is tempting to reduce this parable to a lesson that even notorious sinners can come to their senses,
repent and find their
way home, while those who think they have never left home refuse to see the subtler sins of pride and self righteousness by which they exclude themselves
from communion with God and prodigal brothers and sisters.
Jeremy I agree its not about what we can do but all about what Jesus has done for us it is all about his grace not following mans laws or trying to please the pastor or the church.Be respectful for those in authority and show them Gods love work hard as for the Lord as you serve them and pray for them but do nt try and please them.We no longer follow the
ways of the world we live to please the Lord and worship him not man because that is idolatory.Thats why religion does nt work we can do nothing to add to Gods grace.Grace is also not a licence to sin as some christians believe and God is not fooled if we do not
repent and turn
from our sin he does nt hear our prayers if the intents of our heart are wrong.God listens to the humble and the repentent sinner or saint.The journey in following Christ is about how much do we want to follow Jesus to discover the abundant life and richs in Christ we must fully give him all our hearts and serve him wholehearted out of thankfulness for his grace and mercy towards us.brentnz
While God does love Nineveh and desires that all the people there turn
from their wicked
ways, in this story, God is working with another purpose in mind, and to reach that purpose, He wanted the whole wicked city of Nineveh to
repent.
And God saw what they had done, that they
repented from their evil
ways, and God was sorry about the evil which He had declared to do to them, and He did not do it.
The only
way to be set free
from his grip and to overcome him, is by *** Coming to God by His Son Jesus Christ,
repenting (turning)
from your sins, and acknowledging your need for Christ and His righteousness.
You see, sometimes, blatant sin gets in the
way of an unbeliever hearing and receiving the Gospel, and they need to
repent and turn
from that sin before they can hear and believe the Gospel.
Ye who do truly and earnestly
repent you of your sins, and are in love and charity with your neighbors, and intend to lead a new life, following the commandments of God, and walking
from henceforth in his holy
ways: Draw near with faith, and take this holy Sacrament to your comfort; and make your humble confession to Almighty God, devoutly kneeling.
Daniel Asiedu, the suspected murderer of the late New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament, for the Abuakwa North Constituency, Joseph Boakye Danquah, says he has
repented from his evil
ways and has turned over a new leaf.
It is important to them to have a science - approved stamp to their dogma (Western techno - civilisation has hurt mother Gaia, and it is really time that we
repent from our sins and go back to a «natural»
way of life (that will be extensively described by their prefered high priest, usually involving actions ranked more
from symbolic value than effectiveness in reducing CO2.