The Relevance of Repentance...

The message of repentance has been told from the beginning of time. It’s still being told today because of its absolute relevance. Why do we need to repent? So we will no longer be polluting ourselves with sin. So that we no longer stray away from God. So we can be God’s people. So we can experience God’s best. So God can capture our hearts and minds. Bottom line: God wants our hearts and minds to be for Him. When we set up idols in our hearts, we become lost. We seek truth from any and everyone, only to be mislead deeper into a life of sinful behavior. God wants our best. He knows when we focus on Him and live according to His ways, we experience His best. His best is our best.

3 “Son of man, these leaders have set up idols in their hearts. They have embraced things that will make them fall into sin. Why should I listen to their requests? 4 Tell them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: The people of Israel have set up idols in their hearts and fallen into sin, and then they go to a prophet asking for a message. So I, the Lord, will give them the kind of answer their great idolatry deserves. 5 I will do this to capture the minds and hearts of all My people who have turned from Me to worship their detestable idols.’6 “Therefore, tell the people of Israel, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Repent and turn away from your idols, and stop all your detestable sins. 7 I, the Lord, will answer all those, both Israelites and foreigners, who reject Me and set up idols in their hearts and so fall into sin, and who then come to a prophet asking for My advice. 8 I will turn against such people and make a terrible example of them, eliminating them from among My people. Then you will know that I am the Lord. Ezekiel 14:3-8