Repent Believe Obey

Repent Believe Obey

Dave Riddle - 12/24/2023

Key Passage: Matthew 1:18-25

A picture of repentance. Joseph turned away from his plan to quietly divorce Mary and he turned towards God’s way instead.

This is the first of four times that we see Joseph respond to a dream by choosing to believe and obey.

Repent, believe, obey. This is the daily posture that God desires for us.

Be Undivided

Message starts around the 30:00 mark

Be Undivided
01/09/2021 - Dave Riddle 
Key Verse: John 17:11

Our Current Reality

• The last few years have been hard.

• Evangelicalism is fracturing.

  • “Not merely dividing but becoming increasingly incomprehensible to each other.”

• Relational dissonance.

• Galatians 5:15 - But if you bite and devour one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.

• The statistics are discouraging.

• The Reality: we all sinners

Our Calling

• The Calling: Unity

  • John 17:11 - …that they may be one.

    • This should be our starting point.

    • Not unanimity, not uniformity, maybe not even union… but absolutely Unity!

The Model

• John 17:11 - …as we are one (Jesus & the Father).

  • Not my will, but the will of the Father. Not my words, but the words of the Father.

    • As humans this level of unity is only possible through the power of the Spirit.

Our Response

• Repent and believe

• Communion: look up, look back, look forward, look around.

  • Koinōnia (Greek: κοινωνία) - fellowship, association, community, intimacy, joint participation (the share which one has in anything), communion.

• Do I have the humility to align myself with God?

Our Need for Repentance is Unchanging

Unchanging Truth: Repentance
Dave Riddle - 8/15/2021
Key Passage: Mark 1:14-15

The Problem: Sin

• We can’t do anything about it.

• Only Jesus can.

The Solution: Repentance 

• it’s deeper than being sorry.

• It’s more than regret due to the consequences.

  • Worldly sorrow vs godly sorrow

    • Godly sorrow leads to repentance

• Repentance = Metanoeo: literally to know, after. It signifies a change of mind consequent to the after knowledge; indicating regret for the course pursued and resulting in a wiser view of the past and future. Implied within us a “turning from” and a “turning to”.

John the Baptizer

• Matthew 3:2

  • Repent the Kingdom of God is near

Jesus

• Mark 1:14-15

  • Repent and believe

Peter

• Acts 2:36-39

  • Repent (to those who have not yet believed)

Paul

• Paul’s epistles

  • Repent (to believers)

John the Revelator

• Revelation 2 and 3

  • Repent (to churches)

We are a people who are called to repent.

• not about guilt and shame

• It’s about life!