>>THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT
TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
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AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
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>>IN OUR CULTURE TODAY WE
HEAR A LOT ABOUT, YOU KNOW,
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'GOD LOVES YOU. HE
DOESN'T WANT YOU TO FEEL SHAME.
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HE DOESN'T WANT YOU TO FEEL
GUILT' AND 'ALL GUILT AND ALL
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SHAME IS FROM THE DEVIL.'
NOT TRUE. ONE OF THE THINGS
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THE HOLY SPIRIT DOES IS
HE BRINGS CONVICTION FOR SIN.
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TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING
ABOUT STEP NUMBER THREE IN THIS
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'FORMULA FOR FAITH:
UNDERSTANDING THE SCIENCE OF
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SALVATION' AND THAT THIRD STEP
IS REPENTANCE AND IT IS REALLY
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ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS
THAT WE COULD BE TALKING ABOUT
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BECAUSE, EVEN AMONG CHRISTIANS
A LOT OF CHURCHES HAVE SORT OF
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NEGLECTED THIS VERY BIBLICAL
AND VERY IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THE
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STEPS OF SALVATION.
REPENTANCE REPRESENTS A SORROW
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FOR SIN AND A WILLINGNESS
TO TURN AWAY FROM IT.
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IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT IF WE
HAVE SINNED, FOR ONE THING THAT
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WE'RE AWARE, AND THE OTHER IS
THAT IF WE ARE AWARE WE REGRET.
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WHEN I WAS A YOUNG
MAN - FOUR YEARS OLD -
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LIVING WITH MY
GRANDMOTHER, I STOLE.
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SHE WAS ALWAYS AFRAID TO TAKE ME
TO THE STORE BECAUSE SHE HAD TO
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SHAKE ME DOWN WHEN WE GOT TO THE
CAR AND FIND OUT WHAT I'D COME
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OUT WITH. TWO
THINGS IN PARTICULAR I
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REMEMBER - AND I DON'T
EVEN KNOW WHY I DID IT.
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I THINK ONCE I STOLE A LITTLE
JAR OF POND'S FACIAL CREME.
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I WAS GOING TO GIVE IT TO MY
MOTHER - I DIDN'T NEED IT, BUT I
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THOUGHT THIS WOULD MAKE A NICE
GIFT AND THAT WASN'T SO HARD TO
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GET OUT THE DOOR, BUT MY
GRANDMOTHER NEVER COULD FIGURE
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OUT HOW I MANAGED TO SNEAK
OUT OF THE STORE IN FRONT OF HER
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WITH A BOW AND ARROW - A FULL
BOW AND ARROW KIT - AND I STILL
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DON'T KNOW IF SHE SAID 'HOW YOU
HID THAT BEHIND YOUR BACK AND
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DOWN YOUR PANTS, OR WHATEVER YOU
DID' AND I WALKED OUT THE STORE
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WITH THE BOW AND ARROW.
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AND WHAT REALLY BOTHERED HER WAS
WHEN SHE TOLD ME 'THIS IS WRONG.
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YOU SHOULD STOP
STEALING.' I WAS UNREPENTANT.
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SO SHE TOOK ME TO THE POLICE
STATION - THIS IS TRUE - AND SHE
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TOLD THE POLICEMAN - I HAVE
A JEWISH GRANDMOTHER - SHE TOLD
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THE POLICEMAN 'CAN YOU TELL
DOUGIE THAT HE'S GOING TO GO TO
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JAIL IF HE DOESN'T STOP
STEALING.' AND HE SAID, 'YOU
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KNOW, IF YOU DON'T STOP STEALING
I'M GOING TO PUT YOU IN JAIL.'
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AND I SAID, 'I'M NOT AFRAID.'
AND THEN SHE SAID, 'TELL HIM
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WHAT YOU FEED THEM IN JAIL.'
HE SAID, 'YOU'LL HAVE BREAD AND
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WATER.' AND I SAID, 'WILL THERE
BE ANY PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY?'
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THIS IS REALLY - I
STILL VIVIDLY REMEMBER THIS.
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AND WHEN I REALIZED IT WAS
JUST BREAD AND WATER WITHOUT
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PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY ON THE
BREAD, I THOUGHT I'D BETTER MEND
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MY WAYS. BUT SHE
WAS REALLY WORRIED
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BECAUSE I FELT NO REMORSE.
NOW IF SOMEONE IS GUILTY - IF
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YOU SIN - SHOULD
THEY FEEL GUILTY?
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IF YOU'RE A PARENT AND YOU HAVE
A CHILD AND THEY'RE SINNING AND
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THEY DON'T HAVE ANY
REGRET AREN'T YOU WORRIED?
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SO IF WE'RE DOING SOMETHING
THAT'S WRONG IS IT IMPORTANT FOR
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US TO FEEL REGRET
OR TO FEEL GUILTY?
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YOU SHOULD NOT FEEL
GOOD ABOUT DOING BAD.
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AND THE REASON THAT THIS
IS IMPORTANT AND WE'RE TALKING
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ABOUT IT NOW IS A LOT OF
CHURCHES, I THINK, MISUNDERSTAND
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THE IMPORTANCE OF REPENTANCE.
IN OUR CULTURE TODAY WE HEAR A
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LOT ABOUT, YOU
KNOW, 'GOD LOVES YOU.
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HE DOESN'T WANT
YOU TO FEEL SHAME.
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HE DOESN'T WANT YOU TO FEEL
GUILT' AND 'ALL GUILT AND ALL
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SHAME IS FROM THE DEVIL.' NOT
TRUE. ONE OF THE THINGS THE HOLY
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SPIRIT DOES IS HE
BRINGS CONVICTION FOR SIN.
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THERE SHOULD BE
A SORROW FOR SIN.
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WE TALKED IN OUR LAST
PRESENTATION ABOUT HAVING THAT
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EPIPHANY - THAT 'AHA!'
MOMENT WHERE YOU REALIZE, AS
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DAVID SAID, 'I HAVE SINNED.'
OR LIKE PETER, WHEN YOU REALIZE
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YOU DENIED CHRIST YOU GO
OUT AND YOU WEEP BITTERLY.
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THERE SHOULD BE A REMORSE.
JAMES TALKS ABOUT OUR HUMBLING
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OURSELVES IN THE SIGHT OF
GOD THAT HE MIGHT LIFT US UP.
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SO BEFORE GOD CAN LIFT US UP AND
MAKE US FEEL GOOD, WE NEED TO
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KNOW WHY WE HAVE A REASON
TO FEEL BAD AND THAT'S CALLED
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REPENTANCE. SO
LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF THE
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VERSES IN THE BIBLE
THAT TALK ABOUT THIS.
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NOW, REMEMBER, WE'RE USING,
AS A SPRINGBOARD OF OUR STUDY,
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THE CONVERSION
EXPERIENCE OF ISAIAH.
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LET'S GO THERE
REALLY QUICK AGAIN.
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IN ISAIAH CHAPTER 6 IT TELLS
US IN VERSE 1, "IN THE YEAR THAT
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KING UZZIAH DIED, I SAW THE LORD
SITTING ON A THRONE," - AND IT
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DESCRIBES HIM SEEING GOD IN HIS
GLORY SURROUNDED WITH THESE HOLY
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SERAPHIM - THESE ANGELIC
CREATURES THAT ARE THEN CRYING
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THE HOLINESS OF GOD AND THE
EXALTED NATURE OF GOD AND THEY
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CRY, 'HOLY, HOLY,
HOLY' - THE LORD IS SO PURE.
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AND THEN, AS EXPOSED TO THE
PURENESS OF GOD HE, BY CONTRAST,
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SEES HIS OWN DEFILEMENT AND
AFTER HE SEES THE GOODNESS OF
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GOD HE THEN SEES
HIMSELF IN CONTRAST AND HE SAYS,
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"WOE IS ME, FOR I AM UNDONE!"
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HE ACKNOWLEDGES AND RECOGNIZES
HIS SINFULNESS, "BECAUSE I AM A
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MAN OF UNCLEAN LIPS, AND I DWELL
IN THE MIDST OF A PEOPLE OF
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UNCLEAN LIPS; FOR MY EYES
HAVE SEEN THE KING, THE LORD OF
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HOSTS." REMEMBER, STEP ONE?
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WHEN HE SAW GOD AND HIS
GOODNESS, BY CONTRAST HE SAW
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THEN HIS UNHOLINESS AND
THAT LED HIM TO REPENTANCE.
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AND THE SECOND PART OF THIS
REPENTANCE IS CONFESSION AND
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WE'LL GET TO
THAT IN JUST A MOMENT.
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NOW, WHAT IS THE FIRST THING
THAT JOHN THE BAPTIST SAID AS HE
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WAS PREPARING TO
INTRODUCE JESUS TO THE WORLD?
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HE WENT TO PREPARE
THE WAY FOR CHRIST.
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HE WAS THAT VOICE
CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS.
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MATTHEW CHAPTER 3, VERSES 1 AND
2, IT SAYS, "IN THOSE DAYS JOHN
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THE BAPTIST CAME PREACHING
IN THE WILDERNESS OF JUDEA, AND
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SAYING," - FIRST WORD -
"'REPENT, FOR THE KINGDOM OF
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HEAVEN IS AT HAND!'" SO
IF WE WANT TO BE CITIZENS
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IN THAT KINGDOM, WHAT'S
THE FIRST THING THAT NEEDS TO
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HAPPEN? REPENT.
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JOHN THE BAPTIST, IT SAYS,
HE HAD A BAPTISM OF REPENTANCE.
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FIRST WORDS OF JESUS, IF JOHN'S
NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU, WHAT
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WERE THE FIRST WORDS OF
JESUS WHEN HE BEGAN TO PREACH?
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IT SAYS, "FROM THAT TIME" -
MATTHEW 4:17 - "FROM THAT TIME
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JESUS BEGAN TO PREACH AND TO
SAY, 'REPENT, FOR THE KINGDOM OF
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HEAVEN IS AT HAND.'"
FIRST WORDS OUT OF HIS MOUTH.
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WELL, WHAT
BRINGS US TO REPENTANCE?
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2 CORINTHIANS 7, VERSE 10, "FOR
GODLY SORROW PRODUCES REPENTANCE
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LEADING TO SALVATION."
SO WHAT LEADS TO SALVATION?
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A GODLY SORROW - THERE IS
A GODLY SHAME OR A GUILT OR
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CONVICTION FOR - THAT
WE'VE DONE SOMETHING WRONG
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AND WE SHOULD BE SAD ABOUT THAT.
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IT PRODUCES REPENTANCE - THE
RIGHT KIND OF REPENTANCE - THAT
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LEADS TO WHAT WE
ALL WANT: SALVATION.
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GODLY SORROW PRODUCES REPENTANCE
THAT LEADS TO SALVATION AND IT'S
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A REPENTANCE
NOT TO BE REGRETTED.
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'THE SORROW OF THE WORLD OR
FALSE GUILT OR SHAME PRODUCES
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DEATH.' WE'LL TALK
MORE ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE.
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AND THEN WE TOUCHED ON THIS:
ROMANS 2, VERSE 4 - I WANT TO
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GIVE YOU A LOT OF SCRIPTURE
TODAY - "OR DO YOU DESPISE THE
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RICHES OF HIS GOODNESS,
FORBEARANCE, AND LONGSUFFERING,
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NOT KNOWING THAT THE GOODNESS
OF GOD LEADS YOU TO REPENTANCE?"
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WHERE IN HISTORY, BIBLICALLY,
WAS THE GOODNESS OF GOD BEST
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EXEMPLIFIED? AT THE CROSS.
YOU SEE THE LOVE OF GOD FOR MAN
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IN HIS GIVING HIS SON.
YOU SEE THE LOVE OF JESUS FOR
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MAN IN LAYING DOWN HIS LIFE.
YOU SEE THE HUMILITY OF CHRIST -
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THAT HE'S WILLING TO TAKE OUR
PLACE, HIS PURITY, HIS MEEKNESS
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- IT'S ALL SEEN
THERE AT THE CROSS.
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NOW, A DEFINITION FOR REPENTANCE
IS 'A REMORSE, REGRET, OR
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CONTRITION FOR PAST CONDUCT
OR SIN.' THE SECOND PART IS 'TO
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FEEL SUCH REGRET AS TO CHANGE
ONE'S MIND REGARDING IT AS IN
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REPENTING OF ONE'S
INTEMPERATE BEHAVIOR.
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TO MAKE A CHANGE FOR THE
BETTER AS A RESULT OF REMORSE OR
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CONTRITION FOR ONE'S SINS.'
REPENTANCE IS NOT JUST A SORROW
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THAT YOU'VE DONE SOMETHING WRONG
AND YOU CONTINUE DOING THE SAME
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THING. REPENTANCE
REPRESENTS A U-TURN
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ON THE ROAD OF LIFE
AND THAT MEANS 'YOU TURN'.
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SO YOU'RE GOING THIS WAY AND
YOU'RE LIVING FOR THE DEVIL AND
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YOU'RE DOING WHAT'S WRONG AND
THEN YOU HAVE THIS REALIZATION
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OF 'OH LORD, WOE
IS ME. I AM UNDONE.'
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'I AM THE MAN.' OR
LIKE PETER, YOU REALIZE THAT
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CHRIST IS SUFFERING FOR YOU AND
THEN YOU BASICALLY DO AN ABOUT
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FACE AND YOU CHANGE DIRECTIONS
- U-TURN - AND YOU START TO GO A
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DIFFERENT DIRECTION - YOU TURN
AWAY FROM THE THINGS THAT HURT
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THE LORD. WHEN YOU THINK
OF WHAT HAVE WE DONE TO GOD?
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WHAT HAVE OUR SINS COST JESUS?
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AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CROSS
AND WE SEE HOW HE SUFFERED FOR -
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EVERYTHING YOU SEE HIM GOING
THROUGH ON THE CROSS IS NOT JUST
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FOR THE SINS OF THE WHOLE WORLD,
EVERYTHING HE WENT THROUGH ON
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THE CROSS WAS WHAT HE
NEEDED TO DO JUST FOR YOUR SINS.
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I THINK THAT SOMETIMES IS
DIFFICULT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND.
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YOU MIGHT BE THINKING, 'WELL, HE
DIED FOR THE SINS OF THE WHOLE
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WORLD.' TRUE, BUT EVERYTHING HE
DID HE WOULD HAVE DONE JUST FOR
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YOUR DEGREE OF SINS. YOUR
SINS, NO MATTER HOW SMALL -
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YOU MAY HAVE GROWN UP IN THE
CHURCH - IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW
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SMALL OR INSIGNIFICANT YOU THINK
YOUR SINS MIGHT BE, YOUR SINS
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ALL BY YOURSELF ARE ENOUGH
TO HAVE MADE JESUS EXPERIENCE
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EVERYTHING HE EXPERIENCED
ON THE CROSS. AND WHEN YOU
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REALIZE THAT, YOU SAY
'WOW, HE DID ALL THAT FOR ME.
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MY SINS WERE
THAT PAINFUL TO GOD?'
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AND SO WHEN WE SEE HOW
MUCH OUR SINS HURT GOD,
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THE GOODNESS OF GOD
LEADS US TO REPENTANCE.
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NOW, YOU CAN READ, FOR INSTANCE,
ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS IN
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REPENTANCE -
HOW IMPORTANT IS IT?
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ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS IN
REPENTANCE, IN ACTS CHAPTER 2,
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AFTER PETER HELPED THE CROWD
AT PENTECOST SEE THE LORD - THE
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FIRST STEP IS SEE THE LORD.
THEY THEN SAW THEMSELVES AND
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SAID, 'MEN AND
BRETHREN, WHAT SHALL WE DO?'
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THEY SAID, 'WOE IS ME.
WE'VE CRUCIFIED OUR SAVIOR.
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THE MESSIAH CAME AND WE'VE
CRUCIFIED HIM.' AND THEY HAD
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THIS TERRIBLE SENSE OF THEIR
SHAME AND THEY SAID, 'WHAT DO WE
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DO?' AND WHAT
WAS PETER'S ANSWER?
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ACTS 2:38, "THEN PETER SAID TO
THEM, 'REPENT, AND LET EVERY ONE
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OF YOU BE BAPTIZED IN THE
NAME OF JESUS CHRIST FOR THE
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REMISSION OF SINS AND YOU SHALL
RECEIVE THE GIFT OF THE HOLY
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SPIRIT.'" SO WE ALL UNDERSTAND
HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO BE FILLED
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WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT. WHAT
IS A PREREQUISITE FOR BEING
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FILLED WITH THE HOLY
SPIRIT? REPENT. REPENTANCE.
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YOU SEE, BEFORE WE CAN
BE FILLED WE MUST BE EMPTY.
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AND REPENTANCE IS REALLY KIND OF
TURNING YOUR HEART UPSIDE DOWN.
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YOU'RE EMPTYING
YOURSELF OF YOURSELF AND SAYING,
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'LORD, WOE IS ME. YOU
FILL ME WITH YOUR SPIRIT.'
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AND WHEN YOU HUMBLE YOURSELF,
THEN GOD CAN LIFT YOU UP.
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I'LL READ THAT VERSE TO
YOU AGAIN IN JAMES 4, VERSE 7,
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"THEREFORE SUBMIT TO GOD.
RESIST THE DEVIL AND HE WILL
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FLEE FROM YOU. DRAW
NEAR TO GOD AND HE WILL
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DRAW NEAR TO YOU.
CLEANSE YOUR HANDS, YOU SINNERS;
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AND PURIFY YOUR
HEARTS, YOU DOUBLE-MINDED."
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THIS SOUNDS KIND OF
HEAVY BUT IT'S IN THE BIBLE.
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"LAMENT AND MOURN AND WEEP!
LET YOUR LAUGHTER BE TURNED TO
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MOURNING AND YOUR JOY TO
GLOOM." SOME PEOPLE STOP RIGHT
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THERE AND I DON'T
WANT TO STAY IN A CHURCH
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WHERE THEY STOP RIGHT THERE, BUT
THAT IS PART OF THE GOSPEL IS
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THAT WE NEED TO HAVE THAT SENSE
OF MOURNING AND SORROW FOR OUR
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SIN. IT SAYS, 'LET
YOUR JOY BE TURNED TO GLOOM.
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HUMBLE YOURSELF IN THE SIGHT OF
GOD' AND THEN THE GOOD PART IS
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HE SAYS, 'HE WILL LIFT YOU UP.'
HE DOESN'T LEAVE YOU IN THAT
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STATE OF SHAME AND MOURNING
AND SORROW. FOR INSTANCE,
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IN EPHESIANS 4:28 IT SAYS, "LET
HIM WHO STOLE STEAL NO LONGER."
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I MEAN, CAN YOU SAY 'WELL,
I JUST DON'T STEAL NEARLY AS
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MUCH'? WOULD THAT BE ACCEPTABLE?
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IF YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE
WORKING FOR AN EMPLOYER IN A
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FACTORY AND YOU TELL YOUR
EMPLOYER, 'YOU KNOW, I USED TO
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STEAL A LOT FROM YOU BUT I'VE
BECOME A CHRISTIAN AND I WANT
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YOU TO KNOW I'VE CUT DOWN'?
HOW LONG WILL YOU HAVE YOUR JOB?
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HE WANTS TO - FIRST
OF ALL, YOU MIGHT LOSE
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YOUR JOB ANYWAY - HE WANTS YOU
TO SAY, 'I DON'T STEAL ANYMORE.'
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AND HOW MANY TIMES, WHEN JESUS
FORGAVE SOMEBODY, LIKE THE WOMAN
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IN THE TEMPLE - IT MIGHT HAVE
BEEN MARY MAGDALENE THAT WAS
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CAUGHT IN ADULTERY - JESUS SAID,
'NEITHER DO I CONDEMN YOU.' AND
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WE LOVE TO PREACH ON THE
WONDERFUL GRACE OF THE LORD THAT
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SAYS, 'I DO NOT CONDEMN YOU.'
AND NOT ALWAYS DO WE THEN GO ON
00:13:08.62\00:13:12.22
TO SAY WHAT JESUS SAID, 'GO,
YOU'RE FREE, AND SIN NO MORE.'
00:13:12.25\00:13:18.09
HE DOESN'T SAVE US TO
SIN, HE SAVES US FROM OUR SIN.
00:13:18.13\00:13:21.93
MARY MAGDALENE
MAY HAVE FALLEN BACK.
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THE BIBLE SAYS HE CAST
SEVEN DEVILS OUT OF HER.
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THAT MEANS YOU MIGHT SLIP
AND 'IF ANY MAN SIN WE HAVE AN
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ADVOCATE WITH THE FATHER.'
WE SHOULDN'T GET DISCOURAGED.
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YOU GET BACK UP. YOU KEEP GOING.
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DON'T GO ANYWHERE, FRIENDS.
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IN JUST A MOMENT,
WE'RE GOING TO RETURN
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FOR THE REST OF
TODAY'S PRESENTATION.
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YOU KNOW, THE POWER OF CHOICE
IS AN AMAZING GIFT FROM GOD.
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BUT WHEN A PERSON IS
SAVED, DO THEY CHOOSE GOD
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OR DOES HE CHOOSE THEM?
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AND ONCE A PERSON IS
SAVED, DO THEY STILL HAVE
00:13:48.72\00:13:51.33
THE FREEDOM TO
REVERSE THAT DECISION?
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WELL, THIS IS PROBABLY ONE
OF THE MOST DEEPLY DISCUSSED
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CONCEPTS IN THE BIBLE?
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BUT IF WE'RE CONFUSED
ABOUT WHAT REALLY CONSTITUTES
00:13:59.43\00:14:02.07
TRUE SALVATION, WELL THAT CAN
BE THE MOST EXPENSIVE MISTAKE
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WE EVER MAKE.
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FORTUNATELY YOU DON'T HAVE TO
BE CONFUSED ABOUT THE GOOD NEWS.
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AMAZING FACTS WOULD LIKE TO
SEND YOU A SPECIAL GIFT CALLED,
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"CAN A SAVED MAN
CHOOSE TO BE LOST?"
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THIS IS A SHORT BUT VERY
INSIGHTFUL BOOK FOR ANYONE
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WHO HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT ONCE
SAVED, ALWAYS SAVED TEACHING,
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THAT'S NOW EXPLODING
THROUGH THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
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IT'LL HELP YOU TO FIND CLARITY
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AND LASTING
MEANING THROUGH YOUR LIFE.
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WHILE INSPIRING
YOU WITH THE GOODNESS
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AND FAIRNESS OF GOD'S KINGDOM.
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WELL, LET'S RETURN
TO TODAY'S PRESENTATION
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AND LEARN SOME MORE AMAZING
FACTS FROM THE WORD OF GOD.
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AGAIN, JOHN CHAPTER 5,
VERSE 14, SIMILAR STORY.
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THE MAN WHO WAS HEALED BY THE
POOL OF BETHESDA, JESUS FINDS
00:14:58.46\00:15:01.56
HIM LATER IN THE TEMPLE AND HE
SAYS, "SEE, YOU HAVE BEEN MADE
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WELL. SIN NO MORE, LEST A
WORSE THING COME UPON YOU."
00:15:06.03\00:15:10.61
NOW WHY DOES JESUS
WANT US TO TURN FROM SIN?
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BECAUSE IT'S JUST
AGAINST HIS RULES?
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OR WHAT DOES SIN DO TO US?
THIS MAN HAD BEEN HEALED FROM A
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MISERABLE PARALYZING SICKNESS.
JESUS DOES NOT WANT YOU TO BE
00:15:19.75\00:15:24.82
SICK. HE'S A LOVING PARENT.
GOD WILL WITHHOLD NO GOOD THING
00:15:24.85\00:15:28.62
FROM HIS CHILDREN -
THAT'S A SCRIPTURE - PSALMS.
00:15:28.66\00:15:31.69
'GOD WILL WITHHOLD NO GOOD THING
FROM US' - SO THE ONLY THINGS HE
00:15:31.73\00:15:35.10
WANTS US TO TURN FROM
ARE THE THINGS THAT HURT US.
00:15:35.13\00:15:38.17
JESUS SAID, 'SIN NO MORE LEST
A WORSE THING COME UPON YOU.
00:15:38.20\00:15:41.74
HE WANTS TO SAVE US FROM OUR
SINS BECAUSE HE WANTS TO SAVE US
00:15:41.77\00:15:44.21
FROM WHAT HURTS US. SO THE
LORD WANTS US TO TURN FROM IT.
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WHAT'S THE BEST TIME TO
TURN FROM YOUR SIN? EARLY. SOON.
00:15:47.64\00:15:52.81
AS SOON AS YOU BECOME
AWARE THERE'S A PROBLEM.
00:15:52.85\00:15:57.02
HOW IMPORTANT IS REPENTANCE?
WORDS OF JESUS: LUKE 13, IF YOU
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READ VERSES 1 THROUGH 5 -
I'LL READ THE LAST PART HERE.
00:16:02.82\00:16:06.53
HE SAYS, "I TELL
YOU, NO; BUT UNLESS YOU
00:16:06.56\00:16:11.40
REPENT YOU WILL
ALL LIKEWISE PERISH."
00:16:11.43\00:16:16.04
'GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE
GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON THAT
00:16:16.07\00:16:19.01
WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM SHOULD
NOT PERISH BUT HAVE EVERLASTING
00:16:19.04\00:16:22.01
LIFE.' WHAT IS PART
OF BELIEVING IN JESUS?
00:16:22.04\00:16:27.08
IF YOU SAY YOU BELIEVE THAT
THERE IS A TSUNAMI COMING AND
00:16:27.12\00:16:31.39
YOU STAY ON THE BEACH,
YOU DON'T REALLY BELIEVE.
00:16:31.42\00:16:34.69
IF YOU SAY YOU BELIEVE IN JESUS'
TEACHING AND JESUS SAYS YOU MUST
00:16:34.72\00:16:39.46
REPENT OR PERISH, THEN
PART OF BELIEVING IN JESUS IS
00:16:39.49\00:16:43.57
REPENTANCE.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
00:16:43.60\00:16:45.13
PEOPLE SOMETIMES THINK
THAT BELIEVE MEANS - 'OH YEAH, I
00:16:45.17\00:16:48.44
BELIEVE THAT JESUS DIED ON THE
CROSS SO THAT MEANS I'M SAVED.'
00:16:48.47\00:16:52.37
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT
DEVILS BELIEVE AND TREMBLE.
00:16:52.41\00:16:54.98
THAT'S THE KIND OF
FAITH A DEVIL CAN HAVE.
00:16:55.01\00:16:57.21
THE DEVIL BELIEVES THAT JESUS
DIED ON THE CROSS, ISN'T THAT
00:16:57.25\00:16:59.28
RIGHT? IS THAT
GOING TO SAVE HIM?
00:16:59.31\00:17:02.05
SO IT'S A BROADER, MORE
COMPREHENSIVE KIND OF BELIEF.
00:17:02.08\00:17:05.09
IT'S A BELIEF IN BELIEVING THE
TEACHINGS OF JESUS - BELIEVING
00:17:05.12\00:17:08.69
IN WHAT CHRIST SAID WE
SHOULD DO. AND ONE OF THE THINGS
00:17:08.72\00:17:11.69
JESUS SAID IS, "REPENT, FOR
THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS AT HAND.
00:17:11.73\00:17:14.60
REPENT OR YOU
WILL LIKEWISE PERISH."
00:17:14.63\00:17:16.97
SO REPENTANCE IS PART
OF THE TEACHING OF CHRIST.
00:17:17.00\00:17:19.07
2 PETER 3:9 - THIS IS A GOOD
ONE - 2 PETER 3:9, GOD IS "NOT
00:17:19.10\00:17:26.24
WILLING THAT ANY SHOULD PERISH
BUT THAT ALL SHOULD COME TO
00:17:26.27\00:17:30.68
REPENTANCE." SO PART
OF BELIEVING IN JESUS IS
00:17:30.71\00:17:37.79
REPENTANCE AND WE'VE
GOT TO KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.
00:17:37.82\00:17:40.09
BY THE WAY, THE HEBREW WORD
FOR 'REPENT' IS 'NAHUM' AND IT
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MEANS 'TO SIGH OR TO BREATHE
STRONGLY; TO BE SORRY; TO
00:17:44.76\00:17:49.50
REPENT; WANTING TO CHANGE.' AND
IN GREEK IT'S 'METANOIA' AND IT
00:17:49.53\00:17:56.40
MEANS 'TO BE REGRETFUL; TO THINK
DIFFERENTLY; TURNING FROM SIN TO
00:17:56.44\00:18:00.84
GOD.' SO EVEN IN THE VERY WORDS
IT REPRESENTS NOT JUST SAYING
00:18:00.88\00:18:05.01
'YEAH I'M SORRY I DID THAT
TO YOU LORD' BUT CONTINUING.
00:18:05.05\00:18:07.85
NOW, THERE'S THE RIGHT KIND OF
REPENTANCE AND THERE CAN ALSO BE
00:18:07.88\00:18:11.12
THE WRONG KIND OF REPENTANCE.
FOR INSTANCE, SOME EXAMPLES OF
00:18:11.15\00:18:14.49
THE WRONG KIND OF REPENTANCE YOU
CAN FIND IN HEBREWS CHAPTER 12,
00:18:14.52\00:18:18.99
VERSE 16, "LEST THERE BE
ANY FORNICATOR OR PROFANE PERSON
00:18:19.03\00:18:23.37
LIKE ESAU, WHO FOR ONE MORSEL
OF FOOD SOLD HIS BIRTHRIGHT.
00:18:23.40\00:18:27.90
FOR YOU KNOW THAT AFTERWARD,
WHEN HE WANTED TO INHERIT THE
00:18:27.94\00:18:30.04
BLESSING, HE WAS REJECTED,
FOR HE FOUND NO PLACE FOR
00:18:30.07\00:18:33.61
REPENTANCE, THOUGH HE SOUGHT
IT DILIGENTLY WITH TEARS."
00:18:33.64\00:18:37.65
HE WAS ONLY SORRY
FOR WHAT HE HAD LOST.
00:18:37.68\00:18:39.48
HE WASN'T SORRY THAT HE
HAD DESPISED THE BIRTHRIGHT.
00:18:39.51\00:18:42.82
DOES THE BIBLE SAY THAT
JUDAS REPENTED? IT DOES.
00:18:42.85\00:18:47.72
MATTHEW 27, VERSE 3, "THEN
JUDAS, WHICH HAD BETRAYED HIM,
00:18:47.76\00:18:52.56
WHEN HE SAW THAT HE WAS
CONDEMNED, REPENTED HIMSELF, AND
00:18:52.59\00:18:55.83
BROUGHT AGAIN THE THIRTY PIECES
OF SILVER TO THE CHIEF PRIESTS
00:18:55.86\00:18:59.33
AND THE ELDERS, SAYING, I HAVE
SINNED IN THAT I HAVE BETRAYED
00:18:59.37\00:19:03.07
THE INNOCENT BLOOD...AND
WENT AND HANGED HIMSELF."
00:19:03.10\00:19:07.21
SO THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER CASES
IN THE BIBLE OF THIS COUNTERFEIT
00:19:07.24\00:19:10.25
REPENTANCE. PHARAOH
WAS ALWAYS SORRY IN THE
00:19:10.28\00:19:13.38
INTENSITY OF A PLAGUE AND AS
SOON AS THE PLAGUE WAS REMOVED
00:19:13.42\00:19:16.32
HE WENT RIGHT BACK
TO DOING THE SAME THING.
00:19:16.35\00:19:19.49
HE WASN'T REALLY SORRY
THAT HE HAD DEFIED GOD.
00:19:19.52\00:19:22.02
HE KEPT THEM AS SLAVES.
00:19:22.06\00:19:23.49
THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT BALAAM AND
WHEN THE ANGEL WAS IN HIS PATH
00:19:23.53\00:19:27.40
WITH A SWORD DRAWN, HE WAS SORRY
AT THAT POINT, BUT HE WASN'T
00:19:27.40\00:19:31.80
REALLY REMORSEFUL FOR HIS
GREED. THEN YOU'VE GOT ACHAN.
00:19:31.83\00:19:36.87
YOU KNOW, WHEN ACHAN WAS FINALLY
IDENTIFIED BY GOD IN CASTING
00:19:36.91\00:19:41.14
LOTS AND THE HOLY SPIRIT SAID,
'YOU'RE THE ONE WHO STOLE AND
00:19:41.18\00:19:44.35
MANY HAVE DIED BECAUSE OF YOUR
SIN.' HE SAID, 'UH, YES, I'VE
00:19:44.38\00:19:48.72
SINNED.' WELL, THE SPOTLIGHT,
YOU KNOW, THE VIDEO WAS PLAYING
00:19:48.75\00:19:52.35
AT THAT POINT AND FROM TIME TO
TIME YOU'LL HEAR SOMEONE MAKE A
00:19:52.39\00:19:56.32
CONFESSION BUT IT'S BECAUSE THEY
DENY IT, THEY DENY IT, THEY DENY
00:19:56.36\00:19:59.83
IT AND THEY SAY 'HERE'S THE
VIDEO - HERE'S THE AUDIO OF YOU
00:19:59.86\00:20:02.10
SAYING THIS OR DOING THIS AND
THEY GO, 'OH YEAH, I GUESS I DID
00:20:02.13\00:20:05.90
DO IT AND I'M
SORRY.' WELL, ARE THEY SORRY?
00:20:05.93\00:20:10.17
NO, THAT'S NOT REAL REPENTANCE.
REPENTANCE IS A SORROW IN HEART
00:20:10.21\00:20:14.44
AND A WILLINGNESS TO
TURN AWAY AND TO CHANGE.
00:20:14.48\00:20:18.45
YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO
THERE WAS A MAN WHO WAS GUILTY
00:20:18.48\00:20:23.42
OF ROBBING A BANK AND HE
WENT SEVERAL YEARS - I THINK TEN
00:20:23.45\00:20:27.86
YEARS WENT BY - HE WAS 19 YEARS
OLD WHEN HE ROBBED THE BANK.
00:20:27.89\00:20:30.59
HIS NAME WAS AL JOHNSON AND
HE BECAME A CHRISTIAN AND HE
00:20:30.63\00:20:35.80
REALIZED, 'YOU KNOW, I WAS
A BANK ROBBER AND I NEED TO GO
00:20:35.83\00:20:39.87
CONFESS.' AND SO HE WENT TO
THE BANK AND HE TOLD THEM 'I'VE
00:20:39.90\00:20:43.51
ROBBED YOUR BANK.' AND THEY
SAID, 'YOU KNOW, THE STATUTE OF
00:20:43.54\00:20:47.51
LIMITATIONS FOR YOUR
CRIME HAS ACTUALLY EXPIRED.
00:20:47.54\00:20:49.91
WE CAN'T PROSECUTE.' HE
SAID, 'WELL, EVEN IF YOU CAN'T
00:20:49.94\00:20:52.81
PROSECUTE, I'M A CHRISTIAN NOW,
I THINK I SHOULD PAY BACK MY
00:20:52.85\00:20:56.08
PORTION OF WHAT WAS ROBBED.' AND
HE DID. BECAUSE REAL REPENTANCE
00:20:56.12\00:21:00.86
IS NOT ONLY GOING TO BE A SORROW
FOR SIN AND A TURNING AWAY.
00:21:00.89\00:21:05.59
AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE IF
YOU BORROWED YOUR NEIGHBOR'S
00:21:05.63\00:21:08.16
LAWNMOWER AND YOU NEVER TURNED
IT BACK - NEVER RETURNED IT TO
00:21:08.20\00:21:12.70
THEM - AND THEN SOMEWHERE ALONG
THE WAY YOU VISIT CHURCH AND YOU
00:21:12.73\00:21:16.04
FIND THE LORD AND YOU REPENT AND
COME TO CHRIST AND YOU KNEEL AND
00:21:16.07\00:21:19.41
YOU SAY, 'LORD, PLEASE FORGIVE
ME FOR STEALING MY NEIGHBOR'S
00:21:19.44\00:21:21.54
LAWNMOWER.' IF YOU KEEP IT IN
YOUR GARAGE, ARE YOU FORGIVEN?
00:21:21.58\00:21:27.38
OR DO YOU NEED TO TAKE
IT BACK TO YOUR NEIGHBOR?
00:21:27.42\00:21:31.19
IF YOU'RE REALLY
SORRY, THEN YOU OUGHT TO,
00:21:31.22\00:21:33.96
AS FAR AS POSSIBLE,
RESTORE WHAT WAS TAKEN.
00:21:33.99\00:21:37.76
THERE'S A NUMBER OF VERSES
IN THE BIBLE - FOR INSTANCE,
00:21:37.79\00:21:39.69
EZEKIEL 33:15, "IF THE WICKED
RESTORES THE PLEDGE, GIVES BACK
00:21:39.73\00:21:46.37
WHAT HE HAS STOLEN, AND WALKS
IN THE STATUTES OF LIFE WITHOUT
00:21:46.40\00:21:49.84
COMMITTING INIQUITY, HE SHALL
SURELY LIVE; HE SHALL NOT DIE."
00:21:49.87\00:21:53.84
THAT'S PRETTY CLEAR.
THINGS NEED TO BE RESTORED.
00:21:53.88\00:21:57.48
THERE NEEDS TO
BE A TRANSFORMATION.
00:21:57.51\00:21:59.01
PEOPLE SOMETIMES DO WHAT THEY
WANT TO DO AND SOME FOLKS SAY,
00:21:59.05\00:22:03.92
'WELL, YOU KNOW, I
DON'T THINK I CAN STOP.
00:22:03.95\00:22:05.82
I DON'T THINK I
CAN CHANGE.' REALLY?
00:22:05.85\00:22:09.46
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE SAY WE DON'T
THINK WE CAN STOP OR WE DON'T
00:22:09.49\00:22:12.13
THINK WE CAN CHANGE - FIRST
OF ALL, YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING
00:22:12.16\00:22:14.10
WITHOUT JESUS. THE
QUESTION IS 'DO YOU BELIEVE
00:22:14.10\00:22:16.87
YOU CAN DO ALL
THINGS THROUGH CHRIST?'
00:22:16.90\00:22:19.00
CAN YOU NOT ONLY BE SORROW -
SORRY FOR YOUR SINS, BUT CAN YOU
00:22:19.03\00:22:22.77
TURN FROM YOUR SINS
WITH GOD'S HELP? YOU CAN.
00:22:22.80\00:22:26.98
AND THE OTHER THING IS IT'S VERY
IMPORTANT FOR US TO REALIZE THAT
00:22:27.01\00:22:30.51
REPENTANCE IS A
LIFE AND DEATH ISSUE.
00:22:30.55\00:22:33.78
WE'VE GOT A SNAKE
THAT'S CRAWLED IN THE HOLE.
00:22:33.82\00:22:36.89
IF WE DON'T TURN FROM OUR SINS
THEN SIN WILL ULTIMATELY DESTROY
00:22:36.92\00:22:42.06
US. THE MOST
DANGEROUS MISTAKE THAT
00:22:42.09\00:22:44.89
PEOPLE MAKE WHEN IT COMES TO
THE TRUTH REGARDING REPENTANCE -
00:22:44.93\00:22:47.23
YOU KNOW WHAT IT
IS? PROCRASTINATION.
00:22:47.30\00:22:52.33
WE SAY, 'YOU KNOW,
REPENTANCE IS IMPORTANT.
00:22:52.37\00:22:53.97
ONE OF THESE DAYS...ONE OF THESE
DAYS. YOU KNOW, THERE'S THAT
00:22:54.00\00:22:58.24
THIEF ON THE CROSS AND MAYBE
JUST BEFORE I DIE I'LL REPENT.'
00:22:58.27\00:23:03.35
AND IT IS TRUE, THERE IS ONE
EXAMPLE IN THE BIBLE OF SOMEONE
00:23:03.38\00:23:06.68
WHO HAS A DEATHBED CONVERSION IN
THE ELEVENTH HOUR OF HIS LIFE -
00:23:06.72\00:23:10.52
THAT THIEF ON THE CROSS
WAS SAVED JUST LIKE HE WAS.
00:23:10.55\00:23:14.86
HE DIDN'T HAVE TO WRESTLE
WITH OR GIVE UP ANY OF HIS SINS
00:23:14.89\00:23:17.03
BECAUSE WE ARE
JUSTIFIED BY FAITH.
00:23:17.06\00:23:20.40
BUT THEN PART OF SANCTIFICATION
IS GOING TO BE REPENTANCE.
00:23:20.43\00:23:23.60
THAT THIEF DID
REPENT OF HIS SINS.
00:23:23.63\00:23:25.30
HE DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO
REALLY DEMONSTRATE ANYTHING
00:23:25.33\00:23:27.47
BECAUSE HE DIED SHORTLY AFTER.
BUT MATTHEW HENRY SAID SOMETHING
00:23:27.50\00:23:31.24
INTERESTING. HE
SAID, 'THERE'S ONLY ONE
00:23:31.27\00:23:33.84
EXAMPLE IN THE BIBLE OF A
DEATHBED CONVERSION AND THE
00:23:33.88\00:23:38.41
REASON THERE'S ONLY ONE EXAMPLE
IS SO THAT NO ONE WILL LOSE
00:23:38.45\00:23:40.75
HOPE, BUT THE OTHER REASON
IS NOBODY WILL DARE PRESUME.'
00:23:40.78\00:23:45.62
THERE'S ONLY ONE EXAMPLE.
YES, THERE IS ONE EXAMPLE SO WE
00:23:45.65\00:23:49.26
DON'T LOSE HOPE, BUT THERE IS
ONLY ONE EXAMPLE SO NO ONE WILL
00:23:49.29\00:23:53.09
DARE PRESUME. EVERY
DAY THAT GOES BY WHERE WE
00:23:53.13\00:23:57.33
PROCRASTINATE REPENTING OF OUR
SINS IS ONE LESS DAY TO REPENT
00:23:57.37\00:24:02.44
IN AND IT IS ONE
MORE DAY TO REPENT OF.
00:24:02.47\00:24:07.24
IT'S LIKE THIS MAN WHO WAS
STRUGGLING WITH SURRENDER TO
00:24:07.28\00:24:10.61
CHRIST, HAD A DREAM ONE NIGHT
AND AN ANGEL APPEARED AND THE
00:24:10.65\00:24:13.62
ANGEL SAID, 'FOLLOW ME' AND HE
FOLLOWED HIM OFF INTO THE WOODS
00:24:13.65\00:24:18.29
AND THERE IN THE WOODS HE
SAW THIS OLD HERMIT AND HE WAS
00:24:18.32\00:24:21.86
GATHERING STICKS INTO A BIG PILE
AND HE LAID THEM IN A BUNDLE AND
00:24:21.89\00:24:26.53
HE TIED THEM OFF. AND
HE TRIED TO PICK UP THE
00:24:26.56\00:24:29.10
BUNDLE OF STICKS BUT IT WAS TOO
HEAVY. SO THE OLD HERMIT UNTIED
00:24:29.13\00:24:32.73
THE BUNDLE AND HE ADDED A FEW
MORE STICKS AND THEN HE TIED IT
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OFF AND HE TRIED TO PICK IT UP
AND IT WAS TOO HEAVY AND HE WENT
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THROUGH THIS EXERCISE SEVERAL
TIMES, EVERY TIME THE BUNDLE OF
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STICKS WAS
GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER.
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AND THE MAN TURNED TO THE ANGEL
AND SAID, 'WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?'
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HE SAID, 'THIS IS WHAT A LOT
OF PEOPLE DO WITH REPENTANCE.
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HE SAID, 'THEY FIGURE IT'S TOO
HEAVY AND SO THEY PUT IT OFF AND
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THEY CONTINUE TO ADD TO THE
BURDEN EVERY DAY.' SOMEONE ASKED
00:24:53.96\00:24:57.63
A RABBI 'WHEN'S THE
BEST TIME TO REPENT?'
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AND THE RABBI SAID, 'THE LAST
DAY OF YOUR LIFE.' AND HE SAID,
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'WHAT IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT
THE LAST DAY OF YOUR LIFE IS?'
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RABBI SAID, 'EXACTLY.' SO THE
BEST TIME TO REPENT OF OUR SINS
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IS WHEN WE ARE
AWARE OF OUR SINS.
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WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT COMES TO US
AND GOD GIVES US THAT GRACE AND
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THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT
IT'S THE LORD THAT GIVES US THIS
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REPENTANCE. WHEN WE
LOOK AT JESUS AND WE SEE
00:25:24.29\00:25:27.69
THE GOODNESS OF
GOD, WHEN WE SEE THE
00:25:27.72\00:25:29.42
LOVE OF GOD, WHEN WE SEE THE
SACRIFICE AND THE SUFFERING OF
00:25:29.46\00:25:32.49
JESUS, THE GOODNESS OF
GOD LEADS US TO REPENTANCE.
00:25:32.53\00:25:36.23
YOU MIGHT BE THINKING AS YOU'RE
LISTENING, 'PASTOR DOUG, BOY I
00:25:36.26\00:25:39.73
HAVE THINGS IN MY
LIFE THAT NEED CHANGING.'
00:25:39.77\00:25:42.84
WELL, I'VE GOT
THINGS IN MY LIFE TOO.
00:25:42.87\00:25:44.47
PRAISE THE LORD I'M
NOT WHAT I USED TO BE.
00:25:44.51\00:25:47.78
I MAY NOT BE WHAT I NEED TO BE,
BUT PRAISE GOD I'M NOT WHAT I
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USED TO BE. AND SO
YOU OUGHT TO BE DRAWING
00:25:49.91\00:25:51.75
CLOSER TO GOD AND BEING A
CHRISTIAN IS AN ONGOING WALK OF
00:25:51.78\00:25:55.75
THE LORD REVEALING
THINGS THAT NEED CHANGING.
00:25:55.78\00:25:58.52
BUT IF YOU PRAY AND YOU SAY ALL
THE TIME, 'I'M GOING TO KEEP MY
00:25:58.55\00:26:02.96
EYES FIXED ON JESUS', AS YOU
LOOK AT GOD AND AS YOU SEE GOD,
00:26:02.99\00:26:07.56
YOU'LL THEN SEE YOURSELF AND
THEN THAT'LL BRING THAT PRAYER
00:26:07.60\00:26:10.90
FROM YOUR HEART,
'WOE IS ME, I'M UNDONE.'
00:26:10.93\00:26:13.47
AND WE NEED A
HEART TRANSFORMATION.
00:26:13.50\00:26:15.97
GOD SAYS HE'LL CHANGE OUR HEARTS
AND ALL THINGS WILL BE MADE NEW.
00:26:16.00\00:26:19.57
DO YOU WANT THAT EXPERIENCE?
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