Come back to God!

Isaiah 55:7 "Let the wicked forsake his way,and the unrighteous man his thoughts:and let him return unto the Lord,and he will have mercy upon him".

This here is a great chapter of gospel invitation.How free! how full! How plain and pressing are the calls to receive grace!Yet the necessity of repentance,in its most practical form,is not cast into the background.Change or conversion is a must for salvation.The gospel provisions have been freely offered.God has provided us with a savior,who came to save the whole world,and the message is out  to encourage th elost to seek the Lord Jesus.But with the call, conversion follows close behind.We must turn from our wicked ways and come back to God.

There is a necessity for conversion;The nature of God will not allow him to pardon sinners who continue in their wickedness.The nature of the gospel,it is not proclaimed as a tolerant for sin ,but to deliever you from sin,it bears no promise of forgiveness to the man who continues on in his iniquity.You cannot be pardon unless you have been first convicted,conversion always goes with salvation.Sin must be punshied or virtue will perish.Heaven is a prepared place for a prepared people ,so it requires that a sinner's nature be renewed,and his life purged,so he can enter the Holy place where God and holy angels abide."Except ye be converted,and become as little children,ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven".(matt.18:3).So what is conversion? It deals with the life and conduct, the ways of man.He must change his natural way, the way he act naturally. He must change his habitual way, the things he does out of habit. His beloved way, the things he likes doing, and his general way that broad way which lead to desturction.He must be done with sin before sin is done with him and leads him to death.

The gospel is the way, it promises God will have mercy on all who return to himThe pardon which comes with it is the result of a full atonement, which renders the pardon abundant,just, safe, and easy of belief to the awakened conscience.Oh that the sinner would consider the need of a total change of thought within,and way without!It must be thorough and radical or it is useless.Let this hour be your hour of change,the day you hear his voice harden not your heart! God said," Let him return". What is hindering you?