Story Behind the Shirt: Shirt 88: Repent/Repeat

matthew 3:7-10

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bear fruit in keeping with repentance.  And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham. Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

john the baptist’s order to the pahrisees

John the Baptist was a powerful, charismatic, and some would say eccentric preacher, and by the words of Jesus Christ, he was the most righteous man (aside from Himself) that ever lived. John fearlessly preached the truth to everyone, unconcerned about how powerful they were or what they thought of him. When the Pharisees and Sadducees decided to attend one of his baptisms, he didn’t hold back, admonishing them to bear fruit, not by their religion, but by their repentance. If only they had listened! This statement wasn’t just for the Pharisees and Sadducees, it can be powerful in our lives as well. Repentance is a healing process for us, and for those we’ve offended, and it pleases the Lord. So as the shirt says, repent, and repeat!

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