In this segment, I tell you about the Revelation that I had after the Lord called me into a fast. It has been my personal experience that when the Lord calls me to a fast, I believe something will be revealed.

Throughout scripture we see how fasting brings about revelation and purpose to us from God. In Matthew 4:1-11, we in the first verse of chapter 4, “Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.”

The Bible tell us that it wasn’t Satan who drove Jesus into the wilderness. Nor did Jesus decide, “I think I should go into the wilderness.” Rather, He was led there by the Holy Spirit. Jesus was entering into the territory Satan had occupied. He fasted for forty days and, in His humanity, was inconceivably weak so that out of the depth of His weakness He might overcome the power of the Evil One.

Jesus began His ministry being led into the wilderness by the Holy Spirit to fast for 40 days to prepare Him before He went into Satan’s territory.

We are also aware that God gave Moses the 10 Commandments on Mount Sinai. Did you know how many 40 days fast Moses completed all together? Let’s find out.

Moses who ascended the Mountain on Pentecost remained there for 40 days and 40 nights.

Deut. 9:9, “When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water:”

Exo 24:18, “And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.”

Then at the end of the first 40 days, Moses returned to a congregation that had been led astray by worshipping a golden calf.

Deut. 9:12-17, “And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image. Furthermore the LORD spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiff-necked people: Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they. So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands. And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the LORD had commanded you. And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes.”

The very next day, Moses ascended the Mount for the second time to ask God for Mercy for the sin of the congregation and stayed on top of the mount for a second time fasting for 40 days and 40 nights.

Deut. 9:18, “And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.”

Exo 32:30,31, “And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the LORD; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin. And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.”

At the end of the second 40 day fast, he came down to hew two tablets of stone for the second set of the “10 Commands” and returned back to the top of the mountain for a third set of 40 days.

Deut. 10:1-5, “At that time the LORD said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood. And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark. And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in mine hand. And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave them unto me. And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the LORD commanded me.”

Exo 34:1,2, “And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest. And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount.”

Exo 34:28, “And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.”

The day Moses returned, after the 3rd 40-Day fast, it is said that his face shined with God’s Glory, so that the congregation was afraid to look at him.

We can see from the examples of Jesus Christ and Moses alone, and there are many more examples including Queen Esther, the importance of fasting. In a nutshell, fasting drew them closer to God and strengthened them for the purpose God had for their lives.

Similarly, God revealed His purpose for my life during a season of fasting. I was in the shower and I suddenly had this out of body experience.

It is as though I was in a vision; I am not sure how to best describe it. I saw the throne of God with the brightest light beaming from a throne. I knew instantly it was God the Father. I also felt a presence in me that was strengthening me to withstand this revelation experience. I knew that the Holy Spirit was with me.

Suddenly, I looked around and felt this awfully dark presence, fuming with evil and vile and blood-thirsty. The vile spirit had a scroll in his hands with what appeared to be a seal. The scroll was held out and the seal broke. The scroll rolled out and on it were the identities of all the preborn babies that has been murdered by abortion in the womb.

The number was close to 70 million babies created in the image of God. Suddenly, a bunch of blood began to pour out from the scroll and there was a thunderous scream from all the aborted babies. It was bone chilling and a frightful experience.

I was so scared that I began to scream in the shower and calling out for my husband. Then this vile spirit quoted this scripture from Book of Exodus 21:23–27 and the book of Leviticus 24:19 & 20.

Exodus 21:23-27

“But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life, 24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise. An owner who hits a male or female slave in the eye and destroys it must let the slave go free to compensate for the eye. And an owner who knocks out the tooth of a male or female slave must let the slave go free to compensate for the tooth.”

Leviticus 24:19-20

“Anyone who injures their neighbor is to be injured in the same manner: fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. The one who has inflicted the injury must suffer the same injury.”

Out of the right side of God’s throne, came this bright hand stretched over the bloodied scroll and quoted this scripture from 2 Chronicles 7:14.

2 Chronicles 7:14

“If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”

I immediately knew this was the hand of Jesus Christ giving the USA a chance to repent from the sin of abortion that has plagued this nation for decades.

It was the devil’s argument that the USA should be judged under the law when it came to the issue of abortion as abortion had been practiced as a constitutional right and still legal in nation. The Church had not put up sufficient resistance and outcry against this abominable and barbaric act to stand in the gap for this nation.

Most importantly, America has not repented for these abortions and turned from their wicked ways. The devil wanted to steal the 2024 election and continue to punish the USA through the installation of a government that will repay the people for the crimes of abortion.

Americas were going to watch their lives, liberties, and happiness be obliterated through legislation from a corrupt system like that of the unborn.

BUT, Jesus Christ spared this nation by giving the Church a chance to repent and turn away from the sin of abortion.

I am therefore on a mission as a vessel for God’s mandate to see it come to fruition.

Ephesians 6:12

“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”

The Bible tells us that our battle is not against man but against spiritual forces. In order for us to win our battles, we have to first acknowledge that it is first spiritual. It is only when we submit our will to God that we can experience total victory.

In the book of Esther, Queen Esther understood that defeating Haman first required her to seek God’s intervention. The only way she did that was by submitting her will to God and seeking God for guidance. She did this through prayer and fasting. God is spirit and the only omnipotent spirit. Only a Spirit being can assist us in fighting the spiritual realm influencing our government. Mordecai was a government official who ministered to Queen Esther to trust in God.

Prayer and Fasting will be our first weapon against the forces of darkness.

1 Peter 4:17

Most people regard judgment as something that occurs only at the end of the age. However, the Bible shows that Christians are being judged today. As in human courts, judgment is a process. Judges do not render decisions without getting the facts and pondering all the evidence. Today, God is putting Christians through trials and tests to see if they will be faithful to Him and His way of life.

1 Peter 4:17

“For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God?”

God gave us the 10 commandments in the Old Testament, and in the New Testament, Jesus Christ became the fulfillment of God’s law impersonated. God’s commandments to us, were not done away with in the New Testament. Rather, Jesus Christ fulfilled the commandments as He lived a perfect live.

Jesus Christ said in Matthew 5:17, “Don’t think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to abolish but to fulfill them”

God’s law is very relevant today just as it was in the Old Testament. When we sin by breaking one or more of God’s Holy commandments, and fail to repent through Christ, the author of our salvation, we are judged under the law instead of grace. When we repent of our sins, we come under Christ’s grace and receive forgiveness and salvation through Jesus Christ.

In the USA, the sin of abortion is the killing of innocent human beings made in the image of God Almighty. The legalization and justification of abortion in this nation, keeps the soul of this nation under God’s judgement and wrath.

When men legalize a sin, it becomes culturally acceptable, not regarded as immoral, or considered sinful. As such, there is therefore no conviction that leads to repent. As a result, the USA has been under moral decline and judgement for decades due to the legalization and killing of innocent babies.

Due to false doctrines and a false Gospel being propagated by wolves in sheep’s clothing, God’s Church has been infiltrated and misled in the teachings of repentance, forgiveness, judgement, faith, works, and salvation. Most Churches do not even want to address the issue of abortion plaguing the soul of this nation.

We are saved by God's grace through our faith. But it is a faith that wants to keep God's law. Paul writes: "For we through the Spirit eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love" (Galatians 5:5-6). This faith is the same kind that Jesus had, a commandment-keeping faith! As the apostle John puts it so simply: "For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome" (I John 5:3).

Those who do not want to submit to God quote verses that seem to say that faith has replaced the requirement of keeping God's law. They mention such verses as Romans 3:20, "Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight"; Romans 7:6, "But now we have been delivered from the law . . . so that we should serve in the newness of spirit and not in the oldness of the letter"; and Romans 10:4, "For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one who believes." On their face, these scriptures seem to support their argument.

However, they will not quote balancing verses in the same book! Paul also says, "[F]or not the hearers of the law are just in the sight of God, but the doers of the law will be justified" (Romans 2:13), and "Therefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy and just and good. . . . For we know that the law is spiritual" (Romans 7:12, 14). Invariably, they leave out Paul's emphatic statement in Romans 3:31: "Do we then make void the law through faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we establish the law."

They will note that "the law is not of faith" (Galatians 3:12), but they generally avoid Romans 3:27, where Paul says that boasting about righteousness is excluded "by the law of faith." How can a "law . . . not of faith" at the same time be a "law of faith"?

It seems to be quite a paradox! In their ignorance and disobedience, the deceived fail to ask the question Paul does in the first part of Romans 3:27: "By what law?" They fail to perceive that Paul was trying to save the true brethren from wolves in sheep's clothing, Judaizers who were contradicting the faith of Christ. Their purpose was to convert the brethren to their philosophy of salvation that centered on the rituals practiced under the Old Covenant law of Moses.

In reality, then, the paradox dissolves. Paul contrasts the spiritual, Ten Commandment "law of faith" with the temporary law of physical, ritualistic duties, the keeping of which required no faith. This is vital to understand: The apostle Paul describes two distinct sets of law. When reading his arguments, we must always discern "what law" from the context.

He writes of this ritual law in Hebrews 9:9: "It was symbolic for the present time in which both gifts and sacrifices are offered which cannot [and were never intended to] make him who performed the service perfect in regard to conscience." These temporary laws were "concerned only with foods and drinks, various washings, and fleshly ordinances imposed until the time of reformation," which Christ inaugurated (verse 10). This law, only "a shadow of the good things to come, . . . can never with these same sacrifices, which they offer continually year by year, make those who approach perfect" (Hebrews 10:1).

The spiritual "law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul . . . and in keeping [it] there is great reward" (Psalm 19:7, 11), if we believe it and do it. Unlike the ritual law, our keeping God's law of faith produces the attitudes, behaviors and character that truly please Him. It is partially by our keeping of His law that we "work out [our] own salvation with fear and trembling" (Philippians 2:12).

Perfection comes by submitting to God's wisdom and believing in His eternal, spiritual law, as Abraham did. Notice James' argument, so reviled by the anti-law Martin Luther: "Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect?" (James 2:21-22). The faith of Christ in us is perfected by our works. Abraham believed God enough to keep His commandments, and that law-keeping faith in him was imputed to him for righteousness (James 2:23).

He continues with the example of Rahab: "You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only. Likewise, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way?" (James 2:24-25). Paul agrees with James when he writes, ". . . the doers of the law will be justified" (Romans 2:13). The doers of what law? The eternal, spiritual, Ten Commandment law!

God is not unreasonable. He does not expect instantaneous perfection from us. He knows it is a laborious, tough process—given the stubbornness of the material He has to work with. For those who, because they believe God, work at keeping His law, boasting truly is excluded, because we stumble so very often. But though we stumble—even daily—if we discipline ourselves to walk in the law-abiding steps of the faith of our father Abraham, God will reckon our faith to us for righteousness (Romans 4:23-25). In spite of sins that continue to come to our attention, He readily forgives us of them because our attitude is right.

God looks at our attitude of heart. If He sees in our heart a burning love that yearns for His loving way of life, He has evidence that we will stumble less and less—and eventually we will really be righteous like our father Abraham. Seeing the result, He imputes that faith in our heart as righteousness. As long as that faith works to keep the Ten Commandments with wholehearted and understanding commitment, He continues to impute this righteousness to us. This faith—the same as Jesus had—gives God's law top priority, and it will eventually produce the same righteousness as He had.

David, a man after God's own heart and another good example for us, proclaims in Psalm 119: "Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You" (verse 11), and ‘'I love Your commandments more than gold, yes, than fine gold" (verse 127). If we accept God's way of life into our hearts like David, we have God's Spirit and will keep His law (Acts 5:32; Psalm 37:31).

Does this mean that David never sinned, on the contrary; David did, and God disciplined him. David schemed and plotted to kill Bathsheba’s husband Uriah. Scriptures reveals that as David viewed Bathsheba from his elevated location, his failure to bring his wandering thoughts under captivity led him to commit adultery, murder, and separation from God. Both David and Mother Eve failed to slow down the momentum of their carnal lusts, putting their future offspring at perpetual mortal risk. The momentum of sin is dangerous, especially when the consequences appear to be far away.

Sadly, the Judeo-Christian values shared by the descendants of Jacob have increasingly come under attack from gentile and progressive woke humanistic assimilation, making all Israelitish countries vulnerable to the dreadful curses identified in Deuteronomy 30:19. In 1642, the Puritan Separatists steadfastly resisted the assimilation of Pagan fire and fertility rituals, banning even pagan “holidays,” but lost the battle as the Anglican and other mainstream 'Christian' denominations rendered them marginal.

Before the "sexual revolution" in the 1960s, stigma was attached to sex outside of wedlock, acts of sodomy attached to homosexual relationships, and the sexual mutilation of transgender exploration. Every perverted movement starts small, slowly, and insignificantly, but if it is not immediately quashed, it soon takes over, displacing morality with a satanic reprobate mind, sadly compatible with garden variety human nature (James:14).

Consequentially, the legalization of abortion (killing of preborn babies in the womb) in 1973 became a constitutional right. We see how the justification of one evil or immoral act leads to another and then there is a domino effect that continues.

As the Church of God continues to fail to stand up for righteousness and reflect Christ’s sensitivity to these immoral acts, especially the in the issue of abortion, God’s judgement becomes imminent.

In the revelation I received from the Lord, President Trump’s victory in 2024 is America’s last Trumpet. God is giving our nation one last chance to end the practice of Abortion in this land and I believe the Church can do it if we unite and seek God wholeheartedly in prayer and fasting as the Jews of Shushan.

As stated in 1 Peter 4:17, “For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God?”

What does this mean?

Judgment beginning at the house of God" means that when God judges people, He will first hold his own followers, the church or "house of God," accountable for their actions before judging those outside the faith, essentially implying that believers should be held to a higher standard and face consequences for their sins first.

The mandate to the Churches in America is the we must unite and work together to abolish abortion or be held accountable. We have got four years to do this and I believe we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us.

Philippians 4:13: "I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me"

Matthew 19:26: "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

Ephesians 1:7

“In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;”

Colossians 1:16

“In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him.”

Hebrews 9:12

“Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.”

Revelation 5:9

“And they sang a new song, saying:

' You are worthy to take the scroll,

And to open its seals;

For You were slain,

And have redeemed us to God by Your blood

Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation.”

The idea of redemption is that of "buying back," of paying the cost—normally a steep one—to restore someone or something to a former condition or ownership. Just as a person would redeem a treasured item from a pawnshop or a benefactor would redeem a kidnap victim from his captors, so Christ redeems sinners from the death penalty they have brought upon themselves through their transgressions. He achieved this through the sacrifice of His own priceless life.

As the Israelites on the Sinai soon discovered, the crossing of the Red Sea marked only the beginning of a lengthy redemption process. The successful completion of the process requires a relationship with God (I Corinthians 10:6).

When God through Paul notifies us that He redeems His called-out ones from the curse of the law, He is not saying that the law is a curse; rather, that curse is death, the consequence of sin. Jesus, through His death, redeems His people from the penalty of past sins, justifying them before God. But, He demands that the children of light, through the power of God's Holy Spirit, keep God's law, mortifying the flesh (Romans 8:13), thereby avoiding the curses resulting from breaking the law (Leviticus 26:28).

During the sanctification process, God's people will still stumble, requiring repentance and forgiveness, but the ultimate goal through this entire process is the acquiring of a new nature as a result of the earnest payment of God's Spirit (Ephesians1:13-14) maturing into full term at the first resurrection. Redemption is a continual spiritual process not completed until the finish of the sanctification process.

As Christians, it is important to note that repentance initiates the redemption process in our lives. Without repentance, there is no path to redemption.

In Christianity, change is most often discussed in terms of repentance. Indeed, it is a life of repentance, of change, that mounts up—with a huge assist from God through His Spirit—into the desired transformation into the image of Jesus Christ (see Romans 8:29; II Corinthians 3:17-18).

However, many professing Christians think of repentance merely as one of the first steps in the process of conversion and salvation, and they leave it at that.

As we will see, repentance is certainly a first step, but it is also ongoing throughout our lives. To become a true Christian, we must repent—and then we must make it a continual practice as long as sin remains in us.

Sin is the problem. The world is full of sin and so are we. Though God "is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness" (I John 1:9), we must be progressively turning from sinfulness in every area of life, building godly character so that Christ can "present [us] holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight" (Colossians 1:22).

The goal, as I Peter 1:15 reminds us, is "as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct." Deep repentance plays a key role is our becoming holy like God and pleasing Him.

Even so, genuine repentance is impossible without God first acting in our lives. Nothing truly spiritual happens in our lives until God initiates a relationship with us. Jesus tells us plainly in John 6:44, "No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day." His wording is definite: No one has the ability to approach Christ without God the Father first calling him, summoning him, inviting him, to draw near. One may think he is seeking God and the truth, but unless the Father has opened his mind, nothing will ever come of all his efforts.

Therefore, any purported repentance that occurs apart from God and His way of life is not a biblical, godly repentance. If someone who has not been called by God—say, a professing Buddhist or an atheist, to use an extreme—claims to have repented, he has simply altered his lifestyle, a human self-improvement. Positive though it may be, his "repentance" is mere change; God is not involved. A closer inspection of the situation will show that, despite improving in one area of his life, other areas continue to be ungodly, and in the case of the Buddhist or atheist, completely outside the bounds of Christian doctrine.

Unfortunately, many who say they are Christians also fit in this category, claiming to have repented of their sins, but their lifestyles argue against them.

Despite the Bible's clear teaching to the contrary, much of the Christian world believes that all they need to do to be saved is to believe in Jesus, and their initial remorse over their previous lifetime of sin fulfills the requirement to repent. From that time on, they believe, the blood of Christ covers their sins, so they have no need to keep God's commandments and to conform to God's way of life, since Christ did it all for them.

Yet, the apostle John writes in I John 2:4, "He who says, ‘I know Him,' and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him." I John 2:9-11 gives the example of a person claiming to be "in the light" yet continuing to hate his brother. The apostle says that such an individual is still "in darkness and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes." The fruit of his life shows that there has been no true repentance.

Sin is ever-present with us, even those of us who are under the covenant. Paul writes in Romans 3:9: "What then? Are we better than they [the world]? Not at all. For we have previously charged both Jews and Greeks that they are all under sin." We are all sinners. The apostle says in Romans 3:23, "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." Earlier in the same chapter (verses 10-18), he had listed quotations from the Old Testament describing the sinfulness of man, beginning with "There is none righteous, no, not one."

For those of us who are truly called and converted, God has graciously forgiven us and cleared the long record of our past sins through the shed blood of Jesus Christ (see Romans 3:24-26), but even helped by the Holy Spirit to live righteously, we nevertheless continue to sin. Because sin still relentlessly dogs us, we must repent again and again. Why?

The simple answer is that, even though we have found the truth and started along the path toward the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, we are still very much human, reeking of human nature and constantly influenced by this present, evil world. To transform from sinful to godly is not a matter of divine fiat but a protracted struggle against self, Satan, and this world, with countless turnings of the tide of battle while we surge ever closer to victory. Every time we give ground—after every sin, trespass, or transgression—we must repent and rejoin the fight.

The same prophet records in Jeremiah 17:9, "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?" The track record of mankind has shown that we are quite adept at deceiving ourselves. We are especially good at considering ourselves to be in the right though all the evidence is against us. In most cases, God must work over years to show us that His way is best, and we spend much of that time repenting.

What, then, is true repentance?

We understand that, while people can make positive changes in their lives, true repentance—the kind that counts toward salvation—only occurs after God has invited a person into a relationship with Him.

Human beings are full of sin, and our natures compel us away from the path that God has revealed to lead to the Kingdom of God. Once God initiates the relationship, and we believe and vow to seek Him and His Kingdom, then real change for the better can commence and continue throughout the rest of our lives.

Knowing that we need to repent, however, still does not tell us what true repentance is. Repent and repentance are words that we have a vague understanding of what they mean, but like many theological terms, they stand for a great deal more than their simple definitions tell. It will take a little digging to come to a full understanding of the concept.

The English word repentance derives from a Latin word, penitere meaning "to make sorry." It is closely related to penitence, which means "contrition leading to change of behavior," and is a distant relation of the word pain.

Its native English equivalent is rue, "regret, sorrow, remorse." Other than its association with penitence, repentance can strike an English speaker as a mere feeling of sorrow, regret, or contrition. However, we realize that biblical repentance goes beyond mere feeling.

Even so, this etymology provides a clue about an element of true repentance: It involves pain, particularly emotional pain. To repent is wrenching to the psyche. It really hurts because it is difficult to do. Oftentimes, what we must do is a bitter pill to swallow because it means changing ingrained attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors that have set hard like concrete in our lives.

From this, we can conclude that any repentance that comes easily is probably not true repentance. If we have not felt some measure of pain in repenting, it is likely that we have not seen the depths of our sinful ways.

Nevertheless, we need to remember that true repentance is not an entirely emotional experience. It is not just feeling sorry, not just an emotional outburst about something one regrets. There is more to it than that. Matthew 27:3-5 contains an account of an emotional, regretful repentance, but Scripture makes it clear that it is not a true one:

Then Judas [Iscariot], His betrayer, seeing that [Jesus] had been condemned, was remorseful and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood." And they said, "What is that to us? You see to it!" Then he threw down the pieces of silver in the temple and departed, and went and hanged himself.

Judas experienced a deeply emotional reaction to what he had done. He felt regret and remorse about betraying an innocent Man to His cruel death. But, instead of seeking forgiveness and changing his behavior, what did he do? He immediately compounded his sin by committing suicide! In no way could this be considered true repentance because it led only to sin and death (see Proverbs 14:12).

Obviously, any person under the influence of human nature will sin after he repents, but his sin should decrease in both the level of iniquity and frequency. Matthew's use of "remorseful" in Matthew 27:3 is similar to the Hebrew use of naham, suggesting not repentance but only emotional regret. It can be part of true repentance, but alone, it is not biblical repentance, lacking the vital element of character growth.

In II Corinthians 7, the apostle Paul makes a distinction between regret or remorse and true repentance. The Corinthian church had allowed a great sin to continue unopposed, and Paul had written to them in a stern, corrective manner (see I Corinthians 5:1-13).

THINK ABORTION, CHURCH!!!

Paul had told the whole congregation that they had been sinful in this matter, having become proud of their "love" toward the sinner, which was really an extreme tolerance of sin. After some time elapsed, Paul writes another letter, having heard of their subsequent repentance:

“For I perceive that the same epistle [I Corinthians] made you sorry, though only for a while. Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that your sorrow led to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly manner, that you might suffer loss from us in nothing. For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death. For observe this very thing, that you sorrowed in a godly manner: What diligence it produced in you, what clearing of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what vehement desire, what zeal, what vindication! In all things you proved yourselves to be clear in this matter.” (II Corinthians 7:8-11)

Just as the Corinthian Church had become tolerant of sin and boastful of their “love” for sinners or the world, so to has today’s Church been tolerant and accepting of the legalization of the killing of preborn babies. God has sent me to warn the Church to truly repent and show fruits of repentance by uniting to abolish abortion to show itself vindicated!

While Judas may have been sorry, it led only to his death. The Corinthian example, though, shows us what godly sorrow really is. The strong emotion produces a determination to clear matters up, to clear oneself of guilt. It gives way to new emotions like anger at sin and fear of punishment for their transgressions. All that the truly repentant person wants to do is to attack the problem and overcome it in order to be vindicated through Christ. Repentance does include regret, but it must produce these other qualities to complete the process.

The Church must show determination in clearing this matter of abortion up, once and for all. The Church must unite and work tirelessly to clear itself of this spiritual stain of the murder of innocent children.

The Church can not just merely show remorse as a substitute for repentance because remorse does not bring about change.

The Hebrew word naham, frequently translated as "repentance" in the Old Testament, we saw that sorrow for sin may be nothing more than self-pity.

A person may be sorry that he did something that will have harmful repercussions. He may feel shame that his dirty laundry has been exposed or fear for his reputation among his fellows. But does his emotion produce anything good—actions that bring about godly change? We learned that emotion is not the essence of repentance but only part of it. Change is the heart of repentance.

Therefore, God’s true Church must unite behind the cause of ending the legalization of abortion through the ratification of a 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution.

The second Hebrew word that underlies "repentance" becomes important. It is shûb, which means "to turn" or "to return." In English, we might use a more colorful term such as "about face," bringing to mind soldiers marching in a column and suddenly turning around and heading back the way they had come. In modern lingo, we might speak of "doing a one-eighty."

When we repent, we are turning off the path that leads to destruction and onto the narrow path—through the strait gate—that leads to life in the Kingdom of God (see Matthew 7:13-14). Thus, on the heels of godly sorrow must proceed the act of turning onto the path of righteousness.

This act of repentance for our nation’s sins of the killing of close to 70 million preborn babies must be followed with action that leads our nation back to righteousness.

The Church MUST be silent NO MORE!

In Ezekiel 33, the well-known chapter on the Watchman and his message, we find a typical use of the word shûb. Each time "turn" or "return" appears in this passage, it is a form of this word:

So you, son of man: I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; therefore you shall hear a word from My mouth and warn them for Me. When I say to the wicked, "O wicked man, you shall surely die!" and you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand. Nevertheless if you warn the wicked to turn from his way, and he does not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.

Therefore you, O son of man, say to the house of Israel: "Thus you say, ‘If our transgressions and our sins lie upon us, and we pine away in them, how can we then live?'" Say to them: "As I live," says the Lord GOD, "I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?" (Ezekiel 33:7-11)

God describes the Israelite's way of life as evil, wicked, and leading to death, and He implores them to leave it and turn onto the path that leads to life. He tells them, "If you live the way that I live, you will truly live!" God lives forever in peace and joy. However, they had to turn from their destructive ways and begin walking the path that God approves.

Throughout Scripture, we are informed that God abhors the killing of the innocent. This abominable sin has destroyed the lives of close to 70 million babies. Their blood is crying out for justice and God is given His Church 4 years to unite and end rid this nation of this evil.
Why is God’s Church not uniting to stand in the gap for this atrocity?

There is no excuse, Church! We must and should repent and work to turn our nation back under God’s grace.