Foundations of Faith: Repentance and Trust in God

"Repentance has to do with our minds. First and foremost. The way that we think. Dallas Willard, I remember him saying, it's rethinking how you think. It's reconsidering what you consider. So it involves our mind, changing the way that we think about God. About sin." [00:05:02]

"Repentance from dead works. So in your notes there you'll see some different translations you see the NIV. You say pastor Charlie what's that that's that's the new international version by the way there's all kinds of different versions of the Bible and first of all I just want to say that that's okay that's a good thing." [00:06:52]

"Do you have a tattoo? What kind of music do you listen to? What kind of clothes do you wear? We can add and add. And I just want to suggest to you that we don't need to add to the behaviors. In God's Word, in Scripture, they're already laid out for us. And they're already challenging enough to everyone here, including myself." [00:08:21]

"Repentance is about a relationship that needs to be restored. And so we begin to turn away. My mind and my heart and it displays in our actions. Zacchaeus, when Jesus came to Zacchaeus and Zacchaeus was a tax collector who skimmed money off the top. But when he came to know Jesus. He repented." [00:12:07]

"Don't let a week, don't let a month go by with things that keep building up between yourself and God and blocking off that vital relationship that we have with God. Don't let a day go by, but to examine yourself and say, Lord, is there something that I need to turn from?" [00:13:50]

"It's the reason that, Christ himself came. Jesus said, I have not come to call the righteous, but I came to call sinners not to agreement, not to, he said, I'm calling you to repentance. It's also a part of the Lord's mission. It's His commission to us that we're to take this message of repentance and forgiveness to everyone." [00:16:06]

"Repentance leads to life. And then lastly, it's just a foundational principle that we find in Hebrews 6, 1. It's basic. This is basic to all those who come to God. In fact, if you could illustrate it, it's like going down a highway, and this highway is called the sin highway. Let's just pretend it's called sin highway, and it says leads to destruction." [00:16:54]

"The Spirit of God needs to be present. Now, what do I mean by it when I say the Spirit of God? Oh my goodness. Yes the spirit so that that John 16 8 we're talking about the word of God is present the spirit of God is present you know you can you can teach and preach and explain the word of God all you want." [00:18:17]

"Faith is not just an opinion. Everybody has an opinion. And that's the challenge today is a lot of - You can have of people in the world relegate spirituality, especially Christianity, to an arena that's called opinion or tradition. And the only challenge is when you need help, you don't need someone's opinion. You need something that's substantial and true." [00:32:55]

"Faith begins with knowledge. Now you, we have to understand this. Our faith isn't resting in a cloud. Our faith isn't like stepping off the edge of a cliff. No, no, no. Biblical God honoring faith begins with information. It begins with knowledge. It begins with understanding something." [00:37:40]

"Faith, real faith, faith toward God would demonstrate, it shows itself in listening. Oh, goodness. Listening to him. So actions. Obedience. Think obedience. So there's a book in the Bible, Hebrews. Hebrews 11. Which some have called it the hall of faith. That's right. We have the hall of fame." [00:44:36]

"Why is this a big deal? And again, the big deal is that this is the very key. If I could give you a tangible key and say this unlocks the door in God's kingdom, the key that unlocks the door to all the resources, all the help of God, that key is called faith. That's so good." [00:42:47]