WEBVTT 00:00:00.760 --> 00:00:03.780 Oh no, what have I done? 00:00:04.919 --> 00:00:09.060 In the classic 2002 movie, Spider-Man, 00:00:10.019 --> 00:00:13.859 the young Spider-Man has a chance to stop a thief, 00:00:14.640 --> 00:00:17.679 but instead chooses to let him go. 00:00:18.660 --> 00:00:24.140 He lets him get away only for that thief to end up killing his uncle. 00:00:24.760 --> 00:00:28.280 I'm sorry if I've spoiled the movie for you, but the movie's 18 years old, it's okay. 00:00:28.280 --> 00:00:31.280 Spider-Man has this moment when he realizes, 00:00:32.340 --> 00:00:35.260 oh no, what have I done? 00:00:36.179 --> 00:00:40.579 And for the rest of his life, it is shaped by his guilt, 00:00:41.520 --> 00:00:45.600 trying to make up for this mistake that cost his uncle's life, 00:00:45.880 --> 00:00:49.020 trying to deal with his sin, trying to find redemption. 00:00:49.380 --> 00:00:56.920 His whole superhero future is because he is trying to pay the cost of his past sins. 00:00:56.920 --> 00:00:59.140 Have you felt that before? 00:00:59.660 --> 00:01:02.700 Not the being bitten by a radioactive spider part, 00:01:02.820 --> 00:01:09.140 but that gut-wrenching feeling of realizing that you are at fault. 00:01:10.359 --> 00:01:11.879 You've let a friend down. 00:01:12.519 --> 00:01:16.359 You've been responsible for hurting a person close to you. 00:01:16.799 --> 00:01:18.740 And then thinking, how do I fix this? 00:01:19.340 --> 00:01:22.280 How do I make amends for my mistake? 00:01:22.280 --> 00:01:26.480 Like, you know, I've let my kids down, so I'm going to take them some sliced fruit. 00:01:26.640 --> 00:01:28.439 I'm going to, oh, let's go to Macca's kids. 00:01:29.519 --> 00:01:32.040 I'm going to buy her flowers. 00:01:32.140 --> 00:01:33.240 I'm going to buy her jewelry. 00:01:33.400 --> 00:01:36.040 So when I go and say, sorry, I've got something to give her, 00:01:36.120 --> 00:01:37.400 so that she'll actually forgive me. 00:01:37.400 --> 00:01:41.320 When it comes to our relationship with God, 00:01:41.500 --> 00:01:45.120 what happens when we realize what we have done to God? 00:01:46.160 --> 00:01:50.120 That we are responsible for the death of his son, 00:01:50.960 --> 00:01:53.020 for the murder of God himself. 00:01:53.180 --> 00:01:55.980 Is it just enough for us to say sorry? 00:01:57.660 --> 00:01:59.560 The great reformer, Martin Luther, 00:01:59.980 --> 00:02:04.780 was famously so worried about his guilt and his death 00:02:04.780 --> 00:02:06.280 that he became a monk. 00:02:07.540 --> 00:02:08.659 Is this what we should do? 00:02:08.860 --> 00:02:12.080 We should all, you know, just enter ministry 00:02:12.080 --> 00:02:14.199 so we can somehow pay for our sins. 00:02:16.060 --> 00:02:19.520 Today we are continuing in our series on the book of Acts, 00:02:19.939 --> 00:02:23.719 seeing what living in the new world looks like. 00:02:24.699 --> 00:02:28.039 And today we see what apology is. 00:02:28.080 --> 00:02:29.979 We see a new repentance. 00:02:29.979 --> 00:02:35.179 The people in Jerusalem realize what they have done to Jesus 00:02:35.179 --> 00:02:37.819 and they are cut to the heart. 00:02:38.699 --> 00:02:41.000 And we see what it means to repent, 00:02:41.259 --> 00:02:43.359 to say sorry and to be forgiven. 00:02:44.060 --> 00:02:47.639 Today we'll see what to do when we have that, 00:02:47.899 --> 00:02:50.939 oh no, what have I done moment. 00:02:51.639 --> 00:02:54.259 And we'll be reminded what it means to repent 00:02:54.259 --> 00:02:57.579 and how wonderful it is to have a God 00:02:57.579 --> 00:03:00.719 who deals with our sin once and for all. 00:03:01.959 --> 00:03:04.239 We're going to be three points this morning. 00:03:04.659 --> 00:03:08.879 The first is seeing the requirements for repentance. 00:03:10.340 --> 00:03:13.899 So the disciples have done what Jesus told them to do 00:03:13.899 --> 00:03:14.859 in Acts chapter one. 00:03:14.959 --> 00:03:18.799 They were told to wait in Jerusalem until Pentecost. 00:03:19.639 --> 00:03:20.439 And they've done that. 00:03:20.439 --> 00:03:23.199 Pentecost means 50. 00:03:23.900 --> 00:03:28.000 And so Pentecost is 50 days after Passover, 00:03:28.419 --> 00:03:31.579 a famous Jewish festival, Passover, 00:03:31.579 --> 00:03:34.919 when they remembered what God did passing over their sins. 00:03:35.340 --> 00:03:39.919 50 days after that is 7 times 7 plus 1, 00:03:40.300 --> 00:03:43.060 which is where they get 50, the Pentecost from. 00:03:43.719 --> 00:03:46.520 And so we see what happens on this day. 00:03:46.680 --> 00:03:48.460 Acts chapter 2, verse 2. 00:03:48.460 --> 00:03:53.740 Suddenly, a sound like the blowing of a violent wind 00:03:53.740 --> 00:03:56.240 came from heaven and filled the whole house 00:03:56.240 --> 00:03:56.900 where they were sitting. 00:03:57.640 --> 00:04:00.319 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated 00:04:00.319 --> 00:04:02.240 and came to rest on each of them. 00:04:02.860 --> 00:04:04.760 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit 00:04:04.760 --> 00:04:06.520 and began to speak in other tongues 00:04:06.520 --> 00:04:07.960 as the Spirit enabled them. 00:04:08.640 --> 00:04:11.920 This is a massive, dramatic moment 00:04:11.920 --> 00:04:13.240 in the history of the church. 00:04:13.760 --> 00:04:15.439 This was not just a simple breeze 00:04:15.439 --> 00:04:16.460 that blew through the house, 00:04:16.459 --> 00:04:18.439 but it is a violent wind. 00:04:19.060 --> 00:04:20.079 In the Old Testament, 00:04:20.279 --> 00:04:23.039 the word for the Spirit and wind 00:04:23.039 --> 00:04:24.339 are the same word. 00:04:24.500 --> 00:04:25.339 It's ruach. 00:04:26.139 --> 00:04:27.079 It's the same word. 00:04:27.199 --> 00:04:28.659 And so we see in the Old Testament 00:04:28.659 --> 00:04:31.039 that God made Adam come to life 00:04:31.039 --> 00:04:32.879 by breathing into him. 00:04:33.620 --> 00:04:35.359 And this rushing wind 00:04:35.359 --> 00:04:38.039 is God's life-giving Spirit 00:04:38.039 --> 00:04:39.899 coming to the apostles. 00:04:40.939 --> 00:04:42.279 We see tongues of fire 00:04:42.279 --> 00:04:43.599 coming to rest on these men. 00:04:43.600 --> 00:04:46.520 And again, fire is a common image of God. 00:04:46.820 --> 00:04:48.220 You only have to think back to, you know, 00:04:48.300 --> 00:04:49.780 Moses and the burning bush. 00:04:51.160 --> 00:04:52.200 And so the Holy Spirit 00:04:52.200 --> 00:04:54.180 comes upon these men 00:04:54.180 --> 00:04:55.920 so that they could be 00:04:55.920 --> 00:04:57.939 about God's mission. 00:04:58.920 --> 00:05:00.020 Last week with Steve, 00:05:00.080 --> 00:05:00.620 in chapter 1, 00:05:00.700 --> 00:05:02.840 we saw that Jesus was sending 00:05:02.840 --> 00:05:03.980 his disciples, 00:05:04.100 --> 00:05:04.560 his apostles, 00:05:04.760 --> 00:05:05.780 out into the world. 00:05:06.020 --> 00:05:06.840 To Jerusalem, 00:05:07.280 --> 00:05:07.780 Judea, 00:05:08.540 --> 00:05:09.000 Samaria, 00:05:09.120 --> 00:05:10.220 and to the ends of the earth. 00:05:10.220 --> 00:05:12.680 But he wasn't going to send them out 00:05:12.680 --> 00:05:14.460 unprepared or unequipped. 00:05:15.500 --> 00:05:17.700 They would have the Holy Spirit. 00:05:18.360 --> 00:05:19.140 They were a witness 00:05:19.140 --> 00:05:20.500 to what they had seen 00:05:20.500 --> 00:05:21.340 about Jesus, 00:05:21.540 --> 00:05:23.800 equipped to share the good news 00:05:23.800 --> 00:05:25.660 to the ends of the earth. 00:05:26.680 --> 00:05:28.220 And the Holy Spirit fills them here 00:05:28.220 --> 00:05:29.320 so that they begin 00:05:29.320 --> 00:05:30.600 to speak in other languages. 00:05:30.960 --> 00:05:32.400 And I love this part of the Bible. 00:05:32.960 --> 00:05:34.240 If you've heard me speak 00:05:34.240 --> 00:05:35.520 about this kind of thing before, 00:05:35.900 --> 00:05:37.380 I've prayed for this 00:05:37.379 --> 00:05:38.639 because I really want to be able 00:05:38.639 --> 00:05:39.899 to speak Mandarin Chinese. 00:05:40.399 --> 00:05:42.519 And learning it takes time. 00:05:43.100 --> 00:05:45.019 And I really wish 00:05:45.019 --> 00:05:46.159 that had happened to me. 00:05:46.500 --> 00:05:47.560 But here it happens. 00:05:48.600 --> 00:05:51.319 God miraculously gifts these people 00:05:51.319 --> 00:05:52.319 so that they can speak 00:05:52.319 --> 00:05:53.399 other languages. 00:05:53.839 --> 00:05:54.600 And they're speaking 00:05:54.600 --> 00:05:56.639 about God's mighty deeds. 00:05:57.240 --> 00:05:59.060 And they're making such a commotion 00:05:59.060 --> 00:06:00.379 about God in other languages 00:06:00.379 --> 00:06:01.860 that people around them 00:06:01.860 --> 00:06:02.779 hear and gather. 00:06:03.379 --> 00:06:04.019 Verse 5. 00:06:04.019 --> 00:06:07.039 Now, they were staying in Jerusalem 00:06:07.039 --> 00:06:08.759 God-fearing Jews 00:06:08.759 --> 00:06:10.799 from every nation under heaven. 00:06:11.759 --> 00:06:12.979 When they heard this sound, 00:06:13.240 --> 00:06:14.459 a crowd came together 00:06:14.459 --> 00:06:15.259 in bewilderment 00:06:15.259 --> 00:06:17.019 because each one heard 00:06:17.019 --> 00:06:18.539 their own language being spoken. 00:06:19.379 --> 00:06:20.099 Utterly amazed, 00:06:20.180 --> 00:06:20.479 they asked, 00:06:20.579 --> 00:06:22.279 aren't all these 00:06:22.279 --> 00:06:23.959 who are speaking Galileans? 00:06:25.259 --> 00:06:26.019 Luke, the author, 00:06:26.339 --> 00:06:27.959 is making a real point 00:06:27.959 --> 00:06:28.680 in verse 5 00:06:28.680 --> 00:06:30.519 explaining that there were 00:06:30.519 --> 00:06:31.699 God-fearing Jews 00:06:31.699 --> 00:06:33.339 from every nation 00:06:33.339 --> 00:06:34.360 under heaven 00:06:34.360 --> 00:06:35.079 in Jerusalem. 00:06:35.719 --> 00:06:36.399 They were there 00:06:36.399 --> 00:06:37.599 because of the religious festivals, 00:06:37.800 --> 00:06:38.139 Passover, 00:06:38.459 --> 00:06:39.379 and then Pentecost. 00:06:40.579 --> 00:06:41.139 And the story 00:06:41.139 --> 00:06:42.139 of the Old Testament 00:06:42.139 --> 00:06:44.519 from the Tower of Babel 00:06:44.519 --> 00:06:46.060 all of the way through 00:06:46.060 --> 00:06:46.959 to their exile 00:06:46.959 --> 00:06:48.539 had been a history 00:06:48.539 --> 00:06:49.659 of disobedience. 00:06:50.500 --> 00:06:51.620 They disobeyed God 00:06:51.620 --> 00:06:52.939 over and over. 00:06:53.360 --> 00:06:55.519 And he scattered them 00:06:55.519 --> 00:06:56.680 at the Tower of Babel. 00:06:56.800 --> 00:06:57.699 He sent them into exile 00:06:58.319 --> 00:06:59.259 in their history. 00:06:59.259 --> 00:07:01.639 Those who should have been 00:07:01.639 --> 00:07:03.159 living in the promised land 00:07:03.159 --> 00:07:04.560 had been spread 00:07:04.560 --> 00:07:05.800 across the known world. 00:07:06.680 --> 00:07:07.439 They've grown up 00:07:07.439 --> 00:07:08.800 in foreign countries 00:07:08.800 --> 00:07:10.319 speaking languages 00:07:10.319 --> 00:07:11.259 not their own, 00:07:12.219 --> 00:07:13.980 but they are all gathered 00:07:13.980 --> 00:07:15.159 for Pentecost 00:07:15.159 --> 00:07:16.000 and for Passover. 00:07:16.879 --> 00:07:17.719 And God uses 00:07:17.719 --> 00:07:18.659 his disciples 00:07:18.659 --> 00:07:20.219 to speak to his 00:07:20.219 --> 00:07:20.980 scattered people 00:07:20.980 --> 00:07:21.980 who have gathered 00:07:21.980 --> 00:07:22.659 for this moment. 00:07:23.439 --> 00:07:24.439 The Holy Spirit 00:07:24.439 --> 00:07:25.699 brings unity 00:07:25.699 --> 00:07:27.500 where there was division. 00:07:27.500 --> 00:07:29.779 The list of people 00:07:29.779 --> 00:07:30.860 that had gathered 00:07:30.860 --> 00:07:31.500 was impressive. 00:07:31.680 --> 00:07:32.180 Verse 9. 00:07:32.680 --> 00:07:33.920 Parthians, Medes, 00:07:34.079 --> 00:07:34.600 Elamites, 00:07:35.139 --> 00:07:36.319 residents of Mesopotamia, 00:07:36.420 --> 00:07:37.379 Judea, Cappadocia, 00:07:37.560 --> 00:07:38.379 Pontus, Asia, 00:07:38.740 --> 00:07:39.660 Phrygia, Pamphylia, 00:07:39.819 --> 00:07:40.180 Egypt, 00:07:40.800 --> 00:07:41.519 parts of Libya 00:07:41.519 --> 00:07:42.300 near Cyrene, 00:07:42.420 --> 00:07:43.560 visitors from Rome, 00:07:43.800 --> 00:07:44.939 both Jews and converts, 00:07:45.420 --> 00:07:46.480 Cretans and Arabs. 00:07:47.319 --> 00:07:48.480 We hear them 00:07:48.480 --> 00:07:50.339 declaring the wonders 00:07:50.339 --> 00:07:51.000 of God 00:07:51.000 --> 00:07:52.259 in our own language. 00:07:53.360 --> 00:07:53.899 Have you ever had 00:07:53.899 --> 00:07:54.399 that feeling 00:07:54.399 --> 00:07:55.839 when you're on 00:07:55.839 --> 00:07:56.659 holidays overseas 00:07:56.659 --> 00:07:57.719 if you can remember 00:07:57.719 --> 00:07:58.799 being what overseas 00:07:58.799 --> 00:07:59.279 is like? 00:07:59.859 --> 00:08:01.199 And you have this moment 00:08:01.199 --> 00:08:02.239 in a non-English 00:08:02.239 --> 00:08:02.799 speaking country 00:08:02.799 --> 00:08:03.459 if that's your 00:08:03.459 --> 00:08:04.199 first language 00:08:04.199 --> 00:08:06.379 where you don't 00:08:06.379 --> 00:08:07.199 understand 00:08:07.199 --> 00:08:08.379 what everyone's 00:08:08.379 --> 00:08:09.299 saying around you. 00:08:09.500 --> 00:08:10.839 It feels very foreign 00:08:10.839 --> 00:08:12.279 because it is. 00:08:12.979 --> 00:08:13.959 And then off in the distance 00:08:13.959 --> 00:08:14.599 you hear someone 00:08:14.599 --> 00:08:15.620 speaking your language. 00:08:16.399 --> 00:08:17.099 You hear, you know, 00:08:17.139 --> 00:08:17.899 someone speaking English 00:08:17.899 --> 00:08:18.679 if you're in a non-English 00:08:18.679 --> 00:08:19.239 speaking country 00:08:19.239 --> 00:08:19.799 and it's just like, 00:08:19.939 --> 00:08:20.199 oh, 00:08:21.179 --> 00:08:22.419 they will understand me. 00:08:23.379 --> 00:08:24.120 They know 00:08:24.120 --> 00:08:25.019 what it is like. 00:08:26.060 --> 00:08:26.980 And there's just 00:08:26.980 --> 00:08:28.680 a feeling of home 00:08:28.680 --> 00:08:29.639 and resonance. 00:08:29.939 --> 00:08:30.699 I can imagine 00:08:30.699 --> 00:08:31.860 that for these people. 00:08:32.639 --> 00:08:33.560 These Jews 00:08:33.560 --> 00:08:35.159 whose first language 00:08:35.159 --> 00:08:36.899 is not 00:08:36.899 --> 00:08:39.159 the local language. 00:08:39.659 --> 00:08:40.220 But now 00:08:40.220 --> 00:08:41.100 they are hearing 00:08:41.100 --> 00:08:42.179 the good news 00:08:42.179 --> 00:08:42.720 of God 00:08:42.720 --> 00:08:43.860 in their 00:08:43.860 --> 00:08:44.879 own language. 00:08:46.159 --> 00:08:46.639 Some 00:08:46.639 --> 00:08:47.460 just think 00:08:47.460 --> 00:08:48.220 that they were drunk. 00:08:49.500 --> 00:08:50.379 But Peter 00:08:50.379 --> 00:08:51.799 gets up 00:08:51.799 --> 00:08:52.799 and he speaks. 00:08:52.799 --> 00:08:53.179 Peter, 00:08:53.299 --> 00:08:54.240 who had been 00:08:54.240 --> 00:08:54.919 very fearful, 00:08:55.639 --> 00:08:56.240 who had 00:08:56.240 --> 00:08:57.500 run 00:08:57.500 --> 00:08:58.259 at the first 00:08:58.259 --> 00:08:59.099 side of opposition, 00:08:59.319 --> 00:09:00.059 the Holy Spirit 00:09:00.059 --> 00:09:01.139 not only 00:09:01.139 --> 00:09:01.759 has enabled 00:09:01.759 --> 00:09:02.919 him to speak 00:09:02.919 --> 00:09:03.819 in other languages, 00:09:04.299 --> 00:09:05.399 the Holy Spirit 00:09:05.399 --> 00:09:06.679 fills Peter 00:09:06.679 --> 00:09:08.500 and is changing him 00:09:08.500 --> 00:09:09.339 from being 00:09:09.339 --> 00:09:10.019 someone who 00:09:10.019 --> 00:09:10.879 was fearful 00:09:10.879 --> 00:09:11.779 and stuttering 00:09:11.779 --> 00:09:13.439 to now 00:09:13.439 --> 00:09:13.939 someone who 00:09:13.939 --> 00:09:14.399 is able to 00:09:14.399 --> 00:09:15.059 get up in front 00:09:15.059 --> 00:09:15.519 of a crowd 00:09:15.519 --> 00:09:16.179 and preach. 00:09:16.799 --> 00:09:17.859 And he explains 00:09:17.859 --> 00:09:18.740 what is going on. 00:09:19.319 --> 00:09:20.019 They're not drunk, 00:09:20.120 --> 00:09:20.620 it's nine o'clock 00:09:20.620 --> 00:09:21.100 in the morning, 00:09:21.299 --> 00:09:22.179 but this 00:09:22.179 --> 00:09:23.159 is what 00:09:23.159 --> 00:09:24.100 was prophesied 00:09:24.100 --> 00:09:24.519 long ago. 00:09:24.639 --> 00:09:25.320 What is happening 00:09:25.320 --> 00:09:26.060 right now 00:09:26.060 --> 00:09:26.799 we have been 00:09:26.799 --> 00:09:27.560 waiting for 00:09:27.560 --> 00:09:28.379 for years 00:09:28.379 --> 00:09:29.220 and years. 00:09:30.200 --> 00:09:30.919 And he takes 00:09:30.919 --> 00:09:31.200 them 00:09:31.200 --> 00:09:32.620 step by step 00:09:32.620 --> 00:09:33.480 to see 00:09:33.480 --> 00:09:34.460 who Jesus is. 00:09:34.799 --> 00:09:35.360 And he quotes 00:09:35.360 --> 00:09:36.019 from the prophet 00:09:36.019 --> 00:09:36.519 Joel 00:09:36.519 --> 00:09:37.659 and from King 00:09:37.659 --> 00:09:38.080 David. 00:09:38.899 --> 00:09:39.519 From Joel, 00:09:39.879 --> 00:09:40.840 in the last days 00:09:40.840 --> 00:09:41.580 God says, 00:09:42.060 --> 00:09:42.779 I will pour 00:09:42.779 --> 00:09:43.679 my spirit out 00:09:43.679 --> 00:09:44.940 on all 00:09:44.940 --> 00:09:45.740 people. 00:09:45.740 --> 00:09:47.779 God 00:09:47.779 --> 00:09:48.680 giving the 00:09:48.680 --> 00:09:49.200 Holy Spirit 00:09:49.200 --> 00:09:49.600 to all 00:09:49.600 --> 00:09:49.899 people. 00:09:50.159 --> 00:09:50.460 Again, 00:09:50.539 --> 00:09:50.960 this is an 00:09:50.960 --> 00:09:51.560 amazing 00:09:51.560 --> 00:09:52.080 dramatic 00:09:52.080 --> 00:09:52.480 shift 00:09:52.480 --> 00:09:52.799 from the 00:09:52.799 --> 00:09:53.299 Old Testament 00:09:53.299 --> 00:09:54.200 because 00:09:54.200 --> 00:09:54.820 previously 00:09:54.820 --> 00:09:56.080 God's 00:09:56.080 --> 00:09:56.600 Holy Spirit 00:09:56.600 --> 00:09:57.340 would come 00:09:57.340 --> 00:09:58.620 upon kings 00:09:58.620 --> 00:09:59.759 and prophets 00:09:59.759 --> 00:10:00.899 and a select 00:10:00.899 --> 00:10:01.440 few. 00:10:02.480 --> 00:10:03.019 But now 00:10:03.019 --> 00:10:04.240 the Spirit 00:10:04.240 --> 00:10:04.580 is given 00:10:04.580 --> 00:10:05.220 to young, 00:10:05.620 --> 00:10:06.500 to old, 00:10:06.680 --> 00:10:07.279 to male, 00:10:07.500 --> 00:10:08.220 to female. 00:10:10.000 --> 00:10:10.440 Peter is 00:10:10.440 --> 00:10:10.820 showing them 00:10:10.820 --> 00:10:11.159 in this 00:10:11.159 --> 00:10:12.039 first step 00:10:12.039 --> 00:10:13.500 that Joel 00:10:13.500 --> 00:10:14.060 promised that 00:10:14.060 --> 00:10:14.560 God would 00:10:14.560 --> 00:10:15.240 pour out 00:10:15.240 --> 00:10:15.799 the Spirit. 00:10:16.299 --> 00:10:16.639 And that is 00:10:16.639 --> 00:10:17.460 exactly what's 00:10:17.460 --> 00:10:17.720 happening. 00:10:19.320 --> 00:10:19.919 Not only that, 00:10:20.019 --> 00:10:20.539 King David 00:10:20.539 --> 00:10:21.100 said that they 00:10:21.100 --> 00:10:21.639 should expect 00:10:21.639 --> 00:10:22.379 someone better 00:10:22.379 --> 00:10:22.840 than King 00:10:22.840 --> 00:10:23.580 David himself, 00:10:24.060 --> 00:10:24.680 someone who 00:10:24.680 --> 00:10:25.799 would not be 00:10:25.799 --> 00:10:26.440 abandoned to 00:10:26.440 --> 00:10:26.919 the realm 00:10:26.919 --> 00:10:27.659 of the dead, 00:10:27.980 --> 00:10:28.680 whose body 00:10:28.680 --> 00:10:29.700 would not 00:10:29.700 --> 00:10:30.399 see decay. 00:10:30.919 --> 00:10:31.580 And that's 00:10:31.580 --> 00:10:32.039 not David. 00:10:33.379 --> 00:10:34.000 Verse 29, 00:10:34.200 --> 00:10:34.860 fellow Israelites, 00:10:35.000 --> 00:10:35.799 I can confidently 00:10:35.799 --> 00:10:36.360 tell you that 00:10:36.360 --> 00:10:36.860 the patriarch 00:10:36.860 --> 00:10:37.840 David died 00:10:37.840 --> 00:10:38.580 and he was 00:10:38.580 --> 00:10:39.379 buried and 00:10:39.379 --> 00:10:39.940 his tomb 00:10:39.940 --> 00:10:40.539 is here to 00:10:40.539 --> 00:10:41.039 this day. 00:10:42.340 --> 00:10:42.919 Seeing what 00:10:42.919 --> 00:10:43.419 was to come, 00:10:43.480 --> 00:10:44.000 he spoke of 00:10:44.000 --> 00:10:44.779 the resurrection 00:10:44.779 --> 00:10:45.779 of the Messiah, 00:10:46.559 --> 00:10:47.179 that he was 00:10:47.179 --> 00:10:47.939 not abandoned 00:10:47.939 --> 00:10:48.480 to the realm 00:10:48.480 --> 00:10:49.000 of the dead, 00:10:49.220 --> 00:10:49.939 nor did his 00:10:49.939 --> 00:10:50.500 body see 00:10:50.500 --> 00:10:50.720 decay. 00:10:51.139 --> 00:10:51.620 God has 00:10:51.620 --> 00:10:52.779 raised this 00:10:52.779 --> 00:10:53.559 Jesus to 00:10:53.559 --> 00:10:54.279 life and 00:10:54.279 --> 00:10:54.860 we are all 00:10:54.860 --> 00:10:55.379 witnesses of 00:10:55.379 --> 00:10:55.539 it. 00:10:56.740 --> 00:10:57.879 Joel prophesied 00:10:57.879 --> 00:10:58.559 that the Spirit 00:10:58.559 --> 00:10:59.379 would come on 00:10:59.379 --> 00:11:00.079 all people and 00:11:00.079 --> 00:11:00.799 you are seeing 00:11:00.799 --> 00:11:01.059 it. 00:11:01.779 --> 00:11:02.600 David knew 00:11:02.600 --> 00:11:03.220 that the Lord 00:11:03.220 --> 00:11:03.879 and Messiah 00:11:03.879 --> 00:11:04.659 would die 00:11:04.659 --> 00:11:05.500 but not see 00:11:05.500 --> 00:11:06.299 decay and 00:11:06.299 --> 00:11:07.100 we have seen 00:11:07.100 --> 00:11:07.319 it, the 00:11:07.319 --> 00:11:08.019 apostles have 00:11:08.019 --> 00:11:08.459 seen it. 00:11:09.919 --> 00:11:10.299 And then 00:11:10.299 --> 00:11:11.459 Peter gets 00:11:11.460 --> 00:11:12.000 to the point, 00:11:12.780 --> 00:11:13.680 verse 36, 00:11:14.240 --> 00:11:14.540 therefore, 00:11:15.600 --> 00:11:16.300 let all 00:11:16.300 --> 00:11:17.160 Israel be 00:11:17.160 --> 00:11:17.720 assured of 00:11:17.720 --> 00:11:18.060 this, 00:11:18.879 --> 00:11:19.500 God has 00:11:19.500 --> 00:11:20.080 made this 00:11:20.080 --> 00:11:21.180 Jesus whom 00:11:21.180 --> 00:11:22.180 you crucified, 00:11:23.120 --> 00:11:23.840 both Lord 00:11:23.840 --> 00:11:24.879 and Messiah, 00:11:25.240 --> 00:11:25.940 the one 00:11:25.940 --> 00:11:27.840 you crucified. 00:11:29.060 --> 00:11:29.700 He is the 00:11:29.700 --> 00:11:30.480 Lord and 00:11:30.480 --> 00:11:31.160 he is the 00:11:31.160 --> 00:11:31.639 Messiah. 00:11:32.740 --> 00:11:33.420 And the 00:11:33.420 --> 00:11:34.320 crowd have 00:11:34.320 --> 00:11:34.700 that, 00:11:35.540 --> 00:11:36.519 oh no, 00:11:36.879 --> 00:11:37.700 what have 00:11:37.700 --> 00:11:38.240 we done 00:11:38.240 --> 00:11:38.560 moment. 00:11:38.559 --> 00:11:40.500 that painful, 00:11:40.779 --> 00:11:41.839 gut-wrenching, 00:11:42.079 --> 00:11:43.000 heart-cutting 00:11:43.000 --> 00:11:44.239 moment when 00:11:44.239 --> 00:11:44.939 they realised 00:11:44.939 --> 00:11:45.759 that they 00:11:45.759 --> 00:11:47.479 killed God. 00:11:48.259 --> 00:11:49.059 Verse 37, 00:11:50.059 --> 00:11:50.359 when the 00:11:50.359 --> 00:11:50.859 people heard 00:11:50.859 --> 00:11:51.239 this, 00:11:52.079 --> 00:11:52.339 they were 00:11:52.339 --> 00:11:52.979 cut to the 00:11:52.979 --> 00:11:54.119 heart and 00:11:54.119 --> 00:11:54.619 said to 00:11:54.619 --> 00:11:55.119 Peter and 00:11:55.119 --> 00:11:55.479 the other 00:11:55.479 --> 00:11:55.919 apostles, 00:11:56.139 --> 00:11:56.419 brothers, 00:11:57.500 --> 00:11:58.679 what should 00:11:58.679 --> 00:11:59.759 we do? 00:12:00.979 --> 00:12:01.979 That phrase 00:12:01.979 --> 00:12:02.339 is so 00:12:02.339 --> 00:12:02.779 painful, 00:12:03.119 --> 00:12:04.119 cut to the 00:12:04.119 --> 00:12:04.379 heart, 00:12:04.639 --> 00:12:05.559 what do 00:12:05.559 --> 00:12:06.219 we do? 00:12:06.959 --> 00:12:07.599 We killed 00:12:07.599 --> 00:12:07.859 him. 00:12:08.559 --> 00:12:09.459 The one 00:12:09.459 --> 00:12:09.759 that we 00:12:09.759 --> 00:12:10.039 have been 00:12:10.039 --> 00:12:10.739 waiting for, 00:12:11.000 --> 00:12:11.619 God's 00:12:11.619 --> 00:12:12.839 chosen one, 00:12:13.119 --> 00:12:13.819 the Lord 00:12:13.819 --> 00:12:14.239 who would 00:12:14.239 --> 00:12:14.919 save us 00:12:14.919 --> 00:12:16.179 and we 00:12:16.179 --> 00:12:17.019 killed him. 00:12:18.559 --> 00:12:19.059 What do 00:12:19.059 --> 00:12:19.619 we do? 00:12:20.319 --> 00:12:20.779 I can 00:12:20.779 --> 00:12:21.179 imagine 00:12:21.179 --> 00:12:21.759 their minds 00:12:21.759 --> 00:12:22.239 spinning with 00:12:22.239 --> 00:12:23.319 options of 00:12:23.319 --> 00:12:23.579 what they 00:12:23.579 --> 00:12:23.959 could do. 00:12:24.059 --> 00:12:24.439 Maybe it's 00:12:24.439 --> 00:12:24.819 just the 00:12:24.819 --> 00:12:25.899 Aussie male 00:12:25.899 --> 00:12:26.439 dad in 00:12:26.439 --> 00:12:26.659 me. 00:12:26.779 --> 00:12:27.519 I can 00:12:27.519 --> 00:12:27.979 fix it. 00:12:28.719 --> 00:12:29.000 I see 00:12:29.000 --> 00:12:29.359 one of my 00:12:29.359 --> 00:12:29.679 kids with 00:12:29.679 --> 00:12:30.299 a toy that's 00:12:30.299 --> 00:12:31.579 not a little 00:12:31.579 --> 00:12:31.959 bit broken, 00:12:32.179 --> 00:12:32.539 pass it to 00:12:32.539 --> 00:12:32.819 me, I'll 00:12:32.819 --> 00:12:33.199 fix it. 00:12:33.459 --> 00:12:34.139 Gaffer tape, 00:12:34.219 --> 00:12:34.659 hot glue, 00:12:34.779 --> 00:12:35.139 whatever it 00:12:35.139 --> 00:12:36.059 takes, I 00:12:36.059 --> 00:12:36.659 will fix it. 00:12:36.659 --> 00:12:37.879 I can 00:12:37.879 --> 00:12:38.360 imagine that 00:12:38.360 --> 00:12:38.779 feeling in 00:12:38.779 --> 00:12:39.279 the crowd. 00:12:39.719 --> 00:12:40.019 Surely 00:12:40.019 --> 00:12:40.299 there's 00:12:40.299 --> 00:12:40.679 something we 00:12:40.679 --> 00:12:41.139 can do. 00:12:41.759 --> 00:12:42.360 God sent 00:12:42.360 --> 00:12:42.860 him back, 00:12:42.980 --> 00:12:43.919 we'll love 00:12:43.919 --> 00:12:44.240 him this 00:12:44.240 --> 00:12:44.600 time. 00:12:45.459 --> 00:12:45.699 We'll 00:12:45.699 --> 00:12:46.360 take care of 00:12:46.360 --> 00:12:46.740 him, we 00:12:46.740 --> 00:12:47.139 promise. 00:12:48.299 --> 00:12:48.679 We'll 00:12:48.679 --> 00:12:49.059 give more 00:12:49.059 --> 00:12:49.419 money to 00:12:49.419 --> 00:12:49.819 the synagogue, 00:12:50.059 --> 00:12:50.579 we'll give 00:12:50.579 --> 00:12:51.500 more sacrifices. 00:12:51.939 --> 00:12:52.319 We've 00:12:52.319 --> 00:12:52.799 stuffed up, 00:12:52.860 --> 00:12:53.259 but surely 00:12:53.259 --> 00:12:53.899 we can earn 00:12:53.899 --> 00:12:54.419 your forgiveness. 00:12:57.419 --> 00:12:57.899 38, 00:12:58.079 --> 00:12:58.899 verse 38, 00:12:59.000 --> 00:12:59.659 Peter replied, 00:12:59.659 --> 00:13:01.959 repent and 00:13:01.959 --> 00:13:02.559 be baptized, 00:13:02.899 --> 00:13:03.480 every one 00:13:03.480 --> 00:13:03.759 of you, 00:13:03.899 --> 00:13:04.539 in the name 00:13:04.539 --> 00:13:05.360 of Jesus 00:13:05.360 --> 00:13:05.959 Christ for 00:13:05.959 --> 00:13:06.439 the forgiveness 00:13:06.439 --> 00:13:06.959 of your 00:13:06.959 --> 00:13:08.399 sins, and 00:13:08.399 --> 00:13:08.759 you will 00:13:08.759 --> 00:13:09.480 receive the 00:13:09.480 --> 00:13:09.980 gift of 00:13:09.980 --> 00:13:10.360 the Holy 00:13:10.360 --> 00:13:10.719 Spirit. 00:13:11.539 --> 00:13:12.039 Repent, 00:13:12.519 --> 00:13:13.539 turn away 00:13:13.539 --> 00:13:14.000 from your 00:13:14.000 --> 00:13:16.019 sin, be 00:13:16.019 --> 00:13:16.899 baptized, be 00:13:16.899 --> 00:13:18.579 washed clean 00:13:18.579 --> 00:13:20.319 in the name 00:13:20.319 --> 00:13:20.699 of Jesus 00:13:20.699 --> 00:13:21.379 Christ, because 00:13:21.379 --> 00:13:22.199 this Jesus, 00:13:22.360 --> 00:13:23.219 he is still 00:13:23.219 --> 00:13:24.419 working now. 00:13:26.059 --> 00:13:27.059 Your sins 00:13:27.059 --> 00:13:27.600 will be 00:13:27.600 --> 00:13:28.199 forgiven, they 00:13:28.199 --> 00:13:28.519 will be 00:13:28.519 --> 00:13:29.220 wiped out, 00:13:29.659 --> 00:13:30.199 and you 00:13:30.199 --> 00:13:30.860 will receive 00:13:30.860 --> 00:13:31.480 the Holy 00:13:31.480 --> 00:13:31.899 Spirit. 00:13:32.419 --> 00:13:32.879 No longer 00:13:32.879 --> 00:13:33.379 is God 00:13:33.379 --> 00:13:33.759 going to 00:13:33.759 --> 00:13:34.439 dwell in 00:13:34.439 --> 00:13:35.079 the temple, 00:13:35.579 --> 00:13:36.159 but in 00:13:36.159 --> 00:13:36.740 his people, 00:13:36.939 --> 00:13:37.679 they will 00:13:37.679 --> 00:13:38.360 be the 00:13:38.360 --> 00:13:38.639 temple. 00:13:38.879 --> 00:13:39.759 You can 00:13:39.759 --> 00:13:40.139 have a 00:13:40.139 --> 00:13:40.459 gift. 00:13:42.120 --> 00:13:42.559 And that 00:13:42.559 --> 00:13:43.919 day, about 00:13:43.919 --> 00:13:45.159 3,000 people 00:13:45.159 --> 00:13:45.819 were added to 00:13:45.819 --> 00:13:46.240 their number. 00:13:46.959 --> 00:13:47.539 This group 00:13:47.539 --> 00:13:48.199 started out 00:13:48.199 --> 00:13:49.679 divided by 00:13:49.679 --> 00:13:51.079 language and 00:13:51.079 --> 00:13:51.740 city of 00:13:51.740 --> 00:13:53.620 origin, but 00:13:53.620 --> 00:13:54.000 after they 00:13:54.000 --> 00:13:54.659 had repented 00:13:54.659 --> 00:13:55.419 and become 00:13:55.419 --> 00:13:56.100 part of God's 00:13:56.100 --> 00:13:56.600 family, they 00:13:56.600 --> 00:13:57.699 were all united 00:13:57.699 --> 00:13:58.139 together. 00:13:58.459 --> 00:13:59.120 Verse 44, 00:13:59.120 --> 00:13:59.799 all the 00:13:59.799 --> 00:14:00.360 believers were 00:14:00.360 --> 00:14:00.940 together and 00:14:00.940 --> 00:14:01.679 had everything 00:14:01.679 --> 00:14:02.500 in common. 00:14:03.480 --> 00:14:04.279 And twice it 00:14:04.279 --> 00:14:05.320 mentions that 00:14:05.320 --> 00:14:05.580 they were 00:14:05.580 --> 00:14:06.480 breaking bread 00:14:06.480 --> 00:14:06.980 together. 00:14:08.440 --> 00:14:09.279 God's Spirit 00:14:09.279 --> 00:14:10.320 has come, the 00:14:10.320 --> 00:14:10.879 gospel has 00:14:10.879 --> 00:14:11.379 gone out, 00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:12.519 thousands of 00:14:12.519 --> 00:14:13.000 people have 00:14:13.000 --> 00:14:13.899 been cut to 00:14:13.899 --> 00:14:14.620 the heart, 00:14:14.860 --> 00:14:15.480 they have 00:14:15.480 --> 00:14:16.419 repented and 00:14:16.419 --> 00:14:17.060 been baptized, 00:14:17.560 --> 00:14:19.120 and now they 00:14:19.120 --> 00:14:19.720 have God's 00:14:19.720 --> 00:14:20.419 new church. 00:14:21.620 --> 00:14:22.060 There is 00:14:22.060 --> 00:14:22.620 nothing that 00:14:22.620 --> 00:14:23.200 they could do 00:14:23.200 --> 00:14:23.779 to make up for 00:14:23.779 --> 00:14:24.500 their sins, 00:14:24.860 --> 00:14:25.799 but forgiveness 00:14:25.799 --> 00:14:26.779 is offered, 00:14:27.419 --> 00:14:27.819 and they 00:14:27.819 --> 00:14:28.620 have a gift 00:14:28.620 --> 00:14:28.959 given. 00:14:29.620 --> 00:14:30.240 The Holy 00:14:30.240 --> 00:14:31.019 Spirit, God 00:14:31.019 --> 00:14:31.779 himself would 00:14:31.779 --> 00:14:32.240 dwell in 00:14:32.240 --> 00:14:32.439 them. 00:14:33.319 --> 00:14:33.839 No one 00:14:33.839 --> 00:14:34.120 could have 00:14:34.120 --> 00:14:34.719 expected that, 00:14:34.799 --> 00:14:35.259 to go from 00:14:35.259 --> 00:14:36.719 that gut-wrenching 00:14:36.719 --> 00:14:37.339 moment of 00:14:37.339 --> 00:14:38.219 realization of 00:14:38.219 --> 00:14:38.839 what have I 00:14:38.839 --> 00:14:41.039 done, to be 00:14:41.039 --> 00:14:41.519 told that they 00:14:41.519 --> 00:14:41.959 are forgiven, 00:14:42.379 --> 00:14:42.759 and they're 00:14:42.759 --> 00:14:43.599 getting a gift 00:14:43.599 --> 00:14:44.159 instead. 00:14:45.439 --> 00:14:46.079 This is 00:14:46.079 --> 00:14:47.539 wonderful joy, 00:14:47.699 --> 00:14:48.219 this is 00:14:48.219 --> 00:14:49.599 amazing freedom. 00:14:49.600 --> 00:14:51.800 We see this 00:14:51.800 --> 00:14:53.159 structure in 00:14:53.159 --> 00:14:54.200 chapter 2, 00:14:54.340 --> 00:14:55.340 where God 00:14:55.340 --> 00:14:56.139 works a 00:14:56.139 --> 00:14:56.540 miracle. 00:14:58.879 --> 00:14:59.519 Somebody 00:14:59.519 --> 00:15:00.320 preaches the 00:15:00.320 --> 00:15:01.639 gospel, and 00:15:01.639 --> 00:15:02.399 then thousands 00:15:02.399 --> 00:15:03.220 get saved. 00:15:03.300 --> 00:15:03.720 It is the 00:15:03.720 --> 00:15:04.680 same that 00:15:04.680 --> 00:15:05.259 happens in 00:15:05.259 --> 00:15:05.860 chapter 3. 00:15:06.240 --> 00:15:06.680 A miracle 00:15:06.680 --> 00:15:08.040 happens, Peter 00:15:08.040 --> 00:15:08.759 preaches the 00:15:08.759 --> 00:15:09.320 gospel, and we 00:15:09.320 --> 00:15:09.960 see thousands 00:15:09.960 --> 00:15:10.800 get saved. 00:15:12.379 --> 00:15:13.340 In chapter 3, 00:15:14.200 --> 00:15:15.100 the miracle is 00:15:15.100 --> 00:15:16.240 a lame man 00:15:16.240 --> 00:15:17.080 being healed. 00:15:17.200 --> 00:15:17.620 This is our 00:15:17.620 --> 00:15:18.080 second point 00:15:18.080 --> 00:15:19.500 today, as 00:15:19.500 --> 00:15:20.340 we see the 00:15:20.340 --> 00:15:20.940 freedom that 00:15:20.940 --> 00:15:21.539 comes from 00:15:21.539 --> 00:15:22.000 repentance. 00:15:23.940 --> 00:15:24.659 One day, 00:15:25.100 --> 00:15:26.379 Peter, along 00:15:26.379 --> 00:15:27.820 with John, was 00:15:27.820 --> 00:15:28.279 heading to the 00:15:28.279 --> 00:15:29.480 temple, and 00:15:29.480 --> 00:15:29.820 there was a 00:15:29.820 --> 00:15:30.759 lame man 00:15:30.759 --> 00:15:31.240 begging. 00:15:32.279 --> 00:15:32.840 Expecting to 00:15:32.840 --> 00:15:33.240 get money, 00:15:33.360 --> 00:15:33.960 verse 6, 00:15:34.379 --> 00:15:35.059 Peter said, 00:15:36.039 --> 00:15:36.820 silver or 00:15:36.820 --> 00:15:38.039 gold I do 00:15:38.039 --> 00:15:39.519 not have, but 00:15:39.519 --> 00:15:40.240 what I do 00:15:40.240 --> 00:15:41.259 have I give 00:15:41.259 --> 00:15:41.480 you. 00:15:42.000 --> 00:15:42.679 In the name 00:15:42.679 --> 00:15:43.059 of Jesus 00:15:43.059 --> 00:15:43.700 Christ of 00:15:43.700 --> 00:15:44.120 Nazareth, 00:15:44.240 --> 00:15:44.519 walk. 00:15:44.840 --> 00:15:45.340 Taking him 00:15:45.340 --> 00:15:45.860 by the right 00:15:45.860 --> 00:15:46.980 hand, he 00:15:46.980 --> 00:15:47.440 helped him 00:15:47.440 --> 00:15:48.179 up, and 00:15:48.179 --> 00:15:48.860 instantly the 00:15:48.860 --> 00:15:49.580 man's feet 00:15:49.580 --> 00:15:50.259 and ankles 00:15:50.259 --> 00:15:51.279 became strong. 00:15:51.860 --> 00:15:52.639 He jumped 00:15:52.639 --> 00:15:53.700 to his feet 00:15:53.700 --> 00:15:54.360 and began 00:15:54.360 --> 00:15:55.000 to walk. 00:15:55.300 --> 00:15:55.860 Then he 00:15:55.860 --> 00:15:56.419 went with 00:15:56.419 --> 00:15:56.840 them into 00:15:56.840 --> 00:15:57.200 the temple 00:15:57.200 --> 00:15:58.600 courts, walking 00:15:58.600 --> 00:15:59.879 and praising 00:15:59.879 --> 00:16:00.320 God. 00:16:01.240 --> 00:16:01.740 The people 00:16:01.740 --> 00:16:02.440 see the man 00:16:02.440 --> 00:16:03.519 jumping and 00:16:03.519 --> 00:16:04.460 praising, and 00:16:04.460 --> 00:16:05.100 they rush to 00:16:05.100 --> 00:16:05.580 Peter and 00:16:05.580 --> 00:16:05.860 John. 00:16:06.259 --> 00:16:06.680 And again, 00:16:07.519 --> 00:16:08.379 Peter gives 00:16:08.379 --> 00:16:08.779 context. 00:16:08.899 --> 00:16:09.539 He explains, 00:16:09.639 --> 00:16:10.340 he preaches 00:16:10.340 --> 00:16:11.240 about what God 00:16:11.240 --> 00:16:11.820 is doing in 00:16:11.820 --> 00:16:12.379 their midst. 00:16:12.379 --> 00:16:13.759 God 00:16:13.759 --> 00:16:14.379 is doing in 00:16:14.379 --> 00:16:14.779 the name of 00:16:14.779 --> 00:16:15.000 Jesus. 00:16:15.000 --> 00:16:15.899 Why do you 00:16:15.899 --> 00:16:16.200 stare at us as if by 00:16:16.200 --> 00:16:17.580 our own power or 00:16:17.580 --> 00:16:19.100 our godliness we had 00:16:19.100 --> 00:16:20.200 made this man walk? 00:16:20.820 --> 00:16:21.919 The God of Abraham, 00:16:22.259 --> 00:16:23.419 Isaac, and Jacob, the 00:16:23.419 --> 00:16:24.500 God of our fathers has 00:16:24.500 --> 00:16:25.679 glorified his servant 00:16:25.679 --> 00:16:26.220 Jesus. 00:16:26.700 --> 00:16:27.399 Verse 15, 00:16:28.259 --> 00:16:31.299 you killed the author 00:16:31.299 --> 00:16:34.159 of life, but God 00:16:34.159 --> 00:16:35.179 raised him from the 00:16:35.179 --> 00:16:35.419 dead. 00:16:36.240 --> 00:16:37.240 We are witness of 00:16:37.240 --> 00:16:37.500 this. 00:16:37.500 --> 00:16:38.600 By faith in the 00:16:38.600 --> 00:16:39.500 name of Jesus, this 00:16:39.500 --> 00:16:41.379 man whom you see and 00:16:41.379 --> 00:16:42.480 know has been made 00:16:42.480 --> 00:16:42.899 strong. 00:16:43.580 --> 00:16:45.419 It is Jesus' name and 00:16:45.419 --> 00:16:46.480 the faith that comes 00:16:46.480 --> 00:16:47.559 through him that has 00:16:47.559 --> 00:16:48.500 completely healed him, 00:16:49.120 --> 00:16:50.679 as you can all see. 00:16:51.539 --> 00:16:52.639 And again, Peter gets 00:16:52.639 --> 00:16:53.220 to the point. 00:16:53.500 --> 00:16:54.399 He doesn't just talk 00:16:54.399 --> 00:16:55.419 about God just to 00:16:55.419 --> 00:16:57.139 talk about him, but 00:16:57.139 --> 00:16:59.360 talks about him, 00:16:59.700 --> 00:17:01.080 theologizes about him 00:17:01.080 --> 00:17:02.340 for the sake of 00:17:02.340 --> 00:17:03.059 people's lives. 00:17:03.179 --> 00:17:03.820 Verse 19, 00:17:04.299 --> 00:17:06.759 repent and turn to 00:17:06.759 --> 00:17:07.099 God. 00:17:07.500 --> 00:17:09.500 So that your sins 00:17:09.500 --> 00:17:10.700 may be wiped out, 00:17:11.460 --> 00:17:12.559 that times of 00:17:12.559 --> 00:17:14.279 refreshing may come 00:17:14.279 --> 00:17:15.519 from the Lord. 00:17:16.240 --> 00:17:17.500 This is a wonderful 00:17:17.500 --> 00:17:18.039 promise. 00:17:18.220 --> 00:17:18.980 Turn to God, 00:17:19.660 --> 00:17:20.059 repent. 00:17:21.660 --> 00:17:22.700 Your sin will be 00:17:22.700 --> 00:17:23.920 dealt with so that 00:17:23.920 --> 00:17:25.019 you can have times 00:17:25.019 --> 00:17:26.180 of refreshing. 00:17:27.660 --> 00:17:29.140 The healing of the 00:17:29.140 --> 00:17:30.299 lame man here is 00:17:30.299 --> 00:17:32.539 like a physical 00:17:32.539 --> 00:17:33.519 illustration of 00:17:33.519 --> 00:17:33.880 repentance. 00:17:33.880 --> 00:17:35.660 I don't think it's 00:17:35.660 --> 00:17:36.759 by coincidence that 00:17:36.759 --> 00:17:37.379 coincidence that 00:17:37.379 --> 00:17:38.960 this story is in 00:17:38.960 --> 00:17:40.099 the middle of 00:17:40.099 --> 00:17:41.059 Peter preaching 00:17:41.059 --> 00:17:41.920 twice about 00:17:41.920 --> 00:17:42.519 repentance. 00:17:43.920 --> 00:17:45.079 God's spirit 00:17:45.079 --> 00:17:46.579 works in Jesus' 00:17:46.839 --> 00:17:48.259 name to set 00:17:48.259 --> 00:17:49.480 enslaved people 00:17:49.480 --> 00:17:50.000 free. 00:17:51.099 --> 00:17:52.299 The lame man was 00:17:52.299 --> 00:17:53.339 enslaved to a 00:17:53.339 --> 00:17:54.619 broken body and 00:17:54.619 --> 00:17:55.599 when he is set 00:17:55.599 --> 00:17:57.019 free, his change 00:17:57.019 --> 00:17:57.460 is wonderful. 00:17:57.619 --> 00:17:59.240 He is jumping for 00:17:59.240 --> 00:17:59.619 joy. 00:18:00.059 --> 00:18:01.200 He is praising 00:18:01.200 --> 00:18:01.840 God. 00:18:05.279 --> 00:18:06.200 Peter says, 00:18:06.420 --> 00:18:07.580 you have killed 00:18:07.580 --> 00:18:08.580 the author of 00:18:08.580 --> 00:18:10.279 life, but you 00:18:10.279 --> 00:18:10.819 can be free. 00:18:10.900 --> 00:18:11.640 You can be free 00:18:11.640 --> 00:18:12.960 as this man here 00:18:12.960 --> 00:18:14.319 jumping with joy, 00:18:14.660 --> 00:18:15.299 so repent. 00:18:17.700 --> 00:18:18.299 And at the start 00:18:18.299 --> 00:18:18.960 of chapter 4, 00:18:19.019 --> 00:18:19.640 which we'll look at 00:18:19.640 --> 00:18:20.299 next week, 00:18:20.660 --> 00:18:21.660 again, we see 00:18:21.660 --> 00:18:22.960 thousands of 00:18:22.960 --> 00:18:24.740 people are saved. 00:18:24.740 --> 00:18:27.319 in chapter 2 00:18:27.319 --> 00:18:27.779 and 3, 00:18:28.180 --> 00:18:29.279 we've been given 00:18:29.279 --> 00:18:30.620 a picture of 00:18:30.620 --> 00:18:31.220 what the new 00:18:31.220 --> 00:18:32.120 repentance looks 00:18:32.120 --> 00:18:33.420 like, that 00:18:33.420 --> 00:18:34.279 comes from the 00:18:34.279 --> 00:18:35.120 death, the 00:18:35.120 --> 00:18:35.940 resurrection, and 00:18:35.940 --> 00:18:36.980 the ascension of 00:18:36.980 --> 00:18:37.339 Jesus. 00:18:39.059 --> 00:18:39.740 Our repentance 00:18:39.740 --> 00:18:41.339 is based not on 00:18:41.339 --> 00:18:42.380 what we offer, but 00:18:42.380 --> 00:18:43.160 on the completed 00:18:43.160 --> 00:18:44.579 works of Jesus. 00:18:45.059 --> 00:18:46.440 And we can jump, 00:18:46.740 --> 00:18:48.259 we can praise, 00:18:48.680 --> 00:18:49.700 and we can be 00:18:49.700 --> 00:18:50.359 refreshed, 00:18:51.200 --> 00:18:52.180 because our God 00:18:52.180 --> 00:18:52.960 forgives us. 00:18:52.960 --> 00:18:55.319 There are four 00:18:55.319 --> 00:18:56.340 ways that this 00:18:56.340 --> 00:18:57.340 helps us to think 00:18:57.340 --> 00:18:58.160 through what our 00:18:58.160 --> 00:18:58.880 repentance is. 00:18:58.940 --> 00:18:59.779 This is our third 00:18:59.779 --> 00:19:00.640 point today, what 00:19:00.640 --> 00:19:02.019 repentance is, what 00:19:02.019 --> 00:19:02.700 it actually looks 00:19:02.700 --> 00:19:02.960 like. 00:19:03.120 --> 00:19:04.660 So that's the first 00:19:04.660 --> 00:19:05.279 of the four things. 00:19:05.299 --> 00:19:05.600 We're going to see 00:19:05.600 --> 00:19:06.740 four things about 00:19:06.740 --> 00:19:07.299 what repentance 00:19:07.299 --> 00:19:07.880 looks like. 00:19:08.559 --> 00:19:10.039 The first is what 00:19:10.039 --> 00:19:11.240 it actually looks 00:19:11.240 --> 00:19:11.539 like. 00:19:11.880 --> 00:19:13.039 The second, what 00:19:13.039 --> 00:19:13.860 the marks of a 00:19:13.860 --> 00:19:14.539 repentant person 00:19:14.539 --> 00:19:14.920 are. 00:19:15.240 --> 00:19:16.660 Third, the 00:19:16.660 --> 00:19:17.440 challenges to 00:19:17.440 --> 00:19:17.799 repentance. 00:19:18.140 --> 00:19:18.840 And the fourth, 00:19:19.360 --> 00:19:20.620 the joy from 00:19:20.620 --> 00:19:21.019 repentance. 00:19:21.019 --> 00:19:21.220 repentance. 00:19:22.299 --> 00:19:23.119 Now, if you 00:19:23.119 --> 00:19:24.480 don't know Jesus 00:19:24.480 --> 00:19:25.480 yet, let me 00:19:25.480 --> 00:19:26.420 encourage you to 00:19:26.420 --> 00:19:28.539 be reflecting on 00:19:28.539 --> 00:19:30.759 the burden of 00:19:30.759 --> 00:19:31.900 carrying our own 00:19:31.900 --> 00:19:32.180 sin. 00:19:33.539 --> 00:19:34.879 Because what God 00:19:34.879 --> 00:19:36.940 offers us is joy, 00:19:37.139 --> 00:19:37.920 and it is 00:19:37.920 --> 00:19:38.559 refreshing. 00:19:39.700 --> 00:19:41.059 And all he asks 00:19:41.059 --> 00:19:41.920 us to do is to 00:19:41.920 --> 00:19:42.859 repent and turn 00:19:42.859 --> 00:19:43.480 to him. 00:19:44.480 --> 00:19:45.500 So firstly, what 00:19:45.500 --> 00:19:46.599 does repentance 00:19:46.599 --> 00:19:47.279 look like? 00:19:47.940 --> 00:19:48.700 Well, it's not 00:19:48.700 --> 00:19:49.920 just saying 00:19:49.920 --> 00:19:50.400 sorry. 00:19:51.519 --> 00:19:52.220 But repentance 00:19:52.220 --> 00:19:53.840 is rooted in an 00:19:53.840 --> 00:19:54.840 understanding of 00:19:54.840 --> 00:19:55.880 how sinful we 00:19:55.880 --> 00:19:57.460 are, of our 00:19:57.460 --> 00:19:58.519 actions, our 00:19:58.519 --> 00:19:59.880 emotions, our 00:19:59.880 --> 00:20:00.980 thoughts, our 00:20:00.980 --> 00:20:01.880 beliefs, and our 00:20:01.880 --> 00:20:02.720 way of life. 00:20:03.460 --> 00:20:04.039 Repentance is 00:20:04.039 --> 00:20:05.080 where we have a 00:20:05.080 --> 00:20:06.080 high view of 00:20:06.080 --> 00:20:07.420 God, where we 00:20:07.420 --> 00:20:09.100 see that he is 00:20:09.100 --> 00:20:09.920 the one who 00:20:09.920 --> 00:20:10.940 dictates what 00:20:10.940 --> 00:20:12.400 the best life 00:20:12.400 --> 00:20:13.160 is. 00:20:13.160 --> 00:20:15.440 and when we 00:20:15.440 --> 00:20:16.420 see that our 00:20:16.420 --> 00:20:17.840 life doesn't 00:20:17.840 --> 00:20:19.279 match what he 00:20:19.279 --> 00:20:20.279 would have for 00:20:20.279 --> 00:20:20.660 us. 00:20:21.259 --> 00:20:21.920 A life of 00:20:21.920 --> 00:20:22.940 repentance begins 00:20:22.940 --> 00:20:24.360 with that gut 00:20:24.360 --> 00:20:25.320 wrenching, 00:20:25.600 --> 00:20:26.320 heart cutting 00:20:26.320 --> 00:20:28.100 recognition of 00:20:28.100 --> 00:20:29.400 having defied 00:20:29.400 --> 00:20:31.660 God by choosing 00:20:31.660 --> 00:20:32.680 what is wrong 00:20:32.680 --> 00:20:34.200 and hurtful to 00:20:34.200 --> 00:20:35.340 others, to 00:20:35.340 --> 00:20:36.140 ourselves, and 00:20:36.140 --> 00:20:36.620 to God. 00:20:37.580 --> 00:20:38.259 A life of 00:20:38.259 --> 00:20:38.860 repentance is 00:20:38.860 --> 00:20:39.259 where we 00:20:39.259 --> 00:20:40.560 continually bring 00:20:40.560 --> 00:20:41.800 our life before 00:20:41.799 --> 00:20:43.000 God in his 00:20:43.000 --> 00:20:44.919 word, convicted 00:20:44.919 --> 00:20:45.680 by the Holy 00:20:45.680 --> 00:20:46.419 Spirit, and 00:20:46.419 --> 00:20:46.940 where we will 00:20:46.940 --> 00:20:47.799 continually have 00:20:47.799 --> 00:20:49.339 those, oh 00:20:49.339 --> 00:20:50.419 no, what have 00:20:50.419 --> 00:20:52.079 I done moments. 00:20:53.339 --> 00:20:54.200 We will see, 00:20:54.440 --> 00:20:56.680 ah, this part 00:20:56.680 --> 00:20:57.700 of my life needs 00:20:57.700 --> 00:20:58.339 to change. 00:20:58.599 --> 00:20:59.839 That action, that 00:20:59.839 --> 00:21:01.359 thought, those 00:21:01.359 --> 00:21:04.039 desires don't 00:21:04.039 --> 00:21:04.720 actually line up 00:21:04.720 --> 00:21:05.680 with God's plan 00:21:05.680 --> 00:21:06.500 for my life. 00:21:08.480 --> 00:21:09.379 Secondly, the 00:21:09.379 --> 00:21:10.139 marks of a 00:21:10.139 --> 00:21:11.059 repentant person. 00:21:11.059 --> 00:21:12.980 we've seen some 00:21:12.980 --> 00:21:13.779 of the marks of 00:21:13.779 --> 00:21:14.720 repentant people 00:21:14.720 --> 00:21:15.480 in the passage 00:21:15.480 --> 00:21:15.980 this morning. 00:21:16.399 --> 00:21:17.159 We see people 00:21:17.159 --> 00:21:18.019 responding to 00:21:18.019 --> 00:21:19.220 Peter's teaching. 00:21:20.539 --> 00:21:22.059 We see them, we 00:21:22.059 --> 00:21:22.700 see the crowd 00:21:22.700 --> 00:21:24.000 asking, what 00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:24.759 should we do? 00:21:26.159 --> 00:21:26.859 A mark of a 00:21:26.859 --> 00:21:27.539 repentant person 00:21:27.539 --> 00:21:28.700 is that they are 00:21:28.700 --> 00:21:29.659 appalled by their 00:21:29.659 --> 00:21:29.919 sin. 00:21:30.579 --> 00:21:31.279 The crowd was 00:21:31.279 --> 00:21:32.279 cut to the 00:21:32.279 --> 00:21:32.679 heart. 00:21:34.539 --> 00:21:36.019 They accept the 00:21:36.019 --> 00:21:36.619 consequences. 00:21:36.940 --> 00:21:38.639 They ask, what 00:21:38.639 --> 00:21:39.720 should we do? 00:21:41.059 --> 00:21:43.299 A repentant 00:21:43.299 --> 00:21:44.279 person doesn't 00:21:44.279 --> 00:21:45.779 demand forgiveness. 00:21:46.579 --> 00:21:47.440 A person who 00:21:47.440 --> 00:21:48.819 knows that they 00:21:48.819 --> 00:21:49.240 are in the 00:21:49.240 --> 00:21:50.419 wrong and is 00:21:50.419 --> 00:21:51.299 saying sorry 00:21:51.299 --> 00:21:52.059 doesn't say, 00:21:52.200 --> 00:21:53.480 well, you 00:21:53.480 --> 00:21:53.940 know, sure, 00:21:54.179 --> 00:21:54.700 John, I'll 00:21:54.700 --> 00:21:55.079 pick on you. 00:21:55.159 --> 00:21:55.759 Sure, John, I've 00:21:55.759 --> 00:21:56.440 sinned against you. 00:21:56.559 --> 00:21:57.259 But because you're 00:21:57.259 --> 00:21:57.659 a Christian, you 00:21:57.659 --> 00:21:58.399 have to forgive 00:21:58.399 --> 00:21:58.700 me. 00:21:59.399 --> 00:22:00.339 No, a repentant 00:22:00.339 --> 00:22:01.359 person knows that 00:22:01.359 --> 00:22:02.159 they can't demand 00:22:02.159 --> 00:22:02.559 forgiveness. 00:22:03.559 --> 00:22:04.599 But when they get 00:22:04.599 --> 00:22:05.440 it, they're 00:22:05.440 --> 00:22:05.879 amazed. 00:22:05.880 --> 00:22:07.780 And the marks 00:22:07.780 --> 00:22:08.720 of an unrepentant 00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:09.320 person are the 00:22:09.320 --> 00:22:09.780 opposite of 00:22:09.780 --> 00:22:10.100 these. 00:22:11.700 --> 00:22:12.820 I think we 00:22:12.820 --> 00:22:14.020 can, well, I 00:22:14.020 --> 00:22:14.720 know at least I 00:22:14.720 --> 00:22:16.140 can often have a 00:22:16.140 --> 00:22:17.760 facade of 00:22:17.760 --> 00:22:18.260 repentance. 00:22:20.900 --> 00:22:21.660 I can 00:22:21.660 --> 00:22:23.200 apologize but 00:22:23.200 --> 00:22:23.780 not mean it. 00:22:23.980 --> 00:22:25.820 My sin doesn't 00:22:25.820 --> 00:22:26.880 really appall me. 00:22:27.100 --> 00:22:27.920 I don't hate it. 00:22:28.840 --> 00:22:29.580 I can say, do 00:22:29.580 --> 00:22:30.040 you know what, that 00:22:30.040 --> 00:22:30.880 thing that I did, 00:22:31.200 --> 00:22:32.020 it's fine. 00:22:32.300 --> 00:22:33.600 I can excuse my 00:22:33.599 --> 00:22:33.899 sin. 00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:37.079 Maybe we don't 00:22:37.079 --> 00:22:37.919 accept the 00:22:37.919 --> 00:22:38.799 consequences but 00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:39.679 we try and shift 00:22:39.679 --> 00:22:40.299 the blame. 00:22:41.779 --> 00:22:42.079 You know, they 00:22:42.079 --> 00:22:42.899 demand forgiveness. 00:22:43.059 --> 00:22:43.519 You know, John, you 00:22:43.519 --> 00:22:44.359 really should forgive 00:22:44.359 --> 00:22:44.599 me. 00:22:46.099 --> 00:22:47.240 And forgiveness is 00:22:47.240 --> 00:22:48.339 not a gift, it is 00:22:48.339 --> 00:22:49.079 an expectation. 00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:51.519 The unrepentant 00:22:51.519 --> 00:22:52.519 person may just 00:22:52.519 --> 00:22:54.199 say sorry to fix 00:22:54.199 --> 00:22:55.899 the situation, not 00:22:55.899 --> 00:22:56.879 because they are 00:22:56.879 --> 00:22:58.379 sorrowful about 00:22:58.379 --> 00:22:58.919 what they have 00:22:58.919 --> 00:22:59.199 done. 00:22:59.200 --> 00:23:04.500 But repenting 00:23:04.500 --> 00:23:05.319 is really hard. 00:23:06.840 --> 00:23:07.440 And that's the 00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:08.460 third thing we see 00:23:08.460 --> 00:23:08.980 about repentance 00:23:08.980 --> 00:23:09.360 here. 00:23:10.319 --> 00:23:11.100 Repenting is 00:23:11.100 --> 00:23:11.700 challenging. 00:23:12.740 --> 00:23:13.200 And it's actually 00:23:13.200 --> 00:23:13.920 really challenging 00:23:13.920 --> 00:23:15.220 for us to deal 00:23:15.220 --> 00:23:16.559 with our sin and 00:23:16.559 --> 00:23:17.440 to understand its 00:23:17.440 --> 00:23:18.059 consequences. 00:23:19.039 --> 00:23:20.000 It's painful. 00:23:21.160 --> 00:23:21.980 And this is why 00:23:21.980 --> 00:23:23.200 we need God to 00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:23.519 help us. 00:23:23.580 --> 00:23:24.180 This is why 00:23:24.180 --> 00:23:26.019 this repentance 00:23:26.019 --> 00:23:27.000 is new because 00:23:27.000 --> 00:23:28.080 it comes as a 00:23:28.080 --> 00:23:28.799 gift from God. 00:23:28.799 --> 00:23:29.399 it comes with 00:23:29.399 --> 00:23:30.220 the Holy Spirit 00:23:30.220 --> 00:23:31.139 coming upon us. 00:23:31.740 --> 00:23:32.440 The Holy Spirit 00:23:32.440 --> 00:23:33.519 works to convict 00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:34.579 us of our sin. 00:23:35.599 --> 00:23:36.399 We desperately 00:23:36.399 --> 00:23:37.299 need Him because 00:23:37.299 --> 00:23:39.200 otherwise it is 00:23:39.200 --> 00:23:41.899 impossible for us 00:23:41.899 --> 00:23:43.019 to face up to 00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:43.440 our sin. 00:23:44.159 --> 00:23:45.859 We will just be 00:23:45.859 --> 00:23:46.960 an unrepentant 00:23:46.960 --> 00:23:47.759 person who says 00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:48.819 sorry to fix 00:23:48.819 --> 00:23:49.460 situations. 00:23:51.200 --> 00:23:52.200 Instead, we 00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:53.180 need to be cut 00:23:53.180 --> 00:23:54.759 to the heart by 00:23:54.759 --> 00:23:56.019 God's Word and 00:23:56.019 --> 00:23:57.579 God the Holy 00:23:57.579 --> 00:23:57.919 Spirit. 00:23:58.799 --> 00:24:00.700 repenting is 00:24:00.700 --> 00:24:01.720 challenging because 00:24:01.720 --> 00:24:03.319 we can desire to 00:24:03.319 --> 00:24:04.500 protect ourselves. 00:24:05.599 --> 00:24:06.399 I want to save 00:24:06.399 --> 00:24:07.720 face before God 00:24:07.720 --> 00:24:08.859 and before other 00:24:08.859 --> 00:24:09.279 people. 00:24:09.819 --> 00:24:11.659 So I can't 00:24:11.659 --> 00:24:12.579 confess. 00:24:13.779 --> 00:24:14.559 I will confess 00:24:14.559 --> 00:24:15.159 partly. 00:24:16.159 --> 00:24:17.180 I can shift the 00:24:17.180 --> 00:24:17.980 blame or shift 00:24:17.980 --> 00:24:18.440 fault. 00:24:18.940 --> 00:24:19.819 I see it in me. 00:24:20.659 --> 00:24:21.359 I see it in my 00:24:21.359 --> 00:24:21.720 kids. 00:24:21.859 --> 00:24:22.519 I say to one of 00:24:22.519 --> 00:24:23.960 them, did you do 00:24:23.960 --> 00:24:24.359 this? 00:24:24.359 --> 00:24:25.179 And they say, 00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:25.699 he did it 00:24:25.699 --> 00:24:26.159 first. 00:24:27.779 --> 00:24:28.759 He told me to 00:24:28.759 --> 00:24:29.119 do it. 00:24:30.579 --> 00:24:31.799 And I see that 00:24:31.799 --> 00:24:32.579 in myself. 00:24:33.679 --> 00:24:34.740 I have a saying 00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:35.279 that I'm going to 00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:35.919 keep saying to 00:24:35.919 --> 00:24:36.719 myself and to my 00:24:36.719 --> 00:24:38.399 family until I'm 00:24:38.399 --> 00:24:39.879 good at it, which 00:24:39.879 --> 00:24:41.359 is own your own 00:24:41.359 --> 00:24:41.799 stuff. 00:24:43.099 --> 00:24:44.259 Don't shift blame 00:24:44.259 --> 00:24:44.819 to others. 00:24:45.059 --> 00:24:45.500 Own it for 00:24:45.500 --> 00:24:45.979 yourself. 00:24:46.419 --> 00:24:48.219 Own it and 00:24:48.219 --> 00:24:49.039 repent of it. 00:24:49.039 --> 00:24:50.259 And ask the 00:24:50.259 --> 00:24:51.159 Holy Spirit to 00:24:51.159 --> 00:24:52.480 help change. 00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:56.920 Fourth, once we 00:24:56.920 --> 00:24:57.879 have had that, 00:24:58.220 --> 00:24:59.379 oh no, what 00:24:59.379 --> 00:25:00.079 have I done 00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:01.940 moment, a life 00:25:01.940 --> 00:25:03.359 of repentance is 00:25:03.359 --> 00:25:05.220 truly a joy. 00:25:06.399 --> 00:25:07.500 We are accepted 00:25:07.500 --> 00:25:08.200 by God. 00:25:08.299 --> 00:25:09.579 He cherishes 00:25:09.579 --> 00:25:10.259 us. 00:25:10.759 --> 00:25:11.379 We are his 00:25:11.379 --> 00:25:12.339 valued people. 00:25:12.680 --> 00:25:13.659 We are dearly 00:25:13.659 --> 00:25:13.879 loved. 00:25:13.980 --> 00:25:14.920 We are accepted 00:25:14.920 --> 00:25:15.779 into the family 00:25:15.779 --> 00:25:16.639 just like those 00:25:16.639 --> 00:25:17.559 thousands were 00:25:17.559 --> 00:25:18.039 when they 00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:19.579 started the 00:25:19.579 --> 00:25:20.159 church. 00:25:21.000 --> 00:25:21.879 They met 00:25:21.879 --> 00:25:22.759 together and 00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:23.480 we come into 00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:24.359 God's family. 00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:26.279 The burden 00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:27.680 of our sin 00:25:27.680 --> 00:25:28.960 is taken away 00:25:28.960 --> 00:25:29.759 and we can 00:25:29.759 --> 00:25:30.859 have times of 00:25:30.859 --> 00:25:31.359 refreshing. 00:25:31.839 --> 00:25:32.619 We don't need 00:25:32.619 --> 00:25:33.500 to be fearful 00:25:33.500 --> 00:25:35.339 that admitting 00:25:35.339 --> 00:25:36.440 fault will ruin 00:25:36.440 --> 00:25:37.279 our relationship 00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:37.819 with God. 00:25:38.180 --> 00:25:38.920 God already 00:25:38.920 --> 00:25:39.599 knows what we 00:25:39.599 --> 00:25:40.099 are like. 00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:42.019 It's actually 00:25:42.019 --> 00:25:43.099 a picture of 00:25:43.099 --> 00:25:44.279 what authenticity 00:25:44.279 --> 00:25:45.879 is to truly 00:25:45.879 --> 00:25:47.460 know who we 00:25:47.460 --> 00:25:47.819 are. 00:25:48.039 --> 00:25:48.500 and how 00:25:48.500 --> 00:25:49.399 dependent on 00:25:49.399 --> 00:25:50.279 God we 00:25:50.279 --> 00:25:52.019 are to 00:25:52.019 --> 00:25:52.619 admit our 00:25:52.619 --> 00:25:53.759 fault and 00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:54.240 to repent. 00:25:55.440 --> 00:25:56.480 And then we 00:25:56.480 --> 00:25:57.220 can jump for 00:25:57.220 --> 00:25:57.539 joy. 00:25:57.659 --> 00:25:58.240 We can leap. 00:25:58.339 --> 00:25:59.019 We can praise 00:25:59.019 --> 00:25:59.220 God. 00:25:59.259 --> 00:25:59.680 We can even 00:25:59.680 --> 00:26:00.339 do that this 00:26:00.339 --> 00:26:00.659 morning. 00:26:01.200 --> 00:26:02.119 As we sing 00:26:02.119 --> 00:26:02.440 in a moment, 00:26:02.500 --> 00:26:02.980 we can jump 00:26:02.980 --> 00:26:03.279 around. 00:26:03.379 --> 00:26:03.920 That's okay. 00:26:05.240 --> 00:26:06.159 We can do 00:26:06.159 --> 00:26:06.480 that. 00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:08.059 We can have 00:26:08.059 --> 00:26:08.940 joy because 00:26:08.940 --> 00:26:09.680 what should 00:26:09.680 --> 00:26:10.639 have destroyed 00:26:10.639 --> 00:26:11.700 us before God 00:26:11.700 --> 00:26:12.480 has been 00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:13.559 wiped away. 00:26:13.559 --> 00:26:16.980 I know that 00:26:16.980 --> 00:26:18.399 I have 00:26:18.399 --> 00:26:18.899 plenty of 00:26:18.899 --> 00:26:19.279 challenges 00:26:19.279 --> 00:26:19.980 personally 00:26:19.980 --> 00:26:21.319 confessing 00:26:21.319 --> 00:26:21.799 my sin 00:26:21.799 --> 00:26:23.500 and you 00:26:23.500 --> 00:26:23.879 may be 00:26:23.879 --> 00:26:24.740 surprised to 00:26:24.740 --> 00:26:25.279 know this 00:26:25.279 --> 00:26:25.779 but I can 00:26:25.779 --> 00:26:26.559 certainly be a 00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:27.299 stubborn person. 00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:28.279 I know, 00:26:28.359 --> 00:26:28.879 I can see the 00:26:28.879 --> 00:26:29.359 shock on all 00:26:29.359 --> 00:26:29.839 of your faces 00:26:29.839 --> 00:26:30.319 this morning. 00:26:31.879 --> 00:26:32.740 I know when 00:26:32.740 --> 00:26:33.220 I've been in 00:26:33.220 --> 00:26:33.799 the wrong with 00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:34.179 Alyssa, 00:26:34.700 --> 00:26:35.619 my wife, 00:26:35.740 --> 00:26:36.419 that it can 00:26:36.419 --> 00:26:37.819 be hard 00:26:37.819 --> 00:26:39.879 to confess. 00:26:41.319 --> 00:26:42.099 I can much 00:26:42.099 --> 00:26:42.639 prefer to be 00:26:42.639 --> 00:26:44.119 stubborn and 00:26:44.119 --> 00:26:44.500 shift the 00:26:44.500 --> 00:26:44.839 blame and 00:26:44.839 --> 00:26:45.119 actually go, 00:26:45.159 --> 00:26:45.559 no, no, no, 00:26:45.559 --> 00:26:46.119 it was her 00:26:46.119 --> 00:26:46.359 fault. 00:26:46.700 --> 00:26:47.019 It's her 00:26:47.019 --> 00:26:47.259 fault. 00:26:48.899 --> 00:26:49.779 I know that 00:26:49.779 --> 00:26:50.240 when I've been 00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:50.720 in the wrong, 00:26:50.819 --> 00:26:51.299 I've hurt 00:26:51.299 --> 00:26:51.559 Alyssa, 00:26:51.679 --> 00:26:52.279 I've let her 00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:52.579 down. 00:26:52.579 --> 00:26:53.460 I cannot 00:26:53.460 --> 00:26:54.200 want to 00:26:54.200 --> 00:26:54.859 admit that 00:26:54.859 --> 00:26:57.299 but there 00:26:57.299 --> 00:26:57.759 is something 00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:58.379 wonderful 00:26:58.379 --> 00:27:00.240 about 00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:01.159 confessing 00:27:01.159 --> 00:27:01.539 sin. 00:27:01.859 --> 00:27:02.359 When I 00:27:02.359 --> 00:27:02.799 say to 00:27:02.799 --> 00:27:03.000 her, 00:27:03.119 --> 00:27:03.460 Alyssa, 00:27:03.839 --> 00:27:04.480 I am 00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:05.039 sorry, 00:27:05.519 --> 00:27:06.539 I let 00:27:06.539 --> 00:27:07.279 you down, 00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:08.180 I did 00:27:08.180 --> 00:27:08.799 this and 00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:09.299 I was 00:27:09.299 --> 00:27:11.299 wrong and 00:27:11.299 --> 00:27:11.879 she forgives 00:27:11.879 --> 00:27:12.119 me. 00:27:13.259 --> 00:27:13.779 It is 00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:14.200 wonderful. 00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:16.680 It's like 00:27:16.680 --> 00:27:18.039 having a 00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:18.980 burden taken 00:27:18.980 --> 00:27:19.639 off your 00:27:19.639 --> 00:27:20.480 back and 00:27:20.480 --> 00:27:20.839 we are 00:27:20.839 --> 00:27:21.079 brought 00:27:21.079 --> 00:27:21.759 closer. 00:27:23.299 --> 00:27:23.779 We can 00:27:23.779 --> 00:27:24.899 have new 00:27:24.899 --> 00:27:25.859 levels of 00:27:25.859 --> 00:27:26.359 intimacy 00:27:26.359 --> 00:27:28.079 because there 00:27:28.079 --> 00:27:28.740 is no longer 00:27:28.740 --> 00:27:29.399 that burden 00:27:29.399 --> 00:27:29.980 that keeps 00:27:29.980 --> 00:27:30.359 me away 00:27:30.359 --> 00:27:30.720 from her. 00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:31.079 I'm not 00:27:31.079 --> 00:27:31.379 sure if 00:27:31.379 --> 00:27:31.720 you've had 00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:32.079 this in 00:27:32.079 --> 00:27:32.579 a relationship 00:27:32.579 --> 00:27:33.700 before but 00:27:33.700 --> 00:27:34.139 I certainly 00:27:34.139 --> 00:27:34.680 have this. 00:27:35.019 --> 00:27:35.319 If there 00:27:35.319 --> 00:27:35.859 is conflict 00:27:35.859 --> 00:27:36.299 between 00:27:36.299 --> 00:27:36.660 Alyssa 00:27:36.660 --> 00:27:37.380 and I 00:27:37.380 --> 00:27:38.040 because I've 00:27:38.040 --> 00:27:38.340 done the 00:27:38.340 --> 00:27:38.740 wrong thing, 00:27:38.820 --> 00:27:39.060 I don't 00:27:39.060 --> 00:27:39.279 want to 00:27:39.279 --> 00:27:39.740 see her, 00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:40.180 I don't 00:27:40.180 --> 00:27:40.420 want to 00:27:40.420 --> 00:27:40.860 talk to 00:27:40.860 --> 00:27:41.060 her, 00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:41.500 I want 00:27:41.500 --> 00:27:41.920 to hide 00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:42.400 from her 00:27:42.400 --> 00:27:44.640 but when 00:27:44.640 --> 00:27:45.560 I confess, 00:27:46.380 --> 00:27:46.759 when I 00:27:46.759 --> 00:27:47.340 say sorry 00:27:47.340 --> 00:27:47.720 and there 00:27:47.720 --> 00:27:48.259 is forgiveness, 00:27:48.500 --> 00:27:49.100 we are 00:27:49.100 --> 00:27:49.279 brought 00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:49.620 closer, 00:27:49.720 --> 00:27:50.120 no longer 00:27:50.120 --> 00:27:50.400 am I 00:27:50.400 --> 00:27:51.080 hiding from 00:27:51.080 --> 00:27:51.460 her out 00:27:51.460 --> 00:27:51.980 of fear 00:27:51.980 --> 00:27:52.400 that she's 00:27:52.400 --> 00:27:52.620 going to 00:27:52.620 --> 00:27:53.120 point out 00:27:53.120 --> 00:27:53.660 my sin 00:27:53.660 --> 00:27:55.380 but that 00:27:55.380 --> 00:27:55.800 burden 00:27:55.800 --> 00:27:56.600 is taken. 00:27:57.180 --> 00:27:58.460 How much 00:27:58.460 --> 00:27:59.360 more so 00:27:59.360 --> 00:27:59.960 with God 00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:01.519 that the 00:28:01.519 --> 00:28:02.340 burden of 00:28:02.340 --> 00:28:03.440 having a 00:28:03.440 --> 00:28:03.940 broken 00:28:03.940 --> 00:28:04.600 relationship 00:28:04.599 --> 00:28:05.539 is taken 00:28:05.539 --> 00:28:06.399 off and 00:28:06.399 --> 00:28:06.719 it is 00:28:06.719 --> 00:28:07.359 offered to 00:28:07.359 --> 00:28:07.719 us. 00:28:09.059 --> 00:28:09.319 It's just 00:28:09.319 --> 00:28:09.959 like Peter 00:28:09.959 --> 00:28:10.500 holding out 00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:10.959 his hand 00:28:10.959 --> 00:28:11.459 to the 00:28:11.459 --> 00:28:12.139 lame man 00:28:12.139 --> 00:28:12.779 and saying 00:28:12.779 --> 00:28:13.539 do you 00:28:13.539 --> 00:28:13.939 want 00:28:13.939 --> 00:28:15.459 times of 00:28:15.459 --> 00:28:15.959 refreshing? 00:28:17.279 --> 00:28:17.779 Do you 00:28:17.779 --> 00:28:18.240 want 00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:19.699 to have 00:28:19.699 --> 00:28:21.399 times of 00:28:21.399 --> 00:28:21.740 joy? 00:28:24.740 --> 00:28:25.519 Don't miss 00:28:25.519 --> 00:28:26.679 out on 00:28:26.679 --> 00:28:27.279 that oh 00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:28.179 no what 00:28:28.179 --> 00:28:28.939 have I done 00:28:28.939 --> 00:28:29.379 feeling. 00:28:30.379 --> 00:28:31.259 Don't run 00:28:31.259 --> 00:28:31.799 and hide 00:28:31.799 --> 00:28:32.319 from that 00:28:32.319 --> 00:28:33.879 because God 00:28:33.879 --> 00:28:34.640 uses his 00:28:34.640 --> 00:28:36.319 spirit to 00:28:36.319 --> 00:28:36.859 cut us to 00:28:36.859 --> 00:28:37.299 the heart 00:28:37.299 --> 00:28:39.000 to remind 00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:40.039 us of how 00:28:40.039 --> 00:28:40.779 we need to 00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:41.480 repent and 00:28:41.480 --> 00:28:42.059 we can come 00:28:42.059 --> 00:28:42.519 before our 00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:43.119 great God 00:28:43.119 --> 00:28:43.879 and repent 00:28:43.879 --> 00:28:44.759 not from 00:28:44.759 --> 00:28:45.460 fear but 00:28:45.460 --> 00:28:45.940 joy. 00:28:47.160 --> 00:28:47.700 Not because 00:28:47.700 --> 00:28:48.379 of who we 00:28:48.379 --> 00:28:49.359 are but 00:28:49.359 --> 00:28:49.920 because we 00:28:49.920 --> 00:28:50.859 have a 00:28:50.859 --> 00:28:51.660 loving and 00:28:51.660 --> 00:28:52.359 merciful God. 00:28:52.680 --> 00:28:53.019 Let me 00:28:53.019 --> 00:28:53.660 pray for us. 00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:54.740 Heavenly 00:28:54.740 --> 00:28:55.160 Father, 00:28:55.799 --> 00:28:56.200 Lord, 00:28:57.460 --> 00:28:58.319 you are 00:28:58.319 --> 00:28:59.240 so wonderful, 00:28:59.480 --> 00:28:59.980 you are 00:28:59.980 --> 00:29:00.740 so great. 00:29:01.259 --> 00:29:02.039 you are 00:29:02.039 --> 00:29:02.920 so merciful 00:29:02.920 --> 00:29:03.940 that you 00:29:03.940 --> 00:29:04.500 have dealt 00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:05.119 with our 00:29:05.119 --> 00:29:07.119 sin and 00:29:07.119 --> 00:29:07.759 you offer 00:29:07.759 --> 00:29:09.839 us times 00:29:09.839 --> 00:29:11.019 of refreshing 00:29:11.019 --> 00:29:12.079 and joy. 00:29:13.660 --> 00:29:14.299 Father, 00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:16.660 we ask 00:29:16.660 --> 00:29:16.920 that you 00:29:16.920 --> 00:29:17.079 would 00:29:17.079 --> 00:29:17.579 continually 00:29:17.579 --> 00:29:18.319 cut us 00:29:18.319 --> 00:29:18.680 to the 00:29:18.680 --> 00:29:18.980 heart. 00:29:19.680 --> 00:29:20.240 As we 00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:20.819 read your 00:29:20.819 --> 00:29:21.299 word, 00:29:21.720 --> 00:29:22.240 be working 00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:22.940 your spirit 00:29:22.940 --> 00:29:24.500 in us so 00:29:24.500 --> 00:29:24.859 that we 00:29:24.859 --> 00:29:26.319 know how 00:29:26.319 --> 00:29:26.900 we need 00:29:26.900 --> 00:29:27.339 to repent 00:29:27.339 --> 00:29:27.819 and what 00:29:27.819 --> 00:29:28.180 we need 00:29:28.180 --> 00:29:28.660 to repent 00:29:28.660 --> 00:29:28.879 of, 00:29:29.019 --> 00:29:29.200 Lord. 00:29:29.200 --> 00:29:30.759 Father, 00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:31.860 continue to 00:29:31.860 --> 00:29:32.460 do this, 00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:33.920 sanctify us, 00:29:34.039 --> 00:29:34.240 Lord, 00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:35.799 so that we 00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:36.559 would have 00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:37.740 our burdens 00:29:37.740 --> 00:29:38.680 taken off, 00:29:39.519 --> 00:29:40.299 so that we 00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:41.220 can rejoice, 00:29:41.680 --> 00:29:42.140 so that we 00:29:42.140 --> 00:29:42.960 can stand 00:29:42.960 --> 00:29:44.900 before you 00:29:44.900 --> 00:29:46.240 when we 00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:46.620 meet you, 00:29:46.700 --> 00:29:46.860 Lord. 00:29:47.299 --> 00:29:47.720 Amen. 00:29:47.720 --> 00:29:47.799 Amen. 00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:47.840 Amen. 00:29:47.840 --> 00:29:47.860 Amen. 00:29:47.860 --> 00:29:47.940 Amen. 00:29:47.940 --> 00:29:49.900 Amen. 00:29:49.900 --> 00:29:49.920 Amen. 00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:49.980 Amen. 00:29:49.980 --> 00:29:50.279 Amen. 00:29:50.279 --> 00:29:53.960 Amen. 00:29:53.960 --> 00:29:54.440 Amen. 00:29:54.440 --> 00:29:54.940 Amen. 00:29:54.940 --> 00:29:55.740 Amen. 00:29:55.740 --> 00:29:55.860 Amen. 00:29:55.860 --> 00:29:56.039 Amen. 00:29:56.039 --> 00:29:56.440 Amen. 00:29:56.440 --> 00:29:57.000 Amen. 00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:57.019 Amen. 00:29:57.019 --> 00:29:57.880 Amen. 00:29:57.880 --> 00:29:58.900 Amen.