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Bible Repentance: Path to Love - Robert J. Wieland

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Christ. Doesn’t Christ deserve this? Hasn’t He<br />

sacrificed enough and suffered enough that at last<br />

His church shall give Him the kind of complete<br />

surrender that a bride gives <strong>to</strong> her husband?<br />

Doesn’t Calvary demand such a response from us?<br />

Should it be any longer delayed?<br />

Success Not Only Possible, But Certain<br />

Nothing could be more tragic in the end of<br />

his<strong>to</strong>ry than for a disappointed Christ <strong>to</strong> have <strong>to</strong><br />

stand before “the door” knocking in vain and<br />

ultimately turning away in the sadness of defeat.<br />

But the picture we see in Revelation 3:20 and 21<br />

indicates complete success.<br />

Christ purchased the church of Cod with His<br />

own blood (Acts 20:28), and thus richly deserves<br />

from her this full measure of devotion. Surely this<br />

will be the experience of Jesus’ “bride.” “The<br />

sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and<br />

a contrite heart, 0 God, Thou will not despise”<br />

(Psalm 51:17). By virtue of the infinte sacrifice on<br />

Calvary, let us have confidence that the Laodicean<br />

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