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[ Created: 2025-11-27 10:40:29  Updated: 2025-11-27 10:45:16 Owner: rl ]
Title: Repentance is not optional    
  
  
  
  

    

  
  
  
  


For the Son Of Man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
That is what Jesus does.

For the Holy Spirit so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
The Holy Spirit is the eternal, omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent Creator of all things by the Word.     

What world is John speaking of?     
    The earth and all the people born into humanity.     

The Holy Spirit is love and love is of the Holy Spirit.     

The world was created by our Lord and it is good.     We know that man chose rebellion against the Holy Spirit and so humanity became evil.     But the Holy Spirit loves the people of this world and so He birthed Christ Jesus into the world to redeem it and us.     

The Gospel is heard and those who are hungry are lead by the Holy Spirit to believe and receive the Truth.     

The Truth sets us free from sin, from death and hell and brings us to Eternal Life by the infilling of the Holy Spirit.     

Here is understanding:
    Everlasting Life is Eternal Life
    Eternal Life is union with the Holy Spirit.

For the Holy Spirit sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
Condemnation is of Satan.     He tempted Eve to cause her to fall into condemnation.     He is our accuser.     He hates humanity.     

But the Lord loves us and desires for us to be saved - to experience eternal, abundant life.

Come unto me, all you that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Christ Jesus is our redeemer, our Saviour, our healer, our rest, our victory, our resurrection, our life and our future.     He is Mighty God!     
    We come to Jesus by believing His Words.     
    We receive His rest when we receive His Holy Spirit.     

There is no other name under heaven whereby we may be saved.     

All power in heaven and earth belongs to the One giving this invitation.     

This loving God is the Righteous Judge.     

The thief comes not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
The thief is Satan who is the inspiration for all the evil in the world.     
Whereas the `I` is Jesus who offers us Eternal Life and Abundant Life.     

This verse is a powerful statement contrasting the nature of the enemy with the nature of our Lord Jesus Christ.     

Note that the enemy takes by force what is ours, while we must appropriate by faith what is ours in Christ Jesus.     
The appropriation is not a `one and done` thing.     Rather, it is an ongoing process throughout our lives on this earth.     

Jesus has given us His life in giving us His Holy Spirit who is in every believer who has asked to be filled.     We aught to invoke His life into every aspect of our walk in the earth.

That if you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in your heart that His Holy Spirit has raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved.
This is the encapsulation of Grace, clearly pointing out our part which is faith in Jesus and confession of Him as risen Lord and Saviour.     

The implication of our part being to believe on Jesus Christ and confess Him as risen Lord, is that He has done everything else!     
It is why we call it amazing Grace!     
It is why the gospel is nearly too good to be true!     

Who raised Jesus from the dead?     
He raised Himself by His Holy Spirit .     

For with the heart man believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
It is Heart Faith that enables the miracle of the New Birth.     

It is our personal confession of Jesus as Mighty God, Creator and loving Saviour that seals that miracle.

Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is no other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
This means that all other religions are false.     They do not lead to the Lord Jesus Christ our Creator and Saviour.     

This is not a Politically Correct verse, but the Lord does not concern Himself with man`s politics or his opinions.     

God came to earth and we call Him Jesus.     
To deny Jesus is to deny God.     
To deny Jesus who is the Truth is to deny the Truth and so believe a lie.     

For this reason we are to preach the Gospel to every creature throughout the world .     

Christianity has taken a very narrow view and understanding of salvation, limiting it to the spirit of man that is renewed by faith in Christ Jesus.     

Jesus did not talk about or deal exclusively with eternity.     He dealt with the Human Condition in the Physical Realm by healing, by delivering, by teaching and, when necessary, by feeding the hungry.     So, we need to understand that Christ came to make us whole in every aspect of our existence.

I tell you, No: but, except you repent, you shall all likewise perish.
Though it is not the Lord`s will that any perish, it is up to each individual to determine their fate.     

The fate of a society or nation is determined by its trajectory which is defined by the summation of the trajectories of its people.     

All nations that forget God will be cast into hell .     

And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
In His mind, Jesus was slain for our sins in the beginning.     

Because of the Beast`s control of the world financial system he will effectively have the attention of all people, demanding and receiving obedience to all his edicts, and enlisting and gaining their trust.     
In other words, they worship him.

And whoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
Everyone who rejects Christ Jesus will be cast into the Lake Of Fire.     

Rejecting Christ Jesus is the Unpardonable Sin.