Rev 3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Pro 3:11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
Pro 3:12 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
Pro 15:32 He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
1Co 11:32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
Heb 12:5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
Heb 12:6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
Heb 12:7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
Heb 12:8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
Heb 12:9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
Heb 12:10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
Heb 12:11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
REPENT - to change one's mind for better, heartily to amend with abhorrence of one's past sins
- to think differently or afterwards that is reconsider (morally to feel compunction): - repent.
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Be zealous and REPENT.
Be zealous and change your mind for the better.
Be zealous and abhor your past sins.
Be zealous and feel compunction- morally feel the sting of your conscience.
We like to appease our conscience NOT feel its sting.
We don't want to feel any sting at all. We talk away our sins rather than face them. We'd rather not even call them sins, we break them down and call them faults so they don't appear to be too sinful. We label them problems not sins, we call them character defects not sins. We put all sorts of names on them so we don't say we have a SIN PROBLEM. Having a sin problem would mean recognizing that sin for what it really and truly is. Evil. And we do NOT want to think of ourselves as evil, we'd much rather HIDE behind false labels so we can appease our conscience.
The sting of our conscience.
Feeling the PAIN of our sinning.
Comprehending that our sins separate us from God, that our sins unrepentant will lead to our eternal death is something that we need to do! We can't expect to live our lives any ol' way we want to- filled with problems that are there just because we are who we are- and then expect not to have to face any consequences for the SINS we've covered up.
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By the grace of God more on this tomorrow.
All through HIS LOVE!
May we all face up to our SINs so we can REPENT, so we can feel the pain of those sins and then seek forgiveness from our SAVIOR, our LORD JESUS CHRIST!
Pro 3:11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
Pro 3:12 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
Pro 15:32 He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
1Co 11:32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
Heb 12:5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
Heb 12:6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
Heb 12:7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
Heb 12:8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
Heb 12:9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
Heb 12:10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
Heb 12:11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
REPENT - to change one's mind for better, heartily to amend with abhorrence of one's past sins
- to think differently or afterwards that is reconsider (morally to feel compunction): - repent.
*
Be zealous and REPENT.
Be zealous and change your mind for the better.
Be zealous and abhor your past sins.
Be zealous and feel compunction- morally feel the sting of your conscience.
We like to appease our conscience NOT feel its sting.
We don't want to feel any sting at all. We talk away our sins rather than face them. We'd rather not even call them sins, we break them down and call them faults so they don't appear to be too sinful. We label them problems not sins, we call them character defects not sins. We put all sorts of names on them so we don't say we have a SIN PROBLEM. Having a sin problem would mean recognizing that sin for what it really and truly is. Evil. And we do NOT want to think of ourselves as evil, we'd much rather HIDE behind false labels so we can appease our conscience.
The sting of our conscience.
Feeling the PAIN of our sinning.
Comprehending that our sins separate us from God, that our sins unrepentant will lead to our eternal death is something that we need to do! We can't expect to live our lives any ol' way we want to- filled with problems that are there just because we are who we are- and then expect not to have to face any consequences for the SINS we've covered up.
*
By the grace of God more on this tomorrow.
All through HIS LOVE!
May we all face up to our SINs so we can REPENT, so we can feel the pain of those sins and then seek forgiveness from our SAVIOR, our LORD JESUS CHRIST!
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