The Gospel of Jesus Christ

Well today I would like to talk about something that happens after we have faith in Jesus Christ. It is called Repentance.

When we have the faith in Jesus Christ that we need, it makes us strive to be more like him. With us all not being perfect we need something to help us out a little with it all. That is why Repentance is so importance. In Romans 3: 23 it says; "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God." Pretty direct and bold statement that is told to us. But its a fact of life. Like I have mentioned many of times, we make mistakes, we sin, cause we are not perfect. But our Savior Jesus Christ has come into the World to Sacrifice His life as a ransom for all, as it also states in the Scriptures.

So He has sacrificed His life so we can have repentance. So what is Repentance? I like to think of it as CHANGE!!! The most simple way to put it. Changing something bad into something good. As a missionary I like to teach repentance in a five step thing, or its also called, "The a,b,c's of Repentance".

A: Acknowledge.
         So we first have to acknowledge that we did something wrong.
B: Be Sorry.
         We have to feel bad that we did something wrong.
C: Confess.
         We all have to go to our Heavenly Father and tell him of our wrong mistakes and ask for forgiveness.
D: Don't Do it again.
         In other words, we need to Forsake that sin. Turn away from it and never do it again.
E: Enjoy the Blessings.
         Once we have truly repented of our sins and turned away from them, God will bless us for our effort.

Now a lot of us, well at least me, might be saying why can't E be first and then everything else. Well sorry to say, life would be to easy if E was first cause then we wouldn't have to go through A-D. But I know as we practice our faith in our Savior Jesus Christ and we Repent of all of our wrong doings then we can truly feel the loving hand of our Heavenly Father and the Blessings that He has in store for us.