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Robert Jeffress - Choosing Repentance Over Guilt

January 18, 2026 | 27:29

Robert Jeffress - Choosing Repentance Over Guilt
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Dr. Robert Jeffress | Robert Jeffress - Choosing Repentance Over Guilt | January 18, 2026
  • ♪ music ♪
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  • From the pulpit
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  • Of the first baptist church of dallas, texas,
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  • This is "pathway to victory" with dr. robert jeffress.
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  • Hi, i am robert jeffress,
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  • And welcome again to "pathway to victory."
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  • Romans 3:23 says,
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  • "for all have sinned
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  • And fall short of the glory of god."
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  • And because of our sinful nature,
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  • It's not a matter of if we're going to mess up,
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  • But only when we're going to mess up.
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  • So whenever we experience moments of failure,
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  • We have a choice to make.
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  • Are we going to deny our roles
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  • Or will we fess up and repent?
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  • You'll never regret coming clean with god.
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  • My message is titled, "choosing repentance over guilt,"
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  • On today's edition of "pathway to victory."
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  • ♪ music ♪
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  • ♪ there is a day coming ♪
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  • ♪ when the old will pass away ♪
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  • ♪ and every wrong will be made right ♪
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  • ♪ no darkness, no night ♪
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  • ♪ the sun will the light the way ♪
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  • ♪ there is a king coming ♪
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  • ♪ the one who conquered death and grave ♪
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  • ♪ no more pain and no more sorrow ♪
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  • ♪ this hope for tomorrow is our hope for today ♪
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  • ♪ he who was ♪
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  • ♪ he who is ♪
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  • ♪ he who was ♪
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  • ♪ he who is ♪
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  • ♪ he who is to come ♪
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  • ♪ his christ the son of man ♪
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  • ♪ riding on the clouds with a crown upon his head ♪
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  • ♪ and every eye will see him ♪
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  • ♪ with the nail scars in his hands ♪
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  • ♪ hallelujah ♪
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  • -♪ we sing hallelujah ♪ -♪ hallelujah ♪
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  • ♪ he who is to come ♪
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  • ♪ he's to come ♪
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  • ♪ his christ the son of man ♪
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  • ♪ he's riding on the clouds with a crown upon his head ♪
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  • ♪ and every eye will see him ♪
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  • ♪ with the nail scars in his hands ♪
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  • ♪ hallelujah ♪
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  • ♪ sing hallelujah ♪
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  • -♪ yes, hallelujah ♪ -♪ hallelujah ♪
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  • -♪ he's coming back again ♪ -♪ hallelujah ♪
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  • ♪ hallelujah ♪
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  • ♪ yeah ♪
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  • -♪ hallelujah ♪ -♪ hallelujah ♪
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  • ♪ music ♪
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  • ♪ music ♪
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  • The internal revenue service received
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  • An anonymous envelope.
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  • Inside the envelope was a note and ten $1,000 bills.
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  • The note read,
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  • "dear sirs,
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  • For several months,
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  • I've been unable to sleep due to the guilt i felt
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  • Over cheating on my income tax last year.
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  • Enclosed you will find $10,000.
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  • If i still can't sleep,
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  • I'll send you the rest of what i owe you."
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  • (congregation laughs)
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  • You know, in our series,
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  • "choose your attitudes, change your life,"
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  • We're saying that an attitude is our response
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  • To the circumstances of life.
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  • We can't choose our circumstances,
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  • But we can choose how we respond to those circumstances.
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  • And one circumstance we all experience is moral failure
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  • Sometime in our life.
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  • You know, sometimes we try to cover over our failure,
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  • Our failure to meet god's standard.
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  • Sometimes we rationalize it (chuckles).
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  • Sometimes we did what this guy did
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  • And make a half-hearted attempt at restitution.
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  • But one of the biggest decisions we have to make in life is,
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  • Are we going to deny our failure
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  • Or are we going to choose to repent of our failure?
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  • And that's what we're going to talk about today.
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  • We're going to talk about choosing repentance over guilt.
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  • That choice not only affects our life right now,
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  • But it affects our eternal destiny.
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  • For a christian,
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  • Repentance, and write this down,
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  • Is a change of mind
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  • That leads to a change of direction in our life.
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  • A change of mind
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  • That leads to a change of direction in our life.
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  • Repentance and turning around are inseparably linked
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  • With one another.
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  • A change of mind that leads to a change of direction.
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  • If you don't believe that,
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  • Listen to god's word through the prophet ezekiel
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  • In ezekiel 33:11-12.
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  • I love how the living bible paraphrases this.
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  • God said, "as surely as i live," says the lord god,
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  • "i have no pleasure in the death of the wicked,
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  • But i desire that the wicked turn
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  • From his evil ways and live."
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  • Turn.
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  • Turn from your wickedness, for why will you die?
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  • For the good works of a righteous man will not save him
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  • If he turns to sin.
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  • And the sins of an evil man will not destroy him
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  • If he repents and turns from his sins.
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  • Do you see the relationship?
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  • To repent is to turn around,
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  • A change of mind that leads to a change of direction.
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  • Well, what is the result of not making that choice?
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  • What is the result of not repenting of our sin?
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  • In a word,
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  • Guilt.
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  • Guilt is one of the most debilitating of all human emotions.
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  • And one of the best illustrations
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  • Of the damage guilt does in our life is
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  • In the familiar story of king david found in 2 samuel 11-12.
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  • You remember the story.
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  • David was by far the most successful king
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  • In israel's history.
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  • He had reached the zenith of his power.
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  • The nation had never been more successful
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  • In conquering its enemies.
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  • He had accumulated great wealth.
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  • And yet, at the high point of his career,
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  • He traded all of that
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  • For a few moments of passion with somebody else's wife,
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  • A wife named bathsheba.
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  • Now, immediately, david had a choice.
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  • He could have acknowledged his sin,
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  • Asked for god's forgiveness, made restitution,
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  • But instead,
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  • He chose to cover over his sin.
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  • In a coverup scheme that rivaled watergate,
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  • He decided that he was going to hide his failure
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  • From the kingdom.
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  • He didn't repent.
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  • He didn't acknowledge his sin.
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  • Instead, he kept silent about his sin.
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  • What happened?
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  • What did god do to him?
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  • Absolutely nothing.
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  • For a while anyway.
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  • And yet, even though there was no visible sign
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  • Of god's judgment or discipline,
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  • There was inner turmoil david was experiencing
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  • During that six months up to a year
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  • That he refused to acknowledge his sin.
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  • He writes about that period in psalm 32:3-4.
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  • He said, "when i kept silent about my sin,
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  • My body wasted away through my groanings all day long.
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  • For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me
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  • And my vitality was drained away
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  • As would the fever heat of summer."
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  • Will you notice, first of all,
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  • The physical effects of guilt?
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  • Guilt actually affects our bodies physically.
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  • He talks about, "my body wasting away,
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  • My vitality being drained."
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  • In his book "head first: the biology of hope,"
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  • Norman cousins explains,
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  • Doctors recognize that awareness of wrongdoing
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  • Often produces prolonged feelings of remorse
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  • And self-condemnation.
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  • That can actually have damaging effects
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  • On the bodily systems and open our bodies to disease.
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  • That's just some of the physical effects
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  • That accompany guilt we don't repent of.
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  • But there are emotional effects of guilt as well.
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  • It affects us emotionally.
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  • One of the most common side effects of guilt is depression.
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  • That's what david talks about when he says,
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  • "my groaning all day long."
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  • Most psychiatrists agree that there are certainly times
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  • That our guilt
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  • And the resulting depression aren't justified.
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  • Some psychiatrists talk about false guilt.
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  • And i think there's some legitimacy to that,
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  • But most of our guilt is real guilt.
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  • And christian psychiatrist paul meier
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  • And the late frank minirth write,
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  • "in our experience as psychiatrists,
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  • When people have told us they feel guilty,
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  • It has usually been because they are guilty."
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  • Isn't that interesting?
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  • They feel guilty because they are guilty.
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  • And straightening out the wrong they are doing is sometimes
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  • All that is needed
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  • To straighten out their feelings of depression.
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  • Now, again, not all depression is the result of guilt.
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  • There are chemical explanations for depression.
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  • There are other issues related to depression,
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  • But some depression, as david experienced,
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  • Is the result of unresolved guilt.
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  • By the way, it's very important to note
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  • That depression over your sin
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  • Is not the same as repentance from your sin.
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  • Repentance is not just feeling sorry about your sin,
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  • It's feeling sorry enough to change.
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  • A lot of people aren't willing to go to that next step.
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  • That's exactly what the apostle paul is talking about
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  • In that passage we read a few moments ago,
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  • 2 corinthians 7:10,
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  • He said, "for the sorrow
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  • That is according to the will of god produces a repentance
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  • Without regret."
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  • When you're involved in sin,
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  • God sends sorrow into your life
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  • In order to lead you to repentance.
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  • And when you make that change, that repentance in your life,
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  • It leads to a life of no regrets.
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  • That's how you know
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  • If the conviction you feel is coming from god.
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  • God's conviction always leads you to make a change
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  • That leads to a regret-free life,
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  • But there is another kind of sorrow of the world
  • 00:13:02.738 --> 00:13:06.475
  • That produces death.
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  • Do you know people like that?
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  • They wallow in their circumstances.
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  • They feel terrible about their circumstances,
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  • But they never make the changes.
  • 00:13:14.683 --> 00:13:17.253
  • Yes, some of the emotional effects of guilt result
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  • In depression.
  • 00:13:21.023 --> 00:13:22.424
  • Another common side effect of guilt is anxiety.
  • 00:13:22.424 --> 00:13:26.996
  • We talked about that in our message,
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  • "choosing faith over worry."
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  • For six months to a year,
  • 00:13:32.001 --> 00:13:34.637
  • David experienced fear
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  • That one day he would open the jerusalem times,
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  • And right there on the front page would be the expose
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  • Of his guilt.
  • 00:13:43.879 --> 00:13:45.281
  • He was scared to death that was going to happen.
  • 00:13:45.281 --> 00:13:48.517
  • And listen to what nathan went on to say, 2 samuel 12,
  • 00:13:48.517 --> 00:13:53.489
  • "thus says the lord god of israel,
  • 00:13:53.489 --> 00:13:55.991
  • 'it is i who anointed you, david, as king over israel,
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  • And it is i who delivered you from the hand of saul.'
  • 00:13:59.361 --> 00:14:02.865
  • Thus says the lord,
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  • 'behold, i will raise up evil against you
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  • From your own household.'
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  • Indeed, you did it secretly,
  • 00:14:09.171 --> 00:14:11.373
  • But i will do this thing before all israel
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  • And under the sun.'"
  • 00:14:14.610 --> 00:14:17.479
  • There are finally spiritual effects to guilt,
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  • Not just physical,
  • 00:14:20.916 --> 00:14:22.184
  • Not just emotional, depression, anxiety,
  • 00:14:22.184 --> 00:14:24.820
  • But there are spiritual effects of guilt.
  • 00:14:24.820 --> 00:14:27.790
  • He says in psalm 32:4,
  • 00:14:27.790 --> 00:14:29.625
  • "for day and night,
  • 00:14:29.625 --> 00:14:30.993
  • God, your hand was heavy upon me."
  • 00:14:30.993 --> 00:14:35.230
  • It affected his own relationship with god.
  • 00:14:36.131 --> 00:14:39.268
  • How does that happen in our life?
  • 00:14:39.268 --> 00:14:41.370
  • Guilt produces, first of all, a distance from god.
  • 00:14:41.370 --> 00:14:46.075
  • That is sin breaks our fellowship with god.
  • 00:14:46.075 --> 00:14:51.347
  • Remember in james 1:14-15,
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  • James explains how sin actually happens.
  • 00:14:56.218 --> 00:14:59.488
  • I call it the temptation equation.
  • 00:14:59.488 --> 00:15:02.591
  • Remember, he says in james 1:15,
  • 00:15:02.591 --> 00:15:05.127
  • "then when lust has conceived,
  • 00:15:05.127 --> 00:15:08.831
  • It gives birth to sin,
  • 00:15:08.831 --> 00:15:12.034
  • And when sin is accomplished,
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  • It brings forth death."
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  • Lust and an opportunity come together,
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  • You have sin.
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  • And when sin is fully accomplished,
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  • It does its work.
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  • It produces death.
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  • Death.
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  • That word death means separation.
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  • Thanatos means separation.
  • 00:15:34.056 --> 00:15:36.558
  • What does james have in mind
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  • When he says that sin produces death?
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  • Is he talking about physical death?
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  • You wouldn't be here listening to me
  • 00:15:43.032 --> 00:15:44.366
  • And i wouldn't be up here preaching to you.
  • 00:15:44.366 --> 00:15:45.968
  • We'll all be gone to heaven.
  • 00:15:45.968 --> 00:15:47.903
  • So he can't be primarily thinking about physical death.
  • 00:15:47.903 --> 00:15:52.174
  • I think what he's talking about is a deathlike existence
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  • For christians who sin and don't receive god's forgiveness.
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  • When we as christians, now listen to this,
  • 00:16:02.217 --> 00:16:03.485
  • When we as christians sin,
  • 00:16:03.485 --> 00:16:06.388
  • Our position with god doesn't change.
  • 00:16:06.388 --> 00:16:09.958
  • We don't become unjustified or unborn again,
  • 00:16:09.958 --> 00:16:14.163
  • Our salvation is forever.
  • 00:16:14.163 --> 00:16:17.366
  • God doesn't change his attitude about us when we sin,
  • 00:16:17.366 --> 00:16:21.236
  • But we change our attitude about god when we sin.
  • 00:16:21.236 --> 00:16:24.606
  • When we are living an unconfessed sin,
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  • We don't feel like hanging around god.
  • 00:16:27.576 --> 00:16:29.511
  • We don't feel like going to church.
  • 00:16:29.511 --> 00:16:30.779
  • We don't want to read his word.
  • 00:16:30.779 --> 00:16:32.514
  • We don't want to be convicted any further.
  • 00:16:32.514 --> 00:16:35.517
  • And that's one of the spiritual ramifications of guilt
  • 00:16:35.517 --> 00:16:38.620
  • Instead of repentance.
  • 00:16:38.620 --> 00:16:40.456
  • Not only does sin produce a distance from god,
  • 00:16:40.456 --> 00:16:43.692
  • It ensures the discipline from god.
  • 00:16:43.692 --> 00:16:47.162
  • The writer of hebrews says in hebrews 12:6-8,
  • 00:16:47.162 --> 00:16:50.265
  • "for those whom the lord loves,
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  • He disciplines
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  • And he scourges every son whom he receives.
  • 00:16:53.402 --> 00:16:56.972
  • It is for discipline that you endure.
  • 00:16:56.972 --> 00:16:59.541
  • God deals with you as with his sons,
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  • For what son is there whom his father does not discipline?
  • 00:17:01.844 --> 00:17:06.215
  • But if you are without discipline
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  • Of which all of us have become partakers,
  • 00:17:07.916 --> 00:17:10.319
  • Then you are illegitimate children and not sons."
  • 00:17:10.319 --> 00:17:14.089
  • If you're able to sin
  • 00:17:14.089 --> 00:17:16.325
  • And you experience no discipline from god,
  • 00:17:16.325 --> 00:17:18.894
  • It means you're an illegitimate child of god.
  • 00:17:18.894 --> 00:17:20.762
  • You don't really belong to him.
  • 00:17:20.762 --> 00:17:22.798
  • One sign that you're a christian is,
  • 00:17:23.565 --> 00:17:25.801
  • God doesn't let you get away with anything.
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  • He loves you too much for that.
  • 00:17:28.237 --> 00:17:30.205
  • He is going to bring discipline,
  • 00:17:30.205 --> 00:17:32.474
  • Sometimes painful discipline into our life,
  • 00:17:32.474 --> 00:17:36.044
  • In order that we might be corrected.
  • 00:17:36.044 --> 00:17:39.281
  • In these final minutes,
  • 00:17:39.281 --> 00:17:40.516
  • I want to talk to you about five ways
  • 00:17:40.516 --> 00:17:42.551
  • To develop that attitude of repentance in your life.
  • 00:17:42.551 --> 00:17:47.523
  • First of all,
  • 00:17:47.523 --> 00:17:49.391
  • Identify areas of your life
  • 00:17:49.391 --> 00:17:52.060
  • Where you have failed to meet god's standard.
  • 00:17:52.060 --> 00:17:56.031
  • The very first step
  • 00:17:56.031 --> 00:17:57.399
  • Of repentance is an honest evaluation of your life.
  • 00:17:57.399 --> 00:18:01.436
  • In psalm 139:23-24, david prayed,
  • 00:18:01.436 --> 00:18:05.340
  • "search me, o god, and know my heart,
  • 00:18:05.340 --> 00:18:08.343
  • Try me and know my anxious thoughts,
  • 00:18:08.343 --> 00:18:11.013
  • And see if there be any hurtful way in me
  • 00:18:11.013 --> 00:18:14.216
  • And lead me in the everlasting way."
  • 00:18:14.216 --> 00:18:17.319
  • God, search me.
  • 00:18:17.319 --> 00:18:18.587
  • See if there's anything displeasing to you.
  • 00:18:18.587 --> 00:18:21.990
  • We all need to do an honest spiritual inventory
  • 00:18:21.990 --> 00:18:26.328
  • And allow god to speak to us.
  • 00:18:26.328 --> 00:18:28.530
  • Secondly, acknowledge your failure to god.
  • 00:18:28.530 --> 00:18:32.801
  • It starts with god,
  • 00:18:32.801 --> 00:18:34.203
  • And our acknowledgement of our sin has to start
  • 00:18:34.203 --> 00:18:36.972
  • With god as well.
  • 00:18:36.972 --> 00:18:38.707
  • You know i think one reason we're so hesitant to
  • 00:18:39.708 --> 00:18:42.978
  • Acknowledge our sin to god, we keep going down the wrong
  • 00:18:42.978 --> 00:18:46.315
  • Road further and further away from god - we're afraid
  • 00:18:46.315 --> 00:18:50.953
  • To acknowledge our sin because we're afraid of what
  • 00:18:50.953 --> 00:18:54.856
  • God might think of us if we acknowledge our sin to him.
  • 00:18:54.856 --> 00:18:58.527
  • Can i give you some just liberating news today?
  • 00:18:58.527 --> 00:19:01.463
  • When you confess your sin to god you're not giving god
  • 00:19:01.463 --> 00:19:04.666
  • Any new information he doesn't already have.
  • 00:19:04.666 --> 00:19:08.704
  • He already knows about your failure.
  • 00:19:08.704 --> 00:19:11.907
  • What he wants to know is do you know about it.
  • 00:19:11.907 --> 00:19:14.876
  • Do you realize it?
  • 00:19:14.876 --> 00:19:16.912
  • You know what it means to acknowledge your failure to god?
  • 00:19:16.912 --> 00:19:19.414
  • It simply means to quit arguing with god about your sin.
  • 00:19:19.414 --> 00:19:24.419
  • Quit rationalizing it.
  • 00:19:24.419 --> 00:19:26.655
  • Quit minimizing it.
  • 00:19:26.655 --> 00:19:28.290
  • Instead say: god, you know what, you're right and i'm wrong.
  • 00:19:28.290 --> 00:19:34.463
  • You're right and i'm wrong.
  • 00:19:34.463 --> 00:19:36.565
  • Acknowledge your failure to god.
  • 00:19:36.565 --> 00:19:38.100
  • Thirdly,
  • 00:19:38.100 --> 00:19:39.201
  • And then accept god's forgiveness.
  • 00:19:39.201 --> 00:19:41.770
  • Here's the good news.
  • 00:19:41.770 --> 00:19:43.105
  • When you acknowledge your sin
  • 00:19:43.105 --> 00:19:44.840
  • And you ask for god's forgiveness,
  • 00:19:44.840 --> 00:19:46.742
  • God forgives not just some of the times,
  • 00:19:46.742 --> 00:19:49.011
  • Not most of the time.
  • 00:19:49.011 --> 00:19:50.212
  • He forgives every time your sin.
  • 00:19:50.212 --> 00:19:53.949
  • That's what 1 john 1:9 is all about.
  • 00:19:53.949 --> 00:19:56.151
  • We use this in speaking to non-christians,
  • 00:19:56.151 --> 00:19:58.353
  • But actually, 1 john was written to christians,
  • 00:19:58.353 --> 00:20:01.156
  • And john said, "if we confess our sins,
  • 00:20:01.156 --> 00:20:04.826
  • He is faithful and righteous to forgive us of our sins
  • 00:20:04.826 --> 00:20:08.430
  • And to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
  • 00:20:08.430 --> 00:20:12.834
  • That sin has been forgiven, forgotten forever.
  • 00:20:12.834 --> 00:20:17.039
  • That's what it means to be a christian.
  • 00:20:17.039 --> 00:20:19.641
  • We're forgiven. it's all over.
  • 00:20:19.641 --> 00:20:22.878
  • Now let me add on the side here
  • 00:20:22.878 --> 00:20:25.247
  • That's very important to understand.
  • 00:20:25.247 --> 00:20:26.882
  • Some of you may be saying, "well, pastor, i've done that,
  • 00:20:26.882 --> 00:20:30.752
  • And yet i'm still suffering the consequences of my sin."
  • 00:20:30.752 --> 00:20:36.024
  • Listen, when god forgives us,
  • 00:20:36.658 --> 00:20:38.427
  • He removes the eternal consequences of our sin,
  • 00:20:38.427 --> 00:20:42.998
  • Not necessarily the temporary consequences.
  • 00:20:42.998 --> 00:20:46.201
  • You say, "well, that means god doesn't love me
  • 00:20:46.201 --> 00:20:48.203
  • If i'm experiencing consequences."
  • 00:20:48.203 --> 00:20:49.771
  • No, the reason he allows you to experience consequences is
  • 00:20:49.771 --> 00:20:53.542
  • Because he does love you.
  • 00:20:53.542 --> 00:20:56.845
  • You know, even david said that.
  • 00:20:57.479 --> 00:20:59.514
  • He said, "before i was afflicted
  • 00:21:00.148 --> 00:21:02.718
  • With all of these consequences,
  • 00:21:02.718 --> 00:21:04.586
  • Before i was afflicted,
  • 00:21:04.586 --> 00:21:06.154
  • I went astray from god,
  • 00:21:06.154 --> 00:21:08.523
  • But now i obey your word.
  • 00:21:08.523 --> 00:21:12.294
  • Accept god's forgiveness.
  • 00:21:12.294 --> 00:21:14.363
  • It does remove the eternal consequences of our sin forth
  • 00:21:14.363 --> 00:21:18.767
  • To develop repentance, make restitution where necessary.
  • 00:21:18.767 --> 00:21:24.106
  • Yes, we start with asking forgiveness from god,
  • 00:21:25.107 --> 00:21:26.508
  • But sometimes we need to go to other people as well,
  • 00:21:26.508 --> 00:21:29.277
  • And ask for their forgiveness.
  • 00:21:29.277 --> 00:21:31.279
  • Now don't be surprised.
  • 00:21:31.279 --> 00:21:32.614
  • I have found that god is much more forgiving
  • 00:21:32.614 --> 00:21:34.416
  • Than other people are.
  • 00:21:34.416 --> 00:21:36.418
  • Nevertheless, we need to make the effort to do that,
  • 00:21:36.418 --> 00:21:39.254
  • Going to seek that person's forgiveness.
  • 00:21:39.254 --> 00:21:41.590
  • They may or may not forgive you,
  • 00:21:41.590 --> 00:21:44.292
  • But you're to make that attempt.
  • 00:21:44.292 --> 00:21:46.228
  • Make restitution where necessary.
  • 00:21:46.228 --> 00:21:48.430
  • And then finally,
  • 00:21:48.430 --> 00:21:49.731
  • And most importantly,
  • 00:21:49.731 --> 00:21:51.466
  • Turn away from known sin in your life.
  • 00:21:51.466 --> 00:21:55.170
  • After all, that's what repentance is.
  • 00:21:55.170 --> 00:21:57.806
  • It is a turning around.
  • 00:21:57.806 --> 00:21:59.574
  • In psalm 51:10,
  • 00:21:59.574 --> 00:22:01.109
  • That great psalm of confession, david said,
  • 00:22:01.109 --> 00:22:04.012
  • "god, create in me a clean heart
  • 00:22:04.012 --> 00:22:08.383
  • And renew a steadfast spirit within me."
  • 00:22:08.383 --> 00:22:12.554
  • In the hebrew mind,
  • 00:22:13.021 --> 00:22:14.356
  • The heart wasn't just the center of emotion,
  • 00:22:14.356 --> 00:22:16.591
  • It was the center of our thought and our will.
  • 00:22:16.591 --> 00:22:20.262
  • He said, "god, i'm in a new relationship with you.
  • 00:22:20.262 --> 00:22:23.198
  • I want a new heart,
  • 00:22:23.198 --> 00:22:25.100
  • A clean heart,
  • 00:22:25.100 --> 00:22:26.835
  • So that i might walk in the right direction toward you."
  • 00:22:26.835 --> 00:22:32.107
  • I know i'm speaking
  • 00:22:32.574 --> 00:22:34.075
  • To many of you listening or watching this broadcast,
  • 00:22:34.075 --> 00:22:37.846
  • And you have been traveling down a road for months,
  • 00:22:38.880 --> 00:22:44.052
  • Perhaps years,
  • 00:22:44.419 --> 00:22:45.587
  • That has left you farther and farther,
  • 00:22:46.421 --> 00:22:48.657
  • And farther away from god.
  • 00:22:48.657 --> 00:22:51.460
  • You never really imagined
  • 00:22:52.027 --> 00:22:54.196
  • That you would end up the place that you are one day.
  • 00:22:54.196 --> 00:22:57.599
  • And you're wondering,
  • 00:22:58.099 --> 00:22:59.935
  • "how do i go back to god?
  • 00:22:59.935 --> 00:23:01.736
  • How do i start going in the right direction
  • 00:23:02.637 --> 00:23:06.441
  • That leads to eternal life?"
  • 00:23:06.441 --> 00:23:08.543
  • ♪ music ♪
  • 00:23:08.543 --> 00:23:10.111
  • By acknowledging that you are going in the wrong direction
  • 00:23:10.111 --> 00:23:14.783
  • And then turning around.
  • 00:23:15.283 --> 00:23:17.152
  • God is calling you today to turn around,
  • 00:23:18.019 --> 00:23:21.122
  • And that's the essence of what it means to choose repentance
  • 00:23:22.324 --> 00:23:26.695
  • Over guilt.
  • 00:23:26.695 --> 00:23:27.963
  • ♪ music ♪
  • 00:23:27.963 --> 00:23:32.067
  • If you feel an emotional distance from your creator,
  • 00:23:33.134 --> 00:23:36.304
  • It isn't god who has moved away.
  • 00:23:36.304 --> 00:23:39.374
  • He's never left your side.
  • 00:23:39.374 --> 00:23:41.543
  • And my hope is that today's teaching
  • 00:23:41.543 --> 00:23:43.578
  • From god's word will cause you to move closer to him.
  • 00:23:43.578 --> 00:23:47.849
  • Now, in closing,
  • 00:23:47.849 --> 00:23:49.317
  • I want to share a note i received from ron in missouri.
  • 00:23:49.317 --> 00:23:51.887
  • He wrote,
  • 00:23:51.887 --> 00:23:53.321
  • "the moral decay in america has become overwhelming.
  • 00:23:53.321 --> 00:23:56.525
  • Thank you for all you're doing
  • 00:23:56.525 --> 00:23:58.126
  • To awaken our beloved country to the truth."
  • 00:23:58.126 --> 00:24:00.996
  • And then ron told me
  • 00:24:00.996 --> 00:24:02.597
  • How he and his wife were using our materials in their church
  • 00:24:02.597 --> 00:24:06.101
  • To push back against the tide of evil in america.
  • 00:24:06.101 --> 00:24:09.771
  • This is such an encouragement to me, ron.
  • 00:24:09.771 --> 00:24:12.240
  • And to those of you
  • 00:24:12.240 --> 00:24:13.575
  • Who faithfully support "pathway to victory,"
  • 00:24:13.575 --> 00:24:15.877
  • Thank you as well.
  • 00:24:15.877 --> 00:24:17.412
  • As we band together as partners in ministry,
  • 00:24:17.412 --> 00:24:20.515
  • We are truly piercing the darkness
  • 00:24:20.515 --> 00:24:23.051
  • With the light of god's word.
  • 00:24:23.051 --> 00:24:24.953
  • Now, stay right there.
  • 00:24:24.953 --> 00:24:26.288
  • I'll be back with more "pathway to victory"
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  • In just a moment.
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  • With the life-changing power of the cross.
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  • Sometimes we make an unconscious decision
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  • To wallow in our failures,
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  • As though our misery will generate favor with god.
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  • That's not how forgiveness works.
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  • The bible gives us a pathway to victory that's foolproof
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  • And rewarding.
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  • And my hope and prayer is
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  • That you will begin to know god's love and forgiveness
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  • As never before by engaging in true repentance.
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  • Well, when we meet again,
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  • We'll address another transforming principle
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  • From god's word.
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  • Next time we'll talk about choosing relaxation over stress.
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  • Stay tuned for a preview
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  • Of what's coming up next in our series,
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  • "choose your attitudes, change your life."
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  • You may not be able to define stress,
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  • Give a dictionary definition of stress (chuckles),
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  • But we know it when we see it,
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  • Or more accurately,
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  • We know it when we feel it, don't we?
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  • Migraines, high blood pressure,
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  • Certain strokes,
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  • Even cancer,
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  • Are just some of the symptoms of a stressed-out society.
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  • Set your dvr and join us next time for the message,
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  • "choosing relaxation over stress,"
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  • Here on pathway to victory."
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  • [narrator] experience a journey
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  • That will refresh your spirit and renew your faith,
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  • On the pathway to victory cruise to alaska,
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  • While enjoying powerful bible teaching from dr. jeffress,
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  • Then enjoy spirit-lifting worship led by michael o'brien,
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  • And share plenty of laughter with dennis swanberg,
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  • America's minister of encouragement.
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  • [dr. jeffress] this is more than just a vacation,
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  • It's a sacred pause to reconnect with the lord.
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  • [narrator] to reserve your cabin
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  • On the 2026 pathway to victory cruise to alaska,
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