 Okay, good morning everyone. Good to see you. It's been a couple of weeks, I guess Yeah couple of weeks, okay Yeah, no, thanks for joining in those online Shiv Kumar Samuel cheera. Good to see you I Hope you can hear me through the fans noise, but I think I'll have to speak at this volume For all right great, let's pray and we'll get By the way, thank you for this day. We Lord we humble ourselves before you we honor you We love you Jesus for everything that you do in our lives Lord. I pray for the for the rest of this day Lord we ask of you to come and have your way Continue to pour out your wisdom your knowledge and your understanding even as we learn about your word from your word The Holy Spirit help us to be sensitive to the leading of your voice. I pray in Jesus name. Amen. Amen Okay, right so The course name is holiness BC 209 We started off this course by understanding the holiness of God Right who he is and how beautiful how wonderful he is how magnificent and how He is holy that he is set apart that there is no one like him. Isn't it? We can try and grasp His holiness and there's only so much we can understand And also when we declare that he is beautiful The beauty of the Lord worship the Lord and the beauty of his holiness We are declaring that he is holy, right? He's wonderful. There is no one like him. And so that's section one Right section one is all about understanding his holiness and how this holy God is not just satisfied Being holy I said, okay, I'm holy. No, but then he desires his children Right you and me You know to to become like him Right and that is his desire for you and me. He he's just not sitting up there in his throne saying yes I like my place my heaven my throne room is amazing my cherubim the seraphims are all there. They're Worshiping me. I am holy. I know that You know, there's a rainbow in encircling my throne. It's so awesome. No, he's just not satisfied with that He desires for his children to begin to look more like him, right? And so now the really the ball is in our court Per se, right? It's it's up to us To make that choice to begin to look like him to walk like him to talk like him because He through his son Jesus has made himself available Right for us to become like him Right the blood is there the blood of Jesus that was shed on the cross is available for you and for me the choice is Again is up to us. What do we want to make of it? We can either reject the sacrifice of Jesus or accept him and make him our righteousness Right because our righteousness are nothing but filthy rags, right? We don't attain justification or salvation with our works Right, we don't have to hit ourselves with lashes We don't have to climb up a thousand step to attain salvation or to be justified Are you following right? So this holy God His made himself available for us to step into and taste of his holiness and All of that is expressed by faith Right, Romans says we are justified by faith right, we are Justified by faith We are sanctified. So in sanctification other thing that we learned was sanctification is two-folds One is the positional truth of Sanctification the other one is a it's a progressive Sanctification right so when I say two-folds one is Positional means as the minute the moment I accept Jesus as my Lord and Savior I am justified I'm also sanctified. That means I am legally my legal position Before God is changed. I'm going from a sinner. I'm saved from the state of sin to a Saint or a believer Right, however Now because I am my legal position is changed like again, so let's say you've committed a crime Right a murder of some sort now You have been declared innocent Right, that means your legal position is changed from guilty to innocent Isn't it and now you continue to live out that innocence by not committing another crime Yes, so that's what's called as progressive sanctification, right? So we learned that it's all been made available to us from Efficiency Romans 5 Romans chapter 4 verse 25 all of that talks about how we are justified by faith Right and Romans chapter 4 was 25. Especially it says that Jesus rose from the dead only after we were justified Romans 4 25. That's the last verse of that chapter So that is very powerful, okay So that's what that's all of that is section one So I want you to bear with me because we're just going to go through like a Quick recap of everything that we have covered so far Yeah, is that okay? Are you all with me? Okay, Romans 4 25 is a very important and a very powerful Chapter because that verse leads us into chapter 5 and Chapter 5 verse 1 begins by saying that you have been justified by faith and Then Romans 4 25. We know that Jesus did not rise up. He was not resurrected until we were justified Do we do we understand the the intensity and the gravity of that of that? Okay Resurrection is key to Our Christian doctrine and theology without resurrection nothing of what we do is Yeah It's just baseless We don't have you know, we don't have the resurrection because we have the New Testament We have the New Testament because of the resurrection I said we don't have the resurrection because we have the New Testament We have the New Testament because of the resurrection and Then in John 11 25 we see that Jesus says that I am the Resurrection and the life that means resurrection is not just an event That happened in history which can be proved on evidence It's just true resurrection is also an event that happened which cannot which can be proved by Evidences that is available right because of the eyewitnesses 500 eyewitnesses that saw Jesus and people testify, right? So those are all there, but resurrection is a person Life is a person. That's what Jesus says. I am the resurrection and the life. He's not talking about resurrection as an event Are you with me? So all of this to say is this holy God His made himself available to you and to me to walk in his righteousness Are you with me right and so everything that we studied about the holiness of God that he's thrice holy You know, his name is holy. All of this is so that you and I as his children Right as sons and daughters of Jesus can step in and walk in that same life that Jesus has made available to us Right Jesus didn't die on the cross so that you and I can have a dress code which we have reduced it to Yeah, and so okay So that's where we are and maybe in the previous session the last session that we discussed was we started with the section 2 which is Called for repentance right repentance recovery and restoration Right. This is like the passing section to the final section, which is overcoming the flesh So we looked at four chapters in the previous class So which in the section of repentance recovery and Restoration the three hours R3 Whatever you want to call it. Okay. What is it repentance? Say it with me repentance recovery and Restoration right All right, so we began by looking that Jesus preached repentance Right his famous message was that mark 115 The time is fulfilled that the kingdom of God is at hand repent and believe in the gospel So we began by looking at that. So Jesus preached repentance John the Baptist preached repentance And then we so what is the meaning of repentance or what is the Greek word for repentance? That we learned in chapter 2 of second section. It's metanoia It simply means to think differently Okay, guys, see these are all like No, we are not learning the entire language of Hebrew or Greek But some crucial words which you will be and be using this a lot as leaders as pastors Etc. These are crucial words that you have to remember Okay, it's there's no other choice. It's say you you have to make it a choice to remember In other words memorize it and record it keep it to store it and no, okay So repentance in Greek means Metanoia now why is it important to know the Greek language because it's in the language that it was written in Right and the New Testament most of it was written in Greek, right? So And why again now why is it important to when you do word studies like that? This is just a side or a footnote is for example when we use the word love in English or any language in In say Hindi or Hindi we say what they are Another another word for love in Hindi It's what it is, right? Okay, so No, again in English we you have one word for love, isn't it? No, we use that one word to express a love for anything Right. I love pizza. I love dosa. I love coffee. I love chai. I love to sleep I love MS Dhoni Hmm. I Love this I love that Etc. Right. I love my father. I love my mother. I love my brother. You know, I love her I love my wife etc. etc. But again in Greek In ancient Greek there are four different words for love, right in modern Greek They've added two more words the six Greek words for love. So each of those words express or Define for a certain kind of a love and one of the words is agape Which is God's kind of a love You understand what I'm saying So all of this and just remembering crucial words very important words is Significant in us understanding the word of God and also teaching the word of God, right? So and for the one of the words there for repentance is meta noya Okay, which means thinking differently So to to repent it simply means that our thinking has to change now if our thinking changes See in again going through the progression on the book of Romans from chapter 5 chapter 5 It says that we have been justified by faith chapter 6 says that you have, you know Because you've been justified by faith don't continue to live in sin because you need to know you are dead in sin Okay, and then chapter 7 says okay, no matter how much you try in by yourself You can't die to your fleshly desires You need the power of the Holy Spirit and then Romans chapter 8 says encourages us to walk in the Holy Spirit and The highlight or the crescendo of this Paul's message in the first 11 chapters is concluded in chapter 12 of Romans Then he says okay now therefore Brethren, I urge you by the mercies of God to offer yourself up as living sacrifices. Don't be conformed Parents of the world, but be Transformed there you go So this whole from chapter 1 to chapter 11 Paul in in many ways he's talking about the mercies of God That's why in chapter 12. He starts off by saying therefore So therefore that therefore in chapter 12 is like one big conclusion to the first 11 chapters where he's talking about the mercies of God So we've been justified because of the mercies of God. We can live a holy life because of the mercy of God in in many ways, right? so and And then we know that we know that repentance or metanoia simply means think differently is If you're thinking changes everything else every other aspect of your life is changed Are you with me? Right? And so now Before you gave your life to Christ you were a drug addict you were an alcoholic you were using abusive language Etc. All of that. Are you a watching? filth now There's a change Because you've given your life to God Right all of the every aspect of your life that was worldly Has to change Transform we cannot continue to be conformed to the ways of the world But we have to transform and it begins with your thinking Right. Um, are you are you all following? Okay Um, so in chapter 4 of the second section which we looked at it's titled It's in the part 2 of the pdf Okay repentance grace and forgiveness. That's Okay, you you all know where I am, right? Part 2 which is chapter 4 and uh of the pdf Um, we began by looking at do believers need to repent the answer is an emphatic. Yes Okay, um, and then we concluded that section by looking at the letters from um Let us to the churches in um revelation Right it all it's all talking about Repentance how the Lord's message to seven churches is about repentance Okay, uh, it's interesting that we saw that new testament begins With the word or message of repentance to Everyone to the Gentiles because there were no Christians back then It's to the Jews and the Gentiles, right? And then in revelation we see finally That the message is now to the churches So the question again comes back or the answer to the question should Christians repent or should churches repent is an emphatic Yes Are you all with me? Okay. Now as we continue with the remainder of the Um, the course we will see why it's important for the churches also to repent. Okay eventually Are you all with me? Are you all following? Okay. Uh, how about you guys online? Are you all good? Um Okay, awesome. Thank you. Thanks, Anthony. Thanks, bro Okay, um, so I again, I really hope that it's uh, you you're able to absorb all this material or this content and not just View it as a content But it's ministering to your your spirit And that you're able to um, you know, just understand the intensity of the message of repentance because Um, the churches don't preach this enough. It's not a very uh popular topic Repent right it seemed it's it's viewed as a very old school unpopular kind of a thing Uh, but it's a bit nevertheless. It's an important message. Okay So we look at chapter five will begin there all sins great and small So we're taking a little bit of a diversion um Does god differentiate between sins or all these equally detestable in god's eyes leading to the same destination um The answer is again Very simply. Yes Okay, um be it lust or adultery Right in the old testament the action of adultery was condemned in the new testament the thought Right, it's condemned. It's it's the same thing Right. Um hate in the new testament is spoken of As the same as an action of murder in the old testament right, um You can't say I hate my brother And then continue to uh, you know, uh, yeah Pride or sexual immorality Um sewing disunity or idolatry Um speaking lies or killing the innocent You you do you see the comparison there? Killing the innocent That's what most of the world is fighting for now. Isn't it innocent people innocent children are being killed or in in the war abortion Is what killing the innocent Right that is like I'm you know, if if I were to ask that question across the room You know if I say okay is abortion wrong Hopefully everybody would say yes it is And then we can get into a like a discussion about it later, but That is this it is as wrong as As sorry lying is as wrong as killing the innocent And the bible calls devil as the father of Lies Oh But for some of us Christians Lying is so natural like second nature And then you want to should go go to the white lies You know it's uh See we can have a debate about all of that But you know the general chess of how you know and and the scriptures mentioned there, you know Proverbs 6 is has to be one of my favorite passages Proverbs chapter 6 was 16 to 19 It starts off by saying these are the seven things that the lord detests and the six he hates When bible is using strong words like that We need to sit from from like this. We need to go like okay Be attentive the lord hates. Oh, okay You know in living uh living a holy life or a repented lifestyle There is an element of hate towards sin that you need to develop That we as christians need to develop a hate Towards sin, right? Um, so isiah he sees the holiness of god and then he says woe unto me for i'm a man of unclean lips There's there's a An awakening so to speak or a revelation uh saying Or a realization of who you are And then that is absolutely detestable to you because it is detestable to god First on that list is what? Hottie is or pride In proverbs chapter 6 was 16 The number one thing on the list Is pride? Yeah, okay Okay, so uh just continuing from the notes there. So we we must treat all sin with equal disdain We must treat all sin with equal disdain. Okay now I remember I think almost five years ago when uh, the supreme court passed the section something um that gave license for uh No It's I think it agreed by saying that it's okay to be a homosexual of some sort in in india That was a big thing and that was like the hot topic among christians Uh, say oh, you know supreme court has passed this supreme court has said this is okay And suddenly the church came alive Uh See the world is going to be the world Right the world is going to be the world like they the world doesn't care about Like the the biblical values or principles or holiness for that matter right, um but The christians also shouldn't be taken by surprise saying okay. Oh my gosh now sexual immorality homosexuality and all of this It's the same as killing the innocent or lying or pride or hate Thing so we treat all sin with equal disdain sin is sin. There's no negotiating with sin This is better that has been Okay, um, so whether these sins are or sins of the inner person like lost hate pride etc Or sins we may consider small like sowing disunity or telling lies Or sins that we may consider as big Like adultery murder sexual immorality idolatry or killing the innocent All sin is detested by god All right, and second corinthians chapter seven was one we see therefore having these promises beloved let us cleanse ourselves From all filthiness It's not just some filthiness but all Filthiness okay, you know we look at more at second corinthians chapter seven. It's it's a very important chapter in terms of repentance Okay, now in second corinthians chapter seven or in chapter seven. Yeah, paul has kind of Tone down his harshness He's saying he's he actually begins to be very appreciative of the church in corinth In the his second letter because in his first letter Paul absolutely destroys He's very harsh in his first letter Right in especially in chapter five you see you know away from all unrighteousness You know in all of that but anyways, we'll we'll get to that we'll cross that bridge when we get there but second corinthians chapter seven verse one Hit the record button memorize it This was therefore having these promises Beloved let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness right of the flesh and spirit. There's a distinction Filthiness of the flesh that means there are filthiness associated with spirit and filthiness associated with the flesh Okay, so perfecting holiness in the fear of God So now again, we've begun to understand that all sins Great and small it's It's the same thing. There's no distinction or you know big small thing so Now we've understand understood the weight of uh The message of repentance Jesus preached that John the Baptist preached it It began by preaching repentance to the Gentiles and the Jews and then finally in revelation We see that it's being preached to the churches um And then in chapter six we see that so what leads a person to repentance Right now have you guys repented in your life? Yes Yeah, it's okay to say yes if you say if you haven't it's okay. I'm not going to chase you out. Okay. It's like no, sir I didn't Yeah, I'll pray for you Uh multiple times multiple times a day also sometimes This is especially Bangalore traffic Sorry, sorry, sorry Okay, so let me just ask you this question, right? What has caused you to repent in the past? Like you remember you say that you've repented right? What was uh, why did you repent or what made you repent? What caused you to repent? Anyone see rather give she's close give give Yeah, ladies first When we feel like it's uh, something God doesn't like and Like when we know the word of God or truth and we know that is fine. But you tell me what what caused you to repent I and I thought that it's not right in God's eyes. It's not right in God's eyes. Okay I should not do this thing. Whatever I done. It's wrong That's so it's not right in God's eyes. So there was some kind of a realization there. Yeah, okay All right. Okay. Thank you breathe A conviction inside that I was hurting God and God was still asking to come back It's more like the whole spirit convicting me that He has been good to you. I can't do this to him He has been good to me. Okay. All right Thank you. All right, Nikhil Those online feel free to just type in your answers So before uh, like when I accepted Jesus Christ all so it was just for normal for me It was just normal for me like uh, uh, we started praising worship all things prayer But after that, uh, when I started learning so when I started, uh, reading bible So it was coming in my, uh, heart like whatever I'm doing. That's not right What I was doing and still I'm doing that's not right So I should ask God for this forgiveness because I read this. This is sin. This is in this is in all things So I read when I read that things so I uh thought I have to repent because I have done all things. This is wrong whatever is like Uh, whatever things like what I done. So that's all wrong things. So I have to repent to God Awesome. Yeah, thanks Nikhil. Okay. So we had that it is not right In God's eyes. That means his principle his standards His goodness, um his word Okay Uh for me like The repentance time when I first like, um, repenting time is the first time I got the encounter with God Before I was like I brought it to my diary. I was lost after I found like, um, it was like kind of supernatural experience and holy spirit uh, like In the scripture we can say like for the right like holy spirit teach right and wrong and I felt like I remember what are the things I did against the God and like from my heart is not from my mind or what like from my heart is not saying like God, I will leave for you So that is a What caused you to do that Is the love of God allowed to God what Jesus did for me and I'm doing against Jesus Right. I felt barren. Right. Awesome. Thank you, Francis Thanks I repented when I realized I'm not living the actual right life Hmm Being a person who knows uh, how to obey God But yeah, uh, when I realized when I'm not being the correct person Not a person Yeah, when I'm not when I realized that I'm not living the proper life Hmm being knowing that I have to live in certain way Yeah, kind of similar to what Sri Radha was also sharing. Yeah, okay separation You're right Yeah Yeah, well, thanks guys. Thanks for sharing that. Um Yeah, so repentance happened And I think, you know, you all shared that, you know, it happens multiple times Um, okay. Judgment says, um, God loves me in spite of knowing my tendency to fall for sin um The verse Christ died for me while I was a sinner He always pursued me and never condemned me for my sin but gave me my everything I chose repentance as my lifestyle. Yeah Thank you for sharing Yes, um Yeah, I think for most of us it is that It is The love of God is like the basis of it right For some it is the love of God for some and it is the fear of God Like, okay, it's not good in, you know, God's eyes, you know That that thing is there, right that intrinsic fear of of who he is Um, and the values that's been instilled and all that Um, but for most of them it is the love of God in that love of God you encounter his grace his mercy, you know And I'm sure all of us have Pages of stories of the times that you know, you've repented that you've encountered his grace his love in in all of that, right and um, yeah, and And I remember there was this time. Um, so I've repented many many times this work um There's so many things but one one of the instance was uh 2005 there was a youth camp And I was staying standing way back in the hall and the worship was going on And uh, there was a song by delirious. It's called the majesty Your grace has found me just as I am you heard that song empty handed but alive in your hands I remember the worship leader was uh repeating the chorus And it was about the fifth the time when we sang that chorus it hit me Like, you know until then it's like I was not engaged. I was I was singing the song like, you know, uh, but I'm not really engaged with the lyrics And I think that's why sometimes repetition is good, you know, like you mean it You know, it's like because you don't know when it's going to hit you Uh, that doesn't mean you keep singing the same thing, you know, it's uh, oh it'll kingdom come but no, it's uh It took me fifth time to be engaged with the king Okay, someone else could have been engaged in the first time they sang the song But it was I remember the fifth time I said, okay, your grace has found me just as I am And only I knew how I was And then empty handed But I live in your hands. That means I didn't bring anything to the table I didn't bring anything. I didn't do anything so that I could be found But your grace found me and so that hit me like, you know, and I will never forget that moment And uh, it is in the same hall where apc east meets Whitefield church Yeah, it's in the very same hall in 2005. I Think I was an 18 year old back then But anyways, so some of the points that in this chapter we will look at is what leads a person to repentance Just like how most of you've shared One is good god's goodness leads to repentance Right roman chapter two verse four as it says do you or do you despise the riches of his goodness? Forbearance and long suffering not knowing that the goodness of god leads you to repentance Right goodness of god leads us to repentance or it should lead us to repentance It's not just a wonderful song is like your goodness is running after is running off. Oh, wow. What an amazing song You know, it's like, whoa, god is good all the time all the time god is good His goodness is running after me all my life. You have been faith. You know, it's It's it's it's a wonderful thing to rejoice and celebrate about his goodness But at the same time it should lead us to repentance and realization of who we are and who he is Yes, okay So god is good and that should lead us to repentance and second thing is the works and miracles of god Often leads us to repentance often not always. I mean, you know So what is it? You know when jesus performed miracles in matthew chapter 11 was 20 for example It says then he began to rebuke the cities In which most of his mighty works had been done Think of of all the cities. So name me some of the cities that jesus did mighty works Bangalore Chennai Capernaum Galilee Bethany Okay, etc. So he's saying it came there came a time that in all the cities where he performed this mighty works It simply means miracle signs and wonders Why why did he begin to rebuke them because they did not repent So it is an element that there's What is it saying is that the signs and wonders miracles healings and all of that Sometimes it leads people to repentance Some of them experience miracles and then just go back and continue living their whole life Yes or no Right, they experienced miracle god just healed them miraculously You know all this creative miracles whatnot this person did not have a kneecap God miraculously gave a kneecap You know and then after encountering something like that go back and you know Live the same old life that they were living in but it is also possible that this person gives their life to jesus Are you with me? So the first thing is the goodness of god the miracles of god that often leads us to repentance Um, you know this wonderful story in luke chapter five Um, bear Jesus tells peter About the miracle of the fish basically, right? It says peter has tried catching fish all night um And jesus comes and asks have you not caught any fish is like no, uh, why don't you cast the net on the other side? Uh, peter says something interesting Uh, you know, we've been doing this all night But because you say so Because of at your word i'm going to take you at your word and i'm going to cast them around the other side Right, um, and it is the same peter in his epistle later. He says cast your burdens Under jesus is simply saying cast Yeah, don't cast it on you know the same side that you've been casting try try jesus, okay And then when the miracle actually happens peter repents He Repents and that's the story in luke chapter five was one to eleven after this great catch of fish. He said like lord I repent. I am a sinner away from me I'm not worthy You're following right so that's another instance where Uh miracles of god often leads us to repentance Yeah, you have a question. Yes some of these uh prosperity preachers and all they they're just uh uh Putting these term as a primary thing like miracles which leads us to repentance like uh, like the they they'll say like there are many people who got saved or Who came to jesus because of miracles? But but on the other side if you see, uh, they did not omit In in other if you see john also after the first miracle Uh, after the first miracle of seizes christ The people did not commit themselves to jesus Yes, they just they saw the miracles that they came and they enjoyed in the event But is it okay that that we can put this term as primary the miracles Are the things did they put this term as miracles as the thing to just come to jesus it leads to jesus or with repentance Or or or we have to believe in in in christ what he is what he made for us Yeah, so let's look at the life of let's sorry. Let's look at the life of jesus, right now from matthew chapter 4 onwards in the gospel of matthew Uh, that's where this thing of jesus Performing miracle science and wonders begins healing the sick raising the dead, you know, and he was moved with compassion He was moved with compassion. He was moved with compassion time and time again, right? And now that was now in the if you remember the course Uh, he ministering healing and deliverance Right ministering healing and deliverance, uh, but miracles Acts at one of the points if you remember is acts as a signpost That points to his god You remember that point, okay, I hope you do right And so and another point that I remember from that course is that miracles Uh Gather catches people's attention Good and bad it caught the attention of the Pharisees the teachers of the law It also got the attention of the people from all across the town in the cities. So they came Right. Um, so when when the woman with the issue of the blood Uh, when she touched the hemophous garment and when she got healed Okay, later Other people from other cities try to do the same. Why because they heard that this happened with this person Are you with me? And so miracle signs and wonders do attract people to Christ So now if I'm ministering healing and deliverance The fundamental or the foundation of it is I can't get glory. I should not take the glory I should immediately point him to Jesus And that is the message of repentance as well. John the Baptist Who preached about repentance? He always pointed people towards Jesus his own disciples Towards Jesus two into a point and saying I am not worthy to even untie his sandals And so Yeah, miracle signs and healing you for example, you go we do street evangelism And you go and ask for a person is there anything I can pray for you Or if you move in the prophetic and the Holy Spirit says, okay This person's back has been hurting and you go with the word of knowledge and say, hey Is everything okay with your back? Can I pray for you? Okay, and then the person gets healed and now you just have opened a window to Introduce Jesus to them and say it's not me who did this Jesus healed you. Would you like to know more about Jesus? Are you with me? Right? And so Yeah, I'm all for it, you know We should always remember that we in anything we do we don't take the credit at all We we dare not take any credit Just say all right, okay Okay, Nina says repentance Happens out of sorrow for sin Yes, Nina is and that I have done or thought something which is against his ways In the face of unconditional love and the Holy Spirit convicts me and causes me to repent. Yes, true And I think you know, we'll That point that you made happens out of sorrow is explained in detail in second Corinthians chapter 7. Okay, that's what we look at Okay, in just a moment But thank you for sharing that Actually, that's the third point. You know godly sorrows leads to repentance Godly sorrow leads to repentance and the second Corinthians chapter 7 Was 9 to 10. I just mentioned the second Corinthians chapter 7 is a very crucial chapter in in the topic of repentance Right now Paul is writing here Now I rejoice Not that you were made sorry But that your sorrow led to repentance Okay, for you were made sorry in a godly manner That's exactly what you expressed It's like lord, I I feel bad or I'm sorry for what I've done Right, uh, because this is your standard and therefore I repent And this is the same Paul in first Corinthians is just belting the people of Corinthians like the church of Corinthians, right? Uh, put away from you that sinful person cast away. What are you doing? Right, and then in the second letter of the Corinthians, he's much more appreciative It's like I rejoice not that you felt sorry But that's that you know that godly sorrow led you to repentance Are you with me? Okay. So verse 10 of second Corinthians chapter 7 says for godly sorrow Produces repentance highlighted in different colors and keep Okay, all these scriptures we won't make a frame and stick it you know But it's so important for godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation Uh, not to be regretted, but the sorrow of the world produces uh death Sorry Hmm ungodly sorrow Yeah, yeah, see the innate See we are made in the image of god. In other words is we are made in the likeness Of god right every human being We are all made in the likeness of god. What does that mean to be made in the likeness of god? Imago deo Greek word Okay, so That means we all have the capacity to love Yes or no, we all have the capacity to forgive Maybe we all have the capacity to be patient. We have the capacity to be kind We have the capacity to be generous, right? Are you following what i'm saying right and so that means it's it's an innate intrinsic thing in every human being to feel sorry You don't have to be a christian to feel sorry Right But then christian or godly kind of sorry A sorrow leads us to repentance leads us to him Are you with me? So correct. Yeah So yeah, so we can feel so what prince is saying is that if it is possible that we feel sorry And too guilty and not go towards God Yeah 100% absolutely. Yeah And that the perfect example is what? Judas and peter Judas and peter isn't it and so See you can feel Now godly sorrow slash morning or feeling sad Morning right not morning morning, right? Um, it can lead us to two places now in mark chapter 16 the last chapter It's when a mary magdalene comes and tells the disciples that i have seen jesus now It starts off by saying that the disciples were mourning at their place mourning about the death of jesus jesus has left them right they were all mourning That's the last chapter you can see that And when mary went and told them while they were mourning they said They did not believe okay, so Godly sorrow or mourning Can lead you to two places It can lead you towards unbelief That means away from god Or it can lead you to the comforter I would mean that so that's the only two results that can That can happen and so Yeah, we'll kind of conclude with this last point The fourth point or letter d says god grants repentance God grants Okay, so this is the letter paul is writing to timothy in second timothy chapter two was 24 26 He's saying and the servant of the lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all able to teach patient In humility correcting those who were in position Uh, and if god perhaps will grant them repentance so that they may know the truth Was 26 and that they may come to their senses And escape the snare of the devil so this is basically talking about those people who are who are not aware That they are under the snare of the devil Right, that means that they are committing doing something wrong But they haven't realized or they don't realize it that they are under the attack of the devil So as a leader or as a pastor Timothy is leading a church there, right? He's saying okay. Hey When you realize that the certain individual is going through something like this Okay, be gentle be kind In a way so that they will come to their senses because god is willing to grant repentance to them right Are you following? Okay, so um Okay, we're out of time here. So we'll we'll pause and we'll come back and continue with where we left off All right. Thanks guys