Monday, February 23 Jehovah . . . is patient with you because he does not desire anyone to be destroyed but desires all to attain to repentance.​—2 Pet. 3:9.

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Monday, February 23

Jehovah . . . is patient with you because he does not desire anyone to be destroyed but desires all to attain to repentance.—2 Pet. 3:9.

 

Having had firsthand experience, the apostle Peter could teach others about repentance and forgiveness. Some time after the festival of Pentecost, Peter gave a discourse to a crowd of unbelieving Jews, explaining to them that they had put the Messiah to death. Yet, he lovingly urged them: “Repent, therefore, and turn around so as to get your sins blotted out, so that seasons of refreshing may come from Jehovah himself.” (Acts 3:14, 15, 17, 19) Peter thus showed that repentance moves a sinner to turn around—to change his wrong way of thinking and acting—and to pursue a new course, one pleasing to God. The apostle also showed that Jehovah would blot out their sins, or cause their sins to disappear. What a beautiful hope for Christians when they commit sins—even serious ones! w24.08 12 ¶14

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Jehovah’s patience is not hesitation. It is mercy in motion.

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And as we learned this last weekend it is also humility.

 

 

 

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