1 00:00:09,498 --> 00:00:11,022 This comes from Brandon. 2 00:00:11,022 --> 00:00:12,085 He says, "I need help. 3 00:00:12,085 --> 00:00:14,101 Only last night, I've learned what true 4 00:00:14,101 --> 00:00:15,597 Christianity is, 5 00:00:15,597 --> 00:00:18,183 which is living by faith, 6 00:00:18,183 --> 00:00:19,684 or seeking and living for God 7 00:00:19,684 --> 00:00:20,390 in everything 8 00:00:20,390 --> 00:00:22,648 and not living in habitual sin. 9 00:00:22,648 --> 00:00:24,398 I, too, was told that the sinner's prayer 10 00:00:24,398 --> 00:00:25,496 is your way to heaven, 11 00:00:25,496 --> 00:00:27,509 but I was really wrong. 12 00:00:27,509 --> 00:00:29,281 Right now, I live in habitual sin, 13 00:00:29,281 --> 00:00:31,369 and I need to know how to repent. 14 00:00:31,369 --> 00:00:32,523 I want to know how to 15 00:00:32,523 --> 00:00:33,632 let go of myself. 16 00:00:33,632 --> 00:00:35,126 I can tell you that I honestly 17 00:00:35,126 --> 00:00:37,213 believe in God and in His Son, 18 00:00:37,213 --> 00:00:39,544 and I do hate sin. 19 00:00:39,544 --> 00:00:40,617 But it's overpowering, 20 00:00:40,617 --> 00:00:42,194 and I need Christ in my life. 21 00:00:42,194 --> 00:00:43,496 How can I be saved? 22 00:00:43,496 --> 00:00:45,118 How do I get to the point 23 00:00:45,118 --> 00:00:47,938 where I completely let go?" 24 00:00:47,938 --> 00:00:49,986 I want to bring this one up, 25 00:00:49,986 --> 00:00:51,805 because I don't doubt that there are some 26 00:00:51,805 --> 00:00:53,204 of you here that are wondering 27 00:00:53,204 --> 00:00:53,925 exactly this: 28 00:00:53,925 --> 00:01:01,849 how to I repent? 29 00:01:01,849 --> 00:01:04,614 You know what's amazing? 30 00:01:04,614 --> 00:01:07,953 Is that when Jesus Christ came, 31 00:01:07,953 --> 00:01:09,419 He didn't explain it. 32 00:01:09,419 --> 00:01:10,627 He said, "Repent." 33 00:01:10,627 --> 00:01:13,109 Repent! For the kingdom of God is at hand. 34 00:01:13,109 --> 00:01:16,699 Repentance. Let me tell you something. 35 00:01:16,699 --> 00:01:21,335 In Luke 13:1-5 36 00:01:21,335 --> 00:01:23,020 Christ says this, 37 00:01:23,020 --> 00:01:27,588 "Unless you repent, you will likewise perish." 38 00:01:27,588 --> 00:01:29,008 Can I tell you something? 39 00:01:29,008 --> 00:01:31,465 Everyone in this room, that applies to. 40 00:01:31,465 --> 00:01:36,071 If you do not repent, you will perish. 41 00:01:36,071 --> 00:01:38,213 Here's the thing. 42 00:01:38,213 --> 00:01:42,158 Repentance is something you must do. 43 00:01:42,158 --> 00:01:44,132 You know, when John the Baptist came on, 44 00:01:44,132 --> 00:01:46,726 and he said, "Repent, for the kingdom of God is at hand." 45 00:01:46,726 --> 00:01:48,956 He said bring forth fruit, 46 00:01:48,956 --> 00:01:50,876 bring forth works 47 00:01:50,876 --> 00:01:53,354 that are in accordance with repentance. 48 00:01:53,354 --> 00:01:54,992 That are suitable to repentance, 49 00:01:54,992 --> 00:01:57,277 that are meet for repentance. 50 00:01:57,277 --> 00:01:58,962 And they came to him and they said, 51 00:01:58,962 --> 00:02:00,914 ok, we're soldiers, what do we do? 52 00:02:00,914 --> 00:02:02,416 We're tax collectors, what do we do? 53 00:02:02,416 --> 00:02:03,806 We're the common people, what do we do? 54 00:02:03,806 --> 00:02:05,129 And he didn't say, 55 00:02:05,129 --> 00:02:07,564 "Do nothing. There's nothing you can do." 56 00:02:07,564 --> 00:02:10,837 You know what he said? 57 00:02:10,837 --> 00:02:14,201 He said basically turn away from sin. 58 00:02:14,201 --> 00:02:17,289 Leave it. 59 00:02:17,289 --> 00:02:19,339 Walk away from it. 60 00:02:19,339 --> 00:02:22,216 So, let's come back to this. 61 00:02:22,216 --> 00:02:27,184 Brandon says, "I need help." 62 00:02:27,184 --> 00:02:29,493 He's wondering ok, I need to know 63 00:02:29,493 --> 00:02:31,735 what I need to do to truly repent. 64 00:02:31,735 --> 00:02:33,556 Well, what I would say, Brandon, 65 00:02:33,556 --> 00:02:34,869 is: Repent. 66 00:02:34,869 --> 00:02:36,871 You see we've missed what that is. 67 00:02:36,871 --> 00:02:38,663 Well, what is repentance? 68 00:02:38,663 --> 00:02:40,382 Well, the Bible says there's a godly sorrow 69 00:02:40,382 --> 00:02:41,735 that leads to repentance. 70 00:02:41,735 --> 00:02:43,111 Are you guys sorrowful for your sin? 71 00:02:43,111 --> 00:02:44,603 If you're not sorrowing over your sin, 72 00:02:44,603 --> 00:02:46,506 you're pretty wicked; you're pretty wretched. 73 00:02:46,506 --> 00:02:50,150 You've got a pretty depraved heart 74 00:02:50,150 --> 00:02:52,272 if you can't be sorry over your sin. 75 00:02:52,272 --> 00:02:54,883 Look, if you're not sorry over your sin, 76 00:02:54,883 --> 00:02:56,723 there's no reason to even talk about repentance. 77 00:02:56,723 --> 00:02:57,939 If you're not sorry over your sin, 78 00:02:57,939 --> 00:02:58,900 you love your sin, 79 00:02:58,900 --> 00:03:03,148 ok, go on with your life and love your sin. 80 00:03:03,148 --> 00:03:05,423 And yes, there will be hell to pay at the end. 81 00:03:05,423 --> 00:03:07,541 The pleasures of sin are there for a season. 82 00:03:07,541 --> 00:03:09,060 Go out and drink them up. 83 00:03:09,060 --> 00:03:10,048 If that's what you want, 84 00:03:10,048 --> 00:03:11,527 and that's what your heart is set on, 85 00:03:11,527 --> 00:03:12,621 go do that. 86 00:03:12,621 --> 00:03:13,429 But you know what? 87 00:03:13,429 --> 00:03:16,251 As a preacher of the Gospel, 88 00:03:16,251 --> 00:03:20,603 what I'm called to do on behalf of Jesus Christ 89 00:03:20,603 --> 00:03:24,289 command you to repent. 90 00:03:24,289 --> 00:03:25,459 What does that look like? 91 00:03:25,459 --> 00:03:26,618 How do I get prepared for it? 92 00:03:26,618 --> 00:03:27,964 No, you don't get prepared for it. 93 00:03:27,964 --> 00:03:29,037 You repent. 94 00:03:29,037 --> 00:03:30,096 What does that mean? 95 00:03:30,096 --> 00:03:31,583 It's a turning from sin. 96 00:03:31,583 --> 00:03:33,992 That's what it is. 97 00:03:33,992 --> 00:03:34,847 It is a turning. 98 00:03:34,847 --> 00:03:37,143 You say, "I can't do it." 99 00:03:37,143 --> 00:03:40,041 Well, the Bible never says you can't do it. 100 00:03:40,041 --> 00:03:42,084 The Bible says do it. 101 00:03:42,084 --> 00:03:45,165 And it doesn't give this precise definition. 102 00:03:45,165 --> 00:03:46,069 You know why? 103 00:03:46,069 --> 00:03:47,498 You know what that means? 104 00:03:47,498 --> 00:03:51,498 Look, let me explain this to you. 105 00:03:51,498 --> 00:03:53,909 This has everything to do 106 00:03:53,909 --> 00:03:58,225 with trusting Christ. 107 00:03:58,225 --> 00:04:00,751 Think about the different times 108 00:04:00,751 --> 00:04:02,276 when Christ told people 109 00:04:02,276 --> 00:04:04,658 to do things that in and of themselves 110 00:04:04,658 --> 00:04:07,206 it was impossible to do. 111 00:04:07,206 --> 00:04:08,474 Does He not do that? 112 00:04:08,474 --> 00:04:09,995 Does He not repeatedly tell 113 00:04:09,995 --> 00:04:14,235 men and women to do things they couldn't do? 114 00:04:14,235 --> 00:04:16,534 For instance, 115 00:04:16,534 --> 00:04:18,066 "Rise up and walk." 116 00:04:18,066 --> 00:04:21,031 To a palsied man. 117 00:04:21,031 --> 00:04:23,538 What did he do? 118 00:04:23,538 --> 00:04:25,034 He rose up and walked? 119 00:04:25,034 --> 00:04:26,831 You say that's impossible! 120 00:04:26,831 --> 00:04:28,497 Well, certainly it's impossible! 121 00:04:28,497 --> 00:04:30,788 It's just as impossible for your heart 122 00:04:30,788 --> 00:04:33,519 that loves sin to repent of it and turn away from it. 123 00:04:33,519 --> 00:04:36,499 But what I'm telling you is do it! 124 00:04:36,499 --> 00:04:37,924 You see what that guy did? 125 00:04:37,924 --> 00:04:41,252 He heard Christ say it to him? 126 00:04:41,252 --> 00:04:43,098 And he said, ok, I believe. 127 00:04:43,098 --> 00:04:45,798 I believe that Jesus Christ is going to do something 128 00:04:45,798 --> 00:04:48,262 to me by which I'm going to be able to do this. 129 00:04:48,262 --> 00:04:50,555 And that's what I'm calling you to do as well. 130 00:04:50,555 --> 00:04:51,976 He says repent. 131 00:04:51,976 --> 00:04:53,257 And I'm telling you to trust Him, 132 00:04:53,257 --> 00:04:54,470 that He'll do something to you 133 00:04:54,470 --> 00:04:56,661 that's going to make it possible for you to do it. 134 00:04:56,661 --> 00:04:57,920 What's repentance? 135 00:04:57,920 --> 00:04:59,858 It's turning away from sin. 136 00:04:59,858 --> 00:05:02,232 That's exactly what it is. 137 00:05:02,232 --> 00:05:05,932 If you don't repent, you're going to perish. 138 00:05:05,932 --> 00:05:07,507 Well, what's that look like? 139 00:05:07,507 --> 00:05:09,792 Well, whatever sin you've got in your life. 140 00:05:09,792 --> 00:05:11,235 Look at your life right now. 141 00:05:11,235 --> 00:05:13,007 Do you have sin there? 142 00:05:13,007 --> 00:05:15,689 Turn from it. 143 00:05:15,689 --> 00:05:17,876 If it's like this sexual lust and temptation 144 00:05:17,876 --> 00:05:19,093 we've been talking about, 145 00:05:19,093 --> 00:05:20,398 turn from it. 146 00:05:20,398 --> 00:05:23,367 Go away and sin no more. 147 00:05:23,367 --> 00:05:25,247 Isn't that what Christ said? 148 00:05:25,247 --> 00:05:27,609 You say, but I can't. I've tried. 149 00:05:27,609 --> 00:05:29,395 Well, you've tried in your own strength. 150 00:05:29,395 --> 00:05:31,400 You've got to do it in the strength of Christ. 151 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:32,966 What does that look like? 152 00:05:32,966 --> 00:05:34,046 It looks like this: 153 00:05:34,046 --> 00:05:37,871 It looks like, "Oh Lord, 154 00:05:37,871 --> 00:05:40,815 I feel temptation coming on. 155 00:05:40,815 --> 00:05:42,634 Lord, I don't think I can stand up against this. 156 00:05:42,634 --> 00:05:45,182 Lord, if You don't help me, I'm going to fall. 157 00:05:45,182 --> 00:05:47,100 I'm going to fall." 158 00:05:47,100 --> 00:05:48,847 It's kind of like Peter standing in the boat. 159 00:05:48,847 --> 00:05:50,510 Do you think Peter had the ability 160 00:05:50,510 --> 00:05:52,250 to walk on water? 161 00:05:52,250 --> 00:05:54,018 Do you think Peter had the ability 162 00:05:54,018 --> 00:05:56,576 to cause that surface tension 163 00:05:56,576 --> 00:05:58,897 on the water to be so tight 164 00:05:58,897 --> 00:06:01,091 that it would bear his weight? 165 00:06:01,091 --> 00:06:04,105 He couldn't do such a miracle. 166 00:06:04,105 --> 00:06:07,758 He had no control over water in that fashion. 167 00:06:07,758 --> 00:06:10,593 Nature was beyond his control. 168 00:06:10,593 --> 00:06:12,238 Again, it's this, 169 00:06:12,238 --> 00:06:16,186 Come. 170 00:06:16,186 --> 00:06:18,590 That's what Christ says to you. 171 00:06:18,590 --> 00:06:20,623 Do you think Christ is bidding you to come 172 00:06:20,623 --> 00:06:22,879 to a life of conquering sin? 173 00:06:22,879 --> 00:06:26,112 Yes, that's exactly what He's doing. 174 00:06:26,112 --> 00:06:28,402 That's exactly what He's calling you to do. 175 00:06:28,402 --> 00:06:31,080 He's calling you to come to Him. 176 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:32,506 Peter could no more walk 177 00:06:32,506 --> 00:06:33,771 on the water than you can. 178 00:06:33,771 --> 00:06:35,064 Was he able to get there? 179 00:06:35,064 --> 00:06:36,750 Yes, but as soon as he took his eyes 180 00:06:36,750 --> 00:06:38,267 off Christ, what did he do? 181 00:06:38,267 --> 00:06:39,779 He started going down. 182 00:06:39,779 --> 00:06:42,003 Folks, this is really not complex. 183 00:06:42,003 --> 00:06:44,191 The reason people get so hung up with it, 184 00:06:44,191 --> 00:06:45,711 is this: 185 00:06:45,711 --> 00:06:47,440 They're looking to trust themselves 186 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:49,297 and to produce some kind of repentance 187 00:06:49,297 --> 00:06:51,098 that they can then come take to God 188 00:06:51,098 --> 00:06:52,644 and say, "see what I've done," 189 00:06:52,644 --> 00:06:54,033 "Now, save me." 190 00:06:54,033 --> 00:06:55,562 That's not what it is. 191 00:06:55,562 --> 00:06:58,660 What it is is doing what Christ 192 00:06:58,660 --> 00:07:00,319 beckons you to do 193 00:07:00,319 --> 00:07:01,725 in His strength. 194 00:07:01,725 --> 00:07:03,868 You say, how do I get strength from Him? 195 00:07:03,868 --> 00:07:05,746 Well, it's trust. 196 00:07:05,746 --> 00:07:06,604 It's trust. 197 00:07:06,604 --> 00:07:08,056 It's like the person that's going to jump 198 00:07:08,056 --> 00:07:09,949 off the second floor when there's a fire up there 199 00:07:09,949 --> 00:07:11,082 and there's a fireman down there, 200 00:07:11,082 --> 00:07:12,815 a great big guy, and he says, 201 00:07:12,815 --> 00:07:14,374 "Jump, and I'm going to catch you." 202 00:07:14,374 --> 00:07:15,621 It's that kind of thing. 203 00:07:15,621 --> 00:07:16,826 He's saying jump! 204 00:07:16,826 --> 00:07:18,144 And you're saying, 205 00:07:18,144 --> 00:07:23,621 "I can't tell you're going to hold me." 206 00:07:23,621 --> 00:07:26,149 But you step out there, 207 00:07:26,149 --> 00:07:28,826 and He holds you. 208 00:07:28,826 --> 00:07:30,309 Same kind of thing. 209 00:07:30,309 --> 00:07:31,417 I guarantee you, 210 00:07:31,417 --> 00:07:33,973 Look, Jesus Christ came into this world to save sinners. 211 00:07:33,973 --> 00:07:35,555 You put your trust in Him, 212 00:07:35,555 --> 00:07:37,230 He's not going to let you fall. 213 00:07:37,230 --> 00:07:41,799 Some of the most incredible 214 00:07:41,799 --> 00:07:45,187 desires and passions to afflict us 215 00:07:45,187 --> 00:07:47,324 come with what we've already talked about, 216 00:07:47,324 --> 00:07:48,656 these sexual passions. 217 00:07:48,656 --> 00:07:49,973 I'll tell you what, 218 00:07:49,973 --> 00:07:54,006 you get out there where His name's on the line, 219 00:07:54,006 --> 00:07:55,866 "Lord, I'm sinking. I'm sinking!" 220 00:07:55,866 --> 00:07:57,640 "If you don't give me a way out of this, 221 00:07:57,640 --> 00:07:58,875 I'm going down! 222 00:07:58,875 --> 00:08:00,045 I'm going to fall into this." 223 00:08:00,045 --> 00:08:01,642 Whatever it is in your life. 224 00:08:01,642 --> 00:08:04,461 If you're addicted to pornography. 225 00:08:04,461 --> 00:08:06,095 If you're addicted to money. 226 00:08:06,095 --> 00:08:07,870 If you're addicted to lust in the mind. 227 00:08:07,870 --> 00:08:09,209 If you're addicted to food. 228 00:08:09,209 --> 00:08:10,461 If you're addicted to some drugs. 229 00:08:10,461 --> 00:08:13,997 If you're addicted to alcohol. 230 00:08:13,997 --> 00:08:15,385 You've got some addiction for 231 00:08:15,385 --> 00:08:18,476 pride and for applause and for recognition, 232 00:08:18,476 --> 00:08:19,536 whatever it is, 233 00:08:19,536 --> 00:08:23,790 you've got homosexual tendencies, 234 00:08:23,790 --> 00:08:26,271 folks, I'm telling you, whatever it is, 235 00:08:26,271 --> 00:08:29,041 repentance is to turn away from it. 236 00:08:29,041 --> 00:08:30,492 You say, but how do I do it? 237 00:08:30,492 --> 00:08:32,521 You turn away. 238 00:08:32,521 --> 00:08:33,878 You say, but I can't. 239 00:08:33,878 --> 00:08:35,123 You certainly can. 240 00:08:35,123 --> 00:08:37,573 In the strength of Christ, you can. 241 00:08:37,573 --> 00:08:40,365 And do you guys ever read about 242 00:08:40,365 --> 00:08:44,517 how it was in the Scriptures? 243 00:08:44,517 --> 00:08:48,666 It was like here comes Pharoah, 244 00:08:48,666 --> 00:08:50,347 and Moses is saying, 245 00:08:50,347 --> 00:08:51,812 "Lord, what do we do? 246 00:08:51,812 --> 00:08:53,170 We're in trouble." 247 00:08:53,170 --> 00:08:56,253 "The people are crying out." 248 00:08:56,253 --> 00:09:00,872 And God says, what are you standing there for? 249 00:09:00,872 --> 00:09:02,922 It's kind of like the priests at Jordan. 250 00:09:02,922 --> 00:09:03,830 You know what? 251 00:09:03,830 --> 00:09:05,485 He didn't just stop the water. 252 00:09:05,485 --> 00:09:06,327 He said, you know what, 253 00:09:06,327 --> 00:09:07,083 the priests have got to go down 254 00:09:07,083 --> 00:09:09,562 and put their feet in. 255 00:09:09,562 --> 00:09:14,354 Ok, you've got a Roman soldier 256 00:09:14,354 --> 00:09:17,352 who's in the grip of sin. 257 00:09:17,352 --> 00:09:18,723 He comes to John the Baptist 258 00:09:18,723 --> 00:09:19,925 and says what do I do? 259 00:09:19,925 --> 00:09:21,194 He didn't say do nothing, 260 00:09:21,194 --> 00:09:22,728 just sit there and wait on God. 261 00:09:22,728 --> 00:09:23,977 God's sovereign. 262 00:09:23,977 --> 00:09:26,050 God is sovereign, and I don't take away from that. 263 00:09:26,050 --> 00:09:27,926 But he didn't say you just sit there 264 00:09:27,926 --> 00:09:30,532 and do nothing because God's sovereign. 265 00:09:30,532 --> 00:09:31,654 What did he do? 266 00:09:31,654 --> 00:09:35,739 He said you guys need to stop extorting. 267 00:09:35,739 --> 00:09:38,233 Ok, don't chase after money anymore. 268 00:09:38,233 --> 00:09:39,488 Don't use your superior strength 269 00:09:39,488 --> 00:09:41,412 and your weaponry to extort people 270 00:09:41,412 --> 00:09:42,940 and get things from them, 271 00:09:42,940 --> 00:09:43,950 get their service from them, 272 00:09:43,950 --> 00:09:45,350 get their money from them, 273 00:09:45,350 --> 00:09:49,357 don't extort things away from people. 274 00:09:49,357 --> 00:09:52,319 Tax collectors - they came to him. 275 00:09:52,319 --> 00:09:56,202 And same kind of thing. 276 00:09:56,202 --> 00:09:59,379 Be honest. 277 00:09:59,379 --> 00:10:00,765 Look, if you're here today 278 00:10:00,765 --> 00:10:02,363 and you've got sin in your life, 279 00:10:02,363 --> 00:10:05,229 you've wronged people, 280 00:10:05,229 --> 00:10:07,552 you're bitter at people, 281 00:10:07,552 --> 00:10:10,876 you've got jealousy, you've got envy in your life. 282 00:10:10,876 --> 00:10:12,819 You've got these different kind of things 283 00:10:12,819 --> 00:10:14,515 that you've been controlled by. 284 00:10:14,515 --> 00:10:15,879 You hate people. 285 00:10:15,879 --> 00:10:19,949 You hate somebody. 286 00:10:19,949 --> 00:10:22,812 You're in bondage to something. 287 00:10:22,812 --> 00:10:24,676 Stop. Repent. 288 00:10:24,676 --> 00:10:28,102 Turn from it. 289 00:10:28,102 --> 00:10:30,117 Not so that you can go to God and say, 290 00:10:30,117 --> 00:10:31,510 "See Lord, see what I did." 291 00:10:31,510 --> 00:10:33,495 "Now will You save me?" 292 00:10:33,495 --> 00:10:35,581 That's not it. 293 00:10:35,581 --> 00:10:39,579 It's "Lord, I can't do this 294 00:10:39,579 --> 00:10:41,422 unless You do this for me." 295 00:10:41,422 --> 00:10:44,827 But you see how that's trusting Christ. 296 00:10:44,827 --> 00:10:46,770 That's turning away from your own 297 00:10:46,770 --> 00:10:49,773 reliance on yourself. 298 00:10:49,773 --> 00:10:50,857 Must you do something? 299 00:10:50,857 --> 00:10:51,755 Yes. 300 00:10:51,755 --> 00:10:54,267 But not relying on yourself. 301 00:10:54,267 --> 00:10:56,516 You rely on Christ. 302 00:10:56,516 --> 00:10:57,761 Repent. 303 00:10:57,761 --> 00:10:59,174 Turn. 304 00:10:59,174 --> 00:11:02,395 Walk away. 305 00:11:02,395 --> 00:11:05,673 And bottom line, 306 00:11:05,673 --> 00:11:08,155 people come along and they say, 307 00:11:08,155 --> 00:11:11,022 "Well, I would repent if I could." 308 00:11:11,022 --> 00:11:12,796 What are you saying? 309 00:11:12,796 --> 00:11:14,235 Are you saying you can't? 310 00:11:14,235 --> 00:11:16,968 What you're telling me is you won't. 311 00:11:16,968 --> 00:11:18,353 That's what you're saying. 312 00:11:18,353 --> 00:11:19,333 Because I'll tell you this, 313 00:11:19,333 --> 00:11:21,019 every single person who has turned 314 00:11:21,019 --> 00:11:23,806 from their sin trusting that Christ will give them 315 00:11:23,806 --> 00:11:25,864 deliverance from it, has been delivered. 316 00:11:25,864 --> 00:11:28,405 A lot of people in this room have been. 317 00:11:28,405 --> 00:11:29,610 You say you can't repent. 318 00:11:29,610 --> 00:11:30,809 Well, that's interesting. 319 00:11:30,809 --> 00:11:32,619 God commands you to do it. 320 00:11:32,619 --> 00:11:34,521 God desires you to do it. 321 00:11:34,521 --> 00:11:35,907 I've done it. 322 00:11:35,907 --> 00:11:38,299 Many sitting around you have done it. 323 00:11:38,299 --> 00:11:40,085 So what in the world are you saying? 324 00:11:40,085 --> 00:11:41,037 You can't do it. 325 00:11:41,037 --> 00:11:43,095 What you're saying is you won't do it. 326 00:11:43,095 --> 00:11:44,437 Or what you're saying is 327 00:11:44,437 --> 00:11:45,890 what you've tried to do, 328 00:11:45,890 --> 00:11:47,714 is you've tried to clean up your life 329 00:11:47,714 --> 00:11:49,602 and make it pretty so that God's arm 330 00:11:49,602 --> 00:11:51,259 was twisted to have to save you. 331 00:11:51,259 --> 00:11:52,804 But that's not what I'm talking about. 332 00:11:52,804 --> 00:11:55,060 I'm talking about where you basically come to the end 333 00:11:55,060 --> 00:11:56,978 of yourself and you say, 334 00:11:56,978 --> 00:11:58,739 just like the palsied man, 335 00:11:58,739 --> 00:12:00,650 that man had nothing in him 336 00:12:00,650 --> 00:12:06,232 to allow him to rise up out of that. 337 00:12:06,232 --> 00:12:09,369 And yet, did he try to stand? 338 00:12:09,369 --> 00:12:10,991 He did. 339 00:12:10,991 --> 00:12:13,006 And what Christ is saying to you is this, 340 00:12:13,006 --> 00:12:14,891 no, you don't have power over your sin 341 00:12:14,891 --> 00:12:15,975 to conquer this thing; 342 00:12:15,975 --> 00:12:17,747 you don't have power to clean up your life, 343 00:12:17,747 --> 00:12:21,120 you don't have power to beat this thing. 344 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:25,787 But He tells you: Walk. 345 00:12:25,787 --> 00:12:27,326 Just like He told that man. 346 00:12:27,326 --> 00:12:29,210 In a physical sense, "Rise up and walk." 347 00:12:29,210 --> 00:12:31,016 He's telling you in a spiritual sense: 348 00:12:31,016 --> 00:12:32,285 Walk. 349 00:12:32,285 --> 00:12:34,069 And you can no more do it 350 00:12:34,069 --> 00:12:35,280 than that man could. 351 00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:37,770 But that man could do it. 352 00:12:37,770 --> 00:12:40,262 Not in his own strength. 353 00:12:40,262 --> 00:12:42,877 Can you imagine the first time? 354 00:12:42,877 --> 00:12:43,948 Walk. 355 00:12:43,948 --> 00:12:47,366 The man's palsied, he's crippled. 356 00:12:47,366 --> 00:12:51,219 And yet suddenly, he tried to move the leg, 357 00:12:51,219 --> 00:12:52,741 and it moved! 358 00:12:52,741 --> 00:12:54,385 And he set it on the ground, 359 00:12:54,385 --> 00:13:01,696 and it lifted him! 360 00:13:01,696 --> 00:13:03,612 Why? 361 00:13:03,612 --> 00:13:07,706 Because Christ gave him the strength. 362 00:13:07,706 --> 00:13:09,356 You see, when there's a trust 363 00:13:09,356 --> 00:13:11,515 and a reliance on Him, 364 00:13:11,515 --> 00:13:13,718 He will give you the strength 365 00:13:13,718 --> 00:13:15,139 to do what you need to do. 366 00:13:15,139 --> 00:13:16,868 This really comes back to the whole 367 00:13:16,868 --> 00:13:18,120 masturbation thing too. 368 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:19,812 If you will say, 369 00:13:19,812 --> 00:13:22,948 "Lord, I'm trusting You." 370 00:13:22,948 --> 00:13:25,222 "Your name's at stake here, Lord." 371 00:13:25,222 --> 00:13:26,598 "You tell me to follow You, 372 00:13:26,598 --> 00:13:29,440 and I don't believe You were a masturbater. 373 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:30,813 And so I'm going to seek to walk 374 00:13:30,813 --> 00:13:34,039 the line of purity." 375 00:13:34,039 --> 00:13:36,025 Just like Peter coming out of the boat. 376 00:13:36,025 --> 00:13:37,095 Keep your eyes on Him. 377 00:13:37,095 --> 00:13:38,380 Because I'll tell you what, 378 00:13:38,380 --> 00:13:39,699 if they get off, 379 00:13:39,699 --> 00:13:41,360 you're going to start sinking. 380 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:42,672 You've got to keep them there. 381 00:13:42,672 --> 00:13:44,099 They've got to be on Christ. 382 00:13:44,099 --> 00:13:45,407 He's got to be your trust; 383 00:13:45,407 --> 00:13:47,612 He's got to be that source from which you draw. 384 00:13:47,612 --> 00:13:48,819 And you've got to be pleading with Him, 385 00:13:48,819 --> 00:13:49,899 you've got to be crying to Him, 386 00:13:49,899 --> 00:13:51,239 "Lord, You know this sin in my life, 387 00:13:51,239 --> 00:13:52,433 You know I'm going down, 388 00:13:52,433 --> 00:13:54,230 I've never been able to conquer this. 389 00:13:54,230 --> 00:13:57,189 Lord, if You don't help me..." 390 00:13:57,189 --> 00:13:59,135 You start telling people, 391 00:13:59,135 --> 00:14:01,367 I'm trusting the Lord to give me victory. 392 00:14:01,367 --> 00:14:02,608 Put Christ out there. 393 00:14:02,608 --> 00:14:04,037 "Lord, I'm putting Your name on the line. 394 00:14:04,037 --> 00:14:05,756 I'm telling people about You. 395 00:14:05,756 --> 00:14:07,478 I'm trusting You." 396 00:14:07,478 --> 00:14:11,126 That's what repentance is. 397 00:14:11,126 --> 00:14:13,291 Repent.