"PROVE by the way that you live that you have repented of your sins and
turned to God!"
How can you be sure that you have repented of your sins and turned to God? How can others be sure that you have become a child of God? How do believer's determine if others have truly repented and turned to the Lord? The One Truth Today tells us that we can prove that we have repented of our sins by the way we live. That is the LIVING PROOF that we can apply to ourselves and others. How we live must be consistent with repentance, turning away from sin and toward God. We will bear good fruit and righteousness instead of separation and sin. Have you become a new person with a new heart? Are you on the straight and narrow path?
Sometimes it can be very confusing when we see a supposed believer turn their back on God. We call them backslidden. The real question is whether they ever really repented of their sin and opened their heart to God. For we know that once you have tasted the sweetness of Jesus Christ, where could you go! Once you have been saved from death and given new life how could you like a dog return to your vomit? It may be that many celebrities have put on a great show for Jesus, but they have never repented themselves. They never turned to God to be saved themselves. What they and others have proved by turning away from God is that they are still lost and separated from Jesus Christ and they have no Salvation! There lives in the end are LIVING PROOF!
Your life is the real story of what you believe. What you say and how you act is the true proof of what you believe. The evidence is in your life. There may be an inner self that can conflict with your outer expressions, but you prove what you truly believe by the way you live. The Pharisees and Sadducee's were warned by God that they would not escape the wrath and indignation of God unless they had repented of their sins and turned to the Lord for Salvation.
No one can escape from judgement and you could never fool or mock God. You can fool some of the people some of the time but you can never fool God. The real you will be revealed and If you have truly repented of your sins and turned to God, your life will be LIVING PROOF!
