Participants: Doug Batchelor
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Program Code: AFP000133
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01:03 AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. 01:11 >>IN OUR CULTURE TODAY WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 01:15 'GOD LOVES YOU. HE DOESN'T WANT YOU TO FEEL SHAME. 01:16 HE DOESN'T WANT YOU TO FEEL GUILT' AND 'ALL GUILT AND ALL 01:19 SHAME IS FROM THE DEVIL.' NOT TRUE. ONE OF THE THINGS 01:23 THE HOLY SPIRIT DOES IS HE BRINGS CONVICTION FOR SIN. 01:31 >>FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO 01:34 SHARING GOD'S WORD THROUGH MEDIA. 01:37 THIS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR BEST 01:40 TELEVISION BROADCASTS. WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND 01:43 ENJOY THIS EDITION OF AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS. 01:52 >>MORNING EVERYBODY. 01:54 TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT STEP NUMBER THREE IN THIS 01:58 'FORMULA FOR FAITH: UNDERSTANDING THE SCIENCE OF 02:01 SALVATION' AND THAT THIRD STEP IS REPENTANCE AND IT IS REALLY 02:06 ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE COULD BE TALKING ABOUT 02:09 BECAUSE, EVEN AMONG CHRISTIANS A LOT OF CHURCHES HAVE SORT OF 02:14 NEGLECTED THIS VERY BIBLICAL AND VERY IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THE 02:18 STEPS OF SALVATION. REPENTANCE REPRESENTS A SORROW 02:23 FOR SIN AND A WILLINGNESS TO TURN AWAY FROM IT. 02:28 IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT IF WE HAVE SINNED, FOR ONE THING THAT 02:32 WE'RE AWARE, AND THE OTHER IS THAT IF WE ARE AWARE WE REGRET. 02:37 WHEN I WAS A YOUNG MAN - FOUR YEARS OLD - 02:41 LIVING WITH MY GRANDMOTHER, I STOLE. 02:44 SHE WAS ALWAYS AFRAID TO TAKE ME TO THE STORE BECAUSE SHE HAD TO 02:48 SHAKE ME DOWN WHEN WE GOT TO THE CAR AND FIND OUT WHAT I'D COME 02:51 OUT WITH. TWO THINGS IN PARTICULAR I 02:53 REMEMBER - AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY I DID IT. 02:55 I THINK ONCE I STOLE A LITTLE JAR OF POND'S FACIAL CREME. 03:00 I WAS GOING TO GIVE IT TO MY MOTHER - I DIDN'T NEED IT, BUT I 03:02 THOUGHT THIS WOULD MAKE A NICE GIFT AND THAT WASN'T SO HARD TO 03:05 GET OUT THE DOOR, BUT MY GRANDMOTHER NEVER COULD FIGURE 03:08 OUT HOW I MANAGED TO SNEAK OUT OF THE STORE IN FRONT OF HER 03:12 WITH A BOW AND ARROW - A FULL BOW AND ARROW KIT - AND I STILL 03:16 DON'T KNOW IF SHE SAID 'HOW YOU HID THAT BEHIND YOUR BACK AND 03:18 DOWN YOUR PANTS, OR WHATEVER YOU DID' AND I WALKED OUT THE STORE 03:22 WITH THE BOW AND ARROW. 03:23 AND WHAT REALLY BOTHERED HER WAS WHEN SHE TOLD ME 'THIS IS WRONG. 03:27 YOU SHOULD STOP STEALING.' I WAS UNREPENTANT. 03:31 SO SHE TOOK ME TO THE POLICE STATION - THIS IS TRUE - AND SHE 03:34 TOLD THE POLICEMAN - I HAVE A JEWISH GRANDMOTHER - SHE TOLD 03:38 THE POLICEMAN 'CAN YOU TELL DOUGIE THAT HE'S GOING TO GO TO 03:41 JAIL IF HE DOESN'T STOP STEALING.' AND HE SAID, 'YOU 03:47 KNOW, IF YOU DON'T STOP STEALING I'M GOING TO PUT YOU IN JAIL.' 03:50 AND I SAID, 'I'M NOT AFRAID.' AND THEN SHE SAID, 'TELL HIM 03:56 WHAT YOU FEED THEM IN JAIL.' HE SAID, 'YOU'LL HAVE BREAD AND 03:59 WATER.' AND I SAID, 'WILL THERE BE ANY PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY?' 04:06 THIS IS REALLY - I STILL VIVIDLY REMEMBER THIS. 04:09 AND WHEN I REALIZED IT WAS JUST BREAD AND WATER WITHOUT 04:11 PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY ON THE BREAD, I THOUGHT I'D BETTER MEND 04:14 MY WAYS. BUT SHE WAS REALLY WORRIED 04:16 BECAUSE I FELT NO REMORSE. NOW IF SOMEONE IS GUILTY - IF 04:22 YOU SIN - SHOULD THEY FEEL GUILTY? 04:25 IF YOU'RE A PARENT AND YOU HAVE A CHILD AND THEY'RE SINNING AND 04:29 THEY DON'T HAVE ANY REGRET AREN'T YOU WORRIED? 04:32 SO IF WE'RE DOING SOMETHING THAT'S WRONG IS IT IMPORTANT FOR 04:35 US TO FEEL REGRET OR TO FEEL GUILTY? 04:38 YOU SHOULD NOT FEEL GOOD ABOUT DOING BAD. 04:41 AND THE REASON THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT AND WE'RE TALKING 04:43 ABOUT IT NOW IS A LOT OF CHURCHES, I THINK, MISUNDERSTAND 04:47 THE IMPORTANCE OF REPENTANCE. IN OUR CULTURE TODAY WE HEAR A 04:52 LOT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 'GOD LOVES YOU. 04:54 HE DOESN'T WANT YOU TO FEEL SHAME. 04:55 HE DOESN'T WANT YOU TO FEEL GUILT' AND 'ALL GUILT AND ALL 04:58 SHAME IS FROM THE DEVIL.' NOT TRUE. ONE OF THE THINGS THE HOLY 05:03 SPIRIT DOES IS HE BRINGS CONVICTION FOR SIN. 05:07 THERE SHOULD BE A SORROW FOR SIN. 05:10 WE TALKED IN OUR LAST PRESENTATION ABOUT HAVING THAT 05:13 EPIPHANY - THAT 'AHA!' MOMENT WHERE YOU REALIZE, AS 05:16 DAVID SAID, 'I HAVE SINNED.' OR LIKE PETER, WHEN YOU REALIZE 05:20 YOU DENIED CHRIST YOU GO OUT AND YOU WEEP BITTERLY. 05:23 THERE SHOULD BE A REMORSE. JAMES TALKS ABOUT OUR HUMBLING 05:26 OURSELVES IN THE SIGHT OF GOD THAT HE MIGHT LIFT US UP. 05:31 SO BEFORE GOD CAN LIFT US UP AND MAKE US FEEL GOOD, WE NEED TO 05:34 KNOW WHY WE HAVE A REASON TO FEEL BAD AND THAT'S CALLED 05:38 REPENTANCE. SO LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF THE 05:41 VERSES IN THE BIBLE THAT TALK ABOUT THIS. 05:44 NOW, REMEMBER, WE'RE USING, AS A SPRINGBOARD OF OUR STUDY, 05:48 THE CONVERSION EXPERIENCE OF ISAIAH. 05:50 LET'S GO THERE REALLY QUICK AGAIN. 05:52 IN ISAIAH CHAPTER 6 IT TELLS US IN VERSE 1, "IN THE YEAR THAT 05:57 KING UZZIAH DIED, I SAW THE LORD SITTING ON A THRONE," - AND IT 06:02 DESCRIBES HIM SEEING GOD IN HIS GLORY SURROUNDED WITH THESE HOLY 06:06 SERAPHIM - THESE ANGELIC CREATURES THAT ARE THEN CRYING 06:11 THE HOLINESS OF GOD AND THE EXALTED NATURE OF GOD AND THEY 06:14 CRY, 'HOLY, HOLY, HOLY' - THE LORD IS SO PURE. 06:17 AND THEN, AS EXPOSED TO THE PURENESS OF GOD HE, BY CONTRAST, 06:22 SEES HIS OWN DEFILEMENT AND AFTER HE SEES THE GOODNESS OF 06:26 GOD HE THEN SEES HIMSELF IN CONTRAST AND HE SAYS, 06:32 "WOE IS ME, FOR I AM UNDONE!" 06:37 HE ACKNOWLEDGES AND RECOGNIZES HIS SINFULNESS, "BECAUSE I AM A 06:42 MAN OF UNCLEAN LIPS, AND I DWELL IN THE MIDST OF A PEOPLE OF 06:46 UNCLEAN LIPS; FOR MY EYES HAVE SEEN THE KING, THE LORD OF 06:49 HOSTS." REMEMBER, STEP ONE? 06:51 WHEN HE SAW GOD AND HIS GOODNESS, BY CONTRAST HE SAW 06:54 THEN HIS UNHOLINESS AND THAT LED HIM TO REPENTANCE. 06:58 AND THE SECOND PART OF THIS REPENTANCE IS CONFESSION AND 07:01 WE'LL GET TO THAT IN JUST A MOMENT. 07:02 NOW, WHAT IS THE FIRST THING THAT JOHN THE BAPTIST SAID AS HE 07:07 WAS PREPARING TO INTRODUCE JESUS TO THE WORLD? 07:11 HE WENT TO PREPARE THE WAY FOR CHRIST. 07:13 HE WAS THAT VOICE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS. 07:15 MATTHEW CHAPTER 3, VERSES 1 AND 2, IT SAYS, "IN THOSE DAYS JOHN 07:20 THE BAPTIST CAME PREACHING IN THE WILDERNESS OF JUDEA, AND 07:23 SAYING," - FIRST WORD - "'REPENT, FOR THE KINGDOM OF 07:27 HEAVEN IS AT HAND!'" SO IF WE WANT TO BE CITIZENS 07:30 IN THAT KINGDOM, WHAT'S THE FIRST THING THAT NEEDS TO 07:32 HAPPEN? REPENT. 07:35 JOHN THE BAPTIST, IT SAYS, HE HAD A BAPTISM OF REPENTANCE. 07:39 FIRST WORDS OF JESUS, IF JOHN'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU, WHAT 07:43 WERE THE FIRST WORDS OF JESUS WHEN HE BEGAN TO PREACH? 07:45 IT SAYS, "FROM THAT TIME" - MATTHEW 4:17 - "FROM THAT TIME 07:49 JESUS BEGAN TO PREACH AND TO SAY, 'REPENT, FOR THE KINGDOM OF 07:54 HEAVEN IS AT HAND.'" FIRST WORDS OUT OF HIS MOUTH. 07:56 WELL, WHAT BRINGS US TO REPENTANCE? 07:59 2 CORINTHIANS 7, VERSE 10, "FOR GODLY SORROW PRODUCES REPENTANCE 08:06 LEADING TO SALVATION." SO WHAT LEADS TO SALVATION? 08:10 A GODLY SORROW - THERE IS A GODLY SHAME OR A GUILT OR 08:14 CONVICTION FOR - THAT WE'VE DONE SOMETHING WRONG 08:19 AND WE SHOULD BE SAD ABOUT THAT. 08:20 IT PRODUCES REPENTANCE - THE RIGHT KIND OF REPENTANCE - THAT 08:24 LEADS TO WHAT WE ALL WANT: SALVATION. 08:27 GODLY SORROW PRODUCES REPENTANCE THAT LEADS TO SALVATION AND IT'S 08:32 A REPENTANCE NOT TO BE REGRETTED. 08:35 'THE SORROW OF THE WORLD OR FALSE GUILT OR SHAME PRODUCES 08:40 DEATH.' WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE. 08:43 AND THEN WE TOUCHED ON THIS: ROMANS 2, VERSE 4 - I WANT TO 08:46 GIVE YOU A LOT OF SCRIPTURE TODAY - "OR DO YOU DESPISE THE 08:50 RICHES OF HIS GOODNESS, FORBEARANCE, AND LONGSUFFERING, 08:53 NOT KNOWING THAT THE GOODNESS OF GOD LEADS YOU TO REPENTANCE?" 08:58 WHERE IN HISTORY, BIBLICALLY, WAS THE GOODNESS OF GOD BEST 09:02 EXEMPLIFIED? AT THE CROSS. YOU SEE THE LOVE OF GOD FOR MAN 09:08 IN HIS GIVING HIS SON. YOU SEE THE LOVE OF JESUS FOR 09:10 MAN IN LAYING DOWN HIS LIFE. YOU SEE THE HUMILITY OF CHRIST - 09:15 THAT HE'S WILLING TO TAKE OUR PLACE, HIS PURITY, HIS MEEKNESS 09:20 - IT'S ALL SEEN THERE AT THE CROSS. 09:21 NOW, A DEFINITION FOR REPENTANCE IS 'A REMORSE, REGRET, OR 09:27 CONTRITION FOR PAST CONDUCT OR SIN.' THE SECOND PART IS 'TO 09:31 FEEL SUCH REGRET AS TO CHANGE ONE'S MIND REGARDING IT AS IN 09:36 REPENTING OF ONE'S INTEMPERATE BEHAVIOR. 09:39 TO MAKE A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER AS A RESULT OF REMORSE OR 09:42 CONTRITION FOR ONE'S SINS.' REPENTANCE IS NOT JUST A SORROW 09:49 THAT YOU'VE DONE SOMETHING WRONG AND YOU CONTINUE DOING THE SAME 09:52 THING. REPENTANCE REPRESENTS A U-TURN 09:56 ON THE ROAD OF LIFE AND THAT MEANS 'YOU TURN'. 10:00 SO YOU'RE GOING THIS WAY AND YOU'RE LIVING FOR THE DEVIL AND 10:04 YOU'RE DOING WHAT'S WRONG AND THEN YOU HAVE THIS REALIZATION 10:07 OF 'OH LORD, WOE IS ME. I AM UNDONE.' 10:11 'I AM THE MAN.' OR LIKE PETER, YOU REALIZE THAT 10:14 CHRIST IS SUFFERING FOR YOU AND THEN YOU BASICALLY DO AN ABOUT 10:17 FACE AND YOU CHANGE DIRECTIONS - U-TURN - AND YOU START TO GO A 10:22 DIFFERENT DIRECTION - YOU TURN AWAY FROM THE THINGS THAT HURT 10:26 THE LORD. WHEN YOU THINK OF WHAT HAVE WE DONE TO GOD? 10:30 WHAT HAVE OUR SINS COST JESUS? 10:33 AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CROSS AND WE SEE HOW HE SUFFERED FOR - 10:36 EVERYTHING YOU SEE HIM GOING THROUGH ON THE CROSS IS NOT JUST 10:39 FOR THE SINS OF THE WHOLE WORLD, EVERYTHING HE WENT THROUGH ON 10:42 THE CROSS WAS WHAT HE NEEDED TO DO JUST FOR YOUR SINS. 10:47 I THINK THAT SOMETIMES IS DIFFICULT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND. 10:51 YOU MIGHT BE THINKING, 'WELL, HE DIED FOR THE SINS OF THE WHOLE 10:54 WORLD.' TRUE, BUT EVERYTHING HE DID HE WOULD HAVE DONE JUST FOR 11:00 YOUR DEGREE OF SINS. YOUR SINS, NO MATTER HOW SMALL - 11:04 YOU MAY HAVE GROWN UP IN THE CHURCH - IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW 11:07 SMALL OR INSIGNIFICANT YOU THINK YOUR SINS MIGHT BE, YOUR SINS 11:10 ALL BY YOURSELF ARE ENOUGH TO HAVE MADE JESUS EXPERIENCE 11:14 EVERYTHING HE EXPERIENCED ON THE CROSS. AND WHEN YOU 11:17 REALIZE THAT, YOU SAY 'WOW, HE DID ALL THAT FOR ME. 11:22 MY SINS WERE THAT PAINFUL TO GOD?' 11:26 AND SO WHEN WE SEE HOW MUCH OUR SINS HURT GOD, 11:28 THE GOODNESS OF GOD LEADS US TO REPENTANCE. 11:32 NOW, YOU CAN READ, FOR INSTANCE, ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS IN 11:35 REPENTANCE - HOW IMPORTANT IS IT? 11:37 ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS IN REPENTANCE, IN ACTS CHAPTER 2, 11:40 AFTER PETER HELPED THE CROWD AT PENTECOST SEE THE LORD - THE 11:45 FIRST STEP IS SEE THE LORD. THEY THEN SAW THEMSELVES AND 11:48 SAID, 'MEN AND BRETHREN, WHAT SHALL WE DO?' 11:50 THEY SAID, 'WOE IS ME. WE'VE CRUCIFIED OUR SAVIOR. 11:54 THE MESSIAH CAME AND WE'VE CRUCIFIED HIM.' AND THEY HAD 11:57 THIS TERRIBLE SENSE OF THEIR SHAME AND THEY SAID, 'WHAT DO WE 12:01 DO?' AND WHAT WAS PETER'S ANSWER? 12:02 ACTS 2:38, "THEN PETER SAID TO THEM, 'REPENT, AND LET EVERY ONE 12:07 OF YOU BE BAPTIZED IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST FOR THE 12:10 REMISSION OF SINS AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE THE GIFT OF THE HOLY 12:14 SPIRIT.'" SO WE ALL UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO BE FILLED 12:18 WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT. WHAT IS A PREREQUISITE FOR BEING 12:21 FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT? REPENT. REPENTANCE. 12:26 YOU SEE, BEFORE WE CAN BE FILLED WE MUST BE EMPTY. 12:30 AND REPENTANCE IS REALLY KIND OF TURNING YOUR HEART UPSIDE DOWN. 12:33 YOU'RE EMPTYING YOURSELF OF YOURSELF AND SAYING, 12:37 'LORD, WOE IS ME. YOU FILL ME WITH YOUR SPIRIT.' 12:42 AND WHEN YOU HUMBLE YOURSELF, THEN GOD CAN LIFT YOU UP. 12:46 I'LL READ THAT VERSE TO YOU AGAIN IN JAMES 4, VERSE 7, 12:49 "THEREFORE SUBMIT TO GOD. RESIST THE DEVIL AND HE WILL 12:53 FLEE FROM YOU. DRAW NEAR TO GOD AND HE WILL 12:57 DRAW NEAR TO YOU. CLEANSE YOUR HANDS, YOU SINNERS; 13:00 AND PURIFY YOUR HEARTS, YOU DOUBLE-MINDED." 13:02 THIS SOUNDS KIND OF HEAVY BUT IT'S IN THE BIBLE. 13:04 "LAMENT AND MOURN AND WEEP! LET YOUR LAUGHTER BE TURNED TO 13:09 MOURNING AND YOUR JOY TO GLOOM." SOME PEOPLE STOP RIGHT 13:12 THERE AND I DON'T WANT TO STAY IN A CHURCH 13:13 WHERE THEY STOP RIGHT THERE, BUT THAT IS PART OF THE GOSPEL IS 13:17 THAT WE NEED TO HAVE THAT SENSE OF MOURNING AND SORROW FOR OUR 13:21 SIN. IT SAYS, 'LET YOUR JOY BE TURNED TO GLOOM. 13:26 HUMBLE YOURSELF IN THE SIGHT OF GOD' AND THEN THE GOOD PART IS 13:29 HE SAYS, 'HE WILL LIFT YOU UP.' HE DOESN'T LEAVE YOU IN THAT 13:32 STATE OF SHAME AND MOURNING AND SORROW. FOR INSTANCE, 13:36 IN EPHESIANS 4:28 IT SAYS, "LET HIM WHO STOLE STEAL NO LONGER." 13:43 I MEAN, CAN YOU SAY 'WELL, I JUST DON'T STEAL NEARLY AS 13:46 MUCH'? WOULD THAT BE ACCEPTABLE? 13:50 IF YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE WORKING FOR AN EMPLOYER IN A 13:54 FACTORY AND YOU TELL YOUR EMPLOYER, 'YOU KNOW, I USED TO 13:58 STEAL A LOT FROM YOU BUT I'VE BECOME A CHRISTIAN AND I WANT 14:00 YOU TO KNOW I'VE CUT DOWN'? HOW LONG WILL YOU HAVE YOUR JOB? 14:05 HE WANTS TO - FIRST OF ALL, YOU MIGHT LOSE 14:08 YOUR JOB ANYWAY - HE WANTS YOU TO SAY, 'I DON'T STEAL ANYMORE.' 14:13 AND HOW MANY TIMES, WHEN JESUS FORGAVE SOMEBODY, LIKE THE WOMAN 14:19 IN THE TEMPLE - IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN MARY MAGDALENE THAT WAS 14:21 CAUGHT IN ADULTERY - JESUS SAID, 'NEITHER DO I CONDEMN YOU.' AND 14:25 WE LOVE TO PREACH ON THE WONDERFUL GRACE OF THE LORD THAT 14:28 SAYS, 'I DO NOT CONDEMN YOU.' AND NOT ALWAYS DO WE THEN GO ON 14:31 TO SAY WHAT JESUS SAID, 'GO, YOU'RE FREE, AND SIN NO MORE.' 14:37 HE DOESN'T SAVE US TO SIN, HE SAVES US FROM OUR SIN. 14:41 MARY MAGDALENE MAY HAVE FALLEN BACK. 14:43 THE BIBLE SAYS HE CAST SEVEN DEVILS OUT OF HER. 14:46 THAT MEANS YOU MIGHT SLIP AND 'IF ANY MAN SIN WE HAVE AN 14:49 ADVOCATE WITH THE FATHER.' WE SHOULDN'T GET DISCOURAGED. 14:51 YOU GET BACK UP. YOU KEEP GOING. 14:53 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 15:05 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 15:34 WANTS US TO TURN FROM ARE THE THINGS THAT HURT US. 15:37 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. 15:56 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." 16:15 'GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON THAT 16:18 WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH BUT HAVE EVERLASTING 16:21 LIFE.' WHAT IS PART OF BELIEVING IN JESUS? 16:26 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. 16:54 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? 17:01 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." 17:16 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, 18:18 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, 21:34 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, 22:04 'WELL, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK I CAN STOP. 22:06 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 22:17 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. 22:37 IF WE DON'T TURN FROM OUR SINS THEN SIN WILL ULTIMATELY DESTROY 22:42 US. THE MOST DANGEROUS MISTAKE THAT 22:45 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. 23:15 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 23:34 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 23:41 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 24:22 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 24:33 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?' 24:46 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 24:54 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, 25:07 'WHAT IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LAST DAY OF YOUR LIFE IS?' 25:10 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 25:28 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 25:40 HAVE THINGS IN MY LIFE THAT NEED CHANGING.' 25:43 WELL, I'VE GOT THINGS IN MY LIFE TOO. 25:44 PRAISE THE LORD I'M NOT WHAT I USED TO BE. 25:48 I MAY NOT BE WHAT I NEED TO BE, BUT PRAISE GOD I'M NOT WHAT I 25:50 USED TO BE. AND SO YOU OUGHT TO BE DRAWING 25:52 CLOSER TO GOD AND BEING A CHRISTIAN IS AN ONGOING WALK OF 25:56 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 26:03 EYES FIXED ON JESUS', AS YOU LOOK AT GOD AND AS YOU SEE GOD, 26:08 YOU'LL THEN SEE YOURSELF AND THEN THAT'LL BRING THAT PRAYER 26:11 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. 26:20 DO YOU WANT THAT EXPERIENCE? I DO. (MUSIC) 26:27 >>YOU KNOW, WE ALL BELIEVE THAT WE'RE SAVED UNDER THE PROMISE OF 26:30 THE NEW COVENANT, BUT DID YOU KNOW THAT GOD ONLY MAKES THAT 26:33 COVENANT WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL? 26:36 SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? ONLY JEWS CAN BE SAVED? 26:39 OR IS THERE A WAY THAT EVERY PERSON CAN BECOME A SPIRITUAL 26:42 JEW AND ENJOY THE PROMISES THAT GOD MADE TO ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND 26:45 JACOB? WOULD YOU LIKE TO UNDERSTAND 26:47 THAT SUBJECT AND WHERE ISRAEL FITS IN FINAL-DAY PROPHECY? 26:51 WE HAVE A SPECIAL OFFER FOR YOU AND ITS CALLED SPIRITUAL ISRAEL . 26:55 IT'S A BEAUTIFUL STUDY ANSWERING THESE QUESTIONS AND WE'LL SEND 26:58 IT TO YOU FOR FREE. TO GET YOUR FREE COPY, GO TO 27:01 AMAZINGFACTS.ORG OR CALL THE PHONE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN 27:05 AND ASK FOR OFFER #174. AND WHEN YOU GET YOUR FREE 27:10 RESOURCE, MAKE SURE AND READ IT AND THEN SHARE IT WITH SOMEONE 27:13 ELSE BECAUSE GOD'S MESSAGE IS OUR MISSION. 27:18 >>CAN'T GET ENOUGH AMAZING FACTS BIBLE STUDY? 27:20 YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT WEEK TO ENJOY MORE 27:23 TRUTH-FILLED PROGRAMMING, VISIT THE AMAZING FACTS MEDIA LIBRARY 27:27 AT 'AFTV.ORG'. AT 'AFTV.ORG' YOU CAN ENJOY 27:33 VIDEO AND AUDIO PRESENTATIONS AS WELL AS PRINTED MATERIAL ALL 27:37 FREE OF CHARGE, 24 HOURS A DAY 7 DAYS A WEEK, RIGHT FROM YOUR 27:41 COMPUTER OR MOBILE DEVICE. VISIT 'AFTV.ORG'. 27:47 >>I GOT BAPTIZED INTO A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST - 27:48 >>I REALIZED THAT THERE HAD TO BE MORE TO LIFE. 27:50 >>GOD IS REALLY DOING THIS. >>THE LIFE THAT HE'S GIVEN ME. 27:53 >>THIS MESSAGE WAS SO POWERFUL. >>I'LL FOLLOW CHRIST 27:54 WHEREVER HE GOES. >>AMAZING FACTS. MORE THAN 27:59 45 YEARS OF PROCLAIMING GOD'S MESSAGE AROUND THE WORLD. 28:03 >>AND THEN THE LOGO POPS ACROSS AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS. 28:07 I'VE LISTENED TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT MINISTERS, BUT THIS 28:10 WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT HE'S ACTUALLY SAYING SOMETHING WHERE 28:13 I HAD TO GRAB MY BIBLE AND ACTUALLY PICK IT UP AND I'VE 28:17 NEVER HEARD THIS BEFORE. LET ME - LET ME LOOK 28:19 THROUGH AND FIND THIS. THEN I JUST COULDN'T GET ENOUGH. 28:21 >>AND SO I STARTED DOING BIBLE STUDIES. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF 28:24 THESE GUYS STARTED BEING CHANGED, INCLUDING MYSELF. 28:28 >>MY QUESTION WAS, 'WHY DID THAT HAPPEN TO ME, GOD?' 28:32 THE LORD WAS ABLE TO REACH OUT AND - AND I ACTUALLY SAW HIM AS 28:35 A FATHER. >>I LOST EVERYTHING AND THAT WAS 28:38 WHEN I REALIZED THAT IT WAS GOD MISSING IN MY LIFE. 28:41 >>I WENT TO A PROPHECY SEMINAR, WHICH KNOCKED ME OUT. 28:45 THIS MESSAGE WAS SO POWERFUL AND SO IRREFUTABLE, I JUST WENT, 28:50 'THIS IS REAL. THIS IS - THIS IS AMAZING.' 28:55 (MUSIC) 29:25 >>THIS PRESENTATION WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE 29:28 AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. |
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