HAVE YOU TRIED DRIVING IN A ONE WAY STREET? THAT IS FOOLISH AND DANGEROUS. WHY DRIVE ON A ONE WAY STREET ANYWAY?
OUR LIFE WAS LIKE THAT. WHETHER OUT OF REBELLION OR IGNORANCE, WE ALL DRIVE IN THE WRONG DIRECTION THAT WILL LEAD TO ETERNAL SEPARATION TO GOD. WHEN WE SIN, WHEN WE GO AGAINST GOD’S WILL, IT IS LIKE WE ARE GOING ON THE WRONG DIRECTION. UNTIL WE HAVE A PERSONAL ENCOUNTER WITH GOD, WE CAN TURN AROUND AND GO ON THE RIGHT WAY WITH HIM
THAT IS WHAT REPENTANCE MEANS. REGARDLESS HOW BAD WE ARE OR HOW FAR AWAY WE ARE FROM GOD, WHEN YOU TURN AROUND TO HIM (REPENT), WE WILL INSTANTLY FIND GOD’S LOVE AND FORGIVENESS.
REPENTANCE INVOLVES
- TURNING AWAY FROM SIN – DECIDED TO REPENT AND SAY NO TO SIN AND FOLLOW GOD (ACTS 26:20)
- TURNING TO GOD – WE CANNOT TURN FROM SOMETHING WITHOUT TURNING TO SOMETHING ELSE. BELIEVE IN CHRIST AND HAVE FAITH IN HIM
- CONFESSION OF SIN – CONFESSION WILL HELP TO KEEP US FROM THE DISCIPLINE OF THE LORD. WE NEED TO CONFESS IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN CLOSE FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD. IF WE DON’T, THE DEVIL WILL HOLD IT AGAINST US AND CONDEMNATION STARTS
- BLOODSHED – JESUS PAID IT ALREADY ON THE CROSS (SALVATION). JESUS RENEWS AND CLEANSE US FROM ALL THE DIRT OF SIN. HE MADE A WHITE AS SNOW. (ISAIAH 1:18) JESUS MADE US PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE BY GOD, TOTALLY INNOCENT FROM ALL SIN.
LET US ALL GO TO THE NEW DIRECTION.