“and saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
Matthew 3:2 KJV
John the Baptist cried out loud and clear, “Heaven’s kingdom is about to appear—so you’d better keep turning away from evil and turn back to God!” His message was simple and austere, like his desert surroundings. John was preaching in Aramaic, the language of the day. The word for “repent” means “to return to God and leave your sins behind.” This is much more than simply changing your mind, it is a powerful term for turning your life around and coming back to the holy God. God designed us to feel remorse over sin in order to produce repentance that leads to victory. This leaves us with no regrets. But the sorrow of the world works death. Distress that drives us to God does that. It turns us around. It gets us back in the way of salvation. We never regret that kind of pain. But those who let distress drive them away from God are full of regrets, end up on a deathbed of regrets. Let’s purposefully repent and in Christ receive redemption through His Blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace. Amen!
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