FAITH & REPENTENCE pt 2 // Sunday, February 6, 2022 // Pastor Jeff Hines

Sunday — February 6, 2022

Faith & Repentance

Mark 1: 15 (NLT)

   “The time promised by God has come at last!” he announced. 

   “The Kingdom of God is near!

Repent of your sins and believe the Good News!”

Acts 2: 18 (NLT)

   Peter replied, “Each of you must repent of your sins and turn to God,

    and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins.

   Then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Acts 20: 21 (NLT)

    I have had one message for Jews and Greeks alike—the necessity of repenting from sin and turning to God, and of having faith in our Lord Jesus.

A Christian:

Someone who turns away from their sin and trusts the Lord Jesus Christ – and nothing else – to save them from sin and the coming judgement.

Genuine repentance leads to a changed life that produces real fruit.

Ephesians 2: 1, 4 & 5 (NLT)

   Once you were dead because of your disobedience and your many sins.

   4 But God is so rich in mercy,

and he loved us so much, 

   5 that even though we were dead because of our sins,

    he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead.

    (It is only by God’s grace that you have been saved!) 

Acts 26: 20 (NLT)

    I preached first to those in Damascus, then in Jerusalem and throughout all Judea, and also to the Gentiles,

    that all must repent of their sins and turn to God—  

    and prove they have changed by the good things they do.

Luke 6: 44 (NLT)

   A tree is identified by its fruit.

Figs are never gathered from thornbushes,

   and grapes are not picked from bramble bushes.

James 2: 18 (NLT)

    Now someone may argue,

“Some people have faith;

     others have good deeds.”

But I say, “How can you show me your faith if you don’t have good deeds?

    I will show you my faith by my good deeds.”

Galatians 5: 19 – 25 (NLT)

     When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures, 

    20 idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division, 

    21 envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of God.

    22 But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 

    23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!

    24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there.

    25 Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit’s leading in every part of our lives.