*God's KINDNESS, not FEAR brings true REPENTANCE*
LOVE because you're LOVED.
OBEY because you're CHERISHED.
SURRENDER because you're FREE.
CIC39: CELEBRITY IN CHRIST EPISODE 39.
TOPIC: Forced Obedience or Joyful Surrender?
Jesus on the cross of calvary is central to REPENTANCE. To preach FEAR is to chain the soul, while to preach LOVE is to unleash true freedom in Christ.
At the cross, Wrath and judgement were satisfied.
At the cross, love and mercy overflowed, and from that fountain of kindness springs the power to repent.
*NOT A FORCED OBEDIENCE OUT OF FEAR, BUT A JOYFUL SURRENDER BORN OUT OF LOVE*
When you see the Son of God crushed in your place. When you grasp that the Wrath reserved for you was poured upon him. Your heart breaks not out of dread but out of gratitude.
The Spirit of God is NOT a Spirit of terror, but of adoption, of nearness, and of intimacy.
SLAVES are forced into doing things while SONS/SERVANTS willingly do things to honour their father.
God does not beat his children into obedience. He woos them with unfailing kindness. He does not drive with threats. He draws with cords of love.
*Hosea 11:4* reads, "I led them with cords of human kindness, with ties of love. I was to them as one who lifts a little child to the cheek, and I bent down to feed them,".
In Christ, you are NOT a trembling slave awaiting punishment. You are a beloved child sealed by grace.
In Christ, you're NOT labouring to avoid Wrath. You're resting in the embrace of perfect love.
In Christ, obedience is NOT the price of acceptance. It is the fruit of belonging.
*THIS IS WHY THE GOSPEL IS TRULY GOOD NEWS*
The Gospel is NOT a message of fear, but a revelation of kindness.
Let the world preach terror. Let religion threaten. But we will proclaim the riches of his goodness forbearance and long suffering.
*WE WILL SHOUT TO THE NATIONS THAT IT IS HIS KINDNESS THAT LEADS TO REPENTANCE*
We will stand in awe of love that never ends. And in that love, we will walk in Obedience. Not to earn his favor. BUT TO HONOUR THE ONE WHO GAVE US ALL.
So brothers and sisters, cast off the chains of fear. Let go of the weight of condemnation.
Hear the voice of your father calling you, not as a judge but as a lover of your soul.
*God's KINDNESS, not FEAR brings true REPENTANCE*
LOVE because you're LOVED.
OBEY because you're CHERISHED.
SURRENDER because you're FREE.
*THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS HERE, NOW. RIGHTEOUSNESS, PEACE, & JOY IN THE HOLY SPIRIT, THATS THE KINGDOM OF GOD. ENJOY IT TODAY*
Far too many Christians fall short of the assignment Jesus gave us because they aren't preaching the same gospel He did.
When you ask most believers what the gospel of Jesus is, they will tell you about the provision Jesus made for us to go to heaven when we die instead of spending eternity in hell.
While that is indeed good, it is far less than the gospel of the Kingdom that Jesus preached. Salvation is simply the doorway into the Kingdom of God. But the Kingdom is much bigger.

This Kingdom of God is here, now. We can enjoy all the benefits of God's Kingdom today. We don't have to wait until we step into eternity to enjoy the goodness God has already given us through Jesus.
Those who fixate on salvation only see hope in the next life. One result of this salvation fixation is they tend to be enamored with the end of the world and obsess about signs of the end times.
Jesus gave us an assignment to make a difference in our world today by bringing God's Kingdom to earth so His will is done here as it is in heaven.
*The Kingdom Of God is our path to freedom from this world's cursed system and the hope we should be preaching to a suffering world.*
Besides, Jesus said the end that some believers are longing for won't come until we preach, "this gospel of the Kingdom,” throughout the entire world.
And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. — Matthew 24:14.
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