Be Open To Repent

 Matthew 11: 20-24

Woe on Unrepentant Towns

²⁰ Then Jesus began to denounce the towns in which most of his miracles had been performed, because they did not repent. ²¹ “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. ²² But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you. ²³ And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will go down to Hades. For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. ²⁴ But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”

Strong words of condemnation for those who refused to "clean up their acts", especially after Jesus had worked so many marvels for them. We wonder how blind and ungrateful these people could have been to miss the message of repentance, and yet, when we look at ourselves and all the wonders Jesus has worked for us and find ourselves still unrepentant or lukewarm, we realize that Jesus could be directing his sharp words to us as well. These few verses are a call to us to put the message of Jesus into action in our own lives. Let's take time today to visualize how we would do this and then JUST DO IT!

Bro. Rene