REPENTANCE

REPENTANCE
" A Gift From God"

1. REPENTANCE CAN BE BIBLICALY DESCRIBED AS:

a) TURNED ( Acts 9:35)
The people turned to the Lord when they witnessed first hand miracles.

b) REPENT ( Acts 8:22)
Pray to God and tell him what you feel guilty of- apologize to him.

c) RETURN ( 1 Sam 7:3)
Get rid of old things and return back to God's ways.

d) CONVERSION ( Acts 15:3)
Becoming a believer.

2. WHAT KINDS OF REPENTANCE ARE THERE?

a) NATONAL REPENTANCE ( Joel 3:5-18)
A whole nation can turn to God and repent of their ways

b) INTERNAL ( Ps 51:10-13)
Inner repentance, meaning personally convicted of sin

c) UNAVAILING ( Heb 12:16-17)
Repentance that comes to late

d) TRUE ( Acts 9:27-35)
A testimony, a true profound change in someones life,
only accredited to God

e) UNREAL ( Ex 9:27-35)
People fake repentance to manipulate others and get their way

3. REPENTANCE IS A GIFT THAT COMES FROM:

a) GOD ( Acts 11:18)
Salvation is a gift from God, he allows gentiles the "privilege" of repentance

b) CHRIST ( Acts 5:31)
Christ submitted to God's will providing us salvation, he made it a possibility

c) HOLY SPIRIT ( Zech 12:10)
The spirit activates a prayerful , repentant spirit within us

4. THINGS THAT CAN LEAD US TO REPENTANCE:

a) GOD'S LONG SUFFERING ( 2 Peter 3:9)
He is on his time not ours
He takes his time intentionally in hopes all will come to him

b) GOD'S GOODNESS ( Rom 2:4)
His kindness and goodness is intended to turn us from our sins

c) CONVICTION OF SIN ( Acts 2:37-38)
We are pricked with the guilt of our sins
Our sins revealed to us by the spirit so we can repent

5. TRUE REPENTANCE PRODUCES:

a) LIFE ( Acts 11:18)
You receive eternal life when you are truly repentant

b) REMISSION OF SIN ( Mark 1:4)
Forgiveness of sin

c) NEW HEART ( Ezek 18:31)
Repentance brings a change of heart

d) NEW SPIRIT ( Ezek 18:31)
Repentance brings a change in spirit

e) JOY ( Luke 15:7-10)
Heaven rejoices over the saved

6. THERE ARE TRUE SIGNS OF REPENTANCE, THEY ARE:

A> REFORMATION OF LIFE ( Matt 3:
* Change in the way you live
* Your new life is evident

B> RESTITUTION ( Luke 19:
* Paying back or fixing what you've done wrong to make things right

C> GODLY SORROW ( 2 Cor 7:9-10)
* Sorrow that is healthy and brings about godly things to happen

WITH TRUE REPENTANCE THEIR IS TRUE CHANGE, INSIDE AND OUT!

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