THE WAY TO CHRIST, "HARD? Hard is when you do not believe. but "who believes everything is possible" (Mk 9, 23), .. is more difficult when the world attracts us with temptation and betrayal and we are guided in accordance with our own weaknesses, ... And here is where many err, and therefore do not receive the help that Christ wants them. Think they can not come to Christ unless they repent first, and that repentance prepares for their sins will be forgiven. It is true that repentance precedes forgiveness of sins, because it is only the broken and contrite heart that feels the need for a Savior, but to go to the Lord Jesus ,..... Should you wait until the sinner has repented ?..... Is repentance be an obstacle between the sinner and the Savior? NO Sacred Scripture teaches that the sinner must repent before we can accept Christ's invitation ... "Come to my ALL who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest!" (Mt 11, 28). The virtue from Jesus Christ that leads us to genuine repentance. The Apostle Peter put the matter in a very clear when he told the Israelites: "In this, God exalted with his right hand to be Prince and Saviour, to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins." (Acts 5, 31) So it is impossible to repent if the Spirit of Christ does not awake the conscience as it is without Christ for forgiveness. He is the source of all good momentum. It alone can be implanted in the heart enmity against sin. Any desire for truth and purity, every conviction of our own sinfulness evidence that His Spirit is working in our hearts. Jesus said "I, if lifted up from the earth, will draw all to myself" (Jn 12, 32). Christ must be revealed to the sinner as the Saviour who died for the sins of the world, and as we behold the Lamb of God on the Cross of Calvary, the mystery of redemption begins to unfold to our minds and the goodness of God Guide to repentance. In dying for sinners, Christ manifested a love incomprehensible and as the sinner contemplates this love thrills the heart, impresses the mind and inspires the soul contrition. The sinner may resistive to this love, may refuse to be drawn to Christ, but if not resisted, will be drawn to Jesus, the knowledge of the plan of salvation will guide the foot of the cross, to repent of their sins , which caused the suffering of the beloved Son of God. begs God's Spirit to seek the only things that can give peace and rest: The Grace of Christ and the joy of holiness. Through influences seen and unseen, our Saviour is constantly working to attract the hearts of men and bring them vain pleasures of sin to the infinite blessings they can get from Him. To all those souls vainly seeking to drink in the broken cisterns of this world, addresses the divine message "Whoever is thirsty, come! And who wishes take the water of life freely!" Apc 22, 17. You, in whose hearts there is a yearning for something better than anything this world can give, recognize this longing voice of God speaking to your soul.
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