Sunday Sermon
By Alberto Valdivia Cier
Luke 13:1-9
Sin separates us from God and his blessing, steals our joy and peace of heart and makes us vulnerable to wrong. We must repent to be free from sin and allow God's forgiveness to reach us.
God leads us to repentance (v. 1-5) Most negative circumstances of our lives are caused by sin. Some adversities and disasters happen as warnings and correction for bad behavior. God allows these things to bring us to repentance. Many times we are like the mule that we need to rein to be attracted to God (Psalm 32:9)
God gives us opportunity to repent (v. 6-9) knocked us sin, we become obstacles in the plan of God, deserves to be discarded and put aside but God in His infinite goodness gives us a chance to repent, justice is not running against us but in his mercy gives us time to react.
God expects repentance (v. 3, 5) Repentance is turning from sin to turn to God. This change of attitude., That is not itself evil and the good. For there to be true repentance is necessary a thorough evaluation of life (Revelation 2:5), a genuine recognition of the sins (Psalm 5l: 31) and experience shame and rejection of evil committed (Ezra 9:6).
God is infinitely merciful, giving us time to repent, we must confess our sins and receive forgiveness.
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