10 March, 2009

First, REPENT!

"All you need to do to be a heretic is accommodate sin, tolerate sin, bless sin, sanction sin, excuse sin, not oppose sin. [Packer] said 'The 1st word of the Gospel is REPENT! That's what Jesus preached....Anyone that does not call their people to repentance does not love them, does not love the Lord, does not love the Word.' I agree with him. I think that's a brilliant insight. We live in a day when it's all about encouragement & pithy truisms & nice insightful statements & motivational speeches. And there is not the declaration, proclamation that God's word is true & that everyone needs to repent! And that's the word that Jesus preached! Ultimately there will be opposition. Some repent & others do not. The Puritans were fond of saying 'The same sun that melts the ice hardens the clay.' Meaning when you preach, those with soft hearts will melt & repent. Those with hard hearts get angry & upset, they argue, they gossip, they fight...."

-Mark Driscoll

http://www.marshillchurch.org/media/trial/temptation-from-hypocrisy

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