Unchanging Truth: Repentance
Dave Riddle - 8/15/2021
Key Passage: Mark 1:14-15
The Problem: Sin
We can’t do anything about it.
Only Jesus can.
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
Matthew 3:2
Repent the Kingdom of God is near
Jesus
Mark 1:14-15
Repent and believe
Peter
Acts 2:36-39
Repent (to those who have not yet believed)
Paul
Paul’s epistles
Repent (to believers)
John the Revelator
Revelation 2 and 3
Repent (to churches)
We are a people who are called to repent.
not about guilt and shame
It’s about life!