New Repentance
Series: Living in the New World
Speaker: James Barnett
Date: 2nd August 2020
00:00:00 --> 00:00:03 Oh no, what have I done?
00:00:04 --> 00:00:09 In the classic 2002 movie, Spider-Man,
00:00:10 --> 00:00:13 the young Spider-Man has a chance to stop a thief,
00:00:14 --> 00:00:17 but instead chooses to let him go.
00:00:18 --> 00:00:24 He lets him get away only for that thief to end up killing his uncle.
00:00:24 --> 00:00:28 I'm sorry if I've spoiled the movie for you, but the movie's 18 years old, it's okay.
00:00:28 --> 00:00:31 Spider-Man has this moment when he realizes,
00:00:32 --> 00:00:35 oh no, what have I done?
00:00:36 --> 00:00:40 And for the rest of his life, it is shaped by his guilt,
00:00:41 --> 00:00:45 trying to make up for this mistake that cost his uncle's life,
00:00:45 --> 00:00:49 trying to deal with his sin, trying to find redemption.
00:00:49 --> 00:00:56 His whole superhero future is because he is trying to pay the cost of his past sins.
00:00:56 --> 00:00:59 Have you felt that before?
00:00:59 --> 00:01:02 Not the being bitten by a radioactive spider part,
00:01:02 --> 00:01:09 but that gut-wrenching feeling of realizing that you are at fault.
00:01:10 --> 00:01:11 You've let a friend down.
00:01:12 --> 00:01:16 You've been responsible for hurting a person close to you.
00:01:16 --> 00:01:18 And then thinking, how do I fix this?
00:01:19 --> 00:01:22 How do I make amends for my mistake?
00:01:22 --> 00:01:26 Like, you know, I've let my kids down, so I'm going to take them some sliced fruit.
00:01:26 --> 00:01:28 I'm going to, oh, let's go to Macca's kids.
00:01:29 --> 00:01:32 I'm going to buy her flowers.
00:01:32 --> 00:01:33 I'm going to buy her jewelry.
00:01:33 --> 00:01:36 So when I go and say, sorry, I've got something to give her,
00:01:36 --> 00:01:37 so that she'll actually forgive me.
00:01:37 --> 00:01:41 When it comes to our relationship with God,
00:01:41 --> 00:01:45 what happens when we realize what we have done to God?
00:01:46 --> 00:01:50 That we are responsible for the death of his son,
00:01:50 --> 00:01:53 for the murder of God himself.
00:01:53 --> 00:01:55 Is it just enough for us to say sorry?
00:01:57 --> 00:01:59 The great reformer, Martin Luther,
00:01:59 --> 00:02:04 was famously so worried about his guilt and his death
00:02:04 --> 00:02:06 that he became a monk.
00:02:07 --> 00:02:08 Is this what we should do?
00:02:08 --> 00:02:12 We should all, you know, just enter ministry
00:02:12 --> 00:02:14 so we can somehow pay for our sins.
00:02:16 --> 00:02:19 Today we are continuing in our series on the book of Acts,
00:02:19 --> 00:02:23 seeing what living in the new world looks like.
00:02:24 --> 00:02:28 And today we see what apology is.
00:02:28 --> 00:02:29 We see a new repentance.
00:02:29 --> 00:02:35 The people in Jerusalem realize what they have done to Jesus
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00:02:38 --> 00:02:41 And we see what it means to repent,
00:02:41 --> 00:02:43 to say sorry and to be forgiven.
00:02:44 --> 00:02:47 Today we'll see what to do when we have that,
00:02:47 --> 00:02:50 oh no, what have I done moment.
00:02:51 --> 00:02:54 And we'll be reminded what it means to repent
00:02:54 --> 00:02:57 and how wonderful it is to have a God
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00:03:01 --> 00:03:04 We're going to be three points this morning.
00:03:04 --> 00:03:08 The first is seeing the requirements for repentance.
00:03:10 --> 00:03:13 So the disciples have done what Jesus told them to do
00:03:13 --> 00:03:14 in Acts chapter one.
00:03:14 --> 00:03:18 They were told to wait in Jerusalem until Pentecost.
00:03:19 --> 00:03:20 And they've done that.
00:03:20 --> 00:03:23 Pentecost means 50.
00:03:23 --> 00:03:28 And so Pentecost is 50 days after Passover,
00:03:28 --> 00:03:31 a famous Jewish festival, Passover,
00:03:31 --> 00:03:34 when they remembered what God did passing over their sins.
00:03:35 --> 00:03:39 50 days after that is 7 times 7 plus 1,
00:03:40 --> 00:03:43 which is where they get 50, the Pentecost from.
00:03:43 --> 00:03:46 And so we see what happens on this day.
00:03:46 --> 00:03:48 Acts chapter 2, verse 2.
00:03:48 --> 00:03:53 Suddenly, a sound like the blowing of a violent wind
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00:03:56 --> 00:03:56 where they were sitting.
00:03:57 --> 00:04:00 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated
00:04:00 --> 00:04:02 and came to rest on each of them.
00:04:02 --> 00:04:04 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit
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00:04:06 --> 00:04:07 as the Spirit enabled them.
00:04:08 --> 00:04:11 This is a massive, dramatic moment
00:04:11 --> 00:04:13 in the history of the church.
00:04:13 --> 00:04:15 This was not just a simple breeze
00:04:15 --> 00:04:16 that blew through the house,
00:04:16 --> 00:04:18 but it is a violent wind.
00:04:19 --> 00:04:20 In the Old Testament,
00:04:20 --> 00:04:23 the word for the Spirit and wind
00:04:23 --> 00:04:24 are the same word.
00:04:24 --> 00:04:25 It's ruach.
00:04:26 --> 00:04:27 It's the same word.
00:04:27 --> 00:04:28 And so we see in the Old Testament
00:04:28 --> 00:04:31 that God made Adam come to life
00:04:31 --> 00:04:32 by breathing into him.
00:04:33 --> 00:04:35 And this rushing wind
00:04:35 --> 00:04:38 is God's life-giving Spirit
00:04:38 --> 00:04:39 coming to the apostles.
00:04:40 --> 00:04:42 We see tongues of fire
00:04:42 --> 00:04:43 coming to rest on these men.
00:04:43 --> 00:04:46 And again, fire is a common image of God.
00:04:46 --> 00:04:48 You only have to think back to, you know,
00:04:48 --> 00:04:49 Moses and the burning bush.
00:04:51 --> 00:04:52 And so the Holy Spirit
00:04:52 --> 00:04:54 comes upon these men
00:04:54 --> 00:04:55 so that they could be
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00:04:58 --> 00:05:00 Last week with Steve,
00:05:00 --> 00:05:00 in chapter 1,
00:05:00 --> 00:05:02 we saw that Jesus was sending
00:05:02 --> 00:05:03 his disciples,
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00:05:04 --> 00:05:05 out into the world.
00:05:06 --> 00:05:06 To Jerusalem,
00:05:07 --> 00:05:07 Judea,
00:05:08 --> 00:05:09 Samaria,
00:05:09 --> 00:05:10 and to the ends of the earth.
00:05:10 --> 00:05:12 But he wasn't going to send them out
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00:05:15 --> 00:05:17 They would have the Holy Spirit.
00:05:18 --> 00:05:19 They were a witness
00:05:19 --> 00:05:20 to what they had seen
00:05:20 --> 00:05:21 about Jesus,
00:05:21 --> 00:05:23 equipped to share the good news
00:05:23 --> 00:05:25 to the ends of the earth.
00:05:26 --> 00:05:28 And the Holy Spirit fills them here
00:05:28 --> 00:05:29 so that they begin
00:05:29 --> 00:05:30 to speak in other languages.
00:05:30 --> 00:05:32 And I love this part of the Bible.
00:05:32 --> 00:05:34 If you've heard me speak
00:05:34 --> 00:05:35 about this kind of thing before,
00:05:35 --> 00:05:37 I've prayed for this
00:05:37 --> 00:05:38 because I really want to be able
00:05:38 --> 00:05:39 to speak Mandarin Chinese.
00:05:40 --> 00:05:42 And learning it takes time.
00:05:43 --> 00:05:45 And I really wish
00:05:45 --> 00:05:46 that had happened to me.
00:05:46 --> 00:05:47 But here it happens.
00:05:48 --> 00:05:51 God miraculously gifts these people
00:05:51 --> 00:05:52 so that they can speak
00:05:52 --> 00:05:53 other languages.
00:05:53 --> 00:05:54 And they're speaking
00:05:54 --> 00:05:56 about God's mighty deeds.
00:05:57 --> 00:05:59 And they're making such a commotion
00:05:59 --> 00:06:00 about God in other languages
00:06:00 --> 00:06:01 that people around them
00:06:01 --> 00:06:02 hear and gather.
00:06:03 --> 00:06:04 Verse 5.
00:06:04 --> 00:06:07 Now, they were staying in Jerusalem
00:06:07 --> 00:06:08 God-fearing Jews
00:06:08 --> 00:06:10 from every nation under heaven.
00:06:11 --> 00:06:12 When they heard this sound,
00:06:13 --> 00:06:14 a crowd came together
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00:06:15 --> 00:06:17 because each one heard
00:06:17 --> 00:06:18 their own language being spoken.
00:06:19 --> 00:06:20 Utterly amazed,
00:06:20 --> 00:06:20 they asked,
00:06:20 --> 00:06:22 aren't all these
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00:06:25 --> 00:06:26 Luke, the author,
00:06:26 --> 00:06:27 is making a real point
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00:06:30 --> 00:06:31 God-fearing Jews
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00:06:35 --> 00:06:36 They were there
00:06:36 --> 00:06:37 because of the religious festivals,
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00:06:38 --> 00:06:39 and then Pentecost.
00:06:40 --> 00:06:41 And the story
00:06:41 --> 00:06:42 of the Old Testament
00:06:42 --> 00:06:44 from the Tower of Babel
00:06:44 --> 00:06:46 all of the way through
00:06:46 --> 00:06:46 to their exile
00:06:46 --> 00:06:48 had been a history
00:06:48 --> 00:06:49 of disobedience.
00:06:50 --> 00:06:51 They disobeyed God
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00:06:53 --> 00:06:55 And he scattered them
00:06:55 --> 00:06:56 at the Tower of Babel.
00:06:56 --> 00:06:57 He sent them into exile
00:06:58 --> 00:06:59 in their history.
00:06:59 --> 00:07:01 Those who should have been
00:07:01 --> 00:07:03 living in the promised land
00:07:03 --> 00:07:04 had been spread
00:07:04 --> 00:07:05 across the known world.
00:07:06 --> 00:07:07 They've grown up
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00:07:10 --> 00:07:11 not their own,
00:07:12 --> 00:07:13 but they are all gathered
00:07:13 --> 00:07:15 for Pentecost
00:07:15 --> 00:07:16 and for Passover.
00:07:16 --> 00:07:17 And God uses
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00:07:20 --> 00:07:20 scattered people
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00:07:21 --> 00:07:22 for this moment.
00:07:23 --> 00:07:24 The Holy Spirit
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00:07:25 --> 00:07:27 where there was division.
00:07:27 --> 00:07:29 The list of people
00:07:29 --> 00:07:30 that had gathered
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00:07:31 --> 00:07:32 Verse 9.
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00:07:35 --> 00:07:36 residents of Mesopotamia,
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00:07:37 --> 00:07:38 Pontus, Asia,
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00:07:42 --> 00:07:43 visitors from Rome,
00:07:43 --> 00:07:44 both Jews and converts,
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00:07:47 --> 00:07:48 We hear them
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00:07:53 --> 00:07:53 Have you ever had
00:07:53 --> 00:07:54 that feeling
00:07:54 --> 00:07:55 when you're on
00:07:55 --> 00:07:56 holidays overseas
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00:07:57 --> 00:07:58 being what overseas
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00:07:59 --> 00:08:01 And you have this moment
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00:08:09 --> 00:08:10 It feels very foreign
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00:08:12 --> 00:08:13 And then off in the distance
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00:08:16 --> 00:08:17 You hear, you know,
00:08:17 --> 00:08:17 someone speaking English
00:08:17 --> 00:08:18 if you're in a non-English
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00:08:19 --> 00:08:20 oh,
00:08:21 --> 00:08:22 they will understand me.
00:08:23 --> 00:08:24 They know
00:08:24 --> 00:08:25 what it is like.
00:08:26 --> 00:08:26 And there's just
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00:08:29 --> 00:08:30 I can imagine
00:08:30 --> 00:08:31 that for these people.
00:08:32 --> 00:08:33 These Jews
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00:08:39 --> 00:08:40 But now
00:08:40 --> 00:08:41 they are hearing
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00:08:46 --> 00:08:46 Some
00:08:46 --> 00:08:47 just think
00:08:47 --> 00:08:48 that they were drunk.
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00:08:59 --> 00:09:00 the Holy Spirit
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00:09:04 --> 00:09:05 the Holy Spirit
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00:09:26 --> 00:09:26 we have been
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00:09:38 --> 00:09:39 From Joel,
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00:09:50 --> 00:09:50 Again,
00:09:50 --> 00:09:50 this is an
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00:10:02 --> 00:10:03 But now
00:10:03 --> 00:10:04 the Spirit
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00:10:10 --> 00:10:10 Peter is
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00:10:12 --> 00:10:13 that Joel
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00:10:14 --> 00:10:14 God would
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00:10:16 --> 00:10:16 And that is
00:10:16 --> 00:10:17 exactly what's
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00:10:19 --> 00:10:19 Not only that,
00:10:20 --> 00:10:20 King David
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00:10:24 --> 00:10:24 someone who
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00:10:27 --> 00:10:28 whose body
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00:10:30 --> 00:10:31 And that's
00:10:31 --> 00:10:32 not David.
00:10:33 --> 00:10:34 Verse 29,
00:10:34 --> 00:10:34 fellow Israelites,
00:10:35 --> 00:10:35 I can confidently
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00:10:36 --> 00:10:36 the patriarch
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00:10:56 --> 00:10:57 Joel prophesied
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00:11:01 --> 00:11:02 David knew
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00:11:04 --> 00:11:05 but not see
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00:11:06 --> 00:11:07 we have seen
00:11:07 --> 00:11:07 it, the
00:11:07 --> 00:11:08 apostles have
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00:11:09 --> 00:11:10 And then
00:11:10 --> 00:11:11 Peter gets
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00:11:12 --> 00:11:13 verse 36,
00:11:14 --> 00:11:14 therefore,
00:11:15 --> 00:11:16 let all
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00:11:17 --> 00:11:17 assured of
00:11:17 --> 00:11:18 this,
00:11:18 --> 00:11:19 God has
00:11:19 --> 00:11:20 made this
00:11:20 --> 00:11:21 Jesus whom
00:11:21 --> 00:11:22 you crucified,
00:11:23 --> 00:11:23 both Lord
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00:11:25 --> 00:11:25 the one
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00:11:29 --> 00:11:29 He is the
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00:11:32 --> 00:11:33 And the
00:11:33 --> 00:11:34 crowd have
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00:11:35 --> 00:11:36 oh no,
00:11:36 --> 00:11:37 what have
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00:11:44 --> 00:11:44 they realised
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00:11:48 --> 00:11:49 Verse 37,
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00:11:50 --> 00:11:50 people heard
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00:11:52 --> 00:11:52 they were
00:11:52 --> 00:11:52 cut to the
00:11:52 --> 00:11:54 heart and
00:11:54 --> 00:11:54 said to
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00:11:55 --> 00:11:55 apostles,
00:11:56 --> 00:11:56 brothers,
00:11:57 --> 00:11:58 what should
00:11:58 --> 00:11:59 we do?
00:12:00 --> 00:12:01 That phrase
00:12:01 --> 00:12:02 is so
00:12:02 --> 00:12:02 painful,
00:12:03 --> 00:12:04 cut to the
00:12:04 --> 00:12:04 heart,
00:12:04 --> 00:12:05 what do
00:12:05 --> 00:12:06 we do?
00:12:06 --> 00:12:07 We killed
00:12:07 --> 00:12:07 him.
00:12:08 --> 00:12:09 The one
00:12:09 --> 00:12:09 that we
00:12:09 --> 00:12:10 have been
00:12:10 --> 00:12:10 waiting for,
00:12:11 --> 00:12:11 God's
00:12:11 --> 00:12:12 chosen one,
00:12:13 --> 00:12:13 the Lord
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00:12:14 --> 00:12:14 save us
00:12:14 --> 00:12:16 and we
00:12:16 --> 00:12:17 killed him.
00:12:18 --> 00:12:19 What do
00:12:19 --> 00:12:19 we do?
00:12:20 --> 00:12:20 I can
00:12:20 --> 00:12:21 imagine
00:12:21 --> 00:12:21 their minds
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00:12:22 --> 00:12:23 options of
00:12:23 --> 00:12:23 what they
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00:12:24 --> 00:12:24 Maybe it's
00:12:24 --> 00:12:24 just the
00:12:24 --> 00:12:25 Aussie male
00:12:25 --> 00:12:26 dad in
00:12:26 --> 00:12:26 me.
00:12:26 --> 00:12:27 I can
00:12:27 --> 00:12:27 fix it.
00:12:28 --> 00:12:29 I see
00:12:29 --> 00:12:29 one of my
00:12:29 --> 00:12:29 kids with
00:12:29 --> 00:12:30 a toy that's
00:12:30 --> 00:12:31 not a little
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00:12:32 --> 00:12:32 pass it to
00:12:32 --> 00:12:32 me, I'll
00:12:32 --> 00:12:33 fix it.
00:12:33 --> 00:12:34 Gaffer tape,
00:12:34 --> 00:12:34 hot glue,
00:12:34 --> 00:12:35 whatever it
00:12:35 --> 00:12:36 takes, I
00:12:36 --> 00:12:36 will fix it.
00:12:36 --> 00:12:37 I can
00:12:37 --> 00:12:38 imagine that
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00:12:38 --> 00:12:39 the crowd.
00:12:39 --> 00:12:40 Surely
00:12:40 --> 00:12:40 there's
00:12:40 --> 00:12:40 something we
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00:12:41 --> 00:12:42 God sent
00:12:42 --> 00:12:42 him back,
00:12:42 --> 00:12:43 we'll love
00:12:43 --> 00:12:44 him this
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00:12:45 --> 00:12:45 We'll
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00:12:46 --> 00:12:46 him, we
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00:12:48 --> 00:12:48 We'll
00:12:48 --> 00:12:49 give more
00:12:49 --> 00:12:49 money to
00:12:49 --> 00:12:49 the synagogue,
00:12:50 --> 00:12:50 we'll give
00:12:50 --> 00:12:51 more sacrifices.
00:12:51 --> 00:12:52 We've
00:12:52 --> 00:12:52 stuffed up,
00:12:52 --> 00:12:53 but surely
00:12:53 --> 00:12:53 we can earn
00:12:53 --> 00:12:54 your forgiveness.
00:12:57 --> 00:12:57 38,
00:12:58 --> 00:12:58 verse 38,
00:12:59 --> 00:12:59 Peter replied,
00:12:59 --> 00:13:01 repent and
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00:13:02 --> 00:13:03 every one
00:13:03 --> 00:13:03 of you,
00:13:03 --> 00:13:04 in the name
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00:13:05 --> 00:13:06 the forgiveness
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00:13:06 --> 00:13:08 sins, and
00:13:08 --> 00:13:08 you will
00:13:08 --> 00:13:09 receive the
00:13:09 --> 00:13:09 gift of
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00:13:11 --> 00:13:12 Repent,
00:13:12 --> 00:13:13 turn away
00:13:13 --> 00:13:14 from your
00:13:14 --> 00:13:16 sin, be
00:13:16 --> 00:13:16 baptized, be
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00:13:21 --> 00:13:22 this Jesus,
00:13:22 --> 00:13:23 he is still
00:13:23 --> 00:13:24 working now.
00:13:26 --> 00:13:27 Your sins
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00:13:27 --> 00:13:28 forgiven, they
00:13:28 --> 00:13:28 will be
00:13:28 --> 00:13:29 wiped out,
00:13:29 --> 00:13:30 and you
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00:13:30 --> 00:13:31 the Holy
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00:13:32 --> 00:13:32 No longer
00:13:32 --> 00:13:33 is God
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00:13:35 --> 00:13:36 but in
00:13:36 --> 00:13:36 his people,
00:13:36 --> 00:13:37 they will
00:13:37 --> 00:13:38 be the
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00:13:38 --> 00:13:39 You can
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00:13:40 --> 00:13:40 gift.
00:13:42 --> 00:13:42 And that
00:13:42 --> 00:13:43 day, about
00:13:43 --> 00:13:45 3 people
00:13:45 --> 00:13:45 were added to
00:13:45 --> 00:13:46 their number.
00:13:46 --> 00:13:47 This group
00:13:47 --> 00:13:48 started out
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00:13:53 --> 00:13:54 after they
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00:13:55 --> 00:13:56 part of God's
00:13:56 --> 00:13:56 family, they
00:13:56 --> 00:13:57 were all united
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00:13:58 --> 00:13:59 Verse 44,
00:13:59 --> 00:13:59 all the
00:13:59 --> 00:14:00 believers were
00:14:00 --> 00:14:00 together and
00:14:00 --> 00:14:01 had everything
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00:14:03 --> 00:14:04 And twice it
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00:14:05 --> 00:14:05 they were
00:14:05 --> 00:14:06 breaking bread
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00:14:08 --> 00:14:09 God's Spirit
00:14:09 --> 00:14:10 has come, the
00:14:10 --> 00:14:10 gospel has
00:14:10 --> 00:14:11 gone out,
00:14:11 --> 00:14:12 thousands of
00:14:12 --> 00:14:13 people have
00:14:13 --> 00:14:13 been cut to
00:14:13 --> 00:14:14 the heart,
00:14:14 --> 00:14:15 they have
00:14:15 --> 00:14:16 repented and
00:14:16 --> 00:14:17 been baptized,
00:14:17 --> 00:14:19 and now they
00:14:19 --> 00:14:19 have God's
00:14:19 --> 00:14:20 new church.
00:14:21 --> 00:14:22 There is
00:14:22 --> 00:14:22 nothing that
00:14:22 --> 00:14:23 they could do
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00:14:29 --> 00:14:30 The Holy
00:14:30 --> 00:14:31 Spirit, God
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00:14:33 --> 00:14:33 No one
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00:14:34 --> 00:14:34 expected that,
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00:14:35 --> 00:14:36 that gut-wrenching
00:14:36 --> 00:14:37 moment of
00:14:37 --> 00:14:38 realization of
00:14:38 --> 00:14:38 what have I
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00:14:41 --> 00:14:41 told that they
00:14:41 --> 00:14:41 are forgiven,
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00:14:45 --> 00:14:46 This is
00:14:46 --> 00:14:47 wonderful joy,
00:14:47 --> 00:14:48 this is
00:14:48 --> 00:14:49 amazing freedom.
00:14:49 --> 00:14:51 We see this
00:14:51 --> 00:14:53 structure in
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00:14:54 --> 00:14:55 where God
00:14:55 --> 00:14:56 works a
00:14:56 --> 00:14:56 miracle.
00:14:58 --> 00:14:59 Somebody
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00:15:01 --> 00:15:02 then thousands
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00:15:03 --> 00:15:03 It is the
00:15:03 --> 00:15:04 same that
00:15:04 --> 00:15:05 happens in
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00:15:06 --> 00:15:06 A miracle
00:15:06 --> 00:15:08 happens, Peter
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00:15:08 --> 00:15:09 gospel, and we
00:15:09 --> 00:15:09 see thousands
00:15:09 --> 00:15:10 get saved.
00:15:12 --> 00:15:13 In chapter 3,
00:15:14 --> 00:15:15 the miracle is
00:15:15 --> 00:15:16 a lame man
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00:15:17 --> 00:15:17 This is our
00:15:17 --> 00:15:18 second point
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00:15:19 --> 00:15:20 we see the
00:15:20 --> 00:15:20 freedom that
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00:15:23 --> 00:15:24 One day,
00:15:25 --> 00:15:26 Peter, along
00:15:26 --> 00:15:27 with John, was
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00:15:29 --> 00:15:29 there was a
00:15:29 --> 00:15:30 lame man
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00:15:33 --> 00:15:33 verse 6,
00:15:34 --> 00:15:35 Peter said,
00:15:36 --> 00:15:36 silver or
00:15:36 --> 00:15:38 gold I do
00:15:38 --> 00:15:39 not have, but
00:15:39 --> 00:15:40 what I do
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00:15:42 --> 00:15:42 In the name
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00:15:44 --> 00:15:44 walk.
00:15:44 --> 00:15:45 Taking him
00:15:45 --> 00:15:45 by the right
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00:15:48 --> 00:15:48 instantly the
00:15:48 --> 00:15:49 man's feet
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00:15:51 --> 00:15:52 He jumped
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00:15:55 --> 00:15:55 Then he
00:15:55 --> 00:15:56 went with
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00:16:01 --> 00:16:01 The people
00:16:01 --> 00:16:02 see the man
00:16:02 --> 00:16:03 jumping and
00:16:03 --> 00:16:04 praising, and
00:16:04 --> 00:16:05 they rush to
00:16:05 --> 00:16:05 Peter and
00:16:05 --> 00:16:05 John.
00:16:06 --> 00:16:06 And again,
00:16:07 --> 00:16:08 Peter gives
00:16:08 --> 00:16:08 context.
00:16:08 --> 00:16:09 He explains,
00:16:09 --> 00:16:10 he preaches
00:16:10 --> 00:16:11 about what God
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00:16:11 --> 00:16:12 their midst.
00:16:12 --> 00:16:13 God
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00:16:14 --> 00:16:14 the name of
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00:16:15 --> 00:16:15 Why do you
00:16:15 --> 00:16:16 stare at us as if by
00:16:16 --> 00:16:17 our own power or
00:16:17 --> 00:16:19 our godliness we had
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00:16:20 --> 00:16:21 The God of Abraham,
00:16:22 --> 00:16:23 Isaac, and Jacob, the
00:16:23 --> 00:16:24 God of our fathers has
00:16:24 --> 00:16:25 glorified his servant
00:16:25 --> 00:16:26 Jesus.
00:16:26 --> 00:16:27 Verse 15,
00:16:28 --> 00:16:31 you killed the author
00:16:31 --> 00:16:34 of life, but God
00:16:34 --> 00:16:35 raised him from the
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00:16:36 --> 00:16:37 We are witness of
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00:16:37 --> 00:16:38 By faith in the
00:16:38 --> 00:16:39 name of Jesus, this
00:16:39 --> 00:16:41 man whom you see and
00:16:41 --> 00:16:42 know has been made
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00:16:43 --> 00:16:45 It is Jesus' name and
00:16:45 --> 00:16:46 the faith that comes
00:16:46 --> 00:16:47 through him that has
00:16:47 --> 00:16:48 completely healed him,
00:16:49 --> 00:16:50 as you can all see.
00:16:51 --> 00:16:52 And again, Peter gets
00:16:52 --> 00:16:53 to the point.
00:16:53 --> 00:16:54 He doesn't just talk
00:16:54 --> 00:16:55 about God just to
00:16:55 --> 00:16:57 talk about him, but
00:16:57 --> 00:16:59 talks about him,
00:16:59 --> 00:17:01 theologizes about him
00:17:01 --> 00:17:02 for the sake of
00:17:02 --> 00:17:03 people's lives.
00:17:03 --> 00:17:03 Verse 19,
00:17:04 --> 00:17:06 repent and turn to
00:17:06 --> 00:17:07 God.
00:17:07 --> 00:17:09 So that your sins
00:17:09 --> 00:17:10 may be wiped out,
00:17:11 --> 00:17:12 that times of
00:17:12 --> 00:17:14 refreshing may come
00:17:14 --> 00:17:15 from the Lord.
00:17:16 --> 00:17:17 This is a wonderful
00:17:17 --> 00:17:18 promise.
00:17:18 --> 00:17:18 Turn to God,
00:17:19 --> 00:17:20 repent.
00:17:21 --> 00:17:22 Your sin will be
00:17:22 --> 00:17:23 dealt with so that
00:17:23 --> 00:17:25 you can have times
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00:17:27 --> 00:17:29 The healing of the
00:17:29 --> 00:17:30 lame man here is
00:17:30 --> 00:17:32 like a physical
00:17:32 --> 00:17:33 illustration of
00:17:33 --> 00:17:33 repentance.
00:17:33 --> 00:17:35 I don't think it's
00:17:35 --> 00:17:36 by coincidence that
00:17:36 --> 00:17:37 coincidence that
00:17:37 --> 00:17:38 this story is in
00:17:38 --> 00:17:40 the middle of
00:17:40 --> 00:17:41 Peter preaching
00:17:41 --> 00:17:41 twice about
00:17:41 --> 00:17:42 repentance.
00:17:43 --> 00:17:45 God's spirit
00:17:45 --> 00:17:46 works in Jesus'
00:17:46 --> 00:17:48 name to set
00:17:48 --> 00:17:49 enslaved people
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00:17:51 --> 00:17:52 The lame man was
00:17:52 --> 00:17:53 enslaved to a
00:17:53 --> 00:17:54 broken body and
00:17:54 --> 00:17:55 when he is set
00:17:55 --> 00:17:57 free, his change
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00:17:57 --> 00:17:59 He is jumping for
00:17:59 --> 00:17:59 joy.
00:18:00 --> 00:18:01 He is praising
00:18:01 --> 00:18:01 God.
00:18:05 --> 00:18:06 Peter says,
00:18:06 --> 00:18:07 you have killed
00:18:07 --> 00:18:08 the author of
00:18:08 --> 00:18:10 life, but you
00:18:10 --> 00:18:10 can be free.
00:18:10 --> 00:18:11 You can be free
00:18:11 --> 00:18:12 as this man here
00:18:12 --> 00:18:14 jumping with joy,
00:18:14 --> 00:18:15 so repent.
00:18:17 --> 00:18:18 And at the start
00:18:18 --> 00:18:18 of chapter 4,
00:18:19 --> 00:18:19 which we'll look at
00:18:19 --> 00:18:20 next week,
00:18:20 --> 00:18:21 again, we see
00:18:21 --> 00:18:22 thousands of
00:18:22 --> 00:18:24 people are saved.
00:18:24 --> 00:18:27 in chapter 2
00:18:27 --> 00:18:27 and 3,
00:18:28 --> 00:18:29 we've been given
00:18:29 --> 00:18:30 a picture of
00:18:30 --> 00:18:31 what the new
00:18:31 --> 00:18:32 repentance looks
00:18:32 --> 00:18:33 like, that
00:18:33 --> 00:18:34 comes from the
00:18:34 --> 00:18:35 death, the
00:18:35 --> 00:18:35 resurrection, and
00:18:35 --> 00:18:36 the ascension of
00:18:36 --> 00:18:37 Jesus.
00:18:39 --> 00:18:39 Our repentance
00:18:39 --> 00:18:41 is based not on
00:18:41 --> 00:18:42 what we offer, but
00:18:42 --> 00:18:43 on the completed
00:18:43 --> 00:18:44 works of Jesus.
00:18:45 --> 00:18:46 And we can jump,
00:18:46 --> 00:18:48 we can praise,
00:18:48 --> 00:18:49 and we can be
00:18:49 --> 00:18:50 refreshed,
00:18:51 --> 00:18:52 because our God
00:18:52 --> 00:18:52 forgives us.
00:18:52 --> 00:18:55 There are four
00:18:55 --> 00:18:56 ways that this
00:18:56 --> 00:18:57 helps us to think
00:18:57 --> 00:18:58 through what our
00:18:58 --> 00:18:58 repentance is.
00:18:58 --> 00:18:59 This is our third
00:18:59 --> 00:19:00 point today, what
00:19:00 --> 00:19:02 repentance is, what
00:19:02 --> 00:19:02 it actually looks
00:19:02 --> 00:19:02 like.
00:19:03 --> 00:19:04 So that's the first
00:19:04 --> 00:19:05 of the four things.
00:19:05 --> 00:19:05 We're going to see
00:19:05 --> 00:19:06 four things about
00:19:06 --> 00:19:07 what repentance
00:19:07 --> 00:19:07 looks like.
00:19:08 --> 00:19:10 The first is what
00:19:10 --> 00:19:11 it actually looks
00:19:11 --> 00:19:11 like.
00:19:11 --> 00:19:13 The second, what
00:19:13 --> 00:19:13 the marks of a
00:19:13 --> 00:19:14 repentant person
00:19:14 --> 00:19:14 are.
00:19:15 --> 00:19:16 Third, the
00:19:16 --> 00:19:17 challenges to
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00:19:18 --> 00:19:18 And the fourth,
00:19:19 --> 00:19:20 the joy from
00:19:20 --> 00:19:21 repentance.
00:19:21 --> 00:19:21 repentance.
00:19:22 --> 00:19:23 Now, if you
00:19:23 --> 00:19:24 don't know Jesus
00:19:24 --> 00:19:25 yet, let me
00:19:25 --> 00:19:26 encourage you to
00:19:26 --> 00:19:28 be reflecting on
00:19:28 --> 00:19:30 the burden of
00:19:30 --> 00:19:31 carrying our own
00:19:31 --> 00:19:32 sin.
00:19:33 --> 00:19:34 Because what God
00:19:34 --> 00:19:36 offers us is joy,
00:19:37 --> 00:19:37 and it is
00:19:37 --> 00:19:38 refreshing.
00:19:39 --> 00:19:41 And all he asks
00:19:41 --> 00:19:41 us to do is to
00:19:41 --> 00:19:42 repent and turn
00:19:42 --> 00:19:43 to him.
00:19:44 --> 00:19:45 So firstly, what
00:19:45 --> 00:19:46 does repentance
00:19:46 --> 00:19:47 look like?
00:19:47 --> 00:19:48 Well, it's not
00:19:48 --> 00:19:49 just saying
00:19:49 --> 00:19:50 sorry.
00:19:51 --> 00:19:52 But repentance
00:19:52 --> 00:19:53 is rooted in an
00:19:53 --> 00:19:54 understanding of
00:19:54 --> 00:19:55 how sinful we
00:19:55 --> 00:19:57 are, of our
00:19:57 --> 00:19:58 actions, our
00:19:58 --> 00:19:59 emotions, our
00:19:59 --> 00:20:00 thoughts, our
00:20:00 --> 00:20:01 beliefs, and our
00:20:01 --> 00:20:02 way of life.
00:20:03 --> 00:20:04 Repentance is
00:20:04 --> 00:20:05 where we have a
00:20:05 --> 00:20:06 high view of
00:20:06 --> 00:20:07 God, where we
00:20:07 --> 00:20:09 see that he is
00:20:09 --> 00:20:09 the one who
00:20:09 --> 00:20:10 dictates what
00:20:10 --> 00:20:12 the best life
00:20:12 --> 00:20:13 is.
00:20:13 --> 00:20:15 and when we
00:20:15 --> 00:20:16 see that our
00:20:16 --> 00:20:17 life doesn't
00:20:17 --> 00:20:19 match what he
00:20:19 --> 00:20:20 would have for
00:20:20 --> 00:20:20 us.
00:20:21 --> 00:20:21 A life of
00:20:21 --> 00:20:22 repentance begins
00:20:22 --> 00:20:24 with that gut
00:20:24 --> 00:20:25 wrenching,
00:20:25 --> 00:20:26 heart cutting
00:20:26 --> 00:20:28 recognition of
00:20:28 --> 00:20:29 having defied
00:20:29 --> 00:20:31 God by choosing
00:20:31 --> 00:20:32 what is wrong
00:20:32 --> 00:20:34 and hurtful to
00:20:34 --> 00:20:35 others, to
00:20:35 --> 00:20:36 ourselves, and
00:20:36 --> 00:20:36 to God.
00:20:37 --> 00:20:38 A life of
00:20:38 --> 00:20:38 repentance is
00:20:38 --> 00:20:39 where we
00:20:39 --> 00:20:40 continually bring
00:20:40 --> 00:20:41 our life before
00:20:41 --> 00:20:43 God in his
00:20:43 --> 00:20:44 word, convicted
00:20:44 --> 00:20:45 by the Holy
00:20:45 --> 00:20:46 Spirit, and
00:20:46 --> 00:20:46 where we will
00:20:46 --> 00:20:47 continually have
00:20:47 --> 00:20:49 those, oh
00:20:49 --> 00:20:50 no, what have
00:20:50 --> 00:20:52 I done moments.
00:20:53 --> 00:20:54 We will see,
00:20:54 --> 00:20:56 ah, this part
00:20:56 --> 00:20:57 of my life needs
00:20:57 --> 00:20:58 to change.
00:20:58 --> 00:20:59 That action, that
00:20:59 --> 00:21:01 thought, those
00:21:01 --> 00:21:04 desires don't
00:21:04 --> 00:21:04 actually line up
00:21:04 --> 00:21:05 with God's plan
00:21:05 --> 00:21:06 for my life.
00:21:08 --> 00:21:09 Secondly, the
00:21:09 --> 00:21:10 marks of a
00:21:10 --> 00:21:11 repentant person.
00:21:11 --> 00:21:12 we've seen some
00:21:12 --> 00:21:13 of the marks of
00:21:13 --> 00:21:14 repentant people
00:21:14 --> 00:21:15 in the passage
00:21:15 --> 00:21:15 this morning.
00:21:16 --> 00:21:17 We see people
00:21:17 --> 00:21:18 responding to
00:21:18 --> 00:21:19 Peter's teaching.
00:21:20 --> 00:21:22 We see them, we
00:21:22 --> 00:21:22 see the crowd
00:21:22 --> 00:21:24 asking, what
00:21:24 --> 00:21:24 should we do?
00:21:26 --> 00:21:26 A mark of a
00:21:26 --> 00:21:27 repentant person
00:21:27 --> 00:21:28 is that they are
00:21:28 --> 00:21:29 appalled by their
00:21:29 --> 00:21:29 sin.
00:21:30 --> 00:21:31 The crowd was
00:21:31 --> 00:21:32 cut to the
00:21:32 --> 00:21:32 heart.
00:21:34 --> 00:21:36 They accept the
00:21:36 --> 00:21:36 consequences.
00:21:36 --> 00:21:38 They ask, what
00:21:38 --> 00:21:39 should we do?
00:21:41 --> 00:21:43 A repentant
00:21:43 --> 00:21:44 person doesn't
00:21:44 --> 00:21:45 demand forgiveness.
00:21:46 --> 00:21:47 A person who
00:21:47 --> 00:21:48 knows that they
00:21:48 --> 00:21:49 are in the
00:21:49 --> 00:21:50 wrong and is
00:21:50 --> 00:21:51 saying sorry
00:21:51 --> 00:21:52 doesn't say,
00:21:52 --> 00:21:53 well, you
00:21:53 --> 00:21:53 know, sure,
00:21:54 --> 00:21:54 John, I'll
00:21:54 --> 00:21:55 pick on you.
00:21:55 --> 00:21:55 Sure, John, I've
00:21:55 --> 00:21:56 sinned against you.
00:21:56 --> 00:21:57 But because you're
00:21:57 --> 00:21:57 a Christian, you
00:21:57 --> 00:21:58 have to forgive
00:21:58 --> 00:21:58 me.
00:21:59 --> 00:22:00 No, a repentant
00:22:00 --> 00:22:01 person knows that
00:22:01 --> 00:22:02 they can't demand
00:22:02 --> 00:22:02 forgiveness.
00:22:03 --> 00:22:04 But when they get
00:22:04 --> 00:22:05 it, they're
00:22:05 --> 00:22:05 amazed.
00:22:05 --> 00:22:07 And the marks
00:22:07 --> 00:22:08 of an unrepentant
00:22:08 --> 00:22:09 person are the
00:22:09 --> 00:22:09 opposite of
00:22:09 --> 00:22:10 these.
00:22:11 --> 00:22:12 I think we
00:22:12 --> 00:22:14 can, well, I
00:22:14 --> 00:22:14 know at least I
00:22:14 --> 00:22:16 can often have a
00:22:16 --> 00:22:17 facade of
00:22:17 --> 00:22:18 repentance.
00:22:20 --> 00:22:21 I can
00:22:21 --> 00:22:23 apologize but
00:22:23 --> 00:22:23 not mean it.
00:22:23 --> 00:22:25 My sin doesn't
00:22:25 --> 00:22:26 really appall me.
00:22:27 --> 00:22:27 I don't hate it.
00:22:28 --> 00:22:29 I can say, do
00:22:29 --> 00:22:30 you know what, that
00:22:30 --> 00:22:30 thing that I did,
00:22:31 --> 00:22:32 it's fine.
00:22:32 --> 00:22:33 I can excuse my
00:22:33 --> 00:22:33 sin.
00:22:36 --> 00:22:37 Maybe we don't
00:22:37 --> 00:22:37 accept the
00:22:37 --> 00:22:38 consequences but
00:22:38 --> 00:22:39 we try and shift
00:22:39 --> 00:22:40 the blame.
00:22:41 --> 00:22:42 You know, they
00:22:42 --> 00:22:42 demand forgiveness.
00:22:43 --> 00:22:43 You know, John, you
00:22:43 --> 00:22:44 really should forgive
00:22:44 --> 00:22:44 me.
00:22:46 --> 00:22:47 And forgiveness is
00:22:47 --> 00:22:48 not a gift, it is
00:22:48 --> 00:22:49 an expectation.
00:22:50 --> 00:22:51 The unrepentant
00:22:51 --> 00:22:52 person may just
00:22:52 --> 00:22:54 say sorry to fix
00:22:54 --> 00:22:55 the situation, not
00:22:55 --> 00:22:56 because they are
00:22:56 --> 00:22:58 sorrowful about
00:22:58 --> 00:22:58 what they have
00:22:58 --> 00:22:59 done.
00:22:59 --> 00:23:04 But repenting
00:23:04 --> 00:23:05 is really hard.
00:23:06 --> 00:23:07 And that's the
00:23:07 --> 00:23:08 third thing we see
00:23:08 --> 00:23:08 about repentance
00:23:08 --> 00:23:09 here.
00:23:10 --> 00:23:11 Repenting is
00:23:11 --> 00:23:11 challenging.
00:23:12 --> 00:23:13 And it's actually
00:23:13 --> 00:23:13 really challenging
00:23:13 --> 00:23:15 for us to deal
00:23:15 --> 00:23:16 with our sin and
00:23:16 --> 00:23:17 to understand its
00:23:17 --> 00:23:18 consequences.
00:23:19 --> 00:23:20 It's painful.
00:23:21 --> 00:23:21 And this is why
00:23:21 --> 00:23:23 we need God to
00:23:23 --> 00:23:23 help us.
00:23:23 --> 00:23:24 This is why
00:23:24 --> 00:23:26 this repentance
00:23:26 --> 00:23:27 is new because
00:23:27 --> 00:23:28 it comes as a
00:23:28 --> 00:23:28 gift from God.
00:23:28 --> 00:23:29 it comes with
00:23:29 --> 00:23:30 the Holy Spirit
00:23:30 --> 00:23:31 coming upon us.
00:23:31 --> 00:23:32 The Holy Spirit
00:23:32 --> 00:23:33 works to convict
00:23:33 --> 00:23:34 us of our sin.
00:23:35 --> 00:23:36 We desperately
00:23:36 --> 00:23:37 need Him because
00:23:37 --> 00:23:39 otherwise it is
00:23:39 --> 00:23:41 impossible for us
00:23:41 --> 00:23:43 to face up to
00:23:43 --> 00:23:43 our sin.
00:23:44 --> 00:23:45 We will just be
00:23:45 --> 00:23:46 an unrepentant
00:23:46 --> 00:23:47 person who says
00:23:47 --> 00:23:48 sorry to fix
00:23:48 --> 00:23:49 situations.
00:23:51 --> 00:23:52 Instead, we
00:23:52 --> 00:23:53 need to be cut
00:23:53 --> 00:23:54 to the heart by
00:23:54 --> 00:23:56 God's Word and
00:23:56 --> 00:23:57 God the Holy
00:23:57 --> 00:23:57 Spirit.
00:23:58 --> 00:24:00 repenting is
00:24:00 --> 00:24:01 challenging because
00:24:01 --> 00:24:03 we can desire to
00:24:03 --> 00:24:04 protect ourselves.
00:24:05 --> 00:24:06 I want to save
00:24:06 --> 00:24:07 face before God
00:24:07 --> 00:24:08 and before other
00:24:08 --> 00:24:09 people.
00:24:09 --> 00:24:11 So I can't
00:24:11 --> 00:24:12 confess.
00:24:13 --> 00:24:14 I will confess
00:24:14 --> 00:24:15 partly.
00:24:16 --> 00:24:17 I can shift the
00:24:17 --> 00:24:17 blame or shift
00:24:17 --> 00:24:18 fault.
00:24:18 --> 00:24:19 I see it in me.
00:24:20 --> 00:24:21 I see it in my
00:24:21 --> 00:24:21 kids.
00:24:21 --> 00:24:22 I say to one of
00:24:22 --> 00:24:23 them, did you do
00:24:23 --> 00:24:24 this?
00:24:24 --> 00:24:25 And they say,
00:24:25 --> 00:24:25 he did it
00:24:25 --> 00:24:26 first.
00:24:27 --> 00:24:28 He told me to
00:24:28 --> 00:24:29 do it.
00:24:30 --> 00:24:31 And I see that
00:24:31 --> 00:24:32 in myself.
00:24:33 --> 00:24:34 I have a saying
00:24:34 --> 00:24:35 that I'm going to
00:24:35 --> 00:24:35 keep saying to
00:24:35 --> 00:24:36 myself and to my
00:24:36 --> 00:24:38 family until I'm
00:24:38 --> 00:24:39 good at it, which
00:24:39 --> 00:24:41 is own your own
00:24:41 --> 00:24:41 stuff.
00:24:43 --> 00:24:44 Don't shift blame
00:24:44 --> 00:24:44 to others.
00:24:45 --> 00:24:45 Own it for
00:24:45 --> 00:24:45 yourself.
00:24:46 --> 00:24:48 Own it and
00:24:48 --> 00:24:49 repent of it.
00:24:49 --> 00:24:50 And ask the
00:24:50 --> 00:24:51 Holy Spirit to
00:24:51 --> 00:24:52 help change.
00:24:54 --> 00:24:56 Fourth, once we
00:24:56 --> 00:24:57 have had that,
00:24:58 --> 00:24:59 oh no, what
00:24:59 --> 00:25:00 have I done
00:25:00 --> 00:25:01 moment, a life
00:25:01 --> 00:25:03 of repentance is
00:25:03 --> 00:25:05 truly a joy.
00:25:06 --> 00:25:07 We are accepted
00:25:07 --> 00:25:08 by God.
00:25:08 --> 00:25:09 He cherishes
00:25:09 --> 00:25:10 us.
00:25:10 --> 00:25:11 We are his
00:25:11 --> 00:25:12 valued people.
00:25:12 --> 00:25:13 We are dearly
00:25:13 --> 00:25:13 loved.
00:25:13 --> 00:25:14 We are accepted
00:25:14 --> 00:25:15 into the family
00:25:15 --> 00:25:16 just like those
00:25:16 --> 00:25:17 thousands were
00:25:17 --> 00:25:18 when they
00:25:18 --> 00:25:19 started the
00:25:19 --> 00:25:20 church.
00:25:21 --> 00:25:21 They met
00:25:21 --> 00:25:22 together and
00:25:22 --> 00:25:23 we come into
00:25:23 --> 00:25:24 God's family.
00:25:25 --> 00:25:26 The burden
00:25:26 --> 00:25:27 of our sin
00:25:27 --> 00:25:28 is taken away
00:25:28 --> 00:25:29 and we can
00:25:29 --> 00:25:30 have times of
00:25:30 --> 00:25:31 refreshing.
00:25:31 --> 00:25:32 We don't need
00:25:32 --> 00:25:33 to be fearful
00:25:33 --> 00:25:35 that admitting
00:25:35 --> 00:25:36 fault will ruin
00:25:36 --> 00:25:37 our relationship
00:25:37 --> 00:25:37 with God.
00:25:38 --> 00:25:38 God already
00:25:38 --> 00:25:39 knows what we
00:25:39 --> 00:25:40 are like.
00:25:41 --> 00:25:42 It's actually
00:25:42 --> 00:25:43 a picture of
00:25:43 --> 00:25:44 what authenticity
00:25:44 --> 00:25:45 is to truly
00:25:45 --> 00:25:47 know who we
00:25:47 --> 00:25:47 are.
00:25:48 --> 00:25:48 and how
00:25:48 --> 00:25:49 dependent on
00:25:49 --> 00:25:50 God we
00:25:50 --> 00:25:52 are to
00:25:52 --> 00:25:52 admit our
00:25:52 --> 00:25:53 fault and
00:25:53 --> 00:25:54 to repent.
00:25:55 --> 00:25:56 And then we
00:25:56 --> 00:25:57 can jump for
00:25:57 --> 00:25:57 joy.
00:25:57 --> 00:25:58 We can leap.
00:25:58 --> 00:25:59 We can praise
00:25:59 --> 00:25:59 God.
00:25:59 --> 00:25:59 We can even
00:25:59 --> 00:26:00 do that this
00:26:00 --> 00:26:00 morning.
00:26:01 --> 00:26:02 As we sing
00:26:02 --> 00:26:02 in a moment,
00:26:02 --> 00:26:02 we can jump
00:26:02 --> 00:26:03 around.
00:26:03 --> 00:26:03 That's okay.
00:26:05 --> 00:26:06 We can do
00:26:06 --> 00:26:06 that.
00:26:07 --> 00:26:08 We can have
00:26:08 --> 00:26:08 joy because
00:26:08 --> 00:26:09 what should
00:26:09 --> 00:26:10 have destroyed
00:26:10 --> 00:26:11 us before God
00:26:11 --> 00:26:12 has been
00:26:12 --> 00:26:13 wiped away.
00:26:13 --> 00:26:16 I know that
00:26:16 --> 00:26:18 I have
00:26:18 --> 00:26:18 plenty of
00:26:18 --> 00:26:19 challenges
00:26:19 --> 00:26:19 personally
00:26:19 --> 00:26:21 confessing
00:26:21 --> 00:26:21 my sin
00:26:21 --> 00:26:23 and you
00:26:23 --> 00:26:23 may be
00:26:23 --> 00:26:24 surprised to
00:26:24 --> 00:26:25 know this
00:26:25 --> 00:26:25 but I can
00:26:25 --> 00:26:26 certainly be a
00:26:26 --> 00:26:27 stubborn person.
00:26:27 --> 00:26:28 I know,
00:26:28 --> 00:26:28 I can see the
00:26:28 --> 00:26:29 shock on all
00:26:29 --> 00:26:29 of your faces
00:26:29 --> 00:26:30 this morning.
00:26:31 --> 00:26:32 I know when
00:26:32 --> 00:26:33 I've been in
00:26:33 --> 00:26:33 the wrong with
00:26:33 --> 00:26:34 Alyssa,
00:26:34 --> 00:26:35 my wife,
00:26:35 --> 00:26:36 that it can
00:26:36 --> 00:26:37 be hard
00:26:37 --> 00:26:39 to confess.
00:26:41 --> 00:26:42 I can much
00:26:42 --> 00:26:42 prefer to be
00:26:42 --> 00:26:44 stubborn and
00:26:44 --> 00:26:44 shift the
00:26:44 --> 00:26:44 blame and
00:26:44 --> 00:26:45 actually go,
00:26:45 --> 00:26:45 no, no, no,
00:26:45 --> 00:26:46 it was her
00:26:46 --> 00:26:46 fault.
00:26:46 --> 00:26:47 It's her
00:26:47 --> 00:26:47 fault.
00:26:48 --> 00:26:49 I know that
00:26:49 --> 00:26:50 when I've been
00:26:50 --> 00:26:50 in the wrong,
00:26:50 --> 00:26:51 I've hurt
00:26:51 --> 00:26:51 Alyssa,
00:26:51 --> 00:26:52 I've let her
00:26:52 --> 00:26:52 down.
00:26:52 --> 00:26:53 I cannot
00:26:53 --> 00:26:54 want to
00:26:54 --> 00:26:54 admit that
00:26:54 --> 00:26:57 but there
00:26:57 --> 00:26:57 is something
00:26:57 --> 00:26:58 wonderful
00:26:58 --> 00:27:00 about
00:27:00 --> 00:27:01 confessing
00:27:01 --> 00:27:01 sin.
00:27:01 --> 00:27:02 When I
00:27:02 --> 00:27:02 say to
00:27:02 --> 00:27:03 her,
00:27:03 --> 00:27:03 Alyssa,
00:27:03 --> 00:27:04 I am
00:27:04 --> 00:27:05 sorry,
00:27:05 --> 00:27:06 I let
00:27:06 --> 00:27:07 you down,
00:27:07 --> 00:27:08 I did
00:27:08 --> 00:27:08 this and
00:27:08 --> 00:27:09 I was
00:27:09 --> 00:27:11 wrong and
00:27:11 --> 00:27:11 she forgives
00:27:11 --> 00:27:12 me.
00:27:13 --> 00:27:13 It is
00:27:13 --> 00:27:14 wonderful.
00:27:15 --> 00:27:16 It's like
00:27:16 --> 00:27:18 having a
00:27:18 --> 00:27:18 burden taken
00:27:18 --> 00:27:19 off your
00:27:19 --> 00:27:20 back and
00:27:20 --> 00:27:20 we are
00:27:20 --> 00:27:21 brought
00:27:21 --> 00:27:21 closer.
00:27:23 --> 00:27:23 We can
00:27:23 --> 00:27:24 have new
00:27:24 --> 00:27:25 levels of
00:27:25 --> 00:27:26 intimacy
00:27:26 --> 00:27:28 because there
00:27:28 --> 00:27:28 is no longer
00:27:28 --> 00:27:29 that burden
00:27:29 --> 00:27:29 that keeps
00:27:29 --> 00:27:30 me away
00:27:30 --> 00:27:30 from her.
00:27:30 --> 00:27:31 I'm not
00:27:31 --> 00:27:31 sure if
00:27:31 --> 00:27:31 you've had
00:27:31 --> 00:27:32 this in
00:27:32 --> 00:27:32 a relationship
00:27:32 --> 00:27:33 before but
00:27:33 --> 00:27:34 I certainly
00:27:34 --> 00:27:34 have this.
00:27:35 --> 00:27:35 If there
00:27:35 --> 00:27:35 is conflict
00:27:35 --> 00:27:36 between
00:27:36 --> 00:27:36 Alyssa
00:27:36 --> 00:27:37 and I
00:27:37 --> 00:27:38 because I've
00:27:38 --> 00:27:38 done the
00:27:38 --> 00:27:38 wrong thing,
00:27:38 --> 00:27:39 I don't
00:27:39 --> 00:27:39 want to
00:27:39 --> 00:27:39 see her,
00:27:39 --> 00:27:40 I don't
00:27:40 --> 00:27:40 want to
00:27:40 --> 00:27:40 talk to
00:27:40 --> 00:27:41 her,
00:27:41 --> 00:27:41 I want
00:27:41 --> 00:27:41 to hide
00:27:41 --> 00:27:42 from her
00:27:42 --> 00:27:44 but when
00:27:44 --> 00:27:45 I confess,
00:27:46 --> 00:27:46 when I
00:27:46 --> 00:27:47 say sorry
00:27:47 --> 00:27:47 and there
00:27:47 --> 00:27:48 is forgiveness,
00:27:48 --> 00:27:49 we are
00:27:49 --> 00:27:49 brought
00:27:49 --> 00:27:49 closer,
00:27:49 --> 00:27:50 no longer
00:27:50 --> 00:27:50 am I
00:27:50 --> 00:27:51 hiding from
00:27:51 --> 00:27:51 her out
00:27:51 --> 00:27:51 of fear
00:27:51 --> 00:27:52 that she's
00:27:52 --> 00:27:52 going to
00:27:52 --> 00:27:53 point out
00:27:53 --> 00:27:53 my sin
00:27:53 --> 00:27:55 but that
00:27:55 --> 00:27:55 burden
00:27:55 --> 00:27:56 is taken.
00:27:57 --> 00:27:58 How much
00:27:58 --> 00:27:59 more so
00:27:59 --> 00:27:59 with God
00:27:59 --> 00:28:01 that the
00:28:01 --> 00:28:02 burden of
00:28:02 --> 00:28:03 having a
00:28:03 --> 00:28:03 broken
00:28:03 --> 00:28:04 relationship
00:28:04 --> 00:28:05 is taken
00:28:05 --> 00:28:06 off and
00:28:06 --> 00:28:06 it is
00:28:06 --> 00:28:07 offered to
00:28:07 --> 00:28:07 us.
00:28:09 --> 00:28:09 It's just
00:28:09 --> 00:28:09 like Peter
00:28:09 --> 00:28:10 holding out
00:28:10 --> 00:28:10 his hand
00:28:10 --> 00:28:11 to the
00:28:11 --> 00:28:12 lame man
00:28:12 --> 00:28:12 and saying
00:28:12 --> 00:28:13 do you
00:28:13 --> 00:28:13 want
00:28:13 --> 00:28:15 times of
00:28:15 --> 00:28:15 refreshing?
00:28:17 --> 00:28:17 Do you
00:28:17 --> 00:28:18 want
00:28:18 --> 00:28:19 to have
00:28:19 --> 00:28:21 times of
00:28:21 --> 00:28:21 joy?
00:28:24 --> 00:28:25 Don't miss
00:28:25 --> 00:28:26 out on
00:28:26 --> 00:28:27 that oh
00:28:27 --> 00:28:28 no what
00:28:28 --> 00:28:28 have I done
00:28:28 --> 00:28:29 feeling.
00:28:30 --> 00:28:31 Don't run
00:28:31 --> 00:28:31 and hide
00:28:31 --> 00:28:32 from that
00:28:32 --> 00:28:33 because God
00:28:33 --> 00:28:34 uses his
00:28:34 --> 00:28:36 spirit to
00:28:36 --> 00:28:36 cut us to
00:28:36 --> 00:28:37 the heart
00:28:37 --> 00:28:39 to remind
00:28:39 --> 00:28:40 us of how
00:28:40 --> 00:28:40 we need to
00:28:40 --> 00:28:41 repent and
00:28:41 --> 00:28:42 we can come
00:28:42 --> 00:28:42 before our
00:28:42 --> 00:28:43 great God
00:28:43 --> 00:28:43 and repent
00:28:43 --> 00:28:44 not from
00:28:44 --> 00:28:45 fear but
00:28:45 --> 00:28:45 joy.
00:28:47 --> 00:28:47 Not because
00:28:47 --> 00:28:48 of who we
00:28:48 --> 00:28:49 are but
00:28:49 --> 00:28:49 because we
00:28:49 --> 00:28:50 have a
00:28:50 --> 00:28:51 loving and
00:28:51 --> 00:28:52 merciful God.
00:28:52 --> 00:28:53 Let me
00:28:53 --> 00:28:53 pray for us.
00:28:54 --> 00:28:54 Heavenly
00:28:54 --> 00:28:55 Father,
00:28:55 --> 00:28:56 Lord,
00:28:57 --> 00:28:58 you are
00:28:58 --> 00:28:59 so wonderful,
00:28:59 --> 00:28:59 you are
00:28:59 --> 00:29:00 so great.
00:29:01 --> 00:29:02 you are
00:29:02 --> 00:29:02 so merciful
00:29:02 --> 00:29:03 that you
00:29:03 --> 00:29:04 have dealt
00:29:04 --> 00:29:05 with our
00:29:05 --> 00:29:07 sin and
00:29:07 --> 00:29:07 you offer
00:29:07 --> 00:29:09 us times
00:29:09 --> 00:29:11 of refreshing
00:29:11 --> 00:29:12 and joy.
00:29:13 --> 00:29:14 Father,
00:29:14 --> 00:29:16 we ask
00:29:16 --> 00:29:16 that you
00:29:16 --> 00:29:17 would
00:29:17 --> 00:29:17 continually
00:29:17 --> 00:29:18 cut us
00:29:18 --> 00:29:18 to the
00:29:18 --> 00:29:18 heart.
00:29:19 --> 00:29:20 As we
00:29:20 --> 00:29:20 read your
00:29:20 --> 00:29:21 word,
00:29:21 --> 00:29:22 be working
00:29:22 --> 00:29:22 your spirit
00:29:22 --> 00:29:24 in us so
00:29:24 --> 00:29:24 that we
00:29:24 --> 00:29:26 know how
00:29:26 --> 00:29:26 we need
00:29:26 --> 00:29:27 to repent
00:29:27 --> 00:29:27 and what
00:29:27 --> 00:29:28 we need
00:29:28 --> 00:29:28 to repent
00:29:28 --> 00:29:28 of,
00:29:29 --> 00:29:29 Lord.
00:29:29 --> 00:29:30 Father,
00:29:31 --> 00:29:31 continue to
00:29:31 --> 00:29:32 do this,
00:29:32 --> 00:29:33 sanctify us,
00:29:34 --> 00:29:34 Lord,
00:29:35 --> 00:29:35 so that we
00:29:35 --> 00:29:36 would have
00:29:36 --> 00:29:37 our burdens
00:29:37 --> 00:29:38 taken off,
00:29:39 --> 00:29:40 so that we
00:29:40 --> 00:29:41 can rejoice,
00:29:41 --> 00:29:42 so that we
00:29:42 --> 00:29:42 can stand
00:29:42 --> 00:29:44 before you
00:29:44 --> 00:29:46 when we
00:29:46 --> 00:29:46 meet you,
00:29:46 --> 00:29:46 Lord.
00:29:47 --> 00:29:47 Amen.
00:29:47 --> 00:29:47 Amen.
00:29:47 --> 00:29:47 Amen.
00:29:47 --> 00:29:47 Amen.
00:29:47 --> 00:29:47 Amen.
00:29:47 --> 00:29:49 Amen.
00:29:49 --> 00:29:49 Amen.
00:29:49 --> 00:29:49 Amen.
00:29:49 --> 00:29:50 Amen.
00:29:50 --> 00:29:53 Amen.
00:29:53 --> 00:29:54 Amen.
00:29:54 --> 00:29:54 Amen.
00:29:54 --> 00:29:55 Amen.
00:29:55 --> 00:29:55 Amen.
00:29:55 --> 00:29:56 Amen.
00:29:56 --> 00:29:56 Amen.
00:29:56 --> 00:29:57 Amen.
00:29:57 --> 00:29:57 Amen.
00:29:57 --> 00:29:57 Amen.
00:29:57 --> 00:29:58 Amen.