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Faith & Repentance
/Text: Mark 1:14-15/
Place Preached - (Mississauga International Baptist Church)
Date Preached - (08~/26~/01)
Introduction:
REVIEW FROM PREVIOUS LESSONS
During this study we have been looking at things the way God sees them.
In First Samuel 16:7 God says, "Man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart."
Many people are preparing for eternity by basically ignoring it, thinking that somehow, when they die and stand before God, they will be able to talk their way into heaven.
As we looked at the Ten Commandments, we concluded that there is no way that an honest man, understanding what God says, can say, "I'm not guilty."
The Bible tells us that when we stand before God, if we have offended in one point of the law, we are guilty of it all.
Then we saw how the Bible says God sees two different kinds of men.
The first group is those who have no relationship with Him, the second group is those who have a relationship with God.
Those with a relationship do not get a relationship by what they do.
It is not according to our works of righteousness, or good deeds we do, because God says those are nothing more than filthy rags in His sight.
Our only hope is the mercy of God.
We must be changed!
God has provided for that change to take place by the death of Jesus Christ on the cross.
He died as our Substitute.
He died in our place.
He took our punishment that we might be forgiven by God.
He paid for the sins of the whole world when He died on the cross.
But even though it is true that Jesus died for all, all do not have a relationship with God.
We want look at what we must do to make the work of Christ personal.
We will see how a person takes what Jesus Christ has done on the cross and receive it as their own, thereby receiving pardon and forgiveness of sin from God.
TWO INGREDIENTS OF SALVATION
!!!! Mark 1:14-15
The word Gospel means good news, and refers to the death, burial and resurrection of Christ.
It was all according to a plan that God had revealed starting in Genesis chapter three.
We see here in Mark 1 that Jesus came preaching the Gospel, the good news.
How does a man receive the Lord Jesus?
How does a man get right with God? How does a man prepare for eternity?
The answer is found here in the words of the Lord Jesus when He said, "Repent ye, and believe the gospel.
Let's look a little closer at those two ingredients of salvation.
!! I. REPENTANCE
First we are going to look at a description of repentance as it is found in the Bible.
We are going to just look at a few of the passages that deal with it.
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Repentance causes a person to abhor themselves
!!!! Job 42:6
Job realized he was in the presence of a holy God and he didn't have the answers for the simple things of life, let alone his own complicated life.
In response, Job fell down in front of God and repented in dust and ashes.
When a person repents, they realize that they are not right before a holy God and they hate, they abhor what they are.
Now that I see myself in the light of God's Word, I see how God looks at me and I can't stand what I see.
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Repentance brings a deep sorrow for sin
II Corinthians 7:9-10
A deep sorrow is a sorrow that reaches into the very heart of the individual who realizes they are not right with God.
What is the difference between godly sorrow and worldly sorrow?
Worldly sorrow comes when a person realizes what they are doing isn't right.
Maybe they have been caught and know they are in trouble, so they say they are sorry, and they are willing to turn around from it.
Down the road they decide that maybe it wasn't so bad after all and consequently, they turn and run right back to it again.
That is worldly sorrow.
Worldly sorrow is when a person runs down an aisle one night, then one morning they wake up and say, "You know, I don't think I want to go back to that church.
They expect me to live the Bible, and I don't really know if I want to be like that.
Worldly sorrow leads a person to say, "I'll be a Christian one day," and tomorrow they are willing to turn their back on Christ.
That is not Bible repentance at all.
Bible repentance is a godly sorrow.
A person realizes, "I have sinned against God, and I'm sorry for my sin."
They are not just sorry because they have been caught.
Godly sorrow for sin causes them to desire to walk for Christ the rest of their life, no matter what the outside circumstances become.
It is a sorrow that they do not turn away from.
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Repentance causes a person to turn from idols
!!!! 1 Thessalonians 1:9-10
Most people in North America think they don't have any idols in their house.
Oh, but you probably do.
Maybe it is a television set.
Maybe it is skis, or a gun, or a fishing rod, or the people in the house you love more than Christ.
Maybe it is the car you park in your garage.
Maybe it is your job.
These are all things you can love more than Christ and they become an idol in your life.
When you love something more than God, that is idolatry.
A person who has godly repentance is willing to give anything up if it comes between him and His Savior.
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When true repentance is in a person's life, it causes a difference in a person's life
!!!! Matthew 3:8
Now what are these fruits meet for repentance?
It is an outward change that evidences itself in that person's life so people know they have truly repented.
If a man has not changed, he has not repented.
Nothing can be plainer from the Word of God.
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Repentance evidences itself when a person wants to make things right
!!!! Luke 19:1-10
Zacchaeus not only said, "I am sorry" to those he had wronged, but he paid them back four times more than he had stolen from them.
One of our problems in North America is that the brand of Christianity we have is too easy.
We think, "I'll just say I'm sorry, and it will be okay."
But when people really get saved they want to make things right.
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Repentance causes a person to acknowledge the truth
!!!! II Timothy 2:25-26
One of the marks of a man or woman without the Savior is that they are self-willed.
But when a person gets saved, they don't trust their own views anymore.
I have opinions, but I can't trust my opinions, unless they are founded on the Word of God.
I go to the Word of God to find out what God wants, and what God says.
Then I change my opinions and ideas to fit with the Word of God.
Repentance causes a person to acknowledge the truth.
It causes a person to admit their own bankruptcy, their lack of spiritual understanding, and to acknowledge the truth of the Word of God.
True repentance then will include these six things.
!! II.
FAITH
The second ingredient that Jesus spoke about was faith.
Repentance and faith work hand in hand, but you are in no position to exercise faith in the Lord Jesus as your Savior until you first have come to a place of repentance.
!!!! James 2:14-24
In this passage we see three kinds of faith.
Only one is real.
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