Sinner Repent // There's a Knock at the Door, Part 4

<p>Repent – sounds like such an … old-fashioned word. And yet – all it really means, is to have a change of heart. A change of mind. To turn away from the muck that’s ruining our lives, back into the embrace of a God who loves us beyond words.</p> <p> </p> <h4><span style="color: #ff9900;"><strong>A Call to Repent</strong></span></h4> <p>Today is a big day on the programme; a huge day on the programme. We have been chatting so far over the past few weeks about the heart that Jesus has to be close to us. The reason He came; the reason He did all those miracles; the reason He blesses us; the reason He is knocking at that door right now. You and I, we are so often just – I don’t know – bumbling our way through life, kind of believing in Jesus, kind of believing in God but really, honestly, a bit lukewarm.</p> <p>You know, life is busy, things are okay and then Jesus comes along and says:</p> <p style="padding-left: 40px;"><em style= "font-size: inherit;">Look, I know your works; you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either cold or hot. But because you are lukewarm; you are neither cold nor hot, I am about to spit you out of my mouth because you are saying to me, ‘Look, I am rich, I have prospered. I don’t need anything. But you don’t realise you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind and naked. So I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire so that you may be rich and white robes to clothe you and to keep the shame of your nakedness from being seen and a salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see. I reprove and discipline those whom I love. So, be earnest and repent. Listen! I am standing at the door, knocking; if you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in and I will eat with you, and you with me.</em></p> <p>See, Jesus wants us to have real gold; real purity; real vision – He wants us to get real with ourselves; He wants us to admit that we are not well off, we are not prosperous, that we are poor and pitiable and naked and … Come on, let’s get real with ourselves.</p> <p>But as I can attest,