The last few years have been hard.
Evangelicalism is fracturing.
- “Not merely dividing but becoming increasingly incomprehensible to each other.”
Relational dissonance.
Galatians 5:15 - But if you bite and devour one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.
The statistics are discouraging.
The Reality: we all sinners

Our Calling

The Calling: Unity
- John 17:11 - …that they may be one.
  - This should be our starting point.
  - Not unanimity, not uniformity, maybe not even union… but absolutely Unity!

The Model

John 17:11 - …as we are one (Jesus & the Father).
- Not my will, but the will of the Father. Not my words, but the words of the Father.
  - As humans this level of unity is only possible through the power of the Spirit.

Our Response

Repent and believe
Communion: look up, look back, look forward, look around.
- Koinōnia (Greek: κοινωνία) - fellowship, association, community, intimacy, joint participation (the share which one has in anything), communion.
Do I have the humility to align myself with God?

August 15, 2021

Our Need for Repentance is Unchanging

August 15, 2021

Unchanging Truth: Repentance
Dave Riddle - 8/15/2021
Key Passage: Mark 1:14-15

The Problem: Sin

The Solution: Repentance

it’s deeper than being sorry.
It’s more than regret due to the consequences.
- Worldly sorrow vs godly sorrow
  - Godly sorrow leads to repentance
Repentance = Metanoeo: literally to know, after. It signifies a change of mind consequent to the after knowledge; indicating regret for the course pursued and resulting in a wiser view of the past and future. Implied within us a “turning from” and a “turning to”.

John the Baptizer

Jesus

Peter

Paul

John the Revelator

We are a people who are called to repent.