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Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.94,0:00:31.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The very first step of entering the \Nkingdom has always been
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.74,0:00:33.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Repent.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.27,0:00:37.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The tragedy is so many people \Nare becoming Christians
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.26,0:00:39.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,today without repenting.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.28,0:00:43.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That God is having to tell Christians \Nto repent in this country.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.58,0:00:46.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He shouldn't need to be\Ntelling Christians to repent.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.08,0:00:50.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The church should be telling \Nthe world to repent instead.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.60,0:00:53.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you are hearing from \NGod you know that He is
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.30,0:00:56.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,telling the church, Christians, \Nin Britain to repent
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.66,0:00:58.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and catch up
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.22,0:01:00.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on what they should \Nhave done years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.58,0:01:03.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that is the first step.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.21,0:01:06.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what does it \Nmean to repent?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.30,0:01:10.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most people think it is \Na matter of feelings,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.04,0:01:12.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of tears,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.96,0:01:16.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of feeling sorry for \Nwhat you have done.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.69,0:01:19.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that may not be repentance.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.92,0:01:21.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It may be simply
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.78,0:01:23.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,regret.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.60,0:01:29.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A lot of people have feelings \Nof regret about how they lived.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.88,0:01:33.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would be surprised if there \Nwas anyone here that didn't
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.78,0:01:37.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,regret some of the decisions \Nthey have made in life.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.38,0:01:40.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And feelings of regret
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.14,0:01:44.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are about what you \Nhave done to yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.66,0:01:47.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What you have done \Nwith your own life
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.34,0:01:50.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your own decisions.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.90,0:01:54.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are other people \Nwho have deep feelings
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.62,0:01:56.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what we call remorse.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.64,0:02:00.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And remorse is \Nwhat you feel
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.48,0:02:02.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about what you \Nhave done to others.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.96,0:02:06.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember meeting a man
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.54,0:02:09.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,suffering from \Nvenereal disease
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.46,0:02:12.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the result of \Nhis way of life.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.52,0:02:14.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he had passed on
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.62,0:02:17.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this venereal disease \Nto his daughter.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.28,0:02:21.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he was filled with remorse
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.12,0:02:25.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when he saw what he had \Ndone to someone else.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.56,0:02:28.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He had deep feelings \Nof remorse about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.74,0:02:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that is not repentance.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.72,0:02:35.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Repentance has \Nthis unique feature.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.60,0:02:42.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That repentance is what you \Nfeel you have done to God.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.88,0:02:46.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is quite different from \Nregret and remorse.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.52,0:02:51.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suddenly you realize that it \Nis God you have hurt most.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.06,0:02:56.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like the prodigal son realized it \Nwas not just his father he hurt.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.36,0:02:58.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "Father I have sinned
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.74,0:03:01.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against you and against heaven."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.04,0:03:04.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As soon as that heaven \Ndimension comes in
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.00,0:03:08.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you realize it's God \Nyou have hurt most,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.22,0:03:11.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you realize it''s \NGod's laws you broke,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.28,0:03:13.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's God's love you refused,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.72,0:03:15.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's God's anger you provoked,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.08,0:03:18.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's God's judgment you deserve,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.50,0:03:22.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's God's mercy you need. When \Nthis God dimension enters in
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.28,0:03:27.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it becomes what Paul \Ncalls, "the godly sorrow
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.44,0:03:29.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that leads to repentance."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.90,0:03:34.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Regret and remorse do not \Nnecessarily lead to repentance.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.98,0:03:38.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cain regretted bitterly
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.30,0:03:41.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what he had done to Abel \Nbut he never repented of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.56,0:03:44.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He never put it right,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.62,0:03:46.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he never confessed it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.40,0:03:50.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He only regretted the punishment \Nhe was now experiencing.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.44,0:03:54.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, that was a simple introduction.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.98,0:03:56.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I now want to
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.88,0:04:00.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tell you that repentance \Ninvolves three things.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.14,0:04:04.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we are looking \Nnow at repentance.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.14,0:04:08.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the New Testament \Nrepentance
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.20,0:04:11.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,passes through three stages.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.44,0:04:14.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Very simply:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.44,0:04:18.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thought, Word, and Deed.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.78,0:04:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Therefore repentance \Ntakes time.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.08,0:04:26.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The trouble is when you \Nare trying to lead someone
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.50,0:04:29.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to Christ in 5 minutes \Nat the end of a meeting
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.38,0:04:32.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the bus is waiting \Nfor them you can't
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.62,0:04:35.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,take them through \Nrepentance properly.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.58,0:04:39.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so we make them \Nsay a sinner's prayer,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.78,0:04:44.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Lord Jesus I'm sorry for all my \Nsins, I invite you into my life, Amen."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.54,0:04:46.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is not repentance.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.76,0:04:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, I doubt if you \Ncan repent in general.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.58,0:04:56.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You probably know the \Ngeneral confession that is used
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.54,0:04:58.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Anglican churches every Sunday.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.67,0:05:01.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I have left undone the things \NI ought to have done; and
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.40,0:05:03.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have done the things I\Nought not to have done;
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.89,0:05:05.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there is no health in us."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.02,0:05:09.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All this starts as miserable \Nsinners, which produces a lot
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.26,0:05:11.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of miserable congregations.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.28,0:05:14.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should be happy saints, \Nnot miserable sinners.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.48,0:05:17.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But a general confession, \Nwhen I hear it, and
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.26,0:05:19.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my wife and I are often in \NAnglican churches.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.02,0:05:22.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now aah...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.02,0:05:23.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One in our village...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.32,0:05:26.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I look at the congregation \Nwhen they are confessing
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.36,0:05:28.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their sins and I wonder,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.16,0:05:30.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Are you thinking of anything
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.68,0:05:31.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have done?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.12,0:05:34.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or anything you have not done?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.44,0:05:36.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or are you just signing \Na blank check?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.88,0:05:40.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see I am going to show \Nyou that repentance is always
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.60,0:05:43.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,repentance of particular sins.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.80,0:05:46.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't repent of general sins.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.98,0:05:50.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can only repent of this, \Nand this, and this.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.24,0:05:54.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that involves these 3 steps.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.26,0:05:56.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It involves first of all
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.28,0:05:58.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,changing your mind
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.28,0:06:01.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about particular things
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.43,0:06:03.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and thinking God's way about them.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.72,0:06:07.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when you do this you \Ncome to 2 conclusions: First,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.12,0:06:11.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God is a much better person \Nthan I thought He was.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.75,0:06:15.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And second, I am a much \Nworse person than I thought I was.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.83,0:06:18.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Usually it is the other way.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.52,0:06:20.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When an unbeliever thinks about God
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.71,0:06:23.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he thinks God is unfair and himself fair.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.81,0:06:27.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That he is better than God. \NHave you noticed that?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.36,0:06:29.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A number of people say,\N"Why does God do this, why
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.89,0:06:31.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,does God allow that, \Nwhy should God...?"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.02,0:06:34.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,... "I know better than God \Nand if I were running
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.66,0:06:37.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the universe I could do it \Nbetter than He's doing it."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.42,0:06:39.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is what they are saying.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.46,0:06:44.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they are really setting themselves \Nas a better person than God is.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.43,0:06:47.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are saying He is making \Nmistakes which I wouldn't.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.42,0:06:49.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is treating people \Nin a way I wouldn't.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.38,0:06:52.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am, therefore, a better \Nperson than He is.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.87,0:06:56.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you repent your thoughts \Ntake a somersault.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.57,0:07:01.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when you catch a glimpse of \NHis holiness and His purity
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.09,0:07:04.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you begin to realize \Nhow lucky you are.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.16,0:07:08.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you have a much lower\Nview of yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.50,0:07:11.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, the higher your view God \Nthe lower your view yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.93,0:07:14.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Repentance is a change of mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.56,0:07:19.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Greek word 'metanoia' means \Nto have second thoughts:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.24,0:07:23.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'meta'- change or after: \N'noia'- mind
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.80,0:07:27.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To think again about the \Nway you have been living.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.26,0:07:30.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It begins when you \Nchange your mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.09,0:07:33.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you think God's way.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.66,0:07:38.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then you realize not only that \Nyour bad deeds are pretty horrible.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.68,0:07:42.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Amazingly you begin to see \Nthat your good deeds are just
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.58,0:07:44.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as offensive to God.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.46,0:07:47.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It comes as a shock \Nto many people
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.04,0:07:50.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they realize in their mind
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.54,0:07:54.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the best things they have ever \Ndone are not good enough for God.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.80,0:07:58.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that our righteousness \Nhas to be repented of as
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.68,0:08:00.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well as our sins.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.84,0:08:03.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That our good deeds as \Nwell as our bad deeds need
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.76,0:08:05.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be put away.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.50,0:08:07.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What a revolution that is!
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.44,0:08:09.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most people think repentance
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.48,0:08:11.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,covers the bad things \Nyou have done.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.50,0:08:14.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in the Bible it covers the \Ngood things you have as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.76,0:08:17.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me give you 2 texts from the \NBible which are a bit blunt to
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.82,0:08:21.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a Christian congregation. \NThe Bible is a blunt book.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.08,0:08:26.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has unfortunately been tidied up \Nin English for polite congregations.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.87,0:08:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in the Hebrew and Greek \Nit is a very earthy book.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.11,0:08:33.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isaiah said this, the ladies \Nwill understand this,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.92,0:08:35.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isaiah said,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.98,0:08:38.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Our righteousness, to God,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.28,0:08:41.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is like a menstrual cloth."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.38,0:08:43.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(A disposable napkin)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.82,0:08:47.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is how you feel \Nabout your righteousness
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.08,0:08:48.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,once you think God's way.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.08,0:08:50.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here is one for the men.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.48,0:08:52.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul says in Philippians 3
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.06,0:08:55.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"When I consider the \Ncommandments I kept,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.80,0:08:57.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not those I broke."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.96,0:09:00.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(And he kept 9 of the 10 commandments.)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.64,0:09:03.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "When I \Nconsider the ones I kept
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.20,0:09:06.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I count them as dung."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.30,0:09:09.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He feels like a little boy who \Nemptied his bowels into a pot
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.92,0:09:13.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and holds it up saying, \N"Look what I have done."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.50,0:09:17.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he uses a very down \Nto earth Greek word for
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.99,0:09:22.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,human excreta for which this is the \Nwell known English equivalent today.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.38,0:09:24.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the Bible.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.46,0:09:29.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words you realize \Nthat your righteousness
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.87,0:09:34.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is as far short of God's \Nstandards as your bad deeds.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.66,0:09:37.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you leave them all \Nbehind you and you say,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.24,0:09:41.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Nothing in my hand I bring; \Nsimply to your cross I cling."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.48,0:09:45.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is to come to the \Ntruth about yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.32,0:09:47.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love that story about
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.66,0:09:50.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an old preacher in \Nthe slave plantations
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.95,0:09:53.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the deep south of America. \NHe was preaching on the
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.54,0:09:55.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Prodigal Son and he said...
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.43,0:09:58.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"He took off his jacket \Nand threw it away.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.66,0:10:00.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he took off his shirt \Nand threw that away.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.89,0:10:02.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He took off his vest \Nand threw that away.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.94,0:10:06.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, brothers, he\Njust came to himself."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.94,0:10:09.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have missed the pun.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.23,0:10:11.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're not quite with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.56,0:10:15.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To come to yourself means\Nto finally strip away all the
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.20,0:10:19.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,covering and get to the real \Ntruth of your condition.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.08,0:10:23.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is interesting, the closer you \Nget to God the worse you feel.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.35,0:10:27.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The more you understand \Nhow good He is,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.42,0:10:30.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more you realize \Nhow bad you are.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.86,0:10:35.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And realizing and thinking that \Nway is the first major step.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.24,0:10:37.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that's not the end of repentance.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.81,0:10:39.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second step
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.86,0:10:42.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the word of repentance.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.82,0:10:46.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that means \Nfirst to confess sins.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.62,0:10:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Protestants, in reaction to the \NCatholic practice of confession,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.22,0:10:55.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have neglected confession.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.26,0:10:59.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you had asked John the \NBaptist for baptism
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.28,0:11:00.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he would have said,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.06,0:11:03.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Then before you \Ngo into the water
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.20,0:11:06.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make a public \Nconfession of your sins."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.20,0:11:08.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He insisted on that.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.10,0:11:11.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You search the New Testament \Nand see how many times it
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.68,0:11:15.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,says confess your \Nsins, to one another.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.90,0:11:20.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know I found it is therapeutic \Nif I am counseling an inquirer
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.60,0:11:22.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get them to name
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.64,0:11:24.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sins they want forgiven.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.89,0:11:29.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That does two good things \Nfor them. First of all, it helps
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.04,0:11:33.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,them to be accountable \Nfor specific things.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.33,0:11:36.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Somebody comes to me and says, \N"I'd like to be a Christian."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.33,0:11:38.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"Oh, you'd like your sins forgiven?"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.48,0:11:39.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- "Yes."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.68,0:11:41.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You'd like to be saved \Nfrom your sins?"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.86,0:11:43.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"Yes."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.72,0:11:48.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,-"Then you tell me what sins \Nyou want to be saved from."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.86,0:11:51.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I find that's when \Nrepentance begins.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.20,0:11:57.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And somehow naming it \Ngets it out into the light.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.71,0:12:01.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My heart always leaps when somebody \Nsays to me in those situations,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.78,0:12:04.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I've never told anyone this before."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.04,0:12:07.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think there is a release \Ncoming in a moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.99,0:12:09.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's coming into the light.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.66,0:12:11.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's getting out.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.54,0:12:13.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even just saying it
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.62,0:12:16.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,somehow does \Nsomething about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.04,0:12:18.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it is specific then.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.10,0:12:20.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Lord it is this
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.72,0:12:22.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it is this
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.10,0:12:23.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it is this."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.71,0:12:26.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no confession \Nof general sin
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.41,0:12:29.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the New Testament. \NThere are only confession
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.90,0:12:32.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of sins, plural,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:32.20,0:12:33.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a list.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.76,0:12:36.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Confession also helps
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.52,0:12:39.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make a person responsible.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.69,0:12:42.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you confess sins \Nyou can't make excuses.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.22,0:12:45.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't say, "Well, it wasn't my fault."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.67,0:12:48.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because confession is \Nto say, "It was my fault,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.22,0:12:51.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I chose that way."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.27,0:12:53.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me say something that \Ncould be misunderstood.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.69,0:12:56.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's an awful lot of \N'inner healing' around now.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.99,0:13:00.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I find Christians would \Nrather have 'inner healing'
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.18,0:13:02.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than forgiveness.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.87,0:13:05.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because forgiveness \Ndemands repentance.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.46,0:13:09.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it is so easy to blame \Nsomeone else for my sins.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.02,0:13:12.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to say it was my parents \Nand what they did to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.66,0:13:14.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because of what happened \Nto me as a child.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.79,0:13:17.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to say, "I need healing, \NI don't need forgiveness,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.48,0:13:19.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I need healing."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.10,0:13:23.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But listen, we are not the result \Nof what has been done to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.91,0:13:28.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are the result of what we have \Ndone about what has been done to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.92,0:13:31.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the choices of reaction \Nthat we have made,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.14,0:13:34.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has made us what we are.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.08,0:13:35.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I am bitter,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.54,0:13:39.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's because I have chosen to \Nresent what was done to me
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.17,0:13:41.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than forgive it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.54,0:13:45.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in fact I really believe that more \Npeople are in need of repentance
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.38,0:13:47.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than 'inner healing'.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.43,0:13:49.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Although there is \Nstill a place for that,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.74,0:13:52.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the Holy Spirit can \Ngo back and sort out
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.35,0:13:54.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a problem from earlier years.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.40,0:13:58.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the basic need of mankind \Nis not for 'inner healing'
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.25,0:14:02.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but for repentance that makes it \Npossible for God to forgive:
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.80,0:14:05.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of saying, "I am \Nwhat I am now
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.87,0:14:08.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I chose
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.73,0:14:11.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at crucial points in my life
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.23,0:14:13.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a way that leads \Nto this character.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.63,0:14:17.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are all a result of our choices.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.39,0:14:20.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to treat someone who is \Nresponsible for what they have
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.36,0:14:23.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,done is to treat them with \Nthe dignity of a human being.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.58,0:14:25.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are not a Pavlovian dog.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.85,0:14:28.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are saying to someone,\N"You are a human being.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.94,0:14:32.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have the will to choose. \NYou have chosen."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.44,0:14:35.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have heard men in court plead,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.18,0:14:37.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, I got into bad \Ncompany Your Honor."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.29,0:14:42.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have never heard a man say, \N"I chose that company."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.08,0:14:46.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just: " I got into bad company"
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.89,0:14:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we choose our friends. \NWe choose the company we keep.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.24,0:14:53.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We choose the \Nambitions we have.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.98,0:14:56.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We chose, we choose.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.64,0:15:00.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And confession is saying \NI made the wrong choice.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:00.72,0:15:02.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I am responsible.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.72,0:15:05.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the beginning \Nof lifting a person
Dialogue: 0,0:15:05.25,0:15:08.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the dignity of a \Nresponsible human being.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.96,0:15:12.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to get them to spell it out \Nin words is very important.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.44,0:15:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we confess our sins- \Nnot our sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.00,0:15:18.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we confess our sins, which means,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.73,0:15:22.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to name them \None by one, individually.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.51,0:15:24.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then He is faithful and just
Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.82,0:15:25.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to forgive
Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.14,0:15:27.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,each one--
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.01,0:15:29.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our sins...
Dialogue: 0,0:15:29.99,0:15:32.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and His blood goes \Non keeping us clean.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.62,0:15:34.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A beautiful promise.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.36,0:15:36.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As well as "Confession"
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.30,0:15:39.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is one part of \Nthe word for forgiveness.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.22,0:15:43.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is also important with certain sins
Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.12,0:15:47.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get a person to \N"renounce" that thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.64,0:15:51.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To say, in words, before God, \N"I am finished with it,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:52.08,0:15:54.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will not go back to it."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.22,0:15:57.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To 'renounce'.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.39,0:16:01.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In early baptism they were \Nalways asked to renounce
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.02,0:16:03.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the world, the flesh and the devil.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.58,0:16:06.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to say publicly, "I \Nhave nothing more to do
Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.74,0:16:08.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with those false masters."
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.74,0:16:10.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To 'renounce'
Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.49,0:16:12.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now comes the hard part
Dialogue: 0,0:16:12.67,0:16:15.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of repentance, which is 'deeds'.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.28,0:16:19.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here is a part of repentance \Nthat many people don't realize.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.68,0:16:21.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what takes time.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.77,0:16:25.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Repentance begins with THOUGHT
Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.26,0:16:28.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It then comes out in WORDS
Dialogue: 0,0:16:29.35,0:16:32.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it must then \Ncome out in DEEDS.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:32.86,0:16:34.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll give you 2 texts:
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.06,0:16:39.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John the Baptist said this when \Nsomeone came to be baptized.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.14,0:16:43.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Produce fruit worthy of \Nrepentance
Dialogue: 0,0:16:43.70,0:16:45.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then I will baptize you."
Dialogue: 0,0:16:45.70,0:16:47.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They said, "What do you mean?"
Dialogue: 0,0:16:47.58,0:16:51.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you have too many \Nclothes give some away.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.87,0:16:55.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're cheating with your \Nfinance, get your books straight.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:56.97,0:17:00.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you are bullying someone because \Nof your power, stop doing it.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:01.51,0:17:03.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then here is one for today.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:04.14,0:17:07.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be content with your wages.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:07.81,0:17:11.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where are the preachers in \NBritain preaching that today?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.59,0:17:14.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Preaching it to the teachers \Npreaching it to the nurses.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:15.33,0:17:17.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where are the preachers \Npreaching that?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:17.30,0:17:20.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're not that because we are \Nnot preaching repentance.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.50,0:17:23.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But boy there is a \Npractical repentance.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:23.66,0:17:25.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be content with your wages.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:25.50,0:17:27.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many people who are \Nbaptized in your church
Dialogue: 0,0:17:27.76,0:17:30.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do you ask them, "Are you \Ncontent with your wages?"
Dialogue: 0,0:17:33.12,0:17:37.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We laugh nervously because \Nwe know we are just
Dialogue: 0,0:17:37.39,0:17:40.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,getting them to repeat a \Ngeneral confession and
Dialogue: 0,0:17:40.32,0:17:43.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the 'sinner's prayer'.We are \Nnot pinning it to reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:43.48,0:17:45.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now Paul said this,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:45.74,0:17:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I was not disobedient \Nto the heavenly vision."
Dialogue: 0,0:17:49.63,0:17:52.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what heavenly vision \Nwas he not disobedient to?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:52.76,0:17:54.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wonder if you know?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:54.58,0:17:56.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you read the \Nverse it says this,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:56.81,0:18:00.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was not disobedient \Nto the heavenly vision
Dialogue: 0,0:18:00.19,0:18:04.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I preached repentance \Nto the gentiles
Dialogue: 0,0:18:04.82,0:18:08.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they should turn \Nor convert to God
Dialogue: 0,0:18:08.46,0:18:13.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and prove their repentance \Nby their deeds.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:14.90,0:18:19.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Paul's ministry was a ministry \Nto get people to prove
Dialogue: 0,0:18:19.58,0:18:22.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their repentance \Nby their deeds.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:22.46,0:18:27.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe we should stop baptizing \Npeople on profession of faith alone
Dialogue: 0,0:18:27.47,0:18:31.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and baptize them on \Nproof of repentance.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:32.10,0:18:34.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now just let that sink in.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:34.85,0:18:38.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Zacheus...When Jesus came to have \Nlunch with Zacheus, the little
Dialogue: 0,0:18:38.20,0:18:40.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,man up in a tree in \Nmore ways than one.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:40.70,0:18:44.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus came to his house for \Nlunch and Zacheus said,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:44.28,0:18:46.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I have been \Ndefrauding people."
Dialogue: 0,0:18:46.85,0:18:48.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But from now on I am going to,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:48.92,0:18:51.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I am going to honest and \Nstraight from now on."
Dialogue: 0,0:18:51.75,0:18:53.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He did not say that
Dialogue: 0,0:18:54.32,0:18:57.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "I'm going to go to \Neveryone I have defrauded
Dialogue: 0,0:18:57.81,0:19:01.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and pay them back \Nwith interest, four-fold."
Dialogue: 0,0:19:02.22,0:19:06.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Jesus said, "Today salvation \Nis come to this house."
Dialogue: 0,0:19:08.04,0:19:12.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Repentance is putting \Nthe past right.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:14.36,0:19:16.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't put all sins right.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:17.17,0:19:20.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there are some, the Lord \Nwill show you, can be put right.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:20.75,0:19:23.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I preached in Canberra
Dialogue: 0,0:19:23.49,0:19:26.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the houses of parliament \Nto members of both houses
Dialogue: 0,0:19:26.70,0:19:28.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from Australia.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:28.71,0:19:30.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And after the
Dialogue: 0,0:19:30.56,0:19:31.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,time together, which was
Dialogue: 0,0:19:31.92,0:19:34.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pretty hot as they know \Nhow to heckle a speaker there.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:35.10,0:19:37.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was hot, but after a time
Dialogue: 0,0:19:37.51,0:19:40.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of their most \Nprominent politicians
Dialogue: 0,0:19:40.90,0:19:43.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as he left the room, \Nwhispered to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:43.78,0:19:49.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm going home to re-write \Nmy income tax returns."
Dialogue: 0,0:19:50.27,0:19:51.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My heart lept!
Dialogue: 0,0:19:52.18,0:19:53.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were no tears
Dialogue: 0,0:19:54.15,0:19:56.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there was repentance.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:56.80,0:19:59.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He had THOUGHT God's way.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:59.49,0:20:01.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He put it into WORDS
Dialogue: 0,0:20:01.82,0:20:04.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he was going home to \Nre-write his income tax.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:04.48,0:20:07.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's where the rubber \Nhits the road, as they say.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:07.66,0:20:09.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's repentance.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:09.49,0:20:11.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DEEDS of repentance,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:11.45,0:20:13.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doing something about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:13.63,0:20:15.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Putting the past right.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:15.50,0:20:17.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bringing it to a proper conclusion,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:17.67,0:20:21.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cutting the umbilical chord that \Nties you to Satan's kingdom.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:21.61,0:20:24.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tying it off so that \Nyou are free of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:24.95,0:20:29.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It may involve a negative thing \Nlike destroying something.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:29.16,0:20:33.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The last time I was in \NAshford I had to advise
Dialogue: 0,0:20:33.48,0:20:37.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,someone to go home and \Nburn his Freemason's apron,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:37.89,0:20:39.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which he did.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:39.99,0:20:42.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes we need to do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:42.10,0:20:44.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Ephesus they burned
Dialogue: 0,0:20:44.60,0:20:47.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thousands of dollars \Nworth of occult books.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:48.09,0:20:50.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You read Acts 19.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:50.02,0:20:53.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is all part the of \Nthe DEEDS of repentance.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:53.50,0:20:56.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this has been so \Nneglected in our preaching.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:57.02,0:21:01.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is no wonder that the Lord \Nis having to tell Christians
Dialogue: 0,0:21:01.11,0:21:05.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go back and repent \Nand put things right.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:05.52,0:21:08.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when they do there \Nis a tremendous relief.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:08.93,0:21:13.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was preaching in Aberdeen \Nfor 3 nights in the Central Theater.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:14.18,0:21:17.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And after the second night \Na girl came up to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:17.34,0:21:20.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was very upset, \Nshe was blotchy faced.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:20.18,0:21:22.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was crying, \Nshe was shaking
Dialogue: 0,0:21:22.52,0:21:26.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she said, "Oh Mr. Pawson \Nyou are frustrating me.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:26.38,0:21:30.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to be a Christian; \NI've tried to be a Christian.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:30.02,0:21:32.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've gone forward \Nat every evangelistic
Dialogue: 0,0:21:32.92,0:21:35.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meeting in Aberdeen \Nfor 18 months,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:35.53,0:21:37.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including the Luis Palau Crusade."
Dialogue: 0,0:21:37.94,0:21:39.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said, "Nothing has changed
Dialogue: 0,0:21:39.73,0:21:42.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nothing has happened, \NI've signed cards, I've been
Dialogue: 0,0:21:42.30,0:21:44.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,consoled, I've been to classes.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:44.12,0:21:46.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nothing has happened. I'm \Nbeginning to doubt
Dialogue: 0,0:21:46.23,0:21:48.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if there is anything in it.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:48.24,0:21:50.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I still want to be a Christian."
Dialogue: 0,0:21:50.12,0:21:51.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do you do \Nwith a girl like that?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:51.90,0:21:53.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I looked her in the eye,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:53.38,0:21:55.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "Who are you living with?"
Dialogue: 0,0:21:56.54,0:21:58.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said, "I live with a young man."
Dialogue: 0,0:21:58.64,0:21:59.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:59.76,0:22:01.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- "Are you married to him?"\N- "No."
Dialogue: 0,0:22:01.48,0:22:03.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- "Are living like you are married?"\N- "Yes."
Dialogue: 0,0:22:03.75,0:22:06.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- "Why aren't you married?"\N- "He doesn't believe in it,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:06.50,0:22:08.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he says it is just a legal bit of paper.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:08.47,0:22:11.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As long as we love each \Nother that is all that matters."
Dialogue: 0,0:22:11.14,0:22:14.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "You have a very \Ndifficult decision to make.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:14.18,0:22:17.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wish I could make it for you but \NI can't. You've got to make it.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:17.50,0:22:21.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got to decide which \Nman you want to live with,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:21.36,0:22:23.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that young man or Jesus."
Dialogue: 0,0:22:24.26,0:22:26.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then she really got angry.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:27.01,0:22:29.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said, "No one else \Ntold me I had to do that."
Dialogue: 0,0:22:29.98,0:22:33.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "But you've told me you are \Ngetting nowhere with any of the others."
Dialogue: 0,0:22:33.78,0:22:37.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "Jesus won't join \Nin an arrangement like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:37.38,0:22:38.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got to decide."
Dialogue: 0,0:22:38.95,0:22:41.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now if this were a preacher's \Nstory, I would tell you she fell
Dialogue: 0,0:22:41.98,0:22:45.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on her knees, confessed \Nand was gloriously saved.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:45.62,0:22:48.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it is not a preacher's \Nstory, it is the truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:48.39,0:22:51.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I better tell you the truth. \NShe ran out of that theater
Dialogue: 0,0:22:51.70,0:22:53.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sobbing her heart out.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:54.06,0:22:58.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I have thought of that girl \Nagain and again and again.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:58.74,0:23:01.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know how Jesus felt about \Nthe rich young ruler who
Dialogue: 0,0:23:01.62,0:23:03.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wouldn't give up his money.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:04.16,0:23:06.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know what \Nthe problem was?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:06.22,0:23:10.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everybody that consoled that girl \Nhad told her to believe in Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:11.40,0:23:14.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They hadn't started \Nby saying "Repent".
Dialogue: 0,0:23:15.59,0:23:17.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you see?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:17.06,0:23:19.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so she was stuck.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:19.32,0:23:21.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so often that \Nis the problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:22.04,0:23:25.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have started \Nat step number 2.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:25.35,0:23:29.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus and John the Baptist and \NPeter on the day of Pentecost
Dialogue: 0,0:23:29.57,0:23:32.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all started with \Nthe word "repent".
Dialogue: 0,0:23:32.99,0:23:35.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, at the practical level
Dialogue: 0,0:23:35.44,0:23:37.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help someone to repent
Dialogue: 0,0:23:37.44,0:23:40.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you need to help \Nthem to do 3 things.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:40.25,0:23:43.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first thing we need \Nto help them to do
Dialogue: 0,0:23:43.68,0:23:45.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to be serious.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:48.76,0:23:51.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because repenting \Nis a serious business.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:51.96,0:23:54.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can't be taken lightly.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:54.44,0:23:57.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am going to repeat the words \Nof the marriage service now.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:57.72,0:24:00.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These words should not be \Ntaken lightly.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:00.36,0:24:02.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't remember them
Dialogue: 0,0:24:02.80,0:24:04.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew I said them.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:05.31,0:24:08.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well now how do we help \Nsomeone to be serious?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:08.43,0:24:11.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I doubt very much \Nif they will be serious
Dialogue: 0,0:24:11.98,0:24:14.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unless something of fear
Dialogue: 0,0:24:15.12,0:24:16.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is in the relationship
Dialogue: 0,0:24:16.88,0:24:19.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the fear of the Lord is \Nthe beginning of wisdom.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:20.52,0:24:24.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we need to help people \Ninto the right kind of fear
Dialogue: 0,0:24:24.46,0:24:26.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be serious.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:26.13,0:24:29.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think you can best \Ndo that by pointing out
Dialogue: 0,0:24:29.81,0:24:34.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where their present way \Nof life will lead them.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:35.21,0:24:39.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The word I found most helpful \Nfor people to realize that
Dialogue: 0,0:24:39.58,0:24:41.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the word 'perish'.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:41.80,0:24:43.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I say, "Do you realize
Dialogue: 0,0:24:43.78,0:24:47.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what it is to perish?" \NNow that word, in English
Dialogue: 0,0:24:47.59,0:24:51.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,means exactly the same \Nas it does in the Greek.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:51.89,0:24:54.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you have a perished hot \Nwater bottle,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:54.86,0:24:56.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what do you have?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:56.38,0:24:58.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it still a hot water bottle?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:00.33,0:25:03.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hands up of those who say \Nit is still a hot water bottle?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:04.80,0:25:07.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hands up those who say it \Nis not a hot water bottle?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:08.72,0:25:11.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hands up those who \Ndon't like putting hands up.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:11.57,0:25:14.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[The audience laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:25:15.10,0:25:18.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well is it still a hot \Nwater bottle or isn't it?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:19.00,0:25:21.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It looks like one, doesn't it?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:21.97,0:25:25.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can't hold water. But is \Nit still a hot water bottle?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:26.68,0:25:31.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, when a hot water \Nbottle is perished or a tire
Dialogue: 0,0:25:31.82,0:25:35.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it can't be used for the purpose \Nfor which it was made.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:36.13,0:25:38.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It still looks like one,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:38.71,0:25:40.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it may feel like one,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:40.82,0:25:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it can't be used as one.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:43.22,0:25:47.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A 'perished' human being still \Nlooks like a human being,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:47.54,0:25:49.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,feels like a human being,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:49.80,0:25:53.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but can't be used \Nas a human being.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:53.81,0:25:57.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do you do with \Nsomething that is perished?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:58.68,0:26:00.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You throw it away.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:01.12,0:26:04.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or you burn it in the incinerator.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:05.34,0:26:08.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hell is God's incinerator
Dialogue: 0,0:26:08.68,0:26:11.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for 'perished' people.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:13.21,0:26:15.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't cease to be people
Dialogue: 0,0:26:15.57,0:26:17.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they are just no more use.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:18.78,0:26:21.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that is the most \Nterrible destiny that a
Dialogue: 0,0:26:21.58,0:26:23.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,human being could ever have
Dialogue: 0,0:26:23.71,0:26:25.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to become utterly useless.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:25.83,0:26:28.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unemployment and redundancy
Dialogue: 0,0:26:28.40,0:26:30.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is enough to destroy \Nyour self respect.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:31.14,0:26:35.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But to know that you have \Nceased to be of any further use
Dialogue: 0,0:26:35.30,0:26:37.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to God or to anyone else,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:38.16,0:26:40.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is what 'perished' means.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:40.59,0:26:44.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And God so loved us that He \Ndidn't want us to 'perish'.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:45.04,0:26:46.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what hell is.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:46.76,0:26:49.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a place where you \Nare no use to yourself,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:50.16,0:26:52.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to others or to God.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:52.08,0:26:55.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you spend the \Nrest of your existance
Dialogue: 0,0:26:55.42,0:26:58.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with people who \Nare no use to you
Dialogue: 0,0:26:58.68,0:27:01.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or to themselves or to God.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:01.38,0:27:04.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can think of nothing \Nmore terrible than that.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:04.98,0:27:08.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the end product \Nof living without God.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:09.42,0:27:13.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fear of becoming \Nutterly redundant
Dialogue: 0,0:27:13.32,0:27:15.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in God's universe.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:15.51,0:27:17.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the fear of the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:17.90,0:27:21.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus said something \Nabout nuclear disarmament,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:22.06,0:27:25.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "Don't fear those \Nthat can kill your body.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:25.39,0:27:28.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rather fear Him who can \Ndestroy body and soul
Dialogue: 0,0:27:29.10,0:27:30.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in hell."
Dialogue: 0,0:27:31.12,0:27:33.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Perished' people.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:34.98,0:27:38.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second thing we \Nneed to do for people,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:38.22,0:27:43.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help them to repent is \Nto help them to be specific.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:46.02,0:27:48.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To confess sins. (plural)
Dialogue: 0,0:27:49.26,0:27:50.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To name them,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:50.87,0:27:53.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get down to the nitty gritty.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:53.88,0:27:56.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you ask someone, "Do you \Nwant to be saved from your sins?"
Dialogue: 0,0:27:56.95,0:27:58.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh yes."
Dialogue: 0,0:27:58.03,0:28:00.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Which sins do you want \Nto be saved from?"
Dialogue: 0,0:28:00.09,0:28:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, all of them."
Dialogue: 0,0:28:02.16,0:28:04.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Which ones shall we start with?"
Dialogue: 0,0:28:06.02,0:28:08.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is too easy for people to say, \N"Oh yes I'm a sinner,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:08.74,0:28:12.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everybody is, everybody \Nhas sinned. I'm a sinner."
Dialogue: 0,0:28:12.50,0:28:14.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"In what way have \Nyou sinned, then?"
Dialogue: 0,0:28:16.00,0:28:19.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to help people to be \Nspecific. So how can we do that?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:20.06,0:28:21.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are three ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:21.80,0:28:25.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first way is a \Nguided conversation.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:25.92,0:28:27.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In which you steer them.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:28.26,0:28:30.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now you must keep their \Nconfidence. They must feel
Dialogue: 0,0:28:30.94,0:28:32.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will keep their confidence.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:32.66,0:28:34.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But just steer them:
Dialogue: 0,0:28:34.08,0:28:36.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Then, what is your besetting sin?"
Dialogue: 0,0:28:37.08,0:28:40.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is the one you \Nwould most like to free of?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:40.42,0:28:42.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because Jesus wants \Nto set you free of it."
Dialogue: 0,0:28:43.75,0:28:46.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What's the one you \Nmost hate yourself for?"
Dialogue: 0,0:28:47.64,0:28:51.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A guided conversation \Ncan become specific.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:52.00,0:28:55.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second way is to \Ngive them a detailed list.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:56.20,0:29:01.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a friend of mine has actually \Nprepared a list of all kinds of
Dialogue: 0,0:29:01.18,0:29:03.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things that people get involved in.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:03.18,0:29:05.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before he consoles someone \Nhe gives them a sheet of paper
Dialogue: 0,0:29:05.94,0:29:07.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and says, "Go through this list.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:07.88,0:29:10.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you you been involved \Nin any of these occult things or
Dialogue: 0,0:29:10.84,0:29:13.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in any of these perverted habits.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:13.52,0:29:15.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they go through \Nand they tick them
Dialogue: 0,0:29:15.62,0:29:17.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then he's able \Nto console them.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:17.78,0:29:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a very practical \Nway of doing it.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:20.18,0:29:24.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The New Testament \Ncontains about thirty lists.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:24.61,0:29:28.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And between them \Nthey cover 120 sins
Dialogue: 0,0:29:29.00,0:29:31.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which God counts as sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:32.06,0:29:34.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And sometimes it helpful \Nto have a detailed list
Dialogue: 0,0:29:34.75,0:29:36.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and help them to through it
Dialogue: 0,0:29:36.26,0:29:37.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and mark them off.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:38.00,0:29:39.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A third way:
Dialogue: 0,0:29:39.82,0:29:42.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is available \Nto the counselor
Dialogue: 0,0:29:42.68,0:29:44.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who is moving in \Nthe Holy Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:44.98,0:29:47.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is an immediate revelation.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:48.32,0:29:50.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes I have asked the
Dialogue: 0,0:29:50.88,0:29:54.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Holy Spirit to show the \Nperson I'm counselling
Dialogue: 0,0:29:54.12,0:29:57.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what the root problem is,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:57.32,0:29:59.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what the tap root is.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:00.76,0:30:03.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At other times I've \Nask Him to show me
Dialogue: 0,0:30:03.99,0:30:07.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what the root problem is \Nand then surprise them
Dialogue: 0,0:30:07.54,0:30:09.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by asking them about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:09.60,0:30:13.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the Holy Spirit wants \Nto reveal the tap roots.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:14.19,0:30:17.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a illustration, I found that
Dialogue: 0,0:30:17.24,0:30:21.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,behind every homosexual \Nman that I've counselled is
Dialogue: 0,0:30:21.24,0:30:24.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a sad history of \Na father and mother
Dialogue: 0,0:30:24.24,0:30:26.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who exchanged roles.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:26.82,0:30:29.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where the mother became \Nthe dominant authority figure.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:29.74,0:30:31.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the father \Nthe comfort figure.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:31.88,0:30:35.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is why so much \Nhomosexuality is being produced.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:35.68,0:30:38.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why the roles \Nare being confused.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:38.48,0:30:41.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it is the children and \Ngrandchildren who suffer
Dialogue: 0,0:30:41.08,0:30:42.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from confusion.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:42.79,0:30:46.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was counselling \Na lovely school boy;
Dialogue: 0,0:30:46.92,0:30:48.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lovely Christian.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:48.77,0:30:51.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he was just \Ncrippled with this
Dialogue: 0,0:30:51.38,0:30:53.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,temptation, which he \Ngave way to regularly.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:54.52,0:30:57.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt sorry and said, \N"When did this begin?"
Dialogue: 0,0:30:58.34,0:31:00.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "At boarding school."
Dialogue: 0,0:31:00.86,0:31:04.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, boy's boarding schools have \Na lot to answer for, believe me.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:05.18,0:31:07.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I said, "No, the Holy \NSpirit is telling me
Dialogue: 0,0:31:08.12,0:31:10.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it began long before that."
Dialogue: 0,0:31:11.56,0:31:15.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he said, "No, I can't remember it \Nbeginning before boarding school."
Dialogue: 0,0:31:15.37,0:31:18.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "But the Holy Spirit \Ntells me it was before that."
Dialogue: 0,0:31:18.26,0:31:20.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"So tell me about your parents."
Dialogue: 0,0:31:20.18,0:31:24.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a sad case of a wife who \Nhad been through 3 husbands.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:24.10,0:31:28.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A dominate woman who just changed \Npartners when she wanted to.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:28.32,0:31:30.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was the product \Nof the third husband.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:31.16,0:31:34.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the wife had taken the \Nauthority role in the home.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:34.92,0:31:36.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She had dominated.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:37.16,0:31:40.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The result was that when \Nhe wanted comfort
Dialogue: 0,0:31:40.26,0:31:43.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he climbed into bed with \Nhis father not his mother.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:44.04,0:31:46.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And did not realize that \Nthe father was not getting
Dialogue: 0,0:31:46.74,0:31:49.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,comfort from the mother.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:49.06,0:31:51.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And was getting it from the son.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:51.40,0:31:53.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The whole thing emerged.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:54.62,0:31:58.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was necessary for the \NHoly Spirit to reveal this.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:58.52,0:32:01.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that we could get down \Nto the real root problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:01.94,0:32:05.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are the 3 ways to \Nget down to the specifics.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:05.38,0:32:07.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A guided conversation,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:07.98,0:32:09.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a detailed list
Dialogue: 0,0:32:10.04,0:32:12.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and an immediate revelation.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:12.44,0:32:15.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And finally, and this \Nmust be in one minute.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:16.94,0:32:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To be sensible.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:20.30,0:32:23.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is necessary in 2 ways:
Dialogue: 0,0:32:23.52,0:32:26.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First: to be sensible as \Nfar as the emotions
Dialogue: 0,0:32:26.10,0:32:28.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of repentance are concerned.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:28.26,0:32:30.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes people have an \Nexaggerated sense of guilt
Dialogue: 0,0:32:31.02,0:32:32.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over the wrong thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:32.94,0:32:35.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their feelings \Nhave deceived them.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:35.20,0:32:39.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is possible for men \Nto feel more guilty
Dialogue: 0,0:32:39.30,0:32:42.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about masturbation, which \Nis not mentioned in the Bible
Dialogue: 0,0:32:42.40,0:32:44.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than murder.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:44.90,0:32:48.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we need to help them \Nto be sensible in emotions.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:48.48,0:32:52.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And not let their feelings \Nget things out of proportion.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:52.14,0:32:55.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Psychological guilt \Nis not moral guilt.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:55.41,0:32:58.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it is moral guilt \Nthat Jesus cures.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:59.00,0:33:02.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not what we feel guilty of, \Nbut what we are guilty of.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:03.21,0:33:05.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the other way we \Nneed to be sensible
Dialogue: 0,0:33:05.98,0:33:08.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is in the actions \Nof repentance.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:08.72,0:33:11.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't go back and \Nput everything right.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:11.88,0:33:16.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we need to help them to be \Nsensible about what they do.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:16.03,0:33:18.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One friend of mine went \Nto the police and confessed
Dialogue: 0,0:33:18.66,0:33:20.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a crime he had committed.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:20.75,0:33:23.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Taken to court he was \Ngiven the lightest possible
Dialogue: 0,0:33:23.26,0:33:25.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sentence of two months,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:25.14,0:33:26.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,went into prison,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:26.60,0:33:29.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,preached Jesus and the \Nprisoners called him the bishop.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:30.04,0:33:32.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when he came out he \Nconfessed to another crime
Dialogue: 0,0:33:32.55,0:33:34.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and got back into another \Nprison and preached
Dialogue: 0,0:33:34.75,0:33:35.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the gospel there.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:35.72,0:33:39.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He proudly told me I am \Nthe only evangelist in Britain
Dialogue: 0,0:33:39.24,0:33:42.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,entirely financed by \NHer Majesty the Queen.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:42.18,0:33:44.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Laughing]
Dialogue: 0,0:33:44.76,0:33:48.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now that was within the \Nrealm of common sense.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:48.40,0:33:50.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He might have \Ngone overboard on it.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:50.52,0:33:53.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to help people \Nto be sensible about what
Dialogue: 0,0:33:53.20,0:33:55.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can be put right \Nand what can't.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:55.90,0:33:59.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But is this way we have \Nhelped them to repent.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:59.48,0:34:02.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the next talk we will talk \Nabout how to help people
Dialogue: 0,0:34:02.84,0:34:04.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to believe.