What else is the will of the Father that we may please Him so that
we can go to heaven? Jesus says in Luke
13:3, "I tell you, no; but unless you
repent, you will all likewise perish." It is either repent or
perish; the choice is ours. But Satan does not want us to repent.
Acts 17:30, "Truly
these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men
everywhere to repent." All people everywhere, and that includes you
and me, are commanded of God to repent. Repent of what? Repent of our
sins. Repent of not fully serving and following all that God
says.
God is pleading with us to repent. He greatly desires that we
turn to him. He tells us in II Peter 3:9,
"The Lord is not slack concerning His promise,
as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering toward us, not willing
that any should perish but that all should come to repentance." God
wants us to repent so we can be saved. He is patiently waiting on us. But
eventually our time will run out. The longer we put off repentance, the
harder our heart gets.
Repentance is not just being sorry.
II Corinthians 7:10,
"For Godly sorrow produces repentance leading to
salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces
death." Repentance is a change of heart and a change of mind. We
must make up our mind to stop living life our way and start living it
Godís way. It is making up our mind that henceforth we are going to serve
God with all our might and do everything He says.
Matthew 22:37, "Jesus
said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and
with all your soul, and with all your mind." In other words, we
must do it with all of our being. Romans
2:4 says, "The goodness of God leads you
to repentance." God has been so good to us, and this should cause
us to want to please Him in every way. God, because of His love for us,
has done so much for us, and because of this we read in
I John 4:19, "We love
Him, because He first loved us." This should cause us to want to
repent and do all the things that He has asked us to do, otherwise we do
not love God. Jesus said in John 14:24,
"He who does not love Me, does not keep my
words." Do you love God? If you do, you will want to do everything
that He says. In John 14:15 Jesus says,
"If you love Me keep My commandments."
Are you willing to show your love to God by repenting?
Questions Lesson 11
Repentance
(click on the button
of the answer of your choice)
1) (Luke 13:3) If we don't repent
We will perish.
God will overlook it.
We will go to Heaven anyway.
2) Satan wants us to repent.
3) (Acts 17:30) God commands all men everywhere
To live the way we choose.
To repent.
To enjoy themselves.
4) To repent is a command of God
5) (2 Peter 3:9) God wants
No one to repent.
Only His favorites to be saved.
All people to be saved.
6) God does not care if some people are lost.
7) (2 Corinthians 7:10) Godly sorrow
Is repentance.
Produces repentance.
Does not produce repentance.
8) True
or False, Repentance is just being sorry.
9) (Matthew 22:37) How are we to love God?
With all our heart, soul, and mind.
When we feel like it.
When things are going well.
10) Loving God does not require our entire heart, soul, and mind.
11) (Romans 2:4) What leads us to repentance?
Our own goodness.
Our not wanting to please God.
The kindness of God.
12) The kindness of God does not cause us to repent
13) (John 14:24) Those who do not love Christ
Will keep His commandments.
Do not keep his commandments.
Want to be pleasing to Him.
14) We show our love for Christ by keeping His commandments.