THE WAR ON REPENTANCE

by | May 6, 2018 | Christianity Today | 12 comments

Destroying America is one of Satan’s highest priorities.  The thought of a post-American world makes him giddy with delight. He can’t plunge the earth into utter darkness while the United States is a world power.  That’s why he’s labored so tediously, and forcefully to bring down our nation.

His great obstacle is the praying church.  They stop him dead in his tracks.

His only hope is to fool the the church into defeating itself.  Satan has studied the Bible and the church for millennia.  He knows our Achilles heel.  He finally found the right tactic: bury the doctrine of repentance.  He used cheap grace to do it.

The following are two quotes on cheap grace.  One is from Joseph Prince and the other is from Detrick Bonhoeffer. They are direct quotes.  They reveal a startling contrast.

Joseph Prince said, “His grace is cheapened when you think that He has only forgiven you of your sins up to the time you got saved, and after that point, you have to depend on your confession of sins to be forgiven. God’s forgiveness is not given in installments.”

Dietrich Bonhoeffer said, “cheap grace is the grace we bestow on ourselves. Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, Communion without confession…Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate.”

The first is saying we cheapen grace by repenting.   The second is saying we cheapen grace by not repenting. 

Which one do you believe?  I believe Bonhoeffer who—by the Grace of God—faced down Hitler.  Actually, there’s no choice…Jesus not only taught us to repent, He taught us to do it daily.

In Luke 11, Jesus said, “when you pray.”  How often are we supposed to pray?  Everyday.   What is in that prayer? : “forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.” That is repentance.

The war on repentance—and the cheap grace that started the war—is vividly portrayed in 1 Corinthians 5.  A sin in the church was so outrageous, even the pagans had never heard of it:  A man had taken his mother as his wife.

Even though it brought shame on the church, the leaders did not want to correct this man.  They declared war on repentance.

Was it because he was a popular personality? 

Matthew Henry said, “He might be a man of great eloquence, of deep science, and for this reason very greatly esteemed, and followed, and cried up, by many among them. They were proud that they had such a leader. Instead of mourning for his fall, and their own reproach upon his account, and renouncing him and removing him from the society, they continued to applaud him and pride themselves in him.”

Do you really think the American Church is any less guilty of covering sin in order to protect a celebrity?  Who among us has not heard of rampant immorality?  Who among us has not seen popular leaders caught in gross sin, given a slap in the wrist and quickly returned to their pulpit?   The justification is a mantra that has become so tiresome: “grace covers all of this, I don’t need to repent.”

There are many godly men and women in ministry in America.  But there is also a club of leaders who cover for one another’s sins.  They trade pulpits, they live in regal splendor, and they protect their people from the rightful demands of God.

Paul was horrified by the wicked behavior of the leaders in Corinth.  It had trashed their reputation in the city.  Paul was so grieved that he ordered them to turn the man over to Satan for the destruction of his flesh so that his soul might be saved.

Where are the men and women of God today who are horrified by unfettered carnality?   Where is the pastor who is responsible for the young man who currently preaches using liberal portions of obscene language boasting of his deliverance from “Evangelical Christianity?”

Paul brought such swift and supernatural correction that it produced godly sorrow.  And you know what… he was glad, for their sorrow produced life.  In 2 Corinthians 7:9 he said, “Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that your sorrow led to repentance.”  How can anyone read that and say  we never need to repent?

Their war on repentance is more evil and dangerous than you know. They have disarmed a truth that is central to saving our nation.  They have done it to control people and hold on to power that all rightfully belongs to Jesus.   It is so dangerous that God’s hand must expose this falsehood.  He must bring down strongholds of counterfeit Christianity, and restore biblical authority.

But something good will come of it.  Look for nobodies to step up in awesome power like Paul.  They will rebuke this insane foolishness and release the soldiers of Christ to true authority and levels of power we have not seen.

Small churches will be chosen to turn the tide.  Vessels too humble to image promotion will indeed be promoted.

Nevertheless, God has stopped winking at the war on repentance.  He will punish those who kept the church from “turning from their wicked ways.”  The sword is even laid at the root.  God will not let America die at the hands of those who are fighting to keep us from repentance.

12 Comments

  1. Evan. Roger Culwell

    Big amen brother, for one thing we know he died once for all sin’s yes, and that does mean future IF WE ASK FOR FORGIVINESS OF THEM, ANY SIN THAT IS NOT CONFESSED TO HIM AND REPENTED OF WHETHER NOW, OR A THOUSAND YEAR’S FROM NOW WILL BE ANSWERED FOR, BECAUSE IT’S NOT UNDER THE BLOOD, AND IS NOT FORGIVEN UNTIL YOU REPENT AND CONFESS IT TO HIM they need to learn grace just mean’s we don’t die for some of the thing’s we do wrong, it don’t mean we get by with them, SIN will forever be wrong, and forever be wrong until REPENT OF AND TURNED FROM, some people aught not be preaching, SIN WILL FOREVER SEPERATE US FROM GOD. good word, I just now seen this, after I had put up on fb about them keep dpoing what he say’s not to in 2 Cor. 12:20-21 which he took me to heaven and gave me, and he said the church think’s there ready and THERE NOT, and told me to come back and tell them YOUR NOT READY REPENT, and verse 20 say’s I am afraid when I come I will not find you as I like, and you will not like what I do, mentioning, gossip, slander, jealousy, anger, selfishness, arrogance, quarreling, disorderly behavior, and then the come’s the sexual sin in the next verse 21. these were CHRIST WORD’S TO ME FACE TO FACE, THERE NOT READY, THEY THINK THEY ARE BUT THERE NOT, ALL THESE THING’S ARE GOING ON IN MY CHURCH, AND HE SAID TELL THEM TO REPENT, AND GO BACK AND PREACH WITH MORE FIRE THAN EVER BEFORE, AND TELL THEM THERE NOT READY, I mean just look at those two verse’s and see what all is mentioned, and yet they acuse me night and day and want me to change and conform to there way of preaching, and doing thing’s, and no way, when there eye’s become fire, and they can light up the whole heaven’s, and the sound of a rushing mighty wind of power come’s from around them, then and only then will I think about it, for about a second and continue doing as my Lord say’s. Be Blessed Brother it seem’s preaching truth today, is a horrible thing to most, and they want it outlawed, well if that make’s me an outlaw then I ware that badge with honor. YOU KEEP PREACHING TRUTH BRO. MARIO IT SAD WHEN WE BECOME THE OUTLAW’S FOR PREACHING THE TRTH WHEN THERE IS AT LEAST ONE BIBLE IN ALMOST EVERY HOME IS AMERICA, BUT YET SO UNLEARNED

    • GEORGE

      SOUNDS LIKE MODERN DAY DEMOCRATS WITH THEIR PRO ABORTION , PRO GAY MARRIAGE.PRO TRANSVESTITES ETC……THIS IS A DANGEROUS PARTY AS THEIR GOAL IS TO ABOLISH TO WORD SIN..REPBLICANS ARE NOT PERFECT BUT AT LEAST THEY DO NOT PROMOTE BABY KILLING AND IMMORAL VALUES……………………

  2. rjstoneh@telus.net

    Marrio your concept of repentance cheapens the christian walk repentance actually is not a feeling but an action opposite to our previous action. a 180 degree turn in our lives Ross Stonehouse

    • Carolina

      R Stonehouse, Somehow I think you missed reading Mario’s article clearly?!…in no place does Mario talk about repentance as just a mere “feeling.” Any truly devout Christian not only knows what repentance requires of us and is willing to take action with it at any time, but particularly Mario Murillo would know as he has theologically trained & studied and been ordained for 50 years.
      Suggest re-reading this article blog.

  3. Vernon Goates

    Just hoping you could clarify your understanding of the difference between repentance and confession.

  4. Carolina

    Thank You Mario for The Truth about Grace!…My question to all who abuse this gift of our Righteous God is and always has been, ‘Why isn’t your entire life devoted to a quick work of repentance each and everyday?’ For everyday in so many ways each & everyone of us yields to imperfect words, deeds and actions, and this we do before a Perfect Lord God Who is omniscient and beyond our wildest dreams HOLY. To repent is to acknowledge our human frailty and failures, and then to do your very best to TURN around from doing it again. And by this God’s Grace is clearly magnified. This slippery doctrine of grace that far too many preach today I attempted to address within my sermon videos a few months ago here…https://vimeo.com/238817390

    • Tracy

      Yes, Carolina! I agree.

  5. Tracy

    I will just say “AMEN”! Let it be so, LORD! Forgive us, FATHER, for allowing this to go on and bring a cleansing to YOUR body.

  6. Aaron

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  7. Aaron

    Quote from destined to reign by Joseph Prince pp 134-135
    (The Holy Spirit never convicts you of your sins,I challenge you to find one scripture in the bible that tells you that the holy spirit convicts you of your sins.
    You won’t find any!)
    Well John 16:7-8 said ”
    Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you. 8 And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment NKJV.

    Derek prince

    https://youtu.be/1ASNJyiBgCs

  8. Aaron

    Sent this to a lot of people today inclyding leaders in the fellowship of churches im a part of.

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