Humble yourselves: REPENT!

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It is really, really sad when I see people going against fellow brothers and sisters who encourage us to do good things in Christ.

It is really sad because it is not what the Lord Jesus called us for.

It is unacceptable when people supposedly in the faith says that we are the devil for encouraging repentance, holiness, and sanctification.

There is only one who is the enemy of all this: Satan, the devil, that serpent of old.

"So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan,
    who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him." - Revelation 12:9

 

You hear of holiness, you hear of repentance, you hear of sanctification and have no peace.

You have no peace because you have rejected Him, because whoever reject these things also reject Him.

"For God did not call us to uncleanness, but in holiness.
    Therefore he who rejects this does not reject man, but God,
        who has also given us His Holy Spirit." - 1 Thessalonians 4:4-8

All you have to do is to humble yourselves and repent indeed, and turn, and seek for His help.

Only when you do that you will find peace, otherwise you will spend your whole life fighting against Him and at the end be told: "Depart from me, I never knew you!"

Isn't it just? You have been saying that to Him until now: "Depart from me, Jesus! I do not want to know you!"

"And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted." - Matthew 23:12

 

And I, and many other brother and sisters are witnesses that the Lord Jesus indeed set people free of all sin.

And He indeed gives you peace, life, and everything you want. And that He teaches, reveals, and guides in all truth.

"But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit.
    For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God." - 1 Corinthians 2:10

"These things we also speak, not in words which man's wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches,
    comparing spiritual things with spiritual." - 1 Corinthians 2:13

The Lord Jesus calls you today: "Repent, and humble yourself. I will forgive your sins and replace them with peace and joy!"

The Lord Jesus does not lie, He cannot lie, He is the truth, the way, and the life!

"Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me."" - John 14:6

Do you believe in Him?! That is what many cannot see. They say: "I believe".

But their works show otherwise, the Lord call them and they say: "I believe but I will not go".

"He answered and said, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he regretted it and went.
    Then he came to the second and said likewise. And he answered and said, ‘I go, sir,’ but he did not go.
        Which of the two did the will of his father?”
            They said to Him, “The first.”" - Matthew 21:29-31

 

It is sad that we cannot even preach truth inside the church anymore, and hardly in many Christian communities.

Because people are pride and puffed up, they do not want to listen, they do not want to humble themselves.

"For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
    whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame—who set their mind on earthly things." - Philippians 3:18-19

 

And I, and many others can confirm that you have no excuse to love your sins. Because the Lord paid The Price, and you can receive the Holy Spirit.

And we can ask whatever we need from Him, and we will receive. Then start seeking and asking, because you will receive.

"For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the 
    scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven." - Matthew 5:20

“Behold, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is he who watches,
    and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame.” - Revelation 16:15

"And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure." - 1 John 3:3

 

Whoever loves sin hates the Lord, and whoever hates the Lord does not have life.

"Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him." - 1 John 3:15

"For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son,
    that He might be the firstborn among many brethren." - Romans 8:29

And I tell you that you have no excuse because Christ died for it, He gave His life, His precious blood.

And when I invite you to repent and seek help from the Lord so that you can receive the gift of the Holy Spirit you see me as an enemy.

"Have I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth?" - Galatians 4:16

But I am sure that if you believe in Him and do what He said, you will find the truth and you will say: "Thanks!" (to Him).

But while you refuse, you stay blind in your own understanding.

"Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins;
    for if you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins." - John 8:24

 

Let us have a look what the apostles said to us and what we are facing today:

"For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us,
    to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things:
        that you abstain from things offered to idols, from blood, from things strangled,
            and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well." - Acts 15:28-29

The biggest problems we face today are sexual immorality and idolatry.

Because unlike in the past, sexual immorality and idolatry is present in many more ways than it was back then.

Sexual immorality and idolatry always come together, because it becomes an idol for the person, and it includes: masturbation, pornography, fornication, adultery, lustful thoughts, and the like.

And idolatry is more present in: the love for money, covetousness, addictions, pride, etc.

But the most common idolatry, that makes the person bound by iniquity is the love for sin.

Do not be deceived, if you love sin the Holy Spirit is not in you.

"Do not love the world or the things in the world.
    If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him." - 1 John 2:15

 

What you should do then?! Repent, and surrender to the Lord Jesus Christ before it is too late.

He is the only one who can set you free indeed and make you desire to repent and receive His Holy Spirit.

"Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.
    Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up." - James 4:9-10

And while you are offended by holiness, sanctification, and faith: It is clear that you have not received the gift of the Holy Spirit; we shall know them by their fruits.

 

In the same way He gave His life for us, we should also give our lives for Him.

But if you notice, we do not have life to give, because to live for ourselves is death.

To follow the flesh is death, then there is no life in the evil desires of the flesh.

"For if you live according to the flesh you will die;
    but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live." - Romans 8:13

Then to repent and to surrender to Jesus actually means to have life.

And I, and many others can confirm that this is true. Because we have been set free by Him, and we can tell you: There is nothing, nothing better!

"It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing.
    The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life." - John 6:63

 

"He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water." - John 7:38

 

Glory to God! Amen.

Edited March 19, 2018 by 4LdKHVCzRDj2

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Forward march my friend of many letters .    And let the exhortings continue onward.      

Praise the Lord my friend of many letters .     Let us and all who love the LORD in Spirit ,  in SINCERITY of heart ,  PRAISE THE LORD .

 

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5 hours ago, 4LdKHVCzRDj2 said:

It is really, really sad when I see people going against fellow brothers and sisters who encourage us to do good things in Christ.

It is really sad because it is not what the Lord Jesus called us for.

Matthew chapter 21

³² For John came to you to show you the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.

Luke chapter 3

⁷ John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? ⁸ Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham. ⁹ The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”

¹⁰ “What should we do then?” the crowd asked.

¹¹ John answered, “Anyone who has two shirts should share with the one who has none, and anyone who has food should do the same.”

¹² Even tax collectors came to be baptized. “Teacher,” they asked, “what should we do?”

¹³ “Don’t collect any more than you are required to,” he told them.

¹⁴ Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?”

He replied, “Don’t extort money and don’t accuse people falsely—be content with your pay.”

 

 

Romans chapter 9 verses 30-Romans chapter 10 verse 4

What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith; but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it. Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone. As it is written: See, I lay in Zion a stone that causes men to stumble and a rock that makes them fall, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame. Brothers my heart's desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. For I can testify about them that they are Zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. Since they did not know the righteousness that comes from God and sought to establish their own the did not submit to God's righteousness, Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.

 

 

 

 

Your lying to yourself if you think you obey the law, no one ever has except Christ, not even for a day.

 

 

Galatians chapter 5 verse 4

 

You who are trying to be justified by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.