NKJ Acts 17:30-31 30 "Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent, 31 "because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead."
Note that the call to repent is the same call that Christ made when He preached the gospel (Mark 1:14, 15). It was the same call God made in the OT (Ezek 18:30).
God's COMMANDING simply connotes that people are ABLE to do what God commanded them to do. And IF they are ABLE, then they are NOT apart from Christ but in Christ for He said those APART from Him can do NOTHING. IOW, God EMPOWERS first, before COMMANDING. And by COMMANDING every man everywhere simply tells us He had EMPOWERED every man everywhere. How? Through Christ - the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world!
And when was that empowering done? Right on the same day Adam fell into sin. He saved Adam that same day through Christ (Acts 4:12) and reinstated him to his pre-fall spiritual status, an act that cost the Father His only begotten Son - the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
With Adam in Christ, all his descendants are born in Christ!
And in Christ Who is our strength, we have His power to repent. Repentance is a change of mind for that which is good. Instead of doing evil, one changes his mind and do good. IOW, overcome evil with good (Rom 12:21). And those whom God judges through Christ as overcomers will Christ NOT blot out from the book of life, but will be seated with Him in His throne as He also overcame and sat down with the Father in His throne (Rev 3:5, 21). All NOT blotted out will be ushered to the heavenly portals (Rev 21:27). All blotted out will have their portion in the lake of fire (Rev 20:15).
Note that the call to repent is the same call that Christ made when He preached the gospel (Mark 1:14, 15). It was the same call God made in the OT (Ezek 18:30).
God's COMMANDING simply connotes that people are ABLE to do what God commanded them to do. And IF they are ABLE, then they are NOT apart from Christ but in Christ for He said those APART from Him can do NOTHING. IOW, God EMPOWERS first, before COMMANDING. And by COMMANDING every man everywhere simply tells us He had EMPOWERED every man everywhere. How? Through Christ - the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world!
And when was that empowering done? Right on the same day Adam fell into sin. He saved Adam that same day through Christ (Acts 4:12) and reinstated him to his pre-fall spiritual status, an act that cost the Father His only begotten Son - the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
With Adam in Christ, all his descendants are born in Christ!
And in Christ Who is our strength, we have His power to repent. Repentance is a change of mind for that which is good. Instead of doing evil, one changes his mind and do good. IOW, overcome evil with good (Rom 12:21). And those whom God judges through Christ as overcomers will Christ NOT blot out from the book of life, but will be seated with Him in His throne as He also overcame and sat down with the Father in His throne (Rev 3:5, 21). All NOT blotted out will be ushered to the heavenly portals (Rev 21:27). All blotted out will have their portion in the lake of fire (Rev 20:15).