1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:03,680 This is City Post Church. We're about three things. 2 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:08,160 Build equipped and send. All under the Lordship of Jesus 3 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:12,000 Christ, A small church plant in Fort Worth, TX who decided to do 4 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:15,800 things a little differently. Adoramos ayesu cristo. 5 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:18,920 I love City Post because of the people. 6 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:21,960 It's where I belong. We truly preach the word. 7 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:24,680 I love City Post because of the community we've been able to 8 00:00:24,680 --> 00:00:28,520 build to do ministry like Jesus for light to push back darkness. 9 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:40,140 This is City Post podcast. One of the things that we need 10 00:00:40,140 --> 00:00:44,940 to talk about is this whole idea of repentance, asking for 11 00:00:44,940 --> 00:00:46,780 forgiveness. How does all that work? 12 00:00:46,780 --> 00:00:50,620 Why do I have to ask for forgiveness? 13 00:00:50,620 --> 00:00:54,180 So if like, if God's going to forgive me, why should I ask for 14 00:00:54,180 --> 00:00:56,000 it? And there's a story in Acts 15 00:00:56,000 --> 00:01:00,200 chapter 3 where Peter shows us not just the benefits of 16 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:04,720 repentance, but also as us as believers in Christ, how to 17 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:07,040 engage those who don't know Jesus. 18 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:13,040 All right, so. Let me catch this up in chapter. 19 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:17,680 3 John and Peter, they're on their way to a synagogue and 20 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:22,280 like Hector Red, they come across a lame beggar at a gate 21 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:25,920 called Beautiful and he is begging for money because he 22 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:30,160 can't do anything else. And Peter and John look at him 23 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:32,080 and they're like, hey, I we don't have. 24 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:33,880 Gold or silver, but have something? 25 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:37,600 Way better. So in the name of Jesus Christ 26 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:40,160 in Nazareth, get up and walk and guess what happened. 27 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:42,240 You know what happens? Like I'm talking about my 28 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:46,320 babies. He gets up and he walks and he's 29 00:01:46,320 --> 00:01:48,160 healed. He's miraculous healed, 30 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:52,920 miraculously healed. So he begins to go with Peter 31 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:57,480 and John to the temple to pray because he's excited because 32 00:01:57,480 --> 00:01:59,760 he's walking again. I couldn't imagine what that's 33 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:02,520 like. And that's when we kick off. 34 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:06,160 So I'm just going to speed this up because our our own, what I 35 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:10,000 really want to plant or feed it is in verse 19, but I want to 36 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:13,240 catch us up here. So in verse 11 and 12, I was 37 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:17,760 going to read it real quickly. It says now as the lame man who 38 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:22,200 was healed held on to Peter and John, all the people ran 39 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:26,000 together to them in the porch, which is called Solomon's, 40 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:31,840 greatly amazed or astonished. So when Peter saw it, he 41 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:35,640 responded to the people. Men of Israel, why do you marvel 42 00:02:35,640 --> 00:02:39,480 at this or why look so intently at us as though it was by our 43 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:43,960 own power or godliness, when we sorry godliness we have made 44 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:47,640 this man lock. Isn't this kind of like Peter's 45 00:02:47,640 --> 00:02:51,400 little much so extreme, like, think about it. 46 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:53,640 Yeah, but that is healed. You're drawing across. 47 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:56,760 You're inside a synagogue. And instead and everybody's 48 00:02:56,760 --> 00:03:00,160 like, whoa, this is amazing. And what does Peter do? 49 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:01,920 He turns around and he looks at them. 50 00:03:01,920 --> 00:03:03,360 He's like, why are you all surprised? 51 00:03:05,920 --> 00:03:10,120 What way to kill the vibe, Peter Buzzkill. 52 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:14,400 And and what Peter is understanding here is because he 53 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:16,520 knows where he's at. You understand, culturally where 54 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:18,040 we're at here with the synagogue. 55 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:20,920 So. So you have a lot of these 56 00:03:20,920 --> 00:03:24,880 religious leaders, a lot of the Jewish culture at the time, you 57 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:27,000 know, they believed in God, but they didn't believe in the. 58 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:30,840 Messiah, they didn't believe in Christ and. 59 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:35,760 Peter Muntz said this as an opportunity to share the Gospel. 60 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:39,520 Message to these folks and. Something I want us to 61 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:43,640 understand is that Peter understands that the saving 62 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:49,000 grace does not come in miracles and sharing how great God is. 63 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:52,160 The gospel message is not about the miracle. 64 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:54,160 The gospel message is about the miracle maker. 65 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:57,240 Come on, He's the one that's going to save you. 66 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:00,600 So like, man, it's great to point people to a church, but 67 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:03,240 no, it's to point people to the head of that church is Jesus 68 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:06,360 Christ. So Peter is immediately 69 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:09,960 deferring what is happening. He's deflecting. 70 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:12,480 He's like, no, it's not us, it's him. 71 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:14,600 Like I know y'all are excited about this. 72 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:17,360 This is awesome, yes, but but come in a little bit. 73 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:18,640 Are y'all astonished? For him. 74 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:22,800 And what he's going to do is that he remember the context 75 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:25,600 here. He's going to help them realize 76 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:28,840 that they need the. Forgiveness of sin and they need 77 00:04:28,840 --> 00:04:30,520 to put their faith in the real Messiah. 78 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:33,520 Now he's talking to. People in the church like the 79 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:35,920 religious folks. It ain't all like sex, drugs and 80 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:39,400 lock and roll. There's people living like great 81 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:43,000 who still don't know Christ is and Peter's here. 82 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:47,440 Look at verse 13 through 15. So he goes in, He starts talking 83 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:52,400 to them and what they know. Verse 15 I mean 13 The God of 84 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:56,920 Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified 85 00:04:56,920 --> 00:05:01,200 his servant Jesus, whom you delivered up and denied in the 86 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:04,880 presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go. 87 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:09,160 But you denied the Holy One and the just and asked for a 88 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:13,240 murderer to be granted to you and kill the Prince of life whom 89 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:17,080 God raised from the dead, of which you are witnesses. 90 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:19,640 Confrontational. Yeah. 91 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:22,200 Now y'all are celebrating this. Y'all are the ones that killed 92 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:24,600 the guy who gave them. What are you celebrating for? 93 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:28,520 So when he does and he does a few things, Peter spoke to them 94 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:31,200 about the God that they know the God of Israel. 95 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:36,120 So that means that he used God's name, the Yahweh, the the God 96 00:05:36,120 --> 00:05:38,560 that that they worship in Hebrew. 97 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:41,720 And he talked about God, but yet pointed them back to Christ. 98 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:44,080 So he talked about God. He pointed them to Christ. 99 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:47,080 Then he boldly, he said, this is crazy. 100 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:50,520 He boldly said the guilt of Jesus's death where they 101 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:55,840 properly belong. Y'all did y'all need to realize 102 00:05:55,880 --> 00:05:59,680 of what was happening, what we did because Pilot the Roman 103 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:02,200 governor was determined to let him go. 104 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:05,640 But the Jewish mom started cheering saying like crucify and 105 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:07,640 crucify. Then they tried to let go of a 106 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:11,160 murderer named Barabbas. And you guys are like, no, give 107 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:13,240 us Barabbas, you know, take Jesus. 108 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:17,280 They made a choice and go Peter. Where's getting at When it comes 109 00:06:17,280 --> 00:06:19,720 to our sin? There's got to be some sort of 110 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:24,520 personal responsibility. When it comes to sin, you must 111 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:29,440 take responsibility because repentance can't occur until 112 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:31,720 there is a wrong that has been omitted. 113 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:35,400 So yeah, Lord, forgive me. Of what? 114 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:39,160 And I started to realize that the hard. 115 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:41,960 Part. For us, is not asking for 116 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:45,440 repentance the hard part? For us, is that many that we 117 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:49,920 want. It's a many like fault, and many 118 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:51,040 of us. God Forgives. 119 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:52,480 God Forgives. God Forgives. 120 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:54,400 Oh, what? What did you? 121 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:54,920 What? What? 122 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:58,120 What is he going to? Forgive you for and listen you 123 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:00,760 God can't take anything that you don't bring to the altar. 124 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:05,040 So many of us are walking around with this concept of being. 125 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:08,640 Forgiven or we haven't even shared our hearts to the Lord 126 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:10,040 yet. And what he's doing, he's 127 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:14,040 pointing out to these guys like man Jesus, like Jesus, you guys 128 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:16,680 are responsible and you don't even see it. 129 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:20,560 There's got to be some kind of personal responsibility. 130 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:23,400 You've chosen a different way, but then. 131 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:27,760 He also talks about how this all this gets fixed and in the next 132 00:07:27,760 --> 00:07:32,960 verse. 16 His name through faith in his name has made this man 133 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:37,680 strong whom you see and know. Yes, the faith which comes 134 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:41,000 through him has given him this perfect soundness in the 135 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:45,640 presence of you all. So he's talking about like, yes, 136 00:07:45,640 --> 00:07:47,840 there's Paul, you guys, look what you did. 137 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:52,040 However, because of his name, if you put your faith in his name, 138 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:56,440 his presence will be with you. So we're going to walk this 139 00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:57,800 thing out. So I want you to see what 140 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:00,160 Peter's doing here and then look at verse 17. 141 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:03,360 I love what he does. Now, fellow Israelites, I. 142 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:05,880 Know. That you acted in ignorance, as 143 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:07,800 did your leaders. So he is. 144 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:12,880 Addressing boldly their sin. But something Peter understands 145 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:18,120 is that Peter understands. The main goal, The goal is not 146 00:08:18,120 --> 00:08:20,640 to make the religious leaders look stupid. 147 00:08:20,960 --> 00:08:22,800 The goal is not to win. An argument. 148 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:25,280 The goal is repentance and belief. 149 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:31,120 What he wants them to do is repent of their sin and put 150 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:34,080 their faith in Jesus Christ. So what? 151 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:36,600 He's not a jerk about it. Look what it says in 17. 152 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:41,000 He calls them. Now my fellow Israelites, some 153 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:47,000 versions might say, my fellow brethren, my brothers, but also 154 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:50,760 we also understand that Peter, because if you go back to 13 and 155 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:57,440 14, Peter is accusing them twice of denying Christ, you know, 156 00:08:57,440 --> 00:09:00,400 also denied Christ, Peter. Come on. 157 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:04,640 He knows what it's like. He understands. 158 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:07,800 Like what Paul talked about. He's like, man, don't ever 159 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:11,480 forget that you were once dead. So it's a great. 160 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:14,120 Reminder to us, like Peter understands that they're denying 161 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:15,920 Christ. Hey, I know what that's like 162 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:18,760 because I did it too. Y'all did it twice. 163 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:20,120 I did it three times. I'm worried. 164 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:26,720 But he's lovingly going after them and he's he's sounds like. 165 00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:30,720 But listen, y'all active and arrogant man. 166 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:33,800 Y'all had no idea what you were doing. 167 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:38,400 You guys call for the execution of Jesus in arrogance. 168 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:42,840 However, your arrogance did not deter the defer God's eternal. 169 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:46,600 Plan. So even though you did that in 170 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:51,720 arrogance, even though you had no idea what you did, it did not 171 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:54,840 ruin what God was doing. And I just want. 172 00:09:54,840 --> 00:09:58,480 To say even if you sin in arrogance and or ignorance not 173 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:01,280 arrogance, I'm sorry. Even if you sin in ignorance, 174 00:10:01,280 --> 00:10:07,640 not knowing it still shouldn't. You still sinned against a holy 175 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:11,360 and righteous God. So whether you meant to do it or 176 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:15,400 whether you didn't mean to do it, regardless of your 177 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:19,960 ignorance, you still failed. You still failed against the 178 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:24,120 holy and righteous God. And what Peter is doing, he's 179 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:26,760 pointing it out. He's like, yes, you had no idea 180 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:29,080 what was going on. You had no idea that this was 181 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:34,160 God's eternal plan and that you guys played a huge part in it, 182 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:37,560 even Jesus when he was on the cross. 183 00:10:37,560 --> 00:10:39,560 What do you need? Pray Father, forgive them. 184 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:41,960 For they know not what they're doing. 185 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:44,800 Pretty much saying father forgive them because they're 186 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:47,280 ignorant. They have no idea what's going 187 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:49,880 on right now. It's all part. 188 00:10:49,880 --> 00:10:52,200 Of God's. Wonderful plan for us. 189 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:56,280 And then look what happens in verse 18 because Peter's going 190 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:59,520 to tie it all together, man. You guys call for Christ. 191 00:10:59,680 --> 00:11:02,440 Like y'all are celebrating this like y'all the ones that did 192 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:05,600 this and but God through faith, he put faith in him. 193 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:08,440 He's mighty to say like he could save you. 194 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:12,360 Yes, you were anger, but listen, you still failed. 195 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:15,080 You still sinned against the holy and righteous God. 196 00:11:15,280 --> 00:11:18,000 And then in 18. But this is how God fulfilled 197 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:22,520 what he had foretold through all the prophets saying that this, 198 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:26,960 that this Messiah would suffer, which Peter is letting us know 199 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:28,640 that. Listen, even despite all the 200 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:32,640 evil that you did to Jesus, it did not change or derail God's 201 00:11:32,680 --> 00:11:34,760 plan. That's why we see in. 202 00:11:35,640 --> 00:11:39,920 In Genesis 50, Joseph is able to use the same principles. 203 00:11:40,120 --> 00:11:43,160 You meant for evil against me, but God meant it for good. 204 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:45,200 Same thing with the crucifixion of Christ. 205 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:48,160 It was evil, but yes, God saved the world through it. 206 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:52,880 Romans 828 And we all know this, and we know that in all things 207 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:57,560 God works for the good of those who love him, who have been 208 00:11:57,560 --> 00:12:00,720 called according. To his purposes. 209 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:06,240 So yes, we did all this stuff. I like what Peter's doing here, 210 00:12:06,360 --> 00:12:09,560 how he's kind of reflect using that reflection. 211 00:12:09,560 --> 00:12:12,120 But look, look what he does. He goes, he's like, yeah, you 212 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:13,440 all messed up. We all messed up. 213 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:18,720 You have to admit it. Jesus is the one who forgives us 214 00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:21,560 and heals us. OK, now what? 215 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:25,240 So he's walking in through it. Now what do we do? 216 00:12:25,360 --> 00:12:27,400 What is it that we have to do? Verse 19. 217 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:33,760 Repent them and turn to God so that your sins may be wiped out 218 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:37,840 that times are refreshing may come from the Lord and that he 219 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:41,760 may send the Messiah who has been appointed for you. 220 00:12:41,960 --> 00:12:45,920 Even Jesus love of Peter does here because he ties the word 221 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:49,760 repent with hope. There's something that he's. 222 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:51,480 Attaching. Hope to it. 223 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:56,160 Repent then, and turn to God and the. 224 00:12:56,160 --> 00:13:00,520 Words they want you to look at is that so that hold the 19 real 225 00:13:00,520 --> 00:13:03,360 quick. If you put verse 19, there's a, 226 00:13:03,560 --> 00:13:05,760 there's a so that. So there's a. 227 00:13:05,760 --> 00:13:07,160 Connector there. There's like a. 228 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:10,920 There's like a causing effect if you repent and turn to. 229 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:16,240 God so that what your sins may be blotted out, your sins may be 230 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:18,480 wiped out. Like I said, I think the hardest 231 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:22,760 part for repentance is US admitting that we are fault, 232 00:13:22,760 --> 00:13:24,440 that we are wrong. It's. 233 00:13:24,520 --> 00:13:29,120 It's funny how many of us see this like admitting fault 234 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:31,920 Admitting. Wrongness like I was wrong like. 235 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:35,920 Honestly, this is probably one of the hardest things for us as 236 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:39,040 human beings, us sinful nature. I'm not going to. 237 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:42,120 I'm just going to be real. Us as men to do. 238 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:46,040 It's hard for us to admit fault now. 239 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:48,560 Somehow I'm thinking like, man, Ricky, but if I do that, I might 240 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:51,440 look weak. I don't want people to think 241 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:53,480 lonely of me. They're going to think that I 242 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:55,320 don't know what I'm doing. Man. 243 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:56,840 Check this out. So apart. 244 00:13:56,840 --> 00:13:59,800 Let's just go into the western world like the western culture. 245 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:04,160 I was reading an article in Forbes magazine that a study on 246 00:14:04,560 --> 00:14:09,640 25 CEO's in the United States and they were doing a study. 247 00:14:09,640 --> 00:14:13,120 They were looking at specific qualities like like what makes 248 00:14:13,160 --> 00:14:15,840 them successful? What do all of them have in 249 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:17,880 common? And when you look at 250 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:23,040 characteristics of Fortune 500 CE OS, one of the top ones is 251 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:28,080 authenticity and humility. And they have to explain that 252 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:30,080 because we're doing different things to different people. 253 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:34,520 So what you say is that these guys, these are super successful 254 00:14:34,520 --> 00:14:35,960 running these massive. Companies. 255 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:39,400 Are willing to acknowledge mistakes and learn from them and 256 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:44,040 doing so it inspires and it motivates their people that are 257 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:48,080 able to admit fault. It's actually a wonderful 258 00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:50,920 quality. But then I was thinking about 259 00:14:50,920 --> 00:14:52,840 like, what if you can't? Why is it? 260 00:14:52,840 --> 00:14:56,280 What is it hard? For you to do that, there's also 261 00:14:56,280 --> 00:14:59,760 another study in Psychology Today that say like people that 262 00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:03,320 find it really. Difficult that that can't admit 263 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:05,440 if they're wrong or they have faults. 264 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:09,400 They are less likely to be in leadership positions. 265 00:15:09,480 --> 00:15:12,000 They are less likely to have close relationships. 266 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:16,120 They are less likely to have be or be found respected by others. 267 00:15:16,160 --> 00:15:18,720 They are less likely to advance in their careers. 268 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:21,640 And then they, they, they start attaching their, their, their, 269 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:25,920 their higher divorce rates even like they're more likely to have 270 00:15:25,920 --> 00:15:31,600 higher anxiety and depression, like even the physical impact 271 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:34,640 those who find it difficult to say. 272 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:39,200 I'm at fault and so. You're like never you can put a 273 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:40,800 secondary. What about like the like 274 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:42,760 spiritual stuff? OK, let's talk about it. 275 00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:45,640 Peter and Judas, they both denied Christ. 276 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:50,360 Peter denied and three times Judas sold Jesus out for some 277 00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:54,960 silver, Peter and maybe he's like, Lord, I sinned against 278 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:57,200 you. Judas was like I betrayed 279 00:15:57,200 --> 00:15:59,720 innocent blood, Peter. Repented. 280 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:01,240 Judas. Hung himself. 281 00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:04,680 Repentance. There's something. 282 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:07,720 About asking God to forgive. Your sin because you've been 283 00:16:07,720 --> 00:16:10,600 wronged. And then Peter, God, Jesus 284 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:14,000 restores him and says, ma'am, I built my church on you. 285 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:16,360 And what is the legacy of Judas like? 286 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:18,080 Nobody here leaves their kid, Judas. 287 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:21,360 Not even their dog, Lady God has a song that's about it. 288 00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:24,760 Because there's something about repentance. 289 00:16:24,880 --> 00:16:27,000 That we have got to. Look at There's something 290 00:16:27,040 --> 00:16:30,680 beneficial about repentance that comes here. 291 00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:33,600 So we see. Peter, he takes the word repent. 292 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:36,040 He's connecting it with the word of hope. 293 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:40,360 There's benefits to repentance. So he says repent then and turn 294 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:44,640 to God so that your sins may be wiped out, your sins may be 295 00:16:44,680 --> 00:16:48,040 blotted out, which kind of leads to my first point, like when 296 00:16:48,320 --> 00:16:50,440 what are the benefits of repentance I got? 297 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:54,840 Four of them for us. The benefits of repentance #1 it 298 00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:57,200 clears your record of sin. So you're listen, you're, 299 00:16:57,320 --> 00:17:00,800 they're not only forgotten, but you've been also forgiven. 300 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:05,800 Many of us need to understand that we're forgiven, But then 301 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:07,040 why do you keep bringing it back? 302 00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:12,720 And what God is saying is like that through Christ, if you have 303 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:15,960 asked for repentance of your sin, I don't only forgive you, 304 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:18,000 but the Bible says that I cast them. 305 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:19,640 Out as far as the East. Is from the West. 306 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:24,359 Don't bring it up anymore. Man in the mid 90s. 307 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:30,000 There was this award-winning movie called Friday Culturally. 308 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:32,960 Shifting and in the movie. Friday there is a character 309 00:17:32,960 --> 00:17:35,280 named. Evo and Devo is the neighborhood 310 00:17:35,360 --> 00:17:37,840 building and he goes around. He knows what he wants to take. 311 00:17:37,840 --> 00:17:40,640 Everybody's scared. Of him and every time people 312 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:42,720 take something. He gives the same response. 313 00:17:42,760 --> 00:17:44,560 So when Red goes and says hey evo grab. 314 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:49,720 My bike back, you know. What he says, What right? 315 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:52,280 And then when he takes his chain, they're like, man, people 316 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:53,800 give his chain back. What does he say? 317 00:17:54,360 --> 00:17:57,440 What chain? And. 318 00:17:57,440 --> 00:18:00,440 Watching this like man, you know, I feel like the same way 319 00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:04,440 with God, how we go to him like I'm messed up. 320 00:18:04,440 --> 00:18:09,360 Like I was like watching, come on, my Jesus covered you like 321 00:18:09,360 --> 00:18:13,680 you are forgiven of your sin. So when we go to Christ, we've 322 00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:17,840 been justified, justified by faith and we've been redeemed 323 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:21,240 and restored. So when God looks at us, he 324 00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:22,960 doesn't look at Ricky the Sinner. 325 00:18:23,080 --> 00:18:27,400 He looks at his son. So whenever we're forgiven, 326 00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:30,600 whenever we're forgiven because of our faith and we've asked 327 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:34,640 that we been redeemed and restored because of repentance 328 00:18:34,840 --> 00:18:36,800 and we go to God and we're like God, man. 329 00:18:36,800 --> 00:18:39,560 I can't because I've checked it up so bad and God looks like 330 00:18:39,560 --> 00:18:45,440 he's like, what did you Jack up? It's clear the Bible says it's 331 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:48,720 been wiped out. It's been blotted out. 332 00:18:49,480 --> 00:18:52,800 I also read a story of because I was in Forbes. 333 00:18:53,040 --> 00:18:54,960 So there was a story of about Royce. 334 00:18:55,080 --> 00:18:58,240 Royce. Royce is one of like, those cars 335 00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:03,440 cost more than houses and what Rolls Royce kind of pride? 336 00:19:03,440 --> 00:19:06,600 Himself. On is that their cars never have 337 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:10,480 an issue, they never have an issue and it was a. 338 00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:13,760 Story of a gentleman in the UK who sold some some of his 339 00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:16,000 companies and he wanted to buy himself. 340 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:19,920 His dream was to get a Rolls Royce, so he did. 341 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:22,960 And these cars run about 300 four, $100,000. 342 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:27,480 So it took about seven months. He got, he received his vehicle, 343 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:32,160 he was super excited about it and after about like 3 or 4 344 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:34,000 weeks he started to drive it and he started. 345 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:36,520 Hearing a sound that was coming from the injury. 346 00:19:38,440 --> 00:19:40,560 And he's like, I thought there was never any issues. 347 00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:44,080 So he calls the. Dealership and he lets them know 348 00:19:44,080 --> 00:19:45,760 like, hey, there's something wrong with the car. 349 00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:48,600 They're like no problem, we're going to fly somebody out to you 350 00:19:48,640 --> 00:19:51,360 immediately. So somebody gets on an airplane, 351 00:19:51,360 --> 00:19:54,120 goes to his home, the next day shows up. 352 00:19:55,040 --> 00:19:58,280 Fixes the vehicle and as he is leaving. 353 00:19:58,520 --> 00:20:01,160 The man looks and says, what do I owe you and the guy? 354 00:20:01,160 --> 00:20:03,440 Looks and says for what? He's like, 'cause you fix the 355 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:05,560 car, you fix the mistake in the. Car. 356 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:08,520 What the man looks, he turns around and he goes, what 357 00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:10,400 mistake? And he smiles and walks off. 358 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:16,680 And guys, when it comes to our sin, what we're saying is the 359 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:22,520 reason why we repent and turn to God is that our sin is blotted 360 00:20:22,520 --> 00:20:26,160 out and even when we bring it up. 361 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:30,840 There's this whole idea like that's like, I've, I've forgiven 362 00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:32,680 that. It's covered by Christ. 363 00:20:34,120 --> 00:20:35,680 I'm not going to bring it up, so why don't? 364 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:39,240 We bring it up you. Don't have to be forgiven. 365 00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:42,640 Our sins are wiped out. You know a better. 366 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:46,640 Translation is blotted out, and the word blotted out is it's 367 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:50,360 just kind of like a being erased off of a sheet of paper. 368 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:53,800 Like it's just gone. So what are the? 369 00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:58,880 Benefits of repentance is that we're not only forgiven, but our 370 00:20:58,880 --> 00:21:01,520 sins have been wiped away. They are forgotten. 371 00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:05,720 God doesn't just continually bring them back with Jesus the 372 00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:09,200 number 2. Another benefit of. 373 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:13,120 Forgiveness is refreshment and restoration for our souls. 374 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:16,200 It's how we refresh our souls. And there's something about 375 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:18,680 asking for forgiveness. Well, look what it says in the 376 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:22,720 text in 19 Eagle Sins May. Be wiped out, that times of 377 00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:26,880 refreshing may come from the Lord, and that He may send the 378 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:31,320 Messiah who has been appointed for you, even Jesus. 379 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:35,920 Times are refreshing, so it's not just that I've been. 380 00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:38,680 Forgiven, but God. Restores your soul. 381 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:44,360 And many of us that may be feeling just beat down and tired 382 00:21:44,360 --> 00:21:51,240 in life maybe the answer. Is repentance and asking. 383 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:53,200 The Lord to forgive. Maybe there might. 384 00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:56,080 Be some unforgiving sin, like something in your life. 385 00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:58,360 That you have not confessed to him yet. 386 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:01,880 The Bible says in James when? You confess sins to one another. 387 00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:06,400 Getting it out there, it helps. It helps with forgiveness. 388 00:22:06,440 --> 00:22:09,720 But Peter? Here is also talking about Jesus 389 00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:12,200 coming back. He's also talking about the 390 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:15,640 refreshness doesn't just come from us being in our souls 391 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:20,080 forgiveness, but also it comes back to knowing that Jesus is 392 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:22,880 coming back for his. People and that you're one of 393 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:23,440 his. People. 394 00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:26,200 What Peter is doing here is that he. 395 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:30,520 If you if you keep reading, look at verse 21 says heaven must. 396 00:22:30,520 --> 00:22:34,280 Receive him until the time's come for God to restore 397 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:36,680 everything as He. Promised long ago. 398 00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:40,200 Through the holy prophets for Moses said the Lord your God 399 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:44,120 will rise up for you, a prophet like me from among your own 400 00:22:44,120 --> 00:22:46,960 people and you must listen to everything he tells you. 401 00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:52,680 So what Peter is is is letting remember he's talking to the 402 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:55,920 people of Israel people that live in Jerusalem who don't 403 00:22:55,920 --> 00:22:58,360 really believe in the Messiah being Christ. 404 00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:02,400 He's warning them he's like man, if you guys would turn to Christ 405 00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:04,280 if you would put your faith in here. 406 00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:06,400 This could actually help the rest of your. 407 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:09,720 People out, when he comes back, he's going after their 408 00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:13,400 eschatology, how they saw the end times. 409 00:23:13,840 --> 00:23:18,000 Peter is essentially offering Israel the opportunity to hasten 410 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:22,120 the return of Jesus by embracing him, not just on a personal. 411 00:23:22,120 --> 00:23:24,760 Level, but on a national level, because we got to remember this 412 00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:27,480 is what he's talking about. We see this in in Matthew 23. 413 00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:31,440 We see some Romans 11. After 2339 Jesus calls out 414 00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:33,800 Jerusalem. Here he goes, For I tell you, 415 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:37,920 you will not see me again until you say blessing is heed, who 416 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:41,000 comes in the name of the Lord. Romans 11/25. 417 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:44,200 I do not want. You to be ignorant of this 418 00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:48,600 mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be 419 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:51,360 conceited. Israel has experienced a 420 00:23:51,360 --> 00:23:55,440 heartening in part until the full number of the Gentiles have 421 00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:59,120 come in. And in this way, all Israel will 422 00:23:59,120 --> 00:24:02,160 be saved. What he's doing is that he's, 423 00:24:02,320 --> 00:24:06,400 he's letting them know because remember, they believe that I 424 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:09,920 have faith in God. God has had favored me just 425 00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:13,240 because of where I was born and by who I was born. 426 00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:15,440 From. And Peter is pointing out like, 427 00:24:15,480 --> 00:24:18,320 no, it's not that. It's all about faith in Christ 428 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:20,480 regardless of where you're coming from. 429 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:24,600 So y'all need to turn to God. Y'all need to put your faith in 430 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:28,200 hand. There will be a period that will 431 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:31,520 be marked by all kinds of blood and renewals and listen to the 432 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:34,560 people of that day. The religious leaders thought 433 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:37,560 that because they had a covenant with God, they were good 434 00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:39,760 forever. And what he's pointing? 435 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:41,800 To. Here is that, listen, if you 436 00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:46,000 don't find faith in Christ, if your faith isn't anything other 437 00:24:46,040 --> 00:24:50,400 than the living God and his Son, that you can actually break the 438 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:53,200 covenant that he has with you because of your sin. 439 00:24:54,080 --> 00:24:56,200 And it was kind of like difficult to understand here, 440 00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:57,960 but Peter's like, you're not out. 441 00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:00,040 You're not out of the woods just because of where you're. 442 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:03,760 From we're all sinners. We all need to put our faith in 443 00:25:03,760 --> 00:25:06,840 Christ. We all need forgiveness. 444 00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:10,760 Then, if you keep reading in verse 22, Peter's warning about 445 00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:17,040 the dangers of rejecting Jesus. Because of the prophecy that 446 00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:20,880 he's just reading here in the Old Testament, in verse 23, he 447 00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:25,440 says anyone who does not listen to him will be completely cut 448 00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:28,280 off from their people. All these guys thought they were 449 00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:29,800 good. All these, all these guys 450 00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:31,520 thought. They were in and he's like, no, 451 00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:35,520 you reject Christ, you're rejecting the covenant because 452 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:39,440 Peter is also reciting Deuteronomy 18 and he's also 453 00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:44,400 reciting Leviticus 2329. He's understanding his audience. 454 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:48,160 Peter's audience was in a precarious position of losing 455 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:51,680 covenant blessings by rejecting the Messiah. 456 00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:58,720 Deuteronomy 18 verse 17 says, look, the Lord said to me, what 457 00:25:58,720 --> 00:26:03,200 they say is good. Verse 18 I will raise up for 458 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:07,000 them a prophet like you from among their fellow Israelites, 459 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:09,440 and I will put my words in his mouth. 460 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:13,320 He will then tell them everything I have commanded him. 461 00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:16,640 Verse 19 I myself will call to account. 462 00:26:16,680 --> 00:26:21,880 Anyone who does not listen to my words that the prophet speaks in 463 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:26,520 my name. So #3 what's another benefit of 464 00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:30,600 repentance being spared from the promise of judgment? 465 00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:35,360 Thanks. Repentance is required for 466 00:26:35,360 --> 00:26:38,320 redemption. Repentance is required for 467 00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:41,400 justification. And if you are unrepentant, if 468 00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:46,160 you do not repent your sin to God, then you're still under His 469 00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:48,040 breath and you're still under His judgments. 470 00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:49,720 And that's what He's calling us out for. 471 00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:54,160 There's a destruction that is promised in prophecy that's 472 00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:56,880 going to come to this generation of the Jewish. 473 00:26:56,880 --> 00:26:59,480 People. Because they lived amongst 474 00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:03,200 Jesus, they saw His miracles, they heard His word, and they 475 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:06,800 still rejected Him. So there's going to be a 476 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:10,920 judgment that's going to happen to this generation, and Peter is 477 00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:13,480 warning them. I also think this is great for 478 00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:17,880 us to understand that many of us in this room and many of us in 479 00:27:18,120 --> 00:27:23,200 Texas have heard the gospel. We have heard the message of 480 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:25,760 Christ. We have been on mission trips, 481 00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:28,560 we have been to VBS, we have been to church. 482 00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:30,720 And yet you still don't. Know the Gospel. 483 00:27:32,360 --> 00:27:36,760 So judgment is going to be even worse because you know the truth 484 00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:40,320 and you have rejected it. And what Peter's calling out, 485 00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:43,600 he's like, man, there's a way. There's a way. 486 00:27:44,120 --> 00:27:46,200 Just put. Your faith in Christ and repent 487 00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:53,680 and believe, which I think is extremely loving and then verse 488 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:57,600 24 indeed being with Samuel, all the prophets. 489 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:01,160 Who have spoken have foretold these days. 490 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:07,360 Why does Peter mention Samuel? Which I think is just so 491 00:28:07,360 --> 00:28:10,080 fascinating to me Because we know that Samuel Samuel was 492 00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:12,240 called a prophet in first Samuel chapter. 493 00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:16,800 Three verse 20 he didn't directly prophecy about Christ. 494 00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:19,480 Are you who came out of his lineage David? 495 00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:23,600 Christ came from David, Second Samuel, Chapter 7. 496 00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:27,520 So remember, Peter's talking to religious leaders, so he's tying 497 00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:32,160 them back. To what they know verse 25 and 498 00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:34,880 you are heirs. Of the prophets and of the 499 00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:37,160 covenant God made with your Father's. 500 00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:41,480 He said to Abraham, through your offspring, all peoples on earth 501 00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:43,640 will be blessed. And when God raised up his 502 00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:48,120 servant, he sent him first to you to bless you by turning each 503 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:50,920 of you from your wicked ways. From your wicked ways. 504 00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:54,040 He puts you on another direction. 505 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:56,360 He gives you a new direction. I know some are thinking One 506 00:28:56,360 --> 00:29:00,720 Direction. But he gives. 507 00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:03,520 Us a new direction to go in. That's what repent means. 508 00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:06,240 Repent. Means about face, it's not a 509 00:29:06,240 --> 00:29:11,160 360, it is a money. So you're going one way and then 510 00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:15,760 then you turn around, he turns you around and he places you on 511 00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:17,480 a new direction. A. 512 00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:18,840 Different. Direction. 513 00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:21,360 And honestly, it is One Direction and that. 514 00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:25,000 Direction is toward again, so that direction that he gives you 515 00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:28,360 because of our repentance to him, He doesn't just forgive 516 00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:30,960 you. He doesn't just like blot out 517 00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:33,520 your sin. He doesn't just forget about all 518 00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:36,040 that stuff, but he takes you and he says. 519 00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:37,400 You know what? You're going the wrong. 520 00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:41,280 Way the way that you're going is destructive. 521 00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:45,160 It's hard like man like the that's not the person I have for 522 00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:47,000 you. That's not the job I have for 523 00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:50,520 you. If you trust me, let let me give 524 00:29:50,520 --> 00:29:53,400 you a better direction. So what did he do? 525 00:29:54,760 --> 00:29:57,320 When you surrender your life, that takes you. 526 00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:01,360 So when we trust Him. With all your heart and you 527 00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:03,080 don't. Mean on your own understanding 528 00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:05,880 and you acknowledge him. In all of your ways, then, what 529 00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:07,000 does he do? He directs. 530 00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:11,440 Your path, that's probably true. Everything is about God 531 00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:14,560 directing your path and on with this the man that was. 532 00:30:14,560 --> 00:30:16,480 Sitting at the gate called. Beautiful he was. 533 00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:19,160 Lame, he was asking. For money. 534 00:30:19,160 --> 00:30:22,600 He was asking for alms and John and Peter look at him and says 535 00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:25,440 hey listen, what I have is so much better for you. 536 00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:27,920 I could give you gold, I could give you silver. 537 00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:29,440 But you're still not going to be able to walk. 538 00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:32,120 You'll be here tomorrow. So what I'm going to do is I'm 539 00:30:32,120 --> 00:30:34,240 going to give you Christ. In Christ. 540 00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:38,240 It's not about the healing physically the greatest miracle. 541 00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:41,800 Is how he heals a man's. Heart and how he forgives it and 542 00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:43,120 how he changes our. Lives. 543 00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:45,720 So he looks at him, Say I got something better for you. 544 00:30:45,840 --> 00:30:50,520 It's Christ, John and Peter, and they go to the temple and 545 00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:54,080 they're celebrating and Peter looks at the crowd and he goes. 546 00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:56,760 Listen guys, I know you're excited, but I got something so 547 00:30:56,760 --> 00:30:59,800 much better for you. His name is Jesus. 548 00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:04,280 Put your faith in Him. Put your faith in Him. 549 00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:08,120 He's better. And I just want to let you guys 550 00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:10,200 know today. I don't know why you're. 551 00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:11,680 Here I don't know what you're looking for. 552 00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:16,640 I don't know what you came for number some of us man jobs are 553 00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:18,800 important, families are important to us goals of 554 00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:23,560 appointment social. Life, your dreams, your careers, 555 00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:26,800 whatever it is, whatever you're looking for. 556 00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:30,760 Awesome. But I got something so much 557 00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:34,280 better than you. And his name is Jesus, and if 558 00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:37,760 you put your faith in him, and you repent, you put your hope 559 00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:40,560 in. Him, let him change your. 560 00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:44,960 Direction and watch him do some amazing things. 561 00:31:45,840 --> 00:31:47,880 It's going to be great. We pray for us. 562 00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:51,440 So Father we love you and we thank you so much for all that 563 00:31:51,440 --> 00:31:56,640 you're doing Lord Lord, I pray that those who have heard your 564 00:31:56,640 --> 00:31:59,480 word and those who have received the message God that they don't 565 00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:03,640 reject you that they don't turn from you but they turn towards 566 00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:05,080 you. So, Father, if there's anybody 567 00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:08,240 in this space, there's everybody in this room right now that is 568 00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:10,920 searching, that is looking for meaning, that is looking. 569 00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:14,960 For repentance, Father, I pray that you convict their hearts, 570 00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:17,880 you convict their lives, Father, that you know like man, if you 571 00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:21,040 just, if you just ask God to repent for your repentance or if 572 00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:23,720 you just. Give God your sin, he is mighty 573 00:32:23,720 --> 00:32:27,080 and Savior forgive you and he will embrace everything. 574 00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:30,600 So Jesus, in your name, I pray that your Holy Spirit, come now, 575 00:32:31,880 --> 00:32:34,400 work on our hearts, work on our minds, work on our lives, 576 00:32:34,400 --> 00:32:38,000 Father, and help us turn to you power and repentance. 577 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:41,520 Lord, help us to get over ourselves and admit our fault in 578 00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:43,920 Jesus name and Amen. And as we worship, we're. 579 00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:47,240 Going to have some people here that if you would like somebody 580 00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:47,920 to. Pray with. 581 00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:51,520 Please feel free to come and pray with them if the altar is 582 00:32:51,520 --> 00:32:52,960 open. If you just need time to pray by 583 00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:55,760 yourself, you can do that too. There's nothing weird about 584 00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:57,520 that. But don't, don't let this moment 585 00:32:57,520 --> 00:32:57,760 go.