1 00:00:07,900 --> 00:00:11,900 It is indeed a great pleasure tonight to assemble with each 2 00:00:11,900 --> 00:00:17,100 one of you to worship Our God in spirit, and in truth, a great 3 00:00:17,100 --> 00:00:20,400 pleasure and a great privilege and none of us should take for 4 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:23,900 granted and all of us should look forward to. 5 00:00:24,100 --> 00:00:29,100 Every time we possibly can, as you see on the board tonight, we 6 00:00:29,100 --> 00:00:35,400 would like to preach about what Luke 24 verse 46 and 47 talks 7 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:39,300 about and that is Is preaching repentance. 8 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:42,300 Go with me. If you will to the Book of Luke, 9 00:00:42,300 --> 00:00:48,800 the 24th chapter now, Luke 24. This is Luke's account of the 10 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:51,800 Gospel. We have studied that extensively 11 00:00:52,100 --> 00:00:54,700 through this meeting notice please. 12 00:00:54,700 --> 00:00:59,500 What he said in Luke 24, beginning of a 46, the Bible 13 00:00:59,500 --> 00:01:04,500 said, thus, it is written, and thus, it behoove Christ has 14 00:01:04,500 --> 00:01:06,800 suffered and to rise again from the dead. 15 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:13,400 Add the third day and that repentance and remission of sins 16 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:18,500 should be preached in his name, among all nations, beginning at 17 00:01:18,700 --> 00:01:24,100 Jerusalem, the message of repentance, was not new to 18 00:01:24,100 --> 00:01:27,600 Jesus. John, the Baptist preached 19 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:31,600 repentance for the kingdom of God is at hand. 20 00:01:32,300 --> 00:01:35,800 Jesus did indeed, preached. It the apostles, preached. 21 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:38,900 It other in. Inspired men of God preached it 22 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:43,900 you can find it from Matthew through Revelation the need for 23 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:48,200 repentance. I am fearfully afraid today that 24 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:56,900 many of us do not repent when we should I am also afraid that 25 00:01:56,900 --> 00:02:01,300 many times we're talking to people trying to persuade them 26 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:05,900 to live a good Godly Christian life and they need to make 27 00:02:05,900 --> 00:02:08,500 changes in their life. That we don't ask for 28 00:02:08,500 --> 00:02:13,800 repentance, we merely ask for confession and prayer. 29 00:02:14,500 --> 00:02:17,600 I'm going to be addressing a few of those things tonight. 30 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:21,800 And I all the stories and illustration that I would give 31 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:28,500 tonight during this lesson True. It is not normal for me to give 32 00:02:28,500 --> 00:02:31,800 a lot of illustrations, real life illustration. 33 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:38,000 But I'm going to do that tonight because it makes his point solid 34 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:41,600 within your heart, and in your mind, it will help you and help 35 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:45,600 me to better understanding and will really poke and prod me a 36 00:02:45,608 --> 00:02:49,100 little bit to call for repentance. 37 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:55,000 I was listening to an audio CD one day. 38 00:02:56,500 --> 00:03:00,700 And the preacher who I did not know, but a member of the church 39 00:03:00,700 --> 00:03:03,100 had given me. This CD and asked me what I 40 00:03:03,100 --> 00:03:06,600 plays, listen to it, and then tell them what I thought. 41 00:03:07,700 --> 00:03:11,100 Well, the speaker with a very good speaker and I was enjoying 42 00:03:11,100 --> 00:03:13,500 listening. I just went to my office and 43 00:03:13,700 --> 00:03:16,700 plugged it in and I'm just sitting there and listening and 44 00:03:16,700 --> 00:03:23,000 all of a sudden he made a point. He said, the hardest command in 45 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:26,700 the Bible is to command to repent. 46 00:03:28,700 --> 00:03:34,300 I stopped the player and I thought, The hardest command in 47 00:03:34,300 --> 00:03:37,500 the Bible is the command to repent. 48 00:03:38,100 --> 00:03:41,500 At first, I was not ready to embrace that. 49 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:46,500 But I'm being very said, one of the hardest, I'm all aboard, the 50 00:03:46,500 --> 00:03:50,400 hardest just wasn't quite ready to embrace that yet. 51 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:55,700 I backed up and listen to his last few moments before he made 52 00:03:55,700 --> 00:03:58,800 that statement again. And he said it again, of course 53 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:03,000 Replay in his head, the hardest command in the Bible is the 54 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:07,700 command to repent, and then I listened to several more minutes 55 00:04:07,700 --> 00:04:12,800 and I stopped again. Because I began to think, you 56 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:15,100 know, this gentleman may be right. 57 00:04:16,100 --> 00:04:19,899 There's a lot of hard commands, the word of God even said, there 58 00:04:19,899 --> 00:04:24,100 are many hard sayings and the scripture, there's a lot of hard 59 00:04:24,100 --> 00:04:26,700 things in scripture, but we can do it. 60 00:04:26,900 --> 00:04:29,700 God is on our side, we can do it. 61 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:33,300 But I'm zeroing in on repentance today. 62 00:04:33,700 --> 00:04:37,100 The hardest command in the Bible to obey is repentance. 63 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:41,500 Just think about it. When you are asked to repent, or 64 00:04:41,500 --> 00:04:46,300 I am asked to repent or we have somebody else to repent. 65 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:48,500 What is it? We're asking people to do. 66 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:52,800 We're asking people to make a change. 67 00:04:53,900 --> 00:04:59,600 A changing their mind and a change their ways by myself. 68 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:03,700 That's hard. Otherwise I will hundred fifty 69 00:05:03,700 --> 00:05:08,400 pounds. We know, changes are not easy. 70 00:05:10,100 --> 00:05:14,200 Many of you have situations in your life that if you could 71 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:18,500 change and you did change, you know, you'd be better, but 72 00:05:18,500 --> 00:05:24,700 change does not come easy, but spiritually, we must learn to 73 00:05:24,700 --> 00:05:30,800 repent and make the necessary changes of our mind and changes 74 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:36,800 of our ways. I was in a Bible study one night 75 00:05:37,100 --> 00:05:40,500 with these young lady and and she was really a good student of 76 00:05:40,500 --> 00:05:42,900 the scriptures. And as we said in the 77 00:05:42,900 --> 00:05:47,000 scriptures, we have been studying about salvation and 78 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:51,500 about the need to repent and to make things, right? 79 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:59,400 When is necessary and his shoes leaving my office, I remember 80 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:03,900 distinctly, she started she turned around and she leaned on 81 00:06:03,900 --> 00:06:08,000 the doorway and she said, Rhode Island. 82 00:06:09,300 --> 00:06:13,700 How do I know if I'm truly repented of my sins? 83 00:06:15,100 --> 00:06:17,600 Wow, that was a very good question. 84 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:21,000 This young lady asked and I gave the best answer. 85 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:26,100 I knew that time to give her And it was a but just a couple of 86 00:06:26,100 --> 00:06:30,200 weeks or so later, we had a couple of visitors, attend, one 87 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:33,500 of our members had passed away and we're taking care of her 88 00:06:33,500 --> 00:06:37,600 service, her funeral service and her daughter. 89 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:40,900 Daughter-in-law one, I think of the daughter-in-law, she came to 90 00:06:40,900 --> 00:06:44,300 services and she came and she said right up here on the front 91 00:06:44,300 --> 00:06:47,800 row. And after Services, I went over 92 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:49,500 to speak with her and let her know. 93 00:06:49,500 --> 00:06:52,600 I was glad she was there. And what was again offered my 94 00:06:52,700 --> 00:06:58,800 condolences for the loss of her mother-in-law and she's if what 95 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:02,700 do I need to do? She's my mother-in-law, love 96 00:07:02,700 --> 00:07:05,600 this church. And I want to be a member of 97 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:07,900 this church. Why do I need to do? 98 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:12,400 Well, of course, I set out to explain the Plan of Salvation 99 00:07:12,500 --> 00:07:16,500 according to scripture, and I went rock marks my way right 100 00:07:16,500 --> 00:07:21,000 through it and she was not a member of the Lord's Church of, 101 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:26,100 and I got through her. Immediate question was what is 102 00:07:26,100 --> 00:07:31,200 repentance? You know, today you and I we 103 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:36,400 know what repentance is to me and you repentance has a 104 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:41,400 household word. But people in the world by and 105 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:45,300 large they don't know what repentance is they don't ever 106 00:07:45,300 --> 00:07:50,200 hear repentance many of the modern translation, omit the 107 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:54,000 word repentance, they would put a change of life. 108 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:57,800 Change your wave, change your mind and that is the definition 109 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:03,400 of repentance and I was 5 to do that but the word repentance is 110 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:06,500 almost archaic and our language today. 111 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:10,600 That's hard to imagine but if Really true people in this 112 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:13,600 community are no different than people in the community where I 113 00:08:13,608 --> 00:08:18,900 live in Oklahoma City, or Dallas before that or Missouri before 114 00:08:18,900 --> 00:08:22,300 that people, just simply don't know what repentance is. 115 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:26,000 I'm talking about people who are unchurched people who do not 116 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:30,200 know the Bible, then just simply foreign from scripture but good 117 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:32,200 hearts and good people. No doubt. 118 00:08:34,100 --> 00:08:37,900 Well, I had a great conversation with her and lady. 119 00:08:37,900 --> 00:08:42,200 She was baptized and became our sister in the faith. 120 00:08:43,100 --> 00:08:46,600 There's a lot of people today that need to be reached be 121 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:50,300 prepared with the right message to give to them. 122 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:54,300 Oh, no doubt at all. I have no doubt majority of you 123 00:08:54,300 --> 00:08:56,400 today. Who are members of the church. 124 00:08:56,500 --> 00:09:01,900 You can show people how you must hear the word of God, and you 125 00:09:01,900 --> 00:09:06,300 must believe the word of God. I know you could do that with, 126 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:10,800 with great amount of success. And you can tell them, they need 127 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:15,100 to confess the name of Jesus. They need to establish their 128 00:09:15,100 --> 00:09:17,900 faith. I believe that Jesus Christ is 129 00:09:17,900 --> 00:09:22,500 Son of God and they need to be buried in baptism for the 130 00:09:22,500 --> 00:09:26,000 remission of their sin. No doubt you could do that. 131 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:30,300 But do you know what? What about repentance? 132 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:34,900 Now this is going to be little bit piercing, it may be a little 133 00:09:34,900 --> 00:09:38,600 bit bold, even it might be a little bit, fix it. 134 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:42,700 But if it is take it, if the shoe fits wearing, okay. 135 00:09:44,100 --> 00:09:49,900 When is the last time you ever asked someone to repent? 136 00:09:51,700 --> 00:09:57,700 this is, You probably second now Alan you could have talked to 137 00:09:57,700 --> 00:10:02,400 all day and never ask that. But, I'm serious. 138 00:10:02,700 --> 00:10:08,500 When is the last time you asked anybody to repent of their sins? 139 00:10:09,900 --> 00:10:14,300 A baptized believer who has lost their spiritual way and they 140 00:10:14,300 --> 00:10:17,800 need to come back to the Lord and repent confess and have 141 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:21,200 prayer. Many of them thinking to here, I 142 00:10:21,200 --> 00:10:23,200 need to get them by to make a confession. 143 00:10:23,900 --> 00:10:28,400 Yeah they do. They need to repent to My dear 144 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:31,600 friends when you see people and you know people and you're 145 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:35,100 talking to those who are out of Duty, the faith who have gone 146 00:10:35,100 --> 00:10:37,400 astray. The Bible said who have aired 147 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:40,500 from the right way, you know, who have committed sin of their 148 00:10:40,500 --> 00:10:43,500 life? They need to be taught to repent 149 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:48,300 confess and have fryer. That is part of God's great 150 00:10:48,300 --> 00:10:52,400 plan, and we need to embrace that because that is God's will 151 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:55,000 God's way. And that is taught in scripture. 152 00:10:55,100 --> 00:11:00,400 I'm not making this up tonight. This is all taken from, but 153 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:06,600 chapter and verse a baptized believer who commits sin, also 154 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:10,100 told to hear the word of God, they're told to believe the word 155 00:11:10,100 --> 00:11:14,200 of God to repent, change your life change. 156 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:19,000 Her ways, change their thinking, confess their thoughts and have 157 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:22,800 prayer. Repentance. 158 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:29,000 I'm going to encourage you to urge you, to poke you to prod, 159 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:34,800 you to get it part of your vocabulary that when you're 160 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:39,000 speaking to someone, who doesn't know the Lord, whose not 161 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:42,400 currently living a Christian Life that in the process of 162 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:48,800 helping them, let them know. They need to repent, the Bible 163 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:52,900 teaches us to preach repentance convey that to other people. 164 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:57,600 Our poor, number three, and four on the board. 165 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:04,200 Is to a sinner who's told to repent and to Saints who are 166 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:08,400 told to repent. Now, sinner is a non baptized 167 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:12,900 person, simply not baptized into Jesus Christ. 168 00:12:12,900 --> 00:12:15,300 They're not members of the Lord's church. 169 00:12:15,300 --> 00:12:19,600 Now, I'm not necessarily read all these verses, but our 170 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:22,800 reference them and I know several of you probably have 171 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:25,600 heard have this written down and some of you took a picture of 172 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:28,700 it, but you might want to take another picture because I had 173 00:12:28,700 --> 00:12:35,000 the wrong letter there. Jesus gave this passage and Luke 174 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:39,900 13 Verse 3. Jesus said I tell you nay and 175 00:12:39,900 --> 00:12:44,500 sent you repent. You shall all likewise perish. 176 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:48,600 Very unusual. But it's found in the Bible at 177 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:57,500 least twice in verse 5. Luke 13:3 and Luke 13 5 Jesus 178 00:12:57,500 --> 00:13:00,900 repeats himself, he gives another illustration from the 179 00:13:00,900 --> 00:13:04,100 Old Testament and then he compared the current people with 180 00:13:04,100 --> 00:13:08,400 the people of the old. He said, I tell you nay, except 181 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:12,000 you didn't repent. You will all likewise perish. 182 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:19,000 Wow, understand repent or perish. 183 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:24,200 Listen, there's nothing fun about this word, perish. 184 00:13:25,100 --> 00:13:29,100 When you read instead of the word of God you can see Jesus 185 00:13:29,100 --> 00:13:31,900 said if you don't believe in me you're going to be down. 186 00:13:32,300 --> 00:13:35,500 There's nothing Pleasant about that word, just not nothing 187 00:13:35,500 --> 00:13:39,900 Pleasant about the word, Parish Jesus say you deny me, I will 188 00:13:39,900 --> 00:13:44,400 deny you we don't want any part of those kind of Things, we need 189 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:48,200 to step up to the plate. We need to take our spiritual 190 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:52,900 life, seriously. Let it be first and foremost in 191 00:13:52,900 --> 00:13:58,200 our life and whatever it takes whenever we have to compromise 192 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:01,200 and give up and our physical life. 193 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:05,600 Let's do it. To do what the Lord teaches. 194 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:09,600 Well, Luke 13:3 and five. Jesus made it clear. 195 00:14:09,700 --> 00:14:14,800 We've already read, Luke 24:46 and 47 where he said preaching 196 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:19,900 repentance and remission of sand and Acts 2:38 a chapter. 197 00:14:19,900 --> 00:14:23,200 We studied the other night, we gave 10 points. 198 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:28,700 Take it for this chapter. Relax 238 says, you know, Peter 199 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:31,400 answered this. People that said, what we have 200 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:35,200 us to do in verse 37. He said, repent. 201 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:39,700 Right off the bat, repent. Now I'll be very Frank with you 202 00:14:39,700 --> 00:14:44,100 today. We have not been accustomed to 203 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:47,300 when someone asks us a question. What do I need to do to 204 00:14:47,300 --> 00:14:51,100 straighten up very few of us have said, repent. 205 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:56,600 Now we normally say, well you need to be baptized or if 206 00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:59,400 they've already been baptized you need to make a confession 207 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:03,500 and have frere. Dear friend, I'm honest with you 208 00:15:03,508 --> 00:15:07,000 today. We are not calling on people to 209 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:11,900 repent and making a change and when people are not making a 210 00:15:11,900 --> 00:15:17,200 change, we haven't done them a great service, we have made them 211 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:21,200 feel good without making a change in their heart that 212 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:24,400 changing the will and ways and it's just not good. 213 00:15:25,300 --> 00:15:27,700 All right. Would you live with me at act 3 214 00:15:27,700 --> 00:15:33,500 and 19 which is very similar to Acts 2:38 That's the third 215 00:15:33,500 --> 00:15:34,800 chapter. Verse 19. 216 00:15:34,900 --> 00:15:38,200 Says, repent and be converted. Thanks to say his name. 217 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:41,500 Be blotted out for the time of refreshing shall come. 218 00:15:42,500 --> 00:15:46,400 When you look at the gospel about 2:38 where he called on 219 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:49,400 people to repent. You look at that 319. 220 00:15:49,500 --> 00:15:52,900 He called on people to repent. These are people who never obey 221 00:15:52,900 --> 00:15:56,900 the gospel and baptism. This is he Church in his early 222 00:15:56,900 --> 00:16:00,600 stages? And then acts 11:19. 223 00:16:00,700 --> 00:16:03,800 The Gentiles were given the same privileges. 224 00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:10,100 The Jews are given repentance unto life, Now, hurried through 225 00:16:10,100 --> 00:16:14,200 those, but I want you to turn in your Bible to acts 17 and verse 226 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:15,800 30. I would turn off. 227 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:20,700 So I want you to look at this in your scriptures, whatever 228 00:16:20,700 --> 00:16:22,900 translation you've chosen to use. 229 00:16:23,500 --> 00:16:26,000 I wouldn't trade you for the King James that I do. 230 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:28,900 And I want you to listen carefully. 231 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:36,400 This is very serious discussion. I accept 19 and verse 30 and the 232 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:42,800 time of this ignorance, God winked at, but now commandeth 233 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:47,700 listen are all men everywhere to repent. 234 00:16:48,500 --> 00:16:52,800 Guess what? All men includes you and me 235 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:57,100 everywhere. That's you, that's me, everyone. 236 00:16:57,200 --> 00:17:01,700 Of us everywhere. We are we all should repent? 237 00:17:01,700 --> 00:17:06,800 God. Commands, all of been able for 238 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:10,800 are to repent. So my may I please encourage 239 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:13,599 you. If you have sin in your life, 240 00:17:13,599 --> 00:17:18,000 understand the necessity of repentance. 241 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:26,900 So of the baptized believer going to port for saints Saints 242 00:17:26,900 --> 00:17:33,500 is baptized believers. So as a baptized Believers one, 243 00:17:33,500 --> 00:17:39,900 who has been saved at the point of baptism It is a wonderful, 244 00:17:39,900 --> 00:17:45,000 wonderful, joyous day the day that you walk into this water, a 245 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:51,300 dry Center and you walk out a wet Kristen, you're immersed in 246 00:17:51,300 --> 00:17:53,400 water. According the New Testament, 247 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:56,100 scripture you're buried. And watcher. 248 00:17:57,800 --> 00:18:00,600 That's Jesus. When he was baptized, he was 249 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:05,400 coming up, straightway out of the water and lo the heavens 250 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:09,900 were opened and add of those Spirit descending like a dove 251 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:14,600 and lighting upon him and a voice from Heaven, said, this is 252 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:18,800 my beloved Son in whom I am. Well pleased hear, ye him. 253 00:18:20,200 --> 00:18:25,400 Wow, that's all recorded. By the way, Matthew 3 verse 16 254 00:18:25,400 --> 00:18:28,300 and verse 17 the baptism of Jesus. 255 00:18:28,500 --> 00:18:34,600 Matthew 3 verse 16 verse 17 but they came up out of the water 256 00:18:34,700 --> 00:18:40,400 you know, today if an individual did not know better and they 257 00:18:40,400 --> 00:18:44,800 warned know what baptism is they very likely would go to maybe a 258 00:18:44,800 --> 00:18:48,900 Collegiate dictionary? Just the school dictionary and 259 00:18:48,900 --> 00:18:50,700 look up, baptism and you know what? 260 00:18:50,700 --> 00:18:53,300 They're going to find by and large. 261 00:18:53,300 --> 00:18:57,400 You will find sprinkling pouring our immersion. 262 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:05,000 But you do not look up. Bible words by human dictionary 263 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:07,500 like that. You love bomb the words. 264 00:19:07,500 --> 00:19:12,300 I've been to Bible dictionary because over the course of time. 265 00:19:13,100 --> 00:19:15,200 Some words have changed his meaning. 266 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:20,400 So I encourage you today, whatever your Bible study habits 267 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:25,000 are that you really focus in on the need to repent. 268 00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:29,600 And as a saint, as a baptized believer, whenever you commit 269 00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:34,400 sin, I want you to run eyes. His in order for you to go to 270 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:43,300 heaven, you must repent of what you sin, you lied, you cheated, 271 00:19:43,500 --> 00:19:47,900 you curse yours and moral you. The assembly you didn't want 272 00:19:47,900 --> 00:19:51,600 ever but everyone she did. I want you to think about it 273 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:55,500 before you do it. If I'm going to be saved, I'm 274 00:19:55,500 --> 00:19:57,700 tempted to do this. Whatever. 275 00:19:57,700 --> 00:20:02,100 This is I must repent of that sin. 276 00:20:02,100 --> 00:20:08,800 I'm going to hell with that sin. Sometimes I can be a helpful 277 00:20:08,900 --> 00:20:13,200 motivator not to sin. So you said I would have gone up 278 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:16,800 to sooner or later I'm not gonna pray to God. 279 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:21,600 I'm have to confess my faults one another and then pray to God 280 00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:24,500 some way. Somehow Alan's got to repent 281 00:20:24,500 --> 00:20:28,000 when I sin, I need to know that and you know that really helps 282 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:31,400 not to sin. Now, we all do see and I know 283 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:34,800 that we all made the state's some intentional, some 284 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:37,300 unintentional, but a sin is a sin. 285 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:42,300 Every sin has to be repented. So you can make it right? 286 00:20:42,700 --> 00:20:44,600 And things the right with you and the Lord. 287 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:51,300 Well, the word of God says the following and that exact 22, I 288 00:20:51,300 --> 00:20:55,800 really, really, really wanted to teach on ax8 this week. 289 00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:59,600 I was going through my notebook today and I was seeing some oh 290 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:03,500 yeah I wanted to break that. Oh yeah, I want to fix that too. 291 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:06,300 Well, I think we can start for another week and we've covered 292 00:21:06,300 --> 00:21:09,300 quite a bit of material that's not the plan. 293 00:21:09,300 --> 00:21:13,900 Of course I'll be leaving here. Lord willing on Monday Acts 294 00:21:14,300 --> 00:21:18,800 chapter verse 22. Acts 8 is wonderful. 295 00:21:18,900 --> 00:21:21,000 I want to give you a couple of brief highlights. 296 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:25,200 I am not going to get distracted on the stay on our course, about 297 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:26,700 preaching repentance. Okay. 298 00:21:26,900 --> 00:21:28,800 But I do want to show you a couple of details. 299 00:21:29,100 --> 00:21:33,100 I'd say the gospel goes to the city of Samaria. 300 00:21:35,100 --> 00:21:37,800 Many of them obeyed, the gospel and baptism. 301 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:39,700 Would you please look at verse 12? 302 00:21:41,300 --> 00:21:48,000 and verse 12 and said, and I sake, But when they believed 303 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:51,600 Philip preaching, the things concerning the kingdom of God, 304 00:21:51,700 --> 00:21:55,700 the name of Jesus Christ. They were baptized both men and 305 00:21:55,700 --> 00:21:58,400 women. Many of the Samaritans were 306 00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:01,500 baptized. That was the find the step for 307 00:22:01,500 --> 00:22:05,700 them to become a new testament. Christian, the very next verse 308 00:22:05,900 --> 00:22:09,800 introduces, another person Simon the Sorcerer. 309 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:14,600 So please look at him verse 13, then Simon himself believed. 310 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:19,100 Also when he was Sized. He continued with Philip 311 00:22:19,100 --> 00:22:22,000 wondering beholding, his Americans assigned which were 312 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:24,400 done. Simon himself believed. 313 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:28,600 Also, and was baptized now, doesn't that sound familiar? 314 00:22:30,300 --> 00:22:35,900 Believed and were baptized Mark. 16 verse 16. 315 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:39,000 Jesus said he that believeth and is baptized shall be saved 316 00:22:39,300 --> 00:22:41,500 Simon. The Sorcerer believed I was 317 00:22:41,500 --> 00:22:45,000 baptized and he was saved to that moment. 318 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:49,900 Today in order for you to be saved, you have to say anything, 319 00:22:50,100 --> 00:22:56,600 the Samaritans did and Simon however Simon, he would just 320 00:22:56,600 --> 00:23:00,800 take him back and was in all of the Miracles. 321 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:04,600 The apostles were able to do. I don't know how much time 322 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:08,300 elapsed. A few hours a few days. 323 00:23:08,300 --> 00:23:14,400 Few weeks, I don't know, but somewhere between verse 13 and 324 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:20,200 verse 22. He sinned Peter rebuked him 325 00:23:20,300 --> 00:23:22,500 sharply. Look at verse 22. 326 00:23:22,700 --> 00:23:26,600 Look what Peter said. And I say, and verse 22, Peter 327 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:31,700 said, repent, therefore of this thy wickedness and pray, God. 328 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:34,600 You wonder where we get repentance and prayer. 329 00:23:34,700 --> 00:23:38,800 There it is. Repent and pray to God. 330 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:42,300 If perhaps to tell him down, heart may be forgiven thee. 331 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:47,400 And when I want to say Simon said, would you pray for me? 332 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:52,400 Why the Bible does not say Philip, did I have? 333 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:56,000 No doubt that he did. What religious spiritual person 334 00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:59,800 would not. Please understand. 335 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:05,600 I want you to go to heaven. I want our names, be written in 336 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:08,800 the Lamb's Book of Life. I want our name to be written in 337 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:12,100 having the fame of this meaning and we've encouraged him from 338 00:24:12,100 --> 00:24:16,700 night tonight and variety of lesson and variety of thoughts 339 00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:20,700 trying to evaluate Our Lives. According to scripture, to make 340 00:24:20,700 --> 00:24:23,200 sure that our name is written and have them. 341 00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:27,300 Listen today, if you've never been baptized, your name is not 342 00:24:27,300 --> 00:24:30,500 written in heaven. I'm telling you right now if you 343 00:24:30,500 --> 00:24:34,700 have him baptized and you stand, you need to Repent confess and 344 00:24:34,700 --> 00:24:38,600 prayer in order to get your name reinstated and the Lamb's Book 345 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:40,600 of Life. Because the Bible talks about 346 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:45,300 those who sins are blotted out, believe me in the day of 347 00:24:45,300 --> 00:24:49,000 judgment, I do not want the Lord to look at where my name used to 348 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:52,300 be and there's nothing there, but a blower is blocked. 349 00:24:53,100 --> 00:24:56,000 I don't want any part of that. I don't want it for you. 350 00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:59,700 I don't want it for you and I sure don't want him for me. 351 00:25:02,100 --> 00:25:06,100 We must repentance repentance is not an option. 352 00:25:06,100 --> 00:25:09,600 It is the command of God in second. 353 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:15,100 Peter 3 and verse 9. Peter who is he Apostle, who 354 00:25:15,100 --> 00:25:19,400 preached this, sermon in Acts 22, the Jews, Peter preached, 355 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:24,100 this sermon and acts 10 and also and to chapter 11 to the 356 00:25:24,100 --> 00:25:29,300 Gentiles here now and second Peter 3 now and years later, he 357 00:25:29,300 --> 00:25:34,100 said the Lord is not slack concerning his promise. 358 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:40,400 As some men count slackness but is long-suffering he's not 359 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:47,500 willing that any should perish, but all come to repentance. 360 00:25:49,300 --> 00:25:53,200 Peter said, the same thing that Jesus said right here, Luke 361 00:25:53,200 --> 00:25:57,300 13:3, Luke 13 5, Second Peter 3:9. 362 00:25:57,400 --> 00:26:00,700 They match. Repent, or perish. 363 00:26:01,300 --> 00:26:03,200 Learn doesn't want anyone to perish. 364 00:26:03,500 --> 00:26:08,600 He wants them all to repent. I do not know what else could 365 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:11,400 motivate us to say. We gotta change. 366 00:26:11,500 --> 00:26:14,100 We got to do the right thing. Here, we don't want to cut 367 00:26:14,100 --> 00:26:20,300 yourself weighed and found wanting and that final day In 368 00:26:20,300 --> 00:26:26,500 Revelation Port 3 and 4 under point for here before Saints 369 00:26:26,500 --> 00:26:29,100 baptized Believers. I'm not going to read all of 370 00:26:29,108 --> 00:26:33,200 these but Revelation 2 and Revelation 3 that they deal with 371 00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:36,200 this seven congregations and Asia. 372 00:26:36,500 --> 00:26:41,600 Five of the seven congregation that was fought found within the 373 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:47,100 congregation. Each of these congregation were 374 00:26:47,100 --> 00:26:52,500 told to repent, Revelation, 2, and verse 5 church at Ephesus 375 00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:58,000 was told to repair each of them, Revelation 2 and verse 16, 376 00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:02,800 Revelation, 21 verse 21 now in the next chapter of Revelation 377 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:07,900 33 and the Revelation 3:19. Now, these five verses listen 378 00:27:07,900 --> 00:27:14,600 here in chapter two, and three Revelation 2:5 1621 In 379 00:27:14,700 --> 00:27:17,800 Revelation 3 verse 3 and verse 19. 380 00:27:17,900 --> 00:27:22,300 These five congregation were told to repent that passing is 381 00:27:22,300 --> 00:27:26,000 the verse it says, repent. So here's what we find. 382 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:32,500 Five congregations are told repent, repent, repent, repent, 383 00:27:32,500 --> 00:27:35,900 repent. Now, why are we not calling on 384 00:27:35,900 --> 00:27:41,800 people to repent? Why don't the Lord called on 385 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:47,900 these congregations to repent? Which is when my next Point here 386 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:52,600 that we will make, I encourage you for you to be saved and you 387 00:27:52,608 --> 00:27:55,700 have sin in your life, whatever it is, repent of it. 388 00:27:56,900 --> 00:28:00,900 That's the only way you can go to heaven without you will not 389 00:28:00,900 --> 00:28:02,700 go. Now, I'm telling you, I'm not 390 00:28:02,700 --> 00:28:04,500 being rude. I'm in playing. 391 00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:07,400 I want to be very direct. I don't want you to ever win a 392 00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:09,300 horse. He really trying to say, I'm 393 00:28:09,300 --> 00:28:11,800 saying what? Jesus said, repent or perish. 394 00:28:16,300 --> 00:28:20,900 Point number five, conflict, resolution conflict with God. 395 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:26,200 How to resolve that issue. Repentance is there in Luke 17 396 00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:29,100 verse three and four. Would you please turn with me 397 00:28:29,100 --> 00:28:33,400 when I return with you? This is the case of one-on-one 398 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:41,900 individual conflict and Luke 17. This is right to the point with 399 00:28:41,900 --> 00:28:45,000 nothing to question and nothing to doubt. 400 00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:49,300 Luke 17 verse 3. Immerse for take heed to 401 00:28:49,300 --> 00:28:54,100 yourselves, If thy brother trespass, against thee, rebuke 402 00:28:54,100 --> 00:28:57,900 him, if he repents forgive him, excuse me. 403 00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:04,200 If you want, if he repent, Forgive him first for if you 404 00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:07,500 transfer paths. Again, seen seven times in a day 405 00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:11,900 and seven times a day turn again, to these said I Repent, 406 00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:17,000 Thou shalt forgive him. You see how individually I do 407 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:22,000 you wrong and you come to me and said my Allen you said this or 408 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:25,400 you did this or whatever I did wrong and and you bring it to my 409 00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:27,500 attention. That's what you should do. 410 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:30,800 I need to repent. I need you said well, I am so 411 00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:34,000 sorry for that. I need to repent and change my 412 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:37,300 ways about that, and I don't need to lie about you, no more. 413 00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:41,200 I don't need to steal. You think you got no more, 414 00:29:41,300 --> 00:29:43,600 whatever I did or don't need to do no more. 415 00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:48,000 Okay? you know what, I would much 416 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:53,000 rather you do not only with me but with anybody if someone has 417 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:57,400 committed and Trance past against you, they've sinned 418 00:29:57,400 --> 00:30:02,900 against you go talk to them. And not go talk to somebody else 419 00:30:02,900 --> 00:30:05,900 about them. Now that's the right way to do 420 00:30:05,900 --> 00:30:08,700 it. I don't know why it is today 421 00:30:08,900 --> 00:30:11,700 that people fill out. They need to get a posse and go 422 00:30:11,700 --> 00:30:15,000 get tell everybody in the world about it and then get around 423 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:21,100 going talking to him. One day I arrived at a location 424 00:30:21,100 --> 00:30:24,400 to hold a gospel meeting. I had not even got out of my 425 00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:27,600 car. I drove in this gentleman shark 426 00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:31,400 and he was outside and and I saw him walking over. 427 00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:33,800 So I just rolled down the window and said, how are you doing? 428 00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:36,000 Is it what I'm doing? Real fine today, but we got 429 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,500 problems. How's the well? 430 00:30:38,500 --> 00:30:42,400 Hello to you. He's a man. 431 00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:45,100 So and so we're into it. And say what I want you to do, I 432 00:30:45,108 --> 00:30:48,100 want you to go with us, let's get it all worked out before the 433 00:30:48,100 --> 00:30:52,100 meeting starts. When I didn't ask him questions, 434 00:30:52,100 --> 00:30:53,800 that will go ahead and jump in. Let's go. 435 00:30:54,100 --> 00:30:57,100 So we go over until the gentleman's house and we get 436 00:30:57,100 --> 00:31:00,500 sitting there talking and this brother who is I was taking with 437 00:31:00,500 --> 00:31:04,000 him, I was here. His Uber driver. 438 00:31:06,300 --> 00:31:10,100 I drove him over to that house and I got out of the guy and I 439 00:31:10,108 --> 00:31:13,000 just kind of sit there and listen like I'm not on a log. 440 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:14,400 I didn't have any business being there. 441 00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:17,200 Found out real quick. He said I will tell you 442 00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:19,800 something brother. So you sent against me and he 443 00:31:19,800 --> 00:31:24,100 you did this, you did that. And he said, well my Bible 444 00:31:24,100 --> 00:31:26,800 teaches me and Matthew 18. That if you've got all you come 445 00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:29,000 by yourself. What's he doing here? 446 00:31:30,500 --> 00:31:34,500 Yeah, what am I doing here? You know, if I go back, get my 447 00:31:34,500 --> 00:31:36,900 car, guess what? I didn't need to be there. 448 00:31:36,900 --> 00:31:38,800 I did not have any parting been there. 449 00:31:39,500 --> 00:31:41,300 He was. Right, I was wrong. 450 00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:46,400 So they went back and got my car ready for the net, super Rider. 451 00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:53,100 I am an Uber driver by the way, that's why I mention Uber, I'm 452 00:31:53,100 --> 00:31:58,600 not advertising. But they worked it out. 453 00:31:59,700 --> 00:32:03,100 And he got back in my car and I said, listen babe, I was wrong. 454 00:32:03,100 --> 00:32:05,700 Getting out. I should not even come here. 455 00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:08,000 You should have this Hannah before I got here. 456 00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:12,500 And then the Nets first service that meeting I mentioned, I'm 457 00:32:12,500 --> 00:32:15,500 glad brother who had a conflict, were they able to resolve it? 458 00:32:15,500 --> 00:32:19,900 And, and I made a big blunder and going when I should not have 459 00:32:19,900 --> 00:32:22,000 gone. That's the second step where you 460 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:24,300 take one or two more, not the first step. 461 00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:28,900 So, if you have a trouble problem ill-will, baffles will 462 00:32:28,900 --> 00:32:33,600 somebody go talk to them, do not go, talk about them, go talk to 463 00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:35,800 them. Pour out your heart, here's my 464 00:32:35,800 --> 00:32:39,300 concern, please, let's work this thing out most time. 465 00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:42,800 And when you go with the right attitude, you can find success. 466 00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:48,000 Okay, congregation that time need to repent. 467 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:52,100 Now we know that from Revelation 2 and 3 and we Illustrated that 468 00:32:52,100 --> 00:32:55,000 here these the New Testament Christians and the current 469 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:59,200 gatien the vacation. Okay, now Point number six. 470 00:32:59,900 --> 00:33:01,400 Okay, we're doing real good on time. 471 00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:06,200 We'll be through here in a few minutes fruit meet for 472 00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:12,300 repentance arrived at one location. 473 00:33:12,300 --> 00:33:15,000 And remember, all of these stories, the truth arrived. 474 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:17,200 One location. One day, in the meeting began, 475 00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:21,200 the next--and. I got up, you know, for the 476 00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:23,300 morning breakfast. And we will visit with the 477 00:33:23,300 --> 00:33:26,900 family where I was staying and, and the lady of the whole gave 478 00:33:26,900 --> 00:33:29,200 me a newspaper. Bang laid right in front of me 479 00:33:29,600 --> 00:33:32,800 and she had a big marker around this particular article. 480 00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:36,600 And I said, I guess you want me to read that article, she the I 481 00:33:36,608 --> 00:33:38,700 do. So I started reading it and my 482 00:33:38,700 --> 00:33:41,200 eyes got bigger and bigger. And I thought, Whoa, whoa. 483 00:33:43,900 --> 00:33:47,900 I said, wow, that's bad. Should the eyes bad? 484 00:33:48,700 --> 00:33:51,700 It was two ladies in the congregation young ladies. 485 00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:57,300 One of the teenager, one of their upper 20s, the one that 486 00:33:57,300 --> 00:34:00,000 the teenager was up her teenage years but the other was in her 487 00:34:00,100 --> 00:34:06,200 20s or so, and they've been arrested for immorality selling 488 00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:10,900 their bodies and for drugs, illegal drugs. 489 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:13,500 And they were in the county jail. 490 00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:17,500 What on Monday? I got up after Sunday and all 491 00:34:17,500 --> 00:34:20,300 that on Monday, I got into, well, let's go see what, how 492 00:34:20,300 --> 00:34:21,900 many Hoops? I got to jump through to get to 493 00:34:21,900 --> 00:34:24,600 see those girls because I baptized one of them. 494 00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:29,500 Several years earlier. And oh, believe me you had to 495 00:34:29,500 --> 00:34:31,900 jump through a bunch but I finally got it done today after 496 00:34:31,900 --> 00:34:35,000 an early afternoon. So I got to go and set my little 497 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:39,000 box and had a little plastic glass area and I got to pick up 498 00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:42,000 a phone and talk to them and went under came around and kind 499 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:44,600 of shocked who's coming to see me on Monday morning and 500 00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:48,100 Shamrocks to the Oh, I thought you would come. 501 00:34:48,199 --> 00:34:49,699 I heard you. It's going to be here. 502 00:34:49,900 --> 00:34:52,100 I just didn't know you was coming to a certain she's in 503 00:34:52,107 --> 00:34:54,900 that before you say anything. I want to tell you something, I 504 00:34:54,900 --> 00:34:57,000 send and I want to make a confession. 505 00:34:58,500 --> 00:35:01,300 You know what I said, come fashion. 506 00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:03,700 I went to preaching right there in that little box. 507 00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:06,800 I said feel fashion. You need to repent. 508 00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:10,100 You done this over and over and over again. 509 00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:14,000 I baptized you, you made a commitment to the Lord. 510 00:35:14,100 --> 00:35:16,600 You devote yourself to living a Christian Life and here I am 511 00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:19,400 talking away and I know somebody Somewhere listening to all of 512 00:35:19,400 --> 00:35:21,700 that. I should have said you too. 513 00:35:21,700 --> 00:35:25,100 By the way, I did not do that part. 514 00:35:28,500 --> 00:35:31,200 Confession. Yes, but you got to repent. 515 00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:35,100 You had a change, your mind, your ways, your actions, your 516 00:35:35,100 --> 00:35:37,800 been in moral. I can't believe you. 517 00:35:38,300 --> 00:35:41,300 Now, I knew this lady, so I poured it on her. 518 00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:45,500 What she said. Oh, I'm really sorry. 519 00:35:45,500 --> 00:35:48,000 I want to repent and confess and have prayer. 520 00:35:48,300 --> 00:35:50,700 So we did, we had prayer and all that. 521 00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:53,900 And then the goddamn Box, by the way, I'll just hang on there. 522 00:35:54,300 --> 00:35:59,800 We'll send the other girl. Took a deep breath and I bet you 523 00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:03,200 would have to do that again. Pretty, same sermon in five 524 00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:07,100 minutes but you're about 20. But anyway, she got down there 525 00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:09,600 and she's at them or tell me who's here. 526 00:36:09,800 --> 00:36:11,600 I kind of thought you might come. 527 00:36:11,700 --> 00:36:16,400 But I didn't know if I wanted to see you and not but I guess I 528 00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:18,200 will as well. Thank you. 529 00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:20,900 I don't know what to say. Thank you or I love you or 530 00:36:20,900 --> 00:36:23,900 whatever. But let me what's going on, 531 00:36:23,900 --> 00:36:27,700 girl, what's going on? He's it out and I don't have an 532 00:36:27,700 --> 00:36:30,600 explanation but I messed up. She said up, tell me. 533 00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:33,500 I was too messed up and she said, I really feel terrible. 534 00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:36,900 This brings shame upon the church reproach on the church. 535 00:36:36,900 --> 00:36:39,700 People know I'm not doing right and I really, I know. 536 00:36:39,700 --> 00:36:48,400 I need to make a confession. And she's out prayer. 537 00:36:51,300 --> 00:36:53,300 Okay. Is that all? 538 00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:56,200 No, no. You got to repent. 539 00:36:57,300 --> 00:37:00,700 He had to repair it. You've got to change your life, 540 00:37:00,700 --> 00:37:03,500 change, your will change your wages, you got to do that. 541 00:37:03,500 --> 00:37:05,700 Girl, you've got to make a commitment. 542 00:37:05,700 --> 00:37:08,700 When you get out of here, you're going to be a new person. 543 00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:11,400 You're gonna live a Christian life and you have to go through 544 00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:15,800 some Center to get better. What do that? 545 00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:18,300 I'm willing to help you but you got to be willing to help 546 00:37:18,300 --> 00:37:20,900 yourself. Long story. 547 00:37:20,900 --> 00:37:23,400 I was there for a little while as long as they were let me. 548 00:37:23,700 --> 00:37:29,500 And finally time was up Of course, they could not come to 549 00:37:29,500 --> 00:37:33,000 the meeting, it was weeks before one of them got out and the 550 00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:37,000 other was had to stay in and got sentence for Comfort or 3 years 551 00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:40,400 in prison. I'll tell you something, we're 552 00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:45,000 not doing anybody any favors. If we do not tell them to 553 00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:48,300 repent. They may not like it, but you 554 00:37:48,308 --> 00:37:51,600 need to tell them in a way that meaty what you don't ever be 555 00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:55,300 offended. When someone comes to you and 556 00:37:55,300 --> 00:37:59,900 says, brother, or sister, you need to repent, you said this, 557 00:37:59,900 --> 00:38:04,000 you did that, don't be offended. Be thankful that they love you 558 00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:09,200 enough to come talk to you. Well, in the Bible, it talks 559 00:38:09,200 --> 00:38:17,100 about fruit meet for repentance. In Matthew 38, Luke 3 and 8 acts 560 00:38:17,100 --> 00:38:20,700 twenty six and twenty. They all talk about fruit meet 561 00:38:20,700 --> 00:38:23,200 for repentance. Let me explain what that is 562 00:38:23,400 --> 00:38:26,600 fruit. Is your work, your actions, your 563 00:38:26,600 --> 00:38:31,400 Deeds, your conduct and normally I write Behavior but I ran out 564 00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:33,600 of room. All right. 565 00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:37,600 Your work, your action, your deep, your conduct your 566 00:38:37,600 --> 00:38:40,800 behavior. That's what the fruit is. 567 00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:46,000 Positive proof of repentance meet men be fit into our 568 00:38:46,100 --> 00:38:49,800 corresponding to your repentance, which is your change 569 00:38:49,800 --> 00:38:55,800 of mind and you train your ways. What does that really mean? 570 00:38:55,800 --> 00:39:00,200 What it means is fruit meet for repentance means your work 571 00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:04,500 actions days and conduct correspond to your changing mind 572 00:39:04,500 --> 00:39:07,000 and change your way. In other words, you're doing 573 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:08,300 better. You're walking a straighter 574 00:39:08,300 --> 00:39:10,800 line, you're walking down the straight and narrow path. 575 00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:12,600 Way, you're living a Christian life. 576 00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:16,700 Now, That's what it means. That's fruit meet for 577 00:39:16,700 --> 00:39:19,900 repentance. So don't get upset. 578 00:39:20,200 --> 00:39:23,600 If you go out here and you live, some Wicked Rogers, Living Like 579 00:39:23,600 --> 00:39:26,700 The Prodigal, Son did. And then you come back and you 580 00:39:26,707 --> 00:39:28,500 want to make things, right? The church. 581 00:39:28,500 --> 00:39:33,600 And you really repent, you can fast and you have prayer and the 582 00:39:33,600 --> 00:39:38,200 Brethren graciously, accept, you and decisions other of your neck 583 00:39:38,400 --> 00:39:40,400 and they are very happy to have me back. 584 00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:43,100 But if they just asked you to, you know, just sit back and 585 00:39:43,400 --> 00:39:46,600 don't Push yourself on the corrugation me a lot leading 586 00:39:46,600 --> 00:39:48,900 singing lead in prayer and give a lesson. 587 00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:51,600 No, no, let's wait and see if your action should easier. 588 00:39:51,600 --> 00:39:54,800 Kind of your Baker. Let them see fruit. 589 00:39:55,900 --> 00:39:59,300 Boy, people don't like that. They don't like to be waiting to 590 00:39:59,300 --> 00:40:02,300 show them fruit, but that's what needs to happen. 591 00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:07,500 Now preached, it's all over the country congregation do not rush 592 00:40:07,500 --> 00:40:10,900 into because that person may need some help some guidance. 593 00:40:10,900 --> 00:40:14,500 Some instruction. So don't put the current gatien 594 00:40:14,500 --> 00:40:17,200 in Jeopardy. Don't put them in the Pulpit 595 00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:19,800 just because you need another teacher. 596 00:40:20,900 --> 00:40:25,200 Okay, well, I'm going to have to now now, our final two point, 597 00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:29,600 four point seven point, eight Heaven, wants you to repent and 598 00:40:29,600 --> 00:40:32,900 Luke 15 verse 7 and 10. Oh, I'm gonna give you a chance 599 00:40:32,900 --> 00:40:36,900 to turn because this is a dynamic set of verses. 600 00:40:37,100 --> 00:40:43,500 I love these verses and Luke. The 15th chapter verse 7 through 601 00:40:43,500 --> 00:40:46,800 10, you find, there's joy in heaven. 602 00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:49,800 I'm turn with you. There are showing heaven. 603 00:40:50,700 --> 00:41:00,000 When one person repents. the Bible said, Luke 15 and verse 7, 604 00:41:00,300 --> 00:41:04,500 I say unto you, likewise, there should be joining Heaven over 605 00:41:04,500 --> 00:41:10,200 one sinner that repenteth, the more than over ninety-nine just 606 00:41:10,200 --> 00:41:17,900 person that need no repentance. and then, Look at verse 10, 607 00:41:19,100 --> 00:41:21,500 likewise? I say unto you. 608 00:41:21,500 --> 00:41:25,300 There is joy and the presence of the angels of God over one 609 00:41:25,300 --> 00:41:28,400 sinner that repenteth. Wow. 610 00:41:29,500 --> 00:41:35,000 Isn't it great to know when one person repents of their sins? 611 00:41:35,300 --> 00:41:39,000 There's joy in heaven. Can you imagine there's joy and 612 00:41:39,000 --> 00:41:41,500 the presence of the angels of heaven. 613 00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:45,400 I've had people to say who's rejoicing? 614 00:41:45,800 --> 00:41:48,200 I don't know. Everybody. 615 00:41:49,200 --> 00:41:53,800 He said joy and the presence of the Angels, it might be other 616 00:41:53,800 --> 00:41:56,500 range of rejoicing and anxious a, an angel ritual. 617 00:41:56,700 --> 00:41:59,500 I don't really know about all that, but I do know this. 618 00:41:59,500 --> 00:42:02,400 There's joy in heaven. They're joined the presence of 619 00:42:02,400 --> 00:42:04,700 the angels of heaven. And I don't know who all the 620 00:42:04,700 --> 00:42:06,600 jumping up and down. Let me tell you. 621 00:42:06,600 --> 00:42:09,400 What if their choice in heaven? There needs to be joy in my 622 00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:13,700 heart. That is wonderful. 623 00:42:14,000 --> 00:42:18,000 That should motivate us that much more that shows how much 624 00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:22,500 God wants you to be saved. Another when one person there 625 00:42:22,500 --> 00:42:26,100 are 99 righteous one that are in good shape spiritually. 626 00:42:26,200 --> 00:42:31,800 But one person returns repents. There's joy in the presence of 627 00:42:31,800 --> 00:42:34,700 the angels of heaven. Wow, I love that. 628 00:42:35,300 --> 00:42:39,600 And our final point It's not near as nice. 629 00:42:40,500 --> 00:42:44,000 Not near my favorite, but it's true. 630 00:42:44,400 --> 00:42:48,800 He'll want you to repent. And Luke 16, Verse 30. 631 00:42:49,100 --> 00:42:53,600 The story of the rich, man and Lazarus, the rich man died and 632 00:42:53,600 --> 00:42:57,100 in hell, he lift up his eyes being in torment and they made 633 00:42:57,100 --> 00:43:00,200 one request and Abraham's it. Now another request, I'd wrap 634 00:43:00,200 --> 00:43:04,100 said, no. And finally sit, would you 635 00:43:04,100 --> 00:43:08,800 please send Lazarus? Back to my father's house. 636 00:43:09,100 --> 00:43:14,300 I'm not fine brothers and if he would test find to them they 637 00:43:14,300 --> 00:43:19,900 would repent. Abraham thing, you know what? 638 00:43:21,000 --> 00:43:25,200 Even if they Word. Is he? 639 00:43:25,200 --> 00:43:28,300 Somebody rise from the dead? They would repent if they want 640 00:43:28,300 --> 00:43:29,900 hear Moses. And the prophets. 641 00:43:29,900 --> 00:43:32,900 They won't repent though. One rose from the dead. 642 00:43:34,300 --> 00:43:34,800 I'll tell you why.