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I recently was in a bookstore, and I was just walking around and I picked up a book by Penn from Penn and Teller, if you know who that is.
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He's a comedy guy, a magician, I think in some ways, but I haven't really seen his act before.
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He's a very, very outspoken atheist as well.
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So I knew that, and I picked it up, and I just kind of started reading some stuff.
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And I do not at all suggest you reading the book. It is very, very vulgar and very profane.
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But through that, it's just like in reading it, in a couple of chapters of it, it was just kind of a good reminder, I guess,
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of how much some people in this world really do hate Christ and hate the gospel and hate us that promote it.
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That's the world that we live in.
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It's a world that hates Jesus. It's a world that despises the Word of God.
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It's a world that flees from obedience to it, that suppresses all the truth that's contained within it,
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in their unrighteousness and in their sin.
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And in light of that, I just wanted to kind of make the point by saying that it is our responsibility, I think,
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in light of what was just said, to love Christ all the more, to make up for their loss,
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and also to show them the joy and the blessing, just the benefit of being a child of God
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and being a son of Jesus Christ, a brother of Christ.
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So, tonight, we're going to be discussing the doctrine of conversion.
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And to put it simply, if you haven't experienced the converting work of the Holy Spirit,
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then you are not a Christian.
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That is very important, I think, to understand from the outset of things,
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is that conversion is how someone is transformed from dead in their sin,
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from unregenerate, from a hater of God, to saved and a lover of Christ,
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and obedient to God's Word.
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The road of salvation is very narrow.
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The gate of entry to that road is very small,
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and few there be, says Matthew 7, that find it.
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Salvation is a very specific thing,
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and the world would have you think otherwise.
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The world would have you think that salvation can be achieved or attained
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through various ways and mediums,
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and that Christ is not the only way to heaven,
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but He says very specifically of Himself that He is.
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There is only one way to get to God, and that is through Christ.
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He is the door of our salvation.
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And faith is the opening of that door,
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and repentance, you can think of it as the key that unlocks it.
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Okay?
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The doctrine of conversion, in fact, is composed of those two things.
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It's composed of faith, it's composed of repentance.
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And so, when we're dealing with conversion,
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again, the idea of Jesus being the door,
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faith is the thing that opens up the door,
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and the key to unlock the door is repentance.
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They work hand in hand.
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They all have a function.
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They are two different things, faith and repentance are,
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but they are always together.
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Like best friends, they can't be separated.
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To lessen or to diminish one is to dishonor the other,
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because they are married to each other.
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If you were to dishonor your spouse,
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or you were to do something dishonoring,
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just in general,
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then your spouse would also receive that dishonor,
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as being unified with you.
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These are two doctrines that are meant to be unified as one,
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that are meant to be seen,
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and spoken of,
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and pictured as one.
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They are the gatekeeper that stands before the city of heaven,
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and if you wish to enter,
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you must enter by them.
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Christ is their Father,
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and they carry His traits.
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Jesus Himself came preaching the Gospel of,
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repent and believe in Me.
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John the Baptist said the same thing,
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repent and believe,
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for the Kingdom of God is at hand.
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Peter said the same thing.
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Paul said the same thing.
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Repent and believe,
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repent and believe,
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repent and believe.
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They always came together.
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Believe, obviously, being referred to as faith.
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So we need to listen carefully to the words of repent and believe.
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We need to study them.
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We need to obey them,
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because apart from them,
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you cannot be saved.
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Apart from a right understanding of what it means to repent from your sins,
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and to put your faith in God,
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you cannot be saved.
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For many of us in here,
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we're already Christians.
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So to make it practical for you,
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understanding this message is how we take the Gospel to the lost world.
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If you're a missionary in India,
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if you're a missionary in Donovan,
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if you're a missionary in wherever,
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if you do what I do on a Thursday night,
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or what Clay does on a Thursday night,
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or what Chris does on a Sunday morning,
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no matter what your capacity is for teaching and preaching the Gospel,
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this is the Gospel.
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Repentance and faith is the Gospel.
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And being able to communicate that is very important.
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How frightening would it be if you were to die one day,
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and you find out at the judgment that you never truly repented of your sins,
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and you never truly trusted in Christ as your Savior.
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Matthew 7 says,
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Many will say to me on that day,
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Lord, Lord,
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did I not fill in the blank?
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Did I not perform miracles in your name?
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Did I not cast out demons in your name?
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Did I not do all these mighty works in your name?
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And he will say to them,
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I never knew you.
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Depart from me,
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you workers of lawlessness.
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There's a lot of people on the last day that are going to be confused.
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They're going to be really confused,
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confounded,
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afraid,
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terrified,
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of the fact that they didn't know Christ,
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genuinely,
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and with a heart that was sincere.
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They think they did.
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They were deceived people.
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Even what's said there in Matthew 7
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could be likened to pastoral work.
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So there's pastors that don't even know Christ.
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That don't even love Christ genuinely.
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It's a frightening thought.
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And I don't want that to be true for you.
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So this topic can't be overestimated,
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but often it is underestimated.
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It's cheapened by phony altar calls
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with dim lighting and lit candles
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and an extra stanza or two from the choir.
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How quick we are to apply
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to ourselves
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a false forgiveness
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and a fake peace
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by responding to a moment
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and not a message,
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by responding to a method
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and not a man.
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A lot of your friends,
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a lot of the people that you know,
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maybe even you yourself,
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have been duped into believing
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that you know Christ
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because you had some experience
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in the past.
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Because you prayed a prayer
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when you were seven years old
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and walked down an aisle
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and signed a card
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and got baptized.
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That doesn't save you.
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That doesn't save you.
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True repentance is a different thing.
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And it's my hope
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to explain to you what that is.
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So don't apply that false forgiveness.
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Do not apply that fake peace.
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Let God apply it to your heart
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in His own timing.
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We must learn to wait upon God
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to give us peace.
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Because His peace is a peace
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that surpasses all comprehension.
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It is a supernatural thing
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that you can't apply to yourself.
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You can't manufacture it.
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You can't contrive it.
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You can't create it.
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It's a spiritual work
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done by Christ in the heart.
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Turn to Zechariah 12.10.
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I know we're in the Old Testament
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a lot tonight.
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But it's a good thing
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to do a little Bible drill
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right now, no?
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Zechariah 12.10.
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It's really towards the very end
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of the Old Testament.
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One book away, in fact.
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Just to prove my point
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that this is a spiritual work
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done by the Holy Spirit
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that you can't make yourself repent.
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That a lot of times
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what you see as repentance
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is not repentance.
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It is false.
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It is fake.
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It is manipulation.
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Zechariah 12.10 says this,
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And I will pour out
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on the house of David
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and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem
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the Spirit of grace
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and of supplication.
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So He's going to pour out
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the Holy Spirit on these people
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so that they will look on Me
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whom they have pierced
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and they will mourn for Him
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as one mourns
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as for an only son
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and they will weep bitterly over Him
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like the bitter weeping
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over the first one.
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So you see in that passage
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what?
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That the Spirit of grace
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is going to be poured out
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on a body of believers.
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They're going to receive that Spirit.
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They're going to,
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through that Spirit,
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then see Him
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whom they have pierced.
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You see in Acts
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different places
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where it says
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where Paul or Peter
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preaches the Gospel
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and then the people
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are cut to the quick.
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It says.
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Or they're pierced to the heart.
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Or they're convicted
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of their sin, basically.
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And they cry out
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in anguish,
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you know,
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what can I do?
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What should I say?
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And he says,
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repent and believe in Christ.
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So this is the work
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of the Spirit.
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Repentance is not reciting
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a systematized prayer
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that we learned
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in vacation Bible school.
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It is wrestling with God.
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It is a very violent thing.
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It's not for the faint of heart.
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The Scriptures are so adamant
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about waiting on the Lord,
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tarrying along with Him
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in prayer,
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being patient
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in your repenting,
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and then He will be patient
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and plentiful
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in His forgiving.
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If you're patient with God
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in your repenting,
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He'll be patient,
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I keep saying patient,
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I mean plentiful
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in His forgiving.
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Those who truly seek God
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will never be neglected,
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but you must learn
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what it means
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to truly seek Him.
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So tonight,
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we're going to be discussing
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repentance exclusively, okay?
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And then next week,
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we're going to discuss faith.
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Because I don't want to
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leave each other out,
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but I don't also,
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at the same time,
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have enough time tonight
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to teach on both of them fully.
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So,
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one at a time.
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Tonight is repentance.
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So first,
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let me explain to you
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what repentance is not.
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Okay,
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I have three little points here.
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What repentance isn't.
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What false repentance looks like.
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Think about this, okay?
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The Scripture says
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in 2 Corinthians 13
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that we should test ourselves
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continually to the Scriptures
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to make sure that we're in Christ,
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to make sure that we know Christ,
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that we love Christ.
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And actually,
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the Greek phrasing there
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is like,
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be continually testing yourself.
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It's not a one-time thing.
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It's an all-the-time kind of thing.
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And let your heart just,
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you know,
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be sensitive to this moment
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and test yourself genuinely
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to know whether or not
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you are truly a believer
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in Jesus.
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So number one reason,
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or number one,
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what repentance isn't.
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Repentance is not a fear
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of punishment.
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Repentance is not a fear
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of punishment.
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A lot of people,
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having continued in their sins
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for a while,
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have at some point
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felt strong conviction
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of sin.
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This may be you.
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Maybe you sinned
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for a long time
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in a certain way,
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then all of a sudden
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you felt a strong conviction
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of sin.
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Finally,
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at last,
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you were found out.
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And like a thief
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or an adulterer
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who's caught in the very act,
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you are filled
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with anguish
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and fright
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because of your shameless deeds.
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You're filled with fright
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and anguish
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and you shy away,
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you bow your head
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and you shy away
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from any kind of sin,
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from whatever sin
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that might be
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that you were caught in.
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And it seems like
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you've repented from it.
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You cry out
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in shame.
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You feel exposed.
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But then,
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eventually,
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that terror
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that you once felt
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subsides.
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and you're not
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the guy
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in the spotlight anymore.
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And since they have now,
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and since you have now,
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in a sense,
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tasted of the bitterness
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of sin,
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you've tasted of its anguish,
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you've been upset
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with it for a time,
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you think
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that as a result of that
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or you conclude
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that you have now repented
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because of your shame,
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because you drew away
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from it
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for a time.
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Even though deep down
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you still loved your sin.
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And you will return to it
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as soon as you possibly can,
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as soon as it's safe.
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So is that you?
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Have you turned
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away from sin?
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Have you repented
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at one point in time
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in your life?
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Have you fallen away
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from that pattern of sin
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that you once lived in
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and then all of a sudden,
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when the time comes,
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when the terror subsides,
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when the conviction
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is cooled off,
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gone back to it again?
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In a habitual way.
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In a loving way.
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In a joyful way.
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In a thankful way.
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Don't be deceived.
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That's not repentance.
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A thief feels remorse
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when he's caught.
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Not because he stole,
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but because he was caught.
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A sinner who feels remorse
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because he is caught
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is not regenerate.
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When Judas betrayed Jesus,
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he felt troubled,
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the Bible says.
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He felt guilty.
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He felt remorse.
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So much so that he
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went and hung himself.
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He didn't repent though.
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Because you see,
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he didn't have a love
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for Christ.
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He had a love for himself.
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Judas didn't have a love
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for Christ.
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He had a love for himself.
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He knew that he was damned
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and because of this
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damnation that he felt,
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he was incited towards sorrow
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and towards remorse.
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So have you repented
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only because you wish
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to escape punishment
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or shame
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or because it's embarrassing?
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That's not repentance.
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That's not godly repentance.
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Secondly,
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repentance is not merely
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resolution against sin.
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Repentance is not merely
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a resolution against sin.
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Fear is a powerful thing.
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And many men
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have made empty resolutions
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as a result of being afraid.
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Suppose a banker
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was taken hostage
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and put to gunpoint.
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And then he was asked
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this question,
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will you tell us the code
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to get into the vault?
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And sure enough,
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the banker responds
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by saying,
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I'd be happy to.
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You know,
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it's da-da-da-da-da,
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you know,
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it's 5, 7, 6, 5, 4, 5.
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Although this banker
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had previously,
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okay,
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promised,
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when he first took the job,
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to never divulge
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that information.
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He had promised
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his boss,
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I will never tell the code,
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it will be between
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myself and the vault,
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and that's it.
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But with a gun to his head,
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he's changing his resolution.
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He's saying,
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oh yeah,
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of course,
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I'll do that.
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Or maybe you can put it
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another way and say,
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I'll never do that again,
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you know,
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because of whatever
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the situation requires.
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A man will say
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and will do anything
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to escape the judgment
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of God.
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Revelation 6, 8 says,
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I looked,
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and there before me
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was a pale horse.
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Its rider was named
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Death,
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and hell was following
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close behind him.
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What will the sinner
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not do?
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What vows will he not make
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when he knows
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that he must die
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and stand before the God
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in judgment?
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Self-love
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raises a sickbed
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repentance.
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There's a lot of people
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that have tried to get
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repentance
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on their last days
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and they feel sick
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when death is staring
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them right in the face
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and they don't want to be
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judged for what they've done.
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But it's not a love
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of Christ.
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It's a love of
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self-preservation.
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But when this sick person
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supposedly recovers,
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the love of sin
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will prevail against it.
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Do not trust
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in a passionate resolution.
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It is raised in a storm,
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said this one author,
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and will die in a calm.
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So maybe you get aggravated
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because you're confronted
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by your sin.
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Somebody says something
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that accuses your conscience
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and yet
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you make some silly resolution
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but you don't ever
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come through it
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because you don't have
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any love for Christ.
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Thirdly,
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repentance is not
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leaving
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of some sins
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for others.
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Repentance is not
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the leaving
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of some sins
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for others.
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Repentance is not
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the leaving
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of some sins
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for others.
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A slave can be traded
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from one master
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to another
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and yet he's still
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a slave.
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So a sinner can trade
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one kind of sin
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for another
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but he is still
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a slave of sin.
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John Owen said this,
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He that changes
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pride for worldliness,
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sensuality for Phariseeism,
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vanity in himself
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or thinking highly
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of himself
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to the contempt
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of others,
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let him not think
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that he has killed
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the sin
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that he seems
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to have left.
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He has changed
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his master
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but is a servant
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still.
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A lot of people
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do this.
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A lot of people
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think
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that they are
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maturing
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in their Christianity
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because they have
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left one certain sin
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and yet they have
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taken on a brand new one.
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One certain sin
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has maybe diminished
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a little bit
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in their life.
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There's a lot of reasons
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for that.
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Maybe shame
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because of the sin.
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Maybe that sin
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is not as profitable
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to them as it once was.
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Maybe it's not as beneficial
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as it once was.
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Maybe it brings a lot
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of dishonor or shame
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or whatever to the families
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it once did.
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But that sinner
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is going to find
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a new way
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to express himself.
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So look for that.
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Just because somebody
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doesn't do one thing
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doesn't mean
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they're not a slave
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of sin
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in some other way.
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Don't think
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that you've repented
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when all that has
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really happened
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in your life
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is a trade
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and not a transformation.
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Now I'm not saying
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that we're ever going
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to be perfect
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or sinless.
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That's why we need Christ
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because we're not
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going to be.
18:06
But if you have never
18:07
seen in your life
18:08
and in your heart
18:10
any growth
18:10
in your love
18:11
for Jesus Christ
18:12
and if you have never
18:14
seen any kind
18:14
of diminishing
18:15
of sin
18:15
if your affections
18:18
have not been
18:19
turned towards God
18:20
and away from Satan
18:21
and the devil
18:22
and his ways
18:23
and sin
18:24
if you don't despise it
18:26
but you love it
18:27
but you enjoy it
18:27
this isn't repentance
18:31
this is
18:33
empty resolution
18:34
this is
18:35
leaving some sins
18:36
for other sins
18:37
okay
18:43
in light of that
18:47
we need to examine
18:51
ourselves
18:51
we need to pray
18:52
to God
18:53
like David did
18:54
in Psalm 139
18:55
turn there real quick
18:57
I want to show you
18:57
this
18:58
Psalm 139
19:00
this is the prayer
19:02
this is the
19:02
the request
19:03
to God
19:04
from a truly
19:05
penitent man
19:06
a truly
19:06
broken man
19:09
Psalm 139
19:11
David wanted
19:18
every kind of sin
19:18
that he had
19:19
in himself
19:19
to die
19:20
he didn't want
19:21
to keep any of them
19:23
verse 23
19:25
he says
19:26
search me
19:27
oh God
19:27
and know my heart
19:28
try me
19:30
and know
19:30
my anxious thoughts
19:31
and see if there
19:32
be any hurtful
19:33
way in me
19:34
and lead me
19:35
in the everlasting way
19:36
search me
19:38
he begged God
19:40
expose me
19:41
show me
19:42
where I'm falling
19:43
short
19:43
let me see
19:45
where the sin
19:45
is in my heart
19:46
let me see
19:47
where I'm defaming you
19:48
let me see
19:49
where I'm dishonoring you
19:50
let me see
19:51
where my love
19:51
is inferior
19:53
for you
19:54
try me
19:56
know my anxious heart
19:57
the ways in which
19:59
I'm not trusting you
20:00
see if there be
20:01
any evil
20:02
or wicked
20:02
or harmful
20:03
way in me
20:04
and lead me
20:05
in the path
20:05
everlasting
20:06
lead me in the way
20:07
everlasting
20:08
he wanted to walk
20:09
in righteousness
20:09
this is the true heart
20:10
of any true believer
20:12
they want to walk
20:14
in obedience to Christ
20:15
they love Jesus
20:16
okay
20:18
so those are the three things
20:20
that I'm going to
20:20
try to point out there
20:21
for what repentance
20:23
isn't
20:24
but next we're going to
20:25
move on to four things
20:26
that repentance is
20:27
number one
20:29
repentance is
20:32
seeing one's sin
20:34
repentance is
20:36
seeing one's sin
20:37
getting excited
20:39
Paul's commission
20:47
by Christ
20:48
was to
20:50
open their eyes
20:51
it says this in
20:51
Acts 26
20:52
God said
20:53
Jesus said to them
20:54
open their eyes
20:55
so that they may
20:57
turn from darkness
20:58
to light
20:59
and from the
21:01
dominion of Satan
21:01
to God
21:02
that was Paul's
21:04
commission
21:04
that was his
21:05
responsibility
21:05
in the Lord
21:06
was to turn
21:07
help them to see
21:09
their sin
21:10
help them to turn
21:10
away from it
21:11
from those
21:12
ways of darkness
21:13
and to light
21:14
to Christ
21:15
this is our salvation
21:18
and this is our mission
21:19
that's the heart of it
21:20
we saw our sin
21:22
for what it really was
21:23
and we hated ourselves
21:24
for it
21:24
if you're a Christian
21:25
in here
21:25
you saw your sin
21:26
one day
21:27
and you hated it
21:27
you despised
21:28
the thought of it
21:29
that you would do
21:30
something so heinous
21:30
to somebody you love
21:31
so much
21:32
and then you saw
21:35
Jesus
21:36
and your heart
21:37
burst with love
21:38
for him
21:39
because you saw
21:42
him on his cross
21:42
you saw him
21:43
bloodied and battered
21:44
and beaten down
21:45
and killed
21:45
and destroyed
21:46
and the wrath of God
21:47
poured out upon him
21:48
for your sake
21:49
and he became your savior
21:53
and you became his slave
21:54
and his son
21:56
repentance begins
21:58
with the recognition
21:59
of sin
21:59
this is where it starts
22:00
there's a lot of
22:01
different levels
22:02
to repentance
22:02
I simply thought of
22:03
repentance before
22:04
I was doing all this
22:05
study as just
22:05
turning away from sin
22:06
that is
22:07
one of many
22:08
aspects of it
22:08
okay
22:10
the first part
22:11
of it
22:12
is recognizing
22:13
one's sin
22:13
seeing it
22:14
for what it really is
22:15
the prodigal son
22:17
some of you guys
22:18
know this story
22:19
some of you may not
22:20
I'll tell you
22:20
to you briefly
22:21
there was a son
22:23
a younger son
22:24
and an older son
22:24
the younger son
22:25
was known as
22:25
the prodigal son
22:26
which means
22:27
kind of like
22:28
wayward
22:28
basically
22:28
he was
22:29
really
22:29
probably know
22:31
what a prodigal
22:31
is
22:32
it's kind of
22:32
a common term
22:33
so
22:33
anyway
22:34
he was
22:34
he was a prodigal
22:36
and he
22:36
asked for his father's
22:38
inheritance
22:38
before his father
22:40
had died
22:41
so basically
22:41
that was like
22:42
saying
22:42
dad you're dead
22:43
to me
22:44
give me my money
22:45
I'm taking off
22:45
so he gets the
22:47
inheritance
22:48
the father
22:48
gives it to him
22:49
freely
22:49
he runs off
22:51
and does what's
22:51
in the bible
22:52
is called
22:52
loose living
22:53
that's a very
22:53
2000 year ago
22:55
kind of term
22:56
for that
22:56
loose living
22:58
and then
22:59
sure enough
23:00
finds himself
23:00
poor
23:01
and impoverished
23:02
and in a
23:03
puddle of mud
23:04
with some pigs
23:04
and he's like
23:05
I gotta get back
23:06
to my father's house
23:06
not as a son
23:08
but maybe just as a servant
23:08
I can get some food
23:09
that way
23:09
I'm starving to death
23:10
so he goes back
23:12
to his father
23:12
and he says to him
23:13
father please
23:18
forgive me
23:19
for what I've done
23:19
to you
23:20
in a sense
23:20
he says
23:20
I'm not worthy
23:21
to be called
23:22
your son
23:22
please hire me
23:23
as a servant
23:24
so we see
23:27
actually in Luke
23:29
15 17
23:30
this whole thing
23:31
is accounted
23:32
that the penitent
23:34
this prodigal
23:36
came to his senses
23:38
in the scriptures
23:38
came to his senses
23:40
or came to himself
23:41
so he recognized
23:45
or he saw himself
23:46
in that moment
23:47
as a sinner
23:47
and nothing but a sinner
23:48
ok
23:50
that was the turning point
23:51
for this man
23:51
that's what made him
23:52
that's what gave him
23:53
the humility
23:53
to go back to his father
23:55
and to ask
23:55
to become his servant
23:57
he came to himself
23:59
he saw himself
23:59
rightly
24:00
we must know
24:03
we must learn
24:04
and know
24:05
from this passage
24:06
that we are
24:07
reprobates
24:08
that we are
24:10
wicked
24:10
that we are
24:11
cast away
24:12
that we are
24:12
not of God
24:13
apart from Christ
24:15
that's what I want you
24:17
to learn from that
24:18
we must see ourselves
24:20
as God sees us
24:22
Thomas Watson
24:25
said this
24:25
the eye is made
24:27
both for seeing
24:28
and for weeping
24:28
sin must be first
24:31
seen
24:31
before it can be
24:33
wept for
24:33
so the prodigal
24:35
having come to his senses
24:36
says what
24:37
this is in Luke 15
24:38
21
24:38
father I have sinned
24:39
against heaven
24:39
and in your sight
24:41
I am no longer
24:42
worthy to be called
24:43
your son
24:43
he saw his sin
24:45
as an offense
24:46
against God
24:47
first
24:48
he says
24:48
I have sinned
24:49
against heaven
24:49
but then he also
24:51
saw it as a sin
24:51
against his dad
24:52
on earth
24:53
his sin was bitter
24:55
because he
24:56
in that moment
24:57
realized
24:58
or he saw
24:58
how unworthy
24:59
he was
25:00
of his father's
25:01
compassion
25:01
it was bitter
25:04
because of that
25:04
reality
25:05
he didn't deserve it
25:06
it was humbling
25:08
for him to even
25:09
ask that question
25:09
he had done
25:12
so much wrong
25:13
to his father
25:14
so much evil
25:14
so much harm
25:15
dishonored him
25:16
so in the same way
25:21
we must be
25:22
deeply humbled
25:22
and I would even
25:23
question whether or
25:24
not you have
25:24
truly repented
25:25
if you've never
25:25
been deeply humbled
25:26
like this man
25:27
once was
25:27
understanding that
25:29
you're the prodigal
25:29
in this scenario
25:30
understanding that
25:31
you did not love
25:32
Christ in this
25:33
scenario
25:33
so be deeply
25:37
humbled by your
25:37
sin against God
25:38
and you can say
25:39
that you have
25:41
repented
25:41
Romans 2
25:43
4 says
25:43
do you think
25:44
lightly of the
25:44
riches
25:45
of God's
25:46
kindness
25:46
and his
25:47
forbearance
25:48
and his
25:48
patience
25:48
not knowing
25:50
that the
25:50
kindness of
25:51
God leads
25:51
you to
25:51
repentance
25:52
okay
25:54
so it's the
25:55
kindness of
25:55
God
25:56
it's the
25:57
patience of
25:57
God
25:57
it's not the
25:58
wrath of
25:58
God
25:58
it's not the
25:59
fear of
25:59
God
26:00
it's the
26:00
kindness
26:00
and the
26:01
patience
26:01
and the
26:02
love
26:02
of God
26:03
that's going
26:03
to lead
26:03
you to
26:04
repentance
26:04
so hopefully
26:08
you don't
26:09
think you're
26:09
worthy of the
26:10
fattened calf
26:10
like the
26:11
elder brother
26:11
did
26:12
of God's
26:13
love and
26:13
forgiveness
26:13
and if you
26:15
do you're
26:15
still blind
26:15
in your
26:16
sin
26:16
you haven't
26:17
seen it
26:17
rightly
26:17
you don't
26:18
understand your
26:19
offense against
26:21
your father
26:21
one author said
26:23
the sinner knows
26:24
not his own
26:25
heart
26:26
nor what a
26:27
hell he carries
26:28
about him
26:29
under a veil
26:30
a deformed face
26:32
is hidden
26:32
people are veiled
26:34
over with
26:35
ignorance and
26:36
self-love
26:36
they see not
26:38
what
26:38
they see not
26:39
what deformed
26:40
souls they have
26:41
the devil
26:42
the devil does
26:42
with them
26:43
as the
26:43
trainer
26:43
with the
26:44
hawk
26:44
he covers
26:46
their eyes
26:46
and carries
26:47
them put
26:47
into hell
26:48
okay in
26:50
second
26:51
corinthians
26:51
four paul
26:52
talks about
26:52
how satan
26:53
is the
26:55
one that
26:55
blinds
26:56
people to
26:57
the light
26:57
of the
26:57
knowledge
26:58
of the
26:58
glory of
26:58
christ
26:59
that's his
27:00
function
27:00
that's what
27:01
he does
27:01
that's what
27:01
he's good
27:02
at
27:02
as he
27:03
blinds
27:03
you to
27:04
the reality
27:04
of the
27:05
glory of
27:06
christ
27:06
okay if
27:10
you're a
27:10
sinner
27:10
or if
27:11
you're a
27:11
saint
27:11
if you've
27:12
been saved
27:13
by god
27:13
satan is
27:15
still doing
27:15
this
27:15
by leading
27:17
you into
27:17
sin
27:18
sure enough
27:19
you are
27:19
blinded
27:20
again
27:20
not blinded
27:21
completely
27:21
but you're
27:22
it's like
27:23
you're contracting
27:23
cataracts
27:24
or something
27:24
i mean you
27:24
are really
27:25
literally
27:25
like your
27:26
vision is
27:26
getting worse
27:27
for christ
27:27
because you're
27:28
allowing all
27:28
this slime
27:29
of sin
27:30
to cover
27:30
you
27:30
that's what
27:35
sin does
27:35
to you
27:36
it keeps
27:37
you from
27:38
seeing christ
27:39
in a pure
27:40
way
27:40
blessed are
27:41
the pure
27:41
in heart
27:41
for they
27:42
shall see
27:42
god
27:43
that's my
27:44
favorite beatitude
27:45
blessed are
27:47
the pure
27:47
in heart
27:47
for they
27:47
shall see
27:48
god
27:48
number two
27:51
repentance
27:53
is sorrow
27:54
over one's
27:55
sin
27:55
repentance
27:56
is sorrow
27:58
over one's
27:59
sin
27:59
turn to
28:02
james 4
28:03
real quick
28:03
james 4
28:12
verse 9
28:13
and 10
28:13
it says
28:22
this
28:22
be miserable
28:23
and mourn
28:25
and weep
28:25
let your
28:26
laughter be
28:27
turned into
28:27
mourning
28:27
and your
28:29
joy
28:29
to gloom
28:30
humble
28:31
yourselves
28:31
in the
28:31
presence
28:32
of the
28:32
lord
28:32
and he
28:33
will
28:34
exalt
28:34
you
28:34
be
28:38
miserable
28:38
be
28:39
mourning
28:39
be
28:39
weeping
28:40
that's not
28:42
what i would
28:43
normally
28:43
characterize
28:43
the spiritual
28:44
life of a
28:44
christian
28:45
has
28:45
but we
28:46
probably
28:46
should
28:47
more than
28:47
we do
28:47
and let
28:49
me just
28:49
take this
28:49
opportunity
28:49
i should
28:50
have said
28:50
this
28:50
earlier
28:51
i really
28:52
feel like
28:53
i shouldn't
28:55
be up here
28:55
talking about
28:55
this
28:56
because i
28:57
in a lot
28:57
of ways
28:58
fall short
28:58
in this
28:58
area
28:59
of my
28:59
life
28:59
i said
29:00
it last
29:00
i said
29:00
it two
29:00
weeks ago
29:01
when i
29:01
spoke
29:01
that the
29:03
fact that
29:03
i don't cry
29:04
over the
29:04
sin that
29:06
i commit
29:06
as often
29:07
as i
29:07
should
29:07
the fact
29:08
that i
29:08
rarely have
29:09
fears in
29:09
my eyes
29:10
and i
29:10
rarely have
29:10
a spirit
29:11
that could
29:11
be defined
29:12
as mourning
29:12
is a
29:14
testimony to
29:14
the fact
29:14
that i'm
29:15
i'm seared
29:16
in my
29:17
conscience
29:17
in many
29:17
ways
29:18
and though
29:19
there are
29:19
times when
29:20
of course
29:20
i'm more
29:21
sensitive
29:21
than others
29:22
i'm certainly
29:23
not perfect
29:24
and i
29:25
certainly
29:25
don't
29:26
understand
29:27
how good
29:30
my god
29:31
is and how
29:31
gracious
29:31
he's been
29:32
and i
29:32
don't wake
29:33
up with
29:33
the gospel
29:34
just piercing
29:35
my mind
29:36
every morning
29:36
it's got
29:37
to be
29:37
something i
29:38
need a lot
29:39
of prayer
29:39
for
29:39
i understand
29:43
a lot
29:43
i understand
29:44
very little
29:44
of this godly
29:45
sorrow
29:45
and so i
29:47
think that we
29:47
should pray
29:47
for one another
29:48
in this way
29:49
we should
29:49
ask god to
29:51
just give us
29:51
a better
29:52
appretention
29:53
of the
29:55
sorrow that
29:55
we should
29:56
have as
29:56
christians
29:56
christ was a
29:58
man of many
29:59
sorrows
29:59
and well
30:00
acquainted with
30:01
grief
30:01
it says that
30:02
in isaiah i
30:03
believe
30:03
so we should
30:05
be like him
30:06
in that way
30:06
so you see
30:08
there's a
30:10
certain sorrow
30:10
in scripture
30:11
that is so
30:13
pure that is
30:13
so god
30:14
centered that
30:15
is so christ
30:16
exalting that
30:16
is so self
30:17
crucifying that
30:18
the world can't
30:19
emulate this
30:20
okay the
30:22
world can't
30:22
emulate what
30:23
this godly
30:23
sorrow actually
30:24
is what it
30:26
does to the
30:28
person it
30:30
isn't child's
30:31
play either
30:31
it's not a
30:32
simple little
30:32
work it's
30:33
it's it's
30:34
warrior work
30:35
um it's
30:37
deep contrition
30:38
of your
30:38
heart and
30:39
of your
30:39
mind
30:39
desires so
30:42
badly for
30:42
christ to be
30:43
honored that
30:44
anything contrary
30:45
or anything
30:45
defaming to
30:46
jesus is
30:46
despised it's
30:47
like if you
30:48
have spiders
30:48
on your
30:49
back and
30:49
somebody tells
30:50
you you're
30:50
not aware
30:51
of it and
30:51
then they
30:51
then you
30:51
see them
30:52
you shoo
30:52
them off
30:53
you're freaked
30:53
out by it
30:54
right that's
30:56
what sin
30:57
should be like
30:57
to us
30:58
i hate
30:58
spiders
30:59
that's why
30:59
i like
30:59
saying i
30:59
mean that's
31:00
that's a
31:00
good illustration
31:01
for me
31:01
because i
31:01
hate
31:01
spiders
31:02
so sin
31:05
should be
31:05
like spiders
31:05
i guess
31:06
in a sense
31:08
sorry if you
31:10
like spiders
31:10
um what
31:14
frogs yeah
31:15
same yeah
31:16
same thing i
31:17
hate any kind
31:17
of insect or
31:18
small thing
31:18
like that
31:19
uh
31:19
but sorrow
31:24
is also unique
31:25
in other ways
31:25
sorrow is also
31:26
unique in that
31:26
it brings
31:27
comfort
31:27
it brings
31:29
comfort
31:30
godly
31:31
comfort
31:31
psalm 126
31:32
says this
31:33
in verse 5
31:34
those who
31:35
sow in tears
31:36
shall reap
31:37
in joy
31:38
those who
31:39
sow in tears
31:40
shall reap
31:41
in joy
31:41
thomas
31:42
watson
31:43
said the
31:43
penitent
31:43
sinner
31:45
has a
31:46
wet
31:46
sowing
31:47
time
31:47
but a
31:49
delicious
31:49
harvest
31:50
he has a
31:52
wet
31:52
sowing time
31:53
but a
31:53
delicious
31:53
harvest
31:54
he sows
31:55
and it's
31:55
rainy and
31:56
it's wet
31:56
and it's
31:56
miserable
31:57
but then he
31:57
reaps and the
31:58
harvest is
31:59
plentiful and
31:59
bountiful and
32:00
that's exactly
32:01
what christ
32:02
and the fruits
32:03
of the spirit
32:03
should be like
32:04
to us
32:04
sow in tears
32:08
reap in joy
32:10
some of you may
32:13
say why should i
32:14
be sorrowful
32:14
though
32:14
you may ask
32:16
that why should
32:17
i be sorrowful
32:17
like what's
32:18
to be sorrowful
32:19
about we have
32:19
christ right we
32:20
have the holy
32:21
spirit right we
32:21
have you know
32:22
forgiveness right
32:22
like you know
32:23
i know i sin
32:24
every now and
32:24
again but i
32:25
mean what should
32:25
i be truly
32:26
sorrowful about
32:27
why should i
32:27
cry anymore
32:28
in light of all
32:29
the things that
32:29
god's done for
32:30
me
32:30
isn't the gospel
32:32
supposed to
32:33
liberate me from
32:34
all this sadness
32:35
let me give you
32:37
an illustration
32:38
suppose this is a
32:41
weird illustration
32:42
i thought of this
32:42
today and this is
32:43
strange but
32:44
suppose there
32:46
was a woman
32:46
who fervently
32:48
and passionately
32:49
loved her
32:50
husband
32:50
okay
32:51
and this
32:53
woman's husband
32:54
was crucified
32:56
till death
32:56
in front of
32:58
her
32:58
she saw the
33:00
whole thing
33:00
the whole
33:01
bloody thing
33:01
it was
33:02
gut-wrenching
33:05
this woman
33:09
loved to read
33:10
the newspaper
33:10
okay she
33:12
was then told
33:13
that if she
33:13
ever again read
33:14
the newspaper
33:15
that she would
33:16
be forced to
33:18
relive that
33:18
moment second
33:19
for second
33:20
if she ever
33:21
didn't read the
33:22
newspaper again
33:22
she would in a
33:25
sense crucify
33:26
her husband
33:27
afresh
33:27
okay
33:29
what kind of a
33:32
sadistic
33:33
fool
33:34
would she have
33:35
to be
33:36
to pick up a
33:36
newspaper
33:37
and read it
33:38
what if i told
33:42
you
33:42
that sin
33:43
is the
33:45
newspaper
33:45
and christ
33:47
is the
33:47
husband
33:48
seems ridiculous
33:51
in that
33:52
analogy
33:53
so would
33:55
those of you
33:55
who love
33:56
christ
33:56
still persist
33:56
in sin
33:57
how could
33:57
us
33:58
how could
33:58
we
33:58
right
33:59
persist in
34:01
sin
34:02
read a
34:02
newspaper
34:02
and relive
34:03
that
34:04
no
34:05
it's a
34:07
sorrowful
34:08
thing
34:08
how can we
34:11
trade such
34:12
a lesser
34:12
pleasure
34:13
like reading
34:14
a newspaper
34:14
for such a
34:15
for such a
34:16
greater torment
34:17
well we do
34:22
all the time
34:24
and it's a
34:27
sorrowful
34:27
sorrowful
34:28
thing
34:29
it is
34:33
only when the
34:33
woman realizes
34:34
that the
34:34
reliving of
34:35
that moment
34:35
is a
34:37
nightmare
34:37
it's a
34:38
dream
34:38
it's a
34:40
nightmare
34:40
it's not
34:41
reality
34:42
and that the
34:44
actual event
34:45
of her
34:45
beloved
34:45
husband's
34:46
death
34:46
is many
34:47
years in
34:47
the past
34:48
that she
34:48
finds any
34:49
comfort
34:49
but not only
34:52
comfort
34:52
she finds
34:53
joy
34:53
because then
34:54
she realizes
34:54
that her
34:54
husband's
34:55
death
34:55
while very
34:56
tragic
34:57
was sacrificial
34:59
and it
35:00
secured their
35:00
union in the
35:01
next life
35:02
for all
35:02
eternity
35:03
never to be
35:04
separated again
35:05
so Christ
35:07
likewise
35:08
purchased us
35:09
with his own
35:09
blood so that we
35:10
might forever
35:11
enjoy him
35:12
and his love
35:13
so why go back
35:16
to the
35:16
newspaper
35:17
Peter says
35:18
why go back
35:18
to the
35:18
vomit
35:18
it's so
35:21
stupid
35:22
it's not
35:23
worth it
35:24
but when we
35:25
do sin
35:25
and this is
35:26
the reason
35:27
why it's
35:27
worthy of
35:28
sorrow
35:29
is because
35:30
we are in
35:30
a sense
35:30
saying
35:31
God you
35:32
are not
35:33
satisfying
35:33
God I
35:37
care more
35:37
for my
35:38
selfish
35:38
sin
35:39
in this
35:40
moment
35:40
than I
35:40
do for
35:41
your
35:41
glory
35:42
and I
35:43
do for
35:43
your
35:44
cross
35:46
which you
35:46
bore on
35:46
my behalf
35:47
I prefer
35:50
that
35:50
over you
35:51
and it's
35:52
shameful
35:53
to him
35:53
and it
35:54
should be
35:54
shameful
35:55
to us
35:55
and it's
35:56
in a sense
35:57
like we're
35:57
crucifying
35:57
Christ
35:58
afresh
35:58
with that
35:59
kind of
35:59
a life
35:59
I mean
36:00
the Hebrews
36:00
writer says
36:01
it himself
36:01
it's like
36:01
if you can
36:02
do this
36:02
willingly
36:03
there's no
36:04
repentance
36:05
for you
36:05
you can't
36:08
be saved
36:08
it's impossible
36:10
to renew
36:11
this person
36:11
to repentance
36:11
if they can
36:13
willingly
36:13
mindfully
36:14
crucify
36:15
Christ
36:15
afresh
36:16
and so
36:17
of course
36:17
we can't
36:19
keep doing
36:19
this
36:20
true repentance
36:22
is sorrow
36:22
over one
36:23
sin
36:24
because sin
36:25
is the
36:25
nails
36:26
that hung
36:26
Christ
36:27
the cross
36:28
that's
36:30
why it's
36:31
sorrowful
36:31
we should
36:33
hate it
36:33
more than
36:34
we do
36:34
I should
36:34
hate it
36:34
more than
36:35
I do
36:35
I should
36:37
be crying
36:37
right now
36:38
you should
36:38
be crying
36:39
right now
36:39
we should
36:40
be praying
36:40
to God
36:40
right now
36:41
we should
36:41
be praising
36:42
him
36:42
we should
36:42
be
36:43
begging
36:44
him
36:44
for more
36:44
mercy
36:45
don't
36:50
but
36:52
I
36:52
bet
36:52
you
36:52
that
36:52
if
36:52
you
36:53
got
36:53
closer
36:53
to
36:53
Christ
36:54
by
36:55
his
36:55
word
36:56
by
36:56
prayer
36:56
that
36:58
you'd
36:58
find
36:58
it
36:58
harder
36:58
to
36:58
sin
36:59
that
37:01
you'd
37:01
find
37:02
it
37:02
easier
37:02
to
37:02
love
37:02
him
37:03
to
37:03
think
37:04
of
37:04
him
37:04
to
37:04
appreciate
37:05
him
37:05
to
37:05
enjoy
37:06
him
37:06
to
37:07
tell
37:07
others
37:07
about
37:07
him
37:08
so
37:10
we need
37:11
him
37:11
thirdly
37:12
repentance
37:17
is
37:17
confessing
37:17
one's
37:18
sin
37:18
repentance
37:20
is
37:20
confessing
37:21
one's
37:23
sin
37:23
one
37:26
author
37:26
said
37:27
this
37:27
sorrow
37:28
vents
37:30
itself
37:30
or expresses
37:31
itself
37:31
at the
37:32
eyes
37:32
by weeping
37:33
and at
37:34
the tongue
37:35
by confession
37:35
when
37:39
godly
37:39
sorrow
37:40
desires
37:42
to express
37:42
itself
37:42
it
37:43
sounds
37:43
something
37:43
like
37:43
the
37:44
tax
37:44
collector
37:44
from
37:45
luke
37:46
18
37:46
he
37:48
bowed
37:48
his
37:48
head
37:49
he
37:49
wouldn't
37:49
even
37:49
look
37:49
up
37:50
to
37:50
heaven
37:50
he's
37:51
beating
37:51
his
37:51
breast
37:52
repetitively
37:52
he's
37:53
mourning
37:54
over what
37:54
he had
37:55
done
37:55
and he
37:55
yells
37:55
out
37:55
and he
37:56
says
37:56
god
37:56
be
37:57
merciful
37:57
to
37:57
me
37:57
a
37:58
sinner
37:58
the
38:00
sinner
38:00
the
38:03
tax
38:03
collector
38:04
jesus
38:04
spoke
38:04
of
38:04
wasn't
38:05
willing
38:05
to
38:06
look
38:06
up
38:06
to
38:06
heaven
38:06
because
38:08
he
38:08
was
38:08
so
38:08
ashamed
38:09
of
38:09
!
38:09
he
38:09
had
38:09
done
38:09
he
38:12
was
38:12
beating
38:12
his
38:12
breast
38:12
in
38:13
anguish
38:13
he
38:14
was
38:14
ashamed
38:14
he
38:14
was
38:14
broken
38:15
he
38:15
was
38:15
humbled
38:15
and god
38:16
did not
38:17
despise him
38:17
did he
38:17
jesus
38:17
said this
38:18
i tell
38:18
you
38:19
this man
38:20
this
38:20
tax
38:21
collector
38:21
went down
38:22
to his
38:22
house
38:23
justified
38:23
rather than
38:23
the other
38:24
for
38:25
everyone
38:25
who
38:25
exalts
38:25
himself
38:26
shall
38:26
be
38:26
humbled
38:26
but
38:26
he
38:26
who
38:27
humbles
38:27
himself
38:27
shall
38:28
be
38:28
exhausted
38:29
confessions
38:35
is
38:36
expression
38:37
of
38:37
the
38:37
heart
38:37
true
38:39
confession
38:40
is
38:40
true
38:40
expression
38:41
of
38:42
the
38:42
heart
38:42
you
38:44
are
38:44
not
38:44
saved
38:45
because
38:46
you
38:46
said
38:46
something
38:46
out
38:47
loud
38:47
maybe
38:49
some
38:49
of
38:49
you
38:49
in
38:50
here
38:50
have
38:50
trusted
38:50
in
38:50
that
38:51
you
38:51
you
38:51
have
38:52
spoken
38:52
a
38:52
prayer
38:52
out
38:53
loud
38:53
you
38:53
have
38:53
recited
38:54
something
38:54
after
38:54
somebody
38:54
else
38:55
has
38:55
said
38:55
hey
38:56
say
38:56
this
38:56
prayer
38:56
all
38:57
the
38:57
time
38:57
on
38:57
television
38:58
say
38:58
this
38:58
prayer
38:58
with
38:58
me
38:58
if
38:59
you
38:59
pray
38:59
this
38:59
prayer
38:59
with
38:59
a
39:00
genuine
39:00
heart
39:00
then
39:01
you
39:01
will
39:01
be
39:01
saved
39:01
I'm
39:03
really
39:03
weary
39:04
of
39:04
things
39:04
like
39:04
that
39:04
you're
39:06
not
39:06
going
39:06
to be
39:06
saved
39:07
because
39:07
you said
39:07
something
39:07
out
39:07
loud
39:08
angels
39:08
don't
39:08
rejoice
39:08
in
39:09
heaven
39:09
because
39:09
you
39:09
use
39:09
the
39:10
proper
39:10
salvation
39:11
wording
39:12
and vernacular
39:12
angels
39:15
rejoice
39:15
in Christ
39:16
Jesus
39:17
smiles
39:17
because
39:18
accused
39:19
sinners
39:19
see
39:20
Jesus
39:20
cross
39:21
and
39:21
they
39:21
cling
39:22
to
39:22
it
39:22
they
39:24
cry
39:24
out
39:24
to
39:24
God
39:25
save
39:25
me
39:26
from
39:26
my
39:26
sin
39:27
in the
39:28
son
39:29
they
39:30
beg
39:30
God
39:31
for
39:31
repentance
39:31
as if
39:33
he's
39:33
the only
39:34
thing
39:34
that they
39:34
could
39:34
ever
39:34
have
39:35
this
39:35
brings
39:35
God
39:36
glory
39:36
the
39:36
confession
39:37
which
39:38
points
39:38
the
39:38
finger
39:38
to
39:39
Christ
39:39
and
39:39
it
39:39
says
39:40
not
39:41
me
39:41
not
39:43
me
39:44
don't
39:44
look
39:44
at
39:44
me
39:44
in
39:45
my
39:45
sin
39:46
look
39:47
at
39:47
him
39:48
look
39:48
at
39:48
Christ
39:48
accept
39:49
his
39:49
work
39:49
on
39:49
my
39:50
behalf
39:50
have
39:50
mercy
39:51
on
39:51
me
39:51
because
39:52
you
39:52
didn't
39:52
on
39:52
him
39:53
that
39:55
kind
39:55
of a
39:55
!
39:55
confession
39:56
!
39:56
is
39:56
pleasing
39:56
to
39:57
God
39:57
a
39:59
deep
39:59
trust
40:00
in
40:00
Christ
40:00
on
40:04
the
40:04
other
40:05
hand
40:05
the
40:07
confession
40:07
which
40:07
says
40:07
something
40:08
like
40:08
God
40:09
I
40:12
hear
40:12
that
40:12
your
40:12
son
40:12
Jesus
40:12
Christ
40:13
died
40:13
for
40:13
me
40:13
and
40:14
that
40:15
if
40:15
I
40:15
pray
40:15
this
40:15
prayer
40:15
genuinely
40:17
then
40:19
and if
40:19
I
40:19
stop
40:20
drinking
40:20
and if
40:20
I
40:20
stop
40:21
smoking
40:22
then
40:23
I
40:24
can
40:24
have
40:24
peace
40:24
with
40:24
you
40:24
and
40:25
I
40:25
can
40:25
be
40:25
forgiven
40:25
of
40:25
my
40:25
sin
40:26
and
40:27
so
40:28
please
40:28
forgive
40:29
me
40:29
and I
40:30
trust
40:30
in
40:30
you
40:30
amen
40:31
that's
40:35
light
40:37
hearted
40:37
it's
40:39
silly
40:39
it's
40:40
not
40:40
real
40:40
that's
40:42
hell
40:43
bound
40:43
impersonation
40:44
that
40:45
is
40:46
a
40:46
what
40:47
I
40:48
like
40:48
to
40:48
call
40:48
a
40:48
non
40:48
pardoned
40:49
parrot
40:49
!
40:50
reciting
40:51
something
40:51
after
40:51
somebody
40:52
else
40:52
doesn't
40:54
have
40:54
the
40:54
forgiveness
40:54
of
40:55
Christ
40:55
let
40:56
me
40:56
give
40:56
you
40:57
a few
40:57
characteristics
40:57
of
40:58
genuine
40:58
confession
40:59
number
40:59
one
40:59
genuine
41:01
confession
41:02
is
41:03
voluntary
41:03
it's
41:05
voluntary
41:06
true
41:06
confession
41:06
is not
41:07
forced
41:07
out
41:07
of
41:08
you
41:08
like
41:09
a
41:10
POW
41:11
being
41:11
tortured
41:12
for
41:12
information
41:12
okay
41:14
it's
41:17
offered
41:17
up
41:17
freely
41:17
like
41:18
the
41:18
prodigal
41:18
the
41:19
prodigal
41:19
wasn't
41:19
near
41:20
his
41:20
father
41:20
wasn't
41:21
even
41:22
close
41:22
he
41:22
was
41:22
in
41:23
a
41:23
pigsty
41:24
with
41:24
mud
41:24
and
41:25
stuff
41:25
and
41:25
he
41:25
comes
41:26
to
41:26
his
41:26
senses
41:26
he
41:26
realizes
41:27
his
41:27
offense
41:28
he's
41:28
broken
41:29
by
41:29
it
41:29
and
41:30
he
41:30
comes
41:30
back
41:30
humbly
41:31
and
41:31
he
41:32
says
41:32
even
41:32
in
41:32
the
41:32
moment
41:33
in
41:33
the
41:33
pigsty
41:33
he's
41:33
like
41:33
I
41:34
just
41:34
want
41:34
to
41:34
go back
41:34
and
41:34
become
41:35
a
41:35
servant
41:35
it's
41:36
humility
41:36
it's
41:37
voluntary
41:37
he
41:38
comes
41:38
of
41:38
his
41:38
own
41:38
accord
41:39
he
41:40
wasn't
41:40
forced
41:40
to
41:40
do
41:41
that
41:41
I
41:42
was
41:42
a
41:43
very
41:43
shameful
41:43
thing
41:43
to
41:43
do
41:44
even
41:44
to
41:44
show
41:45
his
41:45
face
41:45
back
41:45
in
41:46
the
41:46
same
41:46
town
41:46
was
41:47
not
41:49
kosher
41:49
not
41:49
cool
41:49
at
41:50
all
41:50
so
41:52
confession
41:53
is
41:53
voluntary
41:53
secondly
41:54
confession
41:54
is
41:54
sincere
41:55
it's
41:57
sincere
41:57
hypocrites
42:00
confess sin
42:01
all the
42:01
time
42:02
but
42:03
they
42:03
still
42:04
love
42:04
their
42:04
sin
42:04
like
42:06
a
42:06
drunk
42:06
driver
42:07
who
42:07
commits
42:07
vehicular
42:08
homicide
42:09
then
42:09
confesses
42:10
to the
42:10
crime
42:10
and
42:11
then
42:11
after
42:11
he
42:11
gets
42:11
out
42:12
of
42:12
prison
42:12
drinks
42:13
and
42:13
drives
42:13
again
42:14
people
42:16
do
42:16
this
42:16
all
42:16
the
42:16
time
42:17
they're
42:18
caught
42:18
in
42:18
the
42:18
acrobes
42:18
like
42:19
we
42:19
said
42:19
earlier
42:19
they
42:19
make
42:19
some
42:20
profession
42:20
they
42:21
confess
42:21
it
42:22
but
42:23
it's
42:23
not
42:23
genuine
42:24
you
42:24
find
42:25
them
42:25
the
42:25
next
42:25
week
42:25
doing
42:25
the
42:25
very
42:26
same
42:26
thing
42:26
no
42:28
change
42:29
is
42:29
taking
42:29
place
42:30
and
42:31
salvation
42:31
isn't
42:32
you
42:33
becoming
42:33
a
42:34
better
42:35
person
42:35
you
42:36
going
42:36
from
42:37
bad
42:37
to
42:37
good
42:37
salvation
42:38
is
42:38
you
42:38
becoming
42:38
alive
42:39
from
42:40
a
42:40
dead
42:40
state
42:40
salvation
42:42
is
42:42
you
42:42
becoming
42:43
transformed
42:44
from
42:44
a
42:45
totally
42:45
from
42:47
one
42:47
creation
42:47
to
42:48
another
42:48
salvation
42:52
I'd like
42:52
to tell
42:52
this
42:52
story
42:53
my dad
42:53
is here
42:54
he likes
42:54
to hear
42:54
this
42:54
story
42:54
so
42:55
before
42:58
your salvation
42:59
think of
42:59
yourself
43:00
as a
43:00
fish
43:00
okay
43:02
you're
43:03
a fish
43:03
you swim
43:04
in the
43:04
water
43:04
your natural
43:05
habitat
43:05
is the
43:06
water
43:06
you
43:07
breathe
43:08
in
43:08
through
43:09
water
43:09
you have
43:10
gills
43:10
and all
43:10
that
43:10
stuff
43:11
okay
43:11
that's
43:12
where
43:12
you
43:12
exist
43:13
that's
43:13
your
43:13
habitat
43:14
then
43:15
miraculously
43:17
you are
43:17
saved
43:18
and god
43:18
creates
43:19
you
43:19
anew
43:20
into
43:20
a
43:21
human
43:21
being
43:21
no
43:22
longer
43:23
any
43:23
gills
43:23
now
43:23
I live
43:24
in the
43:24
land
43:24
I breathe
43:24
in air
43:25
I eat
43:26
of the
43:26
fruit
43:26
of the
43:26
land
43:27
that's
43:28
where
43:28
I live
43:28
that's
43:28
where
43:28
I
43:28
exist
43:29
that's
43:29
where
43:30
I
43:30
have
43:30
my
43:30
habitat
43:30
that's
43:31
the
43:31
new
43:31
creation
43:32
in
43:32
Christ
43:32
is
43:32
this
43:33
human
43:33
being
43:33
okay
43:35
now
43:35
you can
43:36
choose
43:37
for a
43:37
time
43:38
to go
43:39
back
43:39
into
43:39
the
43:39
water
43:40
I
43:41
can
43:41
go
43:41
swimming
43:41
I
43:42
can
43:42
go
43:42
into
43:42
water
43:42
hold
43:43
my
43:43
breath
43:43
like
43:43
a
43:43
minute
43:43
but
43:45
I
43:45
gotta
43:45
come
43:45
back
43:45
out
43:46
I
43:46
don't
43:46
have
43:46
the
43:46
ability
43:47
to
43:47
live
43:48
in
43:48
the
43:48
water
43:48
anymore
43:49
okay
43:50
likewise
43:52
a
43:53
Christian
43:53
true
43:54
Christians
43:55
can
43:56
sin
43:56
they
43:58
can
43:58
go
43:58
back
43:58
into
43:58
the
43:58
water
43:59
and
44:00
swim
44:00
around
44:00
for
44:00
a
44:00
time
44:01
and
44:02
even
44:03
dunk
44:03
their
44:03
heads
44:03
for
44:04
a
44:04
while
44:04
but
44:05
you
44:05
can't
44:05
live
44:06
there
44:06
you
44:07
can't
44:08
exist
44:08
there
44:08
you've
44:08
gotta
44:09
get
44:09
out
44:09
and
44:10
breathe
44:11
and
44:11
eat
44:11
okay
44:14
so
44:17
it's
44:18
sincere
44:19
the
44:20
truer
44:20
Christian
44:20
confesses
44:21
his
44:21
sin
44:21
and
44:22
abhors
44:22
it
44:22
the
44:24
reason
44:24
why
44:24
Christian
44:25
can't
44:25
go
44:25
back
44:25
in
44:25
the
44:25
water
44:26
is
44:26
because
44:26
he
44:26
hates
44:26
the
44:27
water
44:27
and
44:28
he
44:28
loves
44:28
Jesus
44:29
number
44:32
three
44:32
it's
44:32
specific
44:33
or
44:35
particular
44:35
you
44:35
can
44:35
say
44:35
the
44:36
one
44:36
true
44:37
confession
44:37
is
44:37
specific
44:38
confessing
44:42
you
44:42
were
44:42
a
44:42
sinner
44:43
in
44:43
a
44:43
general
44:43
!
44:43
way
44:43
is
44:44
!
44:44
there's
44:45
no
44:45
weight
44:45
to
44:45
it
44:45
it's
44:48
like
44:48
saying
44:48
yeah
44:48
I've
44:48
done
44:48
bad
44:49
things
44:49
when
44:49
really
44:49
you're
44:50
a
44:50
psychopathic
44:51
serial
44:51
murderer
44:52
I've
44:54
done
44:54
bad
44:54
things
44:54
though
44:54
yeah
44:56
you've
44:56
done
44:56
bad
44:57
things
44:57
but
44:57
I
44:57
could
44:57
say
44:57
I've
44:57
done
44:58
bad
44:58
things
44:58
but
44:58
I'm
44:58
not
44:58
a
44:58
psychopathic
44:59
serial
44:59
murderer
45:00
when
45:00
you
45:01
get
45:01
specific
45:01
about
45:01
it
45:02
it
45:02
kind
45:02
of
45:02
puts
45:02
some
45:02
weight
45:02
to
45:03
it
45:03
okay
45:04
a
45:05
genuine
45:05
Christian
45:06
confesses
45:07
his
45:07
sin
45:07
specifically
45:09
he
45:11
wants
45:11
to be
45:14
143
45:17
whatever
45:17
right
45:19
you
45:20
confess
45:20
your
45:20
sins
45:20
specifically
45:21
so
45:21
that
45:22
God
45:22
can
45:22
get
45:22
more
45:23
glory
45:23
Christ
45:24
can
45:24
be
45:24
exalted
45:24
in
45:25
your
45:25
life
45:25
you
45:25
can
45:26
feel
45:26
the
45:27
gospel
45:28
bearing
45:29
down
45:29
upon
45:29
you
45:30
the
45:31
blessings
45:31
of God
45:31
overflowing
45:32
on your
45:32
life
45:33
I mean
45:34
the more
45:35
I understand
45:35
my sin
45:35
the more
45:36
I
45:36
appreciate
45:37
my
45:37
savior
45:37
right
45:38
it's
45:41
the same
45:41
thing
45:42
one
45:45
author
45:45
said
45:45
this
45:45
as
45:47
it
45:47
is
45:47
with
45:47
the
45:47
wounded
45:48
man
45:48
who
45:49
comes
45:50
to
45:50
the
45:50
surgeon
45:50
and
45:50
he
45:51
shows
45:51
him
45:51
all
45:51
of
45:51
his
45:51
wounds
45:52
here
45:53
I
45:53
was
45:53
cut
45:53
in
45:53
the
45:53
head
45:54
there
45:54
I
45:54
was
45:54
shot
45:55
in
45:55
the
45:55
arm
45:55
so
45:56
a
45:56
mournful
45:56
sinner
45:57
confesses
45:57
the
45:57
various
45:58
sins
45:58
of
45:58
his
45:58
soul
45:58
God
46:00
heals
46:00
!
46:00
in
46:00
specific
46:00
ways
46:01
God
46:04
heals
46:05
in
46:05
specific
46:05
ways
46:05
He
46:06
says
46:06
repetitively
46:07
in
46:07
scripture
46:07
that
46:07
when
46:08
you
46:08
confess
46:08
your
46:08
sin
46:09
to
46:09
one
46:09
another
46:09
when
46:09
you
46:09
pray
46:10
with
46:10
one
46:10
another
46:10
that
46:10
there's
46:11
healing
46:11
in
46:11
that
46:11
that's
46:12
implying
46:13
you
46:13
confess
46:13
specific
46:14
sins
46:14
not
46:14
hey
46:14
man
46:15
I'm
46:15
in
46:15
sin
46:16
today
46:16
okay
46:17
let's
46:18
pray
46:18
about
46:18
that
46:18
God
46:19
forgive
46:19
him
46:19
for
46:19
his
46:19
sin
46:19
alright
46:20
we're
46:20
good
46:20
to
46:20
go
46:20
no
46:20
it's
46:21
it's
46:21
a
46:21
confession
46:22
and
46:23
in
46:23
that
46:23
confession
46:23
there's
46:24
found
46:24
freedom
46:24
because
46:25
in
46:25
that
46:25
freedom
46:25
or
46:26
in
46:26
that
46:26
confession
46:27
you
46:27
find
46:27
that
46:28
Christ
46:28
has
46:29
indeed
46:29
freed
46:29
!
46:39
therefore
46:41
true
46:41
confession
46:41
is an
46:42
expression
46:42
of the
46:43
heart
46:43
work
46:44
that is
46:44
done
46:45
by the
46:45
spirit
46:45
it
46:47
happens
46:47
first
46:48
in our
46:48
conversion
46:48
and then
46:49
for the
46:49
rest
46:49
of our
46:49
lives
46:49
in our
46:50
sanctification
46:50
the
46:51
Christian
46:52
life
46:52
is a
46:52
life
46:52
of
46:53
repentance
46:53
it's
46:54
a
46:55
life
46:55
of
46:55
repentance
46:55
you
46:56
begin
46:56
in
46:56
repentance
46:57
and
46:57
you
46:57
end
46:58
in
46:58
repentance
46:58
and
46:59
you
46:59
repent
46:59
all
46:59
in
47:00
between
47:00
Colossians
47:01
I
47:01
think
47:01
2
47:01
6
47:02
says
47:02
that
47:02
just
47:03
in
47:03
the
47:03
same
47:03
ways
47:03
you
47:04
receive
47:04
Christ
47:04
Jesus
47:05
the
47:05
Lord
47:05
so
47:06
walk
47:06
in
47:06
him
47:07
how
47:08
did
47:08
you
47:08
receive
47:09
Christ
47:09
well
47:09
you
47:09
repented
47:10
of
47:10
your
47:10
sins
47:10
and
47:10
you
47:11
had
47:11
faith
47:11
in
47:11
Christ
47:11
that's
47:13
how
47:14
you
47:14
live
47:14
the
47:14
rest
47:14
of
47:14
your
47:14
Christian
47:14
life
47:15
it's
47:15
very
47:15
simple
47:15
number
47:19
four
47:19
lastly
47:22
almost
47:23
done
47:23
repentance
47:24
is
47:24
turning
47:25
from
47:25
one
47:25
sin
47:25
repentance
47:27
is
47:28
turning
47:28
from
47:28
one
47:29
sin
47:29
apple
47:32
trees
47:33
bear
47:33
apples
47:33
so
47:35
godly
47:35
repentance
47:35
bears
47:36
godliness
47:36
this
47:39
is
47:39
the
47:39
aspect
47:40
of
47:40
repentance
47:40
that
47:40
we
47:40
can
47:40
see
47:41
all
47:43
the
47:43
other
47:43
qualities
47:43
of
47:43
repentance
47:44
take
47:44
place
47:44
in
47:45
the
47:45
heart
47:45
and
47:46
this
47:46
one
47:46
takes
47:46
place
47:46
in
47:47
the
47:47
life
47:47
John
47:48
the
47:49
Baptist
47:49
came
47:49
preaching
47:49
this
47:50
kind
47:50
of
47:50
repentance
47:50
he
47:50
said
47:50
this
47:51
therefore
47:51
bring
47:53
forth
47:53
fruits
47:54
in
47:55
keeping
47:55
with
47:55
repentance
47:55
bring
47:59
forth
47:59
fruits
47:59
in
48:00
keeping
48:01
with
48:01
repentance
48:02
he
48:03
is
48:04
not
48:04
saying
48:04
that
48:04
repentance
48:04
is
48:05
a
48:05
work
48:05
repentance
48:06
is
48:06
not
48:06
a
48:06
work
48:06
in
48:07
and
48:07
of
48:07
itself
48:07
repentance
48:07
is
48:07
about
48:08
as
48:08
much
48:08
of
48:08
a
48:09
work
48:09
as
48:09
faith
48:09
is
48:09
you
48:09
don't
48:10
work
48:11
faith
48:11
faith
48:12
is
48:12
given
48:12
to
48:13
you
48:13
and
48:14
that
48:14
bears
48:14
fruits
48:15
through
48:15
that
48:16
so
48:17
repentance
48:17
is
48:18
a
48:18
work
48:19
of
48:19
Christ
48:19
the
48:19
work
48:19
of
48:19
the
48:20
spirit
48:20
in
48:20
your
48:20
heart
48:20
that
48:22
when
48:22
you
48:22
respond
48:22
to
48:23
produces
48:24
fruits
48:25
produces
48:27
a
48:27
change
48:28
in
48:28
your
48:28
life
48:28
literally
48:31
repentance
48:32
is a
48:32
turning
48:32
around
48:33
it's like
48:33
an
48:33
about
48:33
face
48:34
for those
48:34
of you
48:34
in the
48:34
military
48:35
it's a
48:36
turning
48:36
around
48:36
180
48:37
degrees
48:37
and going
48:38
a
48:38
different
48:39
direction
48:39
so in
48:44
fact
48:45
repentance
48:45
when
48:49
John
48:49
says
48:50
this
48:50
he
48:50
is
48:50
saying
48:50
that
48:50
you
48:50
are
48:51
truly
48:51
repenting
48:51
from
48:52
your
48:52
sin
48:52
and
48:52
you
48:52
are
48:52
clinging
48:53
to
48:53
the
48:53
love
48:53
and
48:54
the
48:54
appreciation
48:54
of
48:54
Christ
48:55
in
48:55
faith
48:56
and
48:56
you
48:56
will
48:56
exercise
48:57
this
48:57
new
48:57
faith
48:58
in
48:59
the
48:59
death
48:59
of
48:59
your
48:59
sin
49:00
or
49:00
in
49:00
a
49:00
turning
49:00
away
49:00
from
49:01
your
49:01
sin
49:01
and
49:02
in
49:02
the
49:02
beginning
49:03
of
49:03
obedience
49:03
to
49:03
Christ
49:04
repentance
49:06
and
49:06
faith
49:06
work
49:07
hand
49:07
in
49:07
hand
49:07
one
49:07
turns
49:08
you
49:08
away
49:08
one
49:10
propels
49:11
you
49:15
way
49:15
aspect
49:16
of
49:16
it
49:16
right
49:16
the
49:18
key
49:19
aspect
49:19
of
49:19
it
49:19
and
49:19
next
49:20
week
49:20
we'll
49:20
discuss
49:21
the
49:22
propelling
49:22
forward
49:23
how we
49:23
walk
49:23
in
49:24
faith
49:24
how we
49:24
look
49:25
to
49:25
Christ
49:25
in
49:25
faith
49:26
Thomas
49:28
Watson
49:28
again
49:28
wrote
49:29
this
49:29
there
49:31
is a
49:31
change
49:32
wrought
49:32
in
49:32
the
49:32
life
49:33
turning
49:34
from
49:34
sin
49:35
is
49:35
so
49:35
visible
49:35
that
49:36
others
49:37
may
49:37
discern
49:37
it
49:38
therefore
49:40
it
49:40
is
49:40
called
49:40
a
49:40
change
49:41
from
49:41
darkness
49:41
into
49:42
light
49:42
Paul
49:44
after
49:44
he
49:44
had
49:44
seen
49:46
the
49:46
heavenly
49:46
vision
49:47
was
49:47
so
49:47
different
49:48
that
49:48
all
49:48
men
49:49
wondered
49:49
at
49:49
the
49:50
change
49:50
they
49:50
were
49:51
confused
49:52
in
49:53
Acts
49:53
9
49:53
21
49:54
repentance
49:55
changed
49:55
the
49:56
jailer
49:56
into
49:56
a
49:57
nurse
49:57
and
49:57
a
49:57
servant
49:57
Acts
49:58
16
49:58
33
49:58
he
49:59
took
50:00
the
50:00
apostles
50:00
and
50:00
he
50:00
washed
50:01
their
50:01
wounds
50:01
and
50:01
he
50:01
set
50:02
food
50:02
before
50:02
them
50:02
a
50:04
ship
50:04
is
50:04
going
50:04
eastward
50:05
there
50:05
comes
50:06
a
50:06
wind
50:06
which
50:06
turns
50:07
it
50:07
westward
50:07
likewise
50:10
a
50:10
man
50:10
was
50:10
turning
50:11
hellward
50:11
before
50:12
the
50:12
contrary
50:12
wind
50:13
of
50:13
the
50:13
spirit
50:13
blew
50:13
turned
50:15
his
50:15
course
50:15
and
50:16
caused
50:16
him
50:16
to
50:16
sail
50:16
heavenward
50:17
end
50:18
quote
50:19
okay so
50:21
once we
50:21
were on
50:22
this path
50:23
towards
50:23
unrighteousness
50:25
towards
50:25
hell
50:25
and when
50:27
Christ
50:27
saved
50:27
you
50:27
he says
50:28
this in
50:28
Colossians
50:28
1
50:29
13
50:29
he
50:29
took
50:31
you out
50:31
of the
50:31
domain
50:32
of
50:32
darkness
50:32
and he
50:32
freed
50:33
you to
50:33
the
50:33
kingdom
50:34
of his
50:34
beloved
50:34
son
50:35
he
50:36
took
50:36
you
50:36
out
50:36
of
50:36
the
50:36
way
50:36
in
50:37
which
50:37
you
50:37
were
50:37
going
50:37
and he
50:37
put
50:37
you
50:38
in
50:38
this
50:38
new
50:38
way
50:38
in
50:40
which
50:40
we
50:40
now
50:40
walk
50:40
turning
50:43
away
50:43
from
50:43
sin
50:43
is
50:44
dying
50:44
to
50:44
sin
50:44
it's
50:45
living
50:45
in
50:46
repentance
50:46
we
50:50
are
50:50
Christ
50:50
and he
50:50
is
50:51
our
50:51
God
50:51
and we
50:53
need to be
50:53
preparing
50:53
ourselves
50:54
for him
50:54
I have
50:55
a good
50:55
friend
50:55
of mine
50:55
that always
50:55
says
50:56
that
50:56
we need
50:56
to be
50:56
preparing
50:56
ourselves
50:57
for Christ
50:57
when he
50:58
comes
50:58
she's a
50:59
girl
51:00
so
51:00
it's
51:01
more
51:01
like a
51:01
husband
51:02
wife
51:02
thing
51:03
for her
51:03
she
51:05
wants
51:05
to be
51:05
ready
51:05
when
51:06
Jesus
51:06
comes
51:07
back
51:07
likewise
51:09
we need
51:09
to be
51:09
ready
51:10
when he
51:11
comes
51:11
back
51:11
and this
51:11
is the
51:12
way
51:12
that we
51:12
do
51:12
that
51:12
this
51:14
is
51:14
from
51:14
Romans
51:15
13
51:15
I'm
51:16
going to
51:16
kind of
51:16
elaborate
51:16
it a little
51:17
bit
51:17
Paul
51:19
says
51:19
this
51:20
the day
51:20
of our
51:20
salvation
51:21
is
51:22
near
51:22
today
51:23
than it
51:23
ever
51:23
has
51:23
been
51:23
before
51:24
you
51:26
realize
51:26
that
51:26
the
51:27
day
51:27
of our
51:28
salvation
51:28
the day
51:28
of our
51:29
glorification
51:29
the day
51:30
of our
51:30
union
51:30
with
51:30
Christ
51:31
is
51:32
closer
51:32
today
51:33
than
51:33
ever
51:33
it
51:33
has
51:34
been
51:34
before
51:34
closer
51:35
right
51:35
now
51:36
in
51:36
this
51:36
moment
51:36
than
51:36
it
51:36
ever
51:36
will
51:36
be
51:37
in
51:38
the
51:38
past
51:38
the
51:40
night
51:40
is
51:41
almost
51:41
gone
51:41
the
51:42
day
51:42
is
51:42
at
51:43
hand
51:43
let
51:43
us
51:44
therefore
51:44
lay
51:45
aside
51:45
the
51:46
deeds
51:46
of
51:46
darkness
51:46
and
51:47
put
51:48
on
51:48
the
51:48
armor
51:48
of
51:48
light
51:49
let
51:50
us
51:50
behave
51:50
properly
51:51
as
51:51
Christ
51:52
deserves
51:52
as
51:52
in
51:53
the
51:53
day
51:53
not
51:55
in
51:55
carousing
51:55
not
51:56
in
51:56
drunkenness
51:56
not
51:57
in
51:57
sexual
51:57
promiscuity
51:58
!
51:58
not
51:58
in
51:58
sensuality
51:59
not
52:00
in
52:00
strife
52:00
not
52:00
in
52:01
jealousy
52:01
but
52:03
put
52:04
on
52:04
the
52:04
Lord
52:04
Jesus
52:05
Christ
52:05
aka
52:07
be
52:08
filled
52:08
with
52:08
his
52:09
joy
52:09
be
52:10
showered
52:10
with
52:10
his
52:11
blessings
52:11
be
52:12
consumed
52:13
with
52:13
his
52:13
glory
52:14
be
52:14
convinced
52:14
of
52:14
his
52:15
truth
52:15
be
52:15
fearless
52:16
for
52:17
him
52:17
and
52:18
pray
52:18
always
52:18
to
52:19
him
52:19
and
52:21
make
52:21
no
52:21
provision
52:22
for
52:22
the
52:22
flesh
52:22
in
52:22
regard
52:23
to
52:23
its
52:23
lust
52:23
let's
52:25
pray
52:25
God
52:33
I
52:33
know
52:33
that
52:33
I
52:33
barely
52:34
grace
52:35
the
52:35
surface
52:36
of
52:36
this
52:36
doctrine
52:37
and
52:37
that
52:37
there's
52:37
so
52:37
much
52:37
more
52:37
for
52:38
us
52:38
to
52:38
learn
52:38
and
52:38
know
52:38
God
52:40
I
52:40
confess
52:41
that
52:41
I
52:41
do
52:41
a
52:41
really
52:42
poor
52:42
job
52:42
of
52:43
repenting
52:43
of
52:43
my
52:43
sin
52:43
and
52:44
I
52:44
confess
52:44
that
52:44
often
52:45
times
52:45
in
52:46
the
52:46
midst
52:46
of
52:47
my
52:48
sin
52:49
I
52:49
kind
52:49
of
52:49
just
52:49
yawned
52:50
away
52:50
or
52:52
I
52:52
say
52:53
a
52:53
couple
52:53
of
52:53
words
52:53
that
52:53
I've
52:54
learned
52:54
from
52:54
other
52:54
people
52:54
and
52:55
I
52:55
don't
52:55
genuinely
52:56
get
52:56
on my
52:57
knees
52:57
and
52:57
get
52:57
on my
52:57
face
52:58
and
52:58
wrestle
52:58
with
52:58
you
52:59
in
52:59
repentance
52:59
and
52:59
I
52:59
don't
53:00
genuinely
53:00
believe
53:01
that
53:01
God
53:04
I
53:04
have
53:04
sinned
53:05
against
53:05
the
53:05
holy
53:05
God
53:06
I
53:06
don't
53:06
really
53:06
comprehend
53:07
that
53:07
in
53:07
the
53:07
moment
53:08
like
53:08
I
53:08
should
53:08
so
53:10
God
53:10
I
53:10
pray
53:10
that
53:10
you
53:11
please
53:11
bestow
53:11
upon
53:12
these
53:12
people
53:12
and
53:12
bestow
53:13
upon
53:13
me
53:13
just
53:13
an
53:13
understanding
53:14
a deeper
53:15
understanding
53:15
of what
53:16
it means
53:16
to truly
53:17
repent
53:17
what it
53:17
means
53:18
to truly
53:18
turn to
53:19
Christ
53:20
and to
53:20
turn away
53:21
from our
53:22
sins
53:22
and to
53:23
just
53:24
love on
53:24
the Lord
53:25
in a way
53:25
that is
53:26
really
53:27
pleasing
53:28
to Him
53:28
God
53:29
you've
53:30
purchased
53:30
us
53:30
you've
53:31
bought
53:31
us
53:31
with
53:32
your
53:32
own
53:32
blood
53:33
and
53:33
you've
53:33
set
53:33
us
53:33
free
53:34
that
53:34
we
53:35
could
53:35
love
53:35
you
53:35
that
53:36
we
53:36
could
53:36
live
53:37
for
53:37
you
53:37
that
53:37
we
53:37
could
53:37
worship
53:38
you
53:38
and
53:38
we
53:42
as we
53:43
should
53:43
so
53:44
God
53:45
thank you
53:45
Father
53:46
for just
53:46
the mercy
53:46
that you
53:47
show us
53:47
and the
53:47
compassion
53:48
and the
53:49
patience
53:49
it's
53:51
so much
53:52
and I'm
53:54
just so
53:54
thankful
53:55
God
53:55
please
53:55
just give
53:56
yourself
53:56
glory
53:56
through the
53:57
rest of
53:57
the things
53:58
we do
53:58
tonight
53:58
through our
53:59
hearts
53:59
and our
54:00
minds
54:00
as we
54:01
leave
54:01
and just
54:01
through the
54:01
rest of
54:02
our
54:02
activities
54:02
the rest
54:03
of this
54:03
week
54:03
Lord
54:04
be with
54:05
us
54:05
as we
54:05
go
54:05
we
54:06
love
54:06
you
54:06
we
54:06
trust
54:06
you
54:06
for
54:07
all
54:07
these
54:07
things
54:07
in Christ
54:08
name
54:08
!