A Call to Repentance

Anybody who knows me knows that I'm passionate about seeing this world come to the fullness of the Kingdom of God as soon as possible. The reality is that that will only happen when our Lord Jesus Christ returns, however, I believe that we can play a role in at least getting things closer to what God intended.

The foundational issue behind turning this world around is actually fairly simple. John the Baptist preached it, Christ preached, the Apostles preached it, and so I will preach it. God's kingdom must start with a repentant people. We can't just turn from our sins and follow Jesus. We must repent, then turn from our sins and follow Christ.

The thing is... We've forgotten how to repent. We think an emotional prayer at the altar is repentance or a meeting with our accountability partner is repentance. The reality, however, is that repentance is not just turning from your past but dealing with it (to the best of your ability).

For example... If you've got people in your past that you've left bloody and bruised, you can't just become a Christian and cry a few tears and then get your golden ticket to heaven. You have to go to those individuals and do your best to make things right. Apologize, ask for forgiveness, and maybe even restore the relationship. I'll admit, sometimes that process is out of our control and those people may not want to go through it. But we have to be willing to set as many things right as we can before we can move forward to what God has for us.

This is the idea behind my Call to Repentance blogs. These are issues that I feel must be dealt with before we can expect God to start blessing us in ways that we desire. As we move towards being what we should be, we must try to deal with who we've been.