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Mark 1:14 -15

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now after John had been

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taken into custody

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Jesus came into Galilee

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preaching the gospel

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of God and saying

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the time is fulfilled

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and the kingdom of God is at hand

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repent and believe in the gospel

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what actually is repentance

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I want to talk about

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repentance a little bit today

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I find that most people

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think the gospel

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is only grace

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when they hear about gospel

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most people just think

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grace, grace, grace

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which means God forgives me

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everything's OK God loves me

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all those things are true

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but the very first part

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of Yeshua's message here is repent

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repent the Kingdom of God is at hand

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repent and believe in the gospel

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I had a very interesting experience

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with some Russian speaking believers

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recently and in talking with them

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many times we ask

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for people's testimonies

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how did you meet the Lord

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when did you get saved

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we say things like that

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you know what they say in Russian?

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when did you repent?

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or they say I repented in 1997

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they use the word repent

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and that just struck me I thought

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we don't use that very much

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we say when were you saved

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when were you born again

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when did you give your life to the Lord

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they say when did you repent

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I think we've lost

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the concept of repentance

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here's what it actually means

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it means to turn

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and go in another direction

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repentance in Greek

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it's the Greek word metanoia

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that literally means

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a change in substance

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structure, function of your mind

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your whole mind is being changed

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I was listening to a brain

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neurologist the other day

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talk about the fact that when

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your mind is changing

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when your thinking is changing

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it literally changes the matter

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in your brain

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your brain literally changes

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repentance is talking

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about an actual functional structural change

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in the material in your brain

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as your mind is renewed

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as your thoughts change

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Baker's Evangelical Bible Dictionary

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says that repentance means two things

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it means to be abandoned

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two things that are

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supposed to be abandoned both

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evil intentions

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and evil deeds

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so the motives and the external conduct

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are both supposed to be changed

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through repentance

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it's not just an external thing

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but the heart is actually changed

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so conduct is dependent

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upon the internal motives

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and the idea is if you love God

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with all your heart

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you will keep His commandments

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how do you keep His commandments

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not by focusing on

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keeping the commandments

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by focusing on loving God

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letting your mind be renewed

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and I remember hearing something

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many many years ago

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that an evangelist said

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at a conference I went to

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it was probably back in the 1970's

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he said if Yeshua isn't Lord of all

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He isn't Lord at all

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that really struck me

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because at that time

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there were about 2 or 3

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areas of my life that I knew

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were not submitted to the Lord

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areas in which I was struggling

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to be able to let go of something

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that I had been holding on to

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and I realized WOW

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I'm not letting Yeshua

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actually be Lord in that area

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I'm resisting Him

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I'm holding back from Him

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and what the Holy Spirit said to me is

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you need to repent

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that's the area of repent

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where you let go

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you make a decision

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you decide

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I will let Yeshua govern

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every area of my life

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I don't want one area of my life

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that is out from under

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submission to Him

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I don't want one area

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that I hold back and say

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no, I will do this

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the way that I want

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I will give that up to you later

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repentance

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what Yeshua said

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repent and believe in the gospel

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the Kingdom of God is at hand

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and I believe the word of the Lord

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to you today is

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the Kingdom of God

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is at hand for you

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in your life today

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repent and believe in the gospel

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here's what that means

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ask this question of the Lord

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is there any area of my life

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that is not 100% submitted

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to the Lord Himself

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any area of my life

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that's not given over to Jesus Christ

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Yeshua Ha Mashiach

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that I say Lord

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you get full jurisdiction

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to direct my life in that area

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if there's an area like that

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repent

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what does that mean?

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turn around

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make a decision

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give that to Him

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I'd like to just pray that today

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let's just ask Him

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Father is there any area

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of my life today

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that's not 100%

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submitted to you

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not given over to you

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and I know for

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some of us watching today

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the Holy Spirit just brought something

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to your mind

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today is the day to repent

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so let's just turn

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and give that 100% to Him

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let's just pray this

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Father God

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just speak these words with me

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Father God

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that area of my life

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that you just spoke to me about

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today I repent

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in that area

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I turn from my own willfulness

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in doing what I want

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and I give this area 100% to you

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Lord do whatever you need to do

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to change that area in my life

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I give you permission

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thank you that you love me

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and that you're kind to me

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I trust you with that area of my life

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in the name of Yeshua

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Amen