Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
Series Code: AFP
Program Code: AFP000138
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00:03 AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
00:11 >>DOES GOD JUST WANT US TO REPENT AND CONFESS OF OUR SINS? 00:13 OR DOES REAL REPENTANCE ALSO INVOLVE FORSAKING? BEING WILLING 00:18 NOT TO BE SAVED IN YOUR SIN BUT TO BE SAVED FROM YOUR SIN? 00:26 >>FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO 00:29 SHARING GOD'S WORD THROUGH MEDIA. 00:32 THIS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR BEST TELEVISION 00:35 BROADCASTS. WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND 00:38 ENJOY THIS EDITION OF 'AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS'. 00:47 >>ARE YOU ALL READY TO STUDY THE BIBLE? WELL, WE'RE EXCITED. 00:51 WE'RE GOING TO BE CONTINUING OUR STUDY TALKING ABOUT 'THE FORMULA 00:55 FOR FAITH: UNDERSTANDING THE SCIENCE OF SALVATION.' AND YOU 00:59 REMEMBER IN OUR PREVIOUS STUDIES, WE'VE BEEN GOING 01:02 THROUGH THE CONVERSION EXPERIENCE OF ISAIAH THE PROPHET 01:06 AND SEEING THAT THAT'S A TEMPLATE - THAT BECOMES AN 01:08 OUTLINE FOR THE STEPS THAT ANYBODY REALLY NEEDS TO GO 01:12 THROUGH IN BEING SAVED. THERE'S A PROGRESS - 01:16 THERE'S A PATTERN AND IT'S NOT ONLY IMPORTANT FOR EACH OF US TO 01:20 TAKE THOSE STEPS, BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO WORK TO GIVE 01:23 BIBLE STUDIES TO OTHER PEOPLE, IT'S IMPORTANT TO 01:25 KNOW STEP ONE IS YOU SEE GOD. THEN THEY NEED TO, BY CONTRAST, 01:30 THEY SEE THEMSELVES. AND THEN THEY REPENT. 01:35 BUT REPENTANCE IS SOMETHING THAT CAN HAPPEN IN YOUR HEART WITHOUT 01:38 EVER TELLING ANYBODY. YOU CAN STEP ON A PERSON'S FOOT 01:41 AND BE SORRY YOU DID IT AND WALK AWAY, BUT IF YOU NEVER SAID 'I'M 01:44 SORRY' AND VERBALIZED THAT REPENTANCE, IT'S NOT COMPLETE. 01:49 AND SO TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE SECOND PART OF 01:51 REPENTANCE, WHICH IS BETTER KNOWN AS CONFESSION. 01:55 AND IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO ISAIAH, WE'LL READ THIS STORY 02:00 AGAIN - IT STARTS WITH ISAIAH CHAPTER 6, VERSE 1, "IN THE YEAR 02:05 THAT KING UZZIAH DIED," - YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS MEMORIZED 02:08 BEFORE WE'RE DONE, RIGHT? - "IN THE YEAR THAT KING UZZIAH 02:11 DIED, I SAW THE LORD SITTING ON A THRONE, HIGH AND LIFTED UP, 02:16 AND THE TRAIN OF HIS ROBE FILLED THE TEMPLE. ABOVE IT STOOD 02:20 SERAPHIM; EACH ONE HAD SIX WINGS: WITH TWO HE COVERED HIS 02:24 FACE, WITH TWO HE COVERED HIS FEET, AND WITH TWO HE FLEW. 02:26 AND ONE CRIED TO ANOTHER AND SAID: 'HOLY, HOLY, HOLY IS THE 02:30 LORD OF HOSTS; THE WHOLE EARTH IS FULL OF HIS GLORY!' 02:34 AND THE POSTS OF THE DOOR WERE SHAKEN BY THE VOICE OF HIM WHO 02:37 CRIED OUT, AND THE HOUSE WAS FILLED WITH SMOKE." 02:40 SO HE SEES GOD IN HIS GLORY, IN HIS GOODNESS, IN HIS HOLINESS, 02:44 IN HIS AWESOME POWER AND THEN THE LIGHT OF THE GLORY OF GOD 02:49 CONTRASTED WITH - THE THINGS WRONG IN HIS OWN CHARACTER 02:54 CREATES THAT CONTRAST AND HE FEELS REMORSE. 02:59 HE FEELS UNWORTHY AND HE SAYS THEN - HE CONFESSES WHAT HE'S 03:03 FEELING, "WOE IS ME, FOR I AM UNDONE!" - I AM DESTROYED. 03:09 I AM GUILTY - "BECAUSE I AM A MAN OF UNCLEAN LIPS" - AND YOU 03:13 NOTICE HE'S MENTIONING SOMETHING SPECIFIC HERE. 03:15 THIS IS CONFESSION - "AND I DWELL IN THE MIDST OF A PEOPLE 03:19 OF UNCLEAN LIPS;" - WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS LATER TODAY, IT'S 03:21 CORPORATE CONFESSION - "FOR MY EYES HAVE SEEN THE KING..." 03:28 SO WE'LL PAUSE THERE AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS 03:31 IMPORTANT ASPECT OF CONFESSION. NOW, IS IT CLEAR TO EVERYBODY 03:35 THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE REPENTANCE AND CONFESSION BEFORE 03:38 THERE IS FORGIVENESS, CLEANSING AND SALVATION? 03:42 YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE IS PRETTY CLEAR THAT ALL THINGS ARE NAKED 03:46 AND OPEN TO THE EYES OF HIM WITH WHOM WE HAVE TO DO. 03:49 GOD SEES EVERYTHING AND SOMEDAY WE WILL GIVE AN ACCOUNT. AND FOR 03:53 THERE - THERE'S A GREAT JUDGMENT DAY - THE BIBLE'S CLEAR. 03:57 JESUS SAID IN LUKE 12, VERSE 2, "FOR THERE IS NOTHING COVERED 04:02 THAT WILL NOT BE REVEALED, NOR HIDDEN THAT WILL NOT BE KNOWN. 04:06 THEREFORE WHATEVER YOU HAVE SPOKEN IN THE DARK WILL BE HEARD 04:09 IN THE LIGHT, AND WHATEVER YOU HAVE SPOKEN IN THE EAR IN INNER 04:13 ROOMS WILL BE PROCLAIMED ON THE HOUSETOPS." 04:16 SO FOR OUR SINS TO BE FORGIVEN THERE NEEDS TO BE A COUPLE OF 04:20 VERY IMPORTANT CRITERIA. ONE IS 'HE WHO COVERS HIS SIN 04:25 WILL NOT PROSPER BUT WHOEVER CONFESSES AND FORSAKES' - NOW 04:31 THIS IS A PART THAT'S OFTEN LEFT OUT THESE DAYS. 04:33 PEOPLE TALK ABOUT CONFESSION - 'GOD'LL FORGIVE YOU AND GOD'LL 04:35 CLEANSE YOU' BUT PART OF REAL REPENTANCE IS A SORROW FOR SIN 04:40 AND A TURNING AWAY FROM IT. 04:41 IT SAYS, 'HE WHO CONFESSES AND FORSAKES THEM WILL HAVE MERCY.' 04:46 DOES GOD JUST WANT US TO REPENT AND CONFESS OF OUR SINS OR DOES 04:50 REAL REPENTANCE ALSO INVOLVE FORSAKING - BEING WILLING NOT TO 04:54 BE SAVED IN YOUR SIN BUT TO BE SAVED FROM YOUR SIN? 04:59 IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THAT. 05:03 YOU CAN READ ALSO, FOR INSTANCE, IN PSALM 32 - THIS IS A GREAT 05:06 PSALM OF REPENTANCE - PSALM 32 - DAVID WROTE A COUPLE OF REALLY 05:10 GOOD PSALMS DEALING WITH REPENTANCE AND CONFESSION. 05:13 ONE OF THEM IS PSALM 51 AND THE OTHER ONE IS PSALM 32. 05:18 "WHEN I KEPT SILENT" - WHEN HE DIDN'T CONFESS - "MY BONES GREW 05:22 OLD THROUGH MY GROANING ALL THE DAY LONG." - AND YOU READ ON IT 05:25 SAYS - "I ACKNOWLEDGED MY SIN TO YOU. MY INIQUITY I HAVE NOT 05:29 HIDDEN. I SAID, 'I WILL CONFESS MY TRANSGRESSIONS TO THE LORD,' 05:34 AND YOU FORGAVE THE INIQUITY OF MY SIN." REPENTANCE AND 05:38 CONFESSION ARE A CRUCIAL COMPONENT TO HAVING FORGIVENESS 05:43 NOT ONLY ON THE RECORDS, BUT FOR YOUR OWN HEART TO BE HEALED. 05:46 DAVID DID NOT FIND RELIEF UNTIL HE HAD COME CLEAN WITH GOD. 05:52 AGAIN, YOU CAN READ ROMANS 10:10 - ANOTHER VERSE - "FOR WITH THE 05:56 HEART ONE BELIEVES UNTO RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND WITH THE 05:58 MOUTH CONFESSION IS MADE UNTO SALVATION." 06:02 NOW, WHOSE WORDS ARE THOSE - PASTOR DOUG'S OR THE APOSTLE 06:05 PAUL? AND SO HOW IMPORTANT IS THAT? 06:08 IT TELLS US THAT - IT SAYS, 'WITH THE HEART' - IT STARTS IN 06:13 THE HEART - 'ONE BELIEVES' - THERE NEEDS TO BE FAITH - THAT'S 06:16 OUR NEXT PRESENTATION - 'UNTO RIGHTEOUSNESS AND WITH THE MOUTH 06:19 CONFESSION IS MADE UNTO SALVATION.' NOW WHAT IS THE 06:22 DEFINITION OF CONFESSION? TO CONFESS MEANS 'TO DISCLOSE 06:26 SOMETHING - PERHAPS DAMAGING OR INCONVENIENT TO ONESELF - 06:29 TO ADMIT. TO ACKNOWLEDGE.' THE BIBLE'S 06:33 CLEAR - GOD KNOWS EVERYTHING. SO IF GOD KNOWS, WHY CONFESS? 06:38 YOU KNOW. HE KNOWS. WHY CONFESS? YOU MIGHT SAY, 'WHY PRAY? 06:44 HE KNOWS WHAT THINGS YOU HAVE NEED OF BEFORE YOU ASK. 06:47 WELL, A NUMBER OF REASONS CONFESSION IS VERY IMPORTANT. 06:50 FOR ONE THING: YOU ARE INFLUENCED BY YOUR OWN WORDS. 06:55 WHEN YOU SAY SOMETHING YOU ACTUALLY HEAR WHAT YOU SAY. 07:00 YOUR WORDS ACTUALLY AFFECT YOUR OWN MIND. 07:02 YOU GET DIFFERENT PARTS OF YOUR MIND. AND WHEN YOU LOGICALLY 07:05 REALIZE 'GOD WANTS ME TO CONFESS THIS.' YOU CAN THEN, 07:07 EMOTIONALLY, ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE 'THIS BEHAVIOR'S UNACCEPTABLE. 07:11 I JUST SAID SO.' AND THAT MEANS THAT YOU KIND OF 07:15 FREE THE HOLY SPIRIT AND YOUR OWN CONSCIENCE 07:16 TO TELL YOU TO STOP DOING SOMETHING. 07:19 WHENEVER YOU CONFESS SOMETHING AS A SIN, IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR 07:22 THE HOLY SPIRIT TO SAY, NEXT TIME YOU'RE TEMPTED, 'WAIT A 07:24 SECOND, DIDN'T YOU CONFESS THAT BECAUSE IT WAS WRONG?' 07:27 SO YOUR CONFESSION ACTUALLY HELPS YOU IN YOUR VICTORY SHOULD 07:33 YOU BE TEMPTED ON THAT SAME POINT IN THE FUTURE. 07:35 DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? 07:36 YOU'RE ACKNOWLEDGING, NOT ONLY PUBLICLY, BUT YOU'RE 07:38 ACKNOWLEDGING TO YOURSELF 'UH UH, THAT'S NOT RIGHT.' AND IT'S 07:42 VERY GOOD - MATTER OF FACT, I'VE TOLD A NUMBER OF PEOPLE - YOU 07:46 MIGHT BE STRUGGLING WITH SOME SIN OR TEMPTATION OR HABIT OR 07:49 BEHAVIOR AND YOUR CONSCIENCE BOTHERS YOU BECAUSE YOU KEEP 07:53 MAKING THE SAME MISTAKE. SO WHAT SHOULD YOU DO? STOP CONFESSING? 07:59 'GOD'S TIRED OF HEARING ME REPENT AND CONFESS. 08:02 HE ALREADY HEARD ME ONCE. I JUST MADE THE SAME MISTAKE. 08:04 WHY CONFESS AGAIN?' BECAUSE EVERY TIME YOU CONFESS 08:07 YOU'RE REMINDING YOURSELF THAT IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE. 08:11 THE MOST DANGEROUS THING THAT CAN HAPPEN IS WHEN A PERSON 08:14 GETS TO THE POINT WHERE THEY'RE NOT BOTHERED BY 08:18 THEIR OWN BAD BEHAVIOR. 08:20 YOU CAN START TO JUSTIFY IT - I'VE SEEN IT MANY TIMES. 08:23 A PERSON COMES INTO THE CHURCH AND THEY'VE GOT THIS SIN THAT 08:26 BOTHERS THEM AND THEY COME TO THE LORD AND THEY ASK FOR 08:28 FORGIVENESS BUT THE SIN - THEY'VE GOT THIS HABITUAL 08:32 PROBLEM THAT KEEPS COMING BACK - AND THEN YOU'LL MEET THEM TEN, 08:35 FIFTEEN, TWENTY YEARS LATER AND THEY STILL HAVE THAT SIN BUT 08:38 THEY HAVE RATIONALIZED SOMEHOW SO IT DOESN'T BOTHER THEM 08:41 ANYMORE. AND AS LONG AS YOU'RE REPENTING 08:45 AND CONFESSING, YOU'RE GIVING GOD PERMISSION TO WORK IN YOUR 08:47 LIFE TO SAVE YOU FROM THAT THING. 08:50 AND SO DON'T EVER STOP CONFESSING. 08:52 AND IT MIGHT MEAN CONFESSING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN. 08:55 BUT THERE SHOULD BE A CONFESSION AND A TURNING AWAY FROM IT. 08:58 DON'T BECOME COMFORTABLE WITH IT. 09:00 IF YOU DO FALL AGAIN, CONFESS IT AGAIN. 09:03 NOW HERE'S THE PART THAT I REALLY WANT YOU TO REMEMBER. 09:06 1 JOHN, 1:9 - YOU ALL KNOW WHAT THAT SAYS? 09:11 "IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS, HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST TO FORGIVE US 09:17 OUR SINS AND TO CLEANSE US FROM MOST UNRIGHTEOUSNESS." 09:22 ALL - THAT'S RIGHT, I WANTED YOU TO CATCH THAT BECAUSE IF WE ARE 09:27 FAITHFUL IN CONFESSING OUR SINS, HE IS FAITHFUL TO FORGIVE US. 09:31 GOD DOES NOT WANT YOU TO FEEL BAD EXCEPT LONG ENOUGH TO MAKE 09:34 YOU FEEL GOOD. HE WANTS YOU TO REPENT AND 09:37 HUMBLE YOURSELF SO THAT HE CAN LIFT YOU UP. HE WANTS TO 09:40 CLEANSE YOU FROM SOME UNRIGHTEOUSNESS OR FROM ALL? 09:43 NOW DOES THAT MEAN WE'VE GOT TO CONFESS EVERY SIN WE'VE EVER 09:46 COMMITTED? LET ME JUST SEE. AM I THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN'T 09:51 REMEMBER EVERY SIN I'VE EVER COMMITTED? CAN YOU? 09:55 SO HOW SPECIFIC SHOULD WE BE? AS SPECIFIC AS YOU CAN BE. 10:02 I RECOMMEND THAT YOU DO SOMETHING. 10:05 IF YOU'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE, I REALLY RECOMMEND THAT 10:08 YOU GET OFF BY YOURSELF, GET A PIECE OF PAPER - DON'T DO IT ON 10:13 YOUR COMPUTER - KNEEL, IF YOU'RE ABLE, BY YOUR BED OR SOMEWHERE 10:20 ALONE AND TAKE THAT PAD AND THEN YOU CAN PRAY THAT PRAYER OF 10:25 DAVID, 'SEARCH ME LORD, TRY ME, SEE IF THERE BE ANY WICKED WAY 10:31 IN ME.' AND ASK GOD - SAY, 'LORD, HOW HAVE I SINNED 10:37 AGAINST YOU? SHOW ME MY SINS.' 10:39 DOES ANYONE WANT TO KNOW THAT? BUT SHOULD WE KNOW? 10:44 AND THEN START WITH - SAY, 'ALRIGHT, TEN COMMANDMENTS' JUST 10:49 TAKE THEM AS A ROUGH STARTING POINT. 10:53 HAVE YOU EVER WORSHIPED OTHER THINGS AS GOD? 10:55 HAVE OTHER THINGS BEEN GOD IN YOUR LIFE? 10:57 HAVE YOU EVER TAKEN GOD'S NAME IN VAIN? 10:59 HAVE YOU EVER MADE THINGS AS IDOLS? 11:02 HAVE YOU ROBBED GOD FROM THE TIME THAT BELONGS TO HIM IN THE 11:04 SABBATH? OR THE MEANS THAT BELONG TO HIM? 11:07 THE BIBLE SAYS THAT IF YOU DON'T FAITHFULLY RETURN TITHES AND 11:11 OFFERINGS, HE SAYS, 'THIS WHOLE NATION HAS ROBBED ME.' 11:14 SO THAT'D BE STEALING. 'WELL I'VE NEVER COMMITTED 11:16 ADULTERY.' BUT JESUS SAID IT'S NOT JUST AN ACTION IT'S AN 11:19 ATTITUDE. HAVE YOU THOUGHT LUSTFUL 11:21 THOUGHTS IN YOUR HEART? I DON'T MEAN WHEN A FLEETING 11:24 THOUGHT GOES THROUGH YOUR MIND, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN - 11:26 DWELLING ON THOSE THINGS. IT'S NOT A SIN TO BE TEMPTED BUT 11:30 OFTEN THOSE THOUGHTS GO BEYOND JUST NOTICING SOMETHING TO WHEN 11:34 YOU DWELL UPON IT IT TURNS INTO SIN. 11:36 'I'VE NEVER MURDERED ANYBODY.' BUT JESUS SAID, 'IF YOU'RE ANGRY 11:39 WITH YOUR BROTHER WITHOUT A CAUSE, YOU'RE GUILTY OF MURDER.' 11:43 IT STARTS GETTING SERIOUS. 'I'VE NEVER TAKEN YOUR NAME IN 11:47 VAIN.' JESUS SAID, 'LET YOUR YEA BE YEA AND YOUR NAY BE NAY.' 11:51 EVERYTHING ELSE THAT COMES FROM - THAT IS MORE THAN THIS - 11:54 COMES FROM EVIL. YOU START MAKING VOWS AND 11:56 SWEARING UP AND DOWN - I MEAN TAKING OATHS AND IT'S SUSPECT. 12:02 CHRISTIANS' COMMUNICATION SHOULD BE TRANSPARENT AND SIMPLE. 12:06 AND SO YOU START GOING THROUGH THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW - EVEN IF 12:10 YOU HAVE NOT - AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE 12:12 LYING - YOU WRITE THAT DOWN. HOW DOES GOD FEEL ABOUT GOSSIP? 12:17 YOU KNOW, WHEN THE LORD LISTS THE SINS - IT'S NOT JUST THE TEN 12:21 COMMANDMENTS, THERE'S A LIST IN PROVERBS WHERE THE LORD SAYS, 12:23 'SIX THINGS I HATE, YES SEVEN ARE AN ABOMINATION UNTO ME.' DO 12:26 YOU ALL KNOW WHAT THE SEVENTH ONE IS? 12:28 'HE THAT SOWS DISCORD AMONG BRETHREN.' BY GOING TO SOMEONE 12:33 ELSE AND SPEAKING EVIL ABOUT SOMEONE ELSE - PARTING 12:35 RELATIONSHIPS - ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GOD HATES. 12:39 AND SO YOU CAN TAKE THOSE LISTS THERE IN THE BEATITUDES, 12:44 PROVERBS, THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AND JUST SAY, 12:49 'LORD, I'VE BEEN A LIAR. I'VE BEEN A THIEF. 12:53 I'VE HAD IMPURE THOUGHTS - SPIRITUAL ADULTERY' - SOME OF 12:56 YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO PUT LITERAL ADULTERY DOWN. 13:00 'I DIDN'T KILL ANYONE BUT I'VE COMMITTED IMAGINARY HOMICIDE 13:04 AGAINST MY ENEMIES.' AND START PUTTING THOSE THINGS DOWN AND 13:09 THE LORD IS GOING TO START SHOWING YOU THINGS AND SAY, 13:11 'LORD, WHAT AM I FORGETTING?' AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, 'I REMEMBER 13:16 WHEN I STOLE MY SISTER'S TWENTY DOLLARS.' OR 'I REMEMBER THAT 13:20 EMPLOYER THAT WHENEVER I WENT HOME I DIDN'T WANT TO GO BUY MY 13:26 OWN PRINTING PAPER AND SO I TOOK A REAM OF PAPER FROM THE OFFICE 13:31 AND CONVINCED MYSELF THAT A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT I WAS DOING 13:34 WAS WORK TIME.' AND JUST LITTLE BY LITTLE THE HOLY SPIRIT'S 13:39 GOING TO BRING THINGS BACK TO YOU. 13:41 MAKE THAT LIST. DON'T HURRY OFF YOUR KNEES. 13:43 AND THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT REMEMBERING WHAT THE HOLY 13:47 SPIRIT DOESN'T REVEAL. ISN'T THAT RIGHT? 13:51 IF YOU SAY, 'LORD, I'M WILLING TO CONFESS AND REPENT OF MY SINS 13:54 BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SHOW ME BECAUSE I'M WEAK. 13:56 THE SPIRIT'S WILLING - THE FLESH IS WEAK' - THE MEMORY'S WEAK. 13:59 AND SHOW ME THINGS AND IF - YOU CAN'T REMEMBER EVERY LIE, 14:03 BUT YOU CAN PUT LYING DOWN. SAY, 'LORD, FORGIVE ME FOR BEING 14:06 A LIAR.' AND SO PUT DOWN THE CATEGORIES. 14:09 GET YOUR LIST TOGETHER AND THEN WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT GOES QUIET 14:13 AND YOU CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING AND YOU STOP WRITING, JUST SAY, 14:16 'ALRIGHT, LORD, I AM A SINNER. WOE IS ME, I AM UNDONE. 14:23 I AM GUILTY OF THESE THINGS. 14:25 I KNOW THAT THESE THINGS CRUCIFIED JESUS. 14:30 THAT JESUS DIED NOT JUST FOR THE SINS OF THE WORLD BUT HE DIED 14:32 FOR MY SINS - FOR THESE THINGS. THESE THINGS ARE SINS. 14:36 THESE THINGS CRUCIFIED JESUS.' CALL IT WHAT IT IS. 14:39 THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT MAKING SIN EXCEEDINGLY SINFUL. 14:43 DON'T PAINT IT IN SOFT TONES. ADMIT THAT SIN IS DEADLY. 14:50 IT IS THE ENEMY. 14:52 AND SAY, 'BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS JESUS SAID THAT IF I CONFESS MY 14:58 SINS - IF I REPENT OF MY SINS, THAT YOU ARE FAITHFUL AND JUST 15:03 TO FORGIVE ME AND TO CLEANSE ME FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. 15:05 LORD, NOT ONLY HAVE YOU SAID THIS - I BELIEVE YOU WANT TO.' 15:08 DO YOU BELIEVE GOD WANTS TO FORGIVE YOU? 15:10 WHY ELSE WOULD JESUS COME IF HE DIDN'T WANT TO FORGIVE YOU? 15:13 WOULD YOU POUR OUT YOUR BLOOD TO SAVE SOMEONE IF YOU DIDN'T WANT 15:16 THEM SAVED? SO THE LORD WANTS YOU FORGIVEN. 15:19 YOU'RE ON THE SAME TEAM. SAY, 'LORD, THESE ARE THE CRITERIA. 15:23 I'M TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING YOU COMMAND ME TO DO. 15:25 I REPENT. I CONFESS. LORD, IF MY REPENTANCE ISN'T 15:27 DEEP ENOUGH' - DOES GOD KNOW THAT? - 15:30 SAY, 'I BELIEVE; HELP MY UNBELIEF. 15:32 HELP IT BE DEEPER.' SAY, 'I'M DOING THE BEST I CAN, LORD, BUT 15:36 YOU'VE PROMISED TO FORGIVE ME AND TO CLEANSE ME.' WHEN YOU DO 15:39 YOUR PART AND YOU PRAY AND YOU ACCEPT THAT - NOW THE REASON I 15:45 SAID DON'T PUT THIS ON YOUR COMPUTER - DON'T LET ANYONE GET 15:48 AHOLD OF THAT LIST. THEN YOU WANT TO DESTROY THAT LIST. 15:52 AND YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'LL DO SOMETHING FOR YOU. 15:53 DON'T START A FIRE, BUT IF YOU BURN IT, THAT'S GREAT. 15:56 BECAUSE WHAT'S HAPPENED TO YOUR SINS THEN? 16:01 YOU'RE REALIZING THAT I HAVE CONFESSED MY SINS. HE IS 16:06 FAITHFUL AND JUST. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S MORE THAT COMES. 16:09 THERE'S BELIEVE THAT HE FORGIVES YOU - WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THAT 16:12 IN OUR NEXT PRESENTATION AND - BUT AS SOON AS YOU DO THAT - 16:15 WHEN - HERE'S THE WONDERFUL PART - WHEN - TURN BACK TO ISAIAH - 16:20 ISAIAH CHAPTER 6 - WHEN HE REPENTED OF HIS SINS AND HE 16:25 CONFESSED HIS SINS TO GOD WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? 16:29 "THEN ONE OF THE SERAPHIM FLEW TO ME, HAVING IN HIS HAND A LIVE 16:32 COAL WHICH HE HAD TAKEN WITH THE TONGS FROM THE ALTAR." 16:35 - I'M IN VERSE 6 - NOW VERSE 7, "AND HE TOUCHED MY MOUTH WITH IT 16:38 AND SAID: 'BEHOLD, THIS HAS TOUCHED YOUR LIPS; YOUR INIQUITY 16:41 IS TAKEN AWAY, AND YOUR SIN IS PURGED.'" AFTER HE REPENTS AND 16:47 CONFESSES IS HE FORGIVEN? YEAH. 16:53 DOES HE HAVE TO GO ON PROBATION FIRST FOR SIX WEEKS? 16:56 IS THERE A TWO-HOUR PROBATION? DOES HE HAVE A 30-MINUTE TRIAL 17:01 PERIOD WHILE THE COMPUTER PROCESSES HIS APPLICATION? 17:06 HOW QUICKLY AFTER HE REPENTS AND CONFESSES IS HE FORGIVEN? 17:12 ISN'T THAT WONDERFUL? WHEN ZACCHEUS - HE GOES THROUGH 17:17 THESE STEPS - HE WANTS TO SEE JESUS. 17:19 WHAT'S STEP NUMBER 1? SEE THE LORD. 17:22 HE WANTS TO SEE JESUS - HE'S SMALL SO HE CLIMBS A TREE. 17:25 WE'RE CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST - THAT'S WHAT THAT MEANS. 17:27 FROM THE TREE HE SEES THE LORD AND THE LORD SEES HIM AND THE 17:32 LORD SAYS, 'COME ON DOWN ZACCHEUS. 17:35 I KNOW YOU'RE SEARCHING FOR ME. TODAY I MUST ABIDE AT YOUR 17:37 HOUSE.' HE IS SO THRILLED THAT GOD WOULD 17:40 REVEAL HIMSELF TO HIM - THAT WANTS A RELATIONSHIP WITH 17:42 HIM, HE COMES DOWN - WHAT'S THE FIRST THING HE DOES? 17:45 WHEN HE SEES THE GOODNESS OF GOD HE'S CONVICTED OF HIS SIN. 17:48 HE GETS DOWN ON HIS KNEES - MATTER OF FACT, YOU KNOW HE'S ON 17:50 HIS KNEES BECAUSE IT SAYS, 'HE ARISES.' AFTER GETTING OUT 17:52 OF THE TREE HE EITHER FALLS OUT OF THE TREE OR SOMETHING 17:54 BECAUSE HE'S DOWN. 17:55 AND HE SAYS, 'LORD, IF I'VE TAKEN ANYTHING FROM ANY MAN 18:00 THROUGH FALSE ACCUSATION' - THIS IS LUKE 19, BY THE WAY, IT'S 18:03 ONLY IN THE GOSPEL OF LUKE - 'IF I'VE TAKEN ANYTHING FROM ANY MAN 18:05 BY FALSE ACCUSATION, I WILL PAY HIM BACK FOURFOLD AND HALF OF 18:10 MY GOODS I GIVE TO THE POOR.' DO YOU SEE REPENTANCE THERE? 18:15 DO YOU HEAR HIM PUBLICLY CONFESSING? 18:17 NOW HE'S SAYING, 'THERE MAY BE PEOPLE I'VE WRONGED I DON'T EVEN 18:20 REMEMBER' BECAUSE HE SAYS, 'IF'. THAT MEANS 'I'LL GET OUT THE 18:24 BOOKS AND I'VE BEEN A PUBLICAN A LONG TIME. 18:27 I'VE BEEN EXTORT - IT WAS LIKE THE MAFIA BACK THEN - 'I'VE BEEN 18:29 EXTORTING MONEY FROM PEOPLE' - AND HE SAID - 'AND THEN, IF THAT 18:33 ISN'T ENOUGH I'M GOING TO GIVE HALF MY GOODS TO THE POOR 18:37 BECAUSE THERE MAY BE PEOPLE THAT I'VE WRONGED, I DON'T REMEMBER.' 18:40 AND WHAT DOES JESUS SAY? 18:42 WELL, LET'S SEE HOW THIS - AH, GOOD PROMISE, LET'S SEE HOW YOU 18:45 FOLLOW THROUGH NOW.' YOU KNOW WHAT JESUS SAID? 18:48 'VERILY HE IS A SON OF ABRAHAM.' HE IS ADOPTED INTO THE FAMILY OF 18:54 ABRAHAM. HE IS CALLED A CHILD OF ABRAHAM. REMEMBER THOSE 18:56 THAT ARE SAVED GO TO ABRAHAM'S BOSOM - SYMBOLICALLY. 19:00 HE'S SAYING, 'YOU'RE GOING TO BE SAVED.' AND ALL THE PEOPLE ARE 19:03 TALKING AND SAYING, 'HOW CAN JESUS SAY THAT THIS MAN IS GOING 19:05 TO BE IN THE KINGDOM WHEN HE HAS BEEN SUCH A SCOUNDREL. 19:09 I MEAN, HE JUST REPENTED AND ALL OF A SUDDEN HE'S SAVED? 19:11 HE'S FORGIVEN?' YEP, THAT QUICK. 19:14 THIEF ON THE CROSS: HE REPENTS OF HIS SIN. 19:18 HE CONFESSES PUBLICLY - HE SAYS TO HIS FELLOW THIEF, 'THIS MAN'S 19:23 DONE NOTHING WRONG. WE'RE GETTING WHAT WE DESERVE 19:25 FOR OUR DEEDS.' AND HE SAYS, 'LORD REMEMBER ME WHEN YOU COME 19:28 INTO YOUR KINGDOM.' HE ASKS. AND WHAT DOES JESUS SAY? 19:32 'AH, YOU WAITED TOO LONG.' OR DOES, IMMEDIATELY, THE LORD SAY 19:35 TO HIM, 'VERILY I SAY TO YOU TODAY, YOU WILL BE WITH ME IN 19:39 PARADISE.' SO WHAT'S THE WAITING PERIOD FROM THE TIME YOU 19:42 REPENT AND CONFESS BEFORE YOU'RE SAVED? 19:44 INSTANT. HOW SAVED WERE THEY? 19:48 HE CLEANSES YOU FROM HOW MUCH? ALL? 19:50 WAS HE 98 PERCENT SAVED? YOU ARE 100 PERCENT JUSTIFIED. 19:56 THERE MAY BE MORE SANCTIFICATION THAT COMES AFTERWARD BUT WHEN 19:59 YOU COME TO THE LORD, THAT'S WHERE RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH 20:01 COMES IN. YOU ARE MADE RIGHTEOUS BY FAITH 20:03 AND WHEN YOU REALIZE THAT HE'S COMPLETELY FORGIVEN YOU, YOU 20:06 WANT TO STAY RIGHTEOUS AND LIVE A NEW LIFE, RIGHT? 20:10 AND SO THIS ALL FOLLOWS THAT CONFESSION. 20:12 NOW BACK TO SOME OF THE SPECIFICS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT 20:15 DURING CONFESSION. WHAT ABOUT CONFESSING TO PEOPLE? 20:22 "CONFESS YOUR TRESPASSES TO ONE ANOTHER, AND PRAY FOR ONE 20:27 ANOTHER, THAT YOU MAY BE HEALED." 20:30 AND CONFESSION IS SOMETHING THAT MIGHT NEED TO BE DONE EVEN AFTER 20:34 YOU'RE FORGIVEN WILL THERE BE MORE REPENTANCE AND CONFESSION 20:37 DURING SANCTIFICATION? YEAH, THAT'S WHY JOHN TELLS US 20:40 IF ANY MAN SIN - HE'S WRITING TO THE CHURCH. 20:43 HE WRITES TO THE BELOVED LADY - HE'S WRITING TO THE CHURCH. 20:47 'IF ANY MAN SIN WE HAVE AN ADVOCATE WITH THE FATHER, JESUS 20:51 CHRIST THE RIGHTEOUS.' SO THERE'S ONGOING CONFESSION THAT 20:54 MAY HAPPEN AND REPENTANCE. IN OUR HOUSE, WE HAVE A USELESS 21:00 PIECE OF EQUIPMENT CALLED A TRASH COMPACTOR. 21:03 DO YOU KNOW WHAT A TRASH COMPACTOR DOES? 21:06 A TRASH COMPACTOR WILL TAKE 50 POUNDS OF GARBAGE AND IT 21:09 COMPRESSES IT TO 50 POUNDS. 21:12 YOU'VE STILL GOT YOUR 50 POUNDS OF GARBAGE. 21:14 THE PROBLEM WITH A TRASH COMPACTOR IS BECAUSE IT MANAGES 21:16 TO TAKE ALL THE GARBAGE OF A WEEK AND KEEP SQUASHING IT DOWN 21:21 EVERY TIME YOU OPEN IT UP AND YOU RUN THE THING, IT DOESN'T 21:25 TAKE A WHOLE WEEK FOR GARBAGE TO START TO SMELL. 21:29 TWO OR THREE DAYS AND IT CAN START TO SMELL. 21:31 AND SO I CAN'T WAIT FOR A WHOLE WEEK TO GO BY AND, YOU KNOW, IT 21:34 KIND OF IS AGGRAVATING BECAUSE THOSE TRASH COMPACTOR BAGS ARE 21:36 EXPENSIVE BUT I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE IT IN THERE A WHOLE WEEK. 21:40 SO SOMETIMES YOU'VE GOT TO DUMP IT OUT ON A MORE REGULAR BASIS 21:42 EVEN THOUGH IT - THEORETICALLY YOU CAN PACK ALL KINDS OF 21:45 GARBAGE INTO IT. WELL, IN OUR LIVES, YOU'VE GOT 21:48 TO BE CAREFUL TO KEEP SHORT ACCOUNTS WITH GOD. 21:51 AS SOON AS YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME GARBAGE, 21:54 DON'T WAIT FOR IT TO START TO STINK. 21:56 TAKE IT OUT AND DEAL WITH IT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? 22:00 AND SO, IF YOU REALIZE 'LORD, I DID SOMETHING WRONG BETWEEN YOU 22:03 AND ME.' OR IF YOU'VE DONE SOMETHING WRONG IN A 22:06 RELATIONSHIP WITH SOMEBODY ELSE, DEAL WITH IT RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE 22:10 THE LONGER YOU DON'T DEAL WITH IT, THE WORSE IT STARTS TO SMELL 22:14 OVER TIME. AND THE QUICKER YOU DEAL WITH 22:17 IT, THE BETTER YOU'RE GOING TO FEEL. 22:20 NOW, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT SOMETIMES THE DEVIL HAS BLINDED 22:24 US? FIRST THE DEVIL TAKES AWAY OUR 22:27 SHAME TO MAKE US SHAMELESS IN SIN AND THEN THE DEVIL GIVES US 22:34 SHAME TO MAKE US ASHAMED TO CONFESS AND REPENT. 22:39 AND WE NEED TO SAY, 'LORD, HELP ME TO KNOW WHAT IS - HELP ME TO 22:44 SEE MYSELF THROUGH YOUR EYES. ISN'T THAT THE ONE WHO 22:47 ULTIMATELY IS GOING TO BE OUR JUDGE AND OUR REDEEMER? 22:50 AND SO THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT STEP IN FORGIVENESS, FRIENDS, 22:53 THAT WE COULD ASK THE LORD TO GIVE US HIS SPIRIT. 22:56 AND THE GOOD NEWS IS - DOES GOD WANT TO FORGIVE US? 23:01 DO WE HAVE TO WORRY THAT WE MAY FORGET SOMETHING IF WE HONESTLY 23:04 PRAY AND SAY, 'LORD, I'M EMPTYING MYSELF. 23:07 I WANT YOU TO FILL ME WITH YOUR SPIRIT. 23:09 IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE MISSED, SHOW IT TO ME.' 23:11 AND IF WE'RE SINCERE HE'LL REVEAL THAT TO US. 23:13 WHAT DOES GOD WANT? DOES HE WANT EVERY PIECE OF DATA 23:17 THAT'S IN YOUR LIFE THAT YOU'VE COMMITTED? 23:19 OR DOES HE WANT YOU TO BE OPEN AND GIVE HIM THE KEYS TO ALL THE 23:22 ROOMS. IF YOU OPEN YOUR HEART AND SAY, 23:25 'LORD, I'M WILLING TO BE A NEW CREATURE. 23:26 I'M WILLING TO CONFESS.' THE THINGS THAT GOD'S GOING TO WANT 23:29 YOU TO CONFESS ARE THE THINGS HE WANTS YOU TO HAVE VICTORY OVER 23:33 AND THAT'S THE FIRST STEP. SHOULD YOU CONFESS AND REPENT 23:37 EVEN IF YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE STOPPING? 23:41 I TALKED TO YOU IN, I THINK, AN EARLIER PRESENTATION ABOUT 23:44 SMOKING. I WAS CONVICTED ABOUT SMOKING 23:47 WHILE MY HEALTH WAS GREAT. I COULD RUN. I COULD CLIMB. 23:49 I DID NOT COUGH BUT I WAS CONVICTED. 23:52 I SAID, 'LORD, I DON'T WANT TO STOP SMOKING, BUT I KNOW YOU 23:55 DO.' IT SAYS ON EVERY PACK, 'THIS IS GOING TO KILL YOU.' 23:59 THE BIBLE SAYS, 'THOU SHALT NOT KILL.' 24:00 THAT WOULD INCLUDE YOURSELF. I SAID, 'LORD, I KNOW YOU WANT 24:03 ME TO STOP. WILL YOU PLEASE GIVE ME THE 24:05 RIGHT ATTITUDE?' SO EVEN IF THERE'S SOME SIN IN 24:08 YOUR LIFE THAT YOU LOVE - AND WE LOVE MOST SIN. 24:11 THE BIBLE SAYS, 'FLEE TEMPTATION' - MOST OF US CRAWL 24:14 AWAY AND HOPE IT CATCHES US, RIGHT? 24:17 SO BE HONEST WITH GOD. THE GOOD NEWS IS IF YOU'RE 24:19 HONEST WITH GOD - HE ALREADY KNOWS, RIGHT? 24:22 SO IT'S GREAT THAT YOU CAN COME CLEAN WITH HIM AND SAY, 'LORD, I 24:27 BELIEVE, HELP MY UNBELIEF. I REPENT OF MY SINS. 24:30 IF THERE'S SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW, SHOW IT TO ME, BUT I 24:32 CONFESS I'M A SINNER.' THAT MAN, HE CAME INTO THE TEMPLE ONE DAY. 24:37 DON'T WORRY ABOUT MAKING A LONG LIST. 24:39 TWO MEN WENT TO THE TEMPLE TO PRAY. 24:41 ONE WAS A PUBLICAN, ONE WAS A PHARISEE. 24:43 THE PHARISEE STOOD AND HE PRAYED THUS WITH HIMSELF. 24:45 HE SAID, 'LORD, I THANK YOU THAT I'M NOT LIKE OTHER MEN. 24:47 I PAY TITHE OF ALL THAT I'VE GOT AND I FAST TWICE A WEEK AND I'M 24:50 NOT LIKE THIS PUBLICAN BACK HERE.' AND THE PUBLICAN, HE 24:55 BOWED HIS HEAD AND BEAT UPON HIS BREAST AND HE SAID, 'LORD, HAVE 25:00 MERCY UPON ME A SINNER.' HE CONFESSED HIS SIN - 25:04 IT WAS VERY SIMPLE - BECAUSE THAT CAN BE THE 25:06 STARTING POINT. 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