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00:01 >>THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
00:05 AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. 00:07 ♪♪♪ 00:15 >>IN OUR CULTURE TODAY WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 00:18 'GOD LOVES YOU. HE DOESN'T WANT YOU TO FEEL SHAME. 00:20 HE DOESN'T WANT YOU TO FEEL GUILT' AND 'ALL GUILT AND ALL 00:22 SHAME IS FROM THE DEVIL.' NOT TRUE. ONE OF THE THINGS 00:26 THE HOLY SPIRIT DOES IS HE BRINGS CONVICTION FOR SIN. 00:35 TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT STEP NUMBER THREE IN THIS 00:39 'FORMULA FOR FAITH: UNDERSTANDING THE SCIENCE OF 00:42 SALVATION' AND THAT THIRD STEP IS REPENTANCE AND IT IS REALLY 00:47 ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE COULD BE TALKING ABOUT 00:50 BECAUSE, EVEN AMONG CHRISTIANS A LOT OF CHURCHES HAVE SORT OF 00:55 NEGLECTED THIS VERY BIBLICAL AND VERY IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THE 00:59 STEPS OF SALVATION. REPENTANCE REPRESENTS A SORROW 01:05 FOR SIN AND A WILLINGNESS TO TURN AWAY FROM IT. 01:09 IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT IF WE HAVE SINNED, FOR ONE THING THAT 01:13 WE'RE AWARE, AND THE OTHER IS THAT IF WE ARE AWARE WE REGRET. 01:18 WHEN I WAS A YOUNG MAN - FOUR YEARS OLD - 01:22 LIVING WITH MY GRANDMOTHER, I STOLE. 01:25 SHE WAS ALWAYS AFRAID TO TAKE ME TO THE STORE BECAUSE SHE HAD TO 01:29 SHAKE ME DOWN WHEN WE GOT TO THE CAR AND FIND OUT WHAT I'D COME 01:32 OUT WITH. TWO THINGS IN PARTICULAR I 01:34 REMEMBER - AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY I DID IT. 01:36 I THINK ONCE I STOLE A LITTLE JAR OF POND'S FACIAL CREME. 01:41 I WAS GOING TO GIVE IT TO MY MOTHER - I DIDN'T NEED IT, BUT I 01:43 THOUGHT THIS WOULD MAKE A NICE GIFT AND THAT WASN'T SO HARD TO 01:46 GET OUT THE DOOR, BUT MY GRANDMOTHER NEVER COULD FIGURE 01:49 OUT HOW I MANAGED TO SNEAK OUT OF THE STORE IN FRONT OF HER 01:53 WITH A BOW AND ARROW - A FULL BOW AND ARROW KIT - AND I STILL 01:57 DON'T KNOW IF SHE SAID 'HOW YOU HID THAT BEHIND YOUR BACK AND 01:59 DOWN YOUR PANTS, OR WHATEVER YOU DID' AND I WALKED OUT THE STORE 02:03 WITH THE BOW AND ARROW. 02:04 AND WHAT REALLY BOTHERED HER WAS WHEN SHE TOLD ME 'THIS IS WRONG. 02:08 YOU SHOULD STOP STEALING.' I WAS UNREPENTANT. 02:12 SO SHE TOOK ME TO THE POLICE STATION - THIS IS TRUE - AND SHE 02:16 TOLD THE POLICEMAN - I HAVE A JEWISH GRANDMOTHER - SHE TOLD 02:19 THE POLICEMAN 'CAN YOU TELL DOUGIE THAT HE'S GOING TO GO TO 02:22 JAIL IF HE DOESN'T STOP STEALING.' AND HE SAID, 'YOU 02:28 KNOW, IF YOU DON'T STOP STEALING I'M GOING TO PUT YOU IN JAIL.' 02:31 AND I SAID, 'I'M NOT AFRAID.' AND THEN SHE SAID, 'TELL HIM 02:37 WHAT YOU FEED THEM IN JAIL.' HE SAID, 'YOU'LL HAVE BREAD AND 02:40 WATER.' AND I SAID, 'WILL THERE BE ANY PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY?' 02:47 THIS IS REALLY - I STILL VIVIDLY REMEMBER THIS. 02:50 AND WHEN I REALIZED IT WAS JUST BREAD AND WATER WITHOUT 02:52 PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY ON THE BREAD, I THOUGHT I'D BETTER MEND 02:55 MY WAYS. BUT SHE WAS REALLY WORRIED 02:57 BECAUSE I FELT NO REMORSE. NOW IF SOMEONE IS GUILTY - IF 03:03 YOU SIN - SHOULD THEY FEEL GUILTY? 03:06 IF YOU'RE A PARENT AND YOU HAVE A CHILD AND THEY'RE SINNING AND 03:10 THEY DON'T HAVE ANY REGRET AREN'T YOU WORRIED? 03:13 SO IF WE'RE DOING SOMETHING THAT'S WRONG IS IT IMPORTANT FOR 03:17 US TO FEEL REGRET OR TO FEEL GUILTY? 03:19 YOU SHOULD NOT FEEL GOOD ABOUT DOING BAD. 03:22 AND THE REASON THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT AND WE'RE TALKING 03:24 ABOUT IT NOW IS A LOT OF CHURCHES, I THINK, MISUNDERSTAND 03:28 THE IMPORTANCE OF REPENTANCE. IN OUR CULTURE TODAY WE HEAR A 03:33 LOT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 'GOD LOVES YOU. 03:35 HE DOESN'T WANT YOU TO FEEL SHAME. 03:36 HE DOESN'T WANT YOU TO FEEL GUILT' AND 'ALL GUILT AND ALL 03:39 SHAME IS FROM THE DEVIL.' NOT TRUE. ONE OF THE THINGS THE HOLY 03:44 SPIRIT DOES IS HE BRINGS CONVICTION FOR SIN. 03:48 THERE SHOULD BE A SORROW FOR SIN. 03:51 WE TALKED IN OUR LAST PRESENTATION ABOUT HAVING THAT 03:53 EPIPHANY - THAT 'AHA!' MOMENT WHERE YOU REALIZE, AS 03:57 DAVID SAID, 'I HAVE SINNED.' OR LIKE PETER, WHEN YOU REALIZE 04:01 YOU DENIED CHRIST YOU GO OUT AND YOU WEEP BITTERLY. 04:04 THERE SHOULD BE A REMORSE. JAMES TALKS ABOUT OUR HUMBLING 04:07 OURSELVES IN THE SIGHT OF GOD THAT HE MIGHT LIFT US UP. 04:12 SO BEFORE GOD CAN LIFT US UP AND MAKE US FEEL GOOD, WE NEED TO 04:15 KNOW WHY WE HAVE A REASON TO FEEL BAD AND THAT'S CALLED 04:19 REPENTANCE. SO LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF THE 04:22 VERSES IN THE BIBLE THAT TALK ABOUT THIS. 04:25 NOW, REMEMBER, WE'RE USING, AS A SPRINGBOARD OF OUR STUDY, 04:29 THE CONVERSION EXPERIENCE OF ISAIAH. 04:31 LET'S GO THERE REALLY QUICK AGAIN. 04:33 IN ISAIAH CHAPTER 6 IT TELLS US IN VERSE 1, "IN THE YEAR THAT 04:38 KING UZZIAH DIED, I SAW THE LORD SITTING ON A THRONE," - AND IT 04:43 DESCRIBES HIM SEEING GOD IN HIS GLORY SURROUNDED WITH THESE HOLY 04:47 SERAPHIM - THESE ANGELIC CREATURES THAT ARE THEN CRYING 04:52 THE HOLINESS OF GOD AND THE EXALTED NATURE OF GOD AND THEY 04:55 CRY, 'HOLY, HOLY, HOLY' - THE LORD IS SO PURE. 04:58 AND THEN, AS EXPOSED TO THE PURENESS OF GOD HE, BY CONTRAST, 05:03 SEES HIS OWN DEFILEMENT AND AFTER HE SEES THE GOODNESS OF 05:07 GOD HE THEN SEES HIMSELF IN CONTRAST AND HE SAYS, 05:13 "WOE IS ME, FOR I AM UNDONE!" 05:18 HE ACKNOWLEDGES AND RECOGNIZES HIS SINFULNESS, "BECAUSE I AM A 05:23 MAN OF UNCLEAN LIPS, AND I DWELL IN THE MIDST OF A PEOPLE OF 05:27 UNCLEAN LIPS; FOR MY EYES HAVE SEEN THE KING, THE LORD OF 05:30 HOSTS." REMEMBER, STEP ONE? 05:32 WHEN HE SAW GOD AND HIS GOODNESS, BY CONTRAST HE SAW 05:35 THEN HIS UNHOLINESS AND THAT LED HIM TO REPENTANCE. 05:39 AND THE SECOND PART OF THIS REPENTANCE IS CONFESSION AND 05:42 WE'LL GET TO THAT IN JUST A MOMENT. 05:43 NOW, WHAT IS THE FIRST THING THAT JOHN THE BAPTIST SAID AS HE 05:47 WAS PREPARING TO INTRODUCE JESUS TO THE WORLD? 05:52 HE WENT TO PREPARE THE WAY FOR CHRIST. 05:54 HE WAS THAT VOICE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS. 05:56 MATTHEW CHAPTER 3, VERSES 1 AND 2, IT SAYS, "IN THOSE DAYS JOHN 06:01 THE BAPTIST CAME PREACHING IN THE WILDERNESS OF JUDEA, AND 06:04 SAYING," - FIRST WORD - "'REPENT, FOR THE KINGDOM OF 06:08 HEAVEN IS AT HAND!'" SO IF WE WANT TO BE CITIZENS 06:11 IN THAT KINGDOM, WHAT'S THE FIRST THING THAT NEEDS TO 06:13 HAPPEN? REPENT. 06:16 JOHN THE BAPTIST, IT SAYS, HE HAD A BAPTISM OF REPENTANCE. 06:20 FIRST WORDS OF JESUS, IF JOHN'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU, WHAT 06:24 WERE THE FIRST WORDS OF JESUS WHEN HE BEGAN TO PREACH? 06:26 IT SAYS, "FROM THAT TIME" - MATTHEW 4:17 - "FROM THAT TIME 06:30 JESUS BEGAN TO PREACH AND TO SAY, 'REPENT, FOR THE KINGDOM OF 06:35 HEAVEN IS AT HAND.'" FIRST WORDS OUT OF HIS MOUTH. 06:37 WELL, WHAT BRINGS US TO REPENTANCE? 06:40 2 CORINTHIANS 7, VERSE 10, "FOR GODLY SORROW PRODUCES REPENTANCE 06:46 LEADING TO SALVATION." SO WHAT LEADS TO SALVATION? 06:51 A GODLY SORROW - THERE IS A GODLY SHAME OR A GUILT OR 06:55 CONVICTION FOR - THAT WE'VE DONE SOMETHING WRONG 07:00 AND WE SHOULD BE SAD ABOUT THAT. 07:01 IT PRODUCES REPENTANCE - THE RIGHT KIND OF REPENTANCE - THAT 07:04 LEADS TO WHAT WE ALL WANT: SALVATION. 07:08 GODLY SORROW PRODUCES REPENTANCE THAT LEADS TO SALVATION AND IT'S 07:13 A REPENTANCE NOT TO BE REGRETTED. 07:16 'THE SORROW OF THE WORLD OR FALSE GUILT OR SHAME PRODUCES 07:21 DEATH.' WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE. 07:24 AND THEN WE TOUCHED ON THIS: ROMANS 2, VERSE 4 - I WANT TO 07:27 GIVE YOU A LOT OF SCRIPTURE TODAY - "OR DO YOU DESPISE THE 07:30 RICHES OF HIS GOODNESS, FORBEARANCE, AND LONGSUFFERING, 07:34 NOT KNOWING THAT THE GOODNESS OF GOD LEADS YOU TO REPENTANCE?" 07:39 WHERE IN HISTORY, BIBLICALLY, WAS THE GOODNESS OF GOD BEST 07:43 EXEMPLIFIED? AT THE CROSS. YOU SEE THE LOVE OF GOD FOR MAN 07:49 IN HIS GIVING HIS SON. YOU SEE THE LOVE OF JESUS FOR 07:51 MAN IN LAYING DOWN HIS LIFE. YOU SEE THE HUMILITY OF CHRIST - 07:56 THAT HE'S WILLING TO TAKE OUR PLACE, HIS PURITY, HIS MEEKNESS 08:00 - IT'S ALL SEEN THERE AT THE CROSS. 08:02 NOW, A DEFINITION FOR REPENTANCE IS 'A REMORSE, REGRET, OR 08:07 CONTRITION FOR PAST CONDUCT OR SIN.' THE SECOND PART IS 'TO 08:12 FEEL SUCH REGRET AS TO CHANGE ONE'S MIND REGARDING IT AS IN 08:17 REPENTING OF ONE'S INTEMPERATE BEHAVIOR. 08:19 TO MAKE A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER AS A RESULT OF REMORSE OR 08:23 CONTRITION FOR ONE'S SINS.' REPENTANCE IS NOT JUST A SORROW 08:29 THAT YOU'VE DONE SOMETHING WRONG AND YOU CONTINUE DOING THE SAME 08:33 THING. REPENTANCE REPRESENTS A U-TURN 08:37 ON THE ROAD OF LIFE AND THAT MEANS 'YOU TURN'. 08:41 SO YOU'RE GOING THIS WAY AND YOU'RE LIVING FOR THE DEVIL AND 08:45 YOU'RE DOING WHAT'S WRONG AND THEN YOU HAVE THIS REALIZATION 08:48 OF 'OH LORD, WOE IS ME. I AM UNDONE.' 08:51 'I AM THE MAN.' OR LIKE PETER, YOU REALIZE THAT 08:55 CHRIST IS SUFFERING FOR YOU AND THEN YOU BASICALLY DO AN ABOUT 08:58 FACE AND YOU CHANGE DIRECTIONS - U-TURN - AND YOU START TO GO A 09:03 DIFFERENT DIRECTION - YOU TURN AWAY FROM THE THINGS THAT HURT 09:07 THE LORD. WHEN YOU THINK OF WHAT HAVE WE DONE TO GOD? 09:10 WHAT HAVE OUR SINS COST JESUS? 09:14 AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CROSS AND WE SEE HOW HE SUFFERED FOR - 09:17 EVERYTHING YOU SEE HIM GOING THROUGH ON THE CROSS IS NOT JUST 09:20 FOR THE SINS OF THE WHOLE WORLD, EVERYTHING HE WENT THROUGH ON 09:23 THE CROSS WAS WHAT HE NEEDED TO DO JUST FOR YOUR SINS. 09:28 I THINK THAT SOMETIMES IS DIFFICULT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND. 09:32 YOU MIGHT BE THINKING, 'WELL, HE DIED FOR THE SINS OF THE WHOLE 09:35 WORLD.' TRUE, BUT EVERYTHING HE DID HE WOULD HAVE DONE JUST FOR 09:41 YOUR DEGREE OF SINS. YOUR SINS, NO MATTER HOW SMALL - 09:45 YOU MAY HAVE GROWN UP IN THE CHURCH - IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW 09:47 SMALL OR INSIGNIFICANT YOU THINK YOUR SINS MIGHT BE, YOUR SINS 09:50 ALL BY YOURSELF ARE ENOUGH TO HAVE MADE JESUS EXPERIENCE 09:55 EVERYTHING HE EXPERIENCED ON THE CROSS. AND WHEN YOU 09:58 REALIZE THAT, YOU SAY 'WOW, HE DID ALL THAT FOR ME. 10:03 MY SINS WERE THAT PAINFUL TO GOD?' 10:06 AND SO WHEN WE SEE HOW MUCH OUR SINS HURT GOD, 10:09 THE GOODNESS OF GOD LEADS US TO REPENTANCE. 10:13 NOW, YOU CAN READ, FOR INSTANCE, ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS IN 10:15 REPENTANCE - HOW IMPORTANT IS IT? 10:17 ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS IN REPENTANCE, IN ACTS CHAPTER 2, 10:20 AFTER PETER HELPED THE CROWD AT PENTECOST SEE THE LORD - THE 10:25 FIRST STEP IS SEE THE LORD. THEY THEN SAW THEMSELVES AND 10:28 SAID, 'MEN AND BRETHREN, WHAT SHALL WE DO?' 10:31 THEY SAID, 'WOE IS ME. WE'VE CRUCIFIED OUR SAVIOR. 10:35 THE MESSIAH CAME AND WE'VE CRUCIFIED HIM.' AND THEY HAD 10:38 THIS TERRIBLE SENSE OF THEIR SHAME AND THEY SAID, 'WHAT DO WE 10:41 DO?' AND WHAT WAS PETER'S ANSWER? 10:43 ACTS 2:38, "THEN PETER SAID TO THEM, 'REPENT, AND LET EVERY ONE 10:48 OF YOU BE BAPTIZED IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST FOR THE 10:51 REMISSION OF SINS AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE THE GIFT OF THE HOLY 10:54 SPIRIT.'" SO WE ALL UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO BE FILLED 10:58 WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT. WHAT IS A PREREQUISITE FOR BEING 11:02 FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT? REPENT. REPENTANCE. 11:07 YOU SEE, BEFORE WE CAN BE FILLED WE MUST BE EMPTY. 11:10 AND REPENTANCE IS REALLY KIND OF TURNING YOUR HEART UPSIDE DOWN. 11:14 YOU'RE EMPTYING YOURSELF OF YOURSELF AND SAYING, 11:18 'LORD, WOE IS ME. YOU FILL ME WITH YOUR SPIRIT.' 11:23 AND WHEN YOU HUMBLE YOURSELF, THEN GOD CAN LIFT YOU UP. 11:27 I'LL READ THAT VERSE TO YOU AGAIN IN JAMES 4, VERSE 7, 11:30 "THEREFORE SUBMIT TO GOD. RESIST THE DEVIL AND HE WILL 11:34 FLEE FROM YOU. DRAW NEAR TO GOD AND HE WILL 11:37 DRAW NEAR TO YOU. CLEANSE YOUR HANDS, YOU SINNERS; 11:40 AND PURIFY YOUR HEARTS, YOU DOUBLE-MINDED." 11:42 THIS SOUNDS KIND OF HEAVY BUT IT'S IN THE BIBLE. 11:45 "LAMENT AND MOURN AND WEEP! LET YOUR LAUGHTER BE TURNED TO 11:50 MOURNING AND YOUR JOY TO GLOOM." SOME PEOPLE STOP RIGHT 11:52 THERE AND I DON'T WANT TO STAY IN A CHURCH 11:54 WHERE THEY STOP RIGHT THERE, BUT THAT IS PART OF THE GOSPEL IS 11:57 THAT WE NEED TO HAVE THAT SENSE OF MOURNING AND SORROW FOR OUR 12:02 SIN. IT SAYS, 'LET YOUR JOY BE TURNED TO GLOOM. 12:07 HUMBLE YOURSELF IN THE SIGHT OF GOD' AND THEN THE GOOD PART IS 12:09 HE SAYS, 'HE WILL LIFT YOU UP.' HE DOESN'T LEAVE YOU IN THAT 12:13 STATE OF SHAME AND MOURNING AND SORROW. FOR INSTANCE, 12:17 IN EPHESIANS 4:28 IT SAYS, "LET HIM WHO STOLE STEAL NO LONGER." 12:23 I MEAN, CAN YOU SAY 'WELL, I JUST DON'T STEAL NEARLY AS 12:26 MUCH'? WOULD THAT BE ACCEPTABLE? 12:31 IF YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE WORKING FOR AN EMPLOYER IN A 12:35 FACTORY AND YOU TELL YOUR EMPLOYER, 'YOU KNOW, I USED TO 12:38 STEAL A LOT FROM YOU BUT I'VE BECOME A CHRISTIAN AND I WANT 12:41 YOU TO KNOW I'VE CUT DOWN'? HOW LONG WILL YOU HAVE YOUR JOB? 12:46 HE WANTS TO - FIRST OF ALL, YOU MIGHT LOSE 12:48 YOUR JOB ANYWAY - HE WANTS YOU TO SAY, 'I DON'T STEAL ANYMORE.' 12:53 AND HOW MANY TIMES, WHEN JESUS FORGAVE SOMEBODY, LIKE THE WOMAN 13:00 IN THE TEMPLE - IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN MARY MAGDALENE THAT WAS 13:02 CAUGHT IN ADULTERY - JESUS SAID, 'NEITHER DO I CONDEMN YOU.' AND 13:06 WE LOVE TO PREACH ON THE WONDERFUL GRACE OF THE LORD THAT 13:08 SAYS, 'I DO NOT CONDEMN YOU.' AND NOT ALWAYS DO WE THEN GO ON 13:12 TO SAY WHAT JESUS SAID, 'GO, YOU'RE FREE, AND SIN NO MORE.' 13:18 HE DOESN'T SAVE US TO SIN, HE SAVES US FROM OUR SIN. 13:21 MARY MAGDALENE MAY HAVE FALLEN BACK. 13:24 THE BIBLE SAYS HE CAST SEVEN DEVILS OUT OF HER. 13:26 THAT MEANS YOU MIGHT SLIP AND 'IF ANY MAN SIN WE HAVE AN 13:29 ADVOCATE WITH THE FATHER.' WE SHOULDN'T GET DISCOURAGED. 13:32 YOU GET BACK UP. YOU KEEP GOING. 13:34 DON'T GO ANYWHERE, FRIENDS. 13:35 IN JUST A MOMENT, WE'RE GOING TO RETURN 13:37 FOR THE REST OF TODAY'S PRESENTATION. 13:39 YOU KNOW, THE POWER OF CHOICE IS AN AMAZING GIFT FROM GOD. 13:43 BUT WHEN A PERSON IS SAVED, DO THEY CHOOSE GOD 13:46 OR DOES HE CHOOSE THEM? 13:48 AND ONCE A PERSON IS SAVED, DO THEY STILL HAVE 13:51 THE FREEDOM TO REVERSE THAT DECISION? 13:54 WELL, THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST DEEPLY DISCUSSED 13:57 CONCEPTS IN THE BIBLE? 13:59 BUT IF WE'RE CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT REALLY CONSTITUTES 14:02 TRUE SALVATION, WELL THAT CAN BE THE MOST EXPENSIVE MISTAKE 14:06 WE EVER MAKE. 14:07 FORTUNATELY YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE CONFUSED ABOUT THE GOOD NEWS. 14:11 AMAZING FACTS WOULD LIKE TO SEND YOU A SPECIAL GIFT CALLED, 14:15 "CAN A SAVED MAN CHOOSE TO BE LOST?" 14:18 THIS IS A SHORT BUT VERY INSIGHTFUL BOOK FOR ANYONE 14:21 WHO HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT ONCE SAVED, ALWAYS SAVED TEACHING, 14:25 THAT'S NOW EXPLODING THROUGH THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. 14:27 IT'LL HELP YOU TO FIND CLARITY 14:29 AND LASTING MEANING THROUGH YOUR LIFE. 14:31 WHILE INSPIRING YOU WITH THE GOODNESS 14:33 AND FAIRNESS OF GOD'S KINGDOM. 14:35 SO, DON'T WAIT, FRIEND. 14:36 TO GET YOUR FREE COPY CALL THE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN 14:38 AND ASK FOR OFFER #112 OR VISIT THE WEB ADDRESS. 14:42 AND AFTER YOU READ THIS INCREDIBLE RESOURCE 14:45 MAKE SURE AND SHARE IT WITH A FRIEND. 14:47 WELL, LET'S RETURN TO TODAY'S PRESENTATION 14:49 AND LEARN SOME MORE AMAZING FACTS FROM THE WORD OF GOD. 14:54 AGAIN, JOHN CHAPTER 5, VERSE 14, SIMILAR STORY. 14:58 THE MAN WHO WAS HEALED BY THE POOL OF BETHESDA, JESUS FINDS 15:01 HIM LATER IN THE TEMPLE AND HE SAYS, "SEE, YOU HAVE BEEN MADE 15:06 WELL. SIN NO MORE, LEST A WORSE THING COME UPON YOU." 15:10 NOW WHY DOES JESUS WANT US TO TURN FROM SIN? 15:12 BECAUSE IT'S JUST AGAINST HIS RULES? 15:15 OR WHAT DOES SIN DO TO US? THIS MAN HAD BEEN HEALED FROM A 15:19 MISERABLE PARALYZING SICKNESS. JESUS DOES NOT WANT YOU TO BE 15:24 SICK. HE'S A LOVING PARENT. GOD WILL WITHHOLD NO GOOD THING 15:28 FROM HIS CHILDREN - THAT'S A SCRIPTURE - PSALMS. 15:31 'GOD WILL WITHHOLD NO GOOD THING FROM US' - SO THE ONLY THINGS HE 15:35 WANTS US TO TURN FROM ARE THE THINGS THAT HURT US. 15:38 JESUS SAID, 'SIN NO MORE LEST A WORSE THING COME UPON YOU. 15:41 HE WANTS TO SAVE US FROM OUR SINS BECAUSE HE WANTS TO SAVE US 15:44 FROM WHAT HURTS US. SO THE LORD WANTS US TO TURN FROM IT. 15:47 WHAT'S THE BEST TIME TO TURN FROM YOUR SIN? EARLY. SOON. 15:52 AS SOON AS YOU BECOME AWARE THERE'S A PROBLEM. 15:57 HOW IMPORTANT IS REPENTANCE? WORDS OF JESUS: LUKE 13, IF YOU 16:02 READ VERSES 1 THROUGH 5 - I'LL READ THE LAST PART HERE. 16:06 HE SAYS, "I TELL YOU, NO; BUT UNLESS YOU 16:11 REPENT YOU WILL ALL LIKEWISE PERISH." 16:16 'GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON THAT 16:19 WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH BUT HAVE EVERLASTING 16:22 LIFE.' WHAT IS PART OF BELIEVING IN JESUS? 16:27 IF YOU SAY YOU BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A TSUNAMI COMING AND 16:31 YOU STAY ON THE BEACH, YOU DON'T REALLY BELIEVE. 16:34 IF YOU SAY YOU BELIEVE IN JESUS' TEACHING AND JESUS SAYS YOU MUST 16:39 REPENT OR PERISH, THEN PART OF BELIEVING IN JESUS IS 16:43 REPENTANCE. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? 16:45 PEOPLE SOMETIMES THINK THAT BELIEVE MEANS - 'OH YEAH, I 16:48 BELIEVE THAT JESUS DIED ON THE CROSS SO THAT MEANS I'M SAVED.' 16:52 THE BIBLE SAYS THAT DEVILS BELIEVE AND TREMBLE. 16:55 THAT'S THE KIND OF FAITH A DEVIL CAN HAVE. 16:57 THE DEVIL BELIEVES THAT JESUS DIED ON THE CROSS, ISN'T THAT 16:59 RIGHT? IS THAT GOING TO SAVE HIM? 17:02 SO IT'S A BROADER, MORE COMPREHENSIVE KIND OF BELIEF. 17:05 IT'S A BELIEF IN BELIEVING THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS - BELIEVING 17:08 IN WHAT CHRIST SAID WE SHOULD DO. AND ONE OF THE THINGS 17:11 JESUS SAID IS, "REPENT, FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS AT HAND. 17:14 REPENT OR YOU WILL LIKEWISE PERISH." 17:17 SO REPENTANCE IS PART OF THE TEACHING OF CHRIST. 17:19 2 PETER 3:9 - THIS IS A GOOD ONE - 2 PETER 3:9, GOD IS "NOT 17:26 WILLING THAT ANY SHOULD PERISH BUT THAT ALL SHOULD COME TO 17:30 REPENTANCE." SO PART OF BELIEVING IN JESUS IS 17:37 REPENTANCE AND WE'VE GOT TO KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. 17:40 BY THE WAY, THE HEBREW WORD FOR 'REPENT' IS 'NAHUM' AND IT 17:44 MEANS 'TO SIGH OR TO BREATHE STRONGLY; TO BE SORRY; TO 17:49 REPENT; WANTING TO CHANGE.' AND IN GREEK IT'S 'METANOIA' AND IT 17:56 MEANS 'TO BE REGRETFUL; TO THINK DIFFERENTLY; TURNING FROM SIN TO 18:00 GOD.' SO EVEN IN THE VERY WORDS IT REPRESENTS NOT JUST SAYING 18:05 'YEAH I'M SORRY I DID THAT TO YOU LORD' BUT CONTINUING. 18:07 NOW, THERE'S THE RIGHT KIND OF REPENTANCE AND THERE CAN ALSO BE 18:11 THE WRONG KIND OF REPENTANCE. FOR INSTANCE, SOME EXAMPLES OF 18:14 THE WRONG KIND OF REPENTANCE YOU CAN FIND IN HEBREWS CHAPTER 12, 18:19 VERSE 16, "LEST THERE BE ANY FORNICATOR OR PROFANE PERSON 18:23 LIKE ESAU, WHO FOR ONE MORSEL OF FOOD SOLD HIS BIRTHRIGHT. 18:27 FOR YOU KNOW THAT AFTERWARD, WHEN HE WANTED TO INHERIT THE 18:30 BLESSING, HE WAS REJECTED, FOR HE FOUND NO PLACE FOR 18:33 REPENTANCE, THOUGH HE SOUGHT IT DILIGENTLY WITH TEARS." 18:37 HE WAS ONLY SORRY FOR WHAT HE HAD LOST. 18:39 HE WASN'T SORRY THAT HE HAD DESPISED THE BIRTHRIGHT. 18:42 DOES THE BIBLE SAY THAT JUDAS REPENTED? IT DOES. 18:47 MATTHEW 27, VERSE 3, "THEN JUDAS, WHICH HAD BETRAYED HIM, 18:52 WHEN HE SAW THAT HE WAS CONDEMNED, REPENTED HIMSELF, AND 18:55 BROUGHT AGAIN THE THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER TO THE CHIEF PRIESTS 18:59 AND THE ELDERS, SAYING, I HAVE SINNED IN THAT I HAVE BETRAYED 19:03 THE INNOCENT BLOOD...AND WENT AND HANGED HIMSELF." 19:07 SO THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER CASES IN THE BIBLE OF THIS COUNTERFEIT 19:10 REPENTANCE. PHARAOH WAS ALWAYS SORRY IN THE 19:13 INTENSITY OF A PLAGUE AND AS SOON AS THE PLAGUE WAS REMOVED 19:16 HE WENT RIGHT BACK TO DOING THE SAME THING. 19:19 HE WASN'T REALLY SORRY THAT HE HAD DEFIED GOD. 19:22 HE KEPT THEM AS SLAVES. 19:23 THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT BALAAM AND WHEN THE ANGEL WAS IN HIS PATH 19:27 WITH A SWORD DRAWN, HE WAS SORRY AT THAT POINT, BUT HE WASN'T 19:31 REALLY REMORSEFUL FOR HIS GREED. THEN YOU'VE GOT ACHAN. 19:36 YOU KNOW, WHEN ACHAN WAS FINALLY IDENTIFIED BY GOD IN CASTING 19:41 LOTS AND THE HOLY SPIRIT SAID, 'YOU'RE THE ONE WHO STOLE AND 19:44 MANY HAVE DIED BECAUSE OF YOUR SIN.' HE SAID, 'UH, YES, I'VE 19:48 SINNED.' WELL, THE SPOTLIGHT, YOU KNOW, THE VIDEO WAS PLAYING 19:52 AT THAT POINT AND FROM TIME TO TIME YOU'LL HEAR SOMEONE MAKE A 19:56 CONFESSION BUT IT'S BECAUSE THEY DENY IT, THEY DENY IT, THEY DENY 19:59 IT AND THEY SAY 'HERE'S THE VIDEO - HERE'S THE AUDIO OF YOU 20:02 SAYING THIS OR DOING THIS AND THEY GO, 'OH YEAH, I GUESS I DID 20:05 DO IT AND I'M SORRY.' WELL, ARE THEY SORRY? 20:10 NO, THAT'S NOT REAL REPENTANCE. REPENTANCE IS A SORROW IN HEART 20:14 AND A WILLINGNESS TO TURN AWAY AND TO CHANGE. 20:18 YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO THERE WAS A MAN WHO WAS GUILTY 20:23 OF ROBBING A BANK AND HE WENT SEVERAL YEARS - I THINK TEN 20:27 YEARS WENT BY - HE WAS 19 YEARS OLD WHEN HE ROBBED THE BANK. 20:30 HIS NAME WAS AL JOHNSON AND HE BECAME A CHRISTIAN AND HE 20:35 REALIZED, 'YOU KNOW, I WAS A BANK ROBBER AND I NEED TO GO 20:39 CONFESS.' AND SO HE WENT TO THE BANK AND HE TOLD THEM 'I'VE 20:43 ROBBED YOUR BANK.' AND THEY SAID, 'YOU KNOW, THE STATUTE OF 20:47 LIMITATIONS FOR YOUR CRIME HAS ACTUALLY EXPIRED. 20:49 WE CAN'T PROSECUTE.' HE SAID, 'WELL, EVEN IF YOU CAN'T 20:52 PROSECUTE, I'M A CHRISTIAN NOW, I THINK I SHOULD PAY BACK MY 20:56 PORTION OF WHAT WAS ROBBED.' AND HE DID. BECAUSE REAL REPENTANCE 21:00 IS NOT ONLY GOING TO BE A SORROW FOR SIN AND A TURNING AWAY. 21:05 AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE IF YOU BORROWED YOUR NEIGHBOR'S 21:08 LAWNMOWER AND YOU NEVER TURNED IT BACK - NEVER RETURNED IT TO 21:12 THEM - AND THEN SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY YOU VISIT CHURCH AND YOU 21:16 FIND THE LORD AND YOU REPENT AND COME TO CHRIST AND YOU KNEEL AND 21:19 YOU SAY, 'LORD, PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR STEALING MY NEIGHBOR'S 21:21 LAWNMOWER.' IF YOU KEEP IT IN YOUR GARAGE, ARE YOU FORGIVEN? 21:27 OR DO YOU NEED TO TAKE IT BACK TO YOUR NEIGHBOR? 21:31 IF YOU'RE REALLY SORRY, THEN YOU OUGHT TO, 21:33 AS FAR AS POSSIBLE, RESTORE WHAT WAS TAKEN. 21:37 THERE'S A NUMBER OF VERSES IN THE BIBLE - FOR INSTANCE, 21:39 EZEKIEL 33:15, "IF THE WICKED RESTORES THE PLEDGE, GIVES BACK 21:46 WHAT HE HAS STOLEN, AND WALKS IN THE STATUTES OF LIFE WITHOUT 21:49 COMMITTING INIQUITY, HE SHALL SURELY LIVE; HE SHALL NOT DIE." 21:53 THAT'S PRETTY CLEAR. THINGS NEED TO BE RESTORED. 21:57 THERE NEEDS TO BE A TRANSFORMATION. 21:59 PEOPLE SOMETIMES DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO AND SOME FOLKS SAY, 22:03 'WELL, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK I CAN STOP. 22:05 I DON'T THINK I CAN CHANGE.' REALLY? 22:09 YOU KNOW, WHEN WE SAY WE DON'T THINK WE CAN STOP OR WE DON'T 22:12 THINK WE CAN CHANGE - FIRST OF ALL, YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING 22:14 WITHOUT JESUS. THE QUESTION IS 'DO YOU BELIEVE 22:16 YOU CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST?' 22:19 CAN YOU NOT ONLY BE SORROW - SORRY FOR YOUR SINS, BUT CAN YOU 22:22 TURN FROM YOUR SINS WITH GOD'S HELP? YOU CAN. 22:27 AND THE OTHER THING IS IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO REALIZE THAT 22:30 REPENTANCE IS A LIFE AND DEATH ISSUE. 22:33 WE'VE GOT A SNAKE THAT'S CRAWLED IN THE HOLE. 22:36 IF WE DON'T TURN FROM OUR SINS THEN SIN WILL ULTIMATELY DESTROY 22:42 US. THE MOST DANGEROUS MISTAKE THAT 22:44 PEOPLE MAKE WHEN IT COMES TO THE TRUTH REGARDING REPENTANCE - 22:47 YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS? PROCRASTINATION. 22:52 WE SAY, 'YOU KNOW, REPENTANCE IS IMPORTANT. 22:54 ONE OF THESE DAYS...ONE OF THESE DAYS. YOU KNOW, THERE'S THAT 22:58 THIEF ON THE CROSS AND MAYBE JUST BEFORE I DIE I'LL REPENT.' 23:03 AND IT IS TRUE, THERE IS ONE EXAMPLE IN THE BIBLE OF SOMEONE 23:06 WHO HAS A DEATHBED CONVERSION IN THE ELEVENTH HOUR OF HIS LIFE - 23:10 THAT THIEF ON THE CROSS WAS SAVED JUST LIKE HE WAS. 23:14 HE DIDN'T HAVE TO WRESTLE WITH OR GIVE UP ANY OF HIS SINS 23:17 BECAUSE WE ARE JUSTIFIED BY FAITH. 23:20 BUT THEN PART OF SANCTIFICATION IS GOING TO BE REPENTANCE. 23:23 THAT THIEF DID REPENT OF HIS SINS. 23:25 HE DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO REALLY DEMONSTRATE ANYTHING 23:27 BECAUSE HE DIED SHORTLY AFTER. BUT MATTHEW HENRY SAID SOMETHING 23:31 INTERESTING. HE SAID, 'THERE'S ONLY ONE 23:33 EXAMPLE IN THE BIBLE OF A DEATHBED CONVERSION AND THE 23:38 REASON THERE'S ONLY ONE EXAMPLE IS SO THAT NO ONE WILL LOSE 23:40 HOPE, BUT THE OTHER REASON IS NOBODY WILL DARE PRESUME.' 23:45 THERE'S ONLY ONE EXAMPLE. YES, THERE IS ONE EXAMPLE SO WE 23:49 DON'T LOSE HOPE, BUT THERE IS ONLY ONE EXAMPLE SO NO ONE WILL 23:53 DARE PRESUME. EVERY DAY THAT GOES BY WHERE WE 23:57 PROCRASTINATE REPENTING OF OUR SINS IS ONE LESS DAY TO REPENT 24:02 IN AND IT IS ONE MORE DAY TO REPENT OF. 24:07 IT'S LIKE THIS MAN WHO WAS STRUGGLING WITH SURRENDER TO 24:10 CHRIST, HAD A DREAM ONE NIGHT AND AN ANGEL APPEARED AND THE 24:13 ANGEL SAID, 'FOLLOW ME' AND HE FOLLOWED HIM OFF INTO THE WOODS 24:18 AND THERE IN THE WOODS HE SAW THIS OLD HERMIT AND HE WAS 24:21 GATHERING STICKS INTO A BIG PILE AND HE LAID THEM IN A BUNDLE AND 24:26 HE TIED THEM OFF. AND HE TRIED TO PICK UP THE 24:29 BUNDLE OF STICKS BUT IT WAS TOO HEAVY. SO THE OLD HERMIT UNTIED 24:32 THE BUNDLE AND HE ADDED A FEW MORE STICKS AND THEN HE TIED IT 24:36 OFF AND HE TRIED TO PICK IT UP AND IT WAS TOO HEAVY AND HE WENT 24:38 THROUGH THIS EXERCISE SEVERAL TIMES, EVERY TIME THE BUNDLE OF 24:41 STICKS WAS GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER. 24:43 AND THE MAN TURNED TO THE ANGEL AND SAID, 'WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?' 24:45 HE SAID, 'THIS IS WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DO WITH REPENTANCE. 24:49 HE SAID, 'THEY FIGURE IT'S TOO HEAVY AND SO THEY PUT IT OFF AND 24:53 THEY CONTINUE TO ADD TO THE BURDEN EVERY DAY.' SOMEONE ASKED 24:57 A RABBI 'WHEN'S THE BEST TIME TO REPENT?' 25:03 AND THE RABBI SAID, 'THE LAST DAY OF YOUR LIFE.' AND HE SAID, 25:06 'WHAT IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LAST DAY OF YOUR LIFE IS?' 25:09 RABBI SAID, 'EXACTLY.' SO THE BEST TIME TO REPENT OF OUR SINS 25:14 IS WHEN WE ARE AWARE OF OUR SINS. 25:16 WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT COMES TO US AND GOD GIVES US THAT GRACE AND 25:20 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT IT'S THE LORD THAT GIVES US THIS 25:24 REPENTANCE. WHEN WE LOOK AT JESUS AND WE SEE 25:27 THE GOODNESS OF GOD, WHEN WE SEE THE 25:29 LOVE OF GOD, WHEN WE SEE THE SACRIFICE AND THE SUFFERING OF 25:32 JESUS, THE GOODNESS OF GOD LEADS US TO REPENTANCE. 25:36 YOU MIGHT BE THINKING AS YOU'RE LISTENING, 'PASTOR DOUG, BOY I 25:39 HAVE THINGS IN MY LIFE THAT NEED CHANGING.' 25:42 WELL, I'VE GOT THINGS IN MY LIFE TOO. 25:44 PRAISE THE LORD I'M NOT WHAT I USED TO BE. 25:47 I MAY NOT BE WHAT I NEED TO BE, BUT PRAISE GOD I'M NOT WHAT I 25:49 USED TO BE. AND SO YOU OUGHT TO BE DRAWING 25:51 CLOSER TO GOD AND BEING A CHRISTIAN IS AN ONGOING WALK OF 25:55 THE LORD REVEALING THINGS THAT NEED CHANGING. 25:58 BUT IF YOU PRAY AND YOU SAY ALL THE TIME, 'I'M GOING TO KEEP MY 26:02 EYES FIXED ON JESUS', AS YOU LOOK AT GOD AND AS YOU SEE GOD, 26:07 YOU'LL THEN SEE YOURSELF AND THEN THAT'LL BRING THAT PRAYER 26:10 FROM YOUR HEART, 'WOE IS ME, I'M UNDONE.' 26:13 AND WE NEED A HEART TRANSFORMATION. 26:16 GOD SAYS HE'LL CHANGE OUR HEARTS AND ALL THINGS WILL BE MADE NEW. 26:19 DO YOU WANT THAT EXPERIENCE? 26:21 ♪♪♪ 26:25 MALE ANNOUNCER: DON'T FORGET TO TO REQUEST TODAY'S 26:26 LIFE CHANGING FREE RESOURCE. 26:28 NOT ONLY CAN YOU RECEIVE THIS FREE GIFT IN THE MAIL, 26:31 YOU CAN DOWNLOAD A DIGITAL COPY STRAIGHT TO YOUR COMPUTER 26:33 OR MOBILE DEVICE. 26:35 TO GET YOUR DIGITAL COPY OF TODAY'S FREE GIFT 26:37 SIMPLY TEXT THE KEYWORD ON YOUR SCREEN TO 40544. 26:41 OR VISIT THE WEB ADDRESS SHOWN ON YOUR SCREEN. 26:44 AND BE SURE TO SELECT THE DIGITAL DOWNLOAD 26:46 OPTION ON THE REQUEST PAGE. 26:48 IT'S NOW EASIER THAN EVER FOR YOU TO STUDY GOD'S WORD 26:51 WITH "AMAZING FACTS" WHEREVER AND WHENEVER YOU WANT. 26:54 AND MOST IMPORTANT, TO SHARE IT WITH OTHERS. 26:59 ♪♪♪ 27:00 ANNOUNCER: WHAT IF YOU COULD KNOW THE FUTURE? 27:04 WHAT WOULD DO? 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