Quiet Time Notes

Notes from my daily Quiet Times with God

Repentance - What Happened (part 2)

October 23rd, 2009
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Congregation of consumers ultimately switches products, wholly dissatisfied with a church product
 

New Testament Church	Consumer-Driven Church
Repent for the Kingdom of God is near	“Meet new friends and get to know your neighbors”
Bear fruit in keeping with repentance…	“Enjoy upbeat music with a contemporary flavor”
If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself	“a new church designed to meet my needs”

Like a doctor – it would be absurd to change their diagnose and treatment to the wants of the patient.

Repentance is revival

Questions:

1. Have you made a recent decision to change something in your life?
2. Why is it more comfortable to make changes on your own terms? What changes do you seek to make?
3. How well do you respond to reproof – from the Bible and from fellow Christians?
4. Have you ever changed a fellowship, that is, church membership, to avoid a call to repentance?

Notes from: Repentance by Edward J. Anton.