“Therefore, since we are originally [υπαρχοντες] of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold, silver, or stone, something shaped by art and man’s devising. Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent, because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man [Jesus Christ] whom He has ordained.” [1]
It’s not God who needs to repent. It is us. All people, even rulers, need to repent of an unjust attitude towards God. We need to repent of our rebellion against His rule.
“The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against His Anointed, saying, ‘Let us break Their bonds in pieces and cast away Their cords from us. He who sits in the heavens shall laugh; the Lord shall hold them in derision.” [2]
Political and religious leaders fall short of God’s glory, but so do “we the people.” Many democratic voters falsely assume that we can cancel God if He does not adhere to our agenda? We may temporarily seem to succeed, but in the end, each of us will be voted into or out of heaven according to God’s Word as recorded in the Bible. We desperately need God to graciously help us to discern between right and wrong. We need His Spirit to empower us to embrace and obey Him.
Therefore, let us repent of any trace of a condescending attitude towards God within us and bow before Him and confess His Son Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord. He is our only hope for eternity in the perfectly wonderful Kingdom of God.
The good news is that God is for us. He wants to guide us to victory over sin, death, and the devil. He wants us to inherit eternal life. That’s why He sent His Son into the world to atone for our sins. That’s why He sent His Holy Spirit into the world to indwell us who believe in Him. He wants us with Him forever.
[1] Acts 17:29-31
[2] Psalm 2:2-4
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