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we really think of faith to deceive God?

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Jesus always strikes

Jesus was known for his provocative and unexpected responses. When he was asked to review the unfair and sudden death of some men in a car accident, said "And if ye repent, you too will die the same way" .

Many like to talk about religion if you can only discuss in theoretical and impersonal. But, Jesus those hypothetical and hypocritical speeches never went down.

"If you believe that religion is not about you" He made it clear, "if you think faith is not even your own personal problem, you're off the road. "

"You, dear friend," he said, "you need to repent. And now. "

"Repent" means to recognize and condemn his guilt with a deep sense of grief and a well-defined determination not to fall back and remedy the harm done.

The readiness to repent, according to Jesus, must be an essential quality for each person. Yet not only is a quality that is missing in humans, but is also prevented by pride and arrogance. The reason is obvious.

Repent requires a sincere recognition of his mistake, error, sin. So being human is ready to do any kind of mental gymnastics and moral acrobatics to deny that he was wrong and that he would need to repent and ask forgiveness.

Sometimes, we believe we believe that, because once we have repented, confessing our sin when we believe in Jesus as our Savior from sin, the problem is solved forever. We are humbled once, and that's it!

But it is not. How true is that, despite all our good intentions, yet we sin, offend God, and often even our brothers, family and neighbors, it is equally true that every time we acknowledge that we have sinned, we need to humbly acknowledge our mistake, con la ferma volontà di non ripeterlo, chiedendo perdono e nuova forza a Dio. E chiedendo anche perdono a chi è stato offeso o danneggiato da noi.

La fede e il nostro rapporto con Dio non sono teorie e credenze religiose, che possiamo tenere gelosamente in qualche scrigno nascosto, ma sono vita e esperienza che si rivelano quotidianamente nella nostra vita attiva, nei contatti con gli altri, nelle parole, nei pensieri e nelle azioni.

Cosa ti direbbe Gesù se oggi ti potesse parlare a tu per tu? Forse ti direbbe: “Se non riconosci il tuo, o meglio, i tuoi peccati, se non li confessi con il desiderio sincero di non caderci più, stai ingannando te stesso sulla realtà della tua fede. Ma, non puoi ingannare God.
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