Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
God's Call » The comes of God's word » Divine pleadings
It is, then, on Christ's behalf that we are acting as ambassadors, God, as it were, appealing to you through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf--Be reconciled to God.
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Jerusalem! Jerusalem! She who slays the Prophets and stones the messengers sent to her--Oh, how often have I wished to gather your children round me, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not came!
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But of the people of Israel he says--'All day long I have stretched out my hands to a people who disobey and contradict.'
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Heart » Renewed
And clothe yourselves with that new self, which, as it gains in knowledge, is being constantly renewed 'in resemblance to him who made it.'
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And the real circumcision is the circumcision of the heart, a spiritual and not a literal thing. Such a man wins praise from God, though not from men.
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That the very spirit of your minds must be constantly renewed;
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Newness » Renewing yourself
I entreat you, then, Brothers, by the mercies of God, to offer your bodies as a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, for this is your rational worship. Do not conform to the fashion of this world; but be transformed by the complete change that has come over your minds, so that you may discern what God's will is--all that is good, acceptable, and perfect.
For you learned with regard to your former way of living that you must cast off your old nature, which, yielding to deluding passions, grows corrupt; That the very spirit of your minds must be constantly renewed; And that you must clothe yourselves in that new nature which was created to resemble God, with the righteousness and holiness springing from the Truth.
Repentance » Repenting
'All whom I love I rebuke and discipline.' Therefore be in earnest and repent.
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"Repent," answered Peter, "and be baptized every one of you in the Faith of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
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"The time has come, and the Kingdom of God is at hand; repent, and believe the Good News."
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Therefore remember from what you have fallen, and repent, and live the life that you lived before; or else, I will come and remove your Lamp from its place, unless you repent.
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Therefore, repent and turn, that your sins may be wiped away; so that happier times may come from the Lord himself,
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Therefore, as the offspring of God, we must not think that the Deity has any resemblance to anything made of gold, or silver, or stone--a work of human art and imagination. True, God looked with indulgence on the days of men's ignorance, but now he is announcing to every one everywhere the need for repentance,
About that time John the Baptist first appeared, proclaiming in the Wilderness of Judea: "Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand."
Repentance » The reward for repenting
Repentance » Commanded to all by God
True, God looked with indulgence on the days of men's ignorance, but now he is announcing to every one everywhere the need for repentance,
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