Turn Your Life Around

Romans 2:3,4 Do you imagine, whoever you are, that when you judge those who do such things and yet do them yourself, you will escape the judgment of God? Or do you despise the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience? Do you not realise that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance? But by your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed. (NRSV)

Here’s an uncomfortable truth. No matter who you are or what you believe, judgement day is coming. And when your time comes, God will weigh the evidence of your faith, as it’s reflected in your life.

Isn’t it funny how quick we are to judge others, and yet how readily we find excuses to rationalise our own bad behaviour. Maybe it’s time for us to stop kidding ourselves.

Other people’s sin, by and large, isn’t our responsibility, but our sin is! And one day Jesus will come back to judge the living and the dead. Each one of us, Christian or not, will have to stand before Him to give an account of our lives, our behaviour, our sin. Make no mistake, judgement day is coming.

But right now, God has done everything that needs doing, He has shown us every kindness, He is giving us every opportunity to “repent”, to turn away from the things we know are wrong, and turn our lives back to Him.

The right response, the only response to God’s kindness, is repentance. The right response, the only response to Jesus’ death on that Cross, is letting go of our sin and loving Him in word and deed. It’s not too much to ask, is it?

Romans 2:3,4 Do you imagine, whoever you are, that when you judge those who do such things and yet do them yourself, you will escape the judgment of God? Or do you despise the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience? Do you not realise that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance? But by your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed. (NRSV)

Judgement day is coming. Repent.

That’s God’s Word. Fresh … for you … today.

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