Tag: salvation from sin
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Truly Repentant
We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.Jeremiah 14:20 True repentance starts with acknowledging our sins. If we brush over our wickedness and pretend we are good when we are not, how do we expect God’s forgiveness? A proverb says that you won’t be long…
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True God
But the Lord is the true God, He is the living God, and an everlasting King: at His wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide His indignation.Jeremiah 10:10 There is no one else worthy of the honour and glory this scripture has poured on our God. There is…
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True Repentance
Return ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backsliding. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou are the Lord our God.Jeremiah 3:22 This is an interesting scripture.In the same verse, God calls the people out of their backsliding and they responded acknowledging that only God is truly God. You see, until we begin to…
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True Repentance is in the Heart not Excuses
Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face; but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.Jeremiah 2:27 How many times is it that when we get into trouble…
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His Promises are Yeah and Amen
They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.Isaiah 65:22 God’s promises are yeah and amen. Nonetheless, we should never forget that the promises are for…
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Lord, I Am Thine!
We are thine: thou never bearest rule over them; they were not called by thy name.Isaiah 63:19 You know, one privilege I am always glad to boast about personally is being surnamed with the name of Jesus Christ. When you can call your God ‘Father’, it is a privilege that only salvation in Jesus Christ…
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Violence or Praise — You Can Choose
Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.Isaiah 60:18 This is the promise of God. This becomes an important anchor in such a time as we are in right now in Nigeria🇳🇬. The spate of violence and…
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No Peace for the Wicked!
There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.Isaiah 57:21 The heart is a place where our true nature is revealed. When it is found to be full of negativity, it becomes a worrisome state. When many think of wickedness, their mind quickly goes to that witch in their neighbourhood. They however forget that…
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Love and Sacrifice
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all.Isaiah 53:6 So, we were on our lane and doing our own things. We were lost and hopeless. Nonetheless, God provided a way out of that hopelessness for…
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Clean up your Act
Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into the the uncircumcised and the unclean.Isaiah 52:1God’s promise usually look farfetched to those whose heart and life have strayed from Him. However, we understand from scriptures that God’s words…
