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3. R EVIVAL & R EFORMATION

4. 1 Revival: Our Great Need 2 Prayer: The Heartbeat of Revival 3 The Word: The Foundation of Revival 4 Witness and Service: The Fruit of Revival 5 Obedience: The Fruit of Revival 6 Confession and Repentance: The Conditions of Revival 7 Unity: The Bond of Revival 8 Discernment: The Safeguard of Revival 9 Reformation: The Outgrowth of Revival 10 Reformation: The Willingness to Grow and Change 11 Reformation: Thinking New Thoughts 12 Reformation: Healing Broken Relationships 13 The Promised Revival: God’s Mission Completed Revival and Reformation Contents

5. Revival and Reformation Our Goal {5} “A revival of true godliness among us is the greatest and most urgent of all our needs.” —Selected Messages 1:121. Heaven places priority on revival. What could be more important?

6. Revival and Reformation Lesson 6, August 10 Revival and Reformation Lesson 6, August 10 Confession and Repentance: The Conditions of Revival

7. Confession and Repentance: The Conditions Key Text Proverbs 28:13 NKJV “He who covers his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.”

8. Confession and Repentance: The Conditions Initial Words {67} Throughout Scripture, both repentance and confession have prepared the way for spiritual revival. God has always prepared His people to do a great work for Him by leading them to godly sorrow for their sins. Once we acknowledge our sins and confess them, we are on track to have victory over them.

9. Confession and Repentance: The Conditions Quick Look 1. Repentance: God’s Gift (Acts 5:30, 31) 2. True Repentance and Confession (1 John 1:9) 3. Confession’s Healing Power (Psalm 32:5)

10. Confession and Repentance: The Conditions 1. Repentance: God’s Gift Acts 5:30, 31 NKJV “ ‘The God of our fathers raised up Jesus whom you have murdered by hanging on a tree. Him God has exalted to His right hand to be Prince and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.’ ”

11. 1.Repentance: God’s Gift True Repentance Defined {68} Peter makes two critical points. First, repentance is a gift. As we open our hearts to the promptings of the Holy Spirit, Jesus gives us the gift of repentance. Second, the disciples themselves were witnesses in their own lives of the reality of repentance. They experienced it.

12. 1.Repentance: God’s Gift True Repentance Defined {68, 69} It is “the goodness of God” that leads us to repentance; it is the convicting power of the Holy Spirit that brings us to the realization of our need for a sin-pardoning Savior. Repentance is a God-initiated sorrow for sin. It leads us to focus on Jesus’ righteousness, not our sinfulness.

13. Confession and Repentance: The Conditions 2. True Repentance and Confession 1 John 1:9 NKJV “If confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

14. 2. True Repentance and Confession Definite Shortcomings {70} Genuine repentance is always accompanied by confession of specific sins. “They may be of such a nature as to be brought before God only; they may be wrongs that should be confessed to individuals…or they may be of a public character, and should then be as publicly confessed.”

15. 2. True Repentance and Confession Definite Shortcomings {70} Repentance does not make God love us more; rather, it enables us to appreciate His love more. Confession does not earn God’s forgiveness; it instead enables us to receive His forgiveness. God does not love us more when we repent or love us less when we fail to. His love for us is constant.

16. 2. True Repentance and Confession Definite Shortcomings {70} We must remember that this is a two-way street. That is, how do we respond to those who have treated us wrongly and who ask for forgiveness? Whom, though totally undeserving of our forgiveness, do we need to forgive anyway, and why is it so important for us to forgive?

17. 2. True Repentance and Confession Contrasted {71} False repentance focuses upon the consequences of sin as opposed to the sin itself. It is self-centered. Three characteristics of true repentance: 1. Sorrow that sin broke God’ heart. 2. No excuses. No blaming others. 3. Decision to turn away from sin.

18. Confession and Repentance: The Conditions 3. Confession’s Healing Power Psalm 32:5 NKJV “I acknowledge my sin to You, and my iniquity I have not hidden. I said, ‘I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,’ and you forgave the iniquity of my sin.”

19. 3. Confession’s Healing Power Removes Guilt {72} Confession lances the boil of guilt. Through confession we accept the forgiveness that Christ freely offers us from the Cross. Confession also breaks down barriers between us and other people. It heals relationships.

20. 3. Confession’s Healing Power Removes Guilt {72} Is guilt good or bad? It all depends. If the Holy Spirit convicts us of sin, and the guilt of that sin drives us to Jesus, guilt is good. If we have already confessed our sin and continue to feel guilty, the guilt may become destructive.

21. 3. Confession’s Healing Power Removes Guilt {72} There are times we may have confessed our sins and we still feel guilty. Why? One reason might be that the devil is attempting to rob us of the assurance of salvation. Second, the Holy Spirit may be pointing out something that exists between us and another individual; the person whom we have hurt.

22. Confession and Repentance: The Conditions Final Words {73} “Confession will not be acceptable to God without sincere repentance and reformation. There must be decided changes in the life; everything offensive to God must be put away. This will be the result of genuine sorrow for sin.” — Steps to Christ, p. 39.