1. God’s Second Law of Pardon
Lesson based loosely on a lesson outline by Mark Copeland
Preached at West Side first on July 8, 2007 AM
Print slides: 1,9,13
Acts 8:18-24

2. God’s Second Law of Pardon
We Must Repent of Sins
"signifies to change one's mind or purpose" – Vine
(Acts 8:22; 2 Corinthians 7:9-10)

3. Acts 8:22
Repent therefore of this your wickedness, and pray God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.
Peter’s admonition to Simon

4. 2 Corinthians 7:9-10
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.

5. God’s Second Law of Pardon
We Must Repent of Sins
"signifies to change one's mind or purpose" – Vine
(Acts 8:22; 2 Corinthians 7:9-10)
We Must Pray
(Acts 8:22; Matthew 6:12; Luke 18:10-14)

6. Acts 8:22
Repent therefore of this your wickedness, and pray God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.
Peter’s admonition to Simon

7. Matthew 6:9-13
In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. 10 Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven. 11 Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors. 13 And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

8. Luke 18:13
And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’
The tax collector, in his humble prayer requesting pardon, went away justified rather than the Pharisee

9. God’s Second Law of Pardon
We Must Repent of Sins
"signifies to change one's mind or purpose" – Vine
(Acts 8:22; 2 Corinthians 7:9-10)
We Must Pray
(Acts 8:22; Matthew 6:12; Luke 18:10-14)
We Must Confess
(1 John 1:8-9; Example: Daniel 9:4-6, 15)

10. 1 John 1:8-9
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.

11. Daniel 9:4-6
And I prayed to the LORD my God, and made confession, and said, "O Lord, great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant and mercy with those who love Him, and with those who keep His commandments, 5 "we have sinned and committed iniquity, we have done wickedly and rebelled, even by departing from Your precepts and Your judgments. 6 "Neither have we heeded Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings and our princes, to our fathers and all the people of the land.

12. Daniel 9:15
And now, O Lord our God, who brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and made Yourself a name, as it is this day-we have sinned, we have done wickedly!

13. Conclusion What God Will Do
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 1:9