Overlooked No More

8/27/12

"And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent," Acts 17:30.

Reading Acts is just an awesome experience. I have been learning some new information. The Lord has been marvelous in His giving to me. Thank You Jesus!

Verse 30 in chapter 17 stood out for me. My King James Version Life Application Study Bible defined winked as "overlooked."  It hit me how true this was.. The Lord, wanting us so dearly to find and reach out to Him, has overlooked quite a bit. He is truly full of mercy. He has put up some mess. Having said that, He wants it to stop.

2 Peter 3:9 states the following: "The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance." The Lord does not want us to perish. He is wanting us to repent, to reach out to Him. He wants us with Him. He wants us to acknowledge Him, to admit that we need Him. And yet, we are where we are: a world full of carefree, selfish, prideful, hateful, lustful, greedy, lying, whoring people. Those descriptions are just the tip of the iceberg.

People the point of this is that this world is full of sinners. Sinners that have ignorantly and intentionally have went their own way. Now, it must stop! The Lord has given this world so much and has asked for so little in return...The Lord will no longer hold us blameless. He will hold each and everyone of us accountable for our actions. No longer will He "wink" at it.

He is not overlooking "it" anymore. He shouldn't. God has sent His Son to die for us. We have redemption through Jesus. So, "ignorance" will not cut it as an excuse as we no longer have an excuse.

There will be a day when Jesus will come back again and judgement will come forth. Let's stay on track saints and speak the gospel to as many people as we can.

Your Sister in Christ,
Mary