Henry Morris
“Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that
your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the
presence of the Lord.” (Acts 3:19)
To be “converted” can mean many things. The Greek
word simply means to “turn” or “change directions.” Christian conversion,
however, refers to turning away from the whole world system and turning to God
through Christ. Similarly, to “repent,” in the Greek, means essentially to
“think differently” and, in a Christian context, to change one’s whole thought
process from worldly reasoning to spiritual, as centered in Christ and the
Scriptures. Genuine Christian repentance and conversion result in having one’s
“sins . . . blotted out” and thus true “times of refreshing” from the Lord.
But without real repentance and conversion, there
is no salvation. Jesus said: “. . . except ye repent, ye shall all likewise
perish” (Luke 13:3, 5), and He also said: “Except ye be converted, and
become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 18:3).
There are, sad to say, multitudes of men and
women who think they are Christians but are not. This is evidenced by the lack
of real change in their thinking and living from the beliefs and practices of
the world. “If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are
passed away; behold, all things are become new” (2 Corinthians5:17).
Christ Himself has warned that
“many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, . . . And then will I profess
unto them, I never knew you” (Matthew 7:22-23).
Therefore it behooves all who profess Christ to seriously review their personal
belief and behavior in terms of their conformity to the world of men or to the
Word of God. As Paul exhorted: “Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith;
prove your own selves” (2 Corinthians 13:5).
HMM
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