
REPENTANCE: THE MISSING ELEMENT IN PREACHING TODAY by Dr. Harold Sala Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, tolerance and patience, not realizing that God's kindness leads you toward repentance? Romans 2:4 Question: Do you ever encounter a situation that is appealing to you but doesn't quite strike you as being correct? What you are hearing is true but it is not all the truth. You want to believe what you hear, but the more you think about it, the more you realize that what you are hearing is not the way it really is. I've been thinking about this very issue in relationship to how easy it has become to identify with the household of faith. When a teenage girl [in a Littleton, Colorado high school] was accosted by a fellow student-turned-gunman, she was asked, "Ask you a Christian?" and her answer, "Yes, I am" may well have cost her life. But that probably will never happen to you. OK, here's my concern. Bottom line: Becoming a Christian has never been easier, never more popular. It's good for your business and good for your social life, too. Besides, it makes you feel good to think that God is on your side, ready to help you succeed, ready to make you feel good about yourself. On the day when the Holy Spirit empowered the infant church, Peter stood up and said, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of your sins." Then the following day, Peter was on his way to the temple with friend John and saw a <b>...</b>
REPENTANCE
Harold Sala
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