REPENT … One Of The Most Positive Words In The Bible

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Exodus 17,18,19,20; Acts 3

REPENT … One Of The Most Positive Words In The Bible

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Scripture

Acts 3

¹⁹ Now repent of your sins and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped away.

Observation

You might have thought that the word “repent” was a negative term. You may have seen someone with a sign at a busy intersection with the word REPENT in big letters, or maybe someone at a football game in the end zone with a sign telling everyone to REPENT. They are using saying to the crowd or to the passing traffic, “Turn or Burn!” 

These are well-meaning individuals and God may use their signs to get a sinners attention. But I think you and I will be better off explaining to people that the word “repent” is one of the most positive words in the Bible. In fact unless you come to understand the word “repent” you will never be able to enter into the kingdom of God. 

A good definition that I can understand for the word repent is this: changing of your mind/heart that causes you to turn from selfish living and turn to God. It is a changing of your heart about God and who He is. When you make that change and you turn the direction of your life in God’s direction it is easy for you to trust God through the Lord Jesus Christ to forgive you of all your sins. 

Everyone person on the face of this planet is a sinner. You are either a forgiven sinner or an un-forgiven sinner. The difference depends on whether you have heard the Gospel, whether you have had a change of mind/heart, and whether you have turned to God for salvation. 

Salvation is a totally free gift. You can’t earn it. You can’t feel sorry enough for your sins to merit it ... Only God saves! 

Have all your sins been wiped away? Have you changed your mind/heart from selfish living and turned to God and trusted in Him for your salvation? 

 Application

When I share the Gospel I will be sure to explain the term “repent” so people understand what it means.

Prayer

Heavenly Father, I would have like to have been there when Peter preached this message to the people. What a response to Your Gospel! I pray that we would see the same thing happen here in Tampa. I pray that people would understand the Gospel and that they would have a change of mind/heart and turn to You and trust You for their salvation. I know that only You save. I pray that You would use our church to take the Good News of Jesus Christ to thousands in 2012.  

Acts 4:4

“But many of the people who heard their message believed it, so the number of believers now totaled about 5,000 men, not counting women and children.”

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