November 1, 2024 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John (2SoJ)
The Nineveh Syndrome
I sense in my spirit a calling to repentance and possible destruction coming upon America. A call to repentance that is directed solely toward the Body of Christ—directed only to God’s people, His Church. It is not a calling to repent of sin that the Church has already received but a call to repentance of sin that the Body of Christ has been denying that this sin exists. Yes, a denial of sin, sin the Body has not recognized as sin. America is standing in the balance of finding repentance or receiving God’s judgment—you have a choice, either to repent or find yourself in God’s hand of judgment.
The city of Nineveh found itself in the same predicament when Jonah approached the city, calling to all the inhabitants to repent. Not only to repent but to immediately change their behavior through fasting, great mourning, returning to believing in God. There was an immediacy to this repentance, crying, seeking forgiveness, and humbleness. America is facing the Nineveh Syndrome! Will we find repentance, forgiveness, and the acknowledgement of our sin and the rejection of our sinful behavior?
Too often we turn aside when we sin. We do not recognize our sin. We ignore it, reject it, hide it, and make excuses for it. We have been carrying this sin in our lives, but God has now said, “Enough”. The Holy Spirit is no longer looking the other way but is calling for the Church to acknowledge this sin and to repent of the behavior of this sin, thereby allowing the Holy Spirit to cleanse us—making us whole and clean.
America’s Body of Christ is now like Nineveh, God is calling for repentance and renewal the likes America has never experienced. We are in this together, (Syndrome: a characteristic combination of opinions, emotions, or behavior; a grouping or togetherness.) just like the inhabitants of Nineveh. This is what makes the Nineveh Syndrome so dangerous and why the Bible talks about it in Jonah 3:5-9: “So, the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything: let them not feed, nor drink water: But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn everyone from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands. Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?”
The ‘Calling to Repentance’ is not like your normal or ordinary repentance but the acknowledging of the sins you are hiding from yourself, the Body of Christ, and God. Sins that focused on others when you did not sin but caused another person to sin against God. Sins that you simply avoided acknowledgement to God. Sins you were embarrassed by, so you have been hiding them from yourself, others, and God. Sins that were ‘little sins’ having almost no consequences, so you did not seek forgiveness from God. Sins of failing to be ‘bold and courageous’ and did not want to take a stand for Jesus Christ. Sins of embarrassment for being a Christian. Sins of refusal to make ‘God First in your life’ and you are serving God out of convenience and not out of sacrifice. Sins of Nineveh when you knew God but now you take God for granted and are not serving God by exercising your faith in Christ—you have become ‘warm’, not cold or hot, and you do not realize nor believe that you are ‘blind and naked’ to God (Revelation 3:14-19).
Church, you do not have much time! Judgment is imminent and comes without mercy. I challenge you…to pray and ask God, “Am I living in Nineveh?” “What must I do and should I be praying for others to repent like me?” (The Body of Christ is as one-person so repent as one-person.) The Holy Spirit is calling—humble yourself and listen to God’s voice!
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