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    REPENTANCE

    REPENTANCE

    1. What it is # Isa 45:22 Mt 6:19-21 Ac 14:15 2Co 5:17 Col 3:2 1Th 1:9 Heb 12:1,2
    2. Commanded to all by God # Eze 18:30-32 Ac 17:30
    3. Commanded by Christ # Re 2:5,16 3:3
    4. Given by God # Ac 11:18 2Ti 2:25
    5. Christ came to call sinners to # Mt 9:13
    6. Christ exalted to give # Ac 5:31
    7. By the operation of the Holy Spirit # Zec 12:10
    8. Called repentance to life # Ac 11:18
    9. Called repentance to salvation # 2Co 7:10
    10. WE SHOULD BE LED TO, BY 10a) The long-suffering of God

      # Ge 6:3 1Pe 3:20 2Pe 3:9

    10b) The goodness of God # Ro 2:4 10c) The chastisements of God # 1Ki 8:47 Re 3:19 10d) Godly sorrow works # 2Co 7:10 11) Necessary to the pardon of sin # Ac 2:38 3:19 8:22 12) Conviction of sin necessary to # 1Ki 8:38 Pr 28:13 Ac 2:37,38 19:18 13) PREACHED 13a) By Christ # Mt 4:17 Mr 1:15 13b) By John the Baptist # Mt 3:2 13c) By the Apostles # Mr 6:12 Ac 20:21 13d) In the name of Christ # Lu 24:47 14) Not to be repented of # 2Co 7:10 15) The present time the season for # Ps 95:7,8 Heb 3:7,8 Pr 27:1 Isa 55:6 2Co 6:2 Heb 4:7 16) There is joy in heaven over one sinner brought to # Lu 15:7,10 17) Ministers should rejoice over their people on their # 2Co 7:9 18) Should be evidenced by fruits # Isa 1:16,17 Da 4:27 Mt 3:8 Ac 26:20 19) SHOULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY 19a) Humility # 2Ch 7:14 Jas 4:9,10 19b) Shame and confusion # Ezr 9:6-15 Jer 31:19 Eze 16:61,63 Da 9:7,8 19c) Self-abhorrence # Job 42:6 19d) Confession # Le 26:40 Job 33:27 19e) Faith # Mt 21:32 Mr 1:15 Ac 20:21 19f) Prayer # 1Ki 8:33 Ac 8:22 19g) Conversion # Ac 3:19 26:20 19h) Turning from sin # 2Ch 6:26 19i) Turning from idolatry # Eze 14:6 1Th 1:9 19j) Greater zeal in the path of duty # 2Co 7:11 20) Exhortations to # Eze 14:6 18:30 Ac 2:38 3:19 21) THE WICKED 21a) Averse to # Jer 8:6 Mt 21:32 21b) Not led to by the judgments of God # Re 9:20,21 16:9 21c) Not led to, by miraculous interference # Lu 16:30,31 21d) Neglect the time given for # Re 2:21 21e) Condemned for neglecting # Mt 11:20 22) Danger of neglecting # Mt 11:20-24 Lu 13:3,5 Re 2:22 23) Neglect of, followed by swift judgment # Re 2:5,16 24) Denied to apostates # Heb 6:4-6 25) Illustrated # Lu 15:18-21 18:13 25a) The Prodigal Son # Lu 15:17-19 25b) The Repentant Son # Mt 21:29 25c) Paul # Ga 1:23 26) True-Exemplified 26a) Israelites # Jud 10:15,16 26b) David # 2Sa 12:13 26c) Manasseh # 2Ch 33:12,13 26d) Job # Job 42:6 26e) Nineveh # Jon 3:5-8 Mt 12:41 26f) Peter # Mt 26:75 26g) Zacchaeus # Lu 19:8 26h) Thief on the Cross # Lu 23:40,41 26i) Corinthians # 2Co 7:9,10 27) False-Exemplified 27a) Saul # 1Sa 15:24-30 27b) Ahab # 1Ki 21:27-29 27c) Judas # Mt 27:3-5

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