Ever since you got Born-again,
you gave your life to The LORD Jesus Christ and you received Salvation, have
you been really bearing the Fruits Worthy of Repentance?
That is the very fundamental
question that you and I, should be asking ourselves everyday of our life.
To start us off, we need to
know exactly the meaning of Repentance. Repentance simply refers to
confessing one’s sins before The LORD Jesus Christ and asking Him
to wash away all the Sins and to make one anew, afresh, onto a new path: The
Path of a new life; the life of being born again.
The Kingdom of God in Heaven
is for the Repentant. The Kingdom of God is at hand for those who have Repented
of their Sins; for the Kingdom of God belongs to them and awaits them. This is
very powerfully captured in the Book of Mathew 3: 1-2 which
states as follows: ‘“In those days John the Baptist came preaching
in the wilderness of Judea, and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of
heaven is at hand!”’
For Repentance to take root,
there must be confession of sins i.e. remorsefulness for the past lifestyle of
sins, and thereby pleading for mercy for the forgiveness of the sins. This confession is a confession before The LORD. This is very powerfully captured
in the Book of Mathew 3: 5-6 which states as follows: ‘“Then
Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to
him and were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.”’
This therefore means being
awakened to how deep one has fallen in sin, and thereby the realization of the
need to Repent of sins, so as to be Restored, Renewed and Revived away from the
deep darkness, into the Light of The LORD Jesus Christ. This is very powerfully
captured in the Book of Revelation 2: 4-5 which states
as follows: ‘“Nevertheless I have this against you,
that you have left your first love. Remember therefore from where you have
fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly
and remove your lampstand from its place—unless you repent.”’
It is very important to note
that one can be so much entangled in Religion and Doctrines of Man, and thereby
miss the key ingredients of walking with The LORD, which is: Repentance, and
the consequent walk in Righteousness, Holiness, Truth and Complete Surrender to
The LORD Jesus Christ. This is very powerfully captured in the Book of Mathew
3: 7-8 which states as follows: ‘“But when he saw many
of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “Brood
of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Therefore bear
fruits worthy of repentance.”’
The question that comes right
therein is: What are the fruits worthy of Repentance, that we ought
to bear? To understand this, it is very important to note that
Repentance ought to be a moment of “bidding bye” to the old sinful lifestyle,
and thereby now partaking of the new lifestyle of Salvation. In the new
lifestyle of Salvation, there is the Helper, the Comforter that indwells inside
those who have Repented of their Sins and thus welcome Him inside them; He is
The Holy Spirit. He helps us to live a life worthy of our calling as born-again
sons and daughters of The LORD. He thus helps us to bear testimony of our
Salvation through the “Products” that emanate right within us. These
(The “Products”) are known as The Fruits of The Holy Spirit. These are indeed
The Fruits of Repentance; that we need to bear as a Testimony of our Salvation,
and what we need to bear as Fruits worthy of Repentance. This is very
powerfully captured in the Book of Galatians 5: 22-26 which
states as follows: ‘“But the fruit of the Spirit is love,
joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness,
self-control. Against such there is no law. And those who
are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and
desires. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let
us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.”’
We can therefore not be
producing rotten fruits that betray our Salvation: The rotten fruit of the
former lifestyle of sins. These are captured in the book of Galatians
5: 16-21 which states as follows: ‘“I say then: Walk in
the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh
lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are
contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you
wish. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. Now the
works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication,
uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies,
outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy,
murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of
which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past,
that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.”’
We must endeavour to ensure,
through the help of The Holy Spirit (by Submitting and Surrendering to The LORD)
that we humble ourselves and seek The LORD to help us to be Fruitful for His
Kingdom i.e. to bear Fruits Worthy of Repentance, otherwise what remains and
awaits is Judgment (Wrath) of The LORD. This is very powerfully captured in the
Book of Mathew 3: 9-12 which states as follows: ‘“and
do not think to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’
For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these
stones. And even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every
tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the
fire. I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is
coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He
will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing
fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing
floor, and gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with
unquenchable fire.”’
SHALOM!!!
BARUCH HASHEM ADONAI (Blessed Be
The Name of The LORD).
BARUCH HABA B’SHEM ADONAI
(Blessed Is He Who Comes in The Name of The LORD).
PREPARE THE WAY FOR THE COMING
OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST IN ABSOLUTE REPENTANCE, RIGHTEOUSNESS, HOLINESS, TRUTH
AND COMPLETE SURRENDER TO THE LORD JESUS CHRIST (YESHUA/YAHUSHUA HA MASHIACH).
TIME IS ABSOLUTELY OVER; THE MESSIAH JESUS CHRIST IS IMMINENTLY COMING TO PICK
HIS BRIDE!!!
REPENTANCE PRAYER:
Precious Jesus,
I acknowledge today that you
are LORD and Savior of all mankind,
and today I have recognized my
shortfall,
I Repent and turn away from
all Sin.
Please cover me with your
Precious Blood,
and establish your Word in my
life,
that I may be found in
Righteousness and Holiness
and write my name in your Book
of Life
and baptize me with the power
of the Holy Spirit
in the mighty name of Jesus
Christ.
AMEN.
Your Brother in Christ Jesus
and a Shepherd of The LORD,
Kevin Mirasi
Amen. Well said. I encourage all and many to continue in study, meditation and memorisation of the Word of God, such as those you have often added into your blogs. For those who lack faith or victory in their walk, may the Word of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ be a pillar and source of encouragement. Thereby can we grow in faith and the lifestyle of the kingdom of heaven.
ReplyDeleteJesus is the True and Living Word of God, after all, the one who became flesh. So why ought we not to quench our hunger and thirst for righteousness by seeking God and to know his very Word?
Shalom.