Repentance Restores You Back to God
What does repentance really mean? How do I come into a relationship with Jesus after everything I have done? This week, we discuss these questions and more.
Scriptures from this Episode:
Luke 15:1-7 ESV
“Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” So he told them this parable: “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.’ Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.”
Revelation 2:5
“Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.”
Proverbs 28:13 NIV
Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses in renounces them fines mercy.
Luke 13:3 NIV
I tell you, no! But unless you repent, U2 will all perish.
Matthew 3:8 NIV
Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.
1 John 1:9
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”
2 Corinthians 7:9-11
Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that yourSorrow lead to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly manner, that you might suffer a loss from us and nothing. For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted: But the sorrow of the world produces death.
Mark 3:28-29
Truly I tell you, people can be forgiven all their sins and every slander they utter but whoever blasphemies against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; they are guilty of eternal sin.
1 Timothy 4:2
Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared with a hot iron.
Acts 3:19 NKJV
Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times are refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord
1 John 3:8
He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God
John 10:10 NKJV
The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
1 Corinthians 11:26
“For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you per claim the Lord’s death till he comes.”
1 Corinthians 11:24 NKJV
And when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “Take, eat; This is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”
Prayer of Repentance:
Lord, I pray that you would convict me of any error in my life. Let there be nothing cover that will not be revealed, and hitting that will not be known ( Mathew 10:26). Cleanse me from any secret sense and teach me to be a person who is quick to confess when I am wrong (Psalm 19:12). Help me to recognize my mistakes. Give me eyes to see Your truth and ears to hear Your voice.Bring me to full repentance before You. If there is any suffering to be done, let it be the suffering of a remorseful heart and not because the crushing hand of the enemy has found an opening into my life through unconfessed sin. Lord, I know that humility must come before honor (Proverbs 15:33). Take away all pride that would cause me to deny my faults and work IntoMy soul a humility of hearts so that I will receive the honor You have for me. In Jesus name Amen