Embracing Personal Faith: Repentance, Redemption, and Vigilance

and many more believed because of his own word and said unto the woman now we believe not because of your saying for we have heard him ourselves and know that this is indeed the christ the savior of the world we have heard him ourselves that's why when people get so enthused and uh and say yes we'll follow the Lord and all that I jano you have to hear him yourself my sheep hear my voice you must go and touch him yourself your spirit must be awakened you know otherwise we can make it a system and nice church night church service everything well organized and it becomes a system and soon it becomes a formality and then it becomes a tradition a lifeless tradition but we don't want that we have heard him ourselves [00:17:27]

you know to convince some people who are so taken up with the system the religious organization they become pickled in that organization and they are so dead then pickled that for them to say yes for me to hear you want me to hear his voice no my pastor will do it for me for my bishop will do it for me no no no we have heard him ourselves and we know what did what did they say forty second verse John 442 for we have heard him ourselves and know that this is indeed the christ the savior of the world what an understanding was given to these Samaritan of cyka we know [00:19:14]

you see it's not my proxy it's not the second hand hand over to us we know ourselves we've heard him ourselves this is the thing that my father emphasized very much go to God he will speak to you you see if it was all okay you just rely on me that's not good enough no no no we have to hear his voice we know that this is the savior of the world see if the Christian Church had that conviction this is the savior of the world you know a judge is put up for confirmation and one of the things one of his judgments was that it was inappropriate to pray in the name of Jesus in one of the state legislation houses in the state [00:20:10]

him has God exalted with his right hand to be a prince and a savior to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins that's the Savior Savior from sin Savior to give repentance you know the very word repentance has become a kind of alien word people don't know how to repent what a sad thing if you have stamped on somebody's do I find nowadays with all the jostling and hustle there is in any place of business and so on some people have lost the grace to turn around and say we are sorry I'm sorry why not I am amazed [00:26:14]

so many people find it so hard when they have stamped on somebody too can't you say sorry and you're going to my imagine that such a mindset they feel they owe nothing to god they don't know obedience to god they can go roughshod over his word they can do anything they can break their vows they can break their marriage vows they can do anything not even say sorry no my dear friends that's a very sad thing the Savior tim has God raised up to be a savior to give repentance and forgiveness of sins now if we had repentance and forgiveness of sins in America or anywhere in the world there will be a great transformation [00:28:33]

repentance is going to make you a man who will rebound say I've done nothing for God I've only grieved god I have broken his Commandments I've been like a dead fish read with the current with my belly up no what shall I do for Jesus repented the turning around you know my dear friends did this morning to think that there would be millions of people in this country as well as other countries who go to worship Jesus and yet they don't see in him the Savior who calls for repentance who brings repentance and forgiveness of sins [00:30:31]

matter is settled you're forgiven you're not going and mumbling all the time forgive us forgive us forgive us no you're forgiven I have forgiven you to give you forgiveness I was raised from the dead my dear friends none of us should have any guilt on our conscience because where there is a repentance and forgiveness there can be no guilt no doubt no fear but alas think of that you know I have not the time now to dwell on another word which is very important but which we refer to our Lord again and again [00:32:44]

ridhima we said he has redeemed me you know in the New Testament we don't see that particular word it had a great connotation for the people who were 430 years in Egyptian slavery see for instance if one of us was asleep for say a week weeks time suppose you're asleep you are treated like a dog you know without a plate full of food before a dog and somebody would just thrust the dirty plate towards you once in the morning maybe at night and you are a slave and suddenly you're freed and you can eat what you want you can do what you please and you find that you are not under the width of the slave master [00:34:33]

you would say you would have a different connotation for the word Redeemer oh who is this that has redeemed me from my slavery and now my friends the Bible says he that sinneth is the servant of sin of the sins which has become universal today is flying they will think nothing of speaking alive what is what is this how can your tongue speak lies it's an abomination to God No ridhima you see that's a kind of slavery slavery to send slavery to lying now I was told that some fellows who are training to become preachers are universally in one seminary or Bible School [00:35:22]

so many of them were addicted to pornographic sites pornographic sites and them are going to be preachers and pastors and you can imagine what kind of slavery that baguettes it's lame trying to help other slaves get into greater slavery now that's an awful thing but I have redeemed you know the Bible refers to in nineteen some and the fourteenth was are you just refer to two scriptures to redeem [00:36:33]

and many more believed because of his own word and said unto the woman now we believe not because of your saying for we have heard him ourselves and know that this is indeed the christ the savior of the world we have heard him ourselves that's why when people get so enthused and uh and say yes we'll follow the Lord and all that I jano you have to hear him yourself my sheep hear my voice you must go and touch him yourself your spirit must be awakened you know otherwise we can make it a system and nice church night church service everything well organized and it becomes a system and soon it becomes a formality and then it becomes a tradition a lifeless tradition but we don't want that we have heard him ourselves [00:17:27]

you know to convince some people who are so taken up with the system the religious organization they become pickled in that organization and they are so dead then pickled that for them to say yes for me to hear you want me to hear his voice no my pastor will do it for me for my bishop will do it for me no no no we have heard him ourselves and we know what did what did they say forty second verse John 442 for we have heard him ourselves and know that this is indeed the christ the savior of the world what an understanding was given to these Samaritan of cyka we know [00:19:14]