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While taking this snap a car stopped and the driver asked for directions. He was actually driving away from his desired destination! He was very glad he'd stopped to check if he was on the right road. Making a U-turn, he headed off in the opposite direction.

 

There's a word in the Bible that essentially means to make a U-turn. That word is "repentance", which is simply a turning from sin and a turning to God. It requires an acknowledgement that our sin is not just a problem for us, but it is an offence against Him.

 

Someone once noted that in order to go to hell, we just need to keep doing what we're doing. We simply need to stay on the road we're on. The problem is, that road will take us to hell and hell is not somewhere we really want to reach. In order to avoid it, we need to make a U-turn.

 

God... now commandeth all men every where to repent: because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world...

(Acts 17:30-31)

 

The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.

(Mark 1:15)

Done