AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
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>>DOES GOD JUST WANT US TO
REPENT AND CONFESS OF OUR SINS?
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OR DOES REAL REPENTANCE ALSO
INVOLVE FORSAKING? BEING WILLING
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NOT TO BE SAVED IN YOUR SIN
BUT TO BE SAVED FROM YOUR 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 TELEVISION
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BROADCASTS. WE
INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND
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ENJOY THIS EDITION OF
'AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS'.
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>>ARE YOU ALL READY TO STUDY
THE BIBLE? WELL, WE'RE EXCITED.
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WE'RE GOING TO BE CONTINUING OUR
STUDY TALKING ABOUT 'THE FORMULA
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FOR FAITH: UNDERSTANDING THE
SCIENCE OF SALVATION.' AND YOU
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REMEMBER IN OUR PREVIOUS
STUDIES, WE'VE BEEN GOING
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THROUGH THE CONVERSION
EXPERIENCE OF ISAIAH THE PROPHET
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AND SEEING THAT THAT'S A
TEMPLATE - THAT BECOMES AN
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OUTLINE FOR THE STEPS
THAT ANYBODY REALLY NEEDS TO GO
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THROUGH IN BEING
SAVED. THERE'S A PROGRESS -
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THERE'S A PATTERN AND IT'S NOT
ONLY IMPORTANT FOR EACH OF US TO
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TAKE THOSE STEPS, BUT IF
WE'RE GOING TO WORK TO GIVE
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BIBLE STUDIES TO OTHER
PEOPLE, IT'S IMPORTANT TO
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KNOW STEP ONE IS YOU SEE GOD.
THEN THEY NEED TO, BY CONTRAST,
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THEY SEE THEMSELVES.
AND THEN THEY REPENT.
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BUT REPENTANCE IS SOMETHING THAT
CAN HAPPEN IN YOUR HEART WITHOUT
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EVER TELLING ANYBODY. YOU
CAN STEP ON A PERSON'S FOOT
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AND BE SORRY YOU DID IT AND WALK
AWAY, BUT IF YOU NEVER SAID 'I'M
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SORRY' AND VERBALIZED THAT
REPENTANCE, IT'S NOT COMPLETE.
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AND SO TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BE
TALKING ABOUT THE SECOND PART OF
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REPENTANCE, WHICH IS
BETTER KNOWN AS CONFESSION.
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AND IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK
TO ISAIAH, WE'LL READ THIS STORY
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AGAIN - IT STARTS WITH ISAIAH
CHAPTER 6, VERSE 1, "IN THE YEAR
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THAT KING UZZIAH DIED," - YOU'RE
GOING TO HAVE THIS MEMORIZED
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BEFORE WE'RE DONE, RIGHT? -
"IN THE YEAR THAT KING UZZIAH
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DIED, I SAW THE LORD SITTING
ON A THRONE, HIGH AND LIFTED UP,
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AND THE TRAIN OF HIS ROBE FILLED
THE TEMPLE. ABOVE IT STOOD
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SERAPHIM; EACH ONE HAD SIX
WINGS: WITH TWO HE COVERED HIS
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FACE, WITH TWO HE COVERED
HIS FEET, AND WITH TWO HE FLEW.
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AND ONE CRIED TO ANOTHER AND
SAID: 'HOLY, HOLY, HOLY IS THE
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LORD OF HOSTS; THE WHOLE
EARTH IS FULL OF HIS GLORY!'
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AND THE POSTS OF THE DOOR WERE
SHAKEN BY THE VOICE OF HIM WHO
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CRIED OUT, AND THE
HOUSE WAS FILLED WITH SMOKE."
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SO HE SEES GOD IN HIS GLORY, IN
HIS GOODNESS, IN HIS HOLINESS,
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IN HIS AWESOME POWER AND THEN
THE LIGHT OF THE GLORY OF GOD
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CONTRASTED WITH - THE THINGS
WRONG IN HIS OWN CHARACTER
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CREATES THAT
CONTRAST AND HE FEELS REMORSE.
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HE FEELS UNWORTHY AND HE SAYS
THEN - HE CONFESSES WHAT HE'S
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FEELING, "WOE IS ME, FOR I
AM UNDONE!" - I AM DESTROYED.
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I AM GUILTY - "BECAUSE I AM A
MAN OF UNCLEAN LIPS" - AND YOU
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NOTICE HE'S MENTIONING
SOMETHING SPECIFIC HERE.
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THIS IS CONFESSION - "AND I
DWELL IN THE MIDST OF A PEOPLE
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OF UNCLEAN LIPS;" - WE'LL TALK
ABOUT THIS LATER TODAY, IT'S
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CORPORATE CONFESSION - "FOR
MY EYES HAVE SEEN THE KING..."
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SO WE'LL PAUSE THERE AND WE'LL
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS
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IMPORTANT ASPECT OF CONFESSION.
NOW, IS IT CLEAR TO EVERYBODY
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THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE
REPENTANCE AND CONFESSION BEFORE
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THERE IS FORGIVENESS,
CLEANSING AND SALVATION?
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YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE IS PRETTY
CLEAR THAT ALL THINGS ARE NAKED
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AND OPEN TO THE EYES OF
HIM WITH WHOM WE HAVE TO DO.
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GOD SEES EVERYTHING AND SOMEDAY
WE WILL GIVE AN ACCOUNT. AND FOR
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THERE - THERE'S A GREAT JUDGMENT
DAY - THE BIBLE'S CLEAR.
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JESUS SAID IN LUKE 12, VERSE
2, "FOR THERE IS NOTHING COVERED
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THAT WILL NOT BE REVEALED, NOR
HIDDEN THAT WILL NOT BE KNOWN.
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THEREFORE WHATEVER YOU HAVE
SPOKEN IN THE DARK WILL BE HEARD
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IN THE LIGHT, AND WHATEVER YOU
HAVE SPOKEN IN THE EAR IN INNER
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ROOMS WILL BE
PROCLAIMED ON THE HOUSETOPS."
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SO FOR OUR SINS TO BE FORGIVEN
THERE NEEDS TO BE A COUPLE OF
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VERY IMPORTANT CRITERIA.
ONE IS 'HE WHO COVERS HIS SIN
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WILL NOT PROSPER BUT WHOEVER
CONFESSES AND FORSAKES' - NOW
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THIS IS A PART THAT'S
OFTEN LEFT OUT THESE DAYS.
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PEOPLE TALK ABOUT CONFESSION
- 'GOD'LL FORGIVE YOU AND GOD'LL
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CLEANSE YOU' BUT PART OF REAL
REPENTANCE IS A SORROW FOR SIN
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AND A TURNING AWAY FROM IT.
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IT SAYS, 'HE WHO CONFESSES AND
FORSAKES THEM WILL HAVE MERCY.'
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DOES GOD JUST WANT US TO REPENT
AND CONFESS OF OUR SINS OR DOES
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REAL REPENTANCE ALSO INVOLVE
FORSAKING - BEING WILLING NOT TO
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BE SAVED IN YOUR SIN BUT
TO BE SAVED FROM YOUR SIN?
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IT'S A VERY
IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THAT.
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YOU CAN READ ALSO, FOR INSTANCE,
IN PSALM 32 - THIS IS A GREAT
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PSALM OF REPENTANCE - PSALM 32
- DAVID WROTE A COUPLE OF REALLY
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GOOD PSALMS DEALING WITH
REPENTANCE AND CONFESSION.
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ONE OF THEM IS PSALM 51
AND THE OTHER ONE IS PSALM 32.
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"WHEN I KEPT SILENT" - WHEN HE
DIDN'T CONFESS - "MY BONES GREW
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OLD THROUGH MY GROANING ALL THE
DAY LONG." - AND YOU READ ON IT
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SAYS - "I ACKNOWLEDGED MY SIN
TO YOU. MY INIQUITY I HAVE NOT
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HIDDEN. I SAID, 'I WILL CONFESS
MY TRANSGRESSIONS TO THE LORD,'
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AND YOU FORGAVE THE INIQUITY
OF MY SIN." REPENTANCE AND
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CONFESSION ARE A CRUCIAL
COMPONENT TO HAVING FORGIVENESS
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NOT ONLY ON THE RECORDS, BUT
FOR YOUR OWN HEART TO BE HEALED.
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DAVID DID NOT FIND RELIEF UNTIL
HE HAD COME CLEAN WITH GOD.
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AGAIN, YOU CAN READ ROMANS 10:10
- ANOTHER VERSE - "FOR WITH THE
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HEART ONE BELIEVES UNTO
RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND WITH THE
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MOUTH CONFESSION IS
MADE UNTO SALVATION."
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NOW, WHOSE WORDS ARE THOSE
- PASTOR DOUG'S OR THE APOSTLE
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PAUL? AND SO HOW
IMPORTANT IS THAT?
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IT TELLS US THAT - IT SAYS,
'WITH THE HEART' - IT STARTS IN
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THE HEART - 'ONE BELIEVES' -
THERE NEEDS TO BE FAITH - THAT'S
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OUR NEXT PRESENTATION - 'UNTO
RIGHTEOUSNESS AND WITH THE MOUTH
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CONFESSION IS MADE UNTO
SALVATION.' NOW WHAT IS THE
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DEFINITION OF CONFESSION?
TO CONFESS MEANS 'TO DISCLOSE
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SOMETHING - PERHAPS DAMAGING
OR INCONVENIENT TO ONESELF -
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TO ADMIT. TO
ACKNOWLEDGE.' THE BIBLE'S
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CLEAR - GOD KNOWS EVERYTHING.
SO IF GOD KNOWS, WHY CONFESS?
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YOU KNOW. HE KNOWS. WHY CONFESS?
YOU MIGHT SAY, 'WHY PRAY?
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HE KNOWS WHAT THINGS YOU
HAVE NEED OF BEFORE YOU ASK.
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WELL, A NUMBER OF REASONS
CONFESSION IS VERY IMPORTANT.
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FOR ONE THING: YOU ARE
INFLUENCED BY YOUR OWN WORDS.
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WHEN YOU SAY SOMETHING YOU
ACTUALLY HEAR WHAT YOU SAY.
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YOUR WORDS ACTUALLY
AFFECT YOUR OWN MIND.
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YOU GET DIFFERENT PARTS OF YOUR
MIND. AND WHEN YOU LOGICALLY
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REALIZE 'GOD WANTS ME TO
CONFESS THIS.' YOU CAN THEN,
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EMOTIONALLY, ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE
'THIS BEHAVIOR'S UNACCEPTABLE.
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I JUST SAID SO.' AND
THAT MEANS THAT YOU KIND OF
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FREE THE HOLY SPIRIT
AND YOUR OWN CONSCIENCE
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TO TELL YOU TO
STOP DOING SOMETHING.
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WHENEVER YOU CONFESS SOMETHING
AS A SIN, IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR
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THE HOLY SPIRIT TO SAY, NEXT
TIME YOU'RE TEMPTED, 'WAIT A
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SECOND, DIDN'T YOU CONFESS
THAT BECAUSE IT WAS WRONG?'
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SO YOUR CONFESSION ACTUALLY
HELPS YOU IN YOUR VICTORY SHOULD
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YOU BE TEMPTED ON THAT
SAME POINT IN THE FUTURE.
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DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
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YOU'RE ACKNOWLEDGING,
NOT ONLY PUBLICLY, BUT YOU'RE
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ACKNOWLEDGING TO YOURSELF 'UH
UH, THAT'S NOT RIGHT.' AND IT'S
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VERY GOOD - MATTER OF FACT, I'VE
TOLD A NUMBER OF PEOPLE - YOU
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MIGHT BE STRUGGLING WITH SOME
SIN OR TEMPTATION OR HABIT OR
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BEHAVIOR AND YOUR CONSCIENCE
BOTHERS YOU BECAUSE YOU KEEP
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MAKING THE SAME MISTAKE. SO WHAT
SHOULD YOU DO? STOP CONFESSING?
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'GOD'S TIRED OF
HEARING ME REPENT AND CONFESS.
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HE ALREADY HEARD ME ONCE.
I JUST MADE THE SAME MISTAKE.
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WHY CONFESS AGAIN?'
BECAUSE EVERY TIME YOU CONFESS
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YOU'RE REMINDING YOURSELF
THAT IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE.
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THE MOST DANGEROUS THING
THAT CAN HAPPEN IS WHEN A PERSON
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GETS TO THE POINT
WHERE THEY'RE NOT BOTHERED BY
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THEIR OWN BAD BEHAVIOR.
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YOU CAN START TO JUSTIFY
IT - I'VE SEEN IT MANY TIMES.
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A PERSON COMES INTO THE CHURCH
AND THEY'VE GOT THIS SIN THAT
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BOTHERS THEM AND THEY COME
TO THE LORD AND THEY ASK FOR
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FORGIVENESS BUT THE SIN
- THEY'VE GOT THIS HABITUAL
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PROBLEM THAT KEEPS COMING BACK
- AND THEN YOU'LL MEET THEM TEN,
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FIFTEEN, TWENTY YEARS LATER
AND THEY STILL HAVE THAT SIN BUT
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THEY HAVE RATIONALIZED SOMEHOW
SO IT DOESN'T BOTHER THEM
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ANYMORE. AND AS
LONG AS YOU'RE REPENTING
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AND CONFESSING, YOU'RE GIVING
GOD PERMISSION TO WORK IN YOUR
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LIFE TO SAVE
YOU FROM THAT THING.
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AND SO DON'T
EVER STOP CONFESSING.
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AND IT MIGHT MEAN CONFESSING THE
SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
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BUT THERE SHOULD BE A CONFESSION
AND A TURNING AWAY FROM IT.
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DON'T BECOME
COMFORTABLE WITH IT.
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IF YOU DO FALL
AGAIN, CONFESS IT AGAIN.
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NOW HERE'S THE PART THAT I
REALLY WANT YOU TO REMEMBER.
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1 JOHN, 1:9 - YOU
ALL KNOW WHAT THAT SAYS?
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"IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS, HE IS
FAITHFUL AND JUST TO FORGIVE US
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OUR SINS AND TO CLEANSE US
FROM MOST UNRIGHTEOUSNESS."
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ALL - THAT'S RIGHT, I WANTED YOU
TO CATCH THAT BECAUSE IF WE ARE
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FAITHFUL IN CONFESSING OUR SINS,
HE IS FAITHFUL TO FORGIVE US.
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GOD DOES NOT WANT YOU TO FEEL
BAD EXCEPT LONG ENOUGH TO MAKE
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YOU FEEL GOOD. HE
WANTS YOU TO REPENT AND
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HUMBLE YOURSELF SO THAT HE
CAN LIFT YOU UP. HE WANTS TO
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CLEANSE YOU FROM SOME
UNRIGHTEOUSNESS OR FROM ALL?
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NOW DOES THAT MEAN WE'VE GOT
TO CONFESS EVERY SIN WE'VE EVER
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COMMITTED? LET ME JUST SEE.
AM I THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN'T
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REMEMBER EVERY SIN I'VE
EVER COMMITTED? CAN YOU?
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SO HOW SPECIFIC SHOULD WE
BE? AS SPECIFIC AS YOU CAN BE.
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I RECOMMEND THAT
YOU DO SOMETHING.
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IF YOU'VE NEVER DONE THIS
BEFORE, I REALLY RECOMMEND THAT
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YOU GET OFF BY YOURSELF, GET A
PIECE OF PAPER - DON'T DO IT ON
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YOUR COMPUTER - KNEEL, IF YOU'RE
ABLE, BY YOUR BED OR SOMEWHERE
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ALONE AND TAKE THAT PAD AND
THEN YOU CAN PRAY THAT PRAYER OF
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DAVID, 'SEARCH ME LORD, TRY ME,
SEE IF THERE BE ANY WICKED WAY
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IN ME.' AND ASK GOD -
SAY, 'LORD, HOW HAVE I SINNED
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AGAINST YOU? SHOW ME MY SINS.'
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DOES ANYONE WANT TO KNOW
THAT? BUT SHOULD WE KNOW?
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AND THEN START WITH - SAY,
'ALRIGHT, TEN COMMANDMENTS' JUST
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TAKE THEM AS A
ROUGH STARTING POINT.
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HAVE YOU EVER
WORSHIPED OTHER THINGS AS GOD?
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HAVE OTHER THINGS
BEEN GOD IN YOUR LIFE?
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HAVE YOU EVER
TAKEN GOD'S NAME IN VAIN?
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HAVE YOU EVER
MADE THINGS AS IDOLS?
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HAVE YOU ROBBED GOD FROM THE
TIME THAT BELONGS TO HIM IN THE
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SABBATH? OR THE
MEANS THAT BELONG TO HIM?
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THE BIBLE SAYS THAT IF YOU DON'T
FAITHFULLY RETURN TITHES AND
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OFFERINGS, HE SAYS, 'THIS
WHOLE NATION HAS ROBBED ME.'
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SO THAT'D BE STEALING.
'WELL I'VE NEVER COMMITTED
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ADULTERY.' BUT JESUS SAID
IT'S NOT JUST AN ACTION IT'S AN
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ATTITUDE. HAVE
YOU THOUGHT LUSTFUL
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THOUGHTS IN YOUR HEART? I
DON'T MEAN WHEN A FLEETING
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THOUGHT GOES THROUGH YOUR
MIND, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN -
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DWELLING ON THOSE THINGS.
IT'S NOT A SIN TO BE TEMPTED BUT
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OFTEN THOSE THOUGHTS GO BEYOND
JUST NOTICING SOMETHING TO WHEN
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YOU DWELL UPON IT
IT TURNS INTO SIN.
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'I'VE NEVER MURDERED ANYBODY.'
BUT JESUS SAID, 'IF YOU'RE ANGRY
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WITH YOUR BROTHER WITHOUT A
CAUSE, YOU'RE GUILTY OF MURDER.'
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IT STARTS GETTING SERIOUS.
'I'VE NEVER TAKEN YOUR NAME IN
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VAIN.' JESUS SAID, 'LET YOUR
YEA BE YEA AND YOUR NAY BE NAY.'
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EVERYTHING ELSE THAT COMES
FROM - THAT IS MORE THAN THIS -
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COMES FROM EVIL. YOU
START MAKING VOWS AND
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SWEARING UP AND DOWN - I MEAN
TAKING OATHS AND IT'S SUSPECT.
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CHRISTIANS' COMMUNICATION SHOULD
BE TRANSPARENT AND SIMPLE.
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AND SO YOU START GOING THROUGH
THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW - EVEN IF
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YOU HAVE NOT - AND THEN,
YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE
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LYING - YOU WRITE THAT DOWN.
HOW DOES GOD FEEL ABOUT GOSSIP?
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YOU KNOW, WHEN THE LORD LISTS
THE SINS - IT'S NOT JUST THE TEN
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COMMANDMENTS, THERE'S A LIST
IN PROVERBS WHERE THE LORD SAYS,
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'SIX THINGS I HATE, YES SEVEN
ARE AN ABOMINATION UNTO ME.' DO
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YOU ALL KNOW WHAT
THE SEVENTH ONE IS?
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'HE THAT SOWS DISCORD AMONG
BRETHREN.' BY GOING TO SOMEONE
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ELSE AND SPEAKING EVIL
ABOUT SOMEONE ELSE - PARTING
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RELATIONSHIPS - ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT GOD HATES.
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AND SO YOU CAN TAKE THOSE
LISTS THERE IN THE BEATITUDES,
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PROVERBS, THE TEN
COMMANDMENTS AND JUST SAY,
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'LORD, I'VE BEEN A
LIAR. I'VE BEEN A THIEF.
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I'VE HAD IMPURE THOUGHTS -
SPIRITUAL ADULTERY' - SOME OF
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YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO
PUT LITERAL ADULTERY DOWN.
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'I DIDN'T KILL ANYONE BUT I'VE
COMMITTED IMAGINARY HOMICIDE
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AGAINST MY ENEMIES.' AND START
PUTTING THOSE THINGS DOWN AND
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THE LORD IS GOING TO START
SHOWING YOU THINGS AND SAY,
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'LORD, WHAT AM I FORGETTING?'
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, 'I REMEMBER
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WHEN I STOLE MY SISTER'S TWENTY
DOLLARS.' OR 'I REMEMBER THAT
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EMPLOYER THAT WHENEVER I WENT
HOME I DIDN'T WANT TO GO BUY MY
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OWN PRINTING PAPER AND SO I TOOK
A REAM OF PAPER FROM THE OFFICE
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AND CONVINCED MYSELF THAT A
LITTLE BIT OF WHAT I WAS DOING
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WAS WORK TIME.' AND JUST LITTLE
BY LITTLE THE HOLY SPIRIT'S
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GOING TO BRING
THINGS BACK TO YOU.
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MAKE THAT LIST.
DON'T HURRY OFF YOUR KNEES.
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AND THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT REMEMBERING WHAT THE HOLY
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SPIRIT DOESN'T
REVEAL. ISN'T THAT RIGHT?
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IF YOU SAY, 'LORD, I'M WILLING
TO CONFESS AND REPENT OF MY SINS
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BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
TO SHOW ME BECAUSE I'M WEAK.
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THE SPIRIT'S WILLING - THE FLESH
IS WEAK' - THE MEMORY'S WEAK.
00:13:56.73\00:13:59.23
AND SHOW ME THINGS AND IF -
YOU CAN'T REMEMBER EVERY LIE,
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BUT YOU CAN PUT LYING DOWN.
SAY, 'LORD, FORGIVE ME FOR BEING
00:14:03.47\00:14:06.04
A LIAR.' AND SO PUT
DOWN THE CATEGORIES.
00:14:06.07\00:14:09.94
GET YOUR LIST TOGETHER AND THEN
WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT GOES QUIET
00:14:09.98\00:14:13.65
AND YOU CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING
AND YOU STOP WRITING, JUST SAY,
00:14:13.68\00:14:16.72
'ALRIGHT, LORD, I AM A
SINNER. WOE IS ME, I AM UNDONE.
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I AM GUILTY OF THESE THINGS.
00:14:23.86\00:14:25.83
I KNOW THAT THESE
THINGS CRUCIFIED JESUS.
00:14:25.86\00:14:30.10
THAT JESUS DIED NOT JUST FOR THE
SINS OF THE WORLD BUT HE DIED
00:14:30.13\00:14:32.83
FOR MY SINS - FOR THESE
THINGS. THESE THINGS ARE SINS.
00:14:32.87\00:14:36.14
THESE THINGS CRUCIFIED
JESUS.' CALL IT WHAT IT IS.
00:14:36.17\00:14:39.34
THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT
MAKING SIN EXCEEDINGLY SINFUL.
00:14:39.37\00:14:43.35
DON'T PAINT IT IN SOFT
TONES. ADMIT THAT SIN IS DEADLY.
00:14:43.38\00:14:50.62
IT IS THE ENEMY.
00:14:50.65\00:14:52.85
AND SAY, 'BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS
JESUS SAID THAT IF I CONFESS MY
00:14:52.89\00:14:58.69
SINS - IF I REPENT OF MY SINS,
THAT YOU ARE FAITHFUL AND JUST
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TO FORGIVE ME AND TO CLEANSE
ME FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS.
00:15:03.37\00:15:05.73
LORD, NOT ONLY HAVE YOU SAID
THIS - I BELIEVE YOU WANT TO.'
00:15:05.77\00:15:08.64
DO YOU BELIEVE GOD
WANTS TO FORGIVE YOU?
00:15:08.67\00:15:10.51
WHY ELSE WOULD JESUS COME IF
HE DIDN'T WANT TO FORGIVE YOU?
00:15:10.54\00:15:13.48
WOULD YOU POUR OUT YOUR BLOOD TO
SAVE SOMEONE IF YOU DIDN'T WANT
00:15:13.51\00:15:16.11
THEM SAVED? SO THE
LORD WANTS YOU FORGIVEN.
00:15:16.14\00:15:19.35
YOU'RE ON THE SAME TEAM. SAY,
'LORD, THESE ARE THE CRITERIA.
00:15:19.38\00:15:23.39
I'M TRYING TO DO
EVERYTHING YOU COMMAND ME TO DO.
00:15:23.42\00:15:25.02
I REPENT. I CONFESS.
LORD, IF MY REPENTANCE ISN'T
00:15:25.05\00:15:27.56
DEEP ENOUGH' -
DOES GOD KNOW THAT? -
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SAY, 'I BELIEVE;
HELP MY UNBELIEF.
00:15:30.23\00:15:32.29
HELP IT BE DEEPER.' SAY, 'I'M
DOING THE BEST I CAN, LORD, BUT
00:15:32.33\00:15:36.43
YOU'VE PROMISED TO FORGIVE ME
AND TO CLEANSE ME.' WHEN YOU DO
00:15:36.46\00:15:39.93
YOUR PART AND YOU PRAY AND YOU
ACCEPT THAT - NOW THE REASON I
00:15:39.97\00:15:45.31
SAID DON'T PUT THIS ON YOUR
COMPUTER - DON'T LET ANYONE GET
00:15:45.34\00:15:48.04
AHOLD OF THAT LIST. THEN
YOU WANT TO DESTROY THAT LIST.
00:15:48.08\00:15:52.05
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
IT'LL DO SOMETHING FOR YOU.
00:15:52.08\00:15:53.82
DON'T START A FIRE, BUT
IF YOU BURN IT, THAT'S GREAT.
00:15:53.85\00:15:56.92
BECAUSE WHAT'S
HAPPENED TO YOUR SINS THEN?
00:15:56.95\00:16:01.26
YOU'RE REALIZING THAT I
HAVE CONFESSED MY SINS. HE IS
00:16:01.29\00:16:06.46
FAITHFUL AND JUST. AND, YOU
KNOW, THERE'S MORE THAT COMES.
00:16:06.49\00:16:09.33
THERE'S BELIEVE THAT HE FORGIVES
YOU - WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THAT
00:16:09.36\00:16:12.23
IN OUR NEXT PRESENTATION AND
- BUT AS SOON AS YOU DO THAT -
00:16:12.27\00:16:15.74
WHEN - HERE'S THE WONDERFUL PART
- WHEN - TURN BACK TO ISAIAH -
00:16:15.77\00:16:20.18
ISAIAH CHAPTER 6 - WHEN HE
REPENTED OF HIS SINS AND HE
00:16:20.21\00:16:25.01
CONFESSED HIS SINS TO
GOD WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
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"THEN ONE OF THE SERAPHIM FLEW
TO ME, HAVING IN HIS HAND A LIVE
00:16:29.22\00:16:32.75
COAL WHICH HE HAD TAKEN
WITH THE TONGS FROM THE ALTAR."
00:16:32.79\00:16:35.06
- I'M IN VERSE 6 - NOW VERSE 7,
"AND HE TOUCHED MY MOUTH WITH IT
00:16:35.09\00:16:38.33
AND SAID: 'BEHOLD, THIS HAS
TOUCHED YOUR LIPS; YOUR INIQUITY
00:16:38.36\00:16:41.23
IS TAKEN AWAY, AND YOUR SIN IS
PURGED.'" AFTER HE REPENTS AND
00:16:41.26\00:16:47.67
CONFESSES IS HE FORGIVEN? YEAH.
00:16:47.70\00:16:53.17
DOES HE HAVE TO GO ON
PROBATION FIRST FOR SIX WEEKS?
00:16:53.21\00:16:56.48
IS THERE A TWO-HOUR PROBATION?
DOES HE HAVE A 30-MINUTE TRIAL
00:16:56.51\00:17:01.75
PERIOD WHILE THE COMPUTER
PROCESSES HIS APPLICATION?
00:17:01.78\00:17:06.02
HOW QUICKLY AFTER HE REPENTS
AND CONFESSES IS HE FORGIVEN?
00:17:06.05\00:17:11.99
ISN'T THAT WONDERFUL?
WHEN ZACCHEUS - HE GOES THROUGH
00:17:12.03\00:17:17.10
THESE STEPS - HE
WANTS TO SEE JESUS.
00:17:17.13\00:17:19.03
WHAT'S STEP
NUMBER 1? SEE THE LORD.
00:17:19.07\00:17:22.37
HE WANTS TO SEE JESUS -
HE'S SMALL SO HE CLIMBS A TREE.
00:17:22.40\00:17:25.61
WE'RE CRUCIFIED WITH
CHRIST - THAT'S WHAT THAT MEANS.
00:17:25.64\00:17:27.74
FROM THE TREE HE SEES THE LORD
AND THE LORD SEES HIM AND THE
00:17:27.78\00:17:32.95
LORD SAYS, 'COME
ON DOWN ZACCHEUS.
00:17:32.98\00:17:35.02
I KNOW YOU'RE SEARCHING FOR
ME. TODAY I MUST ABIDE AT YOUR
00:17:35.05\00:17:37.32
HOUSE.' HE IS SO
THRILLED THAT GOD WOULD
00:17:37.35\00:17:40.82
REVEAL HIMSELF TO HIM -
THAT WANTS A RELATIONSHIP WITH
00:17:40.86\00:17:42.89
HIM, HE COMES DOWN -
WHAT'S THE FIRST THING HE DOES?
00:17:42.92\00:17:45.89
WHEN HE SEES THE GOODNESS OF
GOD HE'S CONVICTED OF HIS SIN.
00:17:45.93\00:17:48.30
HE GETS DOWN ON HIS KNEES -
MATTER OF FACT, YOU KNOW HE'S ON
00:17:48.33\00:17:50.07
HIS KNEES BECAUSE IT SAYS,
'HE ARISES.' AFTER GETTING OUT
00:17:50.10\00:17:52.70
OF THE TREE HE EITHER FALLS
OUT OF THE TREE OR SOMETHING
00:17:52.73\00:17:54.60
BECAUSE HE'S DOWN.
00:17:54.64\00:17:55.70
AND HE SAYS, 'LORD, IF
I'VE TAKEN ANYTHING FROM ANY MAN
00:17:55.74\00:18:00.18
THROUGH FALSE ACCUSATION' - THIS
IS LUKE 19, BY THE WAY, IT'S
00:18:00.21\00:18:03.21
ONLY IN THE GOSPEL OF LUKE - 'IF
I'VE TAKEN ANYTHING FROM ANY MAN
00:18:03.24\00:18:05.95
BY FALSE ACCUSATION, I WILL PAY
HIM BACK FOURFOLD AND HALF OF
00:18:05.98\00:18:10.22
MY GOODS I GIVE TO THE POOR.'
DO YOU SEE REPENTANCE THERE?
00:18:10.25\00:18:15.66
DO YOU HEAR HIM
PUBLICLY CONFESSING?
00:18:15.69\00:18:17.96
NOW HE'S SAYING, 'THERE MAY BE
PEOPLE I'VE WRONGED I DON'T EVEN
00:18:17.99\00:18:20.83
REMEMBER' BECAUSE HE SAYS, 'IF'.
THAT MEANS 'I'LL GET OUT THE
00:18:20.86\00:18:24.60
BOOKS AND I'VE BEEN
A PUBLICAN A LONG TIME.
00:18:24.63\00:18:27.77
I'VE BEEN EXTORT - IT WAS LIKE
THE MAFIA BACK THEN - 'I'VE BEEN
00:18:27.80\00:18:29.94
EXTORTING MONEY FROM PEOPLE' -
AND HE SAID - 'AND THEN, IF THAT
00:18:29.97\00:18:33.91
ISN'T ENOUGH I'M GOING TO
GIVE HALF MY GOODS TO THE POOR
00:18:33.94\00:18:37.21
BECAUSE THERE MAY BE PEOPLE THAT
I'VE WRONGED, I DON'T REMEMBER.'
00:18:37.25\00:18:40.95
AND WHAT DOES JESUS SAY?
00:18:40.98\00:18:42.55
WELL, LET'S SEE HOW THIS - AH,
GOOD PROMISE, LET'S SEE HOW YOU
00:18:42.58\00:18:45.65
FOLLOW THROUGH NOW.'
YOU KNOW WHAT JESUS SAID?
00:18:45.69\00:18:48.79
'VERILY HE IS A SON OF ABRAHAM.'
HE IS ADOPTED INTO THE FAMILY OF
00:18:48.82\00:18:54.83
ABRAHAM. HE IS CALLED A
CHILD OF ABRAHAM. REMEMBER THOSE
00:18:54.83\00:18:56.87
THAT ARE SAVED GO TO
ABRAHAM'S BOSOM - SYMBOLICALLY.
00:18:56.90\00:19:00.07
HE'S SAYING, 'YOU'RE GOING TO BE
SAVED.' AND ALL THE PEOPLE ARE
00:19:00.10\00:19:03.17
TALKING AND SAYING, 'HOW CAN
JESUS SAY THAT THIS MAN IS GOING
00:19:03.20\00:19:05.94
TO BE IN THE KINGDOM WHEN
HE HAS BEEN SUCH A SCOUNDREL.
00:19:05.97\00:19:09.61
I MEAN, HE JUST REPENTED
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN HE'S SAVED?
00:19:09.64\00:19:11.81
HE'S FORGIVEN?' YEP, THAT QUICK.
00:19:11.85\00:19:14.58
THIEF ON THE CROSS:
HE REPENTS OF HIS SIN.
00:19:14.62\00:19:18.55
HE CONFESSES PUBLICLY - HE SAYS
TO HIS FELLOW THIEF, 'THIS MAN'S
00:19:18.59\00:19:23.29
DONE NOTHING WRONG.
WE'RE GETTING WHAT WE DESERVE
00:19:23.32\00:19:25.33
FOR OUR DEEDS.' AND HE SAYS,
'LORD REMEMBER ME WHEN YOU COME
00:19:25.36\00:19:28.23
INTO YOUR KINGDOM.' HE
ASKS. AND WHAT DOES JESUS SAY?
00:19:28.26\00:19:32.53
'AH, YOU WAITED TOO LONG.' OR
DOES, IMMEDIATELY, THE LORD SAY
00:19:32.57\00:19:35.54
TO HIM, 'VERILY I SAY TO YOU
TODAY, YOU WILL BE WITH ME IN
00:19:35.57\00:19:39.31
PARADISE.' SO WHAT'S THE
WAITING PERIOD FROM THE TIME YOU
00:19:39.34\00:19:42.08
REPENT AND CONFESS
BEFORE YOU'RE SAVED?
00:19:42.11\00:19:44.78
INSTANT. HOW SAVED WERE THEY?
00:19:44.81\00:19:48.12
HE CLEANSES YOU
FROM HOW MUCH? ALL?
00:19:48.15\00:19:50.79
WAS HE 98 PERCENT SAVED?
YOU ARE 100 PERCENT JUSTIFIED.
00:19:50.82\00:19:56.16
THERE MAY BE MORE SANCTIFICATION
THAT COMES AFTERWARD BUT WHEN
00:19:56.19\00:19:59.09
YOU COME TO THE LORD, THAT'S
WHERE RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH
00:19:59.13\00:20:01.53
COMES IN. YOU ARE
MADE RIGHTEOUS BY FAITH
00:20:01.56\00:20:03.60
AND WHEN YOU REALIZE THAT HE'S
COMPLETELY FORGIVEN YOU, YOU
00:20:03.63\00:20:06.33
WANT TO STAY RIGHTEOUS
AND LIVE A NEW LIFE, RIGHT?
00:20:06.37\00:20:10.17
AND SO THIS ALL
FOLLOWS THAT CONFESSION.
00:20:10.21\00:20:12.41
NOW BACK TO SOME OF THE
SPECIFICS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
00:20:12.44\00:20:15.04
DURING CONFESSION. WHAT
ABOUT CONFESSING TO PEOPLE?
00:20:15.08\00:20:22.45
"CONFESS YOUR TRESPASSES TO
ONE ANOTHER, AND PRAY FOR ONE
00:20:22.48\00:20:27.56
ANOTHER, THAT
YOU MAY BE HEALED."
00:20:27.59\00:20:30.49
AND CONFESSION IS SOMETHING THAT
MIGHT NEED TO BE DONE EVEN AFTER
00:20:30.53\00:20:34.63
YOU'RE FORGIVEN WILL THERE BE
MORE REPENTANCE AND CONFESSION
00:20:34.66\00:20:37.07
DURING SANCTIFICATION?
YEAH, THAT'S WHY JOHN TELLS US
00:20:37.10\00:20:40.80
IF ANY MAN SIN - HE'S
WRITING TO THE CHURCH.
00:20:40.84\00:20:43.84
HE WRITES TO THE BELOVED LADY
- HE'S WRITING TO THE CHURCH.
00:20:43.87\00:20:47.71
'IF ANY MAN SIN WE HAVE AN
ADVOCATE WITH THE FATHER, JESUS
00:20:47.74\00:20:51.01
CHRIST THE RIGHTEOUS.' SO
THERE'S ONGOING CONFESSION THAT
00:20:51.05\00:20:54.58
MAY HAPPEN AND REPENTANCE.
IN OUR HOUSE, WE HAVE A USELESS
00:20:54.62\00:21:00.09
PIECE OF EQUIPMENT
CALLED A TRASH COMPACTOR.
00:21:00.12\00:21:03.73
DO YOU KNOW WHAT A
TRASH COMPACTOR DOES?
00:21:03.76\00:21:06.23
A TRASH COMPACTOR WILL
TAKE 50 POUNDS OF GARBAGE AND IT
00:21:06.26\00:21:09.13
COMPRESSES IT TO 50 POUNDS.
00:21:09.16\00:21:11.97
YOU'VE STILL GOT
YOUR 50 POUNDS OF GARBAGE.
00:21:12.00\00:21:14.07
THE PROBLEM WITH A TRASH
COMPACTOR IS BECAUSE IT MANAGES
00:21:14.10\00:21:16.57
TO TAKE ALL THE GARBAGE OF A
WEEK AND KEEP SQUASHING IT DOWN
00:21:16.60\00:21:21.78
EVERY TIME YOU OPEN IT UP AND
YOU RUN THE THING, IT DOESN'T
00:21:21.81\00:21:25.55
TAKE A WHOLE WEEK FOR
GARBAGE TO START TO SMELL.
00:21:25.58\00:21:29.02
TWO OR THREE DAYS AND
IT CAN START TO SMELL.
00:21:29.05\00:21:31.19
AND SO I CAN'T WAIT FOR A WHOLE
WEEK TO GO BY AND, YOU KNOW, IT
00:21:31.22\00:21:34.19
KIND OF IS AGGRAVATING BECAUSE
THOSE TRASH COMPACTOR BAGS ARE
00:21:34.22\00:21:36.76
EXPENSIVE BUT I DON'T WANT TO
LEAVE IT IN THERE A WHOLE WEEK.
00:21:36.79\00:21:40.50
SO SOMETIMES YOU'VE GOT TO DUMP
IT OUT ON A MORE REGULAR BASIS
00:21:40.53\00:21:42.90
EVEN THOUGH IT - THEORETICALLY
YOU CAN PACK ALL KINDS OF
00:21:42.93\00:21:45.93
GARBAGE INTO IT. WELL,
IN OUR LIVES, YOU'VE GOT
00:21:45.97\00:21:48.94
TO BE CAREFUL TO KEEP
SHORT ACCOUNTS WITH GOD.
00:21:48.97\00:21:51.74
AS SOON AS YOU KNOW
THAT THERE'S SOME GARBAGE,
00:21:51.77\00:21:54.14
DON'T WAIT FOR IT
TO START TO STINK.
00:21:54.18\00:21:56.31
TAKE IT OUT AND DEAL
WITH IT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
00:21:56.34\00:22:00.12
AND SO, IF YOU REALIZE 'LORD, I
DID SOMETHING WRONG BETWEEN YOU
00:22:00.15\00:22:03.89
AND ME.' OR IF YOU'VE
DONE SOMETHING WRONG IN A
00:22:03.92\00:22:06.49
RELATIONSHIP WITH SOMEBODY ELSE,
DEAL WITH IT RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE
00:22:06.52\00:22:10.96
THE LONGER YOU DON'T DEAL WITH
IT, THE WORSE IT STARTS TO SMELL
00:22:10.99\00:22:14.83
OVER TIME. AND THE
QUICKER YOU DEAL WITH
00:22:14.83\00:22:17.73
IT, THE BETTER
YOU'RE GOING TO FEEL.
00:22:17.77\00:22:20.07
NOW, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT
SOMETIMES THE DEVIL HAS BLINDED
00:22:20.10\00:22:24.31
US? FIRST THE
DEVIL TAKES AWAY OUR
00:22:24.34\00:22:27.88
SHAME TO MAKE US SHAMELESS IN
SIN AND THEN THE DEVIL GIVES US
00:22:27.91\00:22:34.72
SHAME TO MAKE US
ASHAMED TO CONFESS AND REPENT.
00:22:34.75\00:22:39.25
AND WE NEED TO SAY, 'LORD, HELP
ME TO KNOW WHAT IS - HELP ME TO
00:22:39.29\00:22:44.33
SEE MYSELF THROUGH YOUR
EYES. ISN'T THAT THE ONE WHO
00:22:44.36\00:22:47.56
ULTIMATELY IS GOING TO BE
OUR JUDGE AND OUR REDEEMER?
00:22:47.60\00:22:50.90
AND SO THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT
STEP IN FORGIVENESS, FRIENDS,
00:22:50.93\00:22:53.80
THAT WE COULD ASK THE
LORD TO GIVE US HIS SPIRIT.
00:22:53.84\00:22:56.84
AND THE GOOD NEWS IS -
DOES GOD WANT TO FORGIVE US?
00:22:56.87\00:23:01.01
DO WE HAVE TO WORRY THAT WE MAY
FORGET SOMETHING IF WE HONESTLY
00:23:01.04\00:23:04.21
PRAY AND SAY,
'LORD, I'M EMPTYING MYSELF.
00:23:04.25\00:23:07.48
I WANT YOU TO FILL
ME WITH YOUR SPIRIT.
00:23:07.52\00:23:09.08
IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT
I'VE MISSED, SHOW IT TO ME.'
00:23:09.12\00:23:11.89
AND IF WE'RE SINCERE
HE'LL REVEAL THAT TO US.
00:23:11.92\00:23:13.46
WHAT DOES GOD WANT? DOES
HE WANT EVERY PIECE OF DATA
00:23:13.49\00:23:16.99
THAT'S IN YOUR LIFE
THAT YOU'VE COMMITTED?
00:23:17.03\00:23:19.46
OR DOES HE WANT YOU TO BE OPEN
AND GIVE HIM THE KEYS TO ALL THE
00:23:19.49\00:23:22.76
ROOMS. IF YOU OPEN
YOUR HEART AND SAY,
00:23:22.80\00:23:25.20
'LORD, I'M WILLING
TO BE A NEW CREATURE.
00:23:25.23\00:23:26.94
I'M WILLING TO CONFESS.' THE
THINGS THAT GOD'S GOING TO WANT
00:23:26.97\00:23:29.90
YOU TO CONFESS ARE THE THINGS HE
WANTS YOU TO HAVE VICTORY OVER
00:23:29.94\00:23:32.97
AND THAT'S THE FIRST STEP.
SHOULD YOU CONFESS AND REPENT
00:23:33.01\00:23:37.21
EVEN IF YOU DON'T
FEEL LIKE STOPPING?
00:23:37.25\00:23:41.58
I TALKED TO YOU IN, I THINK,
AN EARLIER PRESENTATION ABOUT
00:23:41.62\00:23:44.15
SMOKING. I WAS
CONVICTED ABOUT SMOKING
00:23:44.19\00:23:47.16
WHILE MY HEALTH WAS GREAT.
I COULD RUN. I COULD CLIMB.
00:23:47.19\00:23:49.82
I DID NOT COUGH
BUT I WAS CONVICTED.
00:23:49.86\00:23:52.73
I SAID, 'LORD, I DON'T WANT
TO STOP SMOKING, BUT I KNOW YOU
00:23:52.76\00:23:55.90
DO.' IT SAYS ON EVERY PACK,
'THIS IS GOING TO KILL YOU.'
00:23:55.93\00:23:59.20
THE BIBLE SAYS,
'THOU SHALT NOT KILL.'
00:23:59.23\00:24:00.57
THAT WOULD INCLUDE YOURSELF.
I SAID, 'LORD, I KNOW YOU WANT
00:24:00.60\00:24:03.00
ME TO STOP. WILL
YOU PLEASE GIVE ME THE
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