Be Not Stiff-necked, but Yield
God Calls to Repentance Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the Lord, and enter into His sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever; and serve the Lord your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you. 2 Chronicles 30:8. If those who hide and […]
Wash You, Make You Clean
God Calls to Repentance Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil. Isaiah 1:16. But many are attracted by the beauty of Christ and the glory of heaven, who yet shrink from the conditions by which alone these can become their own. There […]
Put Iniquity Far Away
God Calls to Repentance If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him; if iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles. Job 11:13, 14. But let none deceive themselves with the thought that God, in His great love and mercy, will yet […]
His Goodness Leads to Repentance
God Calls to Repentance Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? Romans 2:4. It is true that men sometimes become ashamed of their sinful ways, and give up some of their evil habits, before they are conscious that they […]
He That Repenteth Shall Live
God Calls to Repentance But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. Ezekiel 18:21. Those who dwell upon God’s mercies, and are not unmindful of His lesser gifts, […]
Godly Sorrow Worketh Repentance
God Calls to Repentance For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. 2 Corinthians 7:10. God reveals to us our guilt that we may flee to Christ, and through Him be set free from the bondage of sin, and rejoice in the liberty […]
