Heritage Addition church of Christ

By Jim Bradshaw

Sunday Morning, April 19, 2015

Of

SINS

Read Nehemiah 9:1-3

Godly Sorrow Produces

Repentance

2Co 7:9-11 NKJV Now I rejoice, not that you were made

sorry, but that your sorrow led to repentance. For you were

made sorry in a godly manner, that you might suffer loss

from us in nothing. (10) For godly sorrow produces

repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the

sorrow of the world produces death. (11) For observe this

very thing, that you sorrowed in a godly manner: What

diligence it produced in you, what clearing of yourselves,

what indignation, what fear, what vehement desire, what

zeal, what vindication! In all things you proved yourselves to

be clear in this matter.

Repentance Bears Fruit

Neh 9:3 NKJV And they stood up in their place and read

from the Book of the Law of the LORD their God for one-

fourth of the day; and for another fourth they confessed and

worshiped the LORD their God.

Mat 3:5-8 NKJV Then Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the

region around the Jordan went out to him (6) and were

baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins. (7) But

when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to

his baptism, he said to them, "Brood of vipers! Who warned

you to flee from the wrath to come? (8) Therefore bear

fruits worthy of repentance,

Confession of Sins Required

Repentance and Confession go hand in hand

No Forgiveness without Confession

Talking about Public Confession for Public Sins

Jas 5:16 NKJV Confess your trespasses to one another,

and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The

effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.

Confession of Sins Required

1Jn 1:7-10 NKJV But if we walk in the light as He is in

the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the

blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. (8)

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and

the truth is not in us. (9) If we confess our sins, He is

faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us

from all unrighteousness. (10) If we say that we have not

sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.

A Renewed Commitment to Serve

a Gracious and Merciful God

Confession begins the Repentance process

Rom 3:9-12 NKJV What then? Are we better than they? Not

at all. For we have previously charged both Jews and Greeks

that they are all under sin. (10) As it is written: "THERE IS

NONE RIGHTEOUS, NO, NOT ONE; (11) THERE IS

NONE WHO UNDERSTANDS; THERE IS NONE WHO

SEEKS AFTER GOD. (12) THEY HAVE ALL TURNED

ASIDE; THEY HAVE TOGETHER BECOME

UNPROFITABLE; THERE IS NONE WHO DOES GOOD,

NO, NOT ONE.“ (Rom. 3:23)

A Renewed Commitment to Serve

a Gracious and Merciful God

We NEED God’s Goodness and Grace

Neh 9:31-32 NKJV Nevertheless in Your great mercy You

did not utterly consume them nor forsake them; For You are

God, gracious and merciful. (32) "Now therefore, our God,

The great, the mighty, and awesome God, Who keeps

covenant and mercy: Do not let all the trouble seem small

before You That has come upon us, Our kings and our

princes, Our priests and our prophets, Our fathers and on all

Your people, From the days of the kings of Assyria until this

day.

Joh 3:16-17 NKJV For God so loved the world that He

gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him

should not perish but have everlasting life. (17) For God

did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world,

but that the world through Him might be saved.