"No Place For Repentance"
“No Place For Repentance”
Blessings Folk!
The Lord calls us to live by faith. In Hebrews 11 He provides examples of what the life of faith looks like.
In Hebrew 12 He gives instruction as to how to live by faith.
- lay aside encumbrance and sin
- run with endurance
- fix our eyes on Jesus
- consider what Jesus did for us
- receive the discipline of the Lord
- strengthen OneAnother
- pursue peace
- see to it that no one comes short of the grace of God…He uses Esau as an example.
The Lord is about to explain why we are to live this way by faith.
But first, there is more on Esau.
We have seen this…
Heb 12:14-16
Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no one will see the Lord.
See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God;
that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it many be defiled;
that there be no immoral or godless person like Esau,
who sold his own birthright for a single meal.
We saw the Esau account earlier.
Now this…
Heb 12:17
For you know that even afterwards, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected,
for he found no place for repentance, though he sought for it with tears.
Esau realized his mistake.
He wanted his position back.
He wanted the inheritance of the firstborn.
He wanted the blessing.
It was too late.
He rejected his birthright.
The Lord rejected him.
“But,” you say, “he sought repentance”.
Yes.
He sought repentance with tears.
Yet it was not to be had.
Why?
Because the Lord knew his heart.
He was sorrowful.
He was angry.
He was remorseful.
But, apparently, he was not truly repentant of heart.
The Lord knows the heart.
The Lord knows our true motivation and intention.
We will look more at the heart of Esau tomorrow.
For today, what is the state of your heart?
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