THAT ALL MIGHT COME TO REPENTANCE

Introduction:

A. On The Road To Doing God's Will.

1. Must HEAR His Word.

a. Cannot understand what we do not know about.

b. Cannot obey what we do not understand.

2. Must BELIEVE His Word.

B. The Next Checkpoint Is Repentance [Luke 24: 44 - 47].

Body:

I. What Is Repentance?

A. Being sorry for the wrong you have done?

B. Webster - "to grieve for sins committed or things sinfully left undone; to feel extreme regret for what one has done or forgotten or omitted to do; to change one's mind and regret the original decision."

II. A Scriptural Look At Repentance.

A. Acts 2: 36 - 40

1. Hearing God's Word and Believing it lead the people to ask what to do.

2. Peter instructed them to repent

a. Of not knowing the truth about Messiah (v. 14).

b. Of crucifying Jesus with lawless hands (v.23).

B. Acts 26: 20

1. Repentance leads one to turn (to God).

2. Repentance leads to changed works.

C. 2 Corinthians 7: 9 - 11

1. It is not sorrow. Godly sorrow produces repentance!

2. It leads one to salvation.

3. It produces inner and outer expression.

D. 2 Timothy 2: 24 - 26

1. Opens one to knowing the truth.

2. Causes one to come back to their senses.

3. Enables one to escape from the devil!

Conclusion:

A. What Is Repentance?

1. Willingness to listen to God's Word with an open, understanding mind.

2. A commitment to Godly change of heart, mind, attitudes and behaviors.

3. The desire to comply, submit and be subject to God's will.

B. Have You Repented?