Could you instead of posting scriptures, explain what it MEANS TO YOU. Don't tell me what people have regurgitated over the years, parroting what other people have taught them.
Tell me WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU! Personally and Spiritually because YOU KNOW GOD AND YOU ARE SAVED.
Enlighten me. I've read scriptures...many times. And not just the bible. I've read the verses you post...so what do they mean?
Quoting: AceWestfall Many scriptures are straight foward - to the point that they DO NOT NEED "personal interpretation".
That is why many folks post them.
Two can play at that game.
John preached repentance.
Jesus preached Love.Two very different things.
You want to play the scripture game, ill play the scripture game, we will go there, and I will fight fire with fire. I'll rebuke you while you try to fear monger me.
How are you going to play the "scripture game" when you don't KNOW scripture?
I'm not a expert but I can ASSure you that Jesus DID teach REPENTENANCE. You can ALSO find that it was mentioned by Father God Himself several times during the Old Testament.
Jesus' very first teaching was to "repent".Matthew 4:17 (KJV) From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say,
Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.Mark 1:15 And saying*,
The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe* the gospel.The message of Jesus' ministry was so important that the Father had John the Baptist "rattle their cages" ahead of time to "pave the way" for Jesus' ministry.
The key teaching by John the Baptist?
Matthew 3:2
and saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!"Jesus ALSO said....
Luke 24:47
And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.The words "repent" & "repentance" were used 49 times in the New Testament....by EVERY single writer.
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The word "repented" is used 15 times in the NT
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John the Baptist's main teaching?
Repent.Jesus very FIRST teaching?
Repent.Peter's answer to the folks outside the upper room on the day of Pentecost?
Repent and be baptised.Finally, Jesus admonished folks who failed to repent.
Matthew 11 & Luke 10....
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