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Teighlor Mitcham's avatar

Paul, I love this so much!!!! So well formatted in thought and in references. “There no such thing as better or worse sinners only there is unrepentant sinners and repentant sinners”

This I’ve noticed in my own life to be true. God is not scaling my sin, He’s only wanting me to simply turn back toward Him in whatever regard and abandon the erred way.

Sammy Jo Garvey's avatar

"Repentance is...the moment we stop trying to fix the old, broken road and finally step onto the right one."--this is SO good!

I have never considered repentance and the narrow road or progressive and unprogressive in this way before, but what a great illustration. Thanks for sharing, Paul!

Paul Christopher's avatar

Thanks Sammy Jo.

Melissa Fountain's avatar

Thank-you SO much! I love this article and am saving and sharing it. God Bless You and Yours, as always. Have a TERRIFIC WEEKEND!

Chuck Phillips's avatar

Love how Jesus addresses the “wrong thinking” of the crowd; have often wondered if he’s speaking personally, for at this stage of his ministry, Joseph is not present. If we logically assume that Joseph is no longer alive, how did he die, was there a tragedy involved, is it even possible that Joseph was one of those killed in the Siloam tower incident??

Paul Christopher's avatar

Thanks Chuck. Those are some good questions, I find I can easily think wrongly about a person or circumstance, what I can control is asking the Lord to make clear my own sin and need for repentance. And yes so many questions in each story of the Bible.

Tina B. Jones's avatar

This was so good. Thank you for helping me to make the connection between repentance and the narrow road! I needed that clarity so thank you!

Tina B. Jones's avatar

You’re welcome! :)

Faron Thebeau's avatar

I love this. True repentance begins with dragging the ugliest parts of our nature into the light and ends with us beatified abd still loved. Thanks for the read Paul!