Is it Repentance

1
Is it Repentance?

• Regret
• Self-focused
• I focus on the consequences I face.

• Repentance
• God-focused
• I focus on the consequence to Gods holiness.

2
God-focused Repentance

• Focus on Gods Grace He forgives.
• Focus on Gods Holiness He deserves absolute
  purity.
• Focus on Gods Help He has given us His word
  and His Holy Spirit.

3
The Time of the Judges
Disobedience and rule of the Judges
Exodus and Wilderness
- Conquer Canaan
- Joshua rules/dies
- Elders rule/die
40 years
25-30 years
300 years
10?
10?
7 yrs.
Delivered generation dies in the wilderness
Victorious generation dies out in the Promised
Land
Disobedient generations live and die
4
The financial stumbling block

• Baal Storm god, fertility of crops
• (1 Timothy 610) For the love of money is a root
  of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for
  money, have wandered from the faith and pierced
  themselves with many griefs.

5
What is spiritual leadership?

• Spiritual leadership is the willingness to
  believe and obey God and then do anything and
  everything I can to influence those around me to
  do the same.

6
The Three Chairs
The Committed Believer
The Unbeliever
The Uncommitted Believer
1st Generation
2nd Generation
3rd Generation