SUNDAY GOSPEL: “The Key to Victory is Repentance”

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We’re back today with our good friend Pastor Robb Goodman and he brings a message today on Victory and Repentence:

The title of today’s message is, The Key to Victory is Repentance.

Today we will discuss the meaning of true repentance, and that which is not true repentance.  We will also go through many different scriptures.

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The scriptures will reveal what real repentance is all about.

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Pastor Robb Goodman
Sr. Pastor of Zion Freedom Fellowship USA

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FULL TRANSCRIPT:

Pastor Robb Goodman: Hello everyone. My name is Pastor Robb Goodman, and welcome to our Sunday morning YouTube teaching today. I am grateful that you’re here. And before we start and I share the title of today’s message with you, let’s go ahead and pray. Heavenly Father, we thank you and we praise you, Lord, that you are the Lord our God. You’re full of mercy, kindness, forgiveness, and love.

Lord, you love us as we are. Even when we fail, Lord, when we come into a place where we don’t like to be and we act in a way that you don’t approve of, you still love us. I am so grateful for this, Lord. I am so grateful that you are a God of love. Your love endures forever and ever.

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And I thank you that your mercy and your kindness are full of grace, and your love endures forever. I thank you for this message today. I ask that your anointing rest upon it, Lord, and that you will cause your Spirit to move in a mighty way. Thank you, Father, for who you are. Thank you that your Word is truth and you are the way, the truth, and the life.

Lord Jesus, no one can come unto the Father but by, and only through, you. Religion doesn’t bring us to you, Lord. There are many, many ways people think that lead to God, but there is only one way, and that is the Lord Jesus Christ. So thank you, Father, that you will anoint this message. Anoint your Word as you’ve already done.

Your Word is living and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword. Let it do its work right now. For we receive the Word of God with thanksgiving, and we thank you, Lord, for your mercy and for your grace upon all of us. In the mighty name of Jesus, we pray. Amen and amen.

Well, let’s go ahead and share the title of today’s message with you. The title of today’s message is: The key to victory is repentance. Again, the key to victory in our lives is repentance. What does real repentance look like? How do we come to a place of true repentance?

That’s a good question, and I’m going to try to answer that with some of these notes that I’ve written down. True repentance is a deep, heartfelt conviction of wrongdoing that results in a fundamental change in one’s thinking, attitudes, and actions toward God and a holy way of life. Moving from a sinful lifestyle to a God-honoring one. It involves confessing sin, regretting the offense against God, renouncing the sinful behavior, and making a sincere commitment to a transformed life of continual growth and adherence to spiritual principles. Those spiritual principles are outlined in God’s Word.

And there’s no way that you and I can stay close to the Lord unless we’re into the Word of God. I’m talking about studying it. And the Word of God says in Timothy, “Study to show yourself approved unto God.” A workman that needs not to be ashamed. I’m sorry I was messing this up earlier—study to show yourself approved unto God. A workman who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

That is written in Timothy. So we don’t need to be ashamed when we confess our sins to God. God does not remember them or hold them against us anymore. That is truly amazing. Praise be to God.

God is awesome. All right, let’s look at some of the key components of true repentance. Conviction of sin. What is conviction of sin? A deep internal realization and sorrow over one’s wrongdoing and the offense it causes to a higher way of living.

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Secondly, a change of mind. Now, that is a Greek word called “metanoia”—m-e-t-a-n-o-i-a. A fundamental shift in one’s perspective and spiritual outlook, leading to new understanding of sin and of the Lord God. That’s amazing right there. Contrition and regret—genuine remorse for past actions, not just for getting caught, but for the inherent wrongness of the act itself.

Wow. You know what? I was talking to my son the other day, and he made a comment to me. You know, no one likes to get caught in their sin. There’s a fear of what will happen to you.

You know, there’s a fear of others knowing, and there really needs to be a true fear of the Lord. A fear of God is where real repentance begins. Turning away from sin—actively renouncing and forsaking the sinful ways of life that led to that wrongdoing. See, that’s a progression of things. You know, sin just doesn’t come.

We have been redeemed from sin. The power of sin has been broken over our lives. You and I are free from sin. And there is therefore now no condemnation to them who are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life—that’s an actual law of the Spirit—the law of the Spirit of life has made us free from the law of sin and death.

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Glory be to God. That’s an amazing word right there, and that’s for someone today that’s listening. The Lord does not condemn you for your past wrongdoings. Only the enemy does that. Only Satan himself is condemning you and hounding you and making you feel bad and ashamed and constantly reminding you of your past sin.

Well, you want to know a fact that trumps that? The blood of Jesus has cleansed you and redeemed you from all sin. His blood has cleansed you and redeemed you from every sin that you’ve ever committed, and he remembers them no more. As far as the east is from the west, so far he has removed our transgressions from us. The east and the west never meet.

If you keep going east, you just keep going. You just keep going. If you go west, west never meets east. Now, if you’re looking at the globe, it might look like it does sooner or later, but—well—no, it doesn’t. You just keep going one way or the other.

Right? So, we must turn from our sinful ways of life that led to that wrongdoing and truly repent. Turning toward God and his goodness—a positive redirection of one’s heart and life toward a God-honoring, spiritual path. You know, if we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. The Scripture says it can’t be two ways.

Either we’re living in the Spirit, or we’re living according to the flesh. This is true. Right now, we are all at different places of spiritual development in our life. I have no right to condemn somebody else for where they’re at. We tend to look down on one another, and we tend to, you know, look at someone else’s sin, but we don’t look at our own.

Is that true? And I have to constantly remind myself—what right do I have to condemn anybody for something they’ve done or didn’t do? “Oh, well, if I was in that situation, I would have done that.” Well, I doubt that. You know, my dad told me a story one time. We spent our summers on the Eastern Shore in Maryland, and we lived outside of a town called Cambridge. It was about an hour ride from Ocean City, Maryland.

Those of you that are familiar with Maryland, you’re familiar with Route 50. It takes you across the Bay Bridge and takes you on down into the Eastern Shore. It leads you all the way to Ocean City, Maryland. So, Cambridge—once you cross the Choptank River, if you’re going southbound I guess it would be—then you’re going to cross the Choptank River. And if you look to the left, we owned property about a mile and a half down the river.

And when you went by boat, it was really interesting because we’d go under the bridge that we would go over, you know, back and forth all the time. But my dad told a story. He was on the pier when he was younger, and somebody jumped in the water off the pier, and my dad jumped in the water and saved this man’s life from drowning.

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Now, this happened a couple of years later, and this is how we never know how we’re going to respond. We can’t condemn or criticize somebody because they respond a different way than we would have. And we always say, “Well, if I’d have been in that situation, I’d have done this, I’d have done that.” You don’t know what you would do. Only God knows. And we pray, by the grace of God, we would respond in the right way.

So, the second time that this happened a couple of years later, this man—or guy—jumped off the pier, and the water wasn’t deep, and my dad was thinking about jumping in the water, and fear gripped him. Fear gripped him, and he was not able to jump off that pier and save this man’s life—or this young guy’s life—and he would always talk about that. “Why did I do it one time, but I didn’t do it the next?” And I would always try to minister to my dad and say, “You know, Dad, God forgives you for that.” And he always felt bad about it. He felt terrible about it.

And I’m telling you, we never know how we’re going to respond. And we say things out of our mouth, but only we know what would truly happen if we are in that situation and we see what we would have done. Right? Amen. I hope that we will do the right things.

Okay. The next point is confession and responsibility—taking ownership of one’s actions without blaming others, and acknowledging the faults and weaknesses that led to that sin. Woo, that’s a killer right there. Taking ownership of one’s actions without blaming others, and acknowledging the thoughts and weaknesses that led to that sin. I’m just the messenger, right?

If you want to pull your toes in under your chair, go ahead. I don’t want to step on them on purpose. All right. The next point is action and transformation—demonstrating the change in one’s mind and heart through transformed actions and a commitment to a new spiritual way of living. So we need action, and we need transformation in our lives.

The transformation process that goes from a spiritual baby to a young man to a spiritual adult takes time. And there’s a lot of trial and error that’s involved in that. But you know what? God never, ever will give up on you. He will never let you go.

He will hold you. I am confident of this very thing: that he which has begun a good work in you—Apostle Paul says that he has begun a good work in you—will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ. He never stops working in us. He never stops changing us. He never allows us to drift away into oblivion and be completely lost, unless we choose to do it.

Think about that. Okay. Now, we’re going to talk about some points about what true repentance is not. What true repentance is not.

Number one is superficial sorrow. It is not simply saying “sorry” or a show of regret for personal consequences, but a deeply felt sorrow for having offended the Lord. Are we just ashamed that we got caught, or are we truly remorseful to the Lord for what we have done? Think about that. That is important.

That is extremely important. Intellectual agreement—true repentance is not intellectual agreement. While an intellectual understanding is a starting point, true repentance involves more than just recognizing one’s wrongdoing. It requires a complete shift in one’s life and values. Just checking my time here, guys.

Thank you. It’s not just mere confession. Confession is a part of the process, but it is insufficient without the accompanying change of your heart and your actions. Your actions will change. I remember—let me get a sip of my coffee here.

Thank you, honey, for my wonderful coffee. God is good. Amen. Thank you, Lord, for coffee. Anyway, so I was going to say something.

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What was I going to say, Lord? Thank you, Father. So, we must have a spiritual change of action. If you have truly repented, something’s going to change. I remember when I first got saved— I mean, God completely changed me.

I mean, he changed me. I knew that I was born again. There was no doubt about it. I was transformed on a Friday night, June the 6th, about 7:30–8:00 at night. I went to a Bible study, and I was supposed to go to a concert that night, and I let my friends know I wasn’t going to go—this, that, and the other.

And they’re like, “Where are you going to go?” I said, “I’m going to church.” They said, “You’re going to church? What are you going to church for?” Well, I was drawn supernaturally to the Lord because I had been seeking the Lord for about a year and asking the Lord, you know, “Are you real? I want to know that you are.” I knew—in my heart I knew—that God was real, but I wanted something to happen. Well, man, I’m telling you what, something did happen. I walked out of that meeting that night and I was born again.

And I remember the first person I went to tell was my aunt, because my aunt had a lot to do with me. She planted a lot of seeds in my life. And there was a little old lady across the street. Her name was Mrs. Keys, and she had the keys to the kingdom—trust me, she did.

And I’m telling you what, I went and told my aunt, and then I came home, and the next day I went over to my neighbor’s house. I was good friends with him, and a couple other friends were there, and I went over and I said, “Guys, I need to talk to you.” I said, “I’m letting you know right now—I like you guys. You guys have been good friends to me. We’ve had a lot of fun together, all that kind of stuff—but I’m a new creature in Christ.”

And they looked at me like, “What?” I said, “Yeah, I am somebody brand new. Last night I got born again. Y’all know I went to church, and I got saved.” And they looked at me like, “What are you talking about?” And I’m telling you what, I laid it out to them right there. I said, “Guys, no more pot smoking, no more drinking, no more snorting coke or doing any acid, drugs, whatever.

I am done with it.” And I laid it down. And I was able to, by the power of the Holy Spirit, stay that way. And that very first year, the Lord changed my life in such a dramatic way that I realized I was called of God to preach the gospel. And man, I’m telling you, that has been like 46 years now.

Forty-six years. It’s just amazing. Absolutely amazing what God does with us. Okay. Repentance is not a one-time event.

Now, this is an important thing here. In many traditions, true repentance is also viewed as a continual process of self-rejection, self-discipline, and ongoing effort to grow spiritually and to purify oneself. That’s a good point right there. That is really important. It’s not a one-time event.

You know, you have to continually move forward in the things of God and get busy in the work of the Lord and set your hand to the plow. And like Jesus said, you don’t look back. You just keep moving forward. You keep trusting the Lord. You keep believing him for what he has called you to do, and you act accordingly.

Amen. All right, let’s look at some Scriptures about repentance. Let’s go to Matthew 4:12–17. Now when Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he departed to Galilee. And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the regions of Zebulun and Naphtali, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, “The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, by the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles.

The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light. And upon those who sat in the region and shadow of death, light has dawned.” From that time Jesus began to preach and say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

In other words, the kingdom of God is near you. And Jesus preached the gospel of the kingdom. And now you and I—once we become born again and once we get saved and transformed—then we need to do the same. How are others going to hear unless we go? And Jesus commanded the disciples to go everywhere preaching the gospel of the kingdom.

Laying hands on the sick—they will recover. Casting out demons. You know, all these wonderful signs and wonders will follow and accompany those that believe the Lord Jesus Christ. It’s truly amazing. Amen.

All right, let’s go to Acts chapter 2. We’re going to start at verse 30. Acts chapter 2, verse 30. Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, he would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne. And the word “Christ” is “Messiah” in Hebrew, which means Messiah.

He, foreseeing this, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ—or the Messiah—that his soul was not left in Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. This Jesus—this Jesus—was raised up, of which we are all witnesses. Wow. Therefore, being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he poured out this which you now see and hear. Wow.

This is just amazing. Amen. For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he says himself, “The Lord said to my Lord, ‘Sit at my right hand till I make your enemies your footstool.'” Therefore, let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.

Now, when they heard this, they were cut to the heart. Now, what does that mean—cut to the heart? And they said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Men and brethren, what shall we do?” Or, “What are we supposed to do? How do we respond to this?” They had an inner conviction, a real inner conviction. When the gospel was preached, they literally felt like a knife—and that was the sword of the Word of God.

The sword of the Word of God is alive. It’s powerful, sharper than any two-edged sword. It pierces to the division of soul and spirit. Man, I’m telling you, the Word of God will bring conviction by the power—when the Word of God is preached under the power and anointing of the Holy Spirit, it will do something in you.

And I’m telling you, it happened to my dad. My dad was—my friend and I, good brother, Brother Dan, he took my dad down to Roanoke, Virginia, to visit a good friend of his. Now, I had known this man since I was a little kid. I was a little pee-wee, knee-high to my dad. And you know, my dad would always go hunting and fishing with this man.

His name was Jake—he’s now with the Lord. Well, Jake was sick with cancer, and he had an angel appear at his hospital bed and told him how to repent, and he repented and got born again. Well, while my dad is down there for an entire week, he preaches and shares the gospel with my dad, which I had been praying for my dad for a long time. My wife and I, we prayed for both of our parents, and we wanted to see them come into the kingdom of God. So, it was truly amazing what happened and what took place.

Because my dad, at the sharing of Jake’s pastor—he was a Baptist man—he led my dad to the Lord. And my dad changed. My dad’s whole demeanor was different. Something definitely happened to him. Now, the only problem was my dad did not pursue the Word of God.

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He wasn’t really able to grow spiritually, but he is in heaven now. That’s one thing that I know, because we know that we know that eternal life is a gift that God gives to those that repent and acknowledge Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. My dad was changed by the power of the gospel. And I am so very grateful for that. I am so very grateful for that.

Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins.” Now let me share something about that word “remission.” That means complete removal. Under the old covenant, the blood that was shed by animals could never redeem a man’s soul—could never offer the gift of eternal life. It just covered sin. You know, it’s like if you put a band-aid over a sore or blister or something like that—if you take that band-aid off, it’s still going to be there until it’s healed, right? Well, the blood of animals—the blood of bulls and goats—could never take away sin.

But only the blood of Jesus was able to do that. So that’s just a good point to remember there. So, complete removal of your sin—anything that you’ve ever done that you confess to God—it is gone. And God will not bring it to your remembrance or his.

Now, like I said earlier, the enemy will—Satan himself—he will harass you about your past sins, and he will want you to be worried and concerned over what you’ve done in the past. But you know what? You’re under the blood of Jesus. Ephesians 1—chapter 1—before whom we stand without blame and without fault because of the blood. Amen.

“Every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is to you and to your children and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call.” And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, “Be saved from this perverse generation.” Then those who gladly received his word were baptized. And that day about 3,000 souls were added to them—or to the church. Man, is that amazing? Yeah. Three thousand in one preaching—one harvest.

And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship. See, this is important. You know, once you get saved, you’ve got to find yourself a good Bible-believing, Word-of-God-teaching church. Man’s ideas will not get you into heaven. You know, some theological individual that might know a lot mentally—but do they know the Word of God in their heart?

That’s where you and I really need to be. Amen. And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread and in prayers. Then fear came upon every soul, and many signs and wonders were done through the apostles. Now all who believed were together and had all things in common.

And I’m going to stop right there. So this is really an important thing. Once you get saved and once you are baptized, you must continue in the faith. The only way that you’re going to go from spiritual baby—where you desire the sincere milk of the Word of God—and then as a young man, you start to eat stronger meat. But a full adult man can eat a lot of meat.

Amen. And that is the maturity of the believer, and we all need to come to that place. Amen. All right. Let’s go to Hosea 6:1–7.

Okay. You’ve got Ezekiel, Daniel, and then Hosea. Hosea chapter 6, verses 1–7. Let me get another drink of my coffee here. Thank you very much.

Cheers. Thank you, Lord. All right. Hosea 6:1—”Come, and let us return to the Lord. For he has torn, but he will heal us.

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He has stricken, but he will bind us up. After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live in his sight. Let us know, let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord. His going forth is established as the morning. He will come to us like the rain, like the latter and the former rain to the earth.”

Praise be to God. “O Ephraim, what shall I do to you? O Judah, what shall I do to you? For your faithfulness is like a morning cloud, and like the early dew it goes away.” Now this is quite an indictment here on the people of Israel.

You know, the whole entire Old Testament—or old covenant—was pointed at the children of Israel. It had their mistakes, their wrongdoings, everything that they had done that was not pleasing to God. The Lord would bring them up through the prophets. He would bring to their remembrance their wrongdoing and the evildoings of their ways.

Now, you’ve got to remember that these men and women under the old covenant were never born again. Their sin was only covered by the sacrifices that they brought to the temple. And the yearly sacrifice was where the sin of Israel was just covered, but never removed. Big difference, right? Big difference.

“And like the early dew, it goes away. Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets.” Wow, that’s a powerful statement. “I have slain them by the words of my mouth, and your judgments are like light that goes forth. For I desire mercy and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. But like men they have transgressed the covenant; there they dealt treacherously with me.

Gilead is a city of evildoers and defiled with blood. As bands of robbers lie in wait for a man, so the company of priests murder on the way to Shechem; surely they commit lewdness. I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the harlotry of Ephraim; Israel is defiled. Also, O Judah, a harvest is appointed for you, when I return the captives of my people.” So this is a great indictment against Israel.

And you know, it was really terrible that God told them right to their face— you know, the Lord’s not afraid. He is not afraid to reveal your sin to you. He’s not worried about what you think. But again, under the blood of Jesus and the new covenant, he deals gently and mercifully with you. He doesn’t just slap you upside the head.

He’s not a judge that sits up on the throne ready to knock you to the ground every time you make a mistake. No, he lovingly disciplines and chastises his children. That’s what he does, because he loves you. He cares very deeply for you. And he wants you to be saved and to be filled with his Spirit.

He wants you to come into right relationship with him. And that is a relationship with Jesus Christ that will change your life forever. You, like me—46 years ago—I’ve never been the same. Now, I’ve made plenty of mistakes. I’ve been involved in sin that I’m not proud of.

God has been kind and merciful to me. But God loves you. That’s the bottom line right there. He loves you. He receives you as you are.

Remember the hymn that they would sing at the Billy Graham crusades? “Just as I am, without one plea, but that your blood was shed for me. And that Thou bid’st me come to Thee, O Lamb of God, I come, I come.” Isn’t that wonderful? He bids us to come to him.

He’s calling you right now. He’s calling you to allow your life to be changed and transformed forever. You may be watching me today, and you’ve never met the Lord Jesus Christ. When I’m finished with this message, I’m going to lead you in a prayer. And if you’re sincere—if you sincerely mean the prayer that you pray—your life will be changed forever.

I’m telling you, that is an amazing, amazing, amazing thing. Thank you, Lord. All right, let’s go to Proverbs 28:12–15. Proverbs 28. “When the righteous rejoice, there is great glory; but when the wicked arise, men hide themselves.

He who covers his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them”—see, that’s true repentance—”confesses and forsakes them, confesses and forsakes them will have mercy. Happy is the man who is always reverent, but he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity. Like a roaring lion and a charging bear is a wicked ruler over poor people. A ruler who lacks understanding is a great oppressor, but he who hates covetousness will prolong his days.”

“A man burdened with bloodshed will flee into a pit; let no one help him. Whoever walks blamelessly will be saved, but he who is perverse in his ways will suddenly fall. He who tills his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows frivolity will have poverty enough.” Wow. Isn’t that amazing?

The Word of God is so powerful. It is so, so powerful. All right, let’s go to Ezekiel 18. Ezekiel 18—start at verse 21. Ezekiel 18.

Oh, thank you, Lord. “But if a wicked man turns from all his sins which he has committed, keeps all of my statutes, and does what is lawful and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die. None of the transgressions which he has committed shall be remembered against him because of the righteousness which he has done; he shall live. Do I have any pleasure at all that the wicked should die?” says the Lord God, “and not that he should turn from his ways and live?”

“But when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live? All the righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; because of the unfaithfulness of which he is guilty and the sin which he has committed, because of them he shall die. Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is it not my way which is fair, and your ways which are not fair? When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and dies in it, it is because of the iniquity which he has done that he dies.”

“Again, when a wicked man turns away from the wickedness which he has committed and does what is lawful and right, he preserves himself alive; because he considers and turns away from all the transgressions which he committed, he shall surely live; he will not die.” That’s amazing, isn’t it? So you and I—if we turn away from God and we choose not to do what he’s commanded us to do—we will be held accountable for our sin. But if we turn to Jesus Christ—remember, “Your sins and your iniquities I will remember no more.” No more.

No more. Glory be to God. Praise be to God. That is the wonderful blessing of the Lord. All right, let’s go to Luke 13:1–5.

Get another sip here. We’re getting ready to wind down, guys. Bear with me for a few more minutes. All right. Luke 13:1–5.

“There were present at that season some who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. And Jesus answered and said to them, ‘Do you suppose that these Galileans were worse sinners than all other Galileans because they suffered such things?’ I tell you, no; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish. Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them—do you think that they were worse sinners than all other men who dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you, no; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.”

So repentance is the true key to victory. We must allow the true repentance of our lives and our sin to be able to be seen by the Lord. Hallelujah. Thank you, Lord.

All right, let’s go to Acts 20:20–26. I’ve got two more Scriptures, then I’ll be done. Acts 20, verses 20–26. Yeah. Verse 20: “How I kept back nothing that was helpful, but proclaimed it to you and taught you publicly and from house to house, testifying to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

And see, now I go bound in the Spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that will happen to me there, except that the Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that chains and tribulations await me. But none of these things move me”—I love this right here—”but none of these things move me; nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus—to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.” Wow. Praise be to God.

How awesome. Then he says in verse 25, “And indeed, now I know that you all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, will see my face no more. Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men. For I have not shunned to declare to you the whole counsel of God. Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which he purchased with his own blood.”

“And then he says, ‘For I know this, that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock. Also from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after themselves. Therefore watch, and remember that for three years I did not cease to warn everyone night and day…’ So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.” Wow. Isn’t that amazing?

The Apostle Paul was a great man of God. He held nothing back. He gave his entire life to serve God. And Jesus spoke to him through Ananias when he was struck blind on the road to Damascus and said, “Go and tell Paul all the things that he must suffer for me.” And he didn’t hold back.

Paul gave himself wholly to it. How about you? Where are you today? Where are you? Where are you today?

Okay, one more Scripture—2 Corinthians chapter 7. 2 Corinthians chapter 7, and we’re going to look at verse 9. This is great. “Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that your sorrow led to repentance.” Real repentance.

“For you were made sorry in a godly manner, that you might suffer loss from us in nothing. For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death.” Ain’t that amazing? That is absolutely amazing. Absolutely, absolutely amazing.

Praise be to God. God is so faithful. He is so, so faithful. He is so good, man. I’m telling you.

Where are you today, folks? I want to ask you honestly and sincerely—where are you today? Are you involved in a sin in your life? I’ve been involved in sin before, and I know what it’s like. It can cause division and heartache in your family.

But God is merciful and kind. Remember when Moses stepped up on the mountain and met with the Lord? How did the Lord introduce himself? He said, “I am the Lord God, compassionate, merciful, and full of love.” I’m telling you, folks, that’s the God that we serve.

And I pray right now that you would truly repent of any wrongdoing that you’ve been involved in, that your life would be completely changed forever and forever, because he loves you. He loves you. He loves you. He loves you.

If you’re sincere about repenting before the Lord—those of you that don’t know Jesus, and maybe you’re backslidden and you need to pray this prayer again (backslidden means you’ve walked away from the Lord; you’re not living for God and you know that you should be living for him)—pray this prayer. Say, “Dear Lord God, I believe with all of my heart that Jesus Christ came to this earth on a mission to save me from all of my sin. I repent of every wrongdoing that I’ve ever done against you. Forgive me, Lord God.

I come into covenant relationship with you through the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ—by his death on the cross, by his burial in the tomb, and that he descended into hell. On the third day he was raised up because he was guiltless. He never committed any wrong. And the promise was fulfilled that his body would not be corrupt in the ground.

But God raised him up. God raised him up. And the veil in the temple that separated man from the Holy of Holies was rent, or torn, from top to bottom. That was one thick curtain. I don’t remember the exact size of it, but it was very thick.

It was not possible for human hands to tear that down because it was very tall and very thick. And yet it was torn from top to bottom as soon as Jesus gave up his spirit—meaning that all were welcome to come into the Holy of Holies.” Say this: “Jesus, forgive me of all of my sins. Forgive me of everything that I’ve ever done that is not pleasing to you. I yield my life to you.

Receive me, Lord Jesus. I repent, and I proclaim that you are my Savior and my Lord. I want to live for you. I want my name to be written in the Lamb’s Book of Life in heaven.

It’ll never be blotted out because it’s been written with the blood of Jesus Christ.” Praise be to God. God bless you all. If you just prayed that prayer with me, I want you to email me—email me. Email me at zionfreedomfellowship… zionfreedomfellowshipgmail.com.

Again, that’s zionfreedomfellowshipgmail.com, and I will respond to you as soon as I possibly can. I pray God’s strength and mercy to be upon you, and may the Lord lift you up. Thank you so much. Continue to pray for our country.

Our country is still dealing with terrible division and heartache. Please pray for everything that’s going on in this nation right now. Pray that the Lord will protect President Trump and all of his workers in the mighty name of Jesus. God bless you.

May the Lord bless you and keep you. May the Lord cause his face to shine upon you and be gracious unto you. May the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you his everlasting shalom. Shalom. Shalom.

In the mighty name of Jesus. Amen and amen. I’ll see you all next time. God bless you, and have a wonderful rest of your day in Jesus’ name. Amen. Bye for now.