“Repent and Believe!”
The time promised by God has come at last!” He announced. “The Kingdom of God is near! Repent of your sins and believe the Good News!” Mark 1:15
To REPENT is; the TURNING AWAY FROM something that you have put your FAITH and TRUST into. To BELIEVE is to COMMIT yourself WHOLEHEARTEDLY to an OBJECT of FAITH. REPENTANCE and FAITH go TOGETHER, as ONE piece. And BELIEVING and TRUSTING are very much a part of this SAME PIECE.
After John the Baptist, was arrested Jesus went to Galilee, preaching the GOOD NEWS of the Kingdom of GOD. SAYING: “The time promised by God has come at last!” “The Kingdom of God is NEAR!” The PROMISED TIME refers to the TIME of the MESSIAH, the PROMISED ONE, who had COME at last, and was in the PRESENCE of MANKIND. It was a NEW AGE in God’s Dealings, with mankind. It was the time of the arrival of the KING, JESUS, God’s Son, who is the ONLY ONE who is WORTHY to become the PERFECT SACRIFICE for the SALVATION of ALL MANKIND.
The Kingdom of God was a reference to God’s SUPREME POWER or AUTHORITY, His RULE over His PERFECT PLAN of SALVATION. And it was as NEAR as the PRESENCE of KING JESUS. God’s RESPONSE towards mankind is exemplified through His ABUNDANT MERCY and His AMAZING GRACE, YOUR REQUIRED RESPONSE to God’s SALVATION PLAN is to REPENT and BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART.
To do that, you MUST ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, King Jesus. And you MUST BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART, that JESUS died for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God. You MUST CONFESS your sins to God and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS. And be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your sinful lifestyle and TURN TO GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART. (REPENT) You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION, and be ABLE to ESCAPE an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once you are there. And RECEIVE an ETERNITY in HEAVEN with ALL its BLESSINGS. Do this NOW, while you still can. He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!
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