Transformative Power of God's Grace and Repentance
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"God's grace will never be real to you until you've had a revelation of yourself as a criminal before a holy God. You know, and I have. I've dealt with a lot of people down through the years, and the ones who seem to have the most difficult time really appreciating God's grace to them are those who have never, who didn't come out of some kind of horrible sin like you and I have come out of, especially those who have grown up in the church." [00:04:47]
"God hates sin. We need to know that. That needs to be very real to us, how much God hates sin. He hates every single act of sin, and don't ever kid yourself on that. He intensely hates sin. The Bible makes it very, very clear. And you know why he does? Because sin ruins people's lives. Sin enslaves people. Sin destroys families. Sin separates people from him." [00:09:27]
"The primary purpose Jesus came to earth was not to provide a salvation from hell. You're all looking at me like I have three heads. I don't. I only have one head, and it did say what I just said. I heard it. That's not why Jesus came to this earth. Jesus came to this earth to save us from our sin. Hell is only the consequences of a life of sin." [00:10:37]
"God loves sinners. Aren't you glad about that? He loves sinners because he loves people, and people are sinners. You know, we're just sinful. That's just the way we are. And you know, when Jesus was on earth, that was what the Pharisees couldn't stand about Jesus. You know, they just scowled at him. This man receives sinners and eats with them, and he's a friend of tax gatherers and sinners." [00:16:14]
"The common theme, you know, for all these stories and many, many, many more stories in the Bible is that there has been sincere and deep repentance. But when the sinner comes back to God in repentance, all he finds is an atmosphere of love and grace and acceptance. Praise the Lord. You know, God will always receive a penitent heart. I don't care what you have done." [00:24:29]
"God's grace provides the power to break free from sin. Ma'am, where sin abounds, grace much more abounds. Grace is abounding all over the place in this place, right? I mean, this place is saturated with God's grace. We come in here dragging our history of sin and failure, and you're just gonna find nothing but a tremendous cloud of God's grace to meet you here, set you free." [00:26:25]
"Listen to what Paul said about grace. He said, 'For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men.' In other words, we've kind of already heard it. That was an excellent talk, Ken. We've already heard how the glory of the Lord is upon the earth, and you know, there it is in Jesus Christ. God has made a way for every human being to come into his kingdom." [00:28:09]
"Any concept of grace that makes us feel more comfortable sinning is not biblical grace. God's grace never encourages us to live in sin. On the contrary, it empowers us to say no to sin and yes to truth. The same atmosphere of forgiveness that you come into, think of that picture of the father, the prodigal father, you know, they're waiting with open arms." [00:29:49]
"God doesn't take our will away from us. He doesn't take our freedoms away from us. Love for him, appreciation to him wouldn't mean anything if we were just robots. We're not robots. We have a free will. We can choose to do right or do wrong. God has made us free agents. But you know, I'll tell you what, when you're walking with the Lord and you're right with God, it's easier to do right than to do wrong." [00:35:51]
"God's grace is like a moving sidewalk. And I think if I remember right, I had talked about Heathrow Airport, that there was a long terminal in Heathrow. I think they must have changed it all because I've been there several times, and it's not like it used to be whenever this happened because I wrote this down from years ago. But anyway, at that time, there was a long terminal and these moving sidewalks that would go right down." [00:41:32]
"You're just standing on that walkway, and that's a picture of God just taking you through. That's the secret. What's on your side is to stay connected to God so His grace and His power can flow into your life. That is your responsibility as a believer, but it is up to him to carry you through, and he does. You'll find that that's true." [00:46:39]
"Almighty God, fountain of all goodness and truth, receive our thanks for the revelation of thy grace, which is able to make us wise unto everlasting life, and mercifully grant we beseech thee that the words which we have heard this day may, through thy blessing, be so grafted in our hearts that they may bring forth in us the fruit of good living to the honor and praise of thy name through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen." [00:46:39]
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"God hates sin. We need to know that. That needs to be very real to us, how much God hates sin. He hates every single act of sin, and don't ever kid yourself on that. He intensely hates sin. The Bible makes it very, very clear. And you know why he does? Because sin ruins people's lives. Sin enslaves people. Sin destroys families. Sin separates people from him." [00:09:27]
"The primary purpose Jesus came to earth was not to provide a salvation from hell. You're all looking at me like I have three heads. I don't. I only have one head, and it did say what I just said. I heard it. That's not why Jesus came to this earth. Jesus came to this earth to save us from our sin. Hell is only the consequences of a life of sin." [00:10:37]
"God loves sinners. Aren't you glad about that? He loves sinners because he loves people, and people are sinners. You know, we're just sinful. That's just the way we are. And you know, when Jesus was on earth, that was what the Pharisees couldn't stand about Jesus. You know, they just scowled at him. This man receives sinners and eats with them, and he's a friend of tax gatherers and sinners." [00:16:14]
"The common theme, you know, for all these stories and many, many, many more stories in the Bible is that there has been sincere and deep repentance. But when the sinner comes back to God in repentance, all he finds is an atmosphere of love and grace and acceptance. Praise the Lord. You know, God will always receive a penitent heart. I don't care what you have done." [00:24:29]
"God's grace provides the power to break free from sin. Ma'am, where sin abounds, grace much more abounds. Grace is abounding all over the place in this place, right? I mean, this place is saturated with God's grace. We come in here dragging our history of sin and failure, and you're just gonna find nothing but a tremendous cloud of God's grace to meet you here, set you free." [00:26:25]
"Listen to what Paul said about grace. He said, 'For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men.' In other words, we've kind of already heard it. That was an excellent talk, Ken. We've already heard how the glory of the Lord is upon the earth, and you know, there it is in Jesus Christ. God has made a way for every human being to come into his kingdom." [00:28:09]
"Any concept of grace that makes us feel more comfortable sinning is not biblical grace. God's grace never encourages us to live in sin. On the contrary, it empowers us to say no to sin and yes to truth. The same atmosphere of forgiveness that you come into, think of that picture of the father, the prodigal father, you know, they're waiting with open arms." [00:29:49]
"God doesn't take our will away from us. He doesn't take our freedoms away from us. Love for him, appreciation to him wouldn't mean anything if we were just robots. We're not robots. We have a free will. We can choose to do right or do wrong. God has made us free agents. But you know, I'll tell you what, when you're walking with the Lord and you're right with God, it's easier to do right than to do wrong." [00:35:51]
"God's grace is like a moving sidewalk. And I think if I remember right, I had talked about Heathrow Airport, that there was a long terminal in Heathrow. I think they must have changed it all because I've been there several times, and it's not like it used to be whenever this happened because I wrote this down from years ago. But anyway, at that time, there was a long terminal and these moving sidewalks that would go right down." [00:41:32]
"You're just standing on that walkway, and that's a picture of God just taking you through. That's the secret. What's on your side is to stay connected to God so His grace and His power can flow into your life. That is your responsibility as a believer, but it is up to him to carry you through, and he does. You'll find that that's true." [00:46:39]
"Almighty God, fountain of all goodness and truth, receive our thanks for the revelation of thy grace, which is able to make us wise unto everlasting life, and mercifully grant we beseech thee that the words which we have heard this day may, through thy blessing, be so grafted in our hearts that they may bring forth in us the fruit of good living to the honor and praise of thy name through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen." [00:46:39]
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