Did not cover Zachaeus

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• Did not cover Zachaeus
• Did not tell OHare story

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Commitment - Luke 962 And Jesus said unto him,
No man, having put his hand to the plough, and
looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. KJV
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Burning and Repairing our Own Ships

• Repentance and commitment to the Lord demands
• That we burn ties to a sinful past
• (1 Peter 43-4)
• Perform acts worthy of repentance
• (Luke 38)
• Repair relationships and make right past wrongs
• (Luke 191-10)
• Lets consider some of the principles of
  repentance in the context of the above points

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Characteristics of Repentance-What it is NOT

• Not hypocritical repentance
• Matthew 37-8 Matthew 2325-28
• Not necessarily being sorry
• Mark 626 (Herod)And although the king was very
  sorry, yet because of his oaths and because of
  his dinner guests, he was unwilling to refuse
  her.
• Not necessarily sorrow confession
• Matthew 274 (Judas)I have sinned by betraying
  innocent blood

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Characteristics of Repentance-What it is

• Turning from that which is wrong to God
• 1 Thessalonians 19how you turned to God from
  idols to serve a living and true God
• Godly sorrow
• 2 Corinthians 710Godly sorrow brings repentance
  that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but
  worldly sorrow brings death.
• Fast Eddie story

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A view of repentance
REPENTANCE
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A definition of repentance
a change of mind
thinking is changed emotions are changed
mans will is changed
which results in a change of conduct
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Matthew 2128-31 There was a man who had two
sons. He went to the first and said, 'Son, go and
work today in the vineyard.'  'I will not,' he
answered, but later he changed his mind and went.
"Then the father went to the other son and said
the same thing. He answered, 'I will, sir,' but
he did not go. "Which of the two did what his
father wanted?" "The first," they
answered. NIV
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Severing Ties, Anticipating Ridicule

• 1 Peter 43-4
• For you have spent enough time in the past doing
  what pagans choose to doliving in debauchery,
  lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing and
  detestable idolatry. They think it strange that
  you do not plunge with them into the same flood
  of dissipation, and they heap abuse on you.

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Gangster Disciple - Lords Disciple

• Fruits worthy of repentance Matthew 38 Luke
  38 Acts 2620
• Renouncing the past in a physical way
• Removing a gang tattoo could be a death
  sentence
• It is possible to be killed in the USA as a
  result of conversion foreign soil not exclusive
  

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A Costly Act of Repentance

• Acts 1918-20
• Many of those who believed now came and openly
  confessed their evil deeds. A number who had
  practiced sorcery brought their scrolls together
  and burned them publicly. When they calculated
  the value of the scrolls, the total came to fifty
  thousand drachmas. In this way the word of the
  Lord spread widely and grew in power.
• Galatians 519-21
• Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which
  are immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry,
  sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of
  anger, disputes, dissensions, factions, envying,
  drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of
  which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned
  you, that those who practice such things will not
  inherit the kingdom of God.
• These brethren understood that their
  participation in sorcery could cost them their
  souls

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• Fast forward 2000 yearsJuly 16, 2005
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6)

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• 379,000 websites on Harry Potter Spells
• happychild.org spell site points to the
  California Astrology Association

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Whats the Big Deal?2 Corinthians 105 We are
destroying speculations and every lofty thing
raised up against the knowledge of God, and we
are taking every thought captive to the obedience
of Christ NASB
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END OF

• Hopefully not misunderstood overreaction?
• Harry Potter does teach many moral lessons
• Perhaps possible to read such books without
  consequence (e.g., Cinderella, other fairy tales)
• Long way from Harry Potter to the satanic
  writings of Aleister Crowley
• But peripheral activities are a step toward a
  line that approaches sinful behavior
• What if we approached fornication and immodest
  dress as flippantly as some consider this issue?
• 1 Thessalonians 522

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Repair relationships and correcting past wrongs

• Roman system of tax farming
• Roman government wanted to collect as much tax as
  possible without hiring their own personnel.
• Locals recruited to assist with collection and
  given a percentage of what was collected.
• The more they could wring out of the citizens,
  the more they could keep.

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Luke 191-10 He entered Jericho and was passing
through. And there was a man called by the name
of Zaccheus he was a chief tax collector and he
was rich. Zaccheus was trying to see who Jesus
was, and was unable because of the crowd, for he
was small in stature. So he ran on ahead and
climbed up into a sycamore tree in order to see
Him, for He was about to pass through that way.
NASB
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Luke 191-10 When Jesus came to the place, He
looked up and said to him, "Zaccheus, hurry and
come down, for today I must stay at your house."
And he hurried and came down and received Him
gladly. When they saw it, they all began to
grumble, saying, "He has gone to be the guest of
a man who is a sinner." NASB
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Luke 191-10 Zaccheus stopped and said to the
Lord, "Behold, Lord, half of my possessions I
will give to the poor, and if I have defrauded
anyone of anything, I will give back four times
as much." And Jesus said to him, "Today
salvation has come to this house, because he,
too, is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man
has come to seek and to save that which was
lost." NASB
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Have you burned your sinful ships?

• 1. True Repentance Necessary for Salvation
• 2. Change of Heart Leads to Change of Life
• 3. Sinners Outside of Christ Receive Salvation
• Acts 222-23, 36-38 Repent Be Baptized
• 4. Christians Who Sin Receive Forgiveness
• Acts 822-23 Repent Pray
• 5. Blood of Christ Cleanses Only If You Truly
  Repent!

Correct Sin Error
Godly Sorrow
Repentance