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Introduction
General: Video, house before & after...
Personal: In order to build our lives upon Christ and become who he is calling us to be, we have to “gut the rot.”
Are there things in your life that need to be gutted?
Biblical: David, the greatest king of Israel, struggled with sin that became a festering sore until it was only cleaned out through repentance.
Subject:
What is repentance and how does it work?
How do we gut the rot so that we can build our lives on Christ?
How do we get rid of the decay in our lives so that we can become who God is calling us to be?
How does it work?
Gutting the Rot: Repentance
David & Bathsheba,
We can gut the rot through repentance.
We can get rid of decay by getting rid of sin.
What is repentance?
Repentance is an act of acknowledging past wrongdoing, expressing regret or contrition, and committing to right behavior and obedience to God
Repentance is an act of acknowledging past wrongdoing, expressing regret or contrition, and committing to right behavior and obedience to God.
It is a transformative process
Repentance is an act of acknowledging past wrongdoing, expressing regret or contrition, and committing to right behavior and obedience to God.
Repentance is not just...
acknowledging your sin.
Repentance is not just saying sorry to God.
acknowledging your sin
Graham shows us when he takes something he’s not supposed to have…
Repentance is not just for people getting saved.
saying sorry to God.
The difference between remorse and repentance...
I struggled with the sin of pornography when I was in college...
something you do when you get saved.
Repentance is not just acknowledging your sin.
Repentance doesn’t mean getting out of the consequences of your actions.
The child that Bathsheba had as a result of David’s adultery died.
David had to live with the consequences of his sin, even though he repented.
It is a transformative process that involves turning away from sin or transgression and turning back to God.
a transformative process that involves turning away from sin or transgression and turning back to God.
It is a transformative process that involves turning away from sin or transgression and turning back to God.
a transformative process that involves turning away from sin or transgression and turning back to God.
The difference between remorse and repentance
Lesley DiFransico, “Repentance,” ed.
Douglas Mangum et al., Lexham Theological Wordbook, Lexham Bible Reference Series (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2014).
Lesley DiFransico, “Repentance,” ed.
Douglas Mangum et al., Lexham Theological Wordbook, Lexham Bible Reference Series (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2014).
David & Bathsheba,
Modern Story
Repentance is… turning away from sin and turning back to God.
How does repentance work?
Repentance is only possible through the cross.
We cannot turn away from sin and turn back to God unless we come through Jesus.
Confess your sin.
Box illustration...
Express remorse.
Turn away from your sin.
Get serious.
Break relationships, change your patterns, stop hanging out in certain places, put Covenant Eyes on your computer, get rid of your smart phone, get an accountability partner… do whatever you have to do to turn away from your sin.
Turn back to God.
Conclusion
Of what do you need to repent?
True repentance is only possible through the cross.
We cannot turn away from sin and turn back to God unless we come through Jesus.
Repentance is only possible through the cross.
We cannot turn away from sin and turn back to God unless we come through Jesus.
Box illustration...
Express your sorrow
Confess your sin.
Express your remorse.
Turn away from your sin (examples…).
Turn back to God.
Forgiveness is only possible through the cross.
We cannot give to someone else what we have not received ourselves.
As Jennie Allen, founder of the IF ministry, puts it:
“If we don’t experience His forgiveness and His grace on a regular basis, then how could we give away His forgiveness and grace to anybody else?”
Will you come to the cross?
Box illustration...
Read aloud...
Will you come to the cross?
Turn away from your sin
Get an accountability partner… break relationships… stop hanging out in certain places… get rid of your smart phone… put Covenant Eyes on your computer… stop listening to certain kinds of music… stop watching certain TV shows…
What do need to repent of?
Of what do you need to repent?
Confess your sin.
Express your remorse.
Turn away from your sin.
Get an accountability partner… break relationships… stop hanging out in certain places… get rid of your smart phone… put Covenant Eyes on your computer… stop listening to certain kinds of music… stop watching certain TV shows…
Turn back to God.
It’s better to avoid temptation than to resist it.
Get an accountability partner… break relationships… stop hanging out in certain places… get rid of your smart phone… put Covenant Eyes on your computer… stop listening to certain kinds of music… stop watching certain TV shows…
Turn back toward God
Gutting the Rot: Forgiveness
We can gut the rot through forgiveness.
We can get rid of decay by getting rid of bitterness.
Forgiveness Defined
Forgiveness is the release, on the part of the creditor or offended party, of any expectation that a debt will be repaid or that an offender will receive punishment for an offense.
Forgiveness is not...
a travesty of justice.
forgetting.
condoning the sin.
instantaneous.
Forgiveness is… letting go of a debt someone owes you.
The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant,
Matt
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