January 16, 2022 PM
Ken Bevel
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Repentance
Jonah 3:1-9
What does “repent” truly mean?
nacham – to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry (Job 42:6)
shuwb – to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
(2 Chronicles 6:37)
metanoeo – to think differently or afterwards, i.e. reconsider (morally, feel compunction); repent (Matthew 3:2; 4:17)
Three principles:
- Introduction of __
- __ for the previous course, __ with self
- Change of __
Who should repent and why does God require us to repent?
- __ are called to repentance. (Acts 17:30)
- When we repent, we receive __ of sins through Christ. (Acts 2:38; 3:19) When we repent, God is pleased.
- When we refuse to repent, we are storing up __ against ourselves. (Romans 2:5)
What does it look like to truly repent?
- True repentance causes us to __.
- True repentance will intentionally place us in environments where we are consistently __, reading, and __ on God’s Word.
- True repentance challenges us to evaluate the __.
- True repentance calls for __.
- True repentance produces __ in keeping with the Father.