Revelation 3:19 Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.

Here in the last book of our bible is an encouragement to repent.

“But I have done nothing worthy of repentance!”

Then repent of that attitude.

Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

The fact that we are being conformed into the image of Jesus Christ doesn’t make us Jesus Christ. Conformity is a life long pursuit only to be finished when we receive our own incorruptible body once we leave this earth and are resurrected into the eternal realm.

1 John 1:5-10 English Standard Version

5 This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. 8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

Sinning, repenting, confessing and forgiveness is our life cycle as long as we walk this earth. It does not end until we are taken up to be with the Father in His heavenly realm. We will never be so good, so faithful, so clear of conscience that we do not need Jesus. That is our reality.

So what is the point of salvation if it doesn’t change that truth?

John 8:31-32 (English Standard Version)

 So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

We will be set free from the power of sin and the penalty of sin, but we have not yet been set free from the presence of sin. As long as we are alive on earth, sin will constantly hound us to put those chains on again.

Romans 6:13 Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness.

We have to practice what we preach.

• Hebrews 5:1 For every high priest chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.
• Hebrews 5:3 Because of this he is obligated to offer sacrifice for his own sins just as he does for those of the people.
• Hebrews 7:27 He has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, first for his own sins and then for those of the people, since he did this once for all when he offered up himself.
• Hebrews 8:3 For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; thus it is necessary for this priest also to have something to offer.
• Hebrews 9:9 (which is symbolic for the present age). According to this arrangement, gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper,

This God they seek to know understands how man feels about the choices they made that produced a guilty conscience. Nothing they have tried has eased their conscience. We all knew we were guilty and were helpless to do anything about it. They will not draw near to God if they feel His righteous wrath of condemnation.

Genesis 22:2 He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”

Genesis 22:8 Abraham said, “God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So they went both of them together.

Genesis 22:10-14 English Standard Version

10 Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son. 11 But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” 12 He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.” 13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram, caught in a thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son. 14 So Abraham called the name of that place, “The Lord will provide”; as it is said to this day, “On the mount of the Lord it shall be provided.”

A substitute was provided by God for Abraham at that time, and now for us, God has sent His only Son to be our acceptable substitute.

John 3:16-17 English Standard Version

16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Now ask “Do you want to be saved?”