January 16
REPENTANCE…
Sadly, far too many of our Christian Churches today
are filled with unrepentant sinners because false preachers welcome them in with
open arms, but without an open Bible sharing The Gospel message of repentance!
The definition of repentance is to turn away from sin and to dedicate oneself
to the ministry of serving Jesus Christ! Many Christians struggle with
addictions because their Churches use secular 12-step addiction recovery
programs that are still teaching that addictions are a disease rather than the
sin of drunkenness! The only way to eliminate the sin of drunkenness is to
repent of it! To turn from it! Until we do, we can expect to relapse every time
we face trials! And there will be many trials as long as we continue to grieve
God with our un-repented sinful behavior! 2
Corinthians 12:21 (NIV) I
am afraid that when I come again my God will humble me before you, and I will
be grieved over many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of
the impurity, sexual sin and debauchery in which they have indulged. Revelation
16:11 (NIV) and cursed the God of
heaven because of their pains and their sores, but they refused to repent
of what they had done. God offers us the free gift of Salvation and sobriety, but sobriety without Salvation
renders alcoholics and addicts little more than the title of “dry drunks”. Salvation
cannot be achieved without repentance! (Acts
3:19) Genuine, relapse-free addiction
recovery begins with repentance and leads to Eternal life with our Savior!
Luke
13:3 (NIV) I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you
too will all perish.
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