>>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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>>FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING
FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO
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SHARING GOD'S
WORD THROUGH MEDIA.
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THIS PROGRAM FEATURES
HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR BEST
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TELEVISION BROADCASTS. WE
INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND
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ENJOY THIS EDITION OF
AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS.
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>>MORNING EVERYBODY.
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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
00:13:50.69\00:13:54.46
FACTORY AND YOU TELL YOUR
EMPLOYER, 'YOU KNOW, I USED TO
00:13:54.46\00:13:58.10
STEAL A LOT FROM YOU BUT I'VE
BECOME A CHRISTIAN AND I WANT
00:13:58.13\00:14:00.67
YOU TO KNOW I'VE CUT DOWN'?
HOW LONG WILL YOU HAVE YOUR JOB?
00:14:00.70\00:14:05.84
HE WANTS TO - FIRST
OF ALL, YOU MIGHT LOSE
00:14:05.87\00:14:08.31
YOUR JOB ANYWAY - HE WANTS YOU
TO SAY, 'I DON'T STEAL ANYMORE.'
00:14:08.34\00:14:13.05
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
00:14:19.62\00:14:21.56
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
00:14:25.93\00:14:28.10
SAYS, 'I DO NOT CONDEMN YOU.'
AND NOT ALWAYS DO WE THEN GO ON
00:14:28.13\00:14:31.73
TO SAY WHAT JESUS SAID, 'GO,
YOU'RE FREE, AND SIN NO MORE.'
00:14:31.77\00:14:37.61
HE DOESN'T SAVE US TO
SIN, HE SAVES US FROM OUR SIN.
00:14:37.64\00:14:41.48
MARY MAGDALENE
MAY HAVE FALLEN BACK.
00:14:41.51\00:14:43.88
THE BIBLE SAYS HE CAST
SEVEN DEVILS OUT OF HER.
00:14:43.91\00:14:46.31
THAT MEANS YOU MIGHT SLIP
AND 'IF ANY MAN SIN WE HAVE AN
00:14:46.35\00:14:49.22
ADVOCATE WITH THE FATHER.'
WE SHOULDN'T GET DISCOURAGED.
00:14:49.25\00:14:51.65
YOU GET BACK UP. YOU KEEP GOING.
00:14:51.69\00:14:53.96
AGAIN, JOHN CHAPTER 5,
VERSE 14, SIMILAR STORY.
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THE MAN WHO WAS HEALED BY THE
POOL OF BETHESDA, JESUS FINDS
00:14:58.16\00:15:01.26
HIM LATER IN THE TEMPLE AND HE
SAYS, "SEE, YOU HAVE BEEN MADE
00:15:01.30\00:15:05.77
WELL. SIN NO MORE, LEST A
WORSE THING COME UPON YOU."
00:15:05.80\00:15:10.37
NOW WHY DOES JESUS
WANT US TO TURN FROM SIN?
00:15:10.41\00:15:12.71
BECAUSE IT'S JUST
AGAINST HIS RULES?
00:15:12.74\00:15:15.04
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
00:15:19.51\00:15:24.59
SICK. HE'S A LOVING PARENT.
GOD WILL WITHHOLD NO GOOD THING
00:15:24.62\00:15:28.39
FROM HIS CHILDREN -
THAT'S A SCRIPTURE - PSALMS.
00:15:28.42\00:15:31.46
'GOD WILL WITHHOLD NO GOOD THING
FROM US' - SO THE ONLY THINGS HE
00:15:31.49\00:15:34.86
WANTS US TO TURN FROM
ARE THE THINGS THAT HURT US.
00:15:34.93\00:15:37.93
JESUS SAID, 'SIN NO MORE LEST
A WORSE THING COME UPON YOU.
00:15:37.97\00:15:41.50
HE WANTS TO SAVE US FROM OUR
SINS BECAUSE HE WANTS TO SAVE US
00:15:41.54\00:15:43.97
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.
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AS SOON AS YOU BECOME
AWARE THERE'S A PROBLEM.
00:15:52.61\00:15:56.79
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.
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HE SAYS, "I TELL
YOU, NO; BUT UNLESS YOU
00:16:06.39\00:16:11.23
REPENT YOU WILL
ALL LIKEWISE PERISH."
00:16:11.27\00:16:15.87
'GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE
GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON THAT
00:16:15.90\00:16:18.84
WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM SHOULD
NOT PERISH BUT HAVE EVERLASTING
00:16:18.87\00:16:21.84
LIFE.' WHAT IS PART
OF BELIEVING IN JESUS?
00:16:21.88\00:16:26.92
IF YOU SAY YOU BELIEVE THAT
THERE IS A TSUNAMI COMING AND
00:16:26.95\00:16:31.22
YOU STAY ON THE BEACH,
YOU DON'T REALLY BELIEVE.
00:16:31.25\00:16:34.52
IF YOU SAY YOU BELIEVE IN JESUS'
TEACHING AND JESUS SAYS YOU MUST
00:16:34.56\00:16:39.29
REPENT OR PERISH, THEN
PART OF BELIEVING IN JESUS IS
00:16:39.33\00:16:43.40
REPENTANCE.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
00:16:43.43\00:16:44.97
PEOPLE SOMETIMES THINK
THAT BELIEVE MEANS - 'OH YEAH, I
00:16:45.00\00:16:48.27
BELIEVE THAT JESUS DIED ON THE
CROSS SO THAT MEANS I'M SAVED.'
00:16:48.30\00:16:52.21
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT
DEVILS BELIEVE AND TREMBLE.
00:16:52.24\00:16:54.81
THAT'S THE KIND OF
FAITH A DEVIL CAN HAVE.
00:16:54.84\00:16:57.05
THE DEVIL BELIEVES THAT JESUS
DIED ON THE CROSS, ISN'T THAT
00:16:57.08\00:16:59.11
RIGHT? IS THAT
GOING TO SAVE HIM?
00:16:59.15\00:17:01.88
SO IT'S A BROADER, MORE
COMPREHENSIVE KIND OF BELIEF.
00:17:01.92\00:17:04.99
IT'S A BELIEF IN BELIEVING THE
TEACHINGS OF JESUS - BELIEVING
00:17:05.02\00:17:08.59
IN WHAT CHRIST SAID WE
SHOULD DO. AND ONE OF THE THINGS
00:17:08.62\00:17:11.59
JESUS SAID IS, "REPENT, FOR
THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS AT HAND.
00:17:11.63\00:17:14.50
REPENT OR YOU
WILL LIKEWISE PERISH."
00:17:14.56\00:17:16.87
SO REPENTANCE IS PART
OF THE TEACHING OF CHRIST.
00:17:16.90\00:17:18.97
2 PETER 3:9 - THIS IS A GOOD
ONE - 2 PETER 3:9, GOD IS "NOT
00:17:19.00\00:17:26.14
WILLING THAT ANY SHOULD PERISH
BUT THAT ALL SHOULD COME TO
00:17:26.17\00:17:30.58
REPENTANCE." SO PART
OF BELIEVING IN JESUS IS
00:17:30.61\00:17:37.69
REPENTANCE AND WE'VE
GOT TO KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.
00:17:37.72\00:17:39.99
BY THE WAY, THE HEBREW WORD
FOR 'REPENT' IS 'NAHUM' AND IT
00:17:40.02\00:17:44.63
MEANS 'TO SIGH OR TO BREATHE
STRONGLY; TO BE SORRY; TO
00:17:44.66\00:17:49.40
REPENT; WANTING TO CHANGE.' AND
IN GREEK IT'S 'METANOIA' AND IT
00:17:49.43\00:17:56.30
MEANS 'TO BE REGRETFUL; TO THINK
DIFFERENTLY; TURNING FROM SIN TO
00:17:56.34\00:18:00.74
GOD.' SO EVEN IN THE VERY WORDS
IT REPRESENTS NOT JUST SAYING
00:18:00.78\00:18:04.98
'YEAH I'M SORRY I DID THAT
TO YOU LORD' BUT CONTINUING.
00:18:05.01\00:18:07.82
NOW, THERE'S THE RIGHT KIND OF
REPENTANCE AND THERE CAN ALSO BE
00:18:07.85\00:18:11.09
THE WRONG KIND OF REPENTANCE.
FOR INSTANCE, SOME EXAMPLES OF
00:18:11.12\00:18:14.46
THE WRONG KIND OF REPENTANCE YOU
CAN FIND IN HEBREWS CHAPTER 12,
00:18:14.49\00:18:18.96
VERSE 16, "LEST THERE BE
ANY FORNICATOR OR PROFANE PERSON
00:18:18.99\00:18:23.33
LIKE ESAU, WHO FOR ONE MORSEL
OF FOOD SOLD HIS BIRTHRIGHT.
00:18:23.37\00:18:27.87
FOR YOU KNOW THAT AFTERWARD,
WHEN HE WANTED TO INHERIT THE
00:18:27.90\00:18:30.01
BLESSING, HE WAS REJECTED,
FOR HE FOUND NO PLACE FOR
00:18:30.04\00:18:33.58
REPENTANCE, THOUGH HE SOUGHT
IT DILIGENTLY WITH TEARS."
00:18:33.61\00:18:37.61
HE WAS ONLY SORRY
FOR WHAT HE HAD LOST.
00:18:37.65\00:18:39.45
HE WASN'T SORRY THAT HE
HAD DESPISED THE BIRTHRIGHT.
00:18:39.48\00:18:42.78
DOES THE BIBLE SAY THAT
JUDAS REPENTED? IT DOES.
00:18:42.82\00:18:47.69
MATTHEW 27, VERSE 3, "THEN
JUDAS, WHICH HAD BETRAYED HIM,
00:18:47.72\00:18:52.53
WHEN HE SAW THAT HE WAS
CONDEMNED, REPENTED HIMSELF, AND
00:18:52.56\00:18:55.80
BROUGHT AGAIN THE THIRTY PIECES
OF SILVER TO THE CHIEF PRIESTS
00:18:55.83\00:18:59.30
AND THE ELDERS, SAYING, I HAVE
SINNED IN THAT I HAVE BETRAYED
00:18:59.33\00:19:03.10
THE INNOCENT BLOOD...AND
WENT AND HANGED HIMSELF."
00:19:03.14\00:19:07.24
SO THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER CASES
IN THE BIBLE OF THIS COUNTERFEIT
00:19:07.28\00:19:10.28
REPENTANCE. PHARAOH
WAS ALWAYS SORRY IN THE
00:19:10.31\00:19:13.42
INTENSITY OF A PLAGUE AND AS
SOON AS THE PLAGUE WAS REMOVED
00:19:13.45\00:19:16.35
HE WENT RIGHT BACK
TO DOING THE SAME THING.
00:19:16.38\00:19:19.52
HE WASN'T REALLY SORRY
THAT HE HAD DEFIED GOD.
00:19:19.55\00:19:22.06
HE KEPT THEM AS SLAVES.
00:19:22.09\00:19:23.53
THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT BALAAM AND
WHEN THE ANGEL WAS IN HIS PATH
00:19:23.56\00:19:27.40
WITH A SWORD DRAWN, HE WAS SORRY
AT THAT POINT, BUT HE WASN'T
00:19:27.46\00:19:31.83
REALLY REMORSEFUL FOR HIS
GREED. THEN YOU'VE GOT ACHAN.
00:19:31.87\00:19:36.91
YOU KNOW, WHEN ACHAN WAS FINALLY
IDENTIFIED BY GOD IN CASTING
00:19:36.94\00:19:41.18
LOTS AND THE HOLY SPIRIT SAID,
'YOU'RE THE ONE WHO STOLE AND
00:19:41.21\00:19:44.38
MANY HAVE DIED BECAUSE OF YOUR
SIN.' HE SAID, 'UH, YES, I'VE
00:19:44.41\00:19:48.75
SINNED.' WELL, THE SPOTLIGHT,
YOU KNOW, THE VIDEO WAS PLAYING
00:19:48.78\00:19:52.39
AT THAT POINT AND FROM TIME TO
TIME YOU'LL HEAR SOMEONE MAKE A
00:19:52.42\00:19:56.36
CONFESSION BUT IT'S BECAUSE THEY
DENY IT, THEY DENY IT, THEY DENY
00:19:56.39\00:19:59.86
IT AND THEY SAY 'HERE'S THE
VIDEO - HERE'S THE AUDIO OF YOU
00:19:59.89\00:20:02.13
SAYING THIS OR DOING THIS AND
THEY GO, 'OH YEAH, I GUESS I DID
00:20:02.16\00:20:05.93
DO IT AND I'M
SORRY.' WELL, ARE THEY SORRY?
00:20:05.97\00:20:10.21
NO, THAT'S NOT REAL REPENTANCE.
REPENTANCE IS A SORROW IN HEART
00:20:10.24\00:20:14.48
AND A WILLINGNESS TO
TURN AWAY AND TO CHANGE.
00:20:14.51\00:20:18.48
YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO
THERE WAS A MAN WHO WAS GUILTY
00:20:18.51\00:20:23.45
OF ROBBING A BANK AND HE
WENT SEVERAL YEARS - I THINK TEN
00:20:23.49\00:20:27.89
YEARS WENT BY - HE WAS 19 YEARS
OLD WHEN HE ROBBED THE BANK.
00:20:27.92\00:20:30.63
HIS NAME WAS AL JOHNSON AND
HE BECAME A CHRISTIAN AND HE
00:20:30.66\00:20:35.83
REALIZED, 'YOU KNOW, I WAS
A BANK ROBBER AND I NEED TO GO
00:20:35.86\00:20:39.90
CONFESS.' AND SO HE WENT TO
THE BANK AND HE TOLD THEM 'I'VE
00:20:39.93\00:20:43.54
ROBBED YOUR BANK.' AND THEY
SAID, 'YOU KNOW, THE STATUTE OF
00:20:43.57\00:20:47.54
LIMITATIONS FOR YOUR
CRIME HAS ACTUALLY EXPIRED.
00:20:47.58\00:20:49.94
WE CAN'T PROSECUTE.' HE
SAID, 'WELL, EVEN IF YOU CAN'T
00:20:49.98\00:20:52.85
PROSECUTE, I'M A CHRISTIAN NOW,
I THINK I SHOULD PAY BACK MY
00:20:52.88\00:20:56.12
PORTION OF WHAT WAS ROBBED.' AND
HE DID. BECAUSE REAL REPENTANCE
00:20:56.15\00:21:00.89
IS NOT ONLY GOING TO BE A SORROW
FOR SIN AND A TURNING AWAY.
00:21:00.92\00:21:05.69
AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE IF
YOU BORROWED YOUR NEIGHBOR'S
00:21:05.73\00:21:08.26
LAWNMOWER AND YOU NEVER TURNED
IT BACK - NEVER RETURNED IT TO
00:21:08.30\00:21:12.80
THEM - AND THEN SOMEWHERE ALONG
THE WAY YOU VISIT CHURCH AND YOU
00:21:12.83\00:21:16.14
FIND THE LORD AND YOU REPENT AND
COME TO CHRIST AND YOU KNEEL AND
00:21:16.17\00:21:19.51
YOU SAY, 'LORD, PLEASE FORGIVE
ME FOR STEALING MY NEIGHBOR'S
00:21:19.54\00:21:21.64
LAWNMOWER.' IF YOU KEEP IT IN
YOUR GARAGE, ARE YOU FORGIVEN?
00:21:21.68\00:21:27.48
OR DO YOU NEED TO TAKE
IT BACK TO YOUR NEIGHBOR?
00:21:27.52\00:21:31.29
IF YOU'RE REALLY
SORRY, THEN YOU OUGHT TO,
00:21:31.32\00:21:34.06
AS FAR AS POSSIBLE,
RESTORE WHAT WAS TAKEN.
00:21:34.09\00:21:37.86
THERE'S A NUMBER OF VERSES
IN THE BIBLE - FOR INSTANCE,
00:21:37.89\00:21:39.79
EZEKIEL 33:15, "IF THE WICKED
RESTORES THE PLEDGE, GIVES BACK
00:21:39.83\00:21:46.47
WHAT HE HAS STOLEN, AND WALKS
IN THE STATUTES OF LIFE WITHOUT
00:21:46.50\00:21:49.94
COMMITTING INIQUITY, HE SHALL
SURELY LIVE; HE SHALL NOT DIE."
00:21:49.97\00:21:53.94
THAT'S PRETTY CLEAR.
THINGS NEED TO BE RESTORED.
00:21:53.98\00:21:57.58
THERE NEEDS TO
BE A TRANSFORMATION.
00:21:57.61\00:21:59.11
PEOPLE SOMETIMES DO WHAT THEY
WANT TO DO AND SOME FOLKS SAY,
00:21:59.15\00:22:04.09
'WELL, YOU KNOW, I
DON'T THINK I CAN STOP.
00:22:04.12\00:22:05.99
I DON'T THINK I
CAN CHANGE.' REALLY?
00:22:06.02\00:22:09.62
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE SAY WE DON'T
THINK WE CAN STOP OR WE DON'T
00:22:09.66\00:22:12.29
THINK WE CAN CHANGE - FIRST
OF ALL, YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING
00:22:12.33\00:22:14.23
WITHOUT JESUS. THE
QUESTION IS 'DO YOU BELIEVE
00:22:14.30\00:22:17.03
YOU CAN DO ALL
THINGS THROUGH CHRIST?'
00:22:17.07\00:22:19.17
CAN YOU NOT ONLY BE SORROW -
SORRY FOR YOUR SINS, BUT CAN YOU
00:22:19.20\00:22:22.94
TURN FROM YOUR SINS
WITH GOD'S HELP? YOU CAN.
00:22:22.97\00:22:27.14
AND THE OTHER THING IS IT'S VERY
IMPORTANT FOR US TO REALIZE THAT
00:22:27.18\00:22:30.68
REPENTANCE IS A
LIFE AND DEATH ISSUE.
00:22:30.71\00:22:33.95
WE'VE GOT A SNAKE
THAT'S CRAWLED IN THE HOLE.
00:22:33.98\00:22:37.05
IF WE DON'T TURN FROM OUR SINS
THEN SIN WILL ULTIMATELY DESTROY
00:22:37.09\00:22:42.22
US. THE MOST
DANGEROUS MISTAKE THAT
00:22:42.26\00:22:45.06
PEOPLE MAKE WHEN IT COMES TO
THE TRUTH REGARDING REPENTANCE -
00:22:45.09\00:22:47.40
YOU KNOW WHAT IT
IS? PROCRASTINATION.
00:22:47.46\00:22:52.50
WE SAY, 'YOU KNOW,
REPENTANCE IS IMPORTANT.
00:22:52.53\00:22:54.14
ONE OF THESE DAYS...ONE OF THESE
DAYS. YOU KNOW, THERE'S THAT
00:22:54.17\00:22:58.41
THIEF ON THE CROSS AND MAYBE
JUST BEFORE I DIE I'LL REPENT.'
00:22:58.44\00:23:03.58
AND IT IS TRUE, THERE IS ONE
EXAMPLE IN THE BIBLE OF SOMEONE
00:23:03.61\00:23:06.92
WHO HAS A DEATHBED CONVERSION IN
THE ELEVENTH HOUR OF HIS LIFE -
00:23:06.95\00:23:10.75
THAT THIEF ON THE CROSS
WAS SAVED JUST LIKE HE WAS.
00:23:10.79\00:23:15.09
HE DIDN'T HAVE TO WRESTLE
WITH OR GIVE UP ANY OF HIS SINS
00:23:15.12\00:23:17.26
BECAUSE WE ARE
JUSTIFIED BY FAITH.
00:23:17.29\00:23:20.63
BUT THEN PART OF SANCTIFICATION
IS GOING TO BE REPENTANCE.
00:23:20.66\00:23:23.83
THAT THIEF DID
REPENT OF HIS SINS.
00:23:23.87\00:23:25.53
HE DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO
REALLY DEMONSTRATE ANYTHING
00:23:25.57\00:23:27.70
BECAUSE HE DIED SHORTLY AFTER.
BUT MATTHEW HENRY SAID SOMETHING
00:23:27.74\00:23:31.47
INTERESTING. HE
SAID, 'THERE'S ONLY ONE
00:23:31.51\00:23:34.08
EXAMPLE IN THE BIBLE OF A
DEATHBED CONVERSION AND THE
00:23:34.11\00:23:38.65
REASON THERE'S ONLY ONE EXAMPLE
IS SO THAT NO ONE WILL LOSE
00:23:38.68\00:23:40.98
HOPE, BUT THE OTHER REASON
IS NOBODY WILL DARE PRESUME.'
00:23:41.02\00:23:45.85
THERE'S ONLY ONE EXAMPLE.
YES, THERE IS ONE EXAMPLE SO WE
00:23:45.89\00:23:49.49
DON'T LOSE HOPE, BUT THERE IS
ONLY ONE EXAMPLE SO NO ONE WILL
00:23:49.52\00:23:53.33
DARE PRESUME. EVERY
DAY THAT GOES BY WHERE WE
00:23:53.36\00:23:57.57
PROCRASTINATE REPENTING OF OUR
SINS IS ONE LESS DAY TO REPENT
00:23:57.60\00:24:02.74
IN AND IT IS ONE
MORE DAY TO REPENT OF.
00:24:02.77\00:24:07.54
IT'S LIKE THIS MAN WHO WAS
STRUGGLING WITH SURRENDER TO
00:24:07.58\00:24:10.91
CHRIST, HAD A DREAM ONE NIGHT
AND AN ANGEL APPEARED AND THE
00:24:10.95\00:24:13.92
ANGEL SAID, 'FOLLOW ME' AND HE
FOLLOWED HIM OFF INTO THE WOODS
00:24:13.95\00:24:18.59
AND THERE IN THE WOODS HE
SAW THIS OLD HERMIT AND HE WAS
00:24:18.62\00:24:22.16
GATHERING STICKS INTO A BIG PILE
AND HE LAID THEM IN A BUNDLE AND
00:24:22.19\00:24:26.83
HE TIED THEM OFF. AND
HE TRIED TO PICK UP THE
00:24:26.86\00:24:29.40
BUNDLE OF STICKS BUT IT WAS TOO
HEAVY. SO THE OLD HERMIT UNTIED
00:24:29.43\00:24:33.03
THE BUNDLE AND HE ADDED A FEW
MORE STICKS AND THEN HE TIED IT
00:24:33.07\00:24:36.84
OFF AND HE TRIED TO PICK IT UP
AND IT WAS TOO HEAVY AND HE WENT
00:24:36.87\00:24:38.91
THROUGH THIS EXERCISE SEVERAL
TIMES, EVERY TIME THE BUNDLE OF
00:24:38.94\00:24:41.31
STICKS WAS
GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER.
00:24:41.34\00:24:43.41
AND THE MAN TURNED TO THE ANGEL
AND SAID, 'WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?'
00:24:43.45\00:24:45.98
HE SAID, 'THIS IS WHAT A LOT
OF PEOPLE DO WITH REPENTANCE.
00:24:46.01\00:24:49.52
HE SAID, 'THEY FIGURE IT'S TOO
HEAVY AND SO THEY PUT IT OFF AND
00:24:49.55\00:24:54.22
THEY CONTINUE TO ADD TO THE
BURDEN EVERY DAY.' SOMEONE ASKED
00:24:54.26\00:24:57.93
A RABBI 'WHEN'S THE
BEST TIME TO REPENT?'
00:24:57.96\00:25:03.40
AND THE RABBI SAID, 'THE LAST
DAY OF YOUR LIFE.' AND HE SAID,
00:25:03.43\00:25:07.00
'WHAT IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT
THE LAST DAY OF YOUR LIFE IS?'
00:25:07.04\00:25:10.14
RABBI SAID, 'EXACTLY.' SO THE
BEST TIME TO REPENT OF OUR SINS
00:25:10.17\00:25:14.61
IS WHEN WE ARE
AWARE OF OUR SINS.
00:25:14.64\00:25:16.68
WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT COMES TO US
AND GOD GIVES US THAT GRACE AND
00:25:16.71\00:25:20.72
THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT
IT'S THE LORD THAT GIVES US THIS
00:25:20.75\00:25:24.62
REPENTANCE. WHEN WE
LOOK AT JESUS AND WE SEE
00:25:24.65\00:25:28.06
THE GOODNESS OF
GOD, WHEN WE SEE THE
00:25:28.09\00:25:29.79
LOVE OF GOD, WHEN WE SEE THE
SACRIFICE AND THE SUFFERING OF
00:25:29.82\00:25:32.86
JESUS, THE GOODNESS OF
GOD LEADS US TO REPENTANCE.
00:25:32.89\00:25:36.60
YOU MIGHT BE THINKING AS YOU'RE
LISTENING, 'PASTOR DOUG, BOY I
00:25:36.63\00:25:40.10
HAVE THINGS IN MY
LIFE THAT NEED CHANGING.'
00:25:40.14\00:25:43.20
WELL, I'VE GOT
THINGS IN MY LIFE TOO.
00:25:43.24\00:25:44.84
PRAISE THE LORD I'M
NOT WHAT I USED TO BE.
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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
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CLOSER TO GOD AND BEING A
CHRISTIAN IS AN ONGOING WALK OF
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THE LORD REVEALING
THINGS THAT NEED CHANGING.
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BUT IF YOU PRAY AND YOU SAY ALL
THE TIME, 'I'M GOING TO KEEP MY
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EYES FIXED ON JESUS', AS YOU
LOOK AT GOD AND AS YOU SEE GOD,
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YOU'LL THEN SEE YOURSELF AND
THEN THAT'LL BRING THAT PRAYER
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FROM YOUR HEART,
'WOE IS ME, I'M UNDONE.'
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AND WE NEED A
HEART TRANSFORMATION.
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GOD SAYS HE'LL CHANGE OUR HEARTS
AND ALL THINGS WILL BE MADE NEW.
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>>YOU KNOW, WE ALL BELIEVE THAT
WE'RE SAVED UNDER THE PROMISE OF
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THE NEW COVENANT, BUT DID YOU
KNOW THAT GOD ONLY MAKES THAT
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COVENANT WITH
THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL?
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SO WHAT DOES THAT
MEAN? ONLY JEWS CAN BE SAVED?
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OR IS THERE A WAY THAT EVERY
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JEW AND ENJOY THE PROMISES THAT
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JACOB? WOULD YOU
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>>I GOT BAPTIZED INTO
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>>I REALIZED THAT
THERE HAD TO BE MORE TO LIFE.
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>>THE LIFE THAT HE'S GIVEN ME.
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WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT HE'S
ACTUALLY SAYING SOMETHING WHERE
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THESE GUYS STARTED BEING
CHANGED, INCLUDING MYSELF.
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>>MY QUESTION WAS, 'WHY
DID THAT HAPPEN TO ME, GOD?'
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THE LORD WAS ABLE TO REACH OUT
AND - AND I ACTUALLY SAW HIM AS
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A FATHER. >>I LOST
EVERYTHING AND THAT WAS
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WHEN I REALIZED THAT IT
WAS GOD MISSING IN MY LIFE.
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>>I WENT TO A PROPHECY
SEMINAR, WHICH KNOCKED ME OUT.
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THIS MESSAGE WAS SO POWERFUL
AND SO IRREFUTABLE, I JUST WENT,
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(MUSIC)
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