| These were the first words that the
Lord Jesus pronounced, when He began His Ministry. REPENT, and
believe the gospel! Isaiah, a prophet of
God, said the following words: Who has believed
our report? Is 53: 1
God had spoken through Isaiah's mouth that the
Savior would come, and nobody would believe in Him, when He did.
Since He already came, He is convicting the
world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment. Jn 16:8
Of SIN, because you don't believe in
Him.
Of RIGHTEOUSNESS, because He is
sitting at the right hand of the Father.
Of JUDGMENT, because the ruler of
this world, has been judged. |
MY COMMAND I have been commanded by my Lord Jesus:
that repentance and remission of sins should be
preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. Lk
24: 47
Thus, I testify both to the Jews, and also to
the Gentiles, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus
Christ. Acts 20: 21
Or do you despise the riches of His goodness,
forbearance, and long suffering, not knowing that the goodness of
God leads you to repentance? Ro 2: 4
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BELIEVE THE GOSPEL It is the power
of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and
also for the Gentile. Ro 1: 16
Thanks to that power, Jesus rose from the
dead, after having been buried, He now sits at the right hand of the
Father!
Moreover brethren, I declare to you the gospel which I preached
to you, which also you received and in which you stand, by which
also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to
you-unless you believed in vain.
For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received:
that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that
He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the
Scriptures. 1CO 15: 1-4 |
BELIEVE IN JESUS For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world,
but that the world through Him might be saved.
"He who believes in
Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned
already, because he has not believed in the name of the only
begotten Son of God.
"And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the
world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds
were evil.
"For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come
to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.
"But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may
be clearly seen, that they have been done in God." Jn 3: 17-21 |