When It's Too Late To Repent

We are in a Season of Repentance. The word Repent in the Greek means "to think again". I'm sure that many of us, if you are seriously seeking the Lord, are being challenged to re-think, re-consider, re-assess, re-view, re-lease, re-ceive, re-fuse, re-concile, re-new, re-construct, re-ject, re-vive; some things. Repent. This is the Season to Repent. There was a time when God allowed us to "get away" with some things, if you will, based on our Ignorance. But God is calling all men to Repent (Acts 17). But there will come a time when there will be no time to Repent. The Season of Repentance will have expired. That's why we want to turn and make the shifts and changes that God is calling us to make now, before it's Too Late Too Repent.

When we look at Scripture, we find several scenarios that demonstrate When It's Too Late To Repent. Let's look at the disciple Judas. Remember, this was a man who was in Jesus' inner circle. He traveled with Jesus, ate with Jesus, followed Him. Judas was also the one who betrayed our Master (Luke 22). But then, when Judas realized the mistake he had made in betraying his Master, he went back to the Pharisees to give them back their money and repent. But it was too late (Matthew 27). And afterwards he went and hanged himself.

Then we have Peter, one of Jesus' closest disciples. Peter was the one who told Jesus that he was willing to die for Him (Matthew 26). And yes, Peter was bold in the confrontation in the Garden of Gethsemane, even cutting off a man's ear (John 18). But when the hour came for Peter to take a stand for the Lord, just as Jesus prophesied, he denied the Lord 3 times (Matthew 26). And the scripture says that Peter went out and wept bitterly, because it was too late to repent.

Lastly, Hebrews chapter 12 talks about the fallacy of Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. The scripture says that "he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears". It was too late for him to repent. Also, isn't it interesting that when Jesus started His Public Ministry, that the Prophet of Repentance, John the Baptist, was imprisoned (Mark 1). Even though Jesus still preached repentance, the Season of Repentance that was the prelude to the Manifestation of the King, had officially expired with the imprisonment of John the Baptist. Saints please, don't play with this thing. Be sober, be vigilant, so that when the Time of the Father comes, you won't be one weeping because it's Too Late To Repent.