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REPENT

Text : Mar 1:15. 

 *And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.* 

According to God's order, repentance comes before believing. *Genuine believing is always preceded by repentance, your believing is faulty if not accompanied by repentance.*

The reason for the many menace in our church today and by extension, in our society, is because there are many believers who merely believed in Christ but never really repented. 

James 2:19 says You believe that there is one God. That’s fine! Even the demons believe that and tremble with fear. That is, *Anybody can believe anything, what distinguishes a believer in Christ is the fruit of repentance. Are you bearing the Fruit?* 

Such was the case of Simeon the sorcerer in the book of Acts 8. 

Prior to his believing, he was practicing occult arts and thrilling the people of Samaria, claiming to be someone great.

Everyone from the least to the greatest paid close attention to him, saying, “This is what we call the great power of God!”

They paid careful attention to him because he had thrilled them for a long time with his occult performances.

But when Philip proclaimed the good news about the kingdom of God and about the name of Jesus the Christ, men and women believed and were baptized.

Simon too believed, and after he was baptized he became devoted to Philip. He was amazed to see the signs and great miracles that were happening. Acts 8:9-13.

At this point, Simeon could be referred to as a believer, after all, it was on record that he believed and was baptized. 

At times, when I ask people about their salvation experience, some will go ranting that they were baptized or that they believe in God, others may even say they are workers in their church, so they are saved. 

All these are good, but they will amount to nothing if not mixed with genuine repentance. 

Tomorrow, we shall consider the lots of those who merely believed but never repented. 

Bible Reading : Matt. 3:1-12.

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