MASS REPENTANCE - One Bread, One Body, 2/24/2010

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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Jonah 3:1-10, Psalm 51:3-4, 12-13, 18-19, Luke 11:29-32
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MASS REPENTANCE

"Now Nineveh was an enormously large city." —Jonah 3:3

Picture the president of the United States dressed not in a fine suit but
covered with sackcloth, and sitting not at a conference table but in a
pile of ashes (Jon 3:6). Imagine the members of the Congress and Senate
dressed also in sackcloth and sitting in ashes. Picture the whole
country — both man and beast — covered with sackcloth and sitting in ashes
(Jon 3:8). Imagine no one eating or drinking anything, and the animals
complaining accordingly (Jon 3:7-8). What a scene! What noise! What
repentance! What grace and mercy!

The repentance of 120,000 people came about through the prophetic message
of the reluctant, vindictive prophet, Jonah. This mass repentance by the
Ninevites shows that the Lord can do anything. He can change the hardest
hearts — even hundreds of thousands of the hardest hearts — and do it in
one day through a person who doesn't even want people to repent and be
saved.

Even if we've never seen mass repentance and can think of a thousand
obstacles to God's grace, the Lord can surprise us, especially in the
worst of circumstances. Expect the Lord to do the impossible this Lent.
Expect the world to be surprisingly transformed this Lent. His grace is
sufficient (2 Cor 12:9).

Prayer: Father, do internationally and locally what I've never dreamed
possible.

Promise: "Have mercy on me, O God, in Your goodness; in the greatness of
Your compassion wipe out my offense. Thoroughly wash me from my guilt and
of my sin cleanse me." —Ps 51:3-4

Praise: Maria follows the promptings of the Holy Spirit and prays for the
conversion of China.

(For a related teaching, order our tape on "The Secret of Confession" on
audio AV 44-3 or video V-44.)

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