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The Bible stresses the necessity of repentance from sin if individuals and communities are to have full fellowship with God.
It also uses the term to refer to God’s relenting of sending judgment on his people, usually in response to human repentance.
Today we shall discuss
The Necessity of Repentance
What it means to repent (and what it isn’t)
The blessedness of repentance
The reward of repentance
Definition of repent:
Repent:
1: to turn from sin and dedicate oneself to the amendment of one’s life
1: to turn from sin and dedicate oneself to the amendment of one’s life
2 a: to feel regret or contrition
b: to change one’s mind
The Biblical sense of Repentance includes all three of these characteristics:
One must feel regret or contrition over their sins, and change their mind about it, and actually turn from that sin, dedicating their selves to a new way of life
Sorrow and regret without a turning is not repentance
agreeing that sin is wrong without turning is not repentance
turning from sin, without changing one’s mind is also not repentance (many people do this legalistically)
1: to cause to feel regret or contrition
2: to feel sorrow, regret, or contrition for—re•pent•er noun
Repentance required for fellowship with God
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John the Baptist preached repentance
Jesus also began His ministry preaching repentance
Many other places illustrate this point.
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Repentance involves turning from sin
One of the best examples of this is Paul
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all of the apostles had been sinful men
they turned and followed Jesus
The people of Bethsaida and Capernaum we criticized by Jesus because they would not repent or turn from their sins
Sorrow for sin
A person who is not sorry for doing wrong will likely do it again - that is not repentance
People who turn from sin only to avoid punishment or gain a reward, have not completely repented
Some people think they will do exactly that - waiting until they have had their fun and then get saved
If this is the case, there is no sorrow, then the inward person must actually believe that sin is right
that is the opposite of believing God, and leads to resentment of God
Consider the attitude of David
and Paul’s writing
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Whenever we really come to the understanding of sin and all its cost and opposition to God, we must be sorry.
Too many people are only sorry for the consequence, or that they got caught, but not sorry for the sin itself
Consider a thing so bad that one as wonderful as Jesus would have to die for it; especially the terrible death He suffered
How could we find pleasure in such a thing?
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Confession of sin
This changing our mind
admitting that we have sinned, and that it is wrong
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Consider the example of the prodigal son
Here he “admitted” that he was wrong
He was certainly sorry for his choices
and he turned back from those sins
This is repentance - Biblical repentance
And Like the father received him, Our father will always receive us when we come in genuine repentance
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Forsaking specific sins
Repentance involves more than just a general turning from sin
We each have specific areas, and specific instances that we must repent of
When Jesus called us to “repent” He was calling us to a life of repentance”
Repentance must be ongoing - we all fall short
Sometimes we drift from the standard we had
other times we learn that we had been missing it all along
either way, we must be willing always to repent as the Lord reveals to us the need
How terribly sad it is for those who cannot admit wrong
Much like a prison is the life of those who cannot repent
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Making appropriate restitution
repentance also involve making things right when we are able
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Repentance involves turning to God
Here is the true blessing of repentance
If it only involved all the “shall nots” that we have to turn from it might well be the negative that some people think it is
But the real heart of repentance is turning “to” the one true and living God who loves us
The reason we must repent from sin is because it separates us from Him
He is the reason
He is our all in all - and He dwells in righteousness
Like the man finding the pearl of great price, we sell all that we have (turn from the old life) to get it.
Faith in God
Through repentance, we turn to a life of faith in God
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Obedience
repentance involves obedience to God
this is better than sacrifice
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Repentance demonstrated by actions
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Repentance must be sincere
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Repentance of God
The repentance of God
There is a judgement of death over each of us
If we will repent of sin and trust in Jesus Christ, He will repent of this judgement of death
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