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The gift of repentance
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THE GIFT OF REPENTANCE
You know we see Paradoxes in Gods word or what seem to be paradoxes
We have the " Paradox Box "
We are saved and yet we are being saved,
We are not saved by works and yet we have works to do for without works our faith
is dead.
We ask for forgiveness and yet we are forgiven.
Jesus comes to bring peace and yet he does not come to bring peace but a sword.
We see in love that Jesus suffered a violent slaughter, that by His stripes we are
healed.
We see that there is no life without death,
Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find
it.
Matt 11:39 NIV
When we are cursed, we bless;
when we are persecuted, we endure it;
when we are slandered, we answer kindly.
Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.
1 Cor 4:9 - 13 NIV
We have the wisdom of fools, and the folly of the worlds wisdom is paramount it seems.
We rely on Gods wisdom which indeed is a gift...
We have our strength in weakness and our treasure stored up in God.
It seems when we are weak God gives us His strength and He lifts us up.
This is not of ourselves but is God given.
Now we have paradox after paradox, we seem to have different messages coming at us
in different directions.
We might think that we are the ones in control and yet we find that God is.
We might believe that we come to God when in fact, no one can come to God unless
it is permitted.
We say God is in control and yet if we do give Him the controls of our lifes
He may not be.
We say " God can do anything" and yet He sometimes cannot because of man.
God cannot or will not force our wills, nor can He make or force us to love Him.
As puppets the world is carried along on strings and yet they look at the Christian
believer as if they are the ones on strings.
The world says " I am in control " when God is.
The Christian might say " God is in control " and yet not allow God entry into the
heart.
Nothing can separate us from God and yet it can, we ourselves can separate ourselves
from God, and we can deny God rule in our lifes.
The rich and famous seem to prosper while the poor and forgotten seem to have no life.
The wisdom of the world can seem to be above all things while the wisdom of God in fact
is.
It is finshed and the work is done and yet , we race on towards the prize.
We are forgiven and yet we seek forgiveness
And so we look at this message .....THE GIFT OF REPENTANCE......
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"No man is able to come to me if he is not given the power to do so by the Father"
(John 6:65, Bible in Basic English).
Paul tells us: "For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of
yourselves; it is the gift of God" (Ephesians 2:8).
"Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ..."
(Acts 3:19).
Repentance and faith are like two sides of a coin.
Repentance is simply turning around, repentance is simply not just saying " sorry "
and is not just simply not doing it again !!!!
What do I mean by this ?
I can remember before I was saved ...long before I found salvation...
I had a conscience...I knew when I was doing a " bad " thing, I knew when I was in the
wrong and sometimes my parents or someone would guide me in the right direction.
Maybe sometimes I would be punished for my wrong, maybe sometimes I turned from
the wrong I was in because I saw the affect it was having on me.
Even as a " Non Christian " even as a " non believer " I knew and had a God given
Conscience that my actions were wrong and I sometimes would turn from my actions.
Simply because everyone has a God given Conscience , I suppose you could say " it is a
method of survival " as an action begins to destroy life or affect ones life a person may
decide to change his or her course, sometimes this turning around may not be a choice.
I remember my own father had to choose to give up smoking or face an early death, I
remember he had in fact to change his whole lifestyle and direction.
Could it be that a " non believer" can repent ?
Can it be that a person not walking in " salvation " can turn ?
lets discuss this now.
"No man is able to come to me if he is not given the power to do so by the Father"
(John 6:65, Bible in Basic English).
I remember as a child that I prayed to God and my prayers were answered, even though
I was not classed at that time as a " Christian believer "
How can this be ?
Repentance itself is not a human act, but comes only from
God Rom.2:4 -- it is a divine gift of God Acts 5:31; 11:18; 2 Tim.
2:25
Once I found Gods salvation which was a gift to me, I found the gift of repentance..
Before this time I did'nt really think anything was wrong in my actions or life as I
simply followed every one else and although I did have a conscience I simply followed
the survival pattern.
Now as a Christian I found Gods working inside of me and started to sense the Holy Spirit
working within, for the first time I experienced " Holy Spirit conviction "
For the first time I heard God speaking to my heart and working from the inside out and
instead of things changing around me , I found myself changing and as I changed so the
things that were once a problem were no more .
Now I had received the " Gift of Salvation " I had also received the " Gift of the Holy
Spirit
"
And with the " Gift of the Holy Spirit " of which was speaking into my life long before
my salvation, I received the " Authority Robe " and the gift of " repentance "
Now the Holy Spirit was able once I had received salvation to work inside of me and so
convict me of sin, now for the first time I began to see things that I had never seen
before.
Now slowly over the years God began to bring to my attention ...through His Holy Spirit..
those things which got between Himself and me.
Now for the first time I found the " gift of repentance "
Now I was able to turn from my way to Gods way, before this I only knew my way.
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