December 16, 2005
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Phony Repentance – Roger Ellsworth
One of the major problems of the church today is phony repentance. Multitudes have walked down the aisle, mouthed the right words, and joined the church, only to become what is delicately called inactive members.
All kinds of explanations have been offered for this sad state of affairs. Some attribute the problem to ineptness in follow-up. They argue that these inactive members came to church really wanting to serve the Lord, but no one told them how to go about it, and so they became discouraged and dropped out.
Others say the problem is due to failing to teach new converts about a second level of Christian living. Often people are told to accept Jesus as Savior but never taught that they must also accept Him as Lord. Many, therefore, have settled down in something of a halfway house. They are not lost, but neither are they living for the Lord. They are, the argument goes, carnal Christians saved but living as unbelievers live.
The common assumption in both of these explanations is that those who have made a profession of faith are genuinely saved. However, very few seem willing to allow the possibility that many of our inactive members may have never truly come to know God at all, that their repentance was superficial and incomplete, and that, therefore, they remain in their sins.
Ours is a time in which people seem to come lightly and easily to Christ. Deep knowledge of sin and sincere sorrow over it are increasingly rare. Churches and preachers are so anxious to gain a following that they willingly accept all professions of faith at face value.
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Thank you for sharing this. I was recently reminded of this myself from the Lord when I went to a church Christmas concert. At the end the pastor spoke of God’s love and how we can bring our lives to Him as a gift. The next day the Lord led me to read Acts and what jumped out at me was when the Apostles were asked what the listeners were to do, their first answer was “Repent!”. That is a message sorely lacking in churchianity today. And thank you for your other website. I have enjoyed it greatly. Peace in Him.