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NASB | Revelation 3:3 'So remember what you have received and heard; and keep it, and repent. Therefore if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Revelation 3:3 'So remember and take to heart the lessons you have received and heard. Keep and obey them, and repent [change your sinful way of thinking, and demonstrate your repentance with new behavior that proves a conscious decision to turn away from sin]. So then, if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you. |
Bible Question: I have been backsliding for the past three years and I want to get back to Jesus. First of all, is this impossible? Is repentance still possible for me? Can you show me in Scripture where I can come back to Jesus and live the obedient life again? |
Bible Answer: Dear LJ777, When reading your question, the first thing comes to mind is the story of the prodigal son described in Luke 15. I believe the moment you had the above questions in mind was a sign of the Holy Spirit's work in you to urge for your repentance. C.H. Spurgeon has depicted a beautiful and loving picture in his sermon which I am glad to quote as an encouragement. ******** "And kissed him."—Luke 15:20. ...the subject of which will be, the overflowing love of God toward the returning sinner. The determination to return home is good; but it is when the wandering boy begins the business of really carrying out the good resolve, that he draws near the blessing. If any of you here present have long been saying, "I will repent; I will turn to God"; leave off resolving, and come to practicing; and may God in His mercy lead you both to repent and to believe in Christ! Before the kisses of love were given, this young man was on his way to his father; but he would not have reached him unless his father had come the major part of the way. When you give God and inch, He will give you an ell. If you come a little way to Him, when you are "yet a great way off" He will run to meet you. I do not know that the prodigal saw his father, but his father saw him. The eyes of mercy are quicker than the eyes of repentance. Even the eyes of our faith is dim compared with the eye of God's love. He sees a sinner long before a sinner sees Him. I do not suppose that the prodigal travelled very fast. I should imagine that he came very slowly— "With heavy heart and downcast eye, With many a sob and many a sigh." Slow are the steps of repentance, but swift are the feet of forgiveness. God can run where we scarcely limp, and if we are limping towards Him, He will run towards us. ******************** (to read more, go to http://www.biblebb.com/files/spurgeon/2236.htm) Shalom Azure |
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