Couples For ChristChristian Life Program Talk 4 . have faith in Jesus and the message he brings. Mk 1:14-15.We need to repent. Our proper response is to reform our lives. to respond. Now it is time repentance and faith. And we need to believe in the gospel. necessarily In other words. morality. Him and in His plans and response.Repentance and faith go together. . To simply believe Faith To just reform our lives is an without doing anything inadequate response to God. to reform our lives It is a double-action We need to believe in faith without needs to be to become pleasing works is dead. We cannot just have one without the other. connected to to God is also promises. inadequate. evil. wrongdoing and running your own life. repentance means a turning away from sin. on the throne of of mind your life. METANOIA Further. Repentance . change having Jesus Rather. it is It is not just a turning to a life of simple confession obedience to God of wrongdoing. it refers to a and a change in direction.More specifically. • It is not being sorry for sin What must we because we are afraid of the do to repent? consequences. .What repentance is not. • It is not dependent on feelings. we need to avail of the Exercise of Reconciliation Sacrament humility. For Catholics.Be honest. . Renounce sin. Ask God's forgiveness. need to renounce. sins are: corruption. • Drunkenness (not just drinking but drunkenness) and getting stoned on drugs. rape. • Serious crimes such as murder. specific sins we •There Sexual are wrongdoing.• Involvement by a Christian in non-Christian religions. These serious robbery. • Spiritualism and the occult. kidnapping. etc. . Lord our lives require faith. Repentance Remember that becomes complete point afterhere totally turning away from evil is not to feel bad and accepting Jesus as Lord. Webe need to of let Jesus have the run of things. about yourself for past sins. which is the good news ofonly salvation inthe Jesus Christ.Faith is belief in the gospel. . but toneed decisively away Accepting and turn letting him Our lives to Jesus come under his management. from them. Jesus. .Belief in the messenger. and in the message that he brings. an FAITHanMEANS indispensable urgent act act with our minds not just believing (an intellectual belief) that an a is the Savior. a believing in our hearts that he but definite came to be our personal Savior. deliberate act It has several aspects act (Rev 3:20). act . Faith isindividual a Jesus personal act and decision. us new life. Faith is accepting that life and letting God show us just WISHFUL THINKING. . how to live it. is not. whatever God wants of us. and actually do it. We must be willing to do a BLIND LEAP.• Not • Not • Not What God has promised just a FEELING. Satan. death – A promise of forgiveness and eternal life w/ God • Luke 11:9-13 – A promise of new life in the Spirit – We can pray for a greater release of the power of the Holy Spirit in our lives .Consequences of Repentance and Faith • Acts 16:31 – A promise of salvation from sin. and is the same torepent us today. GodItchallenge promises us call salvation from sin. and the power of the Holy for acceptof Jesus Lord. Ascallwe respond positively. 2. eternal and believe in Jesus. . the peace and joy and all obstacles to Spirit God.000 years ago. forgiveness and reconciliation.in power theasLord your lives. and andour to lives. Jesus sounded the Then take God up toAccept repentancethe and faith.Conclusion. to expect to experience We are called to turn away from sin life. on His promises. Couples For Christ Christian Life Program Talk 4 . www.cfcablaze.com .