Corporate Repentance - Robert J. Wieland

ultimate honor will be accorded to a generation, a
body of God's people who will respond to His
appeal, "Repent!"
A probe into the meaning of repentance is not
"negative." Rather, feeling satisfied with the status
quo is the really negative attitude, because such
spiritual laissez faire indefinitely postpones the
finishing of the gospel commission. And it is a
totally false idea to assume that a church that
repents will not attract youth. That is the only
atmosphere in our church that can attract and hold
youth.
Many thousands in the church hunger and thirst
for a clearer grasp of vital truth for these last days.
They sense that the coming of the Lord has been
long delayed and that we, not Heaven, are
responsible. They realize that pinpointing the
reason for repentance and exploring how to
experience it is the most "positive" course we can
pursue.
Repentance by "the body" does not deny or
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