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INTRO:
There are many ways by which we say “Thank God for Your forgiveness.”
? if you are doubtful if you are forgiven…
! excitement because you are sure that you are forgiven.
There is one way by which we can be sure that God has forgiven us –
REPENTANCE.
It is important that we recognize our sins, must hate sin, renounce it and
ask the Lord for forgiveness.
We cannot keep on loving and living for God yet continually sinning.
WE’VE GOT TO REPENT!!!
I. *Repentance is understanding that sin is sin!! That sin was the very
thing that:
1. Separated us from God
2. Had Jesus go through the cross
-----Jesus did not just DIE for our sins. He suffered and endured great
pain, he took our punishment, he was wounded and crushed because of
our sins, he was painfully abused, condemned to death without fair trial –
all of these he had to “embrace” just to take away our sins and take away
our guilt (Isaiah 5 3).
This gives us a picture that sin should never be taken lightly because our
Jesus took it really seriously that it costs him his very life! If
Jesus endured these horrible things for us and if God spared His only Son
for our sins, consider for a moment how God may feel every time we take
for granted what Jesus did on the cross by continually sinning, by living in
sin. When we sin, we fail and disobey God.
DO not call sin some other name, i.e. mistake, weakness, etc. If you don’t
call sin a sin, you will not change it, you will not deal with it.
Kinds of sin
1. Destructive Habits – lying, laziness (Bisaya: tapulan), gluttony
(matakaw), mataray, pala-away
2. Destructive Attitudes – jealousy, envy, criticism, inferiority, superiority
3. Rebellion – controlling, manipulative, criticizing your leader, not
believing & trusting in your leader/pastor, complaining (mareklamo) ,
disobedience to parents/authorities
We need to come face to face with sin and see sin as God sees it,
according to His Word--detestable, and the very thing that was crucified
on the cross. This is the only way that genuine repentance can take place
and repentance is the only way we can receive God's forgiveness.
It’s not just a remorse because you feel the guilt, the heaviness, the
negative consequences, the lack of favor... But it is when you get to
understand that God hates sin and is so displeased with sin and His heart
is crushed because of sin. And your heart begins to feel how he feels, you
feel the sorrow of God. It's like when you hurt someone you love, your
parents for example, you feel a certain pain and you want to change not
just simply because you know what you did is bad and there might be
negative consequences like grounded ka or allowance cut off but more
importantly because you feel for your parents, you feel for the person you
hurt or offended... and since you feel for the person it should draw you
nearer not away from the person..
Thus, whenever we come face to face with our sins, whenever God
exposes sins in our lives, it is not meant to overwhelm us, not meant to
make us look down on ourselves, nor to shy away from people and most
esp., it is NEVER meant to draw us away from God. But realization of sin
should draw us nearer to God, to the cross... it should lead us to
repentance. We need to address each sin, name and acknowledge each,
take responsibility by confessing, speaking it to God so that we can be
forgiven and we can be set free because there is power in speaking in
out, there is power in confession. When you name it, God frees you and
when God sets you free, you do not return to it. Accepting your
responsibility for your sin requires nailing it at the cross – that makes us
standing face to face w/Him, looking eyes to eyes which will make God
see the genuine repentance in your eyes and makes you also see the
love, forgiveness and acceptance in God’s eyes
Repentance: Godly
sorrow leading to true
change
We need to be SET FREE not just forgiven. Our old nature has to die. We
need to be crucified but we have to give it willingly because we love the
Lord more than sin and we want to be RIGHT w/God , walk in His power,
walk in His love, walk in His forgiveness, walk in a relationship that is real,
walking in the newness of life, completell forgiven, completely holy…
• Remember where the Lord
has brought us from
• -Remember that the Lord
has called us
• -Remember how much
mercy the Lord has poured
out on us
• -Think of the Future He has
for you and how sin will
keep you from your destiny
Ministry:
Picture the Lord on the cross… Stand before him face to face, eyes to
eyes… Look into the Lord’s eyes…
Prayer… You need to speak it out, “Lord, forgive me for___”….
MINISTRY TIME:
The blood of Jesus forgives us and gives us the power to walk the
opposite way.
Psalm 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, Oh God, and renew a right spirit
within me. Cast me not away from Your presence. Renew a right spirit
within me…