~~ What is Repentance? What is assembling? ~~

God has been moving on me for a good while to write a thing up on what is repentance. I just have not had enough time at home lately to do it.

Here is what God had placed on my heart to write:

John 5:14 Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.

John 8:11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.

See, here are the required two witnesses saying that once we are made whole, = forgiven our sins, we are to SIN NO MORE.

Sin no more, means we have truly repented, or changed our lives to live a Godly and Holy life, sinning no more.

If we are truly sorry for our sins, then we will amend our ways and stop the sinning.

This false religion in our world today which teaches you can repent, be saved, and then continue on in your sins, is of the devil. It is false as can be. God did not teach us a sinning religion.

All who do so are of the devil, damning your souls to hell. Most churches teach that you can and still do sin everyday. Many teach that you cannot stop sinning. That is a teaching from the devil. The reason they cannot stop sinning is because they never truly repented and were filled with the Holy Ghost. It takes the power of God in your life, to live a Holy and Godly life.

True repentance means we are sorry enough for our sins, from our heart, TO STOP DOING THE SINS. You must make up your mind to stop your sins. You must commit it to God. You must actually come to hate it that you are sinning.

If one continues on in their same old sins, they have not repented, are not forgiven and are not saved. To truly repent is to make up your mind and confess to God, that you will do the sin NO MORE. God will NOT forgive your sins, until you truly repent of them. There is really no need to even ask God to forgive you, when you intend to go on doing the same old sins. God knows this, and He will pay your prayers no attention.

I know this because long ago, God and I actually wrestled a long time one night, as I prayed for forgiveness of some things I knew were wrong, but had not made up my mind to stop them. God actually said to me, You must stop the sins before I can forgive you. I know by this experience and by the Scripture, that true repentance must precede forgiveness. I know also that true repentance means to be sorry enough for your sins to make up your mind to STOP DOING THEM. Until you fully decide to stop sinning, you are still a sinner and not yet qualified for forgiveness.

Now false teachers will try to convince you that this is not true, but it is the only thing which is taught in Scripture. A sinning religion is of the devil. It was never taught by Jesus or his apostles.

That is simply all there is to it. Sinners are not Christians, and Christians are not sinners.

John said in this are the children of the devil manifested, in rather if they are still sinning or not.

2Cor 7:10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

What does it mean to Assemble yourselves together?

Joel 3:1 For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, 3:2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.

The above prophecy refers to the Day of Pentecost. This is when God brought again the captivity of his true Israel. They came into His true Kingdom there at Pentecost. See that he gathered ALL nations here also. See this salvation which came at Pentecost was for ALL FLESH. All people. The whole world, not just the Jews or Israel. So then the valley of Jehosaphat is also the valley of decision, or the Church ages where the people are called to come and repent and live for Christ. If they refuse this time of decision, then destruction awaits them.

Joel 3:3 And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink. 3:4 Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompense? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompense upon your own head; 3:5 Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things: 3:6 The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.

In the above verses, we have a description of how the fake church started immediately into casting lots for God’s people. They were ‘buying and selling�?them. They were luring them into fancy buildings, man-made programs, holiday celebrations, showing partiality, turning worship into talent shows, preaching became entertainment etc. Thus they ‘sold�?God’s people to the ‘Grecians�?or carnality. Grecian means drunkenness, partying, fleshly-living-it-up, etc. So the ‘church�?went into law and idol worship as before. They glory in their ‘suppers�? their fellowships, their fun times. But where is prayer? Bible study? True Worship? Where are the gifts of the Spirit to magnify the true power of God? Why do they not dote on these things? Because they went into the Grecian kingdom of carnality.

Read in Rev. 18 how Babylon sold all these things even souls of men. This is her mark, buying and selling. You cannot ‘buy and sell�?= (partake of her money schemes) unless you have her ‘mark�?/I>. You cannot do it. You will not be able to, for the truth of God inside you will not let you sell or buy the things of God. The true Church ‘GIVES�? And I do not mean giving tithes to fake men and churches. I mean what you have from God, you freely give it. If you have a message you freely give it. You do not take pay for preaching the Word. If you sing, you freely do this. If you can heal the sick, you do as Peter and John, freely give it. If you take pay for it, you have entered into the mark of this beast church and will end up in hell.

Joe 3:7 Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompense upon your own head: 3:8 And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the LORD hath spoken it. 3:9 Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up: 3:10 Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.

3:11 Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD.

Beating the plowshares ( preaching the Word for salvation) into swords shows the closing off of Grace and the starting of the judgment ministry by which we destroy Babylon. See the call for His mighty ones (the army of Joel two) to come down. This is the assembling

of God’s people together. It is NOT attending their entertainment shows each Sunday and Wednesday night. It is coming into God’s true Church by the Baptism of the Holy Ghost then the Baptism of Fire to bring this judgment. Assembly with the entire Church of God by Spirit. Come out of Babylon. By one Spirit are we all Baptized INTO ONE BODY. There you have it. The true Assembling. Are you assembled? Placed into the Body?

Joel 3:12 Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about.

This was the call to the heathen to wake up and find salvation. Come into Christ for here God will judge you = by what you did with Pentecost. Did you obey? Did you repent and accept the Holy Ghost? Did you speak in tongues as the Spirit gives utterance? Did you repent and be baptized in water in the Name of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins? This is what you will be judged by, this valley of decision. Come up. Be filled with the Holy Ghost while you still can. Soon it will be too late.

Joe 3:13 Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the vats overflow; for their wickedness is great. 3:14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. 3:15 The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining. 3:16 The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.

After this call to come into salvation the Acts way, the sixth seal will be upon Babylon. The sun (truth) will no longer be shining for you. The ministers will withdraw their message. God will then call his army to destroy all who rejected this great plan of glory and salvation. Where will you stand on that day? Where are you now? Examine yourselves and see whether you be in the true faith. Go by the Written Word of God. There is no other way.

Repent and receive New Testament Salvation as taught by the Apostles Peter and Paul. It is found in the Book of Acts. You will be judged by this very message. Are you too proud to let God fill you with the true Holy Ghost? Are you too proud to let him speak in tongues through you? If so, then destruction awaits you at that final judgment day.

I pray this will be a blessing to all you read it.

Forsake, means to renounce or turn away from entirely......so has the church of today renounced or turned away from the Baptism of the Holy Ghost? This was the ASSEMBLING place. This is where we are all baptized into ONE BODY. so this is how we are assembled together. This is the REST of God. You have forgotten your resting place and gone and walked in another way, the way of darkness and destruction.

By: Jo Smith