WHAT IS REPENTANCE PART 5 OF 10

TEXT- LUKE 24:44-49

INTRODUCTION

TONIGHT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH OUR STUDY ON THE TOPIC OF BECOMING FISHERS OF MEN.

SEVERAL WEEKS AGO I TOLD YOU THAT THERE ARE FIVE PASSAGES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT THAT MAKE REFERENCE TO THE GREAT COMMISSION.

WE HAVE ALREADY LOOKED IN DETAIL AT THE PRIMARY PASSAGE FOUND IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 28.

THERE WE LEARNED THAT THE PRIMARY MISSION OF THE CHURCH IS TO MAKE DISCIPLES AND THAT THE DIVINE PROCESS FOR DOING THIS INVOLVES US GOING AND PREACHING THE GOSPEL TO THOSE WHO ARE LOST SO THAT THEY MIGHT ACCEPT JESUS AS THEIR PERSONAL SAVIOR.

TONIGHT I WOULD LIKE US TO ZERO IN AND FOCUS OUR ATTENTION EVEN MORE SPECIFICALLY ON A SECOND ASPECT INVOLVED IN OUR WITNESSING.

THE GOSPEL IS THE MESSAGE CONCERNING THE DEATH, BURIAL AND RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST.

THE SECOND ASPECT OF OUR WITNESSING IS FOUND IN OUR TEXT WHICH IS FOUND IN LUKE 24:44-49 AND INVOLVES REPENTANCE.

IN VERSE 47 JESUS TELLS US, "AND THAT REPENTANCE FOR FORGIVENESS OF SINS SHOULD BE PROCLAIMED IN HIS NAME TO ALL THE NATIONS, BEGINNING FROM JERUSALEM."

SINCE REPENTANCE IS AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT FOR SALVATION, IT NEEDS TO BE PREACHED.

AND IF WE ARE COMMANDED TO PREACH REPENTANCE WE FIRST NEED TO KNOW WHAT IT IS.

TONIGHT WE’LL LOOK AT SOME MISCONCEPTIONS PEOPLE HAVE CONCERNING REPENTANCE AND THE WAYS GOD WANTS US TO REPENT.