ALIVE WORD: A call to repentance Part 3
Ministers Wilbert and Jackie Richardson - Monday, July 19th, 2010 at 9:11 AM
The Richardsons
“If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.” 2 Chronicles 7:14
The flood in the Tortola, British Virgin Islands in November 2003 was the worst that many of us on this island has ever seen. This was just a ‘a tropical system’, not even a named storm or a hurricane but it caused major flash-flooding in just a few days. Hurricanes give warnings most of the times but earthquakes do not. We must use wisdom and be physically prepared but more important we must be spiritually prepared.
Our land’s need healing; it is time for us to REPENT!!! God and God alone is our answer and in Him lies our hope. In Psalm 46 God promises to be our refuge and strength and our very present help in trouble.
We encourage you, that if you do not know Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour repent of your sins and accept Him into your heart and life TODAY. Don’t wait until you see or hear of destruction coming your way to cry out to God because you may not have the chance to do so. “For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.” 1 Thessalonians 5:3 Secure your soul in Jesus Christ. We have seen from past natural disasters how just in a few minutes LIVES, POSSESSIONS AND FAMILIES COULD BE GONE. But if our life is hid with Christ in God, we are safe in Jesus Christ “For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” Matthew 16:26
Oh Caribbean, God is merciful to us and He loves us so much that He always sends warning before judgment. Hurricanes are sometimes predicted but earthquakes give no warning and floods could be life threatening. People of the Caribbean it is time for us to REPENT!!! Escape the coming judgment by accepting Jesus Christ as Lord and turning wholeheartedly to God.
Saints of God, God is calling us to pray like we have never prayed before. First we must live holy lives and not be ashamed to encourage sinners to make Jesus Christ Lord of their lives. Let us not compromise in our walk with the Lord or our stand for the Lord.
For those of you who have answered the call individually or as a body to pray and fast on behalf of your land continue in fervent prayer. Continue to be watchmen on the wall. Do not grow weary in your prayers.
Hear the words of Ezekiel 33:11-18 from the Message Bible – “Tell them, “As sure as I am the living God, I take no pleasure from the death of the wicked. I want the wicked to change their ways and live. Turn your life around! Reverse your evil ways! Why die, Israel (oh Caribbean)?’ “There’s more, son of man. Tell your people: “A good person’s good life won’t save him when he decides to rebel and a bad person’s bad life won’t prevent him from repenting of his rebellion. A good person who sins can’t expect to live when he chooses to sin. It’s true that I tell good people, “Live! Be alive!” But if they trust in their good deeds and turn to evil, that good life won’t amount to a hill of beans. They’ll die for their evil life. On the other hand, if I tell a wicked person, “You’ll die for your wicked life,” and he repents of his sin and starts living a righteous and just life being generous to the down-and-out, restoring what he had stolen, cultivating life–nourishing ways that don’t hurt others–he’ll live. He won’t die. None of his sins will be kept on the books. He’s doing what’s right, living a good life. He’ll live. Your people say, “The Master’s way isn’t fair.” But it’s the way they’re living that isn’t fair. When good people turn back from living good lives and plunge into sin, they’ll die for it.”
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brinkka2011 says: Thank you for the wise critique. Me & my neighbour were preparing to do some research about that. We received a great book on that matter from our local library and most books where not as influensive as your information and facts. Im really glad to see this kind of facts which I was searching for a long time.
IT IS WISDOM THAT WE LISTEN WHEN PEOPLE WHO DWELLS IN GOD’S PRESENCE AND SEEK HIS FACE SPEAKS….THERE IS A GOD WHO DWELLS IN THE SECRET PLACE AND HE REVEALS WHAT IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN TO PEOPLE BECAUSE HE SO LOVED THEM THAT HE WANTDS THEM TO ESCAPE DESTRUCTION AND DOOM….YOU MAY NOT SEE OR KNOW HIM NOW, BUT THERE IS BEING CALLED GOD…HE’S THE CREATOR AND THE JUDGE OF MANKIND AND WE MUST HEED HIS WARNINGS THROUGH HIS MESSENGERS LIKE THIS ONE…PEOPLE DON’T JUST WAKE UP TO WRITE THINGS LIKE THIS TO GAIN POPULARITY IF GOD HAS NOT REVEALED TO THEM….HE THAT HAS EARS FOR HEARING AND NOT FOR DECORATION, LET HIM HEAR WHAT THE LORD IS SAYING THROUGH HIS MESSENGERS LIKE THIS!!!!
Thank you for your consistency with bringing forth the word of God. The truth in God’s word will set men free, however, we do have a choice to either just be hearers of the word or doers. The devil is a liar and always will be a liar from the pit of hell. All who have ears to hear let them hear. There is a difference between hearing the truth and hearing what we want to hear. In the days of Noah, the people heard the warning of a coming flood over and over again while the Ark was being built and then the flood came, the people outside the Ark were destroyed and their opportunity to make the right choice was gone. Sodom and Gommorah was also destroyed for the filth in the land. Anyone can take a piece of the bible that suits themselves like maybe the part about blessings but what about the condition about serving the God that brings the blessing. There pharisees were very religious people and they new the work but were far from have a true relationship with God. It is not about religion but relationship. God is not like man, he is the creator so what if we have to give sacrifice. Jesus already came and died as an acceptable sacrifice for all our sins else we would have to be making sacrifices up until now. Why? We are not worthy of our selves and only God himself could have made that provision whereby blood sacrifice is no longer required. Of course we all have a choice that is the beauty of it. Some choose life and some choose death. Frankly, anything or even anyone can be a god (cow, chicken, computer, sun, moon, star, sea) depending on who chooses. There is still only one GOD and one mediator that is the name Christ Jesus. Make your choice and serve him or not.
How many more parts needed again to conclude your doom and gloom revelation. is there more to come that you haven’t reveled. Your opening paragraph 2 Chronicles 7:14 suits you fine but what about the whole story talking about a jealous God wanting also sacrifices in his temple built for him.
2 Chronicles 7: 11. Do you believe the Creator would want sacrifices( animals) done in a temple to please him and make him happy, read 2 Chronicles 7 :4 Why don’t you talk about the sacrifices wanted also by that God. Is that the God you want people to repent to? and if you don’t, worthy on you, earthquakes and Hurricanes look out.
Is it not time people decide who God is for themselves, and not let other people or institutions make that decision for them, and just following blindly, like the blind leading the blind. At some point in our life we do have to take responsibility for our thinking and not let other people do the thinking for us,telling us who is God and what it is we need to do to know him. What authority do these people have, and who gave them that authority, mind you, I’m not proclaiming to know everything, I’m smart enough to know that, I do not know everything. Why is it that the truth has to come from a religion, the correct denomination and some Pastor.The search for truth implies a duty on the part of the individual. Let us not forget The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge, and that illusion is perpetrated by religion.
What great words of encouragement spoken here. I trust that those of us who reads the Alive Word for today, will contemplate on this: Watch therefore for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come, Therefore be ye ready for in such an hour as you think not the Son of Man cometh.. Please my friends of Tortola and the Caribbean, give your life to God, he says though your sins be as scarlet they shall be made white as snow. Today is the day of Salvation, harden not your heart.
God bless the Richardsons’
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