Repentance, Recovery, Restoration

Jesus preached 'repent and believe in the Gospel'. We need to repent in order to be able to believe. Our lack of repentance can keep us from believing - coming into the place of faith where we can receive from God, whether healing, miracles or anything else. In order to receive the Kingdom of God, we must first repent. Repentance is a powerful Biblical truth that perhaps has been lost in the contemporary church. While we are recipients of God's amazing grace, and live by grace, we must also understand the place repentance has in our Christian journey. Repentance brings recovery leading to restoration. In this simple yet insightful message we address several questions including what does it mean to repent, Biblically? Does the blood of Jesus automatically cover sin? Is forgiveness for sin automatic? Does living in grace imply that a believer is already forgiven or do believers need to repent of sin they commit? Does the goodness of God imply God ignores sin? Does God differentiate between sins or are all these equally detestable in God's eyes leading to the same destination: (A)lust or adultery, (B)hate or murder, (C)pride or sexual immorality, (D)sowing disunity or idolatry, (E)telling lies or killing the innocent? We mention Biblical examples where the New Testament believer or church is instructed to repent of sin. We also understand why repentance is necessary? What does the process of repentance look like? What are the positive outcomes when we repent? What happens if a believer does not repent? What were some sins the Early Church had to repent of, which are prevalent in the contemporary church? Would the state of the church be different if there was repentance? Towards the end of the message we join our hearts in repentance, and experience more of His Kingdom unleashed in us.
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