Repentance and God's Promised Forgiveness
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🗓️ 29 August 2020
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
Not one of us is without sin. And each of us lives with a need for consistent repentance and an active receiving of God’s forgiveness. This is so crucial to living poor in spirit. The beauty of our God is that his forgiveness is promised at our repentance. There is no fear or shame in God’s perfect love and mercy. May we learn to embrace this aspect of walking with the Lord rather than shy away from it.
Our Scripture for today comes from Ephesians 1:7, and today's worship is Never Will by Life.Church Worship.
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| 0:00.0 | Not one of us is without sin, and each of us lives with a need for consistent |
| 0:09.2 | repentance and an active receiving of God's forgiveness. |
| 0:13.0 | This is so crucial to living poor and spirit. |
| 0:17.0 | The beauty of our God is that his forgiveness is promised at our repentance. |
| 0:22.0 | There's no fear or shame in God's perfect love and mercy. |
| 0:26.0 | May we learn to embrace this aspect of walking with the Lord rather than shy away from |
| 0:32.1 | it. |
| 0:33.0 | Welcome to the First of Team Podcast. Our verse for today comes from Ephesians 1, verse 7. |
| 0:54.5 | Scripture says, in him we have redemption through his blood, |
| 0:59.3 | the forgiveness of our trespasses, |
| 1:01.7 | according to the riches of his grace. |
| 1:04.3 | In his book, the ragamuff in gospel, |
| 1:10.5 | Britain Manning makes an incredibly astute observation of those who are poor in spirit. |
| 1:17.0 | He writes, |
| 1:18.0 | The saved sinner is prostrate in adoration, lost in wonder and praise. He knows repentance is not what we do in |
| 1:26.8 | order to earn forgiveness. It is what we do because we have been forgiven. |
| 1:38.0 | To be poor in spirit is to live in a constant state of repentance, founded on the already promised forgiveness of a just and loving God. |
| 1:46.0 | Ephesions 1-7 says, |
| 1:48.0 | in him we have redemption through his blood, |
| 1:50.0 | the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace. |
| 1:55.0 | By the grace of God you and I are promised forgiveness every time we repent. |
| 2:01.0 | We never have to question whether or not we have been forgiven. |
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