Sunday, September 4, 2016

To all that are afar off... Us.

Act 2:38  Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Act 2:39  For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

Repent.
Be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ.
Why?
For the remission of sins.

If we repent.
If we are baptized in the name of Jesus Christ.
We will receive the Holy Ghost.

This was a promise to those being spoken to and to their children and to US! This is a promise to all whom the Lord our God calls.

Jesus said…Mat_9:13  But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

The sinners are called to repent.

Luk_5:32  I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

The sinners are called.

So many believe the righteous are called, but they can't be called as those being righteous because we are all sinners.

Rom_3:23  For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God

Rom_5:12  Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned

Rom 3:10  As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one

The righteous cannot be called, the sinners are called and they are called to repent.

To have remorse for the sins we commit. To have a desire to not sin. To desire to follow the love of God.

We have a promise- and that promise is of salvation through Jesus Christ our Lord. We who are AFAR off from the days of the apostles have this promise just as they had the promise and all they personally witnessed to.

We need to believe in the promise, it is a promise God will never break.

Please, let us repent, let us be baptized and believe in our Savior, Jesus Christ now and forever!

Through the righteousness of Christ alone we can live forever in Him.


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