Repentance

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Class 1
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I. Before going on in our walk with the Lord there must be a proper Christian
birth experience (Acts 2:37-40).
Peter preached a powerful message on the day of Pentecost after the ascension of
Jesus into heaven.
Peter gave them four things that were going to be critical for them in starting out their
new walk with Jesus Christ as their Lord.
A. The people were to repent.
1. They had one way of thinking about Jesus and they were to change their
thinking.
2. They were going one direction and now they were to turn around and go
another direction.
3. They had one mindset concerning God, self and sin and they were to change
their mindset to conform to God’s mindset (world view).
B. The people were to be baptized in water.
C. The people were to be baptized in the Holy Spirit.
D. The people were to spiritually separate themselves from the wickedness of their
generation.
II. Having a proper Christian birth experience involves experiencing true
repentance
A. Repentance is the first word of the Gospel.
1. It was the first word preached by John the Baptist (Mt. 3:2).
Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!
2. It was the first word preached by Jesus (Mt. 4:17).
From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, “Repent, for the kingdom of
heaven is at hand.”
3. It was the first word preached by the disciples (Mark 6:12).
So they went out and preached that people should repent.
4. Jesus told His disciples near his departure that “repentance” was to be
5. It was the main message on the Day of Pentecost (Acts 2:38).
6. It was the focus of Paul’s preaching in the Book of Acts (Acts 26:18-21).
Preached in the entire world (Luke 24:46-47)
7. It is an experience that is for everyone everywhere (Acts 17:30-31; II Pet. 3:9).

B. Repentance is to be our first response to the Gospel (Rev. 2:5; 21-22; 3:3, 19-
20).
1. Repentance is not the same as conviction of sin (Acts 24:24-25).
2. Repentance is not the same as worldly sorrow or feeling bad about something
(II Cor. 7:10).
3. Repentance is not the same as reformation.
4. Repentance is not the same as being religious.
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C. It is important to know what repentance is. The concept of repentance is found in both the
Old and the New Testament.
a. In the Old Testament
1. The word for “repentance” in the Old Testament means to pant, to
sigh, to groan, to lament or to grieve about one’s doings.
What is it like to make our life decisions in absolute darkness?
ii. It is often associated with words such as “turn” or “return.”
iii. It has a great deal to do with an external act on the part of the person
doing the repenting (e.g. sackcloth and ashes).
b. In the New Testament
Jesus made the law internal.
2. Repentance involves a losing of the soul-life—the mind, will and emotions
(the three realms of the soul).
a. Repentance has implications relative to the mind of man.
i. The Bible teaches that man’s mind outside of Christ is…
• Corrupt and destitute of the truth (I Tim. 6:5).
• Defiled (Tit. 1:15).
• Blinded (II Cor. 3:14; 4:4).
• An enemy of God (Col. 1:21).
• Carnal (Rom. 8:6-7).
• Futile (Eph. 4:17).
• Set on earthly things (Phil 3:19).
• Void of judgment (Rom. 1:28).
• In need of renewal (Rom 12:2).
b. Repentance has implications relative to the emotions of man. It means that
we have a godly sorrow for sin (II Cor. 7:9-11).
i. The Hebrew word for repentance means “to grieve, sigh or moan.”
These words are the language of the emotions.
ii. The emotion of repentance is demonstrated by the tax collector who
came before the Lord (Luke 18:11-14).
c. Repentance has implications relative to the will of man. It means a
changing of the will or disposition
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D. It is important to know how true repentance is demonstrated.

The way in which repentance is demonstrated is sometimes referred to as the fruit
of repentance (Mt. 3:7-8).

There are seven biblical fruits of genuine repentance.

1. Godly Sorrow for Sin
2. Abhorrence of Self
3. Confession of Sins
4. Turning from and Forsaking of Sin
5. Godly Hatred for Sin
7. Restitution Where Possible

Without these fruits of repentance being manifest, the repentance process

is somehow incomplete.
E. There are great results that spring from genuine repentance.
1. There are results in heaven (Luke 15:7, 10).
2. There are personal results.
The above verse gives us seven results in our lives when we truly repent.
• Carefulness
• Clear Conscience
• Hatred for Sin
• Fear of God
• Godly Desires
• Zeal
• Revenge or Vindication