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aqrinc:
This topic was addressed by Ray a while ago. At the time i read it my thoughts were,
i already have read the Bible many times; so what is the big deal. Well the big deal is
reading, and then doing, the things that Ray counselled have really been a huge deal.

This is not for stories or confessions but to ask any member that has listened to the
audio and read this paper completely. Has it made a difference in your understanding
and discernmernt of The Scriptures. For me it is an emphatic yes, i would love to get
some feedback from others.

Mat 3: 1-2
1  In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea,
2  and saying, Repent, for the kingdom of Heaven is at hand.

Mat 4:17 
From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, Repent! For the kingdom of Heaven is at hand.

Mat 11:20 
Then He began to upbraid the cities in which most of His mighty works were done, because they did not repent.

http://forums.bible-truths.com/index.php/topic,3709.msg27923.html#msg27923

Excerpt from: Repentance----- Nashville Conference 2005

Who knows what the first word was that Jesus Christ said in his ministry?  According to Matthew it was, “Repent.”  So if that’s the first word out of our Savior’s mouth, maybe we ought to look at it a little bit…

Repent means to turn around, to go the other way.  Whatever you are doing that’s wrong and sinful and evil and carnal and worldly and everything else, you turn around, you “repent” and you go the other direction.  The scriptures mention a couple of words:

Matthew 18:3 talks about being converted
Matthew 19:28 talks about being regenerated
1Peter 1:3 talks about being born again
John 3:3 talks about being born again

What are all those things?  They’re all one and the same, there’s no difference.  Being begotten anew, being born again, being regenerated, being converted…they are all the same.  And this is what we all want to do, so that we can take on more knowledge and live more Godly, and reach this goal.  We all sin.  Sin has to go through three things:  cleansing, repentance, forgiveness.  Does anybody know the order of these things?

This is the order of what happens to sin:

1.   Forgiveness
2.   Repentance
3.   Cleansing

(God does not cleanse anybody of sins they haven’t repented of.)

Forgiveness comes first and isn’t that interesting.  Jesus Christ was slain from the foundation of the world and why was he slain?  Why did Christ die?  The scriptures say Christ died for our sins.  That’s the simplest statement.  But there is a little bit more.  I want you to notice this:

This is the audio version; this is priceless as a listening learning tool'

Audio Download link: http://bible-truths.com/audio/Ray_Repent%201.mp3

george. :)

EKnight:
Hi George,
 
I just finished reading the whole "Repentance" transcript.  I think I have read it before but probably had many distractions.  Anyway,  great reading.  I have to say, that at this point, I am exactly where Ray was in the first nine paragraphs of this transcript.  Up to the point where he says that God just started taking away his sinful burdens---that has not happened to me yet.

I hope Ray is right when he says that he hopes the foolishness of his preaching accelerates the process of cleansing.  :)

So, to whoever reads this thread, read the whole transcript which George has linked, it is truly humbling and well worth the time to read or re-read.

Eileen

daywalker:
Hey george,

The first time I listened to Repentance, We Are ALL Guilty of All, and How Hard Is Getting Saved, it was very humbling, rather humiliating for me. Ray promised to bring me down a few notches, and yep, he didn't fall short!

We want to take credit for who we are as a person, and our character, but the Truth is, it's only by the "grace of God" we are who we are! How many times I heard/read that verse before, but it wasn't until late summer last year when I did this study, and read that passage again that I got punched in my mouth by them.  :o

It's amazing reading Scriptures, that I've read so many times, and now I'm seeing things I didn't before, and it boggles my mind!

As far as where I'm at, God has taken a few "sins" away that I've struggled a long time with, but ironically I feel like I have more sin than ever... probably cause I'm seeing things in me that I used to overlook or 'shrug off'.

I used to compare myself with others.. But ever since I started comparing myself with Jesus Christ, that's when I started realizing just "How Hard Is Getting Saved"..


- Daywalker

cjwood:
As far as where I'm at, God has taken a few "sins" away that I've struggled a long time with, but ironically I feel like I have more sin than ever... probably cause I'm seeing things in me that I used to overlook or 'shrug off'.


daywalker, this statement you made hit me right between the eyes, my spiritual eyes of understanding that is. i have been feeling the EXACT way lately. thank you Father for working through my brothers words to confirm in my spirit what You have been showing me in my heart.

love in Christ,
claudia

Dave in Tenn:
The truth about the order in which God deals with sin is tremendously freeing to me.  Forgiveness>>Repentance>>Cleansing.  I guess I had always had a bit of head-knowledge about that, but my 'religion' never really went beyond 'forgiveness' as if that was the end result and purpose of a life.  You're born, you grow up, you try not to sin, you sin anyway, you confess your sins and accept Jesus into your heart...then you become religious and don't sin as much as those 'other people' do.  Maybe that's not what they taught at seminary, but that's the gist of the message that gets delivered and absorbed.  I 'walked the aisle' so much that it wore the carpet out.  I thought there was something uniquely wrong with me...didn't realize it had to be this way.  

I really can't describe how low I was even mere seconds before clicking on B-T.  And I still don't think anybody looking in on my life would think God was doing anything at all...but I live in my life and I know what He has accomplished so far.  Faith builds.  If repentance is a change of heart, then only God can accomplish it.  If its a change in direction, then only He can drag me that way.  If it is death to self, then He's got to replace the 'me' that dies.  As a witness (not just as a subject) of this in my own life, I am coming to believe that He is able to make me stand, and I am learning to 'cooperate' (if that's the right word).  Not there yet, but at least I can see a time when its true.  For me, that's progress.

Sorry, George....couldn't NOT tell a testimony to answer this one.    

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