Embracing Grace: The Power of Confession and Repentance
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"But hang in there because by the end of our time together today, I think you might come into a place of freshness, a place of wholeness, a place of healing, a place of just joy that you might not have been before you came in today. We're talking about grace. It's our fourth time talking about grace. And I'm going to be looking at grace and the prerequisite of grace, which is sin." [00:00:14] (30 seconds)
"Sin is there's a bullseye and I miss the mark on that bullseye. We miss the mark on that bullseye. And here's the thing, no one wants to talk about our sin. We want to talk about our mistakes. We want to talk about our challenges, our problems, all that's fine, but my sin, hmm. And let me tell you why we don't want to talk about our sin. It's because we don't understand God." [00:05:47] (24 seconds)
"The more you understand the amazing grace of God, the more you embrace the powerful, mystical, awe-inspiring truth of the grace of God that he loves and gives mercy as a gift, the more you understand, comprehend, and embrace that, the more comfortable you will be talking about your sin and dealing with your sin because your sin no longer is a source of shame and something that scares you because it's cloaked. It's covered by the grace of God." [00:06:47] (37 seconds)
"But those things are not grace. Those things won't get us over our sin. Constantly reminding myself that I'm horrible and I don't match up may be true that we don't match up, but it's not true because God has grace for you. He has love for you. He has mercy for you. He has acceptance for you. Even when we don't understand how that could possibly be." [00:08:47] (25 seconds)
"Repent means to change your mind. Repentance, the word there in Greek, which this is written in, is metanoia. Meta. Meta, change. Noia, which is where you get the idea of noggin, or your mind, change of mind. So when I'm going this way and I change my mind, I go, ooh, I change my mind. And when I change my mind, I change my thought pattern and I change my direction." [00:11:48] (29 seconds)
"This is just the way you are. And it's the way God has ordered your world to operate. It's the way of grace. And if you don't know this, you're not going to encounter His grace and His freedom and His healing in a powerful way. Let me tell you about one of my sins just this past week." [00:21:23] (19 seconds)
"Do you realize whatever you've done, no matter what you've done, there is a grace, graceful God who wants you to practice the grace of confession. Here at Crossroads, we're really holding out and praying. And working for the dream of an awakening, the Spirit of God would sweep across our land and do amazing things in individuals' lives and in our culture." [00:32:34] (29 seconds)
"And here's what God says to you. He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us in our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love towards those who fear him. As far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us. Yes, that's the grace of God." [00:51:25] (33 seconds)
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"Sin is there's a bullseye and I miss the mark on that bullseye. We miss the mark on that bullseye. And here's the thing, no one wants to talk about our sin. We want to talk about our mistakes. We want to talk about our challenges, our problems, all that's fine, but my sin, hmm. And let me tell you why we don't want to talk about our sin. It's because we don't understand God." [00:05:47] (24 seconds)
"The more you understand the amazing grace of God, the more you embrace the powerful, mystical, awe-inspiring truth of the grace of God that he loves and gives mercy as a gift, the more you understand, comprehend, and embrace that, the more comfortable you will be talking about your sin and dealing with your sin because your sin no longer is a source of shame and something that scares you because it's cloaked. It's covered by the grace of God." [00:06:47] (37 seconds)
"But those things are not grace. Those things won't get us over our sin. Constantly reminding myself that I'm horrible and I don't match up may be true that we don't match up, but it's not true because God has grace for you. He has love for you. He has mercy for you. He has acceptance for you. Even when we don't understand how that could possibly be." [00:08:47] (25 seconds)
"Repent means to change your mind. Repentance, the word there in Greek, which this is written in, is metanoia. Meta. Meta, change. Noia, which is where you get the idea of noggin, or your mind, change of mind. So when I'm going this way and I change my mind, I go, ooh, I change my mind. And when I change my mind, I change my thought pattern and I change my direction." [00:11:48] (29 seconds)
"This is just the way you are. And it's the way God has ordered your world to operate. It's the way of grace. And if you don't know this, you're not going to encounter His grace and His freedom and His healing in a powerful way. Let me tell you about one of my sins just this past week." [00:21:23] (19 seconds)
"Do you realize whatever you've done, no matter what you've done, there is a grace, graceful God who wants you to practice the grace of confession. Here at Crossroads, we're really holding out and praying. And working for the dream of an awakening, the Spirit of God would sweep across our land and do amazing things in individuals' lives and in our culture." [00:32:34] (29 seconds)
"And here's what God says to you. He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us in our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love towards those who fear him. As far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us. Yes, that's the grace of God." [00:51:25] (33 seconds)
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