Repentence in the twenty first century.

There are many things that I would like to say but I'll start off and say that there is no way a church can move from a dead church to a living church without correct doctrine. I am not a theologian, Pastor, or any kind of teacher, but I do know what the definition of a cult is when I see one. I was in a cult for several years and what brought me out was a long and painful process of repentance. First I was introduced to Jesus Christ and his Holiness. It was in a mental institution that I repented, I wasn't in a church or any special room in the hospital, I was in my room when I realised or when it hit me that Christ is love, pure love and holiness. I was brought to Christ (brought back to him) in a mental institution. Pure love is hard to understand if you do not realise that God is not just holy, but his holiness demands that we be people of holiness and love. I have no righteousness within myself and neither do you. We should never demand that we must receive the love of God, perish that forever, those who demand that God love them will receive a false love and a false god. Humility is not understood in that way. Jesus was not famous, people thought he was a moron. They killed him because they either thought he was insane or just enormously self deluded. We should be cross people. Perish the thought that it takes a great education, great wealth, a high intellect or anything that this world has to offer in the place of becoming a moron, humility and repentance will not come to you if you don't abase yourself, I am not talking about self hurt, I am talking about self humiliation, no pride. None. If you are willing to give up everything including your sense of self esteem, if you are willing to abase yourself, there is no physical pain required, you cannot be humble if you do not become like Christ, do you know him? Yes we need the bible, and the correct doctrine is important, but those servants of God knew what being humble meant, one word..repentance. Not a feeling perish that thought, but a penitent heart and mind. My Pastor said one thing that I'll mention here, at church this Sunday, Jesus is Lord. Penitence.

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