Page 243 - Pleasant Words from the Gospe

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

[John:] "Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. And do not
begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.'
For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children

for Abraham. The axe is already at the root of the trees, and
every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down
and thrown into the fire." (Luke, 3:8-9)

He [Jesus] replied, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word
of God and obey it." As the crowds increased, Jesus said, "This
is a wicked generation... The men of Nineveh... repented at the
preaching of Jonah..." (Luke, 11:28-29, 32)

... And so John came... preaching... repentance for the forgive-
ness of sins. (Mark, 1:4)

First to those in Damascus, then to those in Jerusalem and in all
Judea, and to the other nations also, I preached that they
should repent and turn to God and prove their repentance by
their deeds. (Acts, 26:20)

They went out and preached that people should repent.
(Mark, 6:12)

He went into all the country around the Jordan, preaching... of
repentance for the forgiveness of sins. (Luke, 3:3)

So watch yourselves. "If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if
he repents, forgive him. If he sins against you seven times in a
day, and seven times comes back to you and says, 'I repent,'
forgive him." (Luke, 17:3-4)

In the past God overlooked [forgave] such ignorance, but now
He commands all people everywhere to repent. (Acts, 17:30)

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