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Series Code: TDY
Program Code: TDY190067A
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00:01 I want to spend my life
00:07 Mending broken people 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:19 Removing pain 00:24 Lord, let my words 00:30 Heal a heart that hurts 00:34 I want to spend my life 00:40 Mending broken people 00:46 I want to spend my life. 00:51 Mending broken people 01:09 Hello, and welcome to 3ABN Today. 01:11 Amen. 01:13 We have a Bible subject that I think 01:15 that our folks are gonna be excited about. 01:17 I know I was, you know, 01:18 even though it's a subject 01:20 that been over maybe many times. 01:22 We're gonna talk about "Repent, 01:23 for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." 01:26 And I think probably in my study 01:28 and I think we will all agree and we will introduce 01:29 and so on in a moment, 01:31 but as I was studying through this, 01:33 I found out how little I really know. 01:35 Oh, boy. 01:37 I hope that's kind of what we do 01:38 when we would go to open the Word of God, 01:40 we see so many things in there. 01:42 So if you're saying and this is why 01:43 I am bringing this here. 01:45 If you're saying, oh, well, 01:46 I know about repentance and so on. 01:48 Maybe there will be some things 01:49 the Holy Spirit will bring into your mind... 01:50 Most certainly. 01:52 That will help you along the way 01:53 or maybe something missing in your life 01:54 and the Holy Spirit's gonna fill that void. 01:56 Oh, absolutely. 01:57 So praise the Lord, we're thankful for 3ABN 02:00 and be able to do the Today program, 02:01 be able to spread the gospel to the world, 02:03 and we're very thankful and grateful for you 02:05 who have taken time out of your busy schedule 02:08 to study with us. 02:09 So please get your Bible out 02:11 because I've always said whether preacher, teacher, 02:13 evangelist, elder, whatever it is, 02:15 I'm still gonna check him out. 02:17 So I encourage you to check us out 02:18 as we study the Word of God together. 02:20 I think may be good. 02:22 I have my wife with us, 02:23 who's gonna introduce the ones we have today. 02:24 I'm glad, Chris, you're with me today. 02:26 I'm happy to be here... 02:27 Yeah, yeah. Always. 02:29 You love to lift up the Word of God 02:31 and that's very evident, and we thank God for you 02:34 and I've often told the people here, 02:37 I need a balancer in my life to balance. 02:38 She's my balancer. 02:40 Brings me back to center a lot of times, 02:42 and praise God for that. 02:43 She does a good job. Yes, she does. 02:45 You are too kind but thank you. 02:46 You know, there's no better place 02:48 on the earth than where God wants you to be. 02:50 And I was just thinking back maybe it was during a study 02:54 I was doing not long ago about growing up 02:57 because my home really was not a Christian home. 02:59 My mother had left the church and she ended up bartending. 03:03 She never did drink, but she ended up bartending 03:05 and really being out in the world 03:07 and they even asked her to sing on Hee Haw one time. 03:11 Wow. 03:12 But by the time that invitation came, 03:13 she was beginning to come back to Jesus. 03:15 Amen. 03:17 But I had a praying grandparents 03:19 and I truly believe that it was my praying grandparents 03:23 that I always had which we may talk about today 03:26 'cause while preparing for this lesson, 03:29 I was reading about that 03:30 how the Holy Spirit begins to give a call. 03:33 Amen. 03:34 And I always a call towards Jesus. 03:37 Yes. 03:38 And so you know, I've just learned 03:40 there's no better place where He wants you to be 03:43 and to answer His call. 03:44 Amen. 03:45 Well, we're not gonna say, well, 03:47 we've got a couple of guests because they're not guests, 03:48 this is part of the family of God, 03:50 part of our family 03:51 and we always love to sit down 03:53 and study with you gentlemen, 03:55 and whoever else the Lord brings in. 03:57 So, my brother JD, praise God. 04:01 We love you. We appreciate you. 04:02 Amen. I like it, he's always willing. 04:04 Oh, absolutely. 04:05 Willing to be made willing anyway. 04:07 Amen. 04:08 So, you know, we're glad you're here 04:09 and I know the Holy Spirit's gonna give you 04:11 some good thoughts 04:12 and it's gonna bring some things that, 04:13 you know, convert us afresh. 04:15 It's exciting, and repentance, 04:17 I think that any of us that have a past 04:19 will probably talk about repentance for quite a while. 04:22 Who doesn't have a past, JD? That's right. 04:24 You know, one thing that 04:25 I have learned to love about you 04:28 over the many years 04:30 that I've known you thus far, 04:32 is that you're not only 04:34 willing to do things for the Lord, 04:36 but you do it in love of the Lord 04:39 and you love people. 04:41 And, you know, that's been very evident 04:43 and it's always been pleasing to me. 04:45 Yeah, and he doesn't really like praise, 04:49 but it's sure the Christ comes through. 04:51 We all recognize that and realize that, 04:54 and that's just so sweet to have Jesus shine through. 04:57 May God gets all the glory, I tell you. 04:58 Yes, He does. Sure, He does. That's right. 05:00 You have on your right, Don Owen. 05:03 Always glad you join us a lot of times or we join you 05:06 whatever it might be together and... 05:08 It's been exciting and who am I to be out here 05:10 in this platform as we said, you know, 05:12 to be able to speak these words 05:14 and just as we're talking about the idea of repentance, 05:17 I think that we as a people need to be real 05:19 about who we are. 05:20 Experiences that we've been through 05:22 and to know that God is healing us 05:24 and He will heal us from our past. 05:25 Amen. Amen. 05:26 So we're looking forward to, you know, exciting study, 05:29 a lot to be, would be accomplished 05:31 because there's so much to this 05:33 and we don't want to miss anything. 05:34 We don't want you to miss anything 05:36 but there's, we're gonna have a song 05:37 and then we have prayer after that, 05:39 but who's gonna do our special music? 05:41 Oh, it's another impeccable musician 05:44 that 3ABN uses. 05:45 His name is Jaime Jorge and he is going to be 05:48 playing on his violin, 05:50 "What a Friend We Have in Jesus." 05:52 Amen. Wow. 08:20 Wasn't that beautiful? Oh, yes. 08:22 What a friend we have in Jesus. Amen. 08:24 No better friend I have. 08:26 I've mentioned that several times, 08:27 and I just always had to mention 08:28 when I hear that song because, 08:30 like I always say, being in the church 08:32 for a lot of years and then conversion experience. 08:34 Yes. 08:35 You know, I said, I sang that song so many times 08:38 before but after conversion, 08:40 we're going to be talking about lot of that, 08:41 you know, today, is I cried like a baby, 08:45 I heard what a friend we have in Jesus. 08:48 And it really meant something more than it ever had before. 08:51 Yes. 08:53 So that is really songs up, I pray you 08:55 put it deep in your heart and in your soul and your mind 08:57 and it did something special for you. 08:59 Well, we wanna have a prayer 09:01 and then we want to begin our study. 09:02 Amen. Brother Don, how about you? 09:05 Would you pray for us, please? Excellent. 09:06 All right. 09:08 Heavenly Father, we want to thank You, Lord, 09:09 that You are the Great I Am 09:11 that You're the one that can restore us, Lord. 09:14 We're talking about the idea of repentance, 09:17 Lord, that is a great gift that You have given us 09:19 through the precious blood of Your Son. 09:20 You know, there are many listeners today 09:23 that might be struggling with this idea of repentance. 09:25 We pray that You put on our lips, 09:27 the words You need us to share that 09:29 somebody's heart will be touched today, Lord. 09:31 And that they'll make that decision to say, 09:33 Lord, I want You in my heart 09:34 and I want You to live there forever. 09:36 I want to be able to overcome. 09:37 Lord, we know we can overcome through 09:39 Your strength. 09:40 We pray this in Jesus' name. 09:42 Amen. Amen. 09:43 Praise the Lord. 09:44 Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand, 09:47 you know, what a subject 09:49 because you have repent 09:51 and people go this direction to repent, 09:53 and then you're talking about 09:54 the kingdom of heaven is at hand and, 09:56 you know, really, what does that really mean? 09:58 What did it mean when Jesus was talking about 10:00 and so on? 10:01 We're gonna be looking at all those things. 10:03 I think let's begin, shall we? 10:04 The top, maybe the top of our lesson here 10:07 where it talks about repent, 10:08 kingdom of heaven is at hand and then read Matthew 3:1-4. 10:12 Okay, sure. 10:14 Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 10:17 It was the cry of both John the Baptist 10:20 and Christ Himself, our Lord and Savior. 10:23 They both began their ministry 10:25 at that time with that message, 10:28 with that on their heart for people to repent 10:31 because the kingdom is at hand. 10:33 Repent, repent, repent, is God's call 10:37 for our initial step in our salvation. 10:40 It is the point of justification. 10:42 You know, when I began to think of that, 10:44 you know, we talk about justification, 10:46 sanctification, and glorification. 10:48 When we come to Christ and we repent, 10:50 that right then we are justified, 10:53 we are made whole in Him. Amen. 10:55 It is a needed step that we must take in order 10:57 for heaven to be our home. 11:00 Yes. 11:01 And in order for the Spirit of God 11:02 to make His home in our hearts, 11:04 which is where we want Him to be. 11:06 When you mentioned the song, what a friend we have in Jesus, 11:09 you know, a lot of times we hear things, 11:11 but at that time you were feeling it. 11:13 Yeah. Oh, yeah. 11:14 Thank you. You felt it. 11:15 A lot of these things we hear as children, 11:18 we hear about repentance, 11:20 we try to get our children to repent 11:22 when they've done something wrong, 11:23 but they don't always feel it in their heart. 11:25 Yes. 11:26 Matthew, we're just gonna read 11:28 from scripture a little bit about what I just said. 11:30 Matthew 3:1-3 says, 11:32 "In those days came John the Baptist, 11:35 preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and saying, 11:38 'Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.' 11:42 For this is he, 11:44 who was spoken up by the prophet Isaiah saying, 11:46 'The voice of one crying in the wilderness, 11:49 prepare ye the way of the Lord 11:52 make his paths straight, 11:55 make his paths straight." 11:56 What type of path leads us to the kingdom of heaven? 12:00 It's that narrow passage. 12:01 It's a straight and narrow path, 12:04 but wide and sometimes crooked 12:07 is the one that many others are going down, isn't it? 12:09 Oh, man. 12:10 You know, I think the good thing on that 12:11 one right there and we can talk about this verse 12:13 before we go on, that make his path straight. 12:17 You know, that's Jesus, what does Jesus do? 12:19 He comes in and some of our paths 12:21 are all crooked, they are a mess. 12:23 Only Jesus can straighten out the pathway of our heart, 12:26 you know and so. 12:28 Also something on this too is, 12:29 I think in this that we're crying 12:31 really sticks out to me. 12:32 It's like it's an urgent message. 12:34 It's like something of urgency. Oh, absolutely. 12:36 Yeah, so you know, I was thinking of Noah 12:39 and he spent 120 years calling people to repentance, 12:42 and they wouldn't do it so, you know, 12:44 this idea of this crying, 12:45 are we listening to the cries of his people saying, 12:47 "Hey, it's time to get right with the Lord, you know. 12:50 It's time to make a change to desire 12:52 to have that life 12:53 altering relationship with Jesus, so. 12:55 Amen. 12:56 And I would imagine that we all need to repent 12:59 because we were brought, 13:01 we were born into a sin filled world. 13:05 Yes. 13:06 And so we're all, we all, 13:07 it's a necessary step in all of our lives. 13:11 What's really interesting is we'll get into it 13:13 more later is kind of when did that happen? 13:15 How did that happen? 13:17 Because we have a Savior here, 13:18 the Creator of the universe 13:21 that is interested in every one of us, 13:24 but we're all on a crooked trail. 13:27 Yes. 13:28 And so someplace where John the Baptist, 13:30 he was really a zealot. 13:32 You know, he was out there on the front line. 13:34 Yes. 13:36 And kind of had a different message. 13:37 Yes. 13:39 And he would've just said, repent, repent and people, 13:42 this is different. 13:43 Yes. 13:45 You're setting up so much. He was the forerunner of Jesus. 13:48 He was a forerunner of the Messiah. 13:50 They both had the same cry. 13:52 And the interesting thing is 13:54 what we want to look at 13:55 in this particular program today is, 13:58 is it still relevant today, that same cry? 14:01 Amen. 14:02 Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 14:05 It was relevant for them. Is it relevant for us today? 14:08 Oh, my, yeah. 14:09 You know that I like that because... 14:10 Thank you, I like that. 14:12 The straight path to, 14:14 you know, in the days of Christ 14:16 when a dignitary would come into the cities and towns, 14:21 the obligation of that whoever was in position, 14:25 they went and tried to straighten out 14:27 all the crookedness, and the bumps, 14:29 and the hole because they never really 14:31 took care of the roads 14:32 that well in the time of Christ, 14:34 but they, when the dignitary or a king that would come, 14:37 they do want to straighten the road 14:39 and make it level and make it easy 14:41 traveling for the king. 14:42 So that was also referred to when they're saying this here, 14:45 the people knew what he's talking about. 14:47 Well, and also you stop and think about it. 14:50 Time had gone by 14:52 and there was so much religious confusion 14:54 even in their day 14:56 and misrepresentations of Christ. 15:00 And so, John the Baptist when you said he was different, 15:04 you know, what are God's people to be today? 15:06 Are they not to be different, peculiar, crying, 15:11 sighing in the wilderness, 15:12 blowing the trumpet, making straight the paths 15:16 that the enemy has come in and he has weaved 15:18 all of his little crooked steps 15:21 and stones for us to stumble over. 15:23 You know, so it's the same thing. 15:26 Nothing has changed. 15:27 God says, He's the same yesterday, today, and forever. 15:30 His message is the same yesterday, today, and forever. 15:33 It's just, it's a new generation. 15:35 You know, 'cause I was thinking the same thing, 15:37 you know, maybe even more so today, 15:39 but because we are here today. 15:41 Our salvation is at stake. 15:43 Those of you at home 15:45 who are listening to this message today, 15:47 your salvation is at stake. 15:49 So for us, 15:51 it seems like more so than ever, 15:52 but really for them too. 15:54 Yeah. 15:55 Nothing has changed, but we're gonna find out 15:58 as we're living in the Seventh Church, 16:00 this lukewarm church, 16:03 that we need to get back to where God, 16:06 where John and Jesus were crying and saying repent, 16:10 for the kingdom of heaven is at hand 16:12 'cause we're almost there. 16:14 And what's wrong with us? 16:15 Why are we asleep? 16:17 Anyway I need to throw it back to him. 16:18 I'm just thinking too that we gotta be careful 16:20 how we're steering that message forward for repentance 16:23 'cause there could be people like this gentleman 16:24 I watch on YouTube 16:26 who says, you know, repent, for the kingdom is at hand, 16:28 you know, the kingdom of God is at hand, 16:30 you know, I can get into heaven eating vegetables. 16:32 You know, there's a right way to lead people 16:34 to repentance and a wrong way. 16:36 And the only way we're going to do that 16:37 is to allow the Holy Spirit 16:38 to work that repentance out in them. 16:40 We can't force anybody to repent. 16:41 That's right. So that's really important. 16:43 You know, that's good. 16:45 It has to be biblical, isn't that right? 16:46 That's right. 16:47 Line upon line because we have to be careful 16:49 we're not taking things out of context, 16:50 like maybe some are doing 16:52 and it leaves almost a bad taste 16:54 in individual's mouth and they say, 16:56 "Well, I want no part of that," 16:57 because they went to the left or they went to the right. 17:00 Does anyone want to have the Matthew 4:16-18, 17:02 would like to read that for us? 17:05 JD, do you have it? 17:06 Well, I could get it real quick, okay. 17:09 Or is it 4:16? 17:10 It's right there on your paper. Well, then I had it. 17:14 Oh, he's got so many things. Okay, that's all right. 17:16 I could read it. You read it. 17:18 Yeah, Don can read it, that's right. 17:19 "The people which sat in darkness 17:21 saw great light into them which sat in the region 17:24 and shadow of death, light is sprung up. 17:27 From that time Jesus began to preach 17:29 and to say, 'Repent, 17:30 for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.' 17:32 " Amen. 17:33 "And Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee saw two brethren, 17:36 Simon called Peter and Andrew's brother, 17:38 casting a net into the sea, for they were fishers." 17:42 Amen. Yeah. 17:44 Yeah, what was it? 17:45 What were they saying that people who sat in darkness, 17:47 I mean, what does that mean? 17:49 Are there people sitting in darkness today? 17:52 You see and what does this really represent? 17:54 Well to me, there's good news out there. 17:56 To me, the way that I'm interpreting this, 17:59 I just kept look back with my own life, 18:01 you know, and just kind of but there comes a time 18:04 whenever good seed has been sown, 18:07 but you want to do things your way, 18:10 and there comes a time 18:11 when we all grow up in different, 18:13 I mean some people 18:14 mature at different times in their life. 18:16 Yes. 18:17 Some younger, some older, but you get sick 18:19 and tired of being sick and tired, 18:20 and you know that 18:22 there's something out there that's better. 18:23 And then we keep hearing about this light. 18:27 We keep hearing that 18:28 there is a difference maker out there 18:30 and if we will turn our eyes toward that light, 18:33 well, then things will make more sense. 18:36 Yes, it says the people sat in darkness 18:38 and they didn't realized 18:39 that would be the bondage of sin, 18:41 and that's why we're talking about repentance 18:43 and the need. 18:44 They were sitting in the bondage, you know, 18:47 we're talking about the handcuffs 18:48 or, you know, of sin, 18:50 captivity of sin and then couple of words 18:53 after that it said and then notice that, 18:55 they saw a great... 18:57 Light. Light. 18:58 Who is the light, the light of the world? 18:59 Well, they saw what? 19:01 Jesus, so the gospel they begin to hear 19:02 the good news and then they didn't know 19:04 exactly what to do and 19:06 here we come at the right time 19:07 in the right place that the message 19:08 is being preached, repent, 19:10 for the kingdom of God is at hand. 19:12 I like what verse 19 said though after that. 19:14 "Then he said unto them, 'Follow Me.' 19:17 " He said, "Follow Me." 19:18 I mean he didn't come at them and point fingers 19:20 and you know, say, you know, 19:21 you guys are worthless or trash, 19:22 you're not going to make it into heaven. 19:24 He said, all He just said is "Follow Me." 19:25 Follow Me. 19:26 And then I like when we do recovery, 19:28 my wife and I. 19:29 Step one, you kind of almost touched on JD, 19:31 it says we admitted we were powerless 19:32 over our addictions and compulsive behaviors 19:34 that our lives had become unmanageable. 19:36 Yes. 19:37 I think it's when we get to that point 19:38 that we finally decide I need something different. 19:40 Amen. 19:41 You know, I used to have a prayer 19:43 and I haven't prayed it in a while but I used to pray, 19:45 Lord, help me to love You with all my heart 19:49 without having to go down that far. 19:52 Oh, oh. 19:53 You know what I'm saying, it works both ways. 19:57 But a lot of times people don't realize, 19:59 repent from what? 20:01 They don't even realize what sin is. 20:04 Yep. That's right. 20:05 But they have this longing in their heart to realize 20:08 they want a better life. 20:10 Yep. 20:11 And so when we go back to John and Jesus, all of a sudden, 20:14 they were giving them hope. 20:16 They were giving them love. Yep. 20:18 And they were being treated with respect. 20:20 There you go. That's good, yeah. 20:22 You know, because if, 20:23 before it was more like there was, 20:25 they were looking for something different 20:27 'cause they were looking for a Savior, 20:30 but the Savior is gonna come on a big horse 20:32 and He's gonna have a big spear 20:34 and He's gonna take care of the enemy over there. 20:35 Yeah. 20:37 And as He starts talking, you know, 20:38 they sense the sincerity and say, 20:41 "I think we can trust this." 20:44 And then the Holy Spirit is always working. 20:47 Yep. 20:48 And I love the word being drawn, 20:51 I love the word being wooed. 20:54 Yeah, I like that. 20:56 And so, as He's calling, as he's speaking, "Follow Me." 21:01 Amen. 21:02 I had another thought as you both 21:03 were bringing these things out. 21:05 A lot of times it takes something terrible. 21:07 There you're talking about war, 21:09 you are talking about bondage, 21:10 you know, the Roman bondage but even today, 21:15 you know, people who are sick, 21:16 we just talked to a man at the ministry yesterday 21:18 that he's a survivor of cancer and really, 21:20 every one of us in that room was a survivor 21:23 of some near fatal disease. 21:27 And when you get that close to death, 21:29 then you begin to see 21:31 just how thin that thread is, you know, 21:34 you somehow it draws your heart to say, 21:39 "Is there something different?" 21:41 Because all of a sudden, 21:42 it's no longer abstract thought, 21:44 we're all gonna die someday. 21:46 It's, wow, I could die soon, I may not live to see tomorrow, 21:51 you know. 21:52 And so, you begin to have a heart search, 21:56 and Jesus is there and this message is here 21:59 to fill that heart search 22:01 because the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 22:04 So He's calling us into a closer relationship. 22:08 Beautiful thing is, we can't do this on our own. 22:11 That's right. No. 22:12 It's a free gift. Yeah. 22:14 And it's Him through the power 22:15 of the Holy Spirit that's even giving you 22:18 that urging to draw close to Him. 22:20 Amen. 22:21 That just leads us right to the first question, 22:22 doesn't it? 22:24 Speaking right which is good. 22:25 We have five questions really and of course 22:28 we don't move very quickly but. 22:30 We haven't even got to question number one yet. 22:31 Yeah, it's all right. 22:33 Hopefully we're setting a little foundation here 22:34 and covering some things but, you know, 22:37 the first question simply says, what is true repentance? 22:41 So that right there indicates that 22:43 there could be one that's not true. 22:45 Oh. 22:46 Or there can be people who might repent 22:48 but because of maybe circumstances, 22:51 situations of life, health, 22:52 whatever might be, a time of need, 22:54 house is getting ready to fall in, 22:56 whatever, you know, and we cry out for God 22:57 and then, soon as everything's okay, 23:00 we may forget the promises that we make. 23:02 So really what is, 23:04 this is one that can go for a while, 23:05 because really there's, you know, 23:07 as I was looking in here, true repentance, 23:11 it cannot happen without the Holy Spirit 23:13 so we can all talk about this. 23:15 That is the first works of the Holy Spirit 23:20 is to work on the heart and bring us into a condition, 23:25 a place to where we want, 23:27 you mentioned while ago, a change, 23:29 change in our life that we need to change. 23:31 We're no longer content with the way life is, 23:35 you know, life has been. 23:36 We want to change. 23:38 That person has to want forgiveness 23:42 and then the Holy Spirit 23:43 is certainly working on that heart. 23:45 But you know, I jotted down here 23:47 was interesting. 23:49 It says, if you want the forgiveness, 23:51 it cannot be found in a heart 23:54 where Jesus has not been at work. 23:58 That makes sense? You bet. 23:59 I mean, to me that just makes sense. 24:01 It cannot be found. 24:02 Repentance cannot be found in a heart where Jesus is not, 24:04 the Holy Spirit 24:06 has not been there working already. 24:08 You wouldn't have a desire. No. 24:09 The desire comes from Him. Yeah Isn't that beautiful? 24:12 And we can push it away. He gives us our own free will. 24:16 But we wouldn't even have a desire 24:17 without His wooing us in love. 24:21 I mean, I reread this, but there's no one 24:25 that has more patience, more love, 24:27 more kindness than our Savior. 24:30 How many parents would put up 24:33 with some of the bad things 24:36 that we do as long as we do it, 24:38 and yet He's our Heavenly Father 24:40 and He does put up with it. 24:42 He's our Savior. He's the Son of God. 24:44 Yeah, I think that on the idea of repentance 24:47 that I was just reading the Steps of Christ 24:49 the other day and so actually, 24:51 this is interesting I get to share this today, 24:52 so in prison later 24:53 I'll be sharing the same thing again, 24:55 but he said in 24:56 there that you're sorry enough to quit. 24:57 Come on. 24:59 You want to quit, 25:00 you don't want that anymore in your life, you know. 25:02 Yes, yes. 25:03 I think what I wanted to do when he was talking 25:04 he says what is true repentance? 25:06 Maybe one of the best examples to give is an idea 25:10 of what an untrue repentance is, 25:13 and we think of the story of Judas. 25:15 Most people know about Judas. Or Esau. 25:17 And if you'd like to elaborate maybe on that, 25:19 you know, why wasn't 25:21 when Judas threw the money back at the priest, 25:24 why wasn't he forgiven? 25:25 I mean what happened there 'cause we... 25:28 I don't think his heart was changed. 25:29 His heart wasn't right with the Lord. 25:31 He didn't, he was just doing out of, 25:33 I guess kind of like a behavior thing you can say. 25:35 A lot of people do that, all the behavior, 25:36 outward behaviors, they got those down. 25:38 I don't drink alcohol. I don't smoke. 25:39 I don't do this. I don't lie. 25:40 I don't do that kind of stuff. 25:42 Well, it's the inward stuff, you know, 25:43 it's the deep stuff and you're not really 25:45 surrendering everything to the Lord 25:46 and I don't think Judas really, he didn't get it. 25:48 He was more or less 25:49 just doing the outward expressions 25:50 but somewhat wasn't changed in here. 25:52 I mean we wonder 25:53 if we think that did Judas really, 25:55 maybe good food for thought. 25:56 Did Judas think that it would went 26:00 as far as it went, you know. 26:02 Oh, you're talking about money. Yeah, the money. 26:04 Yeah, and when money was given to him, 26:05 he didn't think it could quite go that far. 26:08 And then it did. 26:09 But yet did his heart really change? 26:11 You know, the Lucifer, did his heart really change? 26:13 Many in the Bible we found heart never changed. 26:16 You're talking about the false repentance. 26:18 Well, and what we find out too is he was feeling bad 26:21 because of the consequences. 26:24 Many times we say, you know, 26:26 how many times if your kids come on, 26:28 I'm so sorry, I did that, 26:29 because they don't want a spanking. 26:31 Well, they don't want to see the belt. 26:32 They don't want. 26:34 I was gonna say belted, my bad, you know, I mean. 26:36 They don't want the consequence. 26:38 See, Judas didn't, he didn't think that 26:41 the consequence would be what it was. 26:44 He was repentive of the consequence. 26:47 And what we find when we begin to study out 26:49 in Scripture and Spirit of Prophecy 26:51 about repentance, 26:53 is we need to come to the point 26:55 under the power of the Holy Spirit 26:56 that we are sorry, 26:58 we're remorseful because of sin. 27:02 It is sin that put the Savior on the cross. 27:06 It is sin that separates us from heaven. 27:10 We get to the point where we have abhor sin, 27:14 not just the consequence of sin. 27:18 Does that mean sense? Yeah. 27:19 Makes all the sense of the world. 27:20 Psalm 51 is great, what do you guys say? 27:22 Yes. You got something, JD? 27:23 No. 27:25 It's renouncing that sin, 27:26 that's exactly, comes the place. 27:28 You know, I was just thinking here 27:30 as we were talking, going through this right now, 27:33 I've got a little bump. 27:36 Go on. 27:37 And every once a while that little bump, 27:40 I feel it and I'll prick. 27:43 Let me back up a little bit. 27:45 I work in the yard all the time and right now Lyme disease 27:47 is going around everywhere. 27:49 Oh. 27:50 And so you're always, 27:52 I am becoming paranoid of ticks. 27:53 Okay. 27:55 And so if something's itching, 27:58 so then I'll sit here and think, wow, that's hard. 28:02 And I'll go up and ask, "Shelley is this?" 28:05 And she, "No, Honey, it's just a scab." 28:08 And then before long without even thinking, 28:10 you reach up and you pull that scab off. 28:12 Yeah. 28:13 And you keep pulling a scab, 28:14 how can something heal if you're gonna continue 28:17 to go back and pull it off? 28:20 Yes. 28:21 And so there comes a time 28:22 when intellectually you get involved in here, 28:25 and you say, "Hey, wait a minute here. 28:27 You're not really participating in the healing, 28:32 you're doing more harm than good." 28:34 And so now you can deduce that 28:35 and deduct that down to kind of what sin is, 28:38 you kind of, you're involved in it. 28:40 Yes. 28:41 It becomes part of who you are, 28:43 because it's part of your activities. 28:46 But there comes a time whenever, wait a minute, 28:49 I need to make some changes here. 28:51 Yes. 28:53 I need to change my behavior, my attitude. 28:57 I think that I'll probably need to change my purpose. 29:00 And then as we're beginning to pave this road, 29:03 then I think understanding, now let's take it spiritually 29:07 that there is a sin bearer. 29:09 Yes. 29:10 And that sin bearer really cares for me. 29:12 Amen. 29:13 So now I want to make some behavior change, 29:15 but I can't do it by myself. 29:17 Yes. Come on. 29:19 Now, what I've got to do, 29:20 now, I've got to have some assistance 29:22 and this is where the Holy Spirit comes in. 29:24 Amen. 29:26 And I mean, to me, I think about this, 29:28 the greatest gift that we have is Jesus realize this 29:33 when he was, Hey, I can't leave you all 29:35 down here by yourself, you need a comforter. 29:38 Oh, my. Yes. Yes. 29:39 Amen. 29:41 And then here comes the Holy Spirit to sit in there 29:42 and now I love the wooing. 29:44 I love the drawing because now, 29:47 I guess that if you do have a past. 29:50 Yes. 29:51 And it just and this makes me sick, 29:56 just the picture of going back to the vomit. 29:59 Oh, yeah. 30:00 Now that makes me sick, but how many times do 30:03 we do that to the point that Oh Lord, 30:06 I don't want to do that anymore. 30:09 And so then, you know, 30:11 you're picking up because the comforter is there 30:14 to help lift out of that junk, 30:16 and then your behavior slowly begins. 30:18 Amen. 30:19 And because now you're really renouncing sin 30:22 for what it is. 30:24 And you really have become sorry. 30:27 Now again, sorry is... 30:29 Let me read a passage real quick 30:30 that you may have it down in Psalms Chapter 38. 30:32 Jot it down. Verse 18. 30:34 Psalms 38:18, Bible says, "I will declare mine iniquity, 30:40 I will be sorry for my sin." 30:43 So that's the prerequisite, 30:45 that's what he's talking about, three areas, 30:48 and there's more to this, but you have to cover 30:51 what we're covering what we are. 30:52 Number one been doing sorrowful sin 30:53 so we need to do... 30:55 We're so sorry that we don't want to go back again. 30:57 That's right. 30:59 I don't know if you ever had those things in your life, 31:00 I have that I don't want to go back there again, 31:03 you see. 31:04 So that means you repent of that 31:06 and you can move on. 31:07 Amen. 31:08 And then where we can, when we've done wrong, 31:10 we need to make restitution. 31:12 That's like you have a SRR. 31:16 You know, sorry for your sin. 31:17 You make restitution, you know, where it's possible, 31:20 and then you make what you've been talking about, 31:22 the resolution, not by God's grace to do 31:26 it anymore. 31:27 That's very important as we look at that, 31:29 so then we start out, we're sorry for sin, 31:31 that's what the Bible said to be sorry. 31:33 What we find too is that sin is heavy. 31:37 Oh, my, well. Amen. 31:38 And there's some sense 31:40 that as you grow as a Christian, 31:41 you don't really realize that you're Christian 31:43 till you're in the Word of God and He begins 31:46 to point those things out, you know, 31:48 the Bible's a two edged sword so it's gonna cut 31:50 and it's gonna separate it, but I'm so thankful that 31:52 He is the surgeon. 31:54 We're not to be the surgeon, 31:56 He's the surgeon 31:57 through the power of the Holy Spirit, 31:58 but there's some things that even in the world, 32:00 we recognize as a sin as something wrong to do. 32:04 Yes. And it's heavy. 32:07 It's heavy to carry. 32:08 When you were talking, I was thinking about, 32:10 like cigarette smokers 32:12 and people that are addicted to drugs, 32:14 they can't do it on their own. 32:17 There's some people that recognize that an activity 32:20 or what they're doing. 32:21 Maybe they're a bank robber, 32:22 I don't know that it's wrong to do 32:24 but they can't stop it on their own. 32:26 I want to read a verse. It's found in Matthew. 32:31 Matthew 11:28, 32:34 and it reads, "Come unto me." 32:38 Jesus is saying, "Come unto me. 32:41 All ye that labor and are heavy laden." 32:44 You're heavied down, 32:45 you're just burdened with that sin 32:48 and He says, I will give you rest. 32:52 So in other words, He's saying, "Come unto Me. 32:54 Give it to Me. 32:57 Let me take that burden 32:59 because there is nothing that will burden Me." 33:02 That's Jesus talking, not me. 33:05 There's nothing that will burden our Savior. 33:07 He is... 33:09 When He was on the cross 33:10 He bore the sin of the whole world. 33:13 Any of us, we would have died like that, 33:16 we couldn't have handled it. 33:17 Mercy. 33:19 But He will give us rest because He's the sin bearer, 33:22 He's gonna take that 33:24 and He's gonna give you rest from that, 33:26 and then you can walk on in sanctification, 33:28 you can continue to grow in grace. 33:31 Yeah. Isn't that beautiful? 33:32 That's awesome. And I love the next verse. 33:34 He says, "Learn from me. I am gentle. 33:39 I am meek or I'm humble. 33:42 Learn from me, so that you can help 33:44 make a difference in someone else's life." 33:46 Amen. 33:48 Yeah, you look at it, 33:49 I think 2 Corinthians several Bible passages, 33:51 because we realize it's 2 Corinthians 7:10, 33:54 it says, "For godly sorrow works," what? 33:57 "Repentance." 33:59 What we're talking about is repentance 34:00 so we have to have which I'm sorry, 34:01 this is a godly sorrow. 34:03 Yes, it is. 34:04 Now we don't want to return to that again. 34:06 Godly sorrow, I'll read that, 34:07 worketh through repentance to salvation. 34:10 Amen. 34:11 So salvation is intertwined here 34:14 in this thing called repentance 34:17 and godly sorrow to where we separate from 34:20 what we understand or know of sin and come apart 34:23 because our salvation depends on that we do 34:26 according to the scripture that we read here. 34:29 "After a godly sort, 34:31 what carefulness it wrought in you, 34:33 yea, what clearing of yourselves, 34:35 yea, what indignation." 34:37 Wow, verse there, 11. 34:38 God is bringing some things out to us here 34:42 that this godly sorrow needs to be, 34:44 the world needs to take this thing serious. 34:46 We need to take it serious. 34:48 I think you mentioned to begin with, 34:49 repentance is something that 34:50 you just do you do just one time? 34:53 No. 34:55 Our sanctification goes along with that. 34:56 It's always a continuing process. 34:58 Yeah, yeah. It's continuous. 34:59 There's not a day that goes by 35:01 I'm sure that each one of us gonna say, 35:02 Lord, forgive me, or I'm sorry, 35:04 or help me to learn or we come and cast 35:07 our care on Him for He cares for us. 35:10 We confess our sins, He's faithful 35:11 and just to forgive us and cleanse us. 35:14 So day by day, even a thought, an action or, 35:17 you know, an unkind word, 35:18 whatever, we need to go immediately 35:20 since we're in the hour of the judgment, 35:22 you know, Christ is coming. 35:23 There's no doubt about it. 35:24 We need to make sure every sin 35:26 is covered by the blood of the Lamb 35:27 and we're talking about the repentance. 35:30 And does it do us good? 35:31 Can it do us good to go to Him and talk to Him about things? 35:34 Amen. Well. 35:35 Most certainly. 35:36 There's so many times that you know, 35:38 something's wrong in your life and you think 35:40 I have no one I can speak with. 35:43 Yeah, well. 35:44 I praise God that we have Him to go to. 35:48 Amen. 35:50 I do not know where I would be 35:53 outside of just playing lost if I didn't have 35:56 my Lord and Savior to confide in, 35:59 to counsel with, 36:01 He speaks sometimes, you know, 36:03 through His Word He speaks to us. 36:06 And it's just where we'd be? We'd be lost. 36:10 So we always have a friend in Jesus. 36:12 Amen. 36:15 And that's speaking to somebody... 36:16 Yes, it is. 36:18 Because there are people out there 36:19 that really feel like they're... 36:20 Speaks to me brother. 36:22 Like they're totally alone 36:23 and I was a little suspicious for years. 36:26 Are you telling me that the word, 36:29 the word, the Bible here? 36:31 Living word of God. 36:32 Yes, will actually give you direction? 36:36 I thought that was a little heavy, you know. 36:38 Well. 36:39 And then as I matured, matured through sanctification. 36:44 Sure. 36:45 We grow daily, you know, we put things behind us daily. 36:50 We're progressing and another, it more opens up. 36:55 Yes. 36:57 And please believe me, yes, say that you just don't use, 37:01 this was perplexing you, and you just open up the Bible, 37:06 you know, and it was 37:07 what you were perplexed over right 37:09 there is the answer. 37:10 Yes. Now was that coincidence? 37:13 Or was that providential? Providential. 37:15 It is providential. 37:17 I mean there is, we're talking about 37:19 the Creator of the universe talking to us. 37:21 That's right, amen, yeah. 37:23 You've got this problem, I got this problem 37:26 but He's gonna lead me to this text, 37:28 but He's gonna lead you to a different text. 37:30 Yes. 37:31 Or He's going to leave Kenny into your pathway 37:34 and Kenny's gonna tell a story. 37:35 Oh. Oh, yes. 37:37 Thank you, Jesus, at Your sense, wow. 37:39 Oh, yes. I mean, that's... 37:42 We're dealing with repentance. Yes. 37:44 Kind of take, we've got a cousin over here. 37:46 But you know what I mean, but it all works together. 37:47 But it's all part of it, yes. 37:50 If we don't come to Him, 37:51 we're really not gonna experience over repentance. 37:54 We cannot on our own. 37:56 It is a gift of Christ... That's right. 37:58 Amen. For us to have repent. 38:00 Isn't that beautiful? Yes, Sister. 38:01 And it's a gift because He loves us so, 38:05 so much, and He knows 38:08 we cannot take this bag of sin to heaven. 38:11 So He's calling us. 38:13 He's calling us into all of those attributes 38:16 that you read, what was it? 38:17 In Matthew 11, 38:20 what was the verse that you read there? 38:23 Twenty nine, he's calling us 38:25 to reflect those attributes of Christ. 38:27 Amen. 38:28 So that we can become citizens of heaven 38:30 because that's what heaven is. 38:33 It is full of unselfish beings, 38:36 it is full of loving beings, humble beings, 38:40 I don't think we'll ever hear an angry word, 38:43 we will never experience death anymore. 38:46 You know, I have, I love flowers. 38:48 Amen. 38:49 And I love to make things out of flowers 38:51 but I'm thinking if we pick a flower 38:52 and it never dies, 38:53 where is it gonna go, I don't know. 38:57 But I'm anxious to learn that 38:58 because there'll be no more death, no more crying, 39:02 we won't have to, you know, 39:05 we won't feel this burden anymore 39:08 because we won't have that need. 39:10 Repentance will be been done away with, hallelujah. 39:13 Yeah, no more repentance. 39:14 You know, it'll be done away with 39:17 because we will have met that thoroughly. 39:19 You know what I say that word you talking about repentance, 39:22 you know, the Bible tells us in Romans 2:4, 39:25 it's the goodness of God that what? 39:27 Yes. That leads us to repentance. 39:31 You know, people, I'll just come to Him 39:32 and I'll have to repent. 39:34 Remember, we said, we're establishing God is good. 39:36 You know, who's going to forgive us 39:38 over and over and over when we come to Him 39:40 if we confess, He forgives. 39:43 It's the goodness of God. Jesus said, if I be what? 39:48 "If I be lifted up, I will draw all men unto Me." 39:51 You see, and that's what He's talking about here, what? 39:54 The goodness of God. 39:55 When people begin to see that God is good, 39:57 you see He's working in your life, 39:59 you see He's working in the world, 40:00 even though the enemy's working too. 40:02 God is good, He is protecting, taking care of you 40:06 through the power of the Holy Spirit 40:07 bringing conviction on me 40:09 that I need to change something in my life. 40:11 You talk about growing, that we should grow every day 40:15 in sanctification that you're talking about. 40:17 Things should open up more and more to us 40:19 and if you have a stale Christian life, 40:22 nothing's being revealed, you know, 40:24 in the time that we lay it out and say, 40:26 Lord, I'm stale and I need some refreshing 40:31 and I need you to point. 40:32 I've asked the Lord many times to point things out to me. 40:34 Amen. 40:35 I'm not even aware of it 'cause I know, 40:37 you know, I look at my example, 40:39 Jesus Christ, and I fall so short, 40:41 I'm ashamed and embarrassed and all I can do 40:43 is just come to Him 40:45 and beg for forgiveness and mercy. 40:47 And He's willing, He said, 40:48 the goodness of God leads me to think. 40:51 I came to the point in my own life, 40:53 many years ago, that I prayed 40:56 and I realized so many things. 40:57 I said, Lord, whatever it takes 41:01 that I can make it to heaven, let it happen. 41:04 Wow. Amen. 41:05 And Lord have mercy. 41:07 I prayed that for two or three years. 41:09 I don't think I really mean it. Is it okay to be honest? 41:12 We have to be. Yeah. 41:14 No, I knew it, at least to me. We can talk about it. 41:17 You knew it was needed. 41:19 I knew it was needed and I knew that it was right. 41:22 What our praying was right, whatever it takes, 41:24 whatever is holding me back or what? 41:26 Because I don't know, what it's, 41:27 but something's missing. 41:30 And so when I begin to pray, it just like, oh, each time, 41:33 each time there was a reservation, 41:35 some of you prayed and you have, 41:36 after you get done, you say, oh, I have faith to believe, 41:38 there's a reservation. 41:40 Oh, it's not, yeah, yeah. 41:41 I had a reservation, like, ooh, what? 41:44 When you turn your life over to Christ, 41:46 sometimes some things really happen 41:47 and let me tell you, I won't go into all story. 41:50 Some things really did happen. 41:52 The Lord was, I mean, He was doing things 41:55 that you when you lay them on the altar 41:56 and you wanna make changes, God just, 41:58 He shows up 42:00 and am I saying in the nice way, 42:01 He show out. I mean, He shows He's in God. 42:02 That's right. 42:04 And I've seen that happen so many times in stories 42:05 as you will know, we don't have time 42:07 to really go into that but I thought, 42:08 right then whatever it takes and then finally 42:11 upon reading and studying and going over 42:14 and praying it time after time, 42:16 I prayed it again and again and the next, 42:19 you know what happened? 42:21 Oh. Wow. 42:22 I believe it. 42:24 There was no reservations and I sensed it 42:26 through the Holy Spirit. 42:28 There's no reservations and then God can begin to work. 42:31 As long as I had reservation, 42:32 He couldn't do what He wanted to do. 42:34 Let me read this. I absolutely love this. 42:36 I don't know where I picked it up. 42:37 But it's so simple. 42:38 But talking about, first of all, 42:40 I'm willing to be made willing. 42:46 If my mother and my father asked me 42:48 to do something, 42:49 and I was doing the best that I could. 42:50 Thank you, Jamie. 42:52 You're doing good, 42:53 at least you're willing to be made willing. 42:55 Yeah. 42:56 But now the sanctification, sanctification goes. 42:58 This helps me so much. 43:00 It's day by day cleansing from sin and growth in grace. 43:04 Amen. 43:06 So it's the combination of both, 43:07 it's taking those baby steps. 43:09 Sometimes we're sitting here 43:11 and things expected of us to take a 10 foot step. 43:14 Oh, wow. 43:15 And sometimes it does, but thank You Jesus 43:18 that You were impressed. 43:20 I mean boy, that's a big thing. 43:22 No matter what, Lord, no matter what, 43:24 I have given you permission 43:25 'cause I want to be with You forever. 43:28 Boy, you just set yourself up dealing with someone 43:31 that can really make things happen. 43:32 Oh, yeah. Yeah. 43:34 A guy can tell those, Brother. Yes, you bet he can tell. 43:36 He can tell if you have a reservation in your heart, 43:39 somebody told him back, I knew I was. 43:40 The Lord knows. You know... 43:42 Go ahead just, I didn't mean to interrupt you. 43:43 No, I mean. 43:45 So you know it just teach me to do your will, Lord. 43:48 Amen. 43:49 For You are my God, let the Holy Spirit guide me, 43:52 put me on level ground, 43:53 because as we are on that pathway of repentance, 43:58 you know, create in me a new heart. 44:01 These are things that you know that, 44:03 this is your negotiating if there is such. 44:07 Hey, thank you, Kenny. 44:09 I know you're willing to be made willing, 44:11 I know that you have all these issues 44:13 that you're trying to get past 44:15 and at least you are a son 44:20 that's progressing. 44:22 You're a work in progress. Oh, yeah, sure. 44:24 To me that's good news. 44:25 That's good, some real good news. 44:27 Yeah, because you're gonna have eternity to be better. 44:30 Amen. 44:32 And you know, as an end times people, 44:35 as we realized as we read through the Word of God, 44:37 we are living in the last church 44:39 at the last... 44:41 You know, I think of Nebuchadnezzar's dream, 44:43 the tip toes, 44:44 the little toenails of time as it were. 44:47 Yeah. 44:49 And we're looking forward to that latter rain. 44:51 You know, we read about the early rain in Acts. 44:54 We want the latter rain, and I believe 44:58 and I want to see what you think. 45:00 How is repentance connected with the Holy Spirit power? 45:05 This is something that when we hear 45:07 from you folks at home, 45:09 you write us letters or you call and you say, 45:11 our church, we just don't have any spiritual power. 45:14 Could it be that repentance is a part of the reason 45:19 that we are not experiencing 45:22 the whole power 45:23 of the Holy Spirit in our lives, in our homes, 45:25 and in our churches, what do you, guys, think? 45:27 Yes. Yeah. 45:28 Psalm 51, I have to read it, you touched on it, JD. 45:31 I might as well read it. 45:32 Psalm 51:10-13, there's a key in there. 45:35 It says, "Create me a clean heart, 45:37 O God and renew a right spirit within me. 45:40 Cast me not away from thy presence 45:42 and take not thy Holy Spirit from me. 45:45 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, 45:48 uphold me with thy right free spirit." 45:50 And then verse 13, I think this is really key. 45:52 We're experiencing this idea of reformation repentance, 45:55 something that He calls us to do. 45:57 "Then will I teach transgressors thy ways 45:59 and sinners will be converted unto me." 46:02 No, it says unto thee, unto you, 46:04 unto God so I think that when we have a real repentance 46:08 like you're talking about, 46:09 Kenny, how you had a real repentance. 46:10 There's something that was changing your heart. 46:12 But then you go out and you start 46:14 showing other people that love of Christ 46:16 that you lead them to repentance, 46:17 and we don't personally help them 46:21 through repentance, 46:22 but we give them an idea of who God is 46:24 and how He can get them to repentance. 46:26 So, I think that's the fire hat's in us 46:28 and you're talking about the spirit 46:29 is dead in the church 46:30 and so we've lost our mission, we've lost our focus. 46:32 Yeah. 46:34 So it says, they had a form of godliness, 46:35 but they lacked the power. 46:37 And are we not? 46:38 Are we not mixing truth with error? 46:39 Have we not compromised? Oh, mercy. 46:42 Rather than repent and go back to the Word of God 46:46 and accept what God says is sin. 46:50 We try to whitewash it and say, well, it looks better now. 46:53 Let's go ahead and put it in. 46:56 So I think, well, 46:58 let me just read from the Word of God. 46:59 Let's see what Peter says. 47:01 Let's see what Peter says here in Acts 2:37-38. 47:06 He says, "Now when..." 47:08 Let me just put my glasses on for this one, 47:10 I can see it better. 47:11 "Now when they had heard this, 47:13 they were pricked in their heart," 47:14 we were talking about that conviction, right? 47:17 "And he said unto Peter, 47:19 and to the rest of the apostles, 47:20 men and brethren, what shall we do? 47:22 Then Peter said unto them, 'Repent, 47:24 and be baptized every one of you 47:26 in the name of Jesus Christ for remission of sins.' 47:30 " Not white washing the sins, not accepting them, 47:34 not compromising truth with error. 47:36 "And ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost." 47:40 So that, right there in a nutshell, 47:43 if we had no other passage, 47:45 we know that we are to repent and to follow God. 47:49 I was just talking to a man in the ministry 47:51 when you came in yesterday. 47:53 And we've said the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 47:58 A lot of people are realizing that. 48:00 They're seeing the signs of the times. 48:02 They know something's changing 48:03 so they're asking more questions, 48:06 and he asked the wrong question 48:08 which is really the right one to me. 48:09 Which is the right question, all right. 48:10 What do you guys do here? 48:13 Oh, that opened up. My, my. 48:14 What do you do here and we began to share 48:18 and talk about the ministry. 48:21 And I forgot the first thing I was gonna even tell you 48:24 getting off on that part but anyway. 48:26 We encourage him and you gave him 48:28 the Great Controversy, a nice big copy, 48:30 Steps to Christ and certainly a card 48:32 so where they could, he could start tuning in 48:35 with 3ABN and watching it 48:37 and you know we're going to have another talk 48:40 I'm sure coming up, so. 48:41 Yes, that was one of those little share cards of 3ABN 48:44 so they can figure out how to watch it 48:46 and so on and so forth. 48:48 Isn't that beautiful? 48:49 But the power of the Holy Spirit 48:51 and to know what is right and to repent 48:55 and to turn away and then be baptized. 48:57 Now, repentance is a big word. Let's just see if we... 49:00 I like to stir things up every once in a while 49:02 and get people think, or maybe it's just simple, 49:03 but she used two different words 49:05 there to with repentance and remission. 49:08 So, you know, I make the statement, 49:09 repentance is as much a gift 49:12 from Christ as forgiveness. 49:16 I mean, that's, you know, if you think about it, 49:17 it's just as much a gift. 49:20 You say, "Well where do you get that?" 49:21 Well, in Acts 5:31, I always say, the Bible says. 49:26 The Bible says right here, "Him hath God exalted 49:29 with his right hand to be a prince and a savior, 49:32 to give," notice this, repentance to whom? 49:35 "To Israel or to us in forgiveness of sin." 49:40 So they had to be on the same plane right there 49:43 and sometime we have intentionally put 49:44 one in the shelf over here and someone over here 49:46 and one there, but do we not need both? 49:49 You're just talking about both what the Bible says here, 49:51 to give repentance. 49:53 Is He ready to forgive? 49:54 We've only have five minutes left. 49:55 Oh, wow. Amen. Well, let's just... 49:57 Yeah, let's let the Holy Spirit put on your heart 49:59 what needs to be something to come out. 50:02 Just a couple days ago 50:03 I had a German call our prayer line on, 50:05 he was kind of in a, I guess in a dark place. 50:08 He was finally, 50:09 he had just been laid off from his work 50:10 and he said, he'd been watching 3ABN 50:12 for a year and a half. 50:13 Have been speaking his heart so I've been watching 50:15 all these other channels out there 50:16 like the other ministry channel he said, 50:17 they just, 3ABN has spoken to my heart 50:20 and I want to make a change. 50:21 I want Christ in my heart. 50:23 I want to find a Seventh-day Adventist Church 50:24 where can I go? 50:25 Lead me, show me where to go. Yeah. 50:27 So this man was willing to make a change in his life. 50:29 It was in that still small moment 50:31 and a still small voice spoke to him said, 50:33 hey, it's time to make a change in your life. 50:35 You need to make, do something different. 50:36 Amen. 50:37 You're pointing out a very important part too, 50:39 'cause a lot of people mistake 50:42 what repentance is over to repent. 50:44 They feel like they have to repent 50:45 before they come to Christ. 50:47 You just pointed out, he was coming to Christ. 50:51 You have to come to Christ. Jesus says, "Come as you are." 50:54 That's right. 50:56 And then He will begin to change us 50:58 through the power of the Holy Spirit 50:59 and then repentance will come. 51:01 And I know for me, it's almost been 51:03 like a progressive revelation because I think a lot of times 51:07 we thought we had repented, we said we're sorry. 51:10 Yeah. 51:11 But we were more like Judas, 51:13 we really didn't have that complete abhorrence of sin. 51:18 But remember, it's a day by day cleansing from sin 51:22 and then growth and grace. 51:24 Let me read this real quick. 51:25 I love this, Revelation 3:19-20. 51:28 Revelation 3:19 as this is, this is Jesus speaking, " 51:32 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten." 51:36 In other words, He's gonna say if there's areas in your life 51:39 that need to be a little, that needs assistance, 51:41 He's there. 51:42 "Therefore be zealous and repent, and behold, 51:46 I stand at the door and knock. 51:47 And if anyone hears my voice opens the door, 51:50 I will come into him and dine with him 51:52 and he with Me." 51:54 Beautiful. So that is a gift. 51:56 He sitting here and says hey, 51:57 just because you're getting beat up a little bit here, 52:00 this is probably for your benefit. 52:02 Yes. 52:04 Because, you know, I've got something, 52:06 but never lose the fact that I am there 52:08 and I'm knocking. 52:10 So as the Holy Spirit is wooing you, 52:12 as he's drawing you, as your heart is palpating, 52:17 and you know that something's not right here. 52:20 He's saying, Hey, I know that 52:23 sometime the cistern has a crack in, 52:25 the bucket has it, 52:27 but he's sitting there and says, 52:28 Hey, let him who is thirsty come, 52:31 and whoever desires, I've got the water. 52:35 So I mean, He's where He's supposed to be. 52:38 That's right. Are we where we supposed to be? 52:39 Yep. 52:41 Just to finish right on that 'cause when He has come, 52:44 and it's John 16:8, you know, 52:46 very familiar it says, and when He is come, 52:49 what would He? 52:50 Talk to the Holy Spirit, 52:51 He will reprove the world of what? 52:54 Of sin and of righteousness and judgment. 52:57 Praise God for that, when the Holy Spirit 52:58 working in the heart like you say brings conviction. 53:01 And the want to 53:02 and the desire to change your attitude, 53:04 change your life, change your talks. 53:06 Some people think, well I, false, 53:07 you talk about you know, repentance 53:09 and they continue the same life that they led before. 53:12 They're going to the same places, 53:13 have the same friends, same been drawn down. 53:17 But we when we come to Christ and our hearts made new. 53:19 Our attitude is different. 53:20 Our talk is different, 53:22 to what we listen to is different. 53:23 What we watch is different. 53:24 The whole being is different. Yeah. 53:26 Or it should be. Amen. 53:27 Just recently for me, the worker has been working, 53:29 I mean, with pride and just to be real quick. 53:31 We got a young man, it's been kind of encouraging 53:34 and he sent me a text and I said, 53:35 "Hey, everything going? 53:37 Yeah, I'm doing Bible studies. 53:38 I said, "Oh, you got any questions." 53:40 He's like, "No, I already got some of your answer." 53:41 And I thought, "I'm the one 53:42 that's supposed to be helping with Bible studies." 53:44 Wait a minute. 53:45 Hold and God said to me, that's not your child, 53:46 that's My child. 53:48 Amen, wow. 53:49 I'll take care of that man, don't worry about that. 53:51 You've done your job. 53:52 So the Holy Spirit to get hold my pride. 53:53 You know, that's where 53:55 the Holy Spirit has taken, take a step back. 53:56 And that's what we're just talking, 53:58 he's chasing you and you're repenting. 54:00 Yes. 54:01 Well, it's a beautiful thing 54:03 because as we mentioned earlier, 54:04 I did that the Bible will cut separate and divide. 54:07 And there's also a place I don't remember outright, 54:11 but he allows nothing to happen to His children 54:14 until He okays it first. 54:16 Amen. 54:17 And He's allowing these things because He trusts us with it. 54:20 And He knows that we have a weakness. 54:22 It may be pride, it may be selfishness, 54:25 it may be anger, we don't know, 54:27 but He allows these things to test to try 54:30 to get us ready for the kingdom of heaven. 54:32 Amen. 54:34 Really, we're looking at God is good. 54:36 Holy Spirit is good, Jesus is good, 54:39 and we're inviting him Into our heart and life. 54:41 We're inviting you at home that, 54:42 you know, just kind of make a decision right now, 54:44 think about your life. 54:46 Are you happy with the way things that are going? 54:48 Or do you want some changes in your life? 54:50 Amen. 54:51 The changes cannot come until 54:53 the Holy Spirit's working on you, 54:54 but you need to come to him 54:55 and confess and to make some changes 54:57 and your life will change for the better. 54:59 You know, we're gonna take right now. 55:00 Don't go away. 55:02 We'll take a short break, 55:03 news break, and we'll be right back. 55:04 Amen. |
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