Believe Right!

Here’s a background to  "plaiting of hair, and of putting around of things of gold, or of putting on of garments," which some church leaders try to deploy to make many feel condemned for beautifying themselves with gold and such-- For believers: Did you notice that something was amiss where the devil quoted parts of Psalms 91 to our Saviour Jesus when he tempted Him in the wilderness (Matthew 4?) It reads: " 5 Then the devil took Him up into the holy city, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, 6 and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written: ‘He shall give His angels charge over you,’ and,‘ In their hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone.’” This passage that Satan quoted is from Psalms 91:11-12. The complete verses read: 11 “For He shall give His angels charge over you, To keep you in all your ways. 12 In their hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone.” The devil left out  ...

  Christian perspective. When many of us think  Repentance,  we think: feeling really bad because we sinned promising God,  and sincerely too,   that we will  never do it again trying to make things right (usually in order to escape the coming judgment)   and making the decision to  live a holy life from now on,  etc. But did you notice that there is no Saviour Jesus  "who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed..."  (Titus 2:14) in any one of the above scenarios of repentance? Also consider Matthew 1:21— “She will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.” But Jesus does not do anything in that “ human might and power-driven”  kind of repentance, much less save you from your sins. It's all self. You have to save yourself from your sins, make restitution by yourself and live right on your own, or else. That is a Judas kind of repentance.  It is ...