“True Change is More then Just I’m Sorry”
Sunday Morning, October 21, 2012
scriptures: Romans 1, Romans 2, Romans 6, 2 Corinthians 5, 2 Corinthians 7
keywords: long, heart, man, woman, affection, love, repentance, creature, change, life, evolution, believer
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Romans 1:1-30
Thinking about others is part of the Christian life.
“Making mention of you in my prayers”- he was thinking about others.
Verse 11- “long to see you”. Your experience in Christ is that you long to see others in Christ now.
Verse 12- You have something that you can share with others in Christ. When God comes into your
heart you are looking for ways to help others. It is amazing what love can accomplish in you- it is
that mutual faith. Christ loves you like a newborn baby and treats you as his own.
Verse 16- You can be proud that God loves you as Christian. You are not ashamed as a Christian.
You are not going to treat God like a girlfriend that you don’t want or think is unattractive.
Verse 20- People should know that how things are created that it was not an accident but God’s
plan and design.
Verse 26-27- People know that man was created for woman and that for a man to be with a man is
wrong. God said that he would give people up to their vile affections. It is not about science but
about rejecting God- people rejected God is why people starting believing things like this. This is
not about evolution but “devilution”.
Romans 2:3-9
Verse 4- People think that just because you are in church that you won’t be guilty even if they are
doing the same things that people in the world are doing.
Romans 6:1-3
Verse 2- There has to be a change when you give your life to Christ.
2 Corinthians 5:17
Verse 17- The definition of repentance is not saying I’m sorry but that you are changed and are
different. How do you see differently as a believer? You can not hang with the same old
creatures. Hanging around your cousin may not be a good thing.
2 Corinthians 7:8-
Verse 9- Anybody can say I am sorry, but sorrowing to repentance is when someone is really
trying to make a change. Sometimes you need to burst someone’s bubble if they are not right
but so-called Christians are so sensitive that they get upset about people criticizing them.
Verse 11- If you say that you are sorry but you are not wiling to make up for it then something
is wrong. Some people say that I am trying to be a Christian but I am not trying to be a saint-
that is not a true Christian. Don’t try to compartmentalize and say that I am a great Christian
but I am a horrible husband. As a believer you have a complete change.