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“they went out, and preached that men should repent” [Mark 6:12]
November 6, 2023
“they went out, and preached that men should repent”. “Repent” was the first point in Jesus’ preaching and He told His disciples to make theirs the same. It is an essential that can easily get omitted. Men must turn from their way to God’s way if they would find the Lord.
Repentance is stimulated by conviction. No need to argue the case, when a man is convicted he must repent if he would be saved. The disciples were not told to preach repentance to some, but to all men. Good people are not good enough or Jesus would not have needed to come and save us.
Trying hard to reform and to believe and do good things is not the first step. The first is to repent, the second to believe the gospel. Be careful that the message you convey does not avoid the first step.
Repentance is stimulated by conviction. No need to argue the case, when a man is convicted he must repent if he would be saved. The disciples were not told to preach repentance to some, but to all men. Good people are not good enough or Jesus would not have needed to come and save us.
Trying hard to reform and to believe and do good things is not the first step. The first is to repent, the second to believe the gospel. Be careful that the message you convey does not avoid the first step.