The Gospel Requires
    Repentance
The Gospel Requires
    Repentance
What is the
Gospel & how
does the Bible
 describe it?
Romans 1-4
Four Gospel Questions
Romans 1-4
    Four Gospel Questions
1. Who made us, and to whom
are we accountable
Romans 1-4
    Four Gospel Questions
1. Who made us, and to whom
are we accountable

2. What is our problem? Are we
in trouble & why?
3. What is God’s solution to that
problem? How has he acted to
save us?
3. What is God’s solution to that
problem? How has he acted to
save us?

4. How do I -- myself, right here,
right now -- how do I come to be
included in that salvation? What
makes this good news for me, not
just someone else?
God
  Man
 Christ
Response
Luke 18:10-14
9  He also told this parable to
some who trusted in themselves
that they were righteous, and
treated others with contempt:
    Luke 18:10-14
Two men went up into the temple to
pray, one a Pharisee and the other a
tax collector. The Pharisee, standing
by himself, prayed thus: God, I thank
you that I am not like other men,
extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or
even like this tax collector. I fast
twice a week; I give tithes of all that I
get.
But the tax collector, standing far
off, would not even lift up his eyes
to heaven, but beat his breast,
saying, God, be merciful to me, a
sinner! I tell you, this man went
down to his house justified, rather
than the other. For everyone who
exalts himself will be humbled, but
the one who humbles himself will be
exalted.
An Internal Change of Mind & Heart
        Repent = meta noe
         meta = change
       noe = mind/thoughts
“Iʼm Sorry” is NOT Repentance
“Iʼm Sorry” is NOT Repentance

God cannot be MANIPULATED by you,
   and is not OBLIGATED to you
How is this seen in
  the church?
A change of mind, so that we can see God
A change of mind, so that we can see God

               His truth
              His beauty
        His worth to be praised
        His word to be obeyed
Repentance is not perfection,
   but it is taking a side
God
  Man
 Christ
Response
God
  Man
 Christ
Response   Repent

Gospel & repentance luke 18

  • 1.
  • 5.
  • 6.
    What is the Gospel& how does the Bible describe it?
  • 10.
  • 11.
    Romans 1-4 Four Gospel Questions 1. Who made us, and to whom are we accountable
  • 12.
    Romans 1-4 Four Gospel Questions 1. Who made us, and to whom are we accountable 2. What is our problem? Are we in trouble & why?
  • 13.
    3. What isGod’s solution to that problem? How has he acted to save us?
  • 14.
    3. What isGod’s solution to that problem? How has he acted to save us? 4. How do I -- myself, right here, right now -- how do I come to be included in that salvation? What makes this good news for me, not just someone else?
  • 15.
    God Man Christ Response
  • 16.
  • 17.
    9  He alsotold this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt: Luke 18:10-14
  • 18.
    Two men wentup into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus: God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.
  • 19.
    But the taxcollector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, God, be merciful to me, a sinner! I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.
  • 21.
    An Internal Changeof Mind & Heart Repent = meta noe meta = change noe = mind/thoughts
  • 22.
    “Iʼm Sorry” isNOT Repentance
  • 23.
    “Iʼm Sorry” isNOT Repentance God cannot be MANIPULATED by you, and is not OBLIGATED to you
  • 24.
    How is thisseen in the church?
  • 25.
    A change ofmind, so that we can see God
  • 26.
    A change ofmind, so that we can see God His truth His beauty His worth to be praised His word to be obeyed
  • 27.
    Repentance is notperfection, but it is taking a side
  • 28.
    God Man Christ Response
  • 29.
    God Man Christ Response Repent

Editor's Notes

  • #16 Anything other than this IS NOT the GOSPEL Many variations have popped up over the centuries, but this is the only Gospel we can have hope in
  • #17 1 Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand,2 and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you--unless you believed in vain.
  • #21 Jesus isn’t just informing them.... he’s warning them Today, I think the warning is still real, and for many of us here this morning
  • #22 He gives God all the credit He hasn’t stolen, he is a fair man all matters, he has never cheated on his wife!! He fasts more than most, and tithes 20% He sounds like a good man, we would all like in our church
  • #23 Tax collectors are always back.... sellouts of their own people for personal gain Begging for mercy and knows no posturing will get past the mind of God He was justified because of his honestly about himself, and his understanding of the holiness of God
  • #26 “yes, I’ve accepted Christ as Savior, so I’m a Christian. But I’m just not ready for him to be Lord of my entire life.” In other words, they claim they can have faith in Jesus and be saved, and yet not repent of sin That isn’t Biblical
  • #27 Repentance is not “Worldly Sorry” We feel bad, but we don’t change!!!! Opposite of Repentance is GETTING CAUGHT We’ve seen this play out in media with Presidents, Sports figures, and sadly pastors “I’m sorry” has become cultural repentance, but it’s not biblical!!!
  • #28 Repentance is not “Worldly Sorry” We feel bad, but we don’t change!!!! Opposite of Repentance is GETTING CAUGHT We’ve seen this play out in media with Presidents, Sports figures, and sadly pastors “I’m sorry” has become cultural repentance, but it’s not biblical!!!
  • #29 Feel bad Come forward Pray with a pastor Feel better now that I told someone Go back to my seat In a matter of time, continue the same behavior that made me feel bad
  • #30 Luke 5:32 -- “I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.” Luke 15:21 -- the prodigal son repents, and says “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you” Psam 51 -- after David has cheated with Bathsheba, killed her husband, and gotten caught, he repents. “For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight”
  • #31 Luke 5:32 -- “I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.” Luke 15:21 -- the prodigal son repents, and says “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you” Psam 51 -- after David has cheated with Bathsheba, killed her husband, and gotten caught, he repents. “For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight”
  • #32 Luke 5:32 -- “I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.” Luke 15:21 -- the prodigal son repents, and says “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you” Psam 51 -- after David has cheated with Bathsheba, killed her husband, and gotten caught, he repents. “For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight”
  • #33 Luke 5:32 -- “I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.” Luke 15:21 -- the prodigal son repents, and says “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you” Psam 51 -- after David has cheated with Bathsheba, killed her husband, and gotten caught, he repents. “For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight”
  • #34 Luke 5:32 -- “I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.” Luke 15:21 -- the prodigal son repents, and says “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you” Psam 51 -- after David has cheated with Bathsheba, killed her husband, and gotten caught, he repents. “For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight”
  • #35 “the difference between an unconverted and a converted man is not that the one has sins and the other has none; but that the one takes part with his cherished sins against a dreaded God, and the other takes part with a reconciled God against his hated sins.” -- William Arnot, 1884
  • #36 Trust in Him, Repent of You, Renew your mind by seeking help Know that God loves YOU, not some future version of you. But you cannot stay the same