OT DAY 516 - Is It too Late for A Wicked Person to Repent at The Last Moment? (Please click here for English podcast)

Silence

1.   Put on your “brakes” and stop for a moment of silence

2.   Wait for God. Breathe deep for God's peace and feel His presence. Exhale your worries.

Praise and Thanksgiving

1.   Think through your day, all the times that made you smile

2.   Thank God for all those moments, and for all those people

3.   Open your heart to praise the Lord

      The Lord sits enthroned over the flood;
         the Lord sits enthroned as king forever.

                                     Psalm 29:10

Confession and Repentance (Subjective Shifting Devotion Method http://bishopsilas.blogspot.ca/2009/08/count-down-5-subject-shifting-devotion.html)

1.  Pray for the Holy Spirit to work in you:

     “Dear Holy Spirit, shine your light into the places of darkness in my life. Show me my sins, everything that blocks me from encountering God. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.”

2.  Through the Holy Spirit, examine yourself for a short silence and then pray:

     "Dear Lord Jesus, thank you for dying on the cross for our sins and being victorious over death and sin. I confess my sin to you(pause, to tell Jesus what the Holy Spirit has shown you). Forgive my sins by your blood and help me follow you. Holy Spirit, fill me that I may be able to receive your gift to love God and His people. In Jesus Name I pray, Amen."

The Word (1 Kings 21:27-29)

English(ESV): https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=列+王+紀+上+21&version=ESV

27 And when Ahab heard those words, he tore his clothes and put sackcloth on his flesh and fasted and lay in sackcloth and went about dejectedly. 28 And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 29 “Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Because he has humbled himself before me, I will not bring the disaster in his days; but in his son's days I will bring the disaster upon his house.”

                                         1 Kings 21:27-29

Let's have a time to be still and give the Holy Spirit space to speak through the passage we have just read. Offer this time up to Jesus as you listen to him, while listening to "Gabriel's Oboe"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmax47l2hLU

    My Listening

         We used to say that sinners won't repent even facing death. But, here we have a situation that a sinner repents. Would it be too late for a wicked sinner as Ahab to repent in the very last moment? 

     Let's see how Professor John Goldingay tells us: 

     (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Goldingay) : 

          Elijah does not bid him to repent and gives no hint that he has any way of escaping the judgment that Elijah declares to be imminent. But the story presupposes something fundamental about the way prophecy works. When God declares that something is about to happen, it doesn't mean it has to happen; everything depends on the way people respond to what God says. In some sense Elijah's words bring Ahab to his senses, and this gives God the excuse to be merciful, which is always God's preference…
          Ahab's repentance does not undo the attitudes and practices that Ahab and his predecessors have tolerated and encouraged in Ephraim. These will continue, and judgment will eventually come on Ahab's household (we will read about this in 2 Kings 9). The implication is not that the son will be punished for the father's sins irrespective of the son's stance. If the son repents, then the prophecy can be rescinded again. But the acts of parents tend to shape their children, and it is in this sense that the parents' sins are visited on their children.      

John Goldingay. 1 and 2 Kings for Everyone. Louisville,KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2011, p.99-100.

     The scary thing is that Ahab's repentance is just for a short while and he did nothing to undo the sins he and his ancestors led the Israelites to do. Then, the most horrible thing is that his son will follow his sin.

      It is never too late to repent. But, only true repentance! Only God knows whether you have truly repent!

      What I received from Jesus right now to you is this:

     Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.

                                                     Galatians 6:7 

    Dear Lord Jesus,
    Help us to repent daily so that we can do what you command us to do and not do what you command us not to do. Lead us to be able to help more people to do so.  In Jesus name we pray. Amen.

Reflect on these questions:

    1. What have you learned from Ahab's repentance?

2. Do you know your sins will affect your sons and daughters and might go on for generations? How are you going to do so that your children and children's children will be blessed?

    3. What have you got from Jesus today?

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