Call to repentance

in #steemchurch5 years ago

Joel 2.12-17
Since God created man he showed him the paths by which they should walk and the norms that he should follow and one of the words that the men of God have used as a spokesman to call them into the presence of God has been "repentance"

The times he spoke to the people through his servants the call was to repentance
An example of this is the text I have quoted at the beginning of the message where the prophet Joel calls the people of Israel and warns them: "Now says Jehovah, turn to me with all your heart with fasting and weeping and mourning"
This prophecy of Joel given by God explains how a people must confront collective sin and their call is essentially addressed to spiritual leaders
We must notice that first he calls them to repent with all their hearts and to face the sin of the people


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He also calls for the collective fast but emphasizes that they should tear their hearts and not their clothes so that they can convert to Jehovah who is merciful and lenient for anger but great in mercy because he warns them that our God is suffering from the punishment

What he wanted to demonstrate to the people of Israel was that God loved them so much that he was warning them to go back from their evil ways and not suffer the punishment

Joel told them about the collective fast and the solemn assemblies so that they would cry out to the Lord and confront the sin that besieged the people of Israel
It must be understood that sin is serious and demands repentance that all men are destitute of the glory of God because of sin, therefore they must restitute themselves and repent in order to reach the benevolence of GOD.

God was asking the people of Israel to give their hearts to them so they could be restored
Certainly what God has always demanded from man is his heart if man gives his heart to God he will achieve victory in everything and truly repent because in his heart is the truth of everything we are

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@xioran this is the call of God for men at all times "repentance" conviction of sin and leads man to recognize that he needs God, therefore God expects men to repent everywhere so they can be saved through the gospel.

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