It's a direct command and a conditional plea from 2nd Chronicles chapter 7....God plainly lays out the plan for revival in this verse...."if MY people which are called by MY NAME will humble themselves and pray and seek MY face and TURN from their wicked ways, THEN will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and HEAL their land"! It's not complicated and its not a list of religious dogma. It is a compassionate plea from the King of heaven who just happens to love his people, those who are the saved, born~again Christians!
The opposite choice will result in the opposite of repentance! This message is clearly directed to God's own people, not to those who are not his by salvation in his son, Jesus Christ! The judgement of God begins with the church, even though this portion of the bible is from the old testament. It remains the exact same for the church of the new testament! There is no respect to certain people groups than for any other. God loves all of his creation the same and he is calling out to his children, those who have accepted the free gift of salvation by faith in the work that Jesus did for each of us! That being said, it does not mean that God loves any less those who have yet to call Jesus Lord and confessed their sin to him. His grace reaches to all and leaves none abandoned!
Without true repentance we all will likewise face the toughest of judgements! Because of the holiness of God he must stay within the truths of his word and treat any with
favoritism. You and I are in the same boat, brother. I am no better than you and, likewise, neither are you better in your relation to him than me or anyone else! It's not about us, it's all about him and the great sacrifice he gave for humanity. We aren't capable of righteousness apart from the Lord and it was our own sin that put Jesus on that cross! What is up to us is a true turning away from our selfish selves, release control of our lives to him and trust that he will do all that he says. That includes the wonderful promise that God "will never leave us or forsake us"! That in itself is the cornerstone of our salvation, the icing on the cake, if you will. Being a Christian, called by his name, is a very serious thing and eternity is in the balance of our own decision to accept him or reject him! The ball's in our court on that one!
So please let me implore you today to accept his free gift of salvation through faith in the LORD Jesus and become " born of the spirit", reborn, adopted into the family of God. To reject this eternal gift is to surrender your own soul to the fires of Hell, from which there is no end, no relief....ever! Please, please don't die lost.Let the grace of God speak to your heart today! The book of Romans tells us in chapter 10...."whosoever shall call upon the name of the LORD shall be SAVED"! It's that simple, folks.
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