Repentance......................

Jesus came to call us to repentance for our sins. God's Word says, "All people have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God." - (Romans 3:23)

When you repent, you turn from going away from God, to going toward God where you seek to do His will and not your own. When you repent you make a 180 degree turn. Some people say that it is like the difference between going North and South.

Jesus said, "I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd gives his life for the sheep." John 10:10, 11. Jesus wants you to have a life of peace. Peace comes from allowing Jesus to live within our hearts. Disobedience to the Word of God destroys this peaceful, full life that Jesus provided for us. Sin separates us from the presence of God.

John 3:15-18 says, "That everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life. For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him. Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of Gods one and only Son."

Hell is the "reward" for people who do not believe in Jesus; Heaven is the reward for those who accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. Yet, Jesus did not come into the world to condemn the world but to save the world.

Saved from what? Jesus wants to save you from your sinful nature, from your own choices, and from death. You can be saved if you pray and confess and repent of your sins and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. (Romans 10:9, John 3:16)