| Repent is a dangerous message!
Joseph Parker said, more than a century ago, “The man whose little
sermon is ‘repent’ sets himself against his age, and will
for the time being be battered mercilessly by the age whose moral tone
he challenges. There is but one end for such a man -- ‘off with
his head!’ You had better not try to preach repentance until you
have pledged your head to heaven.”
This quote can be found in many places on the internet,
but original source unknown.
The Church must first repent
A revival of religion is indispensable to avert the judgements of God
from the church…The fact is, Christians are more to blame for not
being revived, than sinners are for not being converted. And if Christians
are not awakened, they may know assuredly that God will visit them with
His judgements. How often God visited the Jewish church with judgements
because they would not repent and be revived at the call of His prophets.
Charles Finney, quoted A. Wallis, In the Day of Thy Power
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