Repentance

True repentance is acknowledging that you did wrong. Then you turn from your sin by changing your behavior (you do something different when faced with tthe same situation). If you don't change your behavior then you didn't truly repent in your heart and you aren't really forgiven. God wants our lives to line up with the truth of His Word. If I attend Mass week after week, yet refuse to put into practice anything that I hear at the Mass, how can I expect to go to Heaven when I die? I will be judged by my obedience to Christ and His Word. Those who hear the Word of God preached week after week, yet refuse to apply it to their own lives, will be judged more severely than those who never heard it.

Unfortunately, people become offended when exposed to the hard truths of God’s Word. As a result, many church leaders refuse to preach some messages for fear of losing people and money from their congregations. But the truth must be proclaimed. The Word of God must be preached - the hard messages as well as the easy ones.
 

Jesus is coming back. The day of God’s judgment is near, and many of us will not be able to stand before the Lord on that day. Jesus said, "Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on Judgment Day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!" [Mt 7:21-23]. Not everyone who goes to church will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only those who do the will of God. Many will say to Christ on that day, "Lord, Lord, I went to church week after week. I gave money to the church. I even taught Sunday School!" But because that person refused to repent of his sin by lining his life up with the Word of God, he will not be recognized by the Lord Jesus Christ as one of His own. Christ is looking for repentance, as well as, church activity.

I am reaching out to those people who hear the Word of God being preached week after week, yet refuse to put it into practice in their lives because they simply do not want to repent. They like living as they do and have no intention of changing. Now is the time for repentance, not tomorrow. If today you hear His voice, harden not your hearts. Repent, do God's will and be saved!

Make it a great week!

Blessings.