Repent You Fool! (2023)
Channel: NormanSweetcream
Date: 2023-03-31

You know you were created. You know the universe was created. You know it didn't just happen by chance. You know life did not come from non-life. You know there is objective morality, good and evil. Now where do you go from there? Do you make up your own idea of how to live and be right with your creator? Do you pretend that your creator is just some force, or just some power that conveniently happens to be okay with the way you live and the things you already think and feel?

No. There is objective truth. Christianity is the unique religion in which the creator of everything, of time and space, of physical reality itself entered into his own creation. We need Christ because God is perfect and holy and we were created in his image (not a physical image) and we need to be perfect and holy but we can't be perfect and holy. The entire creation is cursed because of sin. Sin is far more than just a 'sex drugs and rock 'n roll' immature idea of "being bad". Sin is even far more than "serious" things like murder etc. Sin is the reason why things die. It's why things decay and fall apart. Sin is why you've been mean to loved ones and missed opportunities to be kind and loving. Sin is why you let others down, fight and shout when you're angry, feel depressed, and think of yourself over others. Sin is a curse on all of your life and all of creation. And it's serious.

God is holy and just and therefore demands a serious penalty for sin. Only Christ, God himself incarnated into his own creation, who lived a perfect and sinless life can pay the penalty for sin. And he paid that penalty on the cross. He had to die on the cross because God requires the shedding of innocent and perfect blood to cover the incredibly heinous and serious offense of sin. It's no small thing. Christ was that sacrifice and when you believe on him and repent you are deemed righteous, not through your own actions or good deeds, or the way you think or feel about being "basically a good person", or anything of your own, but through Christ alone.

It's not about telling you that Christ died for you to make you feel guilty and hope you'll reach out to some loose idea of some sort of something that you don't understand. It's an amazingly deep big picture of the structure and nature of reality itself. It's the foundation and purpose of all of reality. God created you. You are a fallen wretch and you sin against your perfect and holy creator and that sin is beyond serious. Because God is holy and just he hates sin and there's a very heavy penalty for sin. You can't pay that penalty. Because God is merciful and loving he entered into his own creation and through the death of Christ on the cross he paid that penalty for his people. When you repent and believe on Christ his righteousness is put onto you and when God judges you he sees Christ and not your sin.

Repentance means a change of mind. It means your mind is changed in how you think about yourself, your creator, and your sin. You no longer want to sin. You no longer defend sin. It doesn't mean you no longer sin, but you hate sin and desire to be sanctified and conformed to the image of Christ. And repentance isn't something you can work up inside yourself. It's a gift of God. Faith and repentance are gifts. Pray for the gift of faith and repentance. Pray that the Lord will grant you the ability to repent and believe on Christ. If your mind is drawn at all to any of this then the Lord may be working on you. Please ask him for repentance.

If you want to ask any questions about this, or how I can believe all of this, or anything at all about any of this please contact me.

Now, this is the Holiday Song for April Fools Day 2023 uploaded a little early. We don't really celebrate the holiday but we may try and fool each other with a small story in good fun. And the date is 4/1 (41) so I mean c'mon!

Some people saying 'fool' and 'you fool' and some clips of a tremendous preacher, and a drum from a song called 'don't be a fool'. With a local news April Fools Day intro 'awww'.

Hope you enjoy the video but moreover REPENT