“Repent and Turn to God”

 “Repent and Turn to God”

 

“Friends, I realize that what you and your leaders did to Jesus was done in ignorance. But God was fulfilling what all the prophets has foretold about the Messiah—-that He must suffer these things.  Now repent of your sins and TURN TO GOD, so that your sins may be WIPED AWAY.” Acts 3:17-19

The Apostle Peter had just healed a lame man at the Temple gate, the one called the ‘BEAUTIFUL GATE.’ And when the crowd noticed that the man was the LAME BEGGAR that would beg at the Temple Gate, they were ABSOLUTELY ASTOUNDED! And as the crowd grew, Peter saw an opportunity to PREACH to them.  He told them that: “Through FAITH in the Name of JESUS, this man was HEALED—-and you know how crippled he was before.” “FAITH in JESUS’ NAME has HEALED him before your very eyes.”

Peter continued:  “Friends, I realize that what you and your leaders did to JESUS was done in IGNORANCE.” But GOD was fulfilling what ALL the prophets had PROPHESIED about the TRUE MESSIAH. The fact that He MUST SUFFER ALL that had taken place, the SUFFERING of the CRUEL CROSS.  Then Peter, continued with an INVITATION for them to REPENT of their SINS, especially the part they had in the SUFFERING of GOD’S ONLY SON, the LORD JESUS CHRIST, who WILLINGLY TOOK upon Himself the SINS of ALL PEOPLE, EVERYWHERE, and for ALL TIMES, PAST, PRESENT, and FUTURE.

The invitation included the SECOND PART of REPENTANCE, which was for them to TURN AWAY FROM their SINS and TURN TO GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART, so that their SINS may be WIPED AWAY as far as the EAST is from the WEST.  And if they accepted the INVITATION, then times of SPIRITUAL STRENGTH would come from the Lord.

And then you will be ABLE to LOOK FORWARD to spending an ETERNITY in HEAVEN with ALL its BLESSINGS and to ESCAPE HELL with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once you are there.  For this to HAPPEN, You Must ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER, in NEED of the SAVIOR, the LORD JESUS, who SUFFERED, BLED, DIED and RESURRECTED from DEATH and the GRAVE.  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 Him and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  You MUST BE WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFESTYLE and TURN TO GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION, and when you fill God TUGGING on your HEARTSTRINGS, REPENT and TURN TO GOD. Do this NOW while you STILL can!!  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!! Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!!