to the topic I wanna share today is
repentance say repentance and I can push
you like this okay repent okay
oh I can tell you change your mind
alright you used to think this way
nothing this way because the word
repentance is so abused today that
people say things like alright well
so-and-so doesn't preach repentance
well that preacher you know he doesn't
preach repentance as if they are an
authority on repentance and and I just
want to question the idea of repentance
what do they mean when they say
repentance alright when they say
repentance many of them are referring to
you've got to be sin conscious you gotta
you gotta beat yourself over your sins
you'll be simpang just not nothing could
be further from the truth when it comes
to the gospel the gospel says because of
what Christ has done we should have no
more sin consciousness we saw that last
week didn't we in Hebrews 10 we saw that
a believer once cleansed and the word
once cleansed in the Greek is the
perfect tense never to be repeated act
alright the effects last forever
once you're cleanse perfect tense you
should have no more sin consciousness or
conscience of sins in the old King James
amen and that should have is in the
present active that means you gotta
shake it off you gotta actively shake it
off every moment amen so preaching
preaching repentance in the area of
imparting consciousness of sins is
nothing more than then dis honoring the
work of Jesus if someone paid my debt a
huge debt alright and I and and I hear
the news the good news that he paid my
debt okay he's a man of integrity and I
hear the news and I laugh it off and I
say I don't believe it though is still
paid I have this honor that men are you
listening moreover not only if I
dishonor the man whenever I meet my
creditor I will have what debt on my
conscience even though it's paid so
therefore mankind
you know the sinner for example all
right always have this bet and hard
thoughts about God hot thoughts thoughts
are not based
facts because God loves sinful men God
loves men in his sinful guilty lost
condition God sent his son what man was
still lost while men were still sinful
Christ died when man was still cursing
blaspheming him putting him on the cross
and God used the cross that wicked hands
delivered him to all right to be an
instrument of salvation and redemption
for all men will never understand the
love of God which one came first
was it PITA web then the Lord turned and
looked at Peter you know the story the
Bible says that Jesus was bound in in
Caiaphas house and Peter was outside
when a few people recognize Peter is one
of Jesus disciples he denied knowing
Jesus and the Bible says with cursing
and swearing and the Bible says just
before the the crew all right at
the third denial the Lord turned and
looked upon Peter right after Peter
denied the third time okay Peter we're
not crying now which one came first
was it because Peter cried the Lord turn
and look at him
no is the reverse after he denied
knowing Jesus the Lord turned and looked
upon Peter that broke his heart is the
goodness of God that leads us to
repentance I'm getting ahead of myself
but I just love you know the goodness of
God you know here and they all cannot
praise God and by the way Peter we've
been doing a series on misunderstood
passages of scripture which have at
Hebrews 10 last week if we sin willfully
what does it mean Hebrews six last two
weeks all the week before that all right
and Hebrews 6 says it's impossible for
those who were once enlightened right
tasted the good word of God
the powers of the world to come and they
fall away to renew them to repentance
well what about Peter Peter wood tasted
the good word of God paid I mean he he
tasted the powers of the world to come
he was particular the holy spirit or
share of the holy spirit he did miracles
with Jesus I mean he heard Jesus
preaching he fell away and it was
possible to renew him to repentance
so obviously Hebrews six is not
referring to what we think that is get
that teaching okay I won't be going
through that all right but Peter was
restored wasn't he amen
the Bible says in 2nd 2nd John verse 1
If any man sin we
have an advocate with the father Jesus
Christ the righteous doesn't save any
men repent the moment a believer sins
all right straight away the advocate
goes to the father it is not we go to
the priest
it is the priest goes to the Father
straight away and presents himself not
to deliver sins anymore is that done is
Donald done once and for all
it's a it's a done deal I should say
amen finish once and for all
can I have a good amen so this idea when
people say you gotta push more on
repentance is actually they want you to
to hit people and beat people but God
told me to feed my sheep not beat my
sheep amen and the thing is this there
is rebuke in the Word of God there's
correction in the Word of God but it's
never never depressing you you know it's
one thing to break a child's stubborn
will it's not a thing to break the
child's inner man his spirit you don't
break a child's spirit but you must
break his strong will amen if he's
rebellious you gotta break his will
affirm the child but break the wheel
amen amen and God never never crushes
you you how many understand there so
what do you mean when you say repentance
what do these people mean when they see
repentance number one we saw that
erroneous idea they want they want the
preacher to impart sin consciousness to
the people and that's not God's Way in
the gospel today now I wanna show you
one thing once upon a time in the Old
Testament there are plenty of occasions
to show you that you have to repent
first before God blesses you in the Old
Testament you have to repent turn away
from sin and then God blesses you now
listen in the New Testament God blesses
you and it's the goodness of God that
leads you to repentance not being using
that verse all the time but look up the
verse Romans 2 verse 4 or do you despise
the riches of his goodness how many know
God is not just good he's plenty of good
the riches of his goodness forbearance
and longsuffering not knowing that the
goodness of God leads you to repentance
though what lead day is like the Holy
Spirit leading you the goodness of God
leads you where to
hence it is not repentant listen it's
not repentance leads you to goodness it
is goodness that leads you to repentance
a lot of believers still have this idea
if I have repaired it will lead me to
God's goodness but hey the Bible says
God's goodness that leads you to
repentance it was the Lord turning
around looking at Peter alright that
grow Peter's heart that kept him in love
with Jesus there's something about the
look that says you denied me but I still
love you amen