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Time to Repent (Part Three)
CGG Weekly by David C. GrabbeGod, in His goodness, grants His people time to repent, actively working to guide them back to the right path through various means, from gentle reminders to significant events. He desires sons and daughters in His image and thus creates situations, ranging from smitten consciences to large-scale calamities, to lead them toward repentance. As seen with the ancient Israelites, He sent prophets repeatedly to remind them of His unchanging will, ensuring they were without excuse, though they often ignored or persecuted these messengers. Similarly, God sends messages today, sometimes through unexpected or humbling means, to prompt repentance, demonstrating that His ways are not always ours and may surprise or even offend, yet bear good fruit if followed. God's kindness in giving time for repentance can be a double-edged sword, offering opportunity to make right choices and reconcile with Him, but also risking misunderstanding as a lack of concern on His part. As time passes, it becomes easy to forget His gentle promptings or override convictions of sin, numbing the conscience until His nudges are no longer recognized. The longer repentance is delayed, the easier it becomes to turn away from Him entirely. While He remains faithful to His covenant and works tirelessly on behalf of His people, He will not force them to take on His image if they choose otherwise. There is a time when He may be sought and found, but this window does not last forever, and eventually, He responds to the choices made, whether for good or evil.
Time to Repent (Part One)
CGG Weekly by David C. GrabbeMore time to change does not always lead to more repentance. It may actually increase the danger that we will adjust to the sin and think it acceptable.
Opportunity
Sermonette by James BeaubelleThe Days of Unleavened Bread is the time to build faith with God, a specific time God uses to strengthen His relationship with His people. Our time is now.
Amos (Part Five)
Sermon/Bible Study by John W. RitenbaughModern Israel cannot see the connection between its own faithlessness to the covenant and the violence of society that mirrors her spiritual condition.
Ecclesiastes Resumed (Part Nine)
Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh (1932-2023)Only those called by God are given insight into God's grand design, making living by faith possible. God adds understanding as we are able to use it.
Prepare to Meet Your God! (The Book of Amos) (Part One)
Booklet by John W. RitenbaughThe book of Amos is an astounding prophecy, closely paralleling the conditions in the Western world today. Amos reveals how unrighteousness undermines society.
Biblical Principles of Justice (Part One)
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughAll authority for law and justice resides in God; when God is taken out of the picture, darkness and chaos dominate. God's laws create a better life and character.
Matthew (Part Two)
Sermon/Bible Study by John W. RitenbaughJesus' 28 'missing' years were spent maturing, studying, and gaining life experience to equip Him as a high priest who could relate to human struggles.
Faith and the Calendar (Part Two)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughThe real issue in the calendar controversy is not astronomical, but faith in God's sovereignty, providence, and His right to assign responsibility.
The World, the Church, and Laodiceanism
Booklet by John W. RitenbaughLaodiceanism is the attitude that dominates the end time. It is a subtle form of worldliness that has infected the church, and Christ warns against it strongly.
Delusions of Perfection
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughWe need to exercise humility and forbearance when we deal with the weaknesses of our brethren, restoring them in love as we would expect them to do for us.
God's Faithfulness and Hope
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughThe children of Israel severely tested God's patience through their compulsive murmuring and faithlessness, but God refused to give up on them.
Did God Lie to Adam and Eve (Genesis 2:17)?
Bible Questions & AnswersGod's Word reveals that there are two deaths—the first and the second. All men are subject to the first, but it is the second that we are to fear.