God’s Grace in a man’s life doesn’t eliminate the principles of Choices and its Consequences. Our decisions will bring with them natural results. We must not be decieved, God’s grace and forgiveness of our sins will not stop the harm of Sin if we continue to sow SIN.
Hosea 10:12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
Beloved, just like in the world of commerce globally, garbage in, garbage out. Every input determines the output. This phenomenon consist also in the economy of God. Whatever you desire from God, sow same.
Galatians 6:7-8. Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
IT THEN FOLLOWS THAT, IF ANY BEING, RICH OR POOR, LITERATE OR ILLITERATE, JEW OR GENTILE, DESIRE PARDON FROM GOD, SUCH A PERSON MUST SOW, GENUINE REPENTANCE.
Jeremiah 18:7-10. At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it; If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.
THIS WAS THE SIMPLE MESSAGE, GOD SENT HOSEA TO TELL THE HARDENED AND IMPUDENT PEOPLE OF ISRAEL OF HIS DAYS. GOD PROMISED THEM, THAT, THEY WOULD REAP MERCY, ONLY, IF THEY WOULD SOW RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Beloved, this principle is still subsisting and would be there till the end of time. Anyone at anytime that desires mercy and total pardon from God, such a person must come back to God in true biblical penitence.
I am persuaded you are in the faith, but just in case you have strayed away, return to God in true repentance and instantaneous pardon shall be granted you.
Hosea 10:12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
SEE HOW SEVERAL OTHER SCRIPTURES AFFIRMED SAME.
2 Chronicles 7:14. If my people, which are called by my name, shall 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 will heal their land.
Proverbs 28:13. He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
Isaiah 1:18-19. Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
Vs 55:6-7. Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Jer 26:13. Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the Lord your God; and the Lord will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.
SEE TWO BENEFICIARIES OF THE COMPASSIONATE AND FAITHFUL GOD.
1. King David after committing immorality with Bertsheba and murdering Uriah the husband, to cover the sin.
2 Samuel 12:13. And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said unto David, The Lord also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
2. The whole people of the city of sinful and wicked Nineveh.
Jonah 3:5-10. So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying,
Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water: But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.
Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
This same mercy is still available, take advantage of it.
Our Lord Jesus Christ came principally to seek and to save the lost.
Luke 19:10. For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. However,, you will discover that, during His earthly many people especially the Sanhedrin , the leaders of the Jews at this point in time , did not benefit from the magnanimity of our Lord.
The same thing is happening today . Multitude are perishing and thronging to hell damned daily, simply because, they rejected the conditionality of biblical salvation. Praise God, this is not your own situation.
DURING AND AFTER THE EARTHLY MINISTRY OF OUR LORD, TILL NOW AND TILL THE END OF TIME, GENUINE REPENTANCE IS SINE QUA NON FOR PARDON FROM ANY SIN OR SINS, IRRESPECTIVE OF MAGNITUDE.
Matthew 4:17. From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Mark 1:15. And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
Luke 13:3. I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
Vs 13:5. I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
Revelation 2:4-5. Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
For every true penitence, there is an unfailing recompense
Matthew 11:28. Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
John 6:37. All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
Acts 2:38. Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Acts 3:19-20. Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:
Acts 17:30-31. And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
2 Corinthians 6:2. (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.).
Hebrews 3:15. While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. The scriptures revealed many beneficiaries of this magnanimous recompense from our Lord. Praise God, you and I were sure beneficiaries. See Bible days beneficiary of same.
1. The malefactor crucified with our Lord.
Luke 23:39-43. And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us. But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?
And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss. And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise.
2. The prodigal son:
Luke 15:17-24. And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. And he arose, and came to his father.
But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.
JESUS’S GREAT REVELATION OF DESIRABLE COMPENSATION FOR THOROUGH BIBLICAL REPENTANCE. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.
Friend, this same simple requisite shall qualify or disqualify anyone from partaking in the dawning rapture. My heart rejoices with you because your own repentance too was biblical.
Please endeavour to keep it, do not toy with it or trade it on the altar of temporal ephemerals. This was the undoing of Esau, he never recovered from it. He sold his birthright.
Hebrews 12:15-17. Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled; Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.
The undoing of the Worldling or carefree believers would be their negligence of this simple requisite. See how the Bible describe them.
Jeremiah 8:6-7. I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.
Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord.
Matthew 11:20-24. Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:
Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. But I say unto you,
It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you. And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom,
it would have remained until this day. But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
For your dream to come true about partaking in the rapture, be consciously penitent and sustain it till Christ comes. Recount Judas Iscariot was damned. He, presently is languishing in hell. But Peter was pardoned and retained and fulfilled his ministry.
Right now is in heaven enjoying the goodness and faithfulness of our Lord. This shall be our portion too, if we follow his example . Receive grace to do so in Jesus name.
Revelation 3:19. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Mark 14:66-72. And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest: And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked upon him, and said, And thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth.
But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what thou sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew. And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by, This is one of them. And he denied it again.
And a little after, they that stood by said again to Peter, Surely thou art one of them: for thou art a Galilaean, and thy speech agreeth thereto. But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak.
And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept.
Mark 16:6-7. And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.
But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you.
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