Preaching Repentance - Allen Bailey

It is indeed a great pleasure tonight to assemble with each

one of you to worship Our God in spirit, and in truth, a great

pleasure and a great privilege and none of us should take for

granted and all of us should look forward to.

Every time we possibly can, as you see on the board tonight, we

would like to preach about what Luke 24 verse 46 and 47 talks

Luke 24:46

about and that is Is preaching repentance.

Go with me. If you will to the Book of Luke,

the 24th chapter now, Luke 24. This is Luke's account of the

Gospel. We have studied that extensively

through this meeting notice please.

What he said in Luke 24, beginning of a 46, the Bible

said, thus, it is written, and thus, it behoove Christ has

suffered and to rise again from the dead.

Add the third day and that repentance and remission of sins

should be preached in his name, among all nations, beginning at

Jerusalem, the message of repentance, was not new to

Jesus. John, the Baptist preached

repentance for the kingdom of God is at hand.

Jesus did indeed, preached. It the apostles, preached.

It other in. Inspired men of God preached it

you can find it from Matthew through Revelation the need for

repentance. I am fearfully afraid today that

many of us do not repent when we should I am also afraid that

many times we're talking to people trying to persuade them

to live a good Godly Christian life and they need to make

changes in their life. That we don't ask for

repentance, we merely ask for confession and prayer.

I'm going to be addressing a few of those things tonight.

And I all the stories and illustration that I would give

tonight during this lesson True. It is not normal for me to give

a lot of illustrations, real life illustration.

But I'm going to do that tonight because it makes his point solid

within your heart, and in your mind, it will help you and help

me to better understanding and will really poke and prod me a

little bit to call for repentance.

I was listening to an audio CD one day.

And the preacher who I did not know, but a member of the church

had given me. This CD and asked me what I

plays, listen to it, and then tell them what I thought.

Well, the speaker with a very good speaker and I was enjoying

listening. I just went to my office and

plugged it in and I'm just sitting there and listening and

all of a sudden he made a point. He said, the hardest command in

the Bible is to command to repent.

I stopped the player and I thought, The hardest command in

the Bible is the command to repent.

At first, I was not ready to embrace that.

But I'm being very said, one of the hardest, I'm all aboard, the

hardest just wasn't quite ready to embrace that yet.

I backed up and listen to his last few moments before he made

that statement again. And he said it again, of course

Replay in his head, the hardest command in the Bible is the

command to repent, and then I listened to several more minutes

and I stopped again. Because I began to think, you

know, this gentleman may be right.

There's a lot of hard commands, the word of God even said, there

are many hard sayings and the scripture, there's a lot of hard

things in scripture, but we can do it.

God is on our side, we can do it.

But I'm zeroing in on repentance today.

The hardest command in the Bible to obey is repentance.

Just think about it. When you are asked to repent, or

I am asked to repent or we have somebody else to repent.

What is it? We're asking people to do.

We're asking people to make a change.

A changing their mind and a change their ways by myself.

That's hard. Otherwise I will hundred fifty

pounds. We know, changes are not easy.

Many of you have situations in your life that if you could

change and you did change, you know, you'd be better, but

change does not come easy, but spiritually, we must learn to

repent and make the necessary changes of our mind and changes

of our ways. I was in a Bible study one night

with these young lady and and she was really a good student of

the scriptures. And as we said in the

scriptures, we have been studying about salvation and

about the need to repent and to make things, right?

When is necessary and his shoes leaving my office, I remember

distinctly, she started she turned around and she leaned on

the doorway and she said, Rhode Island.

How do I know if I'm truly repented of my sins?

Wow, that was a very good question.

This young lady asked and I gave the best answer.

I knew that time to give her And it was a but just a couple of

weeks or so later, we had a couple of visitors, attend, one

of our members had passed away and we're taking care of her

service, her funeral service and her daughter.

Daughter-in-law one, I think of the daughter-in-law, she came to

services and she came and she said right up here on the front

row. And after Services, I went over

to speak with her and let her know.

I was glad she was there. And what was again offered my

condolences for the loss of her mother-in-law and she's if what

do I need to do? She's my mother-in-law, love

this church. And I want to be a member of

this church. Why do I need to do?

Well, of course, I set out to explain the Plan of Salvation

according to scripture, and I went rock marks my way right

through it and she was not a member of the Lord's Church of,

and I got through her. Immediate question was what is

repentance? You know, today you and I we

know what repentance is to me and you repentance has a

household word. But people in the world by and

large they don't know what repentance is they don't ever

hear repentance many of the modern translation, omit the

word repentance, they would put a change of life.

Change your wave, change your mind and that is the definition

of repentance and I was 5 to do that but the word repentance is

almost archaic and our language today.

That's hard to imagine but if Really true people in this

community are no different than people in the community where I

live in Oklahoma City, or Dallas before that or Missouri before

that people, just simply don't know what repentance is.

I'm talking about people who are unchurched people who do not

know the Bible, then just simply foreign from scripture but good

hearts and good people. No doubt.

Well, I had a great conversation with her and lady.

She was baptized and became our sister in the faith.

There's a lot of people today that need to be reached be

prepared with the right message to give to them.

Oh, no doubt at all. I have no doubt majority of you

today. Who are members of the church.

You can show people how you must hear the word of God, and you

must believe the word of God. I know you could do that with,

with great amount of success. And you can tell them, they need

to confess the name of Jesus. They need to establish their

faith. I believe that Jesus Christ is

Son of God and they need to be buried in baptism for the

remission of their sin. No doubt you could do that.

But do you know what? What about repentance?

Now this is going to be little bit piercing, it may be a little

bit bold, even it might be a little bit, fix it.

But if it is take it, if the shoe fits wearing, okay.

When is the last time you ever asked someone to repent?

this is, You probably second now Alan you could have talked to

all day and never ask that. But, I'm serious.

When is the last time you asked anybody to repent of their sins?

A baptized believer who has lost their spiritual way and they

need to come back to the Lord and repent confess and have

prayer. Many of them thinking to here, I

need to get them by to make a confession.

Yeah they do. They need to repent to My dear

friends when you see people and you know people and you're

talking to those who are out of Duty, the faith who have gone

astray. The Bible said who have aired

from the right way, you know, who have committed sin of their

life? They need to be taught to repent

confess and have fryer. That is part of God's great

plan, and we need to embrace that because that is God's will

God's way. And that is taught in scripture.

I'm not making this up tonight. This is all taken from, but

chapter and verse a baptized believer who commits sin, also

told to hear the word of God, they're told to believe the word

of God to repent, change your life change.

Her ways, change their thinking, confess their thoughts and have

prayer. Repentance.

I'm going to encourage you to urge you, to poke you to prod,

you to get it part of your vocabulary that when you're

speaking to someone, who doesn't know the Lord, whose not

currently living a Christian Life that in the process of

helping them, let them know. They need to repent, the Bible

teaches us to preach repentance convey that to other people.

Our poor, number three, and four on the board.

Is to a sinner who's told to repent and to Saints who are

told to repent. Now, sinner is a non baptized

person, simply not baptized into Jesus Christ.

They're not members of the Lord's church.

Now, I'm not necessarily read all these verses, but our

reference them and I know several of you probably have

heard have this written down and some of you took a picture of

it, but you might want to take another picture because I had

the wrong letter there. Jesus gave this passage and Luke

Luke 13:3

13 Verse 3. Jesus said I tell you nay and

sent you repent. You shall all likewise perish.

Very unusual. But it's found in the Bible at

least twice in verse 5. Luke 13:3 and Luke 13 5 Jesus

Luke 13:3

repeats himself, he gives another illustration from the

Old Testament and then he compared the current people with

the people of the old. He said, I tell you nay, except

you didn't repent. You will all likewise perish.

Wow, understand repent or perish.

Listen, there's nothing fun about this word, perish.

When you read instead of the word of God you can see Jesus

said if you don't believe in me you're going to be down.

There's nothing Pleasant about that word, just not nothing

Pleasant about the word, Parish Jesus say you deny me, I will

deny you we don't want any part of those kind of Things, we need

to step up to the plate. We need to take our spiritual

life, seriously. Let it be first and foremost in

our life and whatever it takes whenever we have to compromise

and give up and our physical life.

Let's do it. To do what the Lord teaches.

Well, Luke 13:3 and five. Jesus made it clear.

Luke 13:3

We've already read, Luke 24:46 and 47 where he said preaching

Luke 24:46

repentance and remission of sand and Acts 2:38 a chapter.

Acts 2:38

We studied the other night, we gave 10 points.

Take it for this chapter. Relax 238 says, you know, Peter

answered this. People that said, what we have

us to do in verse 37. He said, repent.

Right off the bat, repent. Now I'll be very Frank with you

today. We have not been accustomed to

when someone asks us a question. What do I need to do to

straighten up very few of us have said, repent.

Now we normally say, well you need to be baptized or if

they've already been baptized you need to make a confession

and have frere. Dear friend, I'm honest with you

today. We are not calling on people to

repent and making a change and when people are not making a

change, we haven't done them a great service, we have made them

feel good without making a change in their heart that

changing the will and ways and it's just not good.

All right. Would you live with me at act 3

and 19 which is very similar to Acts 2:38 That's the third

Acts 2:38

chapter. Verse 19.

Says, repent and be converted. Thanks to say his name.

Be blotted out for the time of refreshing shall come.

When you look at the gospel about 2:38 where he called on

people to repent. You look at that 319.

He called on people to repent. These are people who never obey

the gospel and baptism. This is he Church in his early

stages? And then acts 11:19.

Acts 11:19

The Gentiles were given the same privileges.

The Jews are given repentance unto life, Now, hurried through

those, but I want you to turn in your Bible to acts 17 and verse

30. I would turn off.

So I want you to look at this in your scriptures, whatever

translation you've chosen to use.

I wouldn't trade you for the King James that I do.

And I want you to listen carefully.

This is very serious discussion. I accept 19 and verse 30 and the

time of this ignorance, God winked at, but now commandeth

listen are all men everywhere to repent.

Guess what? All men includes you and me

everywhere. That's you, that's me, everyone.

Of us everywhere. We are we all should repent?

God. Commands, all of been able for

are to repent. So my may I please encourage

you. If you have sin in your life,

understand the necessity of repentance.

So of the baptized believer going to port for saints Saints

is baptized believers. So as a baptized Believers one,

who has been saved at the point of baptism It is a wonderful,

wonderful, joyous day the day that you walk into this water, a

dry Center and you walk out a wet Kristen, you're immersed in

water. According the New Testament,

scripture you're buried. And watcher.

That's Jesus. When he was baptized, he was

coming up, straightway out of the water and lo the heavens

were opened and add of those Spirit descending like a dove

and lighting upon him and a voice from Heaven, said, this is

my beloved Son in whom I am. Well pleased hear, ye him.

Wow, that's all recorded. By the way, Matthew 3 verse 16

Matthew 3:16

and verse 17 the baptism of Jesus.

Matthew 3 verse 16 verse 17 but they came up out of the water

Matthew 3:16

you know, today if an individual did not know better and they

warned know what baptism is they very likely would go to maybe a

Collegiate dictionary? Just the school dictionary and

look up, baptism and you know what?

They're going to find by and large.

You will find sprinkling pouring our immersion.

But you do not look up. Bible words by human dictionary

like that. You love bomb the words.

I've been to Bible dictionary because over the course of time.

Some words have changed his meaning.

So I encourage you today, whatever your Bible study habits

are that you really focus in on the need to repent.

And as a saint, as a baptized believer, whenever you commit

sin, I want you to run eyes. His in order for you to go to

heaven, you must repent of what you sin, you lied, you cheated,

you curse yours and moral you. The assembly you didn't want

ever but everyone she did. I want you to think about it

before you do it. If I'm going to be saved, I'm

tempted to do this. Whatever.

This is I must repent of that sin.

I'm going to hell with that sin. Sometimes I can be a helpful

motivator not to sin. So you said I would have gone up

to sooner or later I'm not gonna pray to God.

I'm have to confess my faults one another and then pray to God

some way. Somehow Alan's got to repent

when I sin, I need to know that and you know that really helps

not to sin. Now, we all do see and I know

that we all made the state's some intentional, some

unintentional, but a sin is a sin.

Every sin has to be repented. So you can make it right?

And things the right with you and the Lord.

Well, the word of God says the following and that exact 22, I

really, really, really wanted to teach on ax8 this week.

I was going through my notebook today and I was seeing some oh

yeah I wanted to break that. Oh yeah, I want to fix that too.

Well, I think we can start for another week and we've covered

quite a bit of material that's not the plan.

Of course I'll be leaving here. Lord willing on Monday Acts

chapter verse 22. Acts 8 is wonderful.

I want to give you a couple of brief highlights.

I am not going to get distracted on the stay on our course, about

preaching repentance. Okay.

But I do want to show you a couple of details.

I'd say the gospel goes to the city of Samaria.

Many of them obeyed, the gospel and baptism.

Would you please look at verse 12?

and verse 12 and said, and I sake, But when they believed

Philip preaching, the things concerning the kingdom of God,

the name of Jesus Christ. They were baptized both men and

women. Many of the Samaritans were

baptized. That was the find the step for

them to become a new testament. Christian, the very next verse

introduces, another person Simon the Sorcerer.

So please look at him verse 13, then Simon himself believed.

Also when he was Sized. He continued with Philip

wondering beholding, his Americans assigned which were

done. Simon himself believed.

Also, and was baptized now, doesn't that sound familiar?

Believed and were baptized Mark. 16 verse 16.

Mark 16:16

Jesus said he that believeth and is baptized shall be saved

Simon. The Sorcerer believed I was

baptized and he was saved to that moment.

Today in order for you to be saved, you have to say anything,

the Samaritans did and Simon however Simon, he would just

take him back and was in all of the Miracles.

The apostles were able to do. I don't know how much time

elapsed. A few hours a few days.

Few weeks, I don't know, but somewhere between verse 13 and

verse 22. He sinned Peter rebuked him

sharply. Look at verse 22.

Look what Peter said. And I say, and verse 22, Peter

said, repent, therefore of this thy wickedness and pray, God.

You wonder where we get repentance and prayer.

There it is. Repent and pray to God.

If perhaps to tell him down, heart may be forgiven thee.

And when I want to say Simon said, would you pray for me?

Why the Bible does not say Philip, did I have?

No doubt that he did. What religious spiritual person

would not. Please understand.

I want you to go to heaven. I want our names, be written in

the Lamb's Book of Life. I want our name to be written in

having the fame of this meaning and we've encouraged him from

night tonight and variety of lesson and variety of thoughts

trying to evaluate Our Lives. According to scripture, to make

sure that our name is written and have them.

Listen today, if you've never been baptized, your name is not

written in heaven. I'm telling you right now if you

have him baptized and you stand, you need to Repent confess and

prayer in order to get your name reinstated and the Lamb's Book

of Life. Because the Bible talks about

those who sins are blotted out, believe me in the day of

judgment, I do not want the Lord to look at where my name used to

be and there's nothing there, but a blower is blocked.

I don't want any part of that. I don't want it for you.

I don't want it for you and I sure don't want him for me.

We must repentance repentance is not an option.

It is the command of God in second.

Peter 3 and verse 9. Peter who is he Apostle, who

preached this, sermon in Acts 22, the Jews, Peter preached,

this sermon and acts 10 and also and to chapter 11 to the

Gentiles here now and second Peter 3 now and years later, he

said the Lord is not slack concerning his promise.

As some men count slackness but is long-suffering he's not

willing that any should perish, but all come to repentance.

Peter said, the same thing that Jesus said right here, Luke

Luke 13:3

13:3, Luke 13 5, Second Peter 3:9.

2 Peter 3:9

They match. Repent, or perish.

Learn doesn't want anyone to perish.

He wants them all to repent. I do not know what else could

motivate us to say. We gotta change.

We got to do the right thing. Here, we don't want to cut

yourself weighed and found wanting and that final day In

Revelation Port 3 and 4 under point for here before Saints

baptized Believers. I'm not going to read all of

these but Revelation 2 and Revelation 3 that they deal with

this seven congregations and Asia.

Five of the seven congregation that was fought found within the

congregation. Each of these congregation were

told to repent, Revelation, 2, and verse 5 church at Ephesus

was told to repair each of them, Revelation 2 and verse 16,

Revelation, 21 verse 21 now in the next chapter of Revelation

Revelation 21:21

33 and the Revelation 3:19. Now, these five verses listen

Revelation 3:19

here in chapter two, and three Revelation 2:5 1621 In

Revelation 2:5

Revelation 3 verse 3 and verse 19.

Revelation 3:3

These five congregation were told to repent that passing is

the verse it says, repent. So here's what we find.

Five congregations are told repent, repent, repent, repent,

repent. Now, why are we not calling on

people to repent? Why don't the Lord called on

these congregations to repent? Which is when my next Point here

that we will make, I encourage you for you to be saved and you

have sin in your life, whatever it is, repent of it.

That's the only way you can go to heaven without you will not

go. Now, I'm telling you, I'm not

being rude. I'm in playing.

I want to be very direct. I don't want you to ever win a

horse. He really trying to say, I'm

saying what? Jesus said, repent or perish.

Point number five, conflict, resolution conflict with God.

How to resolve that issue. Repentance is there in Luke 17

verse three and four. Would you please turn with me

when I return with you? This is the case of one-on-one

individual conflict and Luke 17. This is right to the point with

nothing to question and nothing to doubt.

Luke 17 verse 3. Immerse for take heed to

Luke 17:3

yourselves, If thy brother trespass, against thee, rebuke

him, if he repents forgive him, excuse me.

If you want, if he repent, Forgive him first for if you

transfer paths. Again, seen seven times in a day

and seven times a day turn again, to these said I Repent,

Thou shalt forgive him. You see how individually I do

you wrong and you come to me and said my Allen you said this or

you did this or whatever I did wrong and and you bring it to my

attention. That's what you should do.

I need to repent. I need you said well, I am so

sorry for that. I need to repent and change my

ways about that, and I don't need to lie about you, no more.

I don't need to steal. You think you got no more,

whatever I did or don't need to do no more.

Okay? you know what, I would much

rather you do not only with me but with anybody if someone has

committed and Trance past against you, they've sinned

against you go talk to them. And not go talk to somebody else

about them. Now that's the right way to do

it. I don't know why it is today

that people fill out. They need to get a posse and go

get tell everybody in the world about it and then get around

going talking to him. One day I arrived at a location

to hold a gospel meeting. I had not even got out of my

car. I drove in this gentleman shark

and he was outside and and I saw him walking over.

So I just rolled down the window and said, how are you doing?

Is it what I'm doing? Real fine today, but we got

problems. How's the well?

Hello to you. He's a man.

So and so we're into it. And say what I want you to do, I

want you to go with us, let's get it all worked out before the

meeting starts. When I didn't ask him questions,

that will go ahead and jump in. Let's go.

So we go over until the gentleman's house and we get

sitting there talking and this brother who is I was taking with

him, I was here. His Uber driver.

I drove him over to that house and I got out of the guy and I

just kind of sit there and listen like I'm not on a log.

I didn't have any business being there.

Found out real quick. He said I will tell you

something brother. So you sent against me and he

you did this, you did that. And he said, well my Bible

teaches me and Matthew 18. That if you've got all you come

by yourself. What's he doing here?

Yeah, what am I doing here? You know, if I go back, get my

car, guess what? I didn't need to be there.

I did not have any parting been there.

He was. Right, I was wrong.

So they went back and got my car ready for the net, super Rider.

I am an Uber driver by the way, that's why I mention Uber, I'm

not advertising. But they worked it out.

And he got back in my car and I said, listen babe, I was wrong.

Getting out. I should not even come here.

You should have this Hannah before I got here.

And then the Nets first service that meeting I mentioned, I'm

glad brother who had a conflict, were they able to resolve it?

And, and I made a big blunder and going when I should not have

gone. That's the second step where you

take one or two more, not the first step.

So, if you have a trouble problem ill-will, baffles will

somebody go talk to them, do not go, talk about them, go talk to

them. Pour out your heart, here's my

concern, please, let's work this thing out most time.

And when you go with the right attitude, you can find success.

Okay, congregation that time need to repent.

Now we know that from Revelation 2 and 3 and we Illustrated that

here these the New Testament Christians and the current

gatien the vacation. Okay, now Point number six.

Okay, we're doing real good on time.

We'll be through here in a few minutes fruit meet for

repentance arrived at one location.

And remember, all of these stories, the truth arrived.

One location. One day, in the meeting began,

the next--and. I got up, you know, for the

morning breakfast. And we will visit with the

family where I was staying and, and the lady of the whole gave

me a newspaper. Bang laid right in front of me

and she had a big marker around this particular article.

And I said, I guess you want me to read that article, she the I

do. So I started reading it and my

eyes got bigger and bigger. And I thought, Whoa, whoa.

I said, wow, that's bad. Should the eyes bad?

It was two ladies in the congregation young ladies.

One of the teenager, one of their upper 20s, the one that

the teenager was up her teenage years but the other was in her

20s or so, and they've been arrested for immorality selling

their bodies and for drugs, illegal drugs.

And they were in the county jail.

What on Monday? I got up after Sunday and all

that on Monday, I got into, well, let's go see what, how

many Hoops? I got to jump through to get to

see those girls because I baptized one of them.

Several years earlier. And oh, believe me you had to

jump through a bunch but I finally got it done today after

an early afternoon. So I got to go and set my little

box and had a little plastic glass area and I got to pick up

a phone and talk to them and went under came around and kind

of shocked who's coming to see me on Monday morning and

Shamrocks to the Oh, I thought you would come.

I heard you. It's going to be here.

I just didn't know you was coming to a certain she's in

that before you say anything. I want to tell you something, I

send and I want to make a confession.

You know what I said, come fashion.

I went to preaching right there in that little box.

I said feel fashion. You need to repent.

You done this over and over and over again.

I baptized you, you made a commitment to the Lord.

You devote yourself to living a Christian Life and here I am

talking away and I know somebody Somewhere listening to all of

that. I should have said you too.

By the way, I did not do that part.

Confession. Yes, but you got to repent.

You had a change, your mind, your ways, your actions, your

been in moral. I can't believe you.

Now, I knew this lady, so I poured it on her.

What she said. Oh, I'm really sorry.

I want to repent and confess and have prayer.

So we did, we had prayer and all that.

And then the goddamn Box, by the way, I'll just hang on there.

We'll send the other girl. Took a deep breath and I bet you

would have to do that again. Pretty, same sermon in five

minutes but you're about 20. But anyway, she got down there

and she's at them or tell me who's here.

I kind of thought you might come.

But I didn't know if I wanted to see you and not but I guess I

will as well. Thank you.

I don't know what to say. Thank you or I love you or

whatever. But let me what's going on,

girl, what's going on? He's it out and I don't have an

explanation but I messed up. She said up, tell me.

I was too messed up and she said, I really feel terrible.

This brings shame upon the church reproach on the church.

People know I'm not doing right and I really, I know.

I need to make a confession. And she's out prayer.

Okay. Is that all?

No, no. You got to repent.

He had to repair it. You've got to change your life,

change, your will change your wages, you got to do that.

Girl, you've got to make a commitment.

When you get out of here, you're going to be a new person.

You're gonna live a Christian life and you have to go through

some Center to get better. What do that?

I'm willing to help you but you got to be willing to help

yourself. Long story.

I was there for a little while as long as they were let me.

And finally time was up Of course, they could not come to

the meeting, it was weeks before one of them got out and the

other was had to stay in and got sentence for Comfort or 3 years

in prison. I'll tell you something, we're

not doing anybody any favors. If we do not tell them to

repent. They may not like it, but you

need to tell them in a way that meaty what you don't ever be

offended. When someone comes to you and

says, brother, or sister, you need to repent, you said this,

you did that, don't be offended. Be thankful that they love you

enough to come talk to you. Well, in the Bible, it talks

about fruit meet for repentance. In Matthew 38, Luke 3 and 8 acts

twenty six and twenty. They all talk about fruit meet

for repentance. Let me explain what that is

fruit. Is your work, your actions, your

Deeds, your conduct and normally I write Behavior but I ran out

of room. All right.

Your work, your action, your deep, your conduct your

behavior. That's what the fruit is.

Positive proof of repentance meet men be fit into our

corresponding to your repentance, which is your change

of mind and you train your ways. What does that really mean?

What it means is fruit meet for repentance means your work

actions days and conduct correspond to your changing mind

and change your way. In other words, you're doing

better. You're walking a straighter

line, you're walking down the straight and narrow path.

Way, you're living a Christian life.

Now, That's what it means. That's fruit meet for

repentance. So don't get upset.

If you go out here and you live, some Wicked Rogers, Living Like

The Prodigal, Son did. And then you come back and you

want to make things, right? The church.

And you really repent, you can fast and you have prayer and the

Brethren graciously, accept, you and decisions other of your neck

and they are very happy to have me back.

But if they just asked you to, you know, just sit back and

don't Push yourself on the corrugation me a lot leading

singing lead in prayer and give a lesson.

No, no, let's wait and see if your action should easier.

Kind of your Baker. Let them see fruit.

Boy, people don't like that. They don't like to be waiting to

show them fruit, but that's what needs to happen.

Now preached, it's all over the country congregation do not rush

into because that person may need some help some guidance.

Some instruction. So don't put the current gatien

in Jeopardy. Don't put them in the Pulpit

just because you need another teacher.

Okay, well, I'm going to have to now now, our final two point,

four point seven point, eight Heaven, wants you to repent and

Luke 15 verse 7 and 10. Oh, I'm gonna give you a chance

Luke 15:7

to turn because this is a dynamic set of verses.

I love these verses and Luke. The 15th chapter verse 7 through

10, you find, there's joy in heaven.

I'm turn with you. There are showing heaven.

When one person repents. the Bible said, Luke 15 and verse 7,

I say unto you, likewise, there should be joining Heaven over

one sinner that repenteth, the more than over ninety-nine just

person that need no repentance. and then, Look at verse 10,

likewise? I say unto you.

There is joy and the presence of the angels of God over one

sinner that repenteth. Wow.

Isn't it great to know when one person repents of their sins?

There's joy in heaven. Can you imagine there's joy and

the presence of the angels of heaven.

I've had people to say who's rejoicing?

I don't know. Everybody.

He said joy and the presence of the Angels, it might be other

range of rejoicing and anxious a, an angel ritual.

I don't really know about all that, but I do know this.

There's joy in heaven. They're joined the presence of

the angels of heaven. And I don't know who all the

jumping up and down. Let me tell you.

What if their choice in heaven? There needs to be joy in my

heart. That is wonderful.

That should motivate us that much more that shows how much

God wants you to be saved. Another when one person there

are 99 righteous one that are in good shape spiritually.

But one person returns repents. There's joy in the presence of

the angels of heaven. Wow, I love that.

And our final point It's not near as nice.

Not near my favorite, but it's true.

He'll want you to repent. And Luke 16, Verse 30.

Luke 16:30

The story of the rich, man and Lazarus, the rich man died and

in hell, he lift up his eyes being in torment and they made

one request and Abraham's it. Now another request, I'd wrap

said, no. And finally sit, would you

please send Lazarus? Back to my father's house.

I'm not fine brothers and if he would test find to them they

would repent. Abraham thing, you know what?

Even if they Word. Is he?

Somebody rise from the dead? They would repent if they want

hear Moses. And the prophets.

They won't repent though. One rose from the dead.

I'll tell you why.