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March 30, 2019

Repentance – Killing Kryptonite

by John Bevere
Acts 17:6 NKJV“These who have turned the world upside down …”1 Corinthians 11:30 NLTThat is why many of you are weak.Daniel 11:32 NKJVThe people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out greatexploits.Know (yada): to know intimately; used in regard to God knowing ourheartsGenesis 4:1 NKJV“Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she
Sermon Notes

Acts 17:6 NKJV
“These who have turned the world upside down …”
1 Corinthians 11:30 NLT
That is why many of you are weak.
Daniel 11:32 NKJV
The people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great
exploits.
Know (yada): to know intimately; used in regard to God knowing our
hearts
Genesis 4:1 NKJV
“Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived.”
Isaiah 54:5 NLT
“Your Creator will be your husband.”
Ephesians 5:31-32 NLT
“ … joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.” This is a great
mystery, but it is an illustration of the way Christ and the church are
one.
2 Corinthians 12:21 NLT
Many of you have not given up your old sins. You have not repented
of your impurity, sexual immorality, and eagerness for lustful
pleasure.
Repentance (metanoia): “A change of mind.”
Repentance (metanoia): “A change in the whole personality from a
sinful course of action to God.” — Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible
Matthew 15:19 NLT
“From the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, all sexual
immorality, theft, lying …”
Foundational Difference:
Unrepentant: “I choose what is good, right or best for me.”
Believer: “I choose what God says is good, right or best for me.”
Matthew 4:17 NLT
Jesus began to preach, “Repent of your sins and turn to God, for the
Kingdom of Heaven is near.”
Matthew 11:20 NLT
Then Jesus began to denounce the towns where he had done so
many of his miracles, because they hadn’t repented of their sins and
turned to God.
Luke 13:3 NLT
“You will perish, too, unless you repent of your sins and turn to God.”
Mark 6:12 NLT
So the disciples went out, telling everyone they met to repent of their
sins and turn to God.
Luke 16:30 NLT
“The rich man replied, ‘No, Father Abraham! But if someone is sent to
them from the dead, then they will repent of their sins and turn to
God.’”
Acts 2:38 NLT
“Each of you must repent of your sins and turn to God, and be
baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins.”
Acts 26:19-20 NLT
“I preached first to those in Damascus, then in Jerusalem and
throughout all Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that all must repent of
their sins and turn to God—and prove they have changed by the
good things they do.”
Acts 17:30 NLT
“God overlooked the people’s ignorance about these things in earlier
times, but now He commands everyone everywhere to repent of their
sins and turn to him.”
There is no true faith in Jesus Christ without repentance.
“I will no longer live as the judge of what is best for me. From this
moment forward, I will embrace what God says is best for me … even
if I don’t understand.”
1 Corinthians 6:9-10 NLT
Don’t you realize that those who do wrong will not inherit the Kingdom
of God? Don’t fool yourselves. Those who indulge in sexual sin …
2 Corinthians 7:10 NKJV
For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation
(deliverance), not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world
produces death.
1 Corinthians 6:9-10 NLT
Don’t you realize that those who do wrong will not inherit the Kingdom
of God? Don’t fool yourselves. Those who indulge in sexual sin or
commit adultery, or are male prostitutes or practice homosexuality, or
are thieves, or greedy people, or drunkards, or are abusive, or cheat
people—none of these will inherit the Kingdom of God.
Matthew 7:20 NLT
“You can identify people by their actions.”
Matthew 7:21a NLT
“Not everyone who calls out to Me, ‘Lord! Lord!’ will enter the
Kingdom of Heaven …”
Matthew 7:21b NLT
“ … only those who actually do the will of My Father in heaven will
enter.”
Matthew 7:22 NLT
“On judgment day many will say to Me, ‘Lord! Lord! We proclaimed
the gospel in your name and cast out demons in your name and
performed many miracles in your name.’”
Matthew 7:23 NKJV
“And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me,
you who practice lawlessness!’”
1 Corinthians 15:34 NLT
Stop sinning. For to your shame I say that some of you don’t know
God at all.

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