{"id":5185,"date":"2022-03-05T17:24:19","date_gmt":"2022-03-05T17:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hebrontimes.in\/wp\/?p=5185"},"modified":"2022-03-05T17:24:19","modified_gmt":"2022-03-05T17:24:19","slug":"walk-of-life-day-05-march-2022-march-with-the-words-of-jesus-christ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hebrontimes.in.net\/wp\/walk-of-life-day-05-march-2022-march-with-the-words-of-jesus-christ\/","title":{"rendered":"Walk Of Life – Day 05, March 2022 – March With The Words OF Jesus Christ."},"content":{"rendered":"

March And Take A U Turn<\/strong><\/p>\n

From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, \u201cRepent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. – Matthew 4:17<\/p>\n

Ezekiel said \u201cRepent and turn from your transgressions\u201d (Ezek. 18:30). John the Baptist said \u201cRepent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand\u201d (Matt. 3:2). Jesus said \u201cRepent and believe in the gospel\u201d (Mark 1:15). Peter said \u201cRepent and be baptized\u201d (Acts 2:38). And Paul said God \u201ccommands all people everywhere to repent\u201d (Acts 17:30).<\/p>\n

Repentance has never been easy. No one likes to be told \u201cDie to yourself. Kill that in you. Admit you are wrong and change.\u201d That\u2019s never been an easy sell. It\u2019s much easier to get a crowd by leaving out the repentance part of faith, but it\u2019s not faithful. It\u2019s not even Christianity. Of course, there is a whole lot more to following Jesus than repentance, but it\u2019s certainly not less. \u201cRepent,\u201d Jesus said, or \u201cyou will all likewise perish\u201d (Luke 13:5).<\/p>\n

Repentance has always been hard, always will be hard. I have heard someone saying about Repentance that it means to change your mind. That\u2019s what the Greek word metanoia means\u2013 a changed (meta) mind (noia).<\/p>\n

You change your mind about yourself: \u201cI am not fundamentally a good person deep down. I am not the center of the universe. I am not the king of the world or even my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

You change your mind about sin: \u201cI am responsible for my actions. My past hurts do not excuse my present failings. My offenses against God and against others are not trivial. I do not live or think or feel as I should.\u201d<\/p>\n

And you change your mind about God: \u201cHe is trustworthy. His word is sure. He is able to forgive and to save. I believe in his Son, Jesus Christ. I owe him my life and my allegiance. He is my King and my Sovereign, and he wants what is best for me. I believe it!\u201d<\/p>\n

Repentance is hard because changing someone\u2019s mind is hard. In fact, when we\u2019re dealing with spiritual matters of the heart, God\u2019s the only one who can really change your mind. People are simply not predisposed to say \u201cI was wrong! I was wrong about God and about myself. My whole way of looking at the world has been in error. I want to change.\u201d That\u2019s repentance. And it\u2019s amazing when it happens. Why does God give this message to his people repeatedly? It is because repentance is the only way to enter God\u2019s kingdom and have eternal life, avoiding destruction (Ac 2:40).<\/p>\n

True repentance brings us into relationship with God\u2019s King, Jesus. At Pentecost, Peter addressed people, including those responsible for Jesus\u2019 death (Ac 2:23). Peter proclaimed that Christ had risen and was at the right hand of God the Father as the King of kings. People were cut to the heart and said, \u201cWhat shall we do?\u201d Peter answered, \u201cRepent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins\u201d (Ac 2:38a). In response, some 3,000 people repented and the Christian church was born. <\/p>\n

Therefore let us march with repentance that is taking an absolute turn which leads us to the kingdom of heaven.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

March And Take A U Turn From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, \u201cRepent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. – Matthew 4:17 Ezekiel said \u201cRepent and turn from your transgressions\u201d (Ezek. 18:30). John the Baptist said \u201cRepent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand\u201d (Matt. 3:2). Jesus said […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[137],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrontimes.in.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5185"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrontimes.in.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrontimes.in.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrontimes.in.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrontimes.in.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5185"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hebrontimes.in.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5186,"href":"https:\/\/hebrontimes.in.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5185\/revisions\/5186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hebrontimes.in.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrontimes.in.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hebrontimes.in.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}