All Scripture Quotations From The KJV With Modern
English Words by the Compiler
Compiled by Keith Hunt THE OLD TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES GAVE SALVATION THROUGH CHRIST
"And that from a child you have known the holy scriptures, which
are able to make you wise unto salvation through faith which is
in Christ Jesus" (2 Tim.3:15).
THE BOOK OF PSALMS GIVES THE WAY TO SALVATION
CHRIST IN THE PSALMS FROM PAGE 764 OF THE NKJV:
Psalm Portrayed Fulfilled
2:7 The Son of God Matthew 3:17
8:2 Praised by children Matthew 21:15,16
8:6 Ruler of all Hebrews 2:8
16:10 Rises from the dead Matthew 28:7
22:1 Forsaken by God Matthew 27:46
22:7,8 Derided by enemies Luke 23:35
22:16 Hands and feet pierced John 20:27
22:18 Lots cast for clothes Matthew 27:35,36
34:20 Bones unbroken John 19:32,33,36
35:11 Accused by false witnesses Mark 14:57
35:19 Hated without cause John 15:25
40:7,8 Delight's in God's will Hebrews 10:7
41:9 Betrayed by a friend Luke 22:47
45:6 The eternal King Hebrews 1:8
68:18 Ascends to heaven Acts 1:9-11
69:9 Zealous for God's house John 2:17
69:21 Given vinegar and gall Matthew 27:34
109:4 Prays for enemies Luke 23:34
109:8 His betrayer replaced Acts 1:20
110:1 Rules over His enemies Matthew 22:44
110:4 A priest forever Hebrews 5:6
118:22 The chief stone Matthew 21:42
118:26 Comes in the name of the Lord Matthew 21:9
GOD'S CHARACTER IS PERFECT, HOLY, AND RIGHTEOUS:
"For you are not a God that has pleasure in wickedness:
neither shall evil dwell with you......you hate all workers of
iniquity" (Ps.5:4,5).
"For the righteous Lord loves righteousness....."(Ps.11:7).
"For the word of the Lord is right; and all His works are
done in truth. He loves righteousness and judgment....."
(Ps.33:4,5).
"Your righteousness is like the great mountains; your
judgments are a great deep......For with you is the fountain of
life: in your light shall we see light" (Ps.36:6,9).
"Among the gods there is none like unto you, O Lord; neither
are there any works like unto your works......you are God
alone.......a God full of compassion, and gracious,
longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth" (Ps.86:8,10,15).
"For who in heaven can be compared unto the Lord? Who among
the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the Lord?.....Justice
and judgment are the habitation of your throne: mercy and truth
shall go before you" (Ps.89:6,14).
"Your testimonies are very sure: holiness becomes your
house, O Lord, for ever" (Ps.93:5).
"Say among the heathen that the Lord reigns......He shall
judge the people righteously.....for He comes, for He comes to
judge the earth: He shall judged the world with righteousness,
and the people with His truth" (Ps.96:10,13).
"......righteousness and judgment are the habitation of His
throne" (Ps.97:2).
"Let them praise your great and terrible name for it is
holy.....Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at His holy hill;
for the Lord our God is holy" (Ps.99:3,9).
"For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting; and His
truth endures to all generations" (Ps.100:5).
"Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, you are very
great; you are clothed with honor and majesty. Who covers
yourself with light as with a garment....." (Ps.104:1,2).
"His work is honorable and glorious: and His righteousness
endures for ever.....the work of his hands are verity and
judgment; all His commandments are sure.....He has commanded His
covenant for ever: holy and reverend is His name" (Ps.111:3,7,9).
"But our God is in heaven, He has done whatsoever He has
pleased" (Ps.115:3).
"Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and His
greatness is unsearchable" (Ps.145:3).
"Great is our Lord, and of great power: His understanding is
infinite" (Ps.147:5).
DEFINITION OF WICKEDNESS(SIN, UNRIGHTEOUSNESS):
"The transgression of the wicked says within my heart, that
there is no fear of God before his eyes. For he flatters himself
in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.....He
devises mischief upon his bed; he sets himself in a way that is
not good; he abhors not evil" (Ps.36:1-2,4).
"You have rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err
from your commandments.......Horror has taken hold of me because
of the wicked that forsake your law.....Depart from me you evil
doers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.....They draw
nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from your law"
(Ps.119:53, 115, 150).
DEFINITION OF RIGHTEOUSNESS:
"My tongue shall speak of your word: for all your
commandments are righteousness" (Ps.119:172).
WE ARE NOT TO SIN:
"Stand in awe, and sin not......" (Ps.4:4).
"Depart from evil and do good, and dwell for evermore"
(Ps.37:27).
"I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my
tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is
before me" (Ps.39:1).
"You that love the Lord, hate evil......" (Ps.97:10).
"Your word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin
against you" (Ps.119:11).
MANKIND ARE ALL SINNERS(UNRIGHTEOUS):
"The foolish has said in their heart: There is not God. They
are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that
does good......The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children
of men, to see if there was any that did understand, and seek
God. They are all gone aside, they are altogether become filthy:
there is none that does good, no, not one" (Ps.14:1-3).
See also Psalm 53:2-3.
"And enter not into judgment with your servant: for in your
sight shall no man living be justified" (Ps.143:2).
THE WICKED CANNOT HAVE SALVATION:
"Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not your
statutes" (Ps.119:155).
MUST CONFESS WE ARE SINNERS:
"I acknowledge my sin unto you, and mine iniquity have I not
hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the
Lord......" (Ps.32:5).
"For my iniquities are gone over my head: as an heavy burden
they are too heavy for me......For I will declare mine iniquity;
I will be sorry for my sin" (Ps.38:4,18).
"For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine
iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look
up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart
fails me. Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me: O Lord, make haste
to help me" (Ps.40:12-13).
"I said, Lord, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have
sinned against you" (Ps.41:4).
"For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever
before me. Against you, you only, have I sinned, and done this
evil in your sight: that you may be justified when you speak, and
be clear when you judge" (Ps.51:3,4).
"O God, you know my foolishness; and my sins are not hid
from you" (Ps.69:5).
"You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in
the light of your countenance" (Ps.90:8).
"We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed
iniquity, we have done wickedly" (Ps.106:6).
MUST CRY OUT FOR MERCY, FORGIVENESS, IN HUMILITY
AND REPENTANCE:
"I cried unto the Lord with my voice....." (Ps.3:4).
"Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: you have
enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear
my prayer" (Ps.4:1).
"Harken unto the voice of my cry, my King, my God: for unto
you will I pray" (Ps.5:2).
"In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my
God: He heard my voice out of His temple, and my cry came before
Him, even into His ears" (Ps.18:6).
"Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions:
according to your mercy remember you me for your goodness' sake,
O Lord.....For your names sake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquities;
for it is great.......Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and
forgive all my sins" (Ps.25:7, 11, 18).
"Have mercy upon me, O God, according to your
lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of your tender
mercies blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from mine
iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.....Purge me with hyssop,
and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than
snow......Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all mine
iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right
spirit within me.....The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a
broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise"
(Ps.51:1-2, 7, 9-10, 17).
See also: Ps.26:11; 27:7-9; 30:2,3,10; 31:9,10;
38:21,22; 40:11; 79:8,9; 86:5
GOD WILL HEAR AND BLESS THOSE WHO SEEK AND FEAR HIM:
"And they that know your name will put their trust in you:
for you, Lord, have not forsaken them that seek you" (Ps.9:10).
"The secret of the Lord is with them that fear Him; and He
will show them His covenant" (Ps.25:14).
"Oh, how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for
them that fear you...." (Ps.31:19).
"Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear Him,
upon them that hope in His mercy; To deliver their soul from
death....." (Ps.33:18,19).
"Surely His salvation is nigh them that fear him....."
(Ps.85:9).
"He has not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us
according to our iniquities. For as the heaven is high above the
earth, so great is His mercy towards them that fear Him. As far
as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our
transgressions from us. Like as a father pities his children, so
the Lord pities them that fear Him. For He knows our frame; He
remembers that we are dust.....But the mercy of the Lord is from
everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear Him, and His
righteousness unto children's children; To such as keep His
covenant, and to those that remember His commandments to do them"
(Ps.103:10-14, 17-18).
See also: Ps.111:10; 112:1; 115:11,13; 119:153,154;
145:17-20
GOD WILL SHOW AND GIVE MERCY:
"The Lord has chastened me sore: but He has not given me
over unto death: (Ps.118:18).
"If you, Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall
stand? But there is forgiveness with you, that you may be
feared.....Let Israel hope in the Lord: for with the Lord there
is mercy , and with Him is plenteous redemption" (Ps.130:3,4,7).
"The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion, slow to
anger, and of great mercy. The Lord is good to all: and His
tender mercies are over all His works" (Ps.145:8-9).
See also: Ps.30:10-11; 31:5; 32:1-2, 5; 40:1-2, 17;
59:16,17; 66:20; 103:3,8
MUST HAVE FAITH:
"O Lord, my God, in you do I put my trust......" (Ps.7:1).
"But I have trusted in your mercy; my heart shall rejoice in
your salvation" (Ps.13:5).
"The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my
God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn
of my salvation, and my high tower" (Ps.18:2).
"I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust
in the Lord. I will be glad and rejoice in your mercy: for you
have considered my trouble; you have known my soul in
adversities" (Ps.31:6,7).
"Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusts in
the Lord, mercy shall compass him about" (Ps.32:10).
"The Lord redeems the soul of His servants: none of them
that trust in Him shall be desolate" (Ps.34:22).
See also: 39:7,8; 52:8; 86:2,3; 119:41, 42, 81, 86
MERCY, FORGIVENESS, IS GIVEN TO THOSE WHO
HUMBLY REPENT:
"When He makes inquisition for blood, he remembers them: He
forgets not the cry of the humble" (Ps.9:12).
"Lord, you have heard the desire of the humble: you will
prepare their heart, you will cause your ear to hear" (Ps.10:17).
"For you will save the afflicted people; but will bring down
high looks......You have given me the shield of your salvation:
and your right hand has held me up, and your gentleness has made
me great" (Ps.18:27,35).
"The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and
saves such as be of a contrite spirit" (Ps.34:18).
"For, lo, they that are far from you shall perish: you have
destroyed all them that go a whoring from you" (Ps.73:27).
"You are my portion, O Lord: I have said that I would keep
your words. I entreated your favor with my whole heart: be
merciful unto me according to your word. I thought on my ways,
and turned my feet unto your testimonies. I made haste and
delayed not to keep your commandments. The bands of the wicked
have robbed me, but I have not forgotten your law......I an a
companion of all them that fear you, and of them that keep
your precepts. The earth, O Lord, is full of your mercy: teach my
your statutes" (Ps.119:57-64).
MERCY, FORGIVENESS, SALVATION, IS GRANTED TO THOSE WHO
WILL OBEY AND KEEP GOD'S COMMANDMENTS AND COVENANT:
"All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as
keep His commandments and His testimonies" (Ps.25:10).
"Come, you children, harken unto me: I will teach you the
fear of the Lord. What man is he that desires life, and loves
many days that he may see good? Keep your tongue from evil, and
do good; seek peace and pursue it. The eyes of the Lord are upon
the righteous, and His ears are open unto their cry. the face of
the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance
of them from the earth" (Ps.34:11-16).
"The steps of a good man are established by the Lord: and he
delights in His way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast
down: for the Lord upholds him with His hand" (Ps.37:23,24).
"But unto the wicked God says, what have you to do to
declare my statutes, or that you should take my covenant in your
mouth? Seeing you hate instruction, and cast my words behind
you......Now consider this, you that forget God, lest I tear you
in pieces, and there be none to deliver. Whoso offers praise
glorifies me: and to him that disposes his way aright will I show
the salvation of God" (Ps.50:16,17,22,23).
"If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear
me" (Ps.66:18).
"But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to
everlasting upon them that fear Him, and His righteousness unto
children's children; To such as keep His covenant, and to those
that remember His commandments to do them" (Ps.103:17,18).
See also: Ps.119:67, 71-73, 76-77, 153-155, 165, 166, 174,
176
GRACE, MERCY, DOES NOT ABOLISH THE LAW
OR COMMANDMENTS OF GOD:
"Offer the sacrifice of righteousness, and put your trust in
the Lord" (Ps.4:5).
"Lord, who shall abide in your tabernacle? who shall dwell
in your holy hill? He that walks uprightly, and works
righteousness, and speaks the truth in his heart. He that
backbites not with his tongue, nor does evil to his neighbor,
takes up a reproach against his neighbor. In whose eyes a vile
person is condemned; but he honors them that fear the Lord. He
that swears to his own hurt, and charges not. He that puts not
out money to usury, nor takes reward against the innocent. He
that does these things shall never be moved" (Ps.15).
"The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul; the
testimony of the Lord is sure , making wise the simple. The
statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the
commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear
of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the
Lord are true and righteous altogether. More to be desired are
they than gold, yes, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey
and the honeycomb. Moreover by them is your servant warned: and
in keeping of them there is great reward" (Ps.19"7-11).
"Who can understand his error? cleanse you me from secret
faults. Keep back your servant from presumptuous sins, let them
not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall
be innocent from the great transgression" (Ps.19:12,13).
"Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk after the
law of the Lord. Blessed are they that keep His testimonies, and
seek Him with the whole heart. They also do no iniquity: they
walk in His ways. You have commanded us to keep your precepts
diligently......Then shall I not be ashamed when I have respect
unto your commandments........With my whole heart have I sought
you: O let me not wander from your commandments.......Open mine
eyes that I may behold wondrous things out of your law.......I
will run the way of your commandments, when you shall enlarge my
heart.......Give me understanding, and I shall keep your law;
yes, I shall observe it with my whole heart. Make me to go in the
path of your commandments; for therein do I delight.......And I
will walk at liberty for I seek your precepts. I will speak of
your testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed. And
I will delight myself in your commandments, which I have loved.
My hands also will I lift up unto your commandments, which I have
loved; and I will meditate in your statutes.......O how love
I your law! it is my meditation all the day. You through your
commandments have made me wiser than my enemies: for they are
ever with me. I have more understanding than all my teachers: for
your testimonies are my meditation. I understand more than the
ancients, because I keep your precepts. I have refrained my feet
from every evil way, that I might keep your word.......Your word
is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.......My soul is
continually in my hand: yet do I not forget your law.......I have
inclined my heart to perform your statutes, even unto the end. I
hate vain thoughts: but your law do I love.......It is time for
you, Lord, to work: for they have made void your law. Therefore
I love your commandments above gold; yes, above fine gold.......I
opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for your
commandments........rivers of water run down my eyes, because
they keep not your law.......Your righteousness is an everlasting
righteousness, and your law is the truth. Trouble and anguish
have taken hold of me: yet your commandments are my
delights....You are near, O Lord; and all your commandments
are truth.......for all your commandments are righteousness....I
have longed for your salvation, O Lord; and your law is my
delight.......I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your
servant; for I do not forget your commandments" (Ps.119: 1-4,
6-7, 10, 18, 32, 34-35, 45-48, 97-100, 105, 109, 112-113,
126-127, 131, 136, 142-143, 151, 172, 174, 176)
Read this whole 119th Psalm, there are many other verses I
have not quoted, that give the truth that grace does not abolish
the law and commandments of God.
THE REWARD OF THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE WICKED
"Blessed is the man that walks not in the counsel of the
ungodly, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat
of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and
in His law does he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a
tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth his fruit
in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he
does shall prosper. The ungodly are not so: but are like the
chaff which the wind drives away. Therefore the ungodly shall not
stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the
righteous. For the Lord knows the way of the righteous: but the
way of the ungodly shall perish" (Ps.1).
"Fret not yourself because of evildoers, neither be you
envious against the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be
cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb....... For
evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the Lord,
they shall inherit the earth. For yet a little while, and the
wicked shall not be: yes, you shall diligently consider his
place, and it shall not be. but the meek shall inherit the
earth.......The Lord knows the days of the upright: and their
inheritance shall be forever. They shall not be ashamed of the
evil time....But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the
Lord shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke
shall they consume away.......For such as be blessed of Him shall
inherit the earth; and they that are cursed of Him shall be cut
off.......For the Lord loves judgment, and forsakes not His
saints; they are preserved forever: but the seed of the wicked
shall be cut off. The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell
therein for ever.......Wait on the Lord, and keep His way, and He
shall exalt you to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off,
you shall see it.......But the transgressors shall be destroyed
together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off" (Ps.37:1-2,
9-11, 18-20, 22, 28-29, 34, 38).
"Also unto you, O Lord, belongs mercy: for you render to
every man according to his work" (Ps.62:12).
"Whoso privately slanders his neighbor, him will I cut off:
him that has a high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
Mine eye shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may
dwell with me: he that walks in a perfect way, he shall serve me.
He that works deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that
lies shall not tarry in my sight. I will destroy all the wicked
of the land; that I may cut off all the wicked doers from the
city of the Lord" (Ps.101:5-8).
"Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the
wicked be no more. bless you the Lord, O my soul. Praise you the
Lord" (Ps.104:35).
"You have trodden down all them that err from your statutes:
for their deeds is falsehood. You put away all the wicked of the
earth like dross: therefore I love your testimonies"
(Ps.119:118-119).
"The Lord preserves them that love Him: but all the wicked
will He destroy" (Ps.145:20).
THE WAY OF SALVATION IS SO WRITTEN
For those who are having difficulty understanding Law and
Grace as taught in the New Testament, with Scripture verses that
seem to contradict each other, please request my in-depth study
article called "Saved by Grace" and the truth will be made plain
for you. There is no contradiction between the basic way of
slavation in either the Old or the New Covenants of your Bible.
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Compiled in July 1997 by Keith Hunt
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The Experience Of Real Repentance - Part One
Man is material - mortal (Job 4:17). He was FORMED from the
ground, the DUST of the earth (Gen.2:7). God is SPIRIT (John
4:24), that is God is composed of Spirit. He is HOLY, so God is
then Holy Spirit. His body and being is Spirit not physical,
though He can if He desires manifest Himself to man in a physical
manner as He did to Abraham (Gen.18).
The physical being alone is not COMPLETE until UNITED with
the spiritual. Man was made to receive the very Holy Spirit, the
very NATURE of God (2 Pet.1:3-4). To receive that nature we
actually then receive the LOVE, the POWER, the CHARACTER of God
WITHIN us as a GIFT (Rom.6:23; 5:5; 8:9-17; Gal.5:22,23; 2 Peter
1:3-4).
God knew by making mankind free agents and not robots, that
man could not have this perfection of character, which it is His
purpose to create within us, by an instantaneous flick of the
fingers. It requires time. It requires submissiveness, decision
making, co-operate will, self direction on mankind's part,
teaming up with the nature of God. This perfection of character
can only come through EXPERIENCE - with man/woman willing to
YIELD to the NATURE and the WILL of the Eternal.
Mankind was created with HUMAN NATURE which is a mixture of
GOOD and EVIL (Luke 6:45). Too much of the time the evil tends
to overpower the good (Rom.7:13-23). Man must come to the
KNOWLEDGE of his natural ways that are NOT God's ways.
He must come to EXPERIENCE REAL REPENTANCE of the evil side of
his nature - where he has THOUGHT, SPOKEN, and LIVED contrary to
the WILL and the WAYS and the THOUGHTS of the Lord.
A very large part of the Gospel concerns REPENTANCE! A very
LARGE part of the Bible contains the EXAMPLES of REAL repentance.
In this lesson we shall discover:
1) The importance of preaching REPENTANCE. 2) What we are to
REPENT of. 3) The experience of REPENTANCE.
PREACHING REPENTANCE
IN THE BEGINNING
Gen.2:17; 3:6; 4:8; 6:5
Has this world been EVIL from the BEGINNING?
Gen.6:12-13
Did the early people of this world CORRUPT God's way of
life?
What did God propose to do about all this corruption?
Ge. 6:14-18
Who only was found worthy to be saved from the utter
destruction that God would bring upon evil mankind?
Gen.7:1; 2 Peter 2:5
Was Noah a righteous person?
Did Noah PREACH righteousness to his wicked generation?
Note. Righteousness is defined in the Bible as God's COMMANDMENTS
(Ps.119:172).
As Noah was building the Ark he was also preaching to a wicked,
corrupt mankind God's true ways, the way of keeping and observing
God's commandments. He no doubt preached that people should
CHANGE their ways to conform to the Eternal's ways, to REPENT of
their evil deeds and thoughts and follow the RIGHT ways as
revealed by God.
Ezek. 14:1-11
1) Does God condemn Idolatry?
2) Who is God speaking to here?
3) What does He tell them to do?
4) What will the Lord do to those who persist in idolatry?
5) Will both the punishment of the False prophet and Those
that seek them be the same?
6) Why does God correct and punish?
Note. Even with ancient Israel when they went astray from God's
commandments He cried out to them to REPENT! They were to
repent of their TRANSGRESSIONS - their INIQUITY - the evil of
their hearts and to develop a NEW HEART. See Ezek.18:30-32.
JOHN AND JESUS
Matthew 3:1-11
1) What did John the Baptist PREACH?
2) What did the people confess?
3) Is repentance to produce FRUITS? What kind of Fruits?
4) Did John indicate that many of the religious leaders of
his day had never really REPENTED?
Mark 1:14-15
1) After the ministry of John, what was the Gospel Jesus
preached?
2) Is REPENTANCE a very important part of the Gospel?
Note. The purpose of John was to PREPARE the hearts of the
people for the coming of the Messiah. This he did by preaching
that men should REPENT - that they should confess their SINS and
walk in the STRAIGHT WAY of the Lord.
When the Savior of mankind began His public ministry He
continued to PREACH the theme that humanity should REPENT! Jesus
taught that REPENTANCE was absolutely necessary to be "saved" -
without it mankind would only PERISH (Luke 13:3).
One of the very purposes that Jesus came was to call SINNERS to
REPENTANCE (Matt.9:13). He said there is MORE JOY in heaven over
ONE sinner that REPENTS than dozens of just persons(in their
mind) who think they need no repentance (Luke 15:7).
When Jesus sent out the twelve to proclaim the Kingdom of
God, they first preached that men should REPENT (Mark 6:7-12).
Just before Christ ascended into Heaven, He told the
disciples what their great commission was to be. REPENTANCE and
REMISSION of SINS was to be preached to all nations (Luke
24:47).
THE APOSTLES - ONE OF THEIR THEMES
Acts 2:14-40
1) When did this sermon by Peter take place (see verses
1-13) ?
2) WHO did he preach to them about?
3) What question did the people put to the apostles?
4) What did Peter reply?
Acts 3:11-26
1) WHO again did Peter speak about to the people?
2) What did he tell the people to do?
Note. Peter boldly PREACHED Christ as Savior and that all men
should REPENT - be converted and turn away from their iniquities.
Then their SINS could be BLOTTED OUT through the sacrifice of
Jesus Christ.
Acts 8:1-12
1) Who were the only Christians in Jerusalem at this time?
2) What did the others do?
3) What did Philip preach?
4) Were many BAPTIZED?
Note. We have seen both from the ministry of John the Baptist
and the apostle Peter that REPENTANCE must come before baptism.
Philip in preaching Christ and the Kingdom of God must have
taught the people to REPENT in order for them to request
baptism. We shall study all about the subject of baptism in a
later lesson.
Acts 9:10-31
1) After Paul's conversion and baptism what did he preach?
2) By what we have studied so far, would preaching Christ
include the theme of REPENTANCE?
Acts 10:23-48
1) Did God show to Peter that Christ and Salvation should go
to the Gentiles?
2) What was the FOCAL point of Peter's message to Cornelius?
3) Did Peter preach the FORGIVENESS of SINS?
4) Were many Baptised?
Note. Peter was here again preaching his Pentecostal sermon -
Jesus Christ as Savior. Upon REPENTANCE and accepting Christ's
death and resurrection men could have forgiveness of sins and
eternal life through the Holy Spirit.
The THEME of the early Church was first, Jesus Christ as
Savior - repentance and Forgiveness of Sins. Second, the Return
of Christ and the coming of the Kingdom of God to earth.
Saving people was foremost on the minds of the apostles and
church members alike. Read the rest of the book of Acts and take
note of the speeches and sermons. As you do, note such passages
as Acts 16:30-31; 17:3, 30; 18:24-28; 26:17-18, 20; 28:23,
31.
WHAT IS REPENTANCE?
Note. Webster's Dictionary defines REPENTANCE as: " To feel
sorry or self-reproachful for what has done or failed to do; be
conscience-stricken......To feel such regret or dissatisfaction
over some past action, intention, etc. as to changed one's mind
about.......To feel so contrite over one's sins as to change, or
decide to change, one's ways......."
This is what VINE'S EXPOSITORY DICTIONARY ON NT WORDS has to
say on REPENT and REPENTANCE: ".......to perceive afterwards
(Meta, after, implying change, Noeo, to perceive; Nous, the mind,
the seat of moral reflections).......hence signifies to change
one's mind or purpose, always in the NT involving a change for
the better......."
Matt. 9:13
Who did Jesus come to call to Repentance?
Acts 3:19
What can be blotted out upon Repentance?
Acts 5:31
What is some of the work Jesus is NOW doing?
Note. The Scriptures clearly show that REPENTANCE has to do with
SIN! We are to REPENT of SIN. Repent of being a sinner - of
living, acting, doing, thinking, IN sin.
SIN - RIGHTEOUSNESS ?
1 John 3:4
Does God tell us in this verse what constitutes SIN?
Romans 7:7
What did Paul say showed him what sin WAS?
Is it not the TEN Commandment law that says: "Thou shalt not
covet."? (Ex.20"1-17).
Romans 3:20
Is Paul here telling us by what standard we can derive the
KNOWLEDGE of what sin is or is not?
James 2:10-12
1) Does this law have points?
2) What are some of its points?
3) Are these the same points as recorded in Ex.20:1-17?
James 2:10-12 (continued)
4) If we WILLFULLY break ANY ONE of these points of the
whole law, are we a TRANSGRESSOR - do we SIN (see again 1
John 3:4) ?
5) What is this law called (verse 12) ?
Note. We are to REPENT of breaking (transgressing) God's Holy
Spiritual law (Rom.7:12,14). Repent of BEING sinners and want to
DO and LIVE righteousness (Matt.5:17-20; 6:33). A Bible
definition of "righteousness" is ALL of God's COMMANDMENTS -
Psalm 119:172.
REPENT TOWARDS WHOM ?
Romans 3:23
How many have sinned?
Luke 13:3; Acts 17:30
How many are to REPENT?
Acts 20:21
Towards WHOM are we to REPENT?
HOW TO REPENT!
Deut.4:29; Isa.55:6
Are we to SEEK God? How much are we to seek for Him?
Isa. 57:15; 66:2
What KIND of a person will God LOOK AT?
2 Chron. 7:14
What else does the Eternal add to the ingredients of
REPENTANCE?
1 John 1:9; Proverbs 28:13
What TWO requirements are given in these verses in order to
obtain MERCY and FORGIVENESS?
Job 33:27, 28
God is looking for mankind to ACKNOWLEDGE what?
Isa.55:7; Jer.4:1, 2, 14
What is man to FORSAKE in order to return unto God?
Ezekiel 18:21, 30-31; Acts 17:30
Is God CALLING OUT for mankind to REPENT?
End of part one. To be continued with part two and three.
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First written in 1987. Re-written and revised in April 1997.
by Keith Hunt
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The Experience Of Real Repentance Part Two EXAMPLES OF REPENTANCE
Genesis 50:15-21
1) Had the brothers of Joseph done evil?
2) Did they ask to be forgiven?
3) What was Joseph's reaction?
4) How did his brothers respond?
5) Was Joseph willing to forgive and help them?
Note. We could liked Joseph to God the Father and Joseph's
brothers to repentant individuals. As the brothers CONFESSED
their sins and asked forgiveness so should every repentant person
do the same before God. As they humbled themselves before the
feet of Joseph, we should also HUMBLE ourselves before God the
Father.
The brothers told Joseph they would be his servants. So
likewise are we to be SERVANTS of God.
Joseph WEPT when he saw their humble repentant attitude.
Tears of joy must fill the eyes of our heavenly Father when one
sinner repents. As Joseph went on to NOURISH and COMFORT his
brothers, so God the Father will nourish and comfort His
begotten children.
2 Chron.12:1-12
1) Did King Rehoboam and Israel FORSAKE God's way?
2) What then happened (verses 2-5)?
3) Did the King and leaders of Israel then HUMBLE
themselves?
4) What did God say He would do?
5) Was God MERCIFUL to the King and Judah?
Note. Some TURN AWAY from the Eternal and His Holy law, but the
Lord is always there ready to FORGIVE and show MERCY whenever
those individuals HUMBLE themselves and REPENT!
2 Kings 22, 23
1) Was Josiah very YOUNG when he began to reign in
Jerusalem?
2) What is said of him (verse 2)?
3) Was Josiah still YOUNG when they found the book of the
law in the Temple?
4) What did Josiah DO when he heard the words of the LAW?
5) What did the King SAY about the words of God?
6) What did the prophetess Hudah say would happen for NOT
doing God's will?
7) What this punishment to take place in the lifetime of
Josiah? WHY not?
8) Did Josiah exhibit signs of real REPENTANCE?
Note. Josiah's repentance was GENUINE as can be seen by what he
DID. The FRUITS he bore, as shown in chapter 23. He gathered the
people together, both small and great, priest and prophet, and
read to them God's way. He RE-NEWED the COVENANT of God - to
walk after and KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS (verse 1-3).
Josiah was instrumental in bringing the people back to the
worship of the true God. He destroyed every sign of False
idolatry worship (verses 4-20). He RE-instituted the PASSOVER
(verses 21-23).
Josiah was a TYPE of what all people whom God calls should
do upon having their minds and hearts opened to His word and
truth. His heart was TENDER - receptive to the Eternal's truth
and ways. He did not argue with God's word, didn't justify his
own ideas and ways and thoughts. He was CHILDLIKE. Josiah
HUMBLED himself before God and FEARED His word (Isa.66:2). He
even WEPT when he realized how he and Judah had sinned against
the Lord God.
Josiah experienced true deep-felt REPENTANCE!
Nehemiah 8; and 9:1-5
1) What did Ezra read to the people?
2) When was this done (see also Lev.23:23-25)?
3) What was the people's attitude?
4) Were the people in a humble worshipful state of mind?
5) As they understood the ways of God, did they willingly
obey?
6) What else did the people do (chap.9:1-5)?
Note. The people of Judah had been many a year without a King.
They had been in Babylonian captivity and had LOST MUCH, if not
all the teachings of God. Here they were again in Jerusalem and
were being taught the words and ways of the Lord from the
LAW (first 5 books of the Old Testament). They were in a
submissive HUMBLE REPENTANT attitude towards God. They CONFESSED
their SINS, fasted and were willing to DO what the Eternal said
were HIS ways and commands.
An example for ALL those that God calls to salvation.
2 Samuel 11; and 12:1-15
1) Did David commit adultery with another man's wife?
2) What was the result of this affair (verse 5)?
3) Did David try to COVER UP his sin (verses 6-13)? Was he
successful?
4) Did David devise a plan whereby Uriah would be killed?
Did it succeed?
5) What did Nathan the prophet tell David these activities
were (chap. 12:9)?
6) Was David personally held responsible for killing Uriah?
7) When David finally came to his senses and realized the
gravity of what he had done, what did he confess (verse
13)?
Note. Ancient King David is a chief example of one who
EXPERIENCED REAL REPENTANCE for his sins. David's sincere
heartfelt repentant attitude endeared him to God. He is called in
Acts 13:22 a man after God's own heart.
Psalm 51 shows David's utterly broken-up attitude of mind
concerning his sins. Be sure to read the entire Psalm, and as you
do, ask and answer these questions: Did David attempt to justify
these sins or to explain them away? Did he freely confess them?
Did he admit that he was guilty of many sins? Did he thoroughly
abhor his sins? What did he ask God to do for him? Did he cry
out to the Lord to have mercy upon him?
David was one of the few under the Old Covenant to whom God
gave the Holy Spirit, for the Holy Spirit was not yet made
available (John 7:38-39) except in special circumstances to
certain people. David obeyed God and overcame by the power of the
Spirit, even though at times he did stumble and fall. "For a
just (righteous) man falleth seven times, and riseth up
again......" (Prov.24:16).
So David, a man after God's own heart, is soon, at Christ's
coming, to be resurrected and born into the very Family of God,
the Kingdom of God, as a son of the Eternal and as the King over
Israel (Jer.30:9; Ezek.34).
God looks to those who are of a MEEK and CONTRITE spirit -
those who TREMBLE before the word of the Lord. God recognizes a
REPENTANT attitude of mind - a broken spirit, a HUMBLE person who
is seeking for FORGIVENESS and MERCY. He will honor the attitude
of all who are willing to turn from works and deeds which His
word brands as SIN.
True REPENTANCE requires a PERMANENT change of DIRECTION -
from the ways that seem right in man's eyes to the WAYS OF GOD as
revealed in His word.
REAL REPENTANCE is something MUCH DEEPER and vastly more
profound that what is generally being taught today by the
churches and religious preachers.
Godly REPENTANCE leads to ETERNAL LIFE!!
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To be continued First written in 1987. Re-written and revised in 1997.
by Keith Hunt
The Experience Of Real Repentance Part Three Some may say: " Yes I know what the word repent means, I see
to whom I am to repent, I see some of the examples in the Bible
about repentance, but I am not sure HOW to repent. What words do
I use, what should I SAY to the Father in heaven?
Well friends, our Father in heaven even helps us to know
what kind of words to use in coming to Him in humble repentance.
He gives us examples in His word even to guide us in this end -
to know what to say.
PRAYERS OF REPENTANCE
EZRA
" Then were assembled unto me everyone that TREMBLED at the
words of the God of Israel, because of the transgressions of
those, that had been carried away........O my God, I am ASHAMED
and BLUSH to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our INIQUITIES
ARE INCREASED OVER OUR HEAD, and our TRESPASS IS GROWN up into
the heavens.......We have FORSAKEN THY COMMANDMENTS........Should
we again break they commandments, and join in affinity with the
people of these abominations? Would you not be angry with us
till you have consumed us........"(Ezra 9:4-14).
NEHEMIAH
" Let thine ear now be attentive......Both I and my father's
house have sinned. We have DEALT VERY CORRUPTLY against thee,
and have NOT KEPT THE COMMANDMENTS, NOR THE STATUTES, NOR THE
JUDGMENTS, which you commandest your servant Moses........You are
JUST........You have done RIGHT. But we have DONE WICKEDLY.
Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our
fathers, KEPT THY LAW, NOR HEARKENED UNTO YOUR COMMANDMENTS AND
YOUR TESTIMONIES......."(Nehemiah 1:6-7; 9:33-34).
JOB
" I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: BUT NOW MY
EYE SEETH THEE. Wherefore, I ABHOR MYSELF AND REPENT in dust and
ashes "(Job 42:5).
DAVID
" Have MERCY UPON ME, O God.......Bot out my TRANSGRESSIONS.
WASH ME THOROUGHLY FROM MINE INIQUITY AND CLEANS ME FROM MY SIN.
For I ACKNOWLEDGE my TRANSGRESSIONS: and my sin is ever before
me. Against thee......have I sinned......PURGE ME with hyssop,
and I shall be clean......Hide your face from my SINS, and BLOT
OUT ALL MY INIQUITIES. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and
renew a right spirit within me.......Take not thy Holy Spirit
from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation......Then will
I teach transgressors they ways; and sinners shall be converted
unto thee......For thou desirest not sacrifice.......You delight
not in burnt offering. The sacrifice of God are a BROKEN SPIRIT:
a broken and a CONTRITE HEART, O God, you will not despise"(Psalm
51:1-17).
ISAIAH
" .......Woe is me! For I am undone; because I am a man of
UNCLEAN LIPS......For mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of
hosts.......Our TRANSGRESSIONS ARE MULTIPLIED before thee, and
our SINS testify against us: for our transgressions are with us.
And as for our INIQUITIES, we KNOW THEM......But we are all as AN
UNCLEAN THING, AND ALL OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS ARE AS FILTHY RAGS; and
we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities like the wind have
taken us away"(Isaiah 6:5; 59:12; 64:6).
JEREMIAH
" O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us, do you
it for your name's sake: for our BACKSLIDINGS ARE MANY. We have
SINNED against you. We ACKNOWLEDGE, O Lord, our WICKEDNESS....
Let us SEARCH AND TRY our ways, and TURN AGAIN to the Lord. Let
us lift up our HEARTS WITH OUR HANDS UNTO GOD in the
heavens"(Jeremiah 14:7, 20; Lamentations 3:40-41).
DANIEL
" We have sinned, and HAVE COMMITTED INIQUITY, and have DONE
WICKEDLY, and have REBELLED, even by DEPARTING from thy PRECEPTS,
and from thy JUDGMENTS: neither have we HEARKENED unto thy
SERVANTS the prophets, which spake in thy name......"(Daniel
9:5,6).
CHRIST EXEMPLIFIES REAL REPENTANCE
PRODIGAL SON
" And when he CAME TO HIMSELF, he said.........I will arise
and go to my father, and will say unto him, father, I HAVE SINNED
AGAINST HEAVEN, AND BEFORE YOU, AND AM NO MORE WORTHY TO BE
CALLED YOUR SON. make me as one of your hired servants. And he
arose, and CAME TO HIS FATHER"(Luke 15:17-20).
PHARISEE AND THE PUBLICAN
" And He spake this parable unto certain which trusted in
themselves, that they were righteous, and despised others. Two
men went up into the Temple to pray, the one a Pharisee, and the
other a publican. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with
himself: God, I thank you, that I am not as other men are,
extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. I
fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I posses. And
the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his
eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying: God, BE
MERCIFUL TO ME, A SINNER. I tell you, this man (the publican)
went down to his house JUSTIFIED rather than the other. For
everyone that exalts himself shall be abased; and he that HUMBLES
himself shall be exalted"(Luke 18:9-14).
A FINAL WORD
Some of you think you may be too young or too old to REPENT
and serve the living Eternal God. The prophet Jeremiah thought he
was too young to be called by God, but he was not. If you are a
middle teenager you may not be too young for God to call you to
real repentance. Even if you are still younger than a teenager
God may call you to begin to know Him and His way of life. We
have examples of Samuel and Jeremiah who were called to serve God
while still very young. David walked with God as a young boy
caring for his father's sheep.
What if you are old, maybe very old? Well as the saying
goes: You are never too old to learn. Whether you are 60 or 80
or 90 or 100, if God is calling you to REPENT then it is not too
late to do so!
Some of you have or are serving a prison term for various
crimes. You may think you are not worthy for God to have mercy
upon you. Well, no sinner(and that includes the ones who have
never been in prison or even received a parking ticket) is of
themselves worthy to be a child of the most High. But Jesus came
to die for you no matter what your sins and crimes against
society. You can friend, REPENT and be FORGIVEN, have your sins
WASHED AWAY by the blood of Jesus and start a new life
as a son or daughter of the heavenly Father.
Some of you may have been or still are, prostitutes,
homosexuals, lesbians, drug users, drug dealers, child molesters,
alcoholics, wandering street livers with no hope only despair.
Whatever your situation in life is at the present, YOU CAN REPENT
AND CRY OUT TO THE LORD FOR MERCY AND HELP! You can be forgiven
your sins and begin a new life in the service of the Eternal. It
is never too late.
Determine NOW to come out of the darkness and deception you
have been living in and ENTER God's world of LIGHT and
RIGHTEOUSNESS!
The rewards here and now are fantastic and the eternity to
come is beyond human imagination.
Some of you have been let down by religious organizations
and their leaders. You have seen the corruptions, play acting,
hypocrisy, abuse of power, abuse of monies, you have heard the
lies, experienced the cover-ups, and have come to realize you
were in many ways manipulated and brain washed with a cultic mind
set ruling you. Many of you have been turned off so much from
"religion" that you have left serving the true God and
gone back into the world of Satan, gone back into your former old
man and false un- righteous ways of living that God calls sin and
iniquity. You knew the basic truths of God at one time but now
you have possibly thrown them to one side, cast them away like
some old dirty garment. If this is you, then YOU can REPENT, it
is not too late. God calls you back to SERVE HIM! He calls you
back again to find that personal relationship with Him and not
some organization or some human man.
Maybe you are just the nice guy or gal on the block. Never
done anyone any harm. Would not hurt a fly as they say. No big
sins in your life you might claim. You are a good wife, husband,
father or mother. You work at your job faithfully and honestly.
You help in local charities, and just live a decent moral
lifestyle.
All that is good and commendable, but friend, you HAVE
SINNED ALSO. You have said, thought, or acted at some point/s in
your life CONTRARY to the Holy Law of the Lord God. You have
somewhere at some time BROKEN ONE or MORE of the Ten
Commandments of God. You stand as a sinner in the eyes of the
Lord. You are CONDEMNED TO DIE UNLESS YOU WILL REPENT !
There is no way around it, from the hardened criminal to the
Mr.Nice guy, all of us must REPENT of our sins to obtain mercy
and find the pathway to eternal life in the Kingdom of God.
Repentance is the FIRST STEP on the road to living for all
eternity. REAL REPENTANCE is what all of us must EXPERIENCE if
we are to be saved.
".........Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of
the Kingdom of God, and saying, The time is fulfilled and the
Kingdom of God is at hand: REPENT YOU, and believe the gospel"
(Mark 1:14,15).
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First written in 1987. Re-written and revised in 1997.
by Keith Hunt
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