April 7, 2016 - "Truly, these times of ignorance, God overlooked, but now commands all men, everywhere to repent, because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead." (Acts 17:30-31) NKJV
These are the words of warning with which Paul addressed the men of Greece. The Greeks had over 100 god's and idols and Paul was having trouble relating the Lord God to them until he saw a statue to the "unknown god", Paul used this statue to relate the Lord God to the Greeks.
This they understood and some began to repent and accept the "new God" as their own. This speech was held in the city of Athens at a place called the Areopagus and was the beginning of Paul's successes with the Gentile world. Before this speech when Paul revealed the "unknown god" the Greeks had called him a babbler and had mocked him and his "god".
Paul declared this new, unknown god to be the True God and Creator of all things, telling them that the Lord God made all nations of earth from one blood. God only handmade two people, Adam and Eve, all others since have come from the union of that first couple.
We see the evil in this world today and wonder if God truly has commanded all men to repent of their sins and accept the Lord Jesus as Lord and Savior. Yes He has, but, God cannot dismiss nor ignore sin. He simply cannot tolerate it from his creations.
God is long suffering and patient for He wishes for all to be saved, He is quick to forgive us of sins, but He never, ever dismisses us of the consequences of our sins. We may or may not understand when or how we paid for a specific sin, but we will.
Some will not pay until the end of this age at the White Throne Judgment when they must walk into that lake of burning sulphur into eternal torment. Included in these are the ones who consider themselves to be above the laws of God, they are often "their own man" but will fall the hardest without repentance.
God raised Jesus from the dead just to prove His deity to the world, that people would know the awesome power of the Lord God by the resurrection.
The time for repentance is now, no person knows when God will call an end to this age, but we do know that each day we get one day closer to judgment.
Are you ready, do you know Jesus as Lord, maybe a better question is; "does Jesus know you?"
Jesus says that many will come to Him on that judgment day proclaiming to have been saved, claiming to have worked long and hard for the Lord, but Jesus will say to them; "I never knew you, depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness." (Matt. 7:23) NKJV
Again; I ask, does Jesus know you, have you truly given your life to Him? Time grows short!!!
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