By EDWARD TOMOLA
Natural and physical government forgives people or passes lenient sentences on account of the showing of contribution or apology to the court order the complainant. It is interesting how in the God’s Kingdom many people expect forgiveness of sins without repentance. This is clearly impossible.
While talking on the subject of prayer it is imperative to confess our sins, repent and then pray for salvation to take place and for one to have answers to his prayers.
In 2nd Corinthians 5:17 we are told that: If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation, the old has gone, the new has come. “In my humble interpretation of scripture God loves hearing the prayers of remorseful and repentant peoples. When we repent we become new Creations, the old is gone and we put on the character of Christ Jesus. In other words we conform to the image of Jesus Christ. Repentance or confessions of our sins is critical for our “healing”. Once and if we repent of our sins our prayers become “powerful” and “effective”. The above view is given credence by scripture the in James 5:16 which states that “ Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective”. (emphasis is mine).
My prayer as I write this article is that we confess our sins. We repent. We pray for one another so that we are healed.
One can safely say that God will only hear a repentant, contrite and righteous man. Scripturally God will only listen to you once you accept his Godship over you in the name of Jesus Christ. God surely, logically and scripturally cannot or should not hear an unrepentant man whose character is arrogantly and defiantly out of sync with the principles of Jesus Christ.
So let us all today repent of our sins, pray for one another and see Gods power made manifest in our lives.
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