REPENTANCE THE CRUCIBLE OF LIFE

Repent was the First message of Christ Jesus:

Jesus began to to Preach, crying out, Repent--

That is, change your mind for the better,

Heartily amend your ways, with abhorrence of your past Sins--

For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.

(Matthew 4:17, AMP)

Repentance it an acknowledgment 

Of the Fallen Nature we are born with;

We were born Sinners;

And with the coming of Christ Jesus, the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand;

The Kingdom of Heaven being the only Worthy Objective on earth;

And the Entire reason we were Created by God Almighty,

That we might choose to Pursue the Kingdom of Heaven;

That we might be found Worthy to go to Heaven,

When our time on Earth is over.

We are born into Sin, and All Sin is Against God.

The Psalmist David said this:

Against You, You only, have I Sinned

And done what is Evil in your sight.

(Psalm 51:4)

Repentance must precede Forgiveness.

We cannot be Forgiven unless we Repent.

What determines what is Sin?

There is only one Standard, the Word of God.

The Prodigal son said this in Repentance:

'Father, I have Sinned against Heaven and against you.

I am no longer worthy to be called your son.'

(Luke 15:21)

The Apostle Paul said this:

'Let God be True, and every man a Liar.'

(Romans 3:4)

What ever does not meet the Standard of the Word of God is a Lie.

Satan speaks to every person what he spoke to Eve in the Garden:

Now the Serpent was more subtle and crafty

Than any living creature of the field which the Lord God had made.

And he [Satan] said to the woman,

Can it really be that God has said,

You shall not eat of every tree of the Garden? [Rev. 12:9-11.]

And the woman said to the Serpent,

We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden,

Except of the Fruit of The Tree which is in the middle of the Garden.

God has said, YOU SHALL NOT EAT OF IT,

Neither shall you touch it, LEST YOU DIE.

But the Serpent said to the woman,

YOU SHALL NOT SURELY DIE. [2 Cor. 11:3.]

For God knows that in the Day you eat it

YOUR EYES WILL BE OPENED, AND YOU WILL BE AS GOD,

Knowing the difference between Good and Evil,

And Blessing and Calamity.

And when the woman saw

That the Tree was good (suitable and pleasant) for food,

And it was Delightful to look at

And a Tree to be desired to make one wise,

SHE TOOK OF THE FRUIT AND ATE;

And she gave some also to her husband, AND HE ATE.

Then the eyes of them both were Opened,

AND THEY WERE NAKED;

And they sewed fig leaves together

And made themselves apron-like girdles.

And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the Garden

In the cool of the day,

And Adam and his wife HID themselves

From the Presence of the Lord God

Among the trees of the Garden.

But the Lord called to Adam, and said to him,

WHERE ARE YOU?

He said, I heard the sound of You [walking] in the Garden,

AND I WAS AFRAID,

BECAUSE I WAS NAKED; AND I HID MYSELF.

And He said, Who told you you were NAKED?

HAVE YOU EATEN OF THE TREE OF WHICH

I COMMANDED YOU THAT YOU SHOULD NOT EAT?

And the man said, The woman whom You gave to be with me,

SHE gave me [fruit] of the Tree, and I ate.

And the Lord God said to the woman,

WHAT IS THIS YOU HAVE DONE?

And the woman said,

The Serpent Beguiled (cheated, outwitted, and deceived) me

AND I ATE.

And the Lord God said to the Serpent,

Because you have done this,

YOU ARE CURSED ABOVE ALL [DOMESTIC] ANIMALS,

And above every [wild] living thing of the field;

UPON YOUR BELLY SHALL YOU GO,

And you shall Eat Dust [and what it contains]

All the days of your life.

And I will put Enmity between you and the woman,

And between your Offspring and her Offspring;

He shall Bruise and Tread you head Under Foot,

AND YOU WILL LIE IN WAIT AND BRUISE HIS HEEL. Gal. 4:4.]

To the woman He said,

I will Greatly Multiply your Grief

And your Suffering in Pregnancy and the Pangs of Child-bearing;

With Spasms of Distress you shall bring forth Children;

Yet your Desire and Craving shall e for your Husband,

And he shall rule over you.

And to Adam He said,

Because you have Listened and Given Heed to the Voice of your wife,

And have eaten of the Tree of which I Commanded you,

Saying, YOU SHALL NOT EAT OF IT,

THE GROUND IS UNDER A CURSE BECAUSE OF YOU;

In Sorrow and Toil shall you eat [of the fruits] of it

All the days of your life;

THORNS ALSO AND THISTLES SHALL IT BRING FORTH TO YOU;

And you shall eat the plants of the field.

IN THE SWEAT OF YOUR FACE SHALL YOU EAT BREAD

Until you return to the ground,

For out of it you were taken;

For Dust you are, and to Dust you shall return.

The man called his wife's name Eve (life spring),

Because she was the mother of All Living.

For Adam also and for his wife the Lord God made long coats (tunics)

Of skins, and Clothed them.

And the Lord God said,

Behold, the man is become as one of US

[The Father, Son and Holy Spirit],

To know [how to distinguish between] Good and Evil,

And Blessing and Calamity;

And now, lest he put forth his hand

And take also of THE TREE OF LIFE,

And eat and live For Ever--

Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the Garden of Eden,

To till the ground from which he was taken.

SO [GOD] DROVE OUT THE MAN;

And He place at the East of the Garden of Eden

The Cherubim, AND A FLAMING SWORD which turned every way,

TO KEEP GUARD THE WAY OF THE TREE OF LIFE.

[Rev. 2:7; 22:2, 14, 19.]
(Genesis 3, AMP)

TODAY, Satan is speaking the same message to mankind

That he spoke to Eve:

But the Serpent said to the woman,

YOU SHALL NOT SURELY DIE. [2 Cor. 11:3.]

For God knows that in the Day you eat it

YOUR EYES WILL BE OPENED, AND YOU WILL BE AS GOD,

Knowing the difference between Good and Evil,

And Blessing and Calamity.

TODAY, the eyes of mankind are open to Good and Evil;

Today, mankind is walking in the CURSE

That God Almighty Issued to Adam and Eve for their Disobedience;

AND YES, EVERY PERSON WILL DIE AND GO TO HELL

Unless they Turn to Christ Jesus in REPENTANCE,

As He Alone can allow Access to THE TREE OF LIFE.

Which is in the Paradise of God.

Only through Christ Jesus and Obedience to Him

Is there Access to THE TREE OF LIFE.

All of mankind's Technical and Scientific Advancement is Meaningless

At the Point of Death;

Everything he Exults in comes to NOTHING in the End.

Out of Dust he was Created and back to Dust he will go.

But far Worse than that; he was Created a Living Soul;

A Soul that will live Forever, either in Hell or Heaven.

Only Christ Jesus can give a Person Clothes of Righteousness

So that they are not NAKED before the Living God.

And only those CLOTHED WITH CHRIST have access to Heaven.