A CALL TO Repentance
PART II
The Holy Bible says, “When anyone is joined to Christ, he is a new
being; the old is gone, the new has come.” (2 Cor. 5:17)
"The Lord told me to go and buy myself some
linen shorts and to put them on; but He told me not to put them in water. So I
brought them and put them on. Then the
Lord spoke to me again, and said, “Go to the River Euphrates and hide the
shorts in a hole in the rocks.” So I went and hid them near the Euphrates.
Sometime
later the Lord told me to go back to the Euphrates and get the shorts. So I
went back, and when I found the place where I had hidden them, I saw they were
ruined and were no longer any good.
Then the
Lord spoke to me again. He said, “This is how I will destroy the pride of Judah
and the great pride of Jerusalem. These evil people have refused to obey me.
They have been as stubborn and wicked as ever and worshipped and served other
gods. So then, they will become like these shorts that are no longer any good.
Just as shorts fit tightly around the waist, so I intended all the people of
Israel and Judah to hold tightly to me. I did this so that they would be my
people and would bring praise and honor to my name.” (Jer. 13:1-11)
Even our
little deeds, our thoughts can destroy and break our relation from the Blessed
Trinity. Thus, we ourselves destroy our soul, mind and body. Every cell in our
body gets reacted and destroyed.
We will become a slave of many diseases; even
medicines can’t heal us totally.
Meanwhile,
some go in search of black magic and other demonic power. It brings many
disasters due to God’s anger.
Let’s go
through a testimony
The revival
experience of my life began on the 23rd June 1991. My family was
attracted to God and we were lead by the Holy Spirit to the prayer service. My
family was totally enslaved to black magic and sorcery. When we were prayed
over, a great flow of strength filled in me and my husband. We were totally
astonished and our faithless hearts were shaken.
“Therefore,
this says the Lord, “I am against your magic bands with which you hunt the
souls and I will rip them off from your arms.” (Ezekiel 13:20)
After the
pray over itself, the Lord’s grace gave us the strength to rip off and discard
all the objects of black magic and sorcery. God also blessed me to attend the
prayer continuously. I learnt to thank and praise Lord. All the obstacles which
used to prevent me from attending the prayer meeting completely vanished.
Being
Christian, my husband was practicing idol worship and black magic.
Both of us
used to attend the prayer regularly and the Word of God granted us peace and
cheerfulness. Hearing the Word of God, we received the Holy Spirit which helped
us to realize our dark paths. Lord Jesus washed out all our sins with true
repentance.
Here the
Scripture says, “The people who live in darkness will see a great light. On
those who live in the dark land of death, the light will shine.” (Matt. 4:16)
Lord Jesus
had performed countless miracles in my life.
The
spectacles I began to use at the age of 23 were removed by the Lord at the age
of 53. Praise the Lord!
Since
childhood, I had a hearing problem and the Divine Healer restored my hearing.
Alleluia!! Praise the Lord!!!
Dear
friends, Apart from the physical healings, He also gave me the courage to face
people as well my life problems. Glory to God!!
Being
illiterate, I found it hard to communicate with people. But today, with great
pride, I can tell you my Lord Jesus has given me the grace to read the Holy
Bible and prayer books. Praise the Lord.
“How
wonderful are the things the Lord does! All who are delighted with them want to
understand them. All He does is full of honor and majesty; His righteousness is
eternal.” (Psalm 111.2-3)
After the
demise of my husband, there is no one to earn in our family, yet the Lord
provides our requirements. Also the
mighty Lord has blessed me with the cheerfulness to praise and thank Him
joyfully for the mental sickness that runs in my family.
Just as
shorts fit tightly around the waist, so I intended all the people of Israel and
Judah to hold tightly to me. I did this so that they would be my people and
would bring praise and honor to my name.” (Jer. 13:11)
I can say
that, “Happy are those whose sins are forgiven, whose wrongs are pardoned. And
those who seek refuge with the Lord lack nothing good.”
My three
sons were victims of mental illness and had to undergo shock therapy and
various other treatments. When we accepted Lord Jesus and partook in the prayer
service and began to do family prayer. I found numerous changes in my children
like unity and tolerance among themselves and enlightenment of the brain. As the disease began to cease, I brought my
younger son aged 22 yrs, to the prayer service for a pray-over.
Following 4th
Saturday, it was announced: ‘Person by name ___ was granted total deliverance
and gifted a job.’ It came true within 10 days. He also had a vision in which
Lord Jesus was proceeding towards him from a great distance. Now he is an
earning member in my family. Praise the Lord!
As the above
scripture says, when the family held on to God tightly, He granted the grace of
repentance and forgiven their past and delivered this family.
The
awareness of our sins leads us to repentance. Sometimes we find it hard to say,
“I am a sinner.” We may claim there is no sin in me or comparatively I am a
better person.
But what
does the Holy Bible reveal?
It reveals that:
“All have turned away from God; they have all gone wrong. No one does what is
right, not even one.” (Romans 3:12)
Again the
Book of Truth says, “There is no one who does not sin.” (1 Kings 8: 46)
Once again
the Holy Bible reminds us, “if we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves
and there is no truth in us.” (1John 1:8)
In ancient
times, through many prophets, God call us to repentance.
God says,
“Listen to what I am saying to you. Pay attention to what our God is teaching
you. ……..otherwise you will be destroyed.” (Isaiah 1:10)
“But even
now,” says the Lord “repent sincerely and return to me.” (Joel2:12)
To the
Prophet Jeremiah, Lord asked him to go and buy a clay jar. He told him to take
some elders and some of the older priests and go through Potsherd Gate to
proclaim the message.
“Listen to
what , I, the Lord Almighty, the God
of Israel have to say, ‘I am going to bring such a disaster because the people
have abandoned Me and defiled this place by offering sacrifices here to other
gods.” Then the Lord asked Jeremiah to break the jar in front of the people and
tell them “I will break this people and their city and it will be like these
broken clay jar, that cannot be put together again.” (Jeremiah 19)
Gospel of
Luke (3) also warns us: “If you don’t turn away from your sins, you too will be
destroyed in a sudden disaster.”
John the Baptist insists us the same, unless
we repent, we will not enter the Kingdom of God.
“If you want
to, you can keep the Lord’s commands. You can decide whether you will be loyal
to Him or not. He has placed fire and water before you; reach out and take
whichever you want. You have a choice between life and death; you will get
whichever you choose.” (Sirach 15:15-17)