REVIVAL - 3

II Chronicles 7: 14

If My People, who are called by My Name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

REPENT, FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS AT HAND

We have been meditating on this verse for all this week; humility, prayer, and seeking His face. Now we will look at the last compulsory statements in this verse from II Chronicles; "Turn from their wicked ways, in other words, REPENT.

GOD is speaking to His People, the Church of the Living GOD, therefore, He is saying, "Repentance must begin in the house of GOD". What are we to repent? We are to repent of all things thought, said, and done which are contrary to the Gospel of JESUS. That is huge!!! If we say that we have not sinned, we are not telling the truth; we all have sinned, but "if we confess our sin, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sin and cleanse us from all unrighteousness"(I John 1:9). What sins do we have to be alert to and confess regularly? The sin of Pride; the sin of prayerlessness and the sin of vain worship. What is vain worship? Vain worship is worshiping something other than JESUS Christ; worshiping idols; worshiping without focus on the LORD, this is vain and not worthy of the Holiness of GOD.

Romans 10: 9, 10 says: "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the LORD JESUS, and believe in thine heart that GOD that raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."  This type of confession is also known as profession of faith. In our "confession" we are to admit our sin, receive the forgiveness and then profess JESUS is LORD, redeemer and healer. 

BLESSINGS TO YOU AS YOUR PROFESS YOUR FAITH IN JESUS