REPENT, BUT WHY?

REPENT. BUT WHY?

Tuesday, June 18, 2019

2Timothy [GW] 2:24-26  A servant of the Lord must not quarrel. Instead, he must be kind to everyone. He must be a good teacher. He must be willing to suffer wrong. He must be gentle in correcting those who oppose the Good News. Maybe God will allow them to change the way they think and act and lead them to know the truth. Then they might come back to their senses and God will free them from the devil's snare so that they can do his [God’s]will.

  Assuming that sometime since you yesterday that you 2Timothy 2:15 “unashamedly” read and considered  the “think and act” (KJV “repent”) Bible verses list that I provided for your convenience . . . I awoke considering reasons why we Christians repent. After laying abed pondering I now list what I saw.

·         We don’t want to suffer consequences. All-about-me thought and activity.

·         We want to make the world a better place. Nice, but not the goal.

·         We don’t want to do wrong. Good but not the primary reason for God’s John 1:12, 3:3 children.

·         We want to do right. Better but not the primary reason for God’s John 1:12, 3:3 children.

·         We want to authentically worship our Lord, glorifying, honoring, and pleasing Him! Romans [ESV] 12:1-5 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.

  Now after typing the above I must again this day apply this utmost reason to the activity list required of me this day, which will likely again include no spectacular experiences. In no particular order or accomplishment: inmate correspondence, tabulate requested medical info prepping for home visit, homeowner insurance review, pay bills, a bit of gardening, housework including maybe the refrigerator, never ending tidying, and …..

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