There is nothing the Lord loves more to do than to lift the burden of fear and guilt that oppresses a human heart.
He says to us all, “Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” (Matt. 11:28).
The “coming” implies for us all, that we confess to Him our sin; we must get it off, away from, our heart.
But what is our sin?
Paul says that our “carnal mind” is “enmity against God” (Rom. 8:7). And “enmity” is something that always ends in the murder of the innocent one, according to John: “Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer” (1 John 3:15). Already is!
Therefore, if we have a “carnal mind,” that carnal mind is “enmity,” and the result is inevitable; enmity against a “brother” is already the sin of murder.
Therefore, it follows: if we all as fallen humans have a “carnal mind” which is “enmity against God,” we all share the guilt of the murder of the innocent Son of God.
But that is a corporate sin; and, the only repentance which is appropriate for a corporate sin is corporate repentance. And therefore that is what the Lord Jesus calls us to experience when He says to Laodicea, “Be zealous, therefore, and repent” (Rev. 3:19).
We cannot repent on our own—repentance is a gift (see Acts 5:31, “God exalted [Him, Jesus] ... for to give repentance to Israel”).
Let us receive the gift that Heaven waits to give us!
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