LUKE 22:47-53

47 While he was still speaking a crowd came up, and the man who was called Judas, one of the Twelve, was leading them. He approached Jesus to kiss him, 48 but Jesus asked him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?”

LUKE 22:47-53

49 When Jesus’ followers saw what was going to happen, they said, “Lord, should we strike with our swords?” 50 And one of them struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear. 51 But Jesus answered, “No more of this!” And he touched the man’s ear and healed him.

52 Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard, and the elders, who had come for him, “Am I leading a rebellion, that you have come with swords and clubs? 53 Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on me. But this is your hour—when darkness reigns.”

LUKE 22:47-53

49 When Jesus’ followers saw what was going to happen, they said, “Lord, should we strike with our swords?” 50 And one of them struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear. 51 But Jesus answered, “No more of this!” And he touched the man’s ear and healed him.

LUKE 22:47-5352 Then Jesus said to the chief

priests, the officers of the temple guard, and the elders, who had come for him, “Am I leading a rebellion, that you have come with swords and clubs? 53 Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on me. But this is your hour—when darkness reigns.”

REPENTANCE

Judas Iscariot(Luke 22:47-53)

Peter(John 18:15-27)

ACTS 3:1919 Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord,

WHAT ISREPENTANC

E?

“All of Christian life is all about

REPENTANCE. If you don’t know what REPENTANCE is, then you should start questioning if you really know the

Cross.”

-Martin Luther King Jr.(95 Thesis)

(1) REPENTANCE IS

A CHANGED MIND

2 CORINTHIANS 7:9-10

9 yet now I am happy, not because you were made sorry, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you became sorrowful as God intended and so were not harmed in any way by us. Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.

METANOIA (met-an'-oy-ah): A change of mind

that leads to changed behavior

SIN is not just anything that

breaks the laws of God but it is

something that breaks the heart of

God.

Our prayer should be:

“Break my heart for what breaks

Yours”

ROMANS 12:2

2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.

(B) REPENTANCE IS

A CHANGED DIRECTION

EZEKIEL 14:6

6 "Therefore say to the people of Israel, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Repent! Turn from your idols and renounce all your detestable practices!’”

“RE” - to turn“PENT” - highest

literally means we change direction

to the higher things

A divinely changed mind will always

result in a changed direction.

REVELATION 2:4-5

4 Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first. 5 Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.

(C) REPENTANCE RESTORES

RELATIONSHIPS

LUKE 15:17-24

17 “When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! 18 I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.

LUKE 15:17-24

19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.’ 20 So he got up and went to his father. “But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.

LUKE 15:17-24

21 “The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ 22 “But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.

LUKE 15:17-24

23 Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate. 24 For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ So they began to celebrate.

ROMANS 2:44 Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, forbearance and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?

HOW TOREPENT?

CONFESSION

(WE TURN FROM OUR SIN.)

CONTRITION

(WE CHANGE OUR VIEWPOINT/MIND IN VIEW OF GODS

MERCY.)

CHANGE(WE COME HOME.)

ROMANS 2:44 Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, forbearance and patience, not realizing that God's kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?

A turning from, in godly sorrow, away

from sin and evil and wickedness and idols

and self and back unto God, in

complete brokenness for having sinned

against God who is absolutely holy.

ACTS 26:2020 That 's why Paul says to produce fruit in keeping with repentance. "I preach that they should repent and turn to God and prove their repentance by their deeds"

Repentance brings a

new attitude toward sin.

2 CORINTHIANS 7:10

10 Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.

Repentance brings a new

attitude about yourself.

2 CORINTHIANS 7:8-11

8 Even if I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it. Though I did regret it—I see that my letter hurt you, but only for a little while—9 yet now I am happy, not because you were made sorry, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you became sorrowful as God intended and so were not harmed in any way by us.

10 Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death. 11 See what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, , what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what concern,

2 CORINTHIANS 7:8-11

what readiness to see justice done. At every point you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.

2 CORINTHIANS 7:8-11

ACTS 3:18-19 18 "But the things which God

announced beforehand by the mouth of all the prophets, that His Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled. 19 "Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord;

"I trust that sorrowful penitence

does still exist, though I have not

heard much about it lately. People seem to jump into faith

very quickly nowadays. I hope

my old friend repentance is not

dead. I am desperately in love with repentance; it

seems to be the twin sister of faith.

"I do not myself understand much about dry-eyed

faith; I know that I came to Christ by

the way of weeping-cross. When I came to Calvary by faith, it was with great

weeping and supplication,

confessing my transgressions, and

desiring to find salvation in Jesus, and in Jesus only.“

-C.H. Spurgeon

CHICAGO, USA – A US pastor committed suicide

6 days after his name was exposed by hackers of the Ashley Madison adultery website, his

wife told CNN Wednesday, September

9.

Canadian police have said that at least two

suicides were linked to the leak of 32 million

customer profiles from the Canada-based site

last month. It's not clear if John Gibson's death was one of them as police released no

details.

Christi Gibson discovered her husband's body – and

a suicide note which chronicled his demons and his shame at being exposed – in their New

Orleans home on August 24.

"He talked about depression. He talked

about having his name on there, and he said he was

just very, very sorry," Gibson said as their adult

son and daughter sat next to her in a New

Orleans studio.

"Nothing is worth the loss of a father and a

husband and a friend. It just didn't merit it. It didn't merit it at all."

In addition to his work as a pastor, Gibson, 56,

taught at New Orleans Baptist Theological

Seminary.

Gibson said her husband, who had struggled with

depression and addiction in the past, was worried that he would lose his

job.

"It wasn't so bad that we wouldn't have forgiven it, and so many people have

said that to us, but for John, it carried such a shame," she told CNN.

"What we know about him is that he poured his

life into other people, and he offered grace and mercy and forgiveness to

everyone else, but somehow he couldn't

extend that to himself."

Ashley Madison, launched in 2001, is known for its slogan: "Life is short. Have an affair." It helps connect people seeking to have

extramarital relationships and is owned by Avid Life

Media.

According to authorities, the company became

aware of the hack on July 12 when staff were

greeted in the morning with a message on their

computers threatening to leak client information

unless the Ashley Madison website was

"shut down immediately, permanently."

Ashley Madison ran into more trouble when tech

news site Gizmodo looked at the leaked data

and concluded that it showed little if any

activity from the site's purported female

members, suggesting many accounts were in

fact fake.

Avid Life Media rejected the analysis and said the

site has registered hundreds of thousands of new members – including real women – in the wake

of the hack, which has garnered massive media

attention.

Tributes to Gibson poured in from students

and faculty who remembered him as a

kind, generous man who would repair student's vehicles in his spare

time.

"John was a popular member of our Leavell

College faculty," seminary president

Chuck Kelley said in an obituary posted on the school's blog. "He was

particularly known for his acts of kindness to the seminary family. John was the quintessential

good neighbor."

His son alluded to Gibson's troubles at an

August 28 memorial service.

"My dad was a great man. He was a great man with struggles. Everyone has struggles. Everyone is broken," Trey Gibson said in a video of the service posted online. Students and former

classmates took to the seminary's Facebook

page to mourn his loss."Amazing man and

teacher. I do not hold anything against you, Dr.

Gibson. We all have shortcomings," wrote

Robbie Combs.

"Hoping the very grace and mercy and

forgiveness he taught of with such vigor will

comfort his family and all who knew him," wrote Dore Atwill Kesterson.

Gibson, whose wife Christi is also a minister, comes from a long line of Baptist ministers. He was pastor of First Southern

Baptist Church in Pearlington, Mississippi – about a 45 minute drive

from his home on the seminary grounds. He

obtained a doctorate of theology from the seminary and was

elected to the faculty in 1998, the obituary said.

– Mira Oberman, AFP/Rappler.com

MATTHEW 11:28-30

28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”