Bible Repentance: Path to Love - Robert J. Wieland

individual repentance need no longer be confused
with corporate repentance. Paul’s doctrine must
now come into its own, and the seed sown nearly
two thousand years ago begin to bear the blessed
fruit that the whole creation has groaned and
travailed together in pain to see.
The kind of repentance Christ calls for in the
Laodicean message is already a concept beginning
to be realized. When one member in a congregation
falls into sin, a little reflection can convince many
of the members that they actually share in the guilt.
Had we been more watchful, more alert, more
kind-hearted, more ready to speak “a word in
season to him that is weary,” more effective in
proclaiming the pure truth of the gospel, we might
have saved the erring member from his fall. With
knowledgeable pastoral care, almost any church
can at present be led to feel this corporate concern.
It is encouraging therefore to trust that within
this generation the same sense of loving concern
can be realized on a worldwide scale. When this
time comes (and it will come unless hindered and
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