Transcript: A Grave Obstacle to Repentance - EternalCall

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Dear friends, the door of salvation is simple. It is not about doctrine. It's not about having the right knowledge or the amount of knowledge in the mind. The door of salvation is the cross of Jesus where we die with Him on that cross, we need to go through repentance. And one obstacle to people to come to repentance is that they don't recognize their true state of sin and death. That is why a lot of people never come to Jesus. They can go to church. Yes, they can do a lot of religious things. They can even pray. They can do a lot of Bible studies, but unless they go through repentance, there will be no salvation.

The first step towards repentance, dear friends, is to recognize that we are wretched sinners, that we need the salvation of God, that we need a savior. This is the first step, yet many people today don't want to even acknowledge that. They don't want to acknowledge that deep down we are evil. We are evil, rebellious creatures, selfish creatures. And that is why they never come to repentance. They never realized how bankrupt they are in front of this Holy God, this is extremely important. This is the most important thing for anyone to start their road towards salvation.

Dear friend, do you know that you are bankrupt before this Holy God? Do you know how holy He is? How righteous He is? Do you know how many times we have offended Him? You need to recognize your true state. From there you will realize that you need the mercy of God. Then you will find Jesus if you keep seeking.

Then Jesus will show you what He did for you personally on the cross. Then you will realize how good He is, how loving He is, how sacrificial He is. Do you know, dear friend, how important that is? Do you know your true state of sin? Come to Jesus, recognize your sins, your wretched state. Repent, come to Him, plead with Him, and cry out to Him so that He forgives your sins through the blood that He shed for you personally on the cross.

And may God bless you.


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