Repentance
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7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.
9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Introduction:
From Two Weeks Ago:
Our lives are gifts from God Himself. He was so generous to us that He used Himself as template. We should fight fight the tendency to waste it.
you are unique. you have unique Story. you have a unique gifts. You have unique calling.
We are called to redeemer the time.
From Last Week:
As Christians, we are personally relating to Jesus. Often, because He is God and He loves us we forget about it a little and mail it in.
As we give ourselves a fresh start, lets draw near by allowing ourselves to be interment with The Lord Jesus.
This relates to the purpose of God we talked about last week because we will only be as powerful as we are interment.
This Week:
Repentance is a major key to a fresh start.
Cleans your hands you sinners; purify your hearts you double minded. Lament and Morn and weep!
As believers we are secure in our salvation.
b. As believers we should show the fruit of repentance.
Why is repentance a major key to a fresh start?
Repentance is a key to a fresh start because it deals with the guilt that our sin causes on our end.
Healing helps in spiritual growth.
It keeps us united as a people.
. Untimely we see healing in our lives.
1. Repentance is a major key to a fresh start.
1. Repentance is a major key to a fresh start.
8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.
Lets Look at some actions the passage tells us to take:
Lets Look at some actions the passage tells us to take:
Cleans your hands you sinners; purify your hearts you double minded. Lament and Morn and weep!
Cleans your hands you sinners; purify your hearts you double minded. Lament and Morn and weep!
all of these actions the Apostle James tells us to take are descriptive of repentance.
all of these actions the Apostle James tells us to take are descriptive of repentance.
a. As believers we are secure in our salvation.
a. As believers we are secure in our salvation.
10 By that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
b. As believers we should show the fruit of repentance.
b. As believers we should show the fruit of repentance.
8 Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance,
Why is repentance a major key to a fresh start?
Why is repentance a major key to a fresh start?
2. Repentance is a key to a fresh start because it deals with the guilt that our sin causes on our end.
2. Repentance is a key to a fresh start because it deals with the guilt that our sin causes on our end.
As we continue to do what we want how we want when we want the truth of the matter is that we are walking in active rebellion against God. We know we are, we can feel ourselves change. As we walk in this rebellion we can feel the effects of our spiritual distance..
As we walk in guilt and shame we are not able to bear fruits of the spirit.
3 When I kept silent, my bones grew old Through my groaning all the day long. 4 For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; My vitality was turned into the drought of summer. Selah
1 The wicked flee when no one pursues, But the righteous are bold as a lion.
3. Healing helps in spiritual growth.
3. Healing helps in spiritual growth.
1 Therefore, leaving the discussion of the elementary principles of Christ, let us go on to perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God,
Repentance is a foundational doctrine.
it is how we come to christ.
its how we stay spiritually sensitive.
By the way, we want to be sensitive because we want to be of service to God and our fellowman .
4. It keeps us united as a people.
4. It keeps us united as a people.
23 Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, 24 leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
5. Untimely we see healing in our lives.
5. Untimely we see healing in our lives.
16 Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
Conclusion:
Repentance is a key to humility.
Humility keeps us from humiliation.
Repentance keeps us connected to The Lord.
Repentance is a source of healing.
it keeps us united
Brings healing to our lives.
