Repent, and Believe in The Gospel!
Jun 8, 2021 17:29:40 GMT -5
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Post by 2fw8212a on Jun 8, 2021 17:29:40 GMT -5
❝For as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites,
so also the Son of Man will be to this generation.❞ - Luke 11:30
so also the Son of Man will be to this generation.❞ - Luke 11:30
❝For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish,
so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.❞ - Matthew 12:40
so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.❞ - Matthew 12:40
And as Jonah started preaching after getting out of the belly of the great fish, saying:
❝...Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!❞ - Jonah 3:4
That is, the city of Nineveh would be destroyed in the coming wrath of God because of the wickedness of the people of that city.
Likewise, after Christ's death and resurrection, the Lord ordained your chosen ones to preach repentance and remission of sins in His name:
❝...Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,
and that repentance and remission of sins should
be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.❞ - Luke 24:46-47
With the penalty of everlasting punishment in the day of wrath and judgment of God for those who did not receive the word of reconciliation presented in the gospel of Jesus Christ.
But now, what is going to be overthrown, what is going to be destroyed, is not only the city of Nineveh and its inhabitants but the whole world.
❝in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God,
and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.❞ - 2 Thessalonians 1:8
And here is an advice: Do as did the people of the city of Nineveh.
❝So the people of Nineveh believed God, proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them. Then word came to the king of Nineveh; and he arose from his throne and laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth and sat in ashes. And he caused it to be proclaimed and published throughout Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; do not let them eat, or drink water. But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily to God; yes, let every one turn from his evil way and from the violence that is in his hands. Who can tell if God will turn and relent, and turn away from His fierce anger, so that we may not perish?❞ - Jonah 3:5-9
Certainly He will do so, as it is written:
❝Then God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way;
and God relented from the disaster that He had said He would bring upon them,
and He did not do it.❞ - Jonah 3:10
As it is written:
❝Do I have any pleasure at all that the wicked should die?”
says the Lord God,
“and not that he should turn from his ways and live?❞ - Ezekiel 18:23
Certainly, the Lord desires that the wicked turn from his ways and live, as it is written:
❝Say to them: ‘As I live,’ says the Lord God,
‘I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live.
Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why should you die...?’❞ - Ezekiel 33:11
The Lord has everything ready to welcome you.
❝“Come now, and let us reason together,” Says the Lord,
“Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow;
Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool.❞ - Isaiah 1:18
Because His Son Jesus Christ has already paid the price for our sins.
❝For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son,
that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.❞ - John 3:16
❝In Him we have redemption through His blood,
the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace❞ - Ephesians 1:7
❝Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us,
that we should be called children of God!...❞ - 1 John 3:1
But to those who do not turn from their wickedness nothing but condemnation awaits them.
❝The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment with this generation and condemn it,
for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and indeed a greater than Jonah is here.❞ - Luke 11:32
❝...in accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, who “will render to each one according to his deeds”: eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality; but to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness — indignation and wrath...❞ - Romans 2:5-8
At the end there will be only two sides. In which of them will you be?
❝Then Peter said to them,
“Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ
for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.❞ - Acts 2:38
❝For by grace you have been saved through faith,
and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God...❞ - Ephesians 2:8
❝Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out,
so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord...❞ - Acts 3:19
May God bless you in Jesus' name! 🕊️