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Acts 3:19-26 · Providence Baptist Church - Sermons

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In our continued study of Acts, we have come to Acts 3 and our text for today will be verses 19 through 26.
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! Last week, we looked together at Peter's second sermon, the beginning of it at very least, and we ended at verse 19.
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And we saw that like his first sermon, which we see in chapter 2 of Acts, this sermon was preceded by a miracle.
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The first time by the disciples speaking in many different languages, this time the healing of a lame beggar.
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And these miracles were meant to give confirmation to the message that was about to be preached.
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God sets the stage. In fact, we see in this sermon that Peter and John are headed to the temple to pray.
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Verse 1 of chapter 3, his intention was not to go to the temple to preach.
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They encounter this man and this miracle is performed and a great crowd gathers to them.
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Now, this sermon that he preaches follows the same format of his first sermon.
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And, beloved, it's important for us to remember as we observe the Apostle Peter, who was such a high point in redemptive history,
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such a man to carry the gospel to these people that we are all called to be preachers of the gospel of Christ
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amongst our neighbors and our co-workers and our classmates.
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And so we need to pay attention to the content of these sermons.
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Same format.
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He first exalts Christ.
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He second, indicts his listeners, calls them guilty.
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And he third, calls his listeners to repent.
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Last week, as we looked at the beginning of Paul's, excuse me, Peter's second sermon,
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he exalts Christ through five names given to Jesus.
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First, his servant and then the name itself, Jesus.
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Verse 13.
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He calls him the holy and righteous one.
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Verse 14.
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The author of life.
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Verse 15.
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And Christ.
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Verse 18.
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18.
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And all of these names are meant to draw his Jewish listeners' minds to all of the things that the Old Testament had to say about who the Messiah,
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the anointed one of God, was to be.
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This is what they longed for.
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They were waiting for this Messiah.
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And they wanted him to come and they wanted him to establish his kingdom as the Old Testament had promised.
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They wanted him to deliver them from Roman rule, which the Old Testament had not promised.
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They wanted another David to restore the glory of Israel.
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And the kingdom comes in a much, much different way than they expected.
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And they rejected Christ as the Messiah.
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They didn't meet.
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He didn't meet their expectations.
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And so Peter goes on to indict the listeners.
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Verse 13.
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Speaking of Christ, Peter says to them,
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Whom you delivered over and denied in the presence of Pilate when he had decided to release him.
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Pilate was going to let him go, but you denied him in the presence of Pilate.
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Again, verse 14.
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But you denied the holy and righteous one.
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Verse 15.
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And you killed the author of life.
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You didn't understand Jesus to be who he is.
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And you had him put to death.
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And then he goes on to call his listeners to repent.
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And we just touched on that last week.
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We ended with verse 19.
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Repent, therefore, and turn back that your sins may be blotted out.
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And he goes on then to expand on this call of repentance as the summary of his sermon on this day.
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So this morning we're going to pick up at verse 19.
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And we're going to observe together the necessity and the nature of repentance in this conclusion of Peter second sermon.
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So I'll begin reading in verse 19.
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But before I do, we remind you, this is God's word to us.
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It was written for his glory and for our good.
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We would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises and obey its commands.
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Verse 19.
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Verse 19.
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Repent, therefore, and turn back that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord and that he may send the Christ appointed for you.
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Jesus, who heaven must receive until the time for restoring all the things about which God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets long ago.
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Moses said, the Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brothers.
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You shall listen to him and whatever he tells you.
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And it shall be that every soul who does not listen to that prophet shall be destroyed from the people.
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And all the prophets who have spoken from Samuel and those who came after him also proclaimed these days.
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You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, and in your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
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God, having raised up his servant, sent him to you first to bless you by turning every one of you from your wickedness.
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Now, as we look this morning at the necessity nature of repentance, I'll frame our study in the following ways.
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Number one, four prompters toward repentance.
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Four prompters toward repentance.
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How does God work to bring about repentance in his people?
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And secondly, four results of repentance.
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What are the blessings that accompany repentance?
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So four prompters, four results.
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But before we get to those particulars, it must be said that all people everywhere are called to repent.
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As we consider repentance this morning, as we talk about what it means and what marks it, how it is that it comes to pass.
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You need to sit and you need to consider.
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Have you ever repented?
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Have you ever truly been sorrowful for your sin and turned away from it and turned to Christ?
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Have you ever truly embraced him for the salvation of your soul?
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And secondly, if you have, if you're found in Christ, do you need now to repent?
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The Christian life is a life of repentance.
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Beloved, we go on repenting, turning from sin and turning to Christ, embracing him in greater and greater degrees.
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So have you ever and do you need now to repent?
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God's design is that all people repent.
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Acts 1730.
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Paul preaches the times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.
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The core message of Jesus is preaching revolves around three commands, just three.
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They all revolve around these three.
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Number one, repent of your sins.
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We're talking about this morning.
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Repent of your sins.
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The second and third are love each other and your neighbor and go and make disciples.
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We could say we could sum that up to say, repent of your sins and lovingly help others do the same.
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Repent of your sins.
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Love each other and your neighbor.
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Go and make disciples.
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This is what Jesus came and preached.
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The very beginning of Mark's gospel, chapter one, verse 15.
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Jesus begins his ministry by saying the time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God is at hand.
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Repent, repent and believe in the gospel.
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But what does it mean to repent?
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There could be many misconceptions about this.
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Verse 19, Peter says to them, repent, therefore, and turn back.
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The Greek word here translated repent literally means, simply means to change one's mind or purpose.
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Repentance.
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The repentance is a turning away from sin, recognizing the way in which it grieves the Lord, turning away from it and turning toward Christ.
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Placing faith in his person and his work, recognizing that you need his righteousness and you need him to take the punishment of God for your sin.
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It's weightier than just a simple intellectual decision.
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And decisionism runs rampant in our churches these days.
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A presentation is made to you.
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You are pressed to a decision.
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And I hope that the majority of those who are pushed in this way do come to faith.
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I'm afraid that's not the case.
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We need to repent properly in order to be saved and to repent and to not then change the way in which you live.
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It's not repentance at all.
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John McArthur says this.
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I quoted it to you last week.
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Repentance is a change of mind that results in a change in behavior.
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And this little phrase in the beginning of verse 19, turn back, adds to that meaning.
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Repent, therefore, and turn back.
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Turn back to what?
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Back to God.
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Back to the creator.
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Right?
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To live in a way that pleases him.
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Some translations render that phrase be converted.
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And the Greek word can mean that.
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And I've read many cases this week suggesting that that's the proper identifier for it to be converted.
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But we know that God is the one who converts.
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That God is the one who changes hearts.
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That sends his spirit into the body of men in order to believe.
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And the verb is an active verb.
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I heard a preacher I respect deeply this week say that it's a passive verb.
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And I thought, how fascinating.
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If you don't know what that means, if it's active, the...
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Excuse me, my brain just blanked out on my grammatical language.
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Not the object.
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The person acting.
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Let me just say it that way.
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The person acting in the sentence...
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Don't yell it out at me because it'll get my brain all frazzled.
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The person acting in the sentence...
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If it's active, they're the one doing the action.
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If it's passive, the action is being done to them.
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Okay?
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You catching that?
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So again, pastor I deeply respect said that it's a passive verb,
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which would mean that the activity is being done to the individual.
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In that case, I think converted would be the proper way.
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But it's not.
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It's an active verb.
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And I wrestle with that.
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I won't bore you with the detail of it.
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But it is, in fact, active.
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So I think turn back is a better way to understand this.
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And what Peter's trying to say to them is that you must repent.
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You must show sorrow.
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You must be apologetic for your sin.
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And he's bounding on to that.
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He's adding to that extra meaning to say that we have to turn to God.
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Repentance is a change of mind that results in a change in behavior.
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And it's illustrated beautifully in a parable that Jesus taught in Matthew chapter 21.
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This is verses 28 through 31.
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Jesus said,
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A man had two sons.
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And he went to the first and said,
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Son, go and work in the vineyard today.
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And he answered the son,
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I will not.
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But afterward,
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he changed his mind and went.
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And he went to the other son and said the same.
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And he answered,
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I go, sir,
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but did not go.
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Which of the two did the will of his father?
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They said the first.
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Jesus said to them,
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Truly, I say to you,
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the tax collectors and the prostitutes,
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go into the kingdom of God before you.
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What he's saying to them is those who recognize their sin,
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who are not self-righteous,
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righteous,
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who initially say to God,
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I will not.
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But afterward,
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change their mind and their behavior
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are the ones who are accepted into the kingdom.
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The first son not only had a change of mind,
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but a change in action.
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Repentance is a redirecting of one's life
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in light of the grievous nature of their sin
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and the goodness of God to them in Christ.
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So the call this morning from Peter's sermon
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is for all people everywhere to repent.
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And there are four prompters,
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at least four prompters toward repentance.
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Four ways in which God works to bring about repentance.
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The first one is knowledge of the truth.
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Knowledge of the truth.
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The knowledge of God's revealed truth
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is meant to lead people to repentance.
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It serves to that great end.
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That truth is given to us in the Bible.
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God's revealed truth.
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Do you recall the story of the rich man and Lazarus?
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The rich man is suffering in hell
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and requests of Father Abraham
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that Lazarus be sent to preach to his brothers.
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Remember this story?
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What did Jesus say?
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Happens in the story.
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Luke chapter 16, verses 27 to 31.
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And he, Jesus said,
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excuse me, not, I'm sorry.
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The rich man said,
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and he said,
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then I beg you, Father,
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to send him to my father's house.
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For I have five brothers
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so that he may warn them
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lest they also come into this place of torment.
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But Abraham said,
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Jesus is telling the story,
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they have Moses and the prophets.
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He's saying if they have the scripture,
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let them hear them.
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And he said,
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the rich man,
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no, Father Abraham,
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but if someone goes to them from the dead,
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they will repent.
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He said to him,
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if they do not hear Moses and the prophets,
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neither will they be convinced
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if someone should rise from the dead.
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The truth of God
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is all that's necessary
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to bring people to repentance.
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Repentance, right?
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Worked in them by the Spirit of God.
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Peter's called to them,
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repent, therefore,
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and turn back, right?
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Why?
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The therefore, right?
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You hear it asked.
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What is the therefore?
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Therefore,
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why should they repent?
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In light of the truth
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that Peter has just preached to them, right?
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He's exposed their sin.
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He's indicted them for killing Christ.
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For having an improper understanding
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of the Son of God.
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The knowledge of the truth
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is meant to expose our sinfulness
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in order to drive us
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to our knees in repentance.
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In our text,
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Peter is calling to his listeners
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to repent for the very first time.
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But as I said before,
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repentance does not cease
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when we are saved.
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Beloved,
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the truth still works in us
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to drive us to repentance.
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The Christian life
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is a life of repentance.
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We continue to repent
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because we continue to sin.
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Someone thinks they've ceased sinning.
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They're a liar.
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They need to repent of that.
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The front of your bulletin,
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Spurgeon quote,
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the true penitent
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repents of sin against God,
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and he would do so
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even if there were no punishment.
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When he is forgiven,
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he repents of sin
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more than ever,
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for he sees more clearly than ever
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the wickedness of offending
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so gracious of God.
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The idea he's presenting to us there
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is that those of us
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who have repented once,
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who have believed in Christ,
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and have seen God's gracious work
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in our lives,
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repent all the more
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because we pursue holiness,
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because we cast off sin,
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but we pursue holiness
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as a grateful response
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to what he's done for us.
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The Christian life
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is also a life
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of bringing about repentance
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in others
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by the proclamation
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of that same truth.
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Peter is doing so here.
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He's been using the Scripture,
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although he hasn't directly cited it,
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but all of these names
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of Christ,
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all of these names
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that are given to Jesus
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draw his listeners' minds
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to the text,
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constantly drawing them back
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to the Scripture
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that they had in that day.
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Paul says in Romans 1.16,
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For I am not ashamed
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of the Gospel,
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for it is the power of God
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for salvation
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to everyone who believes,
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to the Jew first,
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and also to the Greek.
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Right?
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I'm not ashamed
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of the preached message,
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the truth of Christ.
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And we are to share that truth.
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Whatever may come,
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Jesus suffered and died
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to bring about repentance.
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Maybe one of the great problems
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with the church
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in America today
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is that we're afraid
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of what may come
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if we preach
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the truth.
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We don't want to suffer
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like Christ.
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I read a statistic this week
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that the average
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conversion ratio
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in Southern Baptist churches
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is 86 members
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to one baptism
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per year.
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This is the average.
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It's shameful.
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John 13.16,
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Jesus said,
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Truly, truly,
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I say to you,
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a servant is not greater
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than his master,
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nor is a messenger
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greater
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than the one
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who sent him.
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At the end
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of Peter's
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second sermon,
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you guys know
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what happens
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to these two?
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Peter and John
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arrested
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and put in jail
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overnight.
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Last Monday evening,
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I was helping the boys
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get ready for bed.
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They were in their room
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and I'm down on my knees
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helping Judah
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get his pajama pants on.
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And Judah says,
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and it was so precious
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when he said it
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until I realized
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what he meant,
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Dad,
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I want to be like Jesus.
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My heart began to melt.
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And then he said,
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I want to be able
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to walk on water.
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Okay.
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Okay,
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so Judah's my,
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if you don't know,
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Judah's my
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just-turned-four-year-old.
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Kate is my
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almost-six-year-old
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going on 15.
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And he says,
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no, Judah,
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you don't want
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to be like Jesus.
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Jesus was nailed
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to a cross
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for our sins.
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to which Judah
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kind of pensively
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looked off
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into the corner
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of the room
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and he said,
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I kind of want
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to be like Jesus.
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And then he said,
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I want to walk
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on water.
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And the whole thing
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was so precious
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and cute
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and enjoyable
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in the moment.
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but then I
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very quickly realized
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how often
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I act that way.
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I kind of,
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I kind of want
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to be like Jesus.
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I kind of want
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the benefit
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and the blessing
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of being like Jesus
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apart from the suffering.
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Beloved,
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the benefit
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and the blessing
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does not come
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without the suffering.
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those who want
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to live godly
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in Christ Jesus
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will be persecuted.
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A second prompter
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for repentance
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is sorrow
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for sin.
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Sorrow for sin.
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God brings about
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and uses sorrow
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for sin
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to lead people
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to repentance.
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Listen to this.
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Paul writing
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2 Corinthians 7
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verses 9 and 10
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as it is,
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I rejoice
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not because you
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were grieved
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or sorrowful,
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but because
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you were grieved
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into repenting.
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For you felt
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a godly grief,
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that is a
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God-given grief,
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so that you
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suffered no loss
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through us.
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For godly grief
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produces a repentance
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that leads
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to salvation
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without regret.
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Whereas
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worldly grief
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grief
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produces
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death.
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So the sea
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is drawing
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a difference
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here for us.
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There's a godly grief
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that leads
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to repentance.
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That's the kind
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of sorrow
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we want to
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experience
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for our sin.
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Whereas
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there's a
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worldly grief
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that produces
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death.
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It just
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keeps up for us
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guilt
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and it's never
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solved.
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And we have
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to be very
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careful,
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friends,
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that we don't
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equate sorrow
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with repentance.
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That you merely
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feel bad
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about your sin
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and you assume
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that that is
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repentance.
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Godly sorrow
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produces
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repentance.
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Godly sorrow
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drives you
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to your knees
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at the cross
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of Jesus Christ.
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Godly sorrow
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that produces
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godly repentance
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turns us
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away
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from our
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sin.
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Have you
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ever been
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grieved by
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your sin
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only to
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quickly commit
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the same
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sin again?
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In quick
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succession,
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the same
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thing over
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and over
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and over
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and over
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again?
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Then you
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didn't repent
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of it to
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begin with.
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You didn't
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turn away
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from it
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and turn
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to God.
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Now,
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I'm not
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suggesting that
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we have a
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huge list
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of all
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possible sins
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and we
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commit a
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sin and
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we repent
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of it
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and we
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check it
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off because
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we're never
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going to
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commit that
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one again.
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Things come
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up and cycle
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through our
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lives to be
24:04
sure.
24:06
But I
24:06
watch so
24:07
many people
24:07
just so
24:09
broken over
24:10
their sin
24:10
only to
24:11
turn and
24:11
do it
24:12
again.
24:12
Almost
24:13
immediately
24:13
to do
24:14
it
24:15
again.
24:17
Many of
24:18
you don't
24:19
repent
24:20
well
24:21
or don't
24:22
repent
24:23
at all.
24:24
sorrow for
24:29
sin
24:29
brings us
24:30
to
24:31
repentance.
24:37
We have
24:38
this weight
24:38
that's placed
24:39
upon us.
24:40
If you
24:40
properly
24:41
understand
24:42
your sin,
24:42
this guilt
24:43
that you
24:44
bear.
24:46
What does
24:47
Peter say in
24:47
the last part
24:47
of verse
24:48
19?
24:50
Repent,
24:51
turn back,
24:52
that your
24:53
sins may
24:54
be blotted
24:54
out,
24:55
that they
24:55
may be
24:56
erased.
24:58
It's the
24:59
first result
24:59
and we'll
25:00
discuss more
25:00
of that
25:01
momentarily.
25:03
The third
25:03
prompter is
25:03
God's
25:04
goodness.
25:07
God's
25:07
goodness is
25:08
designed to
25:09
lead people
25:09
to repentance.
25:12
I think
25:12
that's caught
25:12
up in that
25:13
therefore of
25:14
verse 19,
25:15
repent
25:15
therefore.
25:16
Why should
25:17
they repent?
25:17
Because God
25:18
is good and
25:19
he offers to
25:20
all people the
25:21
opportunity
25:21
to repent.
25:24
You remember
25:24
what Peter
25:25
said in
25:25
verse 17?
25:26
And now
25:26
brothers,
25:27
I know
25:27
after this
25:28
great indictment,
25:29
he said,
25:29
I know
25:30
that you
25:30
acted in
25:31
ignorance as
25:32
did also
25:33
your rulers.
25:35
And in
25:36
saying that
25:36
he's not
25:36
absolving
25:37
them of
25:37
their
25:37
responsibility.
25:38
Otherwise,
25:38
he'd have
25:38
no reason
25:39
in verse
25:39
19 to
25:40
call them
25:40
to repent.
25:41
He's not
25:42
saying you
25:43
were ignorant.
25:44
Oh,
25:44
well,
25:45
he's just
25:46
saying you
25:48
acted
25:48
foolishly.
25:49
You wouldn't
25:49
have done
25:50
the thing
25:50
that you
25:50
did.
25:51
If you
25:51
had
25:51
known
25:52
who
25:52
Jesus
25:52
is,
25:53
he's
25:55
offering
25:55
them
25:55
the
25:55
possibility
25:56
of
25:56
forgiveness.
25:58
Correct
25:58
your
25:59
understanding
25:59
about
25:59
who
26:00
Jesus
26:00
is.
26:01
Ask
26:02
for
26:02
forgiveness.
26:03
Repent
26:03
of putting
26:04
the author
26:05
of life
26:06
to death.
26:07
Paul
26:09
Paul
26:09
rebukes
26:09
Israel
26:09
for
26:10
missing
26:10
this
26:10
point
26:11
in
26:11
Romans
26:12
2
26:12
4
26:12
says,
26:13
Or do
26:13
you
26:14
presume
26:14
on the
26:15
riches
26:15
of his
26:15
kindness
26:16
and
26:16
forbearance
26:17
and patience
26:18
not knowing
26:20
that God's
26:21
kindness
26:21
is meant
26:22
to lead
26:23
you
26:23
to
26:24
repentance?
26:26
We need
26:27
to be
26:27
very aware
26:28
of our
26:28
sin.
26:28
We need
26:29
to help
26:29
others
26:29
become
26:29
very aware
26:30
of their
26:30
sin.
26:31
And at
26:31
the same
26:31
time,
26:32
we need
26:33
to remember
26:33
the goodness
26:34
of God
26:34
to us
26:35
in Christ.
26:38
Fourthly,
26:39
fourth
26:40
prompter,
26:42
final
26:44
judgment.
26:46
The
26:47
promise
26:48
of final
26:48
judgment
26:49
should
26:49
lead
26:50
people
26:50
to
26:51
repentance.
26:53
If the
26:54
other
26:54
prompters
26:55
have yet
26:55
to work,
26:56
then the
26:56
promise
26:56
of eternal
26:57
destruction
26:57
needs
26:58
to speak
26:59
to you.
27:00
There's
27:01
a real
27:01
place
27:01
called
27:02
hell,
27:03
and it
27:03
will be
27:04
horrible.
27:07
Verse
27:07
22 and
27:08
23,
27:08
Moses said,
27:09
The Lord
27:09
God will
27:09
raise up
27:10
for you
27:10
a prophet
27:10
like me
27:11
from your
27:12
brothers.
27:13
You
27:13
shall
27:13
listen to
27:14
him
27:14
in whatever
27:14
he tells
27:15
you,
27:15
and it
27:15
shall be
27:16
that every
27:17
soul
27:17
who does
27:18
not listen
27:19
to Christ
27:20
shall be
27:21
destroyed
27:22
from the
27:23
people.
27:24
Will die
27:25
forever.
27:28
Jesus
27:28
will return
27:29
and he
27:29
will judge
27:30
with
27:31
finality
27:33
and we
27:33
need to
27:34
preach
27:35
about it.
27:36
It's not
27:36
a popular
27:37
thing to
27:38
preach about
27:38
these days.
27:40
We must
27:40
warn people
27:42
of the
27:42
impending
27:42
danger.
27:44
It's
27:44
coming.
27:45
It's
27:46
sure
27:46
that it
27:47
will be
27:47
here.
27:47
There's
27:48
a promise
27:48
of final
27:50
judgment.
27:53
People
27:53
need to be
27:53
aware of
27:54
it in
27:55
order to
27:55
flee from
27:56
it to
27:57
Christ
27:57
for their
27:59
salvation.
28:00
I
28:01
previously
28:01
read to
28:01
you
28:01
Acts
28:02
17
28:02
30.
28:04
Paul's
28:05
preaching
28:05
the times
28:06
of ignorance
28:06
God
28:07
overlooked,
28:07
but now
28:08
he commands
28:08
all people
28:09
everywhere
28:09
to
28:10
repent.
28:13
Hear what
28:13
Paul goes
28:14
on to say
28:14
in verse
28:15
31,
28:15
because God
28:18
has fixed
28:19
a day on
28:20
which he
28:20
will judge
28:20
the world
28:21
in righteousness
28:22
by a man
28:23
whom he
28:23
has appointed
28:24
and of
28:25
this he
28:26
has given
28:26
assurance to
28:27
all by
28:29
raising him
28:30
from the
28:30
dead.
28:32
God's
28:33
overlooked
28:33
times of
28:33
ignorance.
28:34
He's
28:35
freely
28:35
offering
28:36
repentance.
28:37
He's
28:37
commanding
28:38
it that we
28:38
would repent
28:39
because
28:40
judgment
28:40
is coming.
28:42
It's coming
28:42
in Christ.
28:43
Christ will
28:43
be the
28:44
righteous
28:44
judge and
28:45
he's given
28:45
his assurance
28:46
of this
28:46
by raising
28:47
him
28:47
from the
28:48
dead.
28:50
The day
28:50
will come
28:51
when repentance
28:52
will no longer
28:53
be an option.
28:55
Repent.
28:57
Repent.
28:58
So those
28:58
are at least
28:59
four prompters
29:00
that God
29:01
uses to bring
29:01
about repentance
29:02
in his people.
29:05
Next,
29:05
four results
29:06
of repentance.
29:08
I'm going to
29:08
speed up,
29:09
so if you're
29:09
taking notes,
29:10
try to keep
29:11
with me.
29:13
Number one,
29:14
sins
29:14
erased.
29:17
Still looking
29:18
at verse
29:18
19,
29:19
that your
29:19
sins may
29:20
be blotted
29:21
out,
29:23
blotted
29:23
out,
29:23
erased.
29:24
There is
29:24
no longer
29:25
a record
29:26
of the
29:26
wrong you
29:27
committed
29:28
against
29:29
God.
29:30
It's been
29:30
stricken
29:31
from the
29:33
record.
29:33
Godly
29:33
repentance
29:34
accomplishes
29:35
this.
29:36
The book
29:36
of Revelation
29:36
speaks of
29:37
the wrath
29:38
of God
29:39
being stored
29:40
up for
29:40
those who
29:40
don't place
29:41
believing
29:41
faith in
29:42
him and
29:42
that all
29:43
of the
29:43
wrong
29:44
things,
29:44
all of
29:45
the sins
29:45
that they
29:46
have committed
29:46
have been
29:47
recorded in
29:48
books.
29:50
But not
29:51
us,
29:51
beloved.
29:53
If we've
29:53
placed faith
29:54
in Christ,
29:55
it's been
29:55
erased.
29:57
Those things
29:57
have been
29:58
taken out
29:59
of those
30:00
books.
30:00
We'll stand
30:00
before him
30:01
in the
30:02
righteousness
30:02
of Jesus,
30:04
whole and
30:05
perfect
30:06
before him.
30:07
it's a
30:08
precious
30:09
thing to
30:10
consider
30:11
that our
30:11
sins are
30:12
erased.
30:14
God says
30:15
in Isaiah
30:15
43-25,
30:16
I am
30:17
he who
30:18
blots out
30:18
your
30:19
transgressions
30:19
for my
30:20
own sake
30:21
and I
30:21
will not
30:22
remember
30:23
your sins.
30:24
And later
30:25
in Isaiah
30:25
44-22,
30:26
I have
30:27
blotted out
30:27
your
30:28
transgressions
30:28
like a
30:29
cloud and
30:30
your sins
30:31
like mist.
30:32
I take that
30:32
to mean
30:32
that it was
30:33
easy for
30:33
him to
30:33
do.
30:34
He was
30:34
able to
30:35
cast it
30:36
away,
30:36
return
30:37
to me
30:37
for I
30:38
have
30:39
redeemed
30:40
you.
30:41
In this
30:42
day,
30:42
the writing
30:43
was done
30:43
on papyrus.
30:45
Ink was
30:46
incredibly
30:46
fragile.
30:48
I'll
30:48
bear you
30:48
the boring
30:49
details of
30:49
that,
30:50
but it was
30:50
very easy
30:50
to wet
30:51
something
30:51
and wipe
30:52
out.
30:53
This idea
30:53
of things
30:54
being blotted
30:55
out is a
30:56
precious thing
30:57
for them
30:57
to understand.
31:00
Paul writes
31:00
in Colossians
31:01
chapter 2,
31:01
verse 13
31:02
and 14,
31:03
and you
31:03
who were
31:04
dead in
31:04
your
31:05
trespasses
31:05
and the
31:06
uncircumcision
31:06
of your
31:07
flesh,
31:08
God made
31:08
alive
31:09
together
31:09
with him,
31:10
having
31:10
forgiven
31:11
us all
31:12
our
31:13
trespasses
31:14
by
31:15
canceling
31:17
the record
31:18
of debt.
31:19
That same
31:20
language,
31:20
canceling,
31:21
blotting out
31:21
the record
31:22
of debt
31:22
that stood
31:23
against us
31:24
with its
31:25
legal demands.
31:26
This he
31:27
set aside,
31:28
nailing it
31:29
to the
31:30
cross.
31:32
Beloved,
31:33
it's this
31:34
result of
31:35
repentance,
31:36
true,
31:37
God-given
31:37
repentance,
31:38
that gives
31:39
us such
31:39
motivation
31:40
to repent
31:40
again,
31:41
to know
31:42
that we
31:42
are complete
31:43
in Christ,
31:44
that we
31:44
don't now
31:46
work for
31:47
perfection.
31:48
We have
31:48
Christ's
31:49
perfection.
31:51
Our
31:51
obedience
31:51
is a
31:52
response
31:53
to
31:54
that
31:55
perfection
31:55
granted
31:56
to us.
31:59
Some of you
31:59
just need to
32:00
let that
32:00
sink.
32:02
You're
32:02
forgiven
32:03
in Christ.
32:06
Stop
32:06
acting
32:07
like you're
32:08
not.
32:09
Stop
32:10
acting as
32:10
if he
32:11
needs to
32:11
get back
32:12
up on
32:12
the cross
32:13
and die
32:13
for today's
32:14
sins.
32:16
His work
32:16
was complete.
32:18
If you
32:18
believed in
32:18
him,
32:19
he already
32:20
bore
32:21
the wrath
32:22
of God
32:22
for anything
32:23
you have
32:24
done and
32:25
will ever
32:26
do.
32:28
It doesn't
32:28
become a
32:28
license for
32:29
us to
32:29
sin.
32:30
If you
32:32
think that's
32:33
the case,
32:33
oh, I'm
32:34
forgiven in
32:34
Christ,
32:35
then you're
32:35
not a
32:35
Christian.
32:37
You haven't
32:37
understood your
32:38
sin and the
32:38
great offense
32:39
that it is.
32:40
You haven't
32:41
really understood
32:41
and appreciated
32:43
the sacrifice
32:44
that he made
32:44
on your
32:45
behalf and
32:45
all of the
32:46
blessings that
32:46
he's poured
32:46
out on you.
32:47
If you
32:48
understand that,
32:49
you respond
32:50
in obedience.
32:51
Our failure
32:52
even to
32:53
respond in
32:53
obedience in
32:54
the day-to-day,
32:55
in the moment-by-moment
32:56
is because we
32:57
so readily
32:58
forget the
32:59
truth of
33:00
how good
33:00
God has
33:01
been to
33:01
us in
33:02
Christ.
33:03
We fail
33:03
to believe
33:04
that reality
33:05
and it's
33:05
out of that
33:05
that we're
33:06
responding in
33:07
our flesh.
33:08
And our
33:09
new self
33:10
has been
33:10
delivered,
33:12
has been
33:12
given
33:12
freedom from
33:16
our sin.
33:17
Paul writes
33:18
in Romans 8.1,
33:19
there's therefore
33:19
now no
33:21
condemnation
33:22
for those
33:24
who are in
33:24
Christ Jesus.
33:25
What a
33:25
precious result
33:27
of repentance.
33:28
Our sins
33:28
are blotted
33:29
out.
33:30
Secondly,
33:31
the coming
33:32
of the
33:32
kingdom
33:32
of God.
33:35
The coming
33:35
of the
33:36
kingdom
33:36
of God.
33:37
Peter says,
33:38
repent therefore
33:38
and turn
33:39
again,
33:40
verse 20,
33:41
that times
33:42
of refreshing
33:43
may come
33:43
from the
33:44
presence of
33:44
the Lord
33:45
and that
33:45
he may
33:46
send the
33:46
Christ
33:46
appointed
33:47
for you
33:47
Jesus
33:47
whom
33:48
heaven
33:48
must
33:48
receive
33:49
until
33:49
a time
33:50
for
33:50
restoring
33:51
all
33:52
the
33:53
things.
33:54
The
33:54
kingdom
33:55
of God
33:55
was
33:56
inaugurated
33:56
began
33:57
by the
33:58
life,
33:59
death,
33:59
resurrection
33:59
and ascension
34:00
of Jesus
34:01
Christ.
34:02
Christ
34:02
came to
34:03
earth
34:04
as a
34:04
baby,
34:05
took on
34:05
human
34:05
form.
34:06
The
34:06
kingdom
34:06
of God
34:06
was set
34:07
into
34:07
motion
34:08
here.
34:10
The
34:10
kingdom
34:10
of God
34:10
will be
34:11
consummated
34:12
by Jesus
34:13
Christ's
34:14
return.
34:15
There's
34:15
elements,
34:17
aspects of
34:17
the kingdom
34:18
that are
34:18
now and
34:19
aspects that
34:19
are not
34:20
yet.
34:20
We live
34:21
between
34:21
those
34:22
two
34:23
times.
34:23
And
34:25
with
34:25
this
34:25
text,
34:26
at this
34:26
point,
34:27
a great
34:27
eschatological
34:28
debate,
34:29
eschatology
34:29
is a
34:30
study of
34:30
end times,
34:31
could
34:32
ensue.
34:33
But I'm
34:34
just going
34:34
to avoid
34:34
it this
34:35
morning for
34:36
two reasons.
34:39
Many
34:40
suggest that
34:40
here,
34:41
Peter's
34:41
specifically
34:42
referring to
34:43
the
34:43
millennial
34:43
reign of
34:44
Christ.
34:46
I'm not
34:46
exactly sure
34:47
what to
34:47
think of
34:48
the meaning
34:48
of verses
34:48
20 to
34:49
21,
34:50
and I
34:50
also haven't
34:50
quite settled
34:51
in on my
34:52
eschatological
34:52
view.
34:54
When is
34:54
the
34:55
millennial
34:55
reign of
34:56
Christ?
34:57
I think
34:58
it's now.
34:59
Many in
35:01
our vein
35:03
of
35:03
Christianity
35:04
think it's
35:05
not happened
35:06
yet.
35:07
It's a
35:07
thing that
35:07
will come.
35:09
But I'm
35:10
not positive.
35:11
I've poured
35:12
the concrete
35:12
and I'm
35:13
standing in
35:13
it, but
35:13
it just
35:14
hasn't set
35:14
up yet.
35:15
I can
35:16
always jump
35:16
back out
35:16
of it
35:17
again.
35:17
I'm not
35:18
standing
35:18
firm as
35:19
an
35:20
amillennialist.
35:22
I'm just
35:23
not exactly
35:23
sure.
35:24
And
35:25
secondly,
35:25
I don't
35:26
really think
35:26
it's the
35:27
pressing
35:27
matter of
35:27
the text.
35:29
I think
35:29
it's the
35:29
main point.
35:30
I don't
35:30
think it's
35:31
really what
35:31
Peter is
35:31
trying to
35:32
drive at.
35:33
And I
35:33
could be
35:34
wrong,
35:34
depending on
35:35
your
35:35
eschatological
35:36
view.
35:37
You just
35:37
have to
35:38
forgive me
35:38
for that.
35:39
What I am
35:40
sure of,
35:40
what I'm
35:40
confident of,
35:42
is that there
35:42
are present
35:43
day implications
35:43
of the
35:44
kingdom.
35:45
I'm positive
35:46
with that.
35:47
There's a
35:48
now element
35:48
to the
35:49
kingdom of
35:50
God.
35:51
And we
35:51
can be
35:51
sure that
35:52
Peter is
35:52
saying that
35:53
we should
35:53
repent so
35:54
that refreshing
35:54
will come.
35:55
The burden
35:56
of your
35:56
sin will be
35:57
lifted from
35:58
your back.
36:00
I know that
36:01
many people in
36:01
here like to
36:02
go backpacking
36:03
and probably
36:04
in your first
36:05
time out
36:06
backpacking,
36:06
you packed
36:07
way too
36:07
much.
36:08
I know my
36:09
first backpack
36:09
was much,
36:10
much larger
36:11
than it needed
36:11
to be and so
36:12
I filled it.
36:13
Why not?
36:14
You could
36:14
take as
36:15
much as
36:15
you wanted
36:15
to with
36:16
you.
36:17
Do you
36:17
remember those
36:18
times when
36:19
you get
36:19
into camp
36:20
for the
36:20
evening and
36:21
you've been
36:22
sludging along
36:24
all day and
36:25
you drop that
36:25
40, 50, 60
36:28
pounds off of
36:30
your back and
36:30
you've been
36:30
going hard all
36:31
day and you
36:32
feel like you
36:32
can fly?
36:34
You drop that
36:34
weight off?
36:36
Just the
36:36
relief that
36:38
that is?
36:39
My mind
36:40
goes to the
36:41
story of
36:41
Pilgrim
36:42
Christian and
36:43
Pilgrim's
36:44
Progress.
36:44
You've not
36:45
read that.
36:45
You need to
36:46
read it.
36:46
He's got this
36:46
burden that's
36:47
been lashed on
36:48
his back and
36:48
that's the
36:49
weight of
36:49
his sin.
36:50
He comes to
36:51
the cross and
36:52
it falls away,
36:53
falls off his
36:53
back and he's
36:54
so joyous.
36:56
There's a
36:56
refreshing that
36:57
comes by having
36:58
the burden of
36:59
our sins lifted
37:00
from us in
37:01
repentance.
37:03
Repent so that
37:04
you have the
37:04
presence of the
37:06
Lord with you.
37:08
Repent that
37:08
one day you
37:09
will have Christ
37:10
in full measure
37:11
at his return.
37:13
These are
37:13
real things
37:14
and present
37:15
things and
37:15
future things
37:16
that drive us
37:18
to repentance.
37:19
It's a result
37:20
of our
37:21
repentance.
37:22
Third,
37:24
result of
37:26
repentance,
37:28
deliverance
37:29
from destruction.
37:32
Deliverance from
37:32
destruction.
37:33
We have the
37:33
promise of
37:34
final judgment
37:35
drives us to
37:35
repentance.
37:36
prophets.
37:36
We're delivered
37:36
from that
37:37
final judgment
37:39
and the
37:40
destruction that
37:40
follows.
37:41
Peter begins to
37:42
use the Old
37:43
Testament prophets
37:44
to speak to
37:45
the minds of
37:46
his Jewish
37:46
audience.
37:47
We had got to
37:48
do a little
37:48
studying at this
37:49
point, but they
37:50
had it.
37:50
It was readily
37:51
running around
37:51
inside their
37:52
minds.
37:53
The last part of
37:54
verse 21,
37:54
about which God
37:56
spoke by the
37:56
mouth of his
37:58
holy prophets
37:59
long ago.
38:00
And he starts
38:01
by using their
38:02
very earliest
38:03
and most
38:04
revered prophet
38:05
to do so.
38:07
Verses 22
38:08
and 23.
38:10
Moses said,
38:10
The Lord God
38:11
will raise up
38:11
for you a
38:12
prophet like
38:13
me from your
38:14
brothers.
38:15
You shall
38:15
listen to him
38:16
in whatever he
38:17
tells you.
38:18
And it shall
38:18
be that every
38:19
soul who does
38:20
not listen to
38:21
that prophet
38:21
shall be
38:21
destroyed from
38:23
the people.
38:23
Peter quotes
38:24
Moses from
38:25
Deuteronomy
38:25
1815 and
38:27
1819 here.
38:30
And it's
38:30
phrased,
38:31
A prophet
38:31
like me,
38:32
God will
38:33
raise up
38:33
for you a
38:34
prophet like
38:35
me,
38:35
was understood
38:36
in this time
38:37
by the Jews,
38:38
rightly so,
38:38
to be the
38:39
Messiah.
38:41
They knew
38:41
exactly who
38:42
Peter was
38:42
talking about
38:43
when he
38:44
quotes Moses
38:45
from Deuteronomy
38:46
chapter 18.
38:47
This one that
38:48
you killed is
38:49
the one that
38:49
Moses was
38:51
speaking about.
38:51
If you don't
38:51
listen to him,
38:52
if you don't
38:52
repent,
38:53
then destruction
38:54
is certainly
38:55
yours.
38:56
But if you
38:56
do,
38:57
if you do
38:58
call or
38:59
respond to
39:00
the call
39:00
of repentance,
39:01
you'll be
39:02
delivered from
39:03
that destruction.
39:06
And then
39:06
lastly,
39:08
blessing will
39:10
be realized.
39:11
Verses 24
39:12
to 26.
39:13
And all the
39:13
prophets,
39:13
the rest of
39:14
them,
39:14
all the rest
39:14
of the
39:15
prophets from
39:15
Samuel,
39:16
the prophet
39:18
who followed
39:18
Moses and
39:19
those who
39:20
came after
39:20
him,
39:21
all of them
39:21
also proclaimed
39:22
these days.
39:23
you are the
39:25
sons of
39:25
the prophet
39:26
and of
39:27
the covenant
39:27
that God
39:28
made with
39:28
your fathers
39:29
saying to
39:29
Abraham,
39:30
and in
39:31
your offspring
39:32
shall all
39:32
the families
39:33
of the earth
39:34
be blessed.
39:36
God,
39:36
having raised
39:37
up his
39:37
servant,
39:38
sent him
39:38
to you
39:39
first to
39:39
bless you
39:40
by turning
39:41
every one
39:41
of you
39:42
from your
39:43
wickedness.
39:44
I believe
39:45
what he's
39:45
saying is
39:46
that the
39:46
gospel has
39:47
come first
39:48
to the
39:48
Jews in
39:49
order that
39:50
the Jews
39:50
and their
39:51
believing
39:51
and their
39:52
going to
39:52
the ends
39:53
of the
39:53
earth
39:53
will carry
39:54
the gospel
39:55
forth.
39:57
The fulfillment
39:57
of this
39:58
promise to
39:59
Abraham
39:59
and in
40:00
your offspring
40:00
shall all
40:01
the families
40:01
of the
40:02
earth
40:02
be blessed.
40:03
We know
40:03
that that's
40:04
fulfilled
40:04
in Christ.
40:07
We have
40:07
in Luke
40:07
chapter 24
40:08
verses 45
40:09
to 47
40:10
a record
40:10
of Jesus
40:11
amongst the
40:12
disciples
40:12
after his
40:13
resurrection.
40:14
He says,
40:15
it's recorded
40:15
this way,
40:16
then he opened
40:16
their minds
40:17
to understand
40:17
the scriptures
40:18
and said
40:18
to them,
40:19
thus it is
40:20
written that
40:21
the Christ
40:21
should suffer
40:22
and on the
40:23
third day
40:23
rise from
40:23
the dead
40:24
and that
40:24
repentance
40:25
and forgiveness
40:26
of sins
40:27
should be
40:28
proclaimed
40:28
in his
40:29
name
40:29
to all
40:30
nations
40:31
beginning
40:33
from Jerusalem.
40:35
And that's
40:36
what we see
40:36
happening here.
40:39
This blessing
40:39
being realized
40:41
in the formation
40:42
of the early
40:43
church.
40:44
The blessing
40:45
is realized
40:46
in Jerusalem
40:46
first.
40:48
In chapter 4
40:48
verse 4
40:49
we see that
40:49
5,000 men
40:51
believe,
40:51
respond to
40:52
the gospel
40:53
call of
40:53
Peter.
40:54
It's presumed
40:55
when it's
40:56
recorded that
40:56
it's 5,000
40:57
men,
40:57
that there are
40:57
also women
40:58
and children
40:59
present who
41:00
also believe.
41:01
So a massive
41:02
number of
41:03
people respond
41:04
in faith to
41:05
Peter's second
41:06
sermon.
41:07
And very
41:07
soon the
41:08
expansive work
41:10
of the gospel
41:10
will begin.
41:12
Persecution
41:13
comes and they
41:14
are scattered.
41:16
Right?
41:16
Within a
41:17
generation we
41:18
see the gospel
41:19
on three
41:20
continents.
41:22
We're a
41:22
result of
41:23
that.
41:24
Everything
41:24
that's happening
41:25
here and
41:25
the gospel
41:26
beginning to
41:26
go forth and
41:27
the fulfillment
41:28
of these
41:28
promises begin
41:30
with the
41:30
repentance of
41:31
these people.
41:32
Coming to
41:32
faith and
41:33
launching out
41:34
the purposes
41:35
of God
41:36
in the world.
41:37
We live in
41:37
this day and
41:38
we're still
41:39
meant to be
41:40
about bringing
41:40
this about.
41:43
The repentance
41:43
of forgiveness
41:44
of sin should
41:44
be proclaimed
41:45
in His name
41:46
to all
41:47
nations.
41:47
It's where
41:48
we find
41:48
ourselves
41:49
today.
41:52
So in
41:52
Peter's second
41:53
sermon we
41:53
see Him
41:54
as we
41:54
should
41:54
exalt
41:55
Christ.
41:57
Indite
41:58
His
41:58
listeners
41:58
and call
42:00
His
42:01
listeners
42:01
to repent.
42:04
And so
42:04
what do we
42:04
do with
42:05
that?
42:05
It's just
42:05
for the joy
42:07
of sitting
42:08
here for
42:08
45 minutes
42:09
to an hour
42:10
and listening
42:10
to me
42:10
ramble on
42:11
about a
42:11
text.
42:12
Is that
42:12
what the
42:13
point of
42:13
today was?
42:13
I hope
42:14
not.
42:14
For you,
42:15
what do you
42:15
leave here
42:16
and do
42:16
with the
42:17
preaching of
42:17
God's
42:18
Word?
42:18
Number one,
42:18
repent.
42:20
If you
42:21
never have,
42:21
do so
42:22
today.
42:23
Listen to
42:24
those
42:24
prompters
42:25
leading you
42:26
to the
42:27
goodness of
42:28
God to
42:28
you in
42:28
Christ.
42:29
Turn from
42:29
your sin
42:29
and turn
42:30
to Him.
42:33
If you
42:34
are found
42:34
in Christ,
42:35
if you
42:35
have
42:35
initially
42:36
repented,
42:38
consider
42:38
how else
42:39
you need
42:39
to repent.
42:41
Truly,
42:42
godly
42:42
repentance,
42:43
turning away
42:44
from sin,
42:46
pursuing
42:46
righteousness.
42:48
And secondly,
42:50
and maybe
42:50
primarily
42:51
be repentant
42:52
about this,
42:54
be about
42:54
the work
42:55
of seeing
42:56
others
42:56
repent.
42:58
We've been
42:59
commissioned
42:59
to carry
43:00
the goodness
43:01
of Jesus
43:01
Christ to
43:03
those who
43:03
are suffering
43:04
and dying
43:05
around us.
43:06
We should
43:07
go to the
43:08
ends of
43:08
the earth,
43:09
but we
43:10
don't have
43:10
to to
43:11
preach the
43:11
gospel.
43:13
Countless
43:13
people
43:14
around us
43:15
that need
43:15
the good
43:16
news of
43:16
Jesus Christ,
43:17
that need
43:17
to repent.
43:20
Let's pray
43:20
together.
43:20
Let's pray
43:20
together.
43:20
Let's pray
43:21
together.
43:20
Let's pray