Repent

1. Introduction
   1. MAT 4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
   2. Repent
      1. to feel sorry or self-reprochful for what one has done or failed to do
      2. to feel such regret or dissaisfication over some past action, intention, ect. as to change one's mind about
      3. to feel so contrite over one's sins as to change one's ways
      4. to think differently or afterwards, i.e. reconsider
      5. Reversal
2. Who needs to repent?
   1. ROM 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
   2. Mat 9:10-13
      Matt. 9.10 And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.
      Matt. 9.11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
      Matt. 9.12 But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
      Matt. 9.13 But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
   3. ACT 17:30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
3. Those who do not repent.
   1. Mat 11:20-24
      Matt. 11.20 Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:
      Matt. 11.21 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
      Matt. 11.22 But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you.
      Matt. 11.23 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
      Matt. 11.24 But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
   2. Mat 12:41-45
      Matt. 12.41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
      Matt. 12.42 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
      Matt. 12.43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
      Matt. 12.44 Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.
      Matt. 12.45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.
   3. Luk 13:1-5
      Luke 13.1 There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
      Luke 13.2 And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things?
      Luke 13.3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
      Luke 13.4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?
      Luke 13.5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
   4. REV 2:5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
   5. REV 3:3 Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
4. Those who repent.
   1. ACT 3:19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord.
   2. II Pet 3:1-18
   3. Confess your sins
      1. James 5:13-20
         James 5.13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
         James 5.14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
         James 5.15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
         James 5.16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
         James 5.17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
         James 5.18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
         James 5.19 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
         James 5.20 Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
      2. IJohn 1:8-10
         I John 1.8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
         I John 1.9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
         I John 1.10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
5. Joy over repentance.
   1. Luk 15:1-24
   2. Acts 2:38-47
6. How often or how many times shall we repent?
   1. LUK 17:3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
      LUK 17:4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.
   2. Mat 18:21-22 Mat 18:21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
      Mat 18:22 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.
7. Conclusion Heb 6:1-12

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