Repent!

For Saturday, May 24, 2025:

Luke 11:32 NLT, Jesus speaking: “The people of Nineveh will stand up against this generation on judgment day and condemn it, for they repented of their sins at the preaching of Jonah. Now someone greater than Jonah is here—but you refuse to repent.”

Q: Can confessed sins be forgiven and forgotten? A look at the people of Nineveh gives us a clear answer.

Nineveh was well out of God’s favor. They were a sinful and disobedient nation, so much so that God called Jonah to deliver this message: Repent and return or face the consequences! That nation took Jonah’s message seriously, fasted and repented and returned to the Lord! And now Jesus is praising the people of Nineveh, counting them among the faithful who can join in condemning others on judgment day. Jesus moved them from the liability column to the asset column in the Book of Life. He can do the same for each of us, and already has for many!

Christians, those of us who previously repented and returned to the Lord, are Jesus’ army. We can join the people of Nineveh, condemning the unrepentant and proclaiming Jesus as the way, the truth and the life. We can encourage others to get their lives in order, as the Day of the Lord is imminent.

Thank you, Jesus, for including us in your Kingdom!

Pastor Norton Lawellin

Jesus In the City Fellowship