What is... Repentance?

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The next installment of the what is series we're gonna be answering the question What is repentance and before we get into that?

I feel like I really need to give a shout out To someone Daniel has agreed as part of the what is series to to go through Kind of the table of contents of this of this book

Answering some of the questions and I want to I'm gonna tell you where it come from I don't want to tell you a little bit about it to give him a shout out to give him credit

And if if you would like a copy of it, I'm sure we could get you a copy of it as well But if you can see it the the notebook here the title of is called multiply and That's there's there's two things coming out of this book

I may have to start wearing headphones because I'm getting feedback.

So I apologize if anybody hears anything Two things coming out of this book and the first one is

Multiply, what does that mean? And then the content? Where does the content come from?

Well If you go to Matthew chapter 28 verses 18 through 20

Jesus says this he says all authority has been given to me in heaven and earth. That's our starting point

We can't go anywhere without Hearing that and letting that register

Jesus says all authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. He says Go therefore based on that go and Make disciples of all nations baptizing them in the name of the

Father Son the Holy Spirit. So we're going after nations We're going after peoples. We're going after nations and baptizing them.

Then he says teaching them to observe All that I commanded you Lo I'm with you to the end of the age

Jesus told us to teach them all that he Commanded so the point here is discipleship and multiply and that's how

Christianity is grown Christ Shared it with someone else and they shared it with someone else.

Someone shared it with you Someone shared it with me So the the aim and the goal is to to multiply if you've been discipled you should disciple somebody else

You should share the gospel with somebody else and then what are we to be sharing with them? But what

Jesus has commanded us that that was his command to teach his commands and and Tommy Cullet Pastor who whose videos whose sermons are on this ministry page if you catch pastor

Tommy sermons He has put together this notebook and it is about multiplying

You being discipled and then you using this to disciple others and the content come from comes from the commands of Christ Just being obedient to Matthew chapter 28 teaching teaching to observe all that he's commanded

Number one is repentance morning mom dad If you see the comments, that's my mom and dad.

They're joining us this morning So number one is repentance and that's where we're going to start and I wanted to give

Tommy a shout -out so Daniel Just briefly. What is a very simple definition of repentance?

Oh Goodness a simple one We'll start with Very simply repentance is just is turning away from something in In the context of Christianity and the

Bible in the context in which we're speaking about it today a little bit more in -depth Is it is a turning away from sin and it turning towards God?

It has two aspects to it turning away from something something bad something evil sin and turning towards something good and better Which is

God through Christ Jesus who's paid the penalty for sin? So that is there's a simple definition of repentance, okay

The problem we have is that what we're going to talk about To our nature to our core

Is offensive. I mean the gospel message is offensive We we don't have to Grab somebody by the throat.

We don't have to insult them We don't have to yell and scream the the gospel message itself.

I mean if you're if you're speaking it clearly It's offensive and this information this morning is offensive and the and the reason that I wanted to be

Daniel to give us just a brief definition of what repentance is is because It begs the question

You're saying that we have to turn from something So what is that something that we have to turn from and Of course now is when it gets really offensive

The scripture teaches us that we must turn from sin, and so the question is what is sin and Daniel you want to give a definition you want to read the

Catechism? Sure, uh, I don't I don't have that one open but it's alright the

Catechism both the Westminster and the London Baptist Catechism both defined sin like this to ask what is sin

Sin is any want or lack of conformity unto or transgression of the law of God?

In other words, it's if we don't measure up to the standard of God It is sin if we find something that is in the law of God that we break

That is sin. And the reason why this is so important is because sin is

Or not set in the law that we have broken is based upon the nature of who

God is It's more than just a breaking of some simple rules. It's an affront to God's character to his nature.

It is Cosmic rebellion or cosmic treason as R .C. Sproul used to say

Against our Creator it is battling against the one who has given us life and breath so that is a sin, right

And so it's it's much broader than just you know, thinking about our legal system if you can go online

You can go Look at you know lawyers books look at court cases

You you can see our Policies online you can see our law our laws

You can go look in books and see our laws online or in books and open up the pages read them

And you know if you break them You you go to court

They determine whether you're innocent or guilty You you pay the consequences pay the fine, whatever it is.

It's just it's just kind of black and white It's we come up with rules you keep the rules or you break the rules if you break them there's consequences a judge a jury who

You know is just kind of an objective bystander Makes a judgment call and you know, that's that's what it is.

That's our view. That's our vision of kind of what? Law and and law -breaking is but as you were saying

Daniel in In God's economy It goes much deeper than that As you mentioned you were talking about cosmic treason,

I mean With with the law and the law that we have in Scripture God's commands

Those commands have an author and that author is God and When we when we transgress or when we sin against that law we are

We are attacking the the character and nature nature of That cosmic deity our

God the God of Scripture and So we we're saying you are not trustworthy you you your character is is evil

So when when I break your law, I'm saying your character is evil. It's not worthy of my acceptance of my approval of my keeping and it's a personal attack against the the author of that law

And so therefore it's more than just a black and white Go to court and Innocent or guilty go to jail get released get up get out on bail.

I mean, this is a personal attack Any other thoughts on on sin?

Yeah, one of the reasons why it's considered cosmic treason if you think back to the

Garden of Eden when we first sinned The thing that God told us to do was do not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil

That was that was our thing. Don't eat from that tree When Satan tempted us he didn't tempt us by saying

He said did God really say that Did does basically what he's getting at is does

God have the authority to tell you what is good and what is not? Or is that a determination that you can make for yourself?

and in our first and in all sense since then What we do is we look at God we look at his world that he's created us in we take the the breath in our lungs and the power of our brains the blood circulating in our bodies and we use

That to say no, even though you've given me life. You have no authority over me

I have the right to determine what is right is wrong So the reason why it's called cosmic treason is that you are actually trying to usurp or take away

God's right to be God It's the essence of Humanism what our what our culture and society is doing today in the laws that they're enacting

It's it's a lot more than just an affront against God's law and our moral sensibilities

It is them saying that they have the right to determine what is good. And what is evil? They're trying to take the place of God in In his world

That is the sin that we need to repent of It takes all different forms, but that's the the

Crux of the matter the the big issue the core why it's so heinous

Even when we consider little things They're just vile and wicked

Right. It does bring that that idea of you know Little white lies or you know, little little sins into perspective because of whom they are against.

Yep Pastor Tommy he he brings out a good point in his workbook here

He quotes Romans chapter 14 verse 23, and it says whatever is not from faith is sin

And then Hebrews 11 6 and without faith it is impossible to police him. So Sinning speaks to unbelief

We we are not believing in the trustworthiness of God, we're not believing in who he is

We're not believing in his his character nature. We're not trusting in him But but when we when we have faith like I said it sin is more than just you know, the black and white breaking of the law sin is

Is a disbelief in the work of Christ it's a disbelief in God is it's not trusting in him and And so it takes on that that wider form that wider understanding that that Daniel was talking about.

So Yes, that's offensive to to our our nature but it is the most important information that We need to hear

If we don't know our our sickness our issue our problem we're not going to know how to you know appropriate the the core or the cure the

We won't know what to do about it. We won't know know that there's a need to do anything about it.

And so understanding That we have seen and what sin is it's so important and then

This information this knowledge Along with scripture teaches us that it's the it's the kindness of God that leads us to repentance and and I think

I think both ideas Help help lead us to this repentance the the fact that we we begin to understand the the depths of sin the the core of sin and And how offensive it is to God because of who he is and then learning what he has done for us

And as the Holy Spirit begins to awaken our hearts and open our eyes We can't help but desire to Do what repentance calls us to do?

And so let's let's continue to jump in and now we can talk a little bit more about repentance now

We know what sin is we need to know what repentance is and What repentance is not?

so that we can We can come we can come to God and we can deal with this issue so Have you got a definition for us for repentance?

Oh, yeah Go back to the catechism again, it is a really good definition

Both the Baptist and the Westminster say I believe identically the same thing Says repentance unto life is a saving grace whereby a sinner out of a true sense of his sin and apprehension of the mercy in God Or of God in Christ doth with grief and hatred of his sin

Turn from it unto God with full purpose of an endeavor after new obedience

So what that is saying is that repentance is a it's a gift from God it's a saving grace where a sinner sees the heinousness of their sin and Turns away from it looking away from it and looking towards God And not just looking away from their sinning towards God but actually with full purpose of never going back to that sin again and To live in a new obedience or living according to God's law now, it doesn't mean that we will always do that But it means that that is our full purpose and that we're relying on God and in Christ in his power in order to do it

Paul talks a lot about this and in Romans 7 where he talks about the flesh warring against the spirit and he runs through it and he gets just all sorts of torn up has a

Priest on this a few weeks ago and called it a holy anxiety where he was just He felt like what am

I gonna do with this sin? That's trapped in my body. What am I going to do? And he came to the end and realized

What a wretched man am I who will deliver me from this body of death thank God for Jesus Christ So it's turning away from his sin trusting in God through Christ for the forgiveness of that sin and Then seeking to live in a way that conforms to God's law it's a complete change of heart mind and Character as as gift from God and salvation

Okay Now here's something I'd like for you to do

Because sometimes it can be confusing if you look at the original language and You look at the word repentance

You're gonna see the definition that says change of mind So we can we can misunderstand that and misappropriate that We need to understand that On how the author meant it how how the audience understood it and so Explain how that relates to to the definition that you just gave where the

Just the word itself in Greek means to change your mind What how does that relate to this definition that you gave us?

the the definition of the Greek means to change your mind of the

The thing to remember that you're not change your mind Truly it really if there is no actual change in your behavior and in your makeup

You can say that you've changed your mind all you want on something, but if your actions do not follow

Then you there's no real Substantive change in in your mind. So that that's what is meant by the change of mind

It doesn't mean that you get scared of the consequences, but you still have the same affection for that sin

It doesn't mean that you See that maybe maybe it's gonna cause

Something bad to happen in your life. Oh, I don't want that bad thing to happen It it means a holistic

Change a change of mind behavior even even the will that will cause you even if you

Find yourself moving in the wrong direction that you will then again turn from wherever you've gone and turn back to Christ There's a

Puritan fellow Thomas Watson, he wrote him. He wrote a little bitty book.

It's real small super tiny called the duck they're It's absolutely wonderful manner of truth trust puts it out

Part of their Puritan paperback series. It's just wonderful about repentance. He's got a chapter in there.

It's about three pages long Second chapter it talks about the about fake repentance

Fake repentance he gives three instances of it One would be that you are you're scared of the consequences

Basically what he's talking about is that you feel the conviction of the Holy Spirit you realize that what you're doing is wrong

You know that a change needs to be made you undergo this time of conviction and when the time of conviction ends whoo

I'm glad that's over. That must have been repentance because now my time of conviction over but there's been no

Change of heart. It's been no change in the trajectory of your life. You just are done

Experiencing that conviction that is not true repentance He also talks about being resolved against sin in today's world that be like Saying I'm not gonna do it.

I've got my accountability partner over there. We're gonna get through this all together But he he likens this to a sort of a shipwreck mentality repentance

No, you'll you'll you get in a situation You'd say just about anything because the storm is raging around, you know

If I get out of this, I will stop doing this that or the other thing But then when smooth waters come back

It's almost like you breathe the sigh of relief and just go back to sin as normal. That is not repentance.

That is an emotional High that leads to no real change in your life and Then he also talks about leaving sin

Thinking I've done so much. So my work must be over It's uh, there's a lot of reasons why we can leave sin behind and not have actually repented and turned away from it

And I hate the sin and love God May be a simple matter of opportunity. I don't or You don't have the opportunity to steal anything.

Therefore. Oh, I've repented of thievery. No, you still have thievery in your heart You just don't have anything that you want to steal at the moment

Or maybe it's better for you to tell the truth at the moment, but you're still a liar I mean politicians get this one all the time

It's expedient for me to tell the truth at the moment So I'm not going to lie, but the second it becomes expedient to lie go right back to it.

That's not repentance Maybe you have a change of interest. No, I'm not an alcoholic anymore.

I don't drink anymore I don't do those things, but I'm now addicted to cocaine. No, you've not

You're not repenting of alcoholism you've just simply moved on to a different substance it's not repentance

You quit cheating on your wife because you don't want to get a divorce Once again, you're not hating the sin itself.

You're just seeing the consequences of it and you're not You're not wanting those consequences

So the true repentance matters Um, it's a it's just as much a turning to God in all things as it is a turning away from sin you can turn away from different sins in In a bunch of different ways that don't lead you to turn to Christ You can turn for different reasons that that makes sense or or expedient at a certain time

But if you're not turning to Christ true biblical repentance does not happen because what we're doing really is undoing the idolatry of the fault

Where we saw God and said we want to be able to determine what is right and what is wrong

Repentance is saying no. I have to subject myself to the law of God. I need to Live in a manner that is consistent with the goodness and holiness of the character of God Without both of those aspects real true biblical repentance hasn't taken place

Now I forget what your original question was Let's wrap it all together we started out with Putting together there just just the original definition because the when you look up the definition

It's just that real simple definition change of mind But as you stated there is there is substance to that definition and There's a there's a result of that change of mind

There there's actions and therefore if if you don't see those actions

Then the change of mind really didn't happen, right? And that's what you let into It kind of how do you how do you know the difference was my repentance real or was it was it fake as Thomas Watson was talking about is it was it

Imaginary was it a farce was it kind of a something to Do what was it convenient?

Convenient. Yeah convenient or just something to And I can't think of the word something to make me feel feel good about the situation that I'm in or that I I did something

I did what I was supposed to Appease God, whatever it was how to know the difference and you spoke to the

To the to the way we can see that it's it wasn't true biblical repentance.

We didn't go in the direction That God has called us to And and how to recognize and see that We We know the importance of repentance because From from Christ himself when his first message

Recorded in Matthew 4 17 and Mark 1 15 repentance was

Was a part of his first message his first sermon when he was preaching he began his ministry and started to give information to People his first message to them was the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

It's here. It's near Repent and believe the gospel. So so that concept repentance

Is so important that's how Jesus begins his ministry and and It's how it's the whole

It was the whole of John the Baptist's ministry the the baptism of repentance

Because the the kingdom was coming. The Messiah was coming the one greater than he was coming.

So therefore They they had to they had to turn they had to Lower the mountains raise the valleys clear the path

Make their paths straight. They they had to get everything Cleared out to make room for for the

Savior and that was the concept there with John the Baptist and repentance and And with the with the

Pharisees Sadducees with the Jews coming coming from Jerusalem If they they had to turn from that that system that they were in that system of works that self -righteousness

So that they could receive the free gift of grace that was going to be offered in Jesus Christ and So We see scripture speak to the the difference

Difference in the type of repentance from 2nd Corinthians chapter 7 verse 10

The Bible the Bible speaks to this that is it's a real issue and it's a

Dangerous issue. So I would recommend that you that you would listen to what Daniel was saying

Again, or look into that that topic deeper yourself of what is what is fake repentance what is

You know, how can I be fooling myself because this this is a Dangerous Issue and we don't want to mess around or play with it

Where we call it a fake repentance This is kind of what 2nd Corinthians 7 10 says it godly sorrow

Brings about repentance leading to salvation but worldly sorrow brings death and And and that should just bring the weight of reality down upon our shoulders because this this death is an eternal death

It is it is separation eternal separation from God the consequence is hell is judgment and we have an opportunity now to To respond to this where Those that have preceded us have not or they they did but it's over those of us who are now in the present have an opportunity to respond to this message and the weight of 2nd

Corinthians 7 10 should should really We should really feel it on our shoulders not just for ourselves but for our families and our friends and our neighbors because Worldly sorrow, which is which is what we want to produce.

We just want to Avoid consequence we want to We want to repent so that we can get something out of it

You know, I'm going to withhold this from you unless you say you're sorry. Okay, I'm sorry

And so you get what you want So we're we're afraid of consequences.

We're afraid of not getting what we want All those other things that that Daniel was talking about that that are fake repentances or worldly sorrow

Going down that path is a dangerous path to follow because it leads to death and there's a repentance that leads to life and salvation and it's and it's godly sorrow 2nd

Corinthians tells us godly sorrow that leads or that brings repentance and leads to salvation and We want to make sure that we are repenting in such a way that we are obeying

Scripture and It's leading us to Christ and as Daniel was talking a second ago

I was jotting down something it made me think about this how to know how to know if we're truly repenting

I think we can know Or have an idea if we are truly repenting if Once we've turned

From our sin and we've turned towards Christ The correct the question is are we?

resting in Christ I Wrote down if you are not resting in Christ, you did not repent because If you're going back to any type of sin, you're you're trying to find your security your your hope your satisfaction your pleasure in Whatever it may be and and and Daniel gave us, you know a list of things like substance abuse or Lying or or whatever it may be

If you're going back to find your pleasure and satisfaction your rest in in any of those things

There was not true repentance there we can know that that we have truly repented when the result is

I'm resting in Christ Because I'm no longer Resting in my sins that gave me pleasure before We have anything to add to that, oh

I was just thinking the There's two spots in the book of Romans that speak to the what what the true end of repentance is

When true godly penance repentance has actually happened. What does it look like in the life of the person who's repented?

Romans 5 1 says therefore having been justified by faith because that's what repentance is It's turning away from your sin and turning in faith to Christ So the one who's been justified by faith

We have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ with whom we also obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand and We exalt in the hope of the glory of God So it's something that we like you're saying we rest in we stand in it and that is our hope for the future

That we know that if we fall into sin again Our hope is in faith in Christ where we stand that sin is wrong

I'm going to turn from it and trust in Christ Further in chapter 8 verse 1 it says therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus For the law of the

Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death the law of God is not something to It's not something that weighs down and burdens us.

It does point to our sin It does convict us of our sin, but when we truly repent of it and turn towards God The law of God becomes to us something

Good because there is no more sting of death and condemnation with that law because in Christ we have that forgiveness

Christ has taken upon himself the penalty of sin and Breaking of the law and then given that to those

Who find themselves repentant? So that the law of God then shows us the goodness of God and shows us what we are turning to Which is the goodness of God so godly repentance?

leads to peace and No, condemnation. It is a wonderful salvation that we we find in Christ.

It's not worrisome or burdensome There is still conviction of sin, but like Jesus said his yoke is easy and his burden is light

He's in the he's in the business of taking the weight of sin off of us by taking it upon himself

And going to the cross for it raising up from the grave the third day Yeah, so The law after conversion after after true repentance the law no longer become is a burden

But it becomes a delight Right because the the I forget exactly where but it talks about the

I think it's Romans 7 maybe the the sting of or the the power of The law or of sin is in seeing the law and then attacking you basically is what it's saying

After you have salvation Sin no longer has that power of condemnation and death over you

So that way when we look at the law that our flesh still wars against us but we have that salvation in Christ, and it is a it's a source of It's a source of knowing our

God better it points to his adequacy and our need of a Savior and That is not a burdensome thing because we know in our

Savior. We have no condemnation and we have found peace with God Whereas the law didn't provide that well

I would unless you have anything else to add. I think that was I feel like it was Pretty clear.

I think we've covered what repentance is and and what repentance is not and and the fact that we are called to repentance from Scripture it is a

Maybe we could touch on the fact that It is it is a work of Christ. It is a work of God in us as well some people's

Some people view repentance as a work something that we have to do

You know people preach that Christianity is is not work basis. It's a free gift, but then

We command people to repent therefore We would be accused of saying that Well, we're adding works back to Christianity to salvation

But repentance is not a work. It is a response.

Do you have anything? Okay, I was trying to read your cue

I thought you may have had something there but yeah repentance is is not a Repentance is not a work.

It's it's a response. So when the Holy Spirit Awakens us regenerates us works in our hearts

We can then respond to the to the To changing our mind to to calling out to God I think and if you watch wretched with with Todd Freel he gives the examples of You know, if you were if you're having a heart attack, it's not the call that saved you

It's the ambulance that's the doctors that save you once they get there He gives another example and I can't recall what it is right now, but it's it's not it's not repentance

Repentance is not what saves you. It's not a work, but it's a

It's a result of what the Holy Spirit has has done in your heart. I may have something now, okay

Titus 3 starting in verse 3 for we also once were foolish ourselves Disobedient deceived enslaved various lusts and pleasures spending our life in malice and envy hateful hating one another

But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love for mankind appeared he saved us

Not on the basis of deeds, which we have done In righteousness, but according to his mercy by the washing of regeneration and the renewing by the

Holy Spirit Who we poured on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior So that being justified by grace would be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life the repentance that that that we experienced that we do is a result of that washing of Regeneration and the renewal by the

Holy Spirit It's God working in us and the very first thing we do when we see the wonder and the glory of God and his goodness

Is that we turn from our sin? Kind of it. Yeah So, I hope that was clear.

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With with folks who may be watching our video sure Like we've been talking about today a sin is something that we all

Have it as a part of us our first parents Adam and Eve sinned in the garden and from there.

We've all inherited a sin nature One that we as sinners kind of enjoy we we enjoy our sin

But the problem with that is that that that sin separates us from God It separates us from God eternally and and in this world

It causes all sorts of grief and trouble and there's judgment to come for it But the thing is that that Christ looked at at the world.

I had compassion on us God Can't sent his son

Jesus to die on the cross to take the sins of people who would look to him He took those sins and put it on himself

He then hung there on the tree and died paying for those sins He was taken down off of the cross and put into the grave for three days

At the time that he rose from the grave those sins were paid for and he it's like he kicked the grave in the teeth

The power of death has as no hold over us and if we are in Christ Jesus Because what happened was if we trust in Christ he took our sins

Them on himself Maybe took those to death for us in our place went to the grave so that way death is no longer a

It's no longer a scary thing for us because as our bodies die We have the hope of resurrection in Christ and right now

Jesus is sitting on the throne in heaven ruling over the world Directing all things to that very end

Where he will return one day to raise up his saints To glorify their bodies and we live with him forever

That's the good news of Jesus Christ that he came to deal with the sin that was absolutely

Wrecking us in our entire world that was leading us to damnation and hell was leading us away from the good blessings of our

Creator and So Jesus came to do those things for us That's why we we preach repentance and faith in God.

We turn away from the things that cause Death and despair we turn to the

Christ who created us and gives us life now and eternally Amen.

Amen. And just just as Jesus says and and opened up his ministry

The kingdom of heaven is at hand. It's here. Christ is on his throne

Therefore repent and believe that good news. We want you to know Christ And we want you to love him see him as precious and we want you to be our brother sister and be a part of His kingdom.

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Let me go ahead and pray for us and we'll wrap things up father We thank you so much for the time that you allowed us to spend together to exalt

Christ and to understand your word thank you for the Holy Spirit that you sent to work in us the the the gift and the

The working of repentance in our hearts to turn away from sin to to know our need to turn from sin to see the the ugliness of sin and What it really is and father we we are truly sorry

How we blaspheme your name and defame your character by our sin and We pray that you would change us that we may be a

Representation a true representation a true image of who you had designed us to be to show the world who you are to be showing yourself off through us and and father we

Father as I've been learning and in other studies through church and all this week looking at Corinthians Looking at 2nd

Corinthians Father we We are thankful for our

Weaknesses that's really hard to say because it's difficult to be weak.

It's difficult to go through suffering Help us to be thankful Help us to be joyful and father we look to you because through our weaknesses

We are Therefore strong in you you get to show off you get to Glorify yourselves and we get to boast in you so father help us to help us to boast in you help us to boast in you in our repentance as We as we truly rest in you you are our

Sabbath and as we rest in you and Your work and what you did on the cross father.

We boast in you we boast in the cross and We give you all glory and praise and father we ask that if if there's

We ask that you would use these videos for your purposes and We ask that people would be encouraged and that you would save the lost through our efforts in the kingdom and we thank you for This opportunity that you've given us and we pray and ask all these things in Jesus name.

Amen Amen, Daniel. I really appreciate it again. I look forward to meeting with you next

Next time that we meet together. We're going to look at another aspect next time I hope of a post -millennial ism and understanding that Form of eschatology a little bit better.

But in the meantime, remember that Jesus is King. Let's go live in that victory and Let's continue to go out there together

Proclaiming the gospel making disciples of all nations and teaching them to obey all that he's commanded