Mark 1:15 “And saying, 'The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.'”
What does it mean to repent? It means to feel a sorrow for doing the wrong thing, for sin, and then making changes in your life so that you do not do that wrong thing anymore. But, what if the wrong thing makes you feel so good? To take a bit further, what if the wrong thing that was done TO you, makes you feel good?
Here we have a paradox of sorts: it seems it would be easy to enjoy doing something wrong to someone else, or for ourselves, but how can you feel good when something bad is done to you?
If a husband needs to fix his car so he can get to work, but doesn't want to work, wouldn't it play into his sin for someone to steal his tools or his car, or maybe even burn down his house, murdering his family in the process and therefore removing his obligation altogether? All you have to do is watch a few of those forensic shows on TV-- not the ones with actors and a written plot, but the ones with actual detectives and victims and evidence-- to see that people do this sort of thing everyday.
Even though Jesus spoke these words almost 2000 years ago, they are still true and relevant- “The time is at fulfilled ...repent ye, and believe the gospel.”
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