A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don’t need it.
~ Bob Hope
Many an individual will give some lip service or church attendance to God, but deep down they believe they are all right without Him. No real commitment is involved. However, here are some scary verses:
Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?
in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth,
For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought it diligently with tears.
Speaking of “hope”, a relationship with Him gives real hope.
Think about it.
Gary