Tag: repent
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Hope Even for the Worst King
1Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hephzibah. 2And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to the despicable practices of the nations whom the LORD drove out before the people of Israel. 3For he rebuilt the high places that…
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Soils and Fruit
1Again [Jesus] began to teach beside the sea. And a very large crowd gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea, and the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land. 2And he was teaching them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said…
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Ancient Israel Invaded
5Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land, marched up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years. 6In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of…
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Prodigal Me, Prodigal You
7The one who keeps the law is a son with understanding, but a companion of gluttons shames his father.–Proverbs 28
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Did Judas Repent?
3Then when Judas, his betrayer, saw that Jesus was condemned, he changed his mind and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders, 4saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” They said, “What is that to us? See to it yourself.” 5And throwing down the pieces of silver into the temple,…
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Will You Celebrate or Mourn?
30“Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. 31And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect…
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There Was a Man Who Had Two Sons
28“What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’ 29“ ‘I will not,’ he answered, but later he changed his mind and went. 30“Then the father went to the other son and said the same thing. He…
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Do You Repent Or Revolt?
12Then the disciples came to [Jesus] and asked, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?” 13He replied, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots.–Matthew 15
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True Repentance Produces Fruit
8Bear fruit in keeping with repentance.–Matthew 3 John the Baptist was speaking and people were coming to him. Even famous and highly respected “holy” people like the Pharisees and the Sadducees. John was quick to call them on their responses. If you are truly repenting, then your life will show it. Think of repentance like…
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Ahab and Jezebel
“I have found you,” he [Elijah] answered, “because you have sold yourself to do evil in the eyes of the Lord. 21He says, ‘I am going to bring disaster on you. I will wipe out your descendants and cut off from Ahab every last male in Israel—slave or free. 22I will make your house like that of Jeroboam…
Joel M Bradshaw 