Hello everyone,
Christmas is a season of giving and sharing. I often hear people say that for God to send His only begotten Son to die, we need to come to repentance. But it’s easier said than done.
We keep talking about coming back to God in repentance, but one thing we fail to understand is that the process of coming back to God is the effect of something, in other words, there is something that naturally triggers an individual to come to repentance, until that is found, there would be no repentance and you can’t force anyone to repent when they haven’t seen the reason for. So, the question now is, what is that which represents the key to repentance, that thing that makes man naturally want to repent or move closer to God that cause which leads to the effect which is repentance?
We must understand again and again that it is not what we do that makes God love us, rather God loved us even when we didn’t love or know Him. This would imply that the only way we would love Him or come to repentance is by God doing something first. It is that thing that starts the engine of repentance. But guess what? God has done that thing already. If that’s the case, then why haven’t mankind repented, also why are some who claim to have repented thinking that it is what they do that makes God love them or bless them?
Grace may appear strange in the sense that it goes against the norm of society, in other words, it could like getting your pay before even working, and surprisingly not the other way round, but some would say that is not true because God created a system of sowing and reaping. This sounds very true and is also true, but when you take a closer look, you will find out that God gave us everything we would need even before working with Him. Then again, why haven’t we gotten these blessings? All these questions would keep popping up because the very first question hasn’t been answered, which is, that which starts the cause for haven’t been understood properly. Once that is understood, it serves as the foundation to your life, it serves as a guide to whatever thing you would ever do on this earth. So, what is that thing?
Jesus gave us the answer in The Gospel of John 3:16, when you study His way of life while He was here on earth from the scriptures, you would see how He displayed this answer, and it called many to repentance. John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” so, what is the key point or the answer? LOVE! Love is the key to repentance. Many would say they knew that all the while, but how well do they understand what this love is because many have carried the fear of hell just because that was what they heard. They heard that if they don’t repent, they would die, this forced them to ‘repent’, which in the real and true sense didn’t come from their heart.
The moment you understand why Jesus died for us and the grace which God gave us through His Son, it is there and then alone that man naturally repent. To know the fullness of how much God loves you is to “blow your mind”. The question now is why haven’t many heard these? Jesus after displaying His love towards His disciples, sent them out to go and make disciples, in other words, teach them about the love of God and what He had done. But it happened that the message was corrupted along the way and some started spreading the message of fear.
Jesus is the light of the world and He also raised us to become salt and light of the world, by becoming true difference makers by spreading His love all over the world, establishing the brand new life. We are to display the love, it is when they see this love that it compels them to repent naturally. We are to spread the love of God which speaks of what and why Jesus came to this earth and why He died and what He obtained for us when He resurrected.
Our life should be based on love, everything we do should have the foundation of love. Apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 13:13 said, “And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” It is love that opens our eyes to the blessings God had given to us. It is love that makes us have faith in Christ Jesus and enables us to receive the Grace, blessings, divine favour, wisdom, new insights, business strategies, just name it because love is the foundation. Yes, you may think I said Jesus is the foundation, but one thing we must understand is that you can’t separate love from Jesus. 1 John 4:8 says God is love and Jesus in John 14:10 said He is in the Father and the Father is in Him, which makes it clear to say that Jesus is love. But to make it clearer to us, love is the foundation. So, we understand now that it is not what we do that makes God love us more, but accepting His love for us opens doors for us, doors we refused to accept. He loved us even before we loved Him and His love can’t go bigger or smaller, it is the same love He shows to everyone irrespective of who we are. Just get to know Him more and more, because you can never know the depth of His love for us enough.
May the LORD bless you and keep you, make His face shine upon you. May the LORD be gracious to you and lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. AMEN.
Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!
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Unless otherwise stated, the following scriptures are gotten from New King James Version (NKJV)
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