Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord; and that He may send Jesus, the Christ appointed for you, whom heaven must receive until the period of restoration of all things about which God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time. Acts 3:19-21.
Today your LORD (יהוה) God (אלהים) says:
How do you keep your life pure so you can walk in pure joy? How do you return to Me and be purified when you have wandered away and sullied your robes in sin? My Son taught in the parable of the prodigal son, My prophet Joel spoke it to you in the Spirit, and Peter, after he and John had raised up the crippled man begging by the Beautiful Gate of the Temple, told those who had followed the leaders in the crucifixion of Jesus what to do to be purified and one with Me.
Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord; and that He may send Jesus, the Christ appointed for you, whom heaven must receive until the period of restoration of all things about which God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time. Acts 3:19-21.
You repent, which is not simply remorse but is acknowledging your old mindset of the flesh is not the truth that sets you free so you forsake that old depressed emotion driven way of thinking and renew your mind in the truth of My Word of what you have and who you are in Me (the royal mandate and sacred duty of stewarding your life and the earth) so that you think like I think, see like I see, and speak like I speak. Then you return to Me bringing the fruit of your lips to be cleansed by the blood of My Son of your iniquities and washed in the water of My Word, seeking to know Me and do My plan for your life. And I receive you into My presence, and in My presence is fullness of joy, and we rejoice in your return as I clothe you in the garments of Salvation and the robe of righteousness and give you a new heart as I refresh you and rejoice over you. you rejoice in the greatness My forgiveness, love, and grace. It is like the party the father gave the prodigal son when he came to his right mind (repented), returned, rejoiced (was refreshed and blessed in his sonship).The 4 R’s and 3 of them are all the same word in Hebrew. Repent, Return, Rejoice (Refreshed), and Restored.
And Peter, when he preached to the crowd gathered outside the upper room on Pentecost, and Joel My prophet in the Spirit added one extra New Covenant reality and it is the crowning moment when the fourth R is complete: filled with the Holy Spirit.
Peter said to them, “Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Acts 2:38.
I will never leave you like I find you in your blood.
“Come now, and let us reason together,” says the LORD, “Though your sins are as scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they will be like wool. If you are willling and obey, you will eat the best of the land.” Isaiah 1:18-19.
I will cleanse you in the blood of Jesus and make you pure. If you walk with Me in the light, the blood of Jesus continually cleanses you. 1 John 1:7.
“When I passed by you and saw you squirming in your blood, I said to you while you were in your blood, ‘Live!’ Yes, I said to you while you were in your blood, ‘Live!’ I made you numerous like plants of the field. Then you grew up, became tall and reached the age for fine ornaments . . . I also swore to you and entered into a covenant with you so that you became Mine,” declares the LORD God. “Then I bathed you with water, washed off your blood from you and anointed you with oil. I also clothed you with embroidered cloth and put sandals of fine leather on your feet; and I wrapped you with fine linen and covered you with silk. . . Thus you were adorned with gold and silver, and your dress was of fine linen, silk and embroidered cloth. You ate fine flour, honey and oil; so you were exceedingly beautiful and advanced to royalty. Ezekiel 16:66-13.
This is your story and the story of all I have rescued and redeemed. I make you beautiful with Salvation though you were lost in your sins. I rescue you and honor you with long life I satisfy you and show you My Salvation (Yeshuah). Clothe yourself in Him—the garments of Salvation and the robe of righteousness.
I made you perfect, in My image and according to My likeness but you threw that away as you squandered your riches on useless things and idols. You were dead to Me and alive to sin, but Jesus opened the way so you could repent (that was His theme, “The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand, repent and believe in the good news!), return (He is the way back to where Adam went off the path of good deeds prepared for you in advance), rejoice (in so great a Salvation, that your sins are gone, that you are justified in Jesus, and be refreshed and blessed), get all you lost restored (and when I restore it is better than it was before), and be filled with the Holy Spirit as you increase more and more unto perfect shalom..
I forgive you in Jesus and make a new Covenant with you. Not because of any righteous deeds you have done but because of who you are to Me. It is My doing that you can be in Christ who I have made wisdom unto you, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption. All I ask you to do is to repent, return, and rejoice. Then I forgive and fill you with My love poured into your heart by the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Jesus was My idea, man could never have thought of such an extraordinarily wonderful way, a person like you and yet so totally Me that in seeing Him you see Me, but also start seeing yourself in Him as well. Not begging Him to heal, but joining as His partner to do the works He did and greater.
Why are you always rejecting and running from Me to get trapped in evil? It is the story of the prodigal son again and again. There is no reason for you to be like that. I offer you an alternative to evil. It is Jesus. He is wonderful. You will love living life in Him.
Dead in your sins and trespasses, hating and hurting one another, who would want you? But I bought you at a great price, My Son Himself. My life for your life that you might live through Him. Because He lives, because I raised Him from the dead with all your sins gone, you live!
Do not return to your folly, do not be stubborn like a mule that refuses to drink. Jeus offers you life giving water. Drink!
The disobedience of one caused you all to fall but in the obedience of One I raised you all. Willing obedience walked out in love is a beautiful thing.
In Jesus you know these three things for sure as an anchor for your soul:
- My love for you is eternal.
- My care for you is constant.
- My plans for you are forever.
I love you. I will never leave you or forsake you. I paid too high a price for you to ever let you go. Jesus is the ultimate expression of My love, My forgiveness, and He establishes our Oneness again in the new and everlasting Covenant of love.