100:00:00,960 –> 00:00:02,960I200:00:03,500 –> 00:00:08,800Know my transgression and my sin is always before me300:00:10,200 –> 00:00:13,760See here is a man who unlike Saul his pastes sin400:00:14,560 –> 00:00:16,559He sees it500:00:17,120 –> 00:00:22,160He doesn’t minimize it. He doesn’t blame it on other people. There are no excuses here600:00:23,160 –> 00:00:25,160This is Godly sorrow700:00:25,440 –> 00:00:28,260Welcome to open the Bible with pastor Colin Smith800:00:28,260 –> 00:00:31,879I’m David Pick and glad you could join us today and Colin900:00:31,879 –> 00:00:36,520I’m sure you must have spoken to really godly people who are sorry for there sin1000:00:36,560 –> 00:00:43,439They know that they’re a sinner, but they haven’t expressed godly sorrow over their sin. What would you say to that person?1100:00:43,820 –> 00:00:49,020That’s a great distinction and there’s a huge difference between Oh, yes. I’m sorry and a real1200:00:49,939 –> 00:00:52,259recognition of having grieved God and1300:00:52,799 –> 00:00:57,419having a heart that breaks for what breaks the heart of God and I think that1400:00:57,680 –> 00:01:04,500That comes when there is is light that comes from God to actually see my own sin for what it is1500:01:04,639 –> 00:01:07,879There’s a godly sorrow. The Bible says that leads to repentance1600:01:07,919 –> 00:01:12,459So we shouldn’t just jump to repentance and say well now, you know, that’s just being sorry and moving on1700:01:12,459 –> 00:01:16,599No, there’s a godly sorrow that leads to the repentance, which is a change1800:01:17,220 –> 00:01:21,440So if there’s a pattern in my life of sinning saying sorry sinning saying sorry1900:01:21,440 –> 00:01:26,239But never really changing then I’ve not really got to the heart of what repentance is all about2000:01:26,320 –> 00:01:29,919People often say God doesn’t want you to beat yourself up over this2100:01:30,199 –> 00:01:35,180So, how would you characterize real godly sorrow? Well, I think that’s right2200:01:35,180 –> 00:01:38,540God doesn’t want you to be beating yourself up but God does call us to change2300:01:39,559 –> 00:01:45,660He’s in the business of calling us to a transformed life and that’s very different from I’m sorry2400:01:45,699 –> 00:01:47,699And I’m carrying on in the same regards2500:01:47,699 –> 00:01:52,419so we’re trying to get at the heart of what repentance actually looks like and2600:01:52,480 –> 00:01:59,080There is a work of the Holy Spirit to bring us to an awareness of what our sin is2700:01:59,080 –> 00:02:04,860what our sin cost what its affect has been on us what its effect has been on others and most of all what its effect2800:02:04,860 –> 00:02:07,639Has been on Christ because he died for it2900:02:07,639 –> 00:02:13,020Yeah, and when I begin to see that then something deeper is going to happen. That’s more than just being sorry3000:02:13,100 –> 00:02:19,380It’s the beginning of a path of actually changing what is true repentance. That’s today’s message3100:02:19,380 –> 00:02:24,339So join us if you can in 2 corinthians chapter 7 as we begin the message3200:02:24,960 –> 00:02:31,279Distinguishing marks of true repentance. Here’s pastor Colin. Now. Today, we’re coming to a very important question3300:02:32,779 –> 00:02:40,059How do you know if you are on the path of repentance, how do you know if you have really repented3400:02:41,059 –> 00:02:46,139What are the marks of being on the hidden path to a transformed life3500:02:47,160 –> 00:02:49,600How could you recognize or discern?3600:02:50,520 –> 00:02:53,000True repentance in another person3700:02:53,660 –> 00:02:59,139there’s a very important and very practical questions and I want us therefore to look at the3800:02:59,479 –> 00:03:04,580distinguishing marks of true repentance and that subject is addressed for us in3900:03:05,020 –> 00:03:07,0202nd Corinthians in chapter 74000:03:07,080 –> 00:03:14,220So I do hope that you will have your Bible open at the passage that has just been read as we focus particularly on verse 104100:03:14,419 –> 00:03:15,600together4200:03:15,600 –> 00:03:19,440Notice the Paul says here that Godly sorrow4300:03:20,100 –> 00:03:22,100brings repentance4400:03:22,619 –> 00:03:25,520That leads to salvation and leaves no regret4500:03:26,399 –> 00:03:28,339But he says4600:03:28,339 –> 00:03:30,820worldly sorrow brings death4700:03:31,679 –> 00:03:33,720And straightaway you will see from this verse4800:03:34,440 –> 00:03:39,199that there are two very different kinds of sorrow and4900:03:39,860 –> 00:03:44,199The difference between them is seen most clearly in their effect or their result5000:03:44,919 –> 00:03:48,559There is worldly sorrow Paul says and that brings death5100:03:49,520 –> 00:03:54,460now that’s telling us something very important it is possible to be full of regret and5200:03:55,460 –> 00:03:57,460Yet, never to change5300:03:57,479 –> 00:03:59,240You can be sorry5400:03:59,419 –> 00:04:06,699Without ever repenting there is a kind of worldly sorrow that does not lead to repentance but just leads Paul says to death5500:04:07,339 –> 00:04:12,600Now that is telling us something important to grasp that being. Sorry and repenting are two different things5600:04:12,600 –> 00:04:18,660They are not the same thing and we’re going to see some examples from the Bible today of people who were very sorry5700:04:18,940 –> 00:04:22,920about things that they had done and yet never really changed and5800:04:23,399 –> 00:04:28,679Their sorrow did not heal them rather it destroyed them. That is worldly sorrow5900:04:28,679 –> 00:04:34,279It just brings you down it caves you in and eventually brings you to death itself6000:04:34,279 –> 00:04:37,579it it makes a person bitter and angry and6100:04:38,260 –> 00:04:43,440living in the past and full of self recrimination and even despair6200:04:44,260 –> 00:04:47,399now nobody here wants to be there and6300:04:47,959 –> 00:04:51,320So it is good news that there is a second kind of sorrow6400:04:51,779 –> 00:04:59,160And Paul says here. There is also godly sorrow, and it’s very very different in its nature and in its results6500:04:59,859 –> 00:05:06,540godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and will leave a man or a woman without6600:05:07,399 –> 00:05:08,679regret6700:05:08,679 –> 00:05:14,040In other words there’s godly sorrow leads to real and lasting change in your life6800:05:14,399 –> 00:05:21,579it takes you on to the hidden path to a transformed life, and it is the kind of sorrow that god wants all of his people to6900:05:21,859 –> 00:05:23,859experience and7000:05:24,040 –> 00:05:29,679He says it is a sorrow that will not harm you in any way7100:05:29,679 –> 00:05:36,079it’s a sorrow that’s redemptive verse 9 you became sorrowful as god intended and7200:05:37,320 –> 00:05:40,260So you were not harmed in any way7300:05:40,380 –> 00:05:41,459Anyway7400:05:41,459 –> 00:05:44,559So two kinds of sorrow that lead in opposite directions7500:05:45,179 –> 00:05:50,980one that takes you downwards to death and the other that brings you upwards to life and7600:05:51,179 –> 00:05:57,920The obvious question then is what is the difference between these two kinds of sorrow the worldly sorrow on the one hand and the godly?7700:05:57,920 –> 00:06:02,380Sorrow on the other hand and really it boils down to one word and that’s the word godly7800:06:03,019 –> 00:06:07,179the sorrow that is redemptive is God-centered god is7900:06:07,980 –> 00:06:13,480Infused into it and I want us to see what that looks like from the Bible together today8000:06:14,899 –> 00:06:18,119I want to suggest three distinguishing marks of8100:06:19,100 –> 00:06:20,760godly sorrow8200:06:20,760 –> 00:06:22,579That is three8300:06:22,579 –> 00:06:30,019Evidences by which you may know with confidence that real and lasting change is going on in your life or in the life of another person8400:06:31,160 –> 00:06:34,559they’re very simply so that you know where we’re going godly sorrow means8500:06:35,320 –> 00:06:37,980First that you have light from God8600:06:39,059 –> 00:06:45,640Second that you have desire for God and thirdly that you have hope in God8700:06:46,619 –> 00:06:49,339These three and we’re going to see them from the scriptures together8800:06:50,679 –> 00:06:56,359First then godly sorrow is distinguished by this mark that in it you have light from8900:06:57,399 –> 00:06:59,399God9000:06:59,559 –> 00:07:03,739Now let me try and paint a picture so that we can get a frame of reference here9100:07:04,019 –> 00:07:09,640I want you to imagine for a moment that you are in a darkened cellar9200:07:10,480 –> 00:07:14,279It’s pitch dark, and you are struggling to find your way around9300:07:14,940 –> 00:07:18,459In the cellar that are large planks of wood9400:07:19,119 –> 00:07:24,320heavy filled barrels and large suitcases full of stuff and9500:07:24,859 –> 00:07:30,839So you find yourself stumbling over these various things that are strewn around the cellar though9600:07:30,839 –> 00:07:34,079You think to yourself if I was here for long enough9700:07:34,079 –> 00:07:38,839I could locate where all of these things are and I could find my way around safely9800:07:39,559 –> 00:07:41,559But there’s another problem9900:07:42,040 –> 00:07:44,140Someone else is in the cellar10000:07:44,679 –> 00:07:50,579You can’t see that person in the darkness, and he never makes himself directly known to you in fact10100:07:50,579 –> 00:07:53,000he hates you and he wants you to stumble and10200:07:53,640 –> 00:07:57,500So he is constantly moving the barrels moving the suitcases10300:07:58,000 –> 00:08:02,859Moving the planks of wood so that as you move around in the cellar you keep stumbling10400:08:03,220 –> 00:08:09,119Over the same things in different places. You don’t know where you’re going to encounter them next10500:08:11,179 –> 00:08:17,799But you keep falling over the same obstacles and you endure yourself on them again and again10600:08:19,179 –> 00:08:23,739Now I paint that picture because it really is I think a good picture of our natural human condition10700:08:24,739 –> 00:08:31,140In Ephesians chapter 4 in verse 18 Paul says that we are dark and in our10800:08:31,619 –> 00:08:37,280Understanding that is by nature. That is our human condition to be darkened in our understanding10900:08:37,280 –> 00:08:40,739In other words, our natural condition is simply that we do not see11000:08:41,340 –> 00:08:43,340We don’t see clearly11100:08:44,299 –> 00:08:51,039That’s why Jesus spoke in his teaching about people who are always seeing with their eyes, but never perceiving11200:08:51,739 –> 00:08:58,500They’re always hearing they hear many truths in church and so forth, but they’re never really understanding. They just don’t get it11300:08:59,619 –> 00:09:03,219Because this is the natural condition of the human heart that11400:09:04,099 –> 00:09:07,900In that inward way we we just don’t see we’re in the dark11500:09:09,119 –> 00:09:12,599that’s why Jesus spoke on one occasion you remember about a11600:09:13,080 –> 00:09:18,760Person who is able to identify a spec of sawdust in someone else’s eye11700:09:19,580 –> 00:09:24,280By using a remarkable illustration jesus said even if there was a plank of wood in their own eye11800:09:24,299 –> 00:09:26,299They wouldn’t be able to see it11900:09:26,739 –> 00:09:32,000in other words, here’s a person who has very heightened sensitivity to failure in others, but12000:09:32,479 –> 00:09:38,960No capacity to discern or see what really needs to be changed in his or her own life12100:09:40,200 –> 00:09:42,700now that is the natural human condition and12200:09:43,179 –> 00:09:50,520Worldly sorrow is in the first instance sorrow that cannot see it is like the man in the cellar who injures himself12300:09:50,900 –> 00:09:57,900Repeatedly by falling over the same things many times because he does not know where he’s going to stumble against them12400:09:58,559 –> 00:10:00,559next12500:10:00,679 –> 00:10:05,140now the obvious example of this from the bible is king Saul and12600:10:06,119 –> 00:10:08,200Let’s take a moment to think about12700:10:08,380 –> 00:10:11,440What this looks like in the life of a real person12800:10:12,140 –> 00:10:16,900Worldly sorrow the sorrow without light the sorrow that doesn’t see12900:10:18,520 –> 00:10:25,559we’re told in the first book of Samuel that King Saul was given a special assignment by God and he didn’t do it and13000:10:26,679 –> 00:10:31,440So Samuel the prophet came to Saul and called him on his disobedience13100:10:32,400 –> 00:10:35,979when that happened Saul came up with a whole list of evasions13200:10:36,200 –> 00:10:42,099Excuses a kind of spin we would say today to try and get out of his responsibility13300:10:42,099 –> 00:10:49,200but then Samuel spoke to him very directly because God had already revealed the hidden truth to Samuel as a prophet.13400:10:50,140 –> 00:10:56,219When that happened, this is what Saul said first Samuel chapter 15 in verse 30. I have sinned13500:10:57,219 –> 00:11:00,780But very interesting these words together. I’ve sinned but13600:11:01,460 –> 00:11:03,520He says I’ve sinned but13700:11:03,520 –> 00:11:08,119Please honor me before the elders of the people and13800:11:09,280 –> 00:11:14,219Before Israel, please come back with me so that I may worship the Lord your God13900:11:15,520 –> 00:11:19,820Now you see what Saul is saying here. He’s very sorry and14000:11:20,859 –> 00:11:26,239Rightly. So because he has lost his kingdom on result of as a result of his disobedience14100:11:26,239 –> 00:11:31,320So he’s very sad about what has happened. He acknowledges that he’s done wrong. I have sinned14200:11:32,080 –> 00:11:35,539But it is the kind of sorrow that does not see14300:11:36,479 –> 00:11:41,580Which is why his instinctive resulted is instinct rather is to say, okay, I’ve sinned14400:11:41,580 –> 00:11:46,179But let’s just now put all this unpleasant us behind us and let’s go to worship and please14500:11:46,179 –> 00:11:50,140Will you come with me because I don’t want to be let down in front of the elders and all the people14600:11:52,520 –> 00:11:56,280So he’s saying to Samuel oh, you’re right I was wrong14700:11:57,559 –> 00:12:00,400But now let’s just go to church and put all that behind us14800:12:02,000 –> 00:12:04,119Now that is worldly sorrow14900:12:05,219 –> 00:12:09,239There is no ownership here on Saul’s part of his actions15000:12:10,179 –> 00:12:12,719Nor of the problem within his heart15100:12:13,239 –> 00:12:18,940That led him to these actions. So what happens remaining in the darkness? He goes on through his life15200:12:19,539 –> 00:12:25,099stumbling over the same heart problem that was never addressed in 1st Samuel chapter 15 and15300:12:25,440 –> 00:12:29,900Stalks him and injures him again and again throughout the entire course of his life15400:12:30,080 –> 00:12:31,219and15500:12:31,219 –> 00:12:33,900you can read about it in the book of 1st Samuel you15600:12:35,239 –> 00:12:39,960See that he continued as king, but he never changed15700:12:42,340 –> 00:12:44,580Worldly sorrow leads to death15800:12:46,359 –> 00:12:49,299Because all it is is sadness about well, you know15900:12:49,299 –> 00:12:52,719I did wrong and it didn’t work out as I hoped but it takes no ownership16000:12:52,719 –> 00:12:57,700And so there is no fundamental change in the person’s life and they continue Saul16100:12:58,039 –> 00:13:05,380Bumbled his way through life neither knowing God nor knowing himself full of his own pain full of self-pity16200:13:05,739 –> 00:13:07,080a16300:13:07,080 –> 00:13:11,039misery to his family and a burden to his people16400:13:12,179 –> 00:13:15,960You’re listening to open the Bible with Pastor Colin Smith and a message called16500:13:16,659 –> 00:13:22,760Distinguishing marks of true repentance and we’ve got to pause the message briefly there, but we’ll be back shortly. So do stay with us16600:13:23,760 –> 00:13:25,760Message is part of a series called16700:13:26,479 –> 00:13:32,119Repentance the hidden path to a transformed life and if you’ve missed any of the series or if you want to go back to and16800:13:32,119 –> 00:13:35,359Listen to them again. They’re all available online at our website16900:13:35,679 –> 00:13:38,080Open the Bible dot org dot UK17000:13:38,599 –> 00:13:45,659also as a podcast on all main podcast sites, which you can find by searching for open the Bible UK or17100:13:46,039 –> 00:13:51,479Following the link from our website back to the message now here again. Is pastor Colin17200:13:52,119 –> 00:13:54,359worldly sorrow brings death because it’s17300:13:55,159 –> 00:13:57,159It’s sorrow without light17400:14:00,599 –> 00:14:06,479Now contrast that with David who of course is the model of True17500:14:06,580 –> 00:14:13,679Repentance, especially in psalm 51 where he lays out for us a pattern of what real and lasting17600:14:14,039 –> 00:14:16,039change looks like17700:14:16,400 –> 00:14:21,760And in some 51 where David asks God for mercy he says this in verse 3 I17800:14:23,419 –> 00:14:26,219Though my transgression I17900:14:27,599 –> 00:14:31,039Know it now, that’s a different world from Saul. I18000:14:32,320 –> 00:14:37,559Know my transgression and my sin is always before me18100:14:39,000 –> 00:14:42,580See here is a man who unlike Saul has faced his sin18200:14:43,640 –> 00:14:45,640He sees it18300:14:46,960 –> 00:14:52,580He doesn’t minimize it he doesn’t blame it on other people there are no excuses here18400:14:53,500 –> 00:14:55,500this is godly sorrow and18500:14:57,919 –> 00:15:01,760It’s a painful thing of course but look at its result it18600:15:03,200 –> 00:15:05,200brings repentance18700:15:05,239 –> 00:15:11,820Which leads to salvation Paul says and leaves no regret for God wipes away all tears from our eyes18800:15:12,820 –> 00:15:14,580and18900:15:14,580 –> 00:15:20,000You look at the contrast between Sol and David, and it’s a no-brainer. Isn’t it would you want to be like Saul?19000:15:20,000 –> 00:15:22,000Or would you like to be like David?19100:15:24,679 –> 00:15:26,679Worldly sorrow leads to death19200:15:28,619 –> 00:15:32,820Godly sorrow in which a man or a woman has light from above19300:15:35,400 –> 00:15:37,400Brings repentance that leads to19400:15:38,500 –> 00:15:40,539salvation and leaves no regret19500:15:41,520 –> 00:15:47,840Now I’m struck therefore by how often we find David in the Psalms asking God for light19600:15:48,659 –> 00:15:52,739Once you start spotting that theme you’ll see it all over the Psalms19700:15:53,659 –> 00:15:58,919he says in Psalm 19 who can discern his own errors and19800:16:00,900 –> 00:16:02,280So19900:16:02,280 –> 00:16:07,479Recognizing that there are things in ourselves that we just don’t see. What do you do? You pray to God for light?20000:16:07,960 –> 00:16:15,359And so David says will you search me and try me and know me and show me will you shine your light?20100:16:15,739 –> 00:16:19,900Upon my path the entrance of your word gives light20200:16:22,900 –> 00:16:28,140The more I’ve looked at that theme in the Psalms and then thought about how it relates to David experience20300:16:28,159 –> 00:16:34,400I’m sure that some of it must have come under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit through David’s long20400:16:34,799 –> 00:16:36,799experience of observing Saul20500:16:37,539 –> 00:16:39,539I20600:16:39,760 –> 00:16:41,760Saw that20700:16:42,359 –> 00:16:48,000Man drift through his life without ever seeing what needed to be changed. I20800:16:50,099 –> 00:16:52,460Saw that in Saul and it’s death20900:16:54,520 –> 00:16:57,659Don’t let me be like that Lord21000:16:58,940 –> 00:17:00,940Give me light21100:17:01,400 –> 00:17:06,420Let your word be a lamp to my feet and a light to my path21200:17:07,099 –> 00:17:09,099Godly sorrow is marked by this21300:17:09,599 –> 00:17:11,599distinguishing mark that21400:17:12,180 –> 00:17:14,339There is light from God21500:17:15,780 –> 00:17:23,420in which a man or a woman comes to see in the light of the Scriptures and by the work of the Holy Spirit what21600:17:23,640 –> 00:17:27,699Needs to be changed and thereby to find the power21700:17:28,420 –> 00:17:30,420To do it21800:17:31,160 –> 00:17:34,119First distinguishing mark godly sorrow means you have light21900:17:34,859 –> 00:17:36,859From God, you know, you’re not like Saul22000:17:37,880 –> 00:17:39,880You’re like David22100:17:41,619 –> 00:17:46,780Second distinguishing mark of true repentance is a desire for God22200:17:47,319 –> 00:17:50,619And it seems to me that that this feature is particularly22300:17:51,119 –> 00:17:56,540Clear if we contrast this time again David who’s the model of true repentance?22400:17:56,800 –> 00:18:02,359With on this occasion eSaul who goes the other way of worldly sorrow22500:18:02,479 –> 00:18:06,400I may remember that we looked at ESA earlier in our series22600:18:06,400 –> 00:18:11,680And you might like to turn over to the book of Hebrews and chapter 12 for a moment here22700:18:12,239 –> 00:18:14,560Hebrews chapter 12 gives us the New Testament22800:18:15,280 –> 00:18:17,280commentary on the life of22900:18:17,680 –> 00:18:24,000Isa and in Hebrews 12 and verse 15 and 16 we read these words23000:18:25,079 –> 00:18:27,079Hebrews 12 1523100:18:27,619 –> 00:18:29,599See to it23200:18:29,599 –> 00:18:35,359that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many and23300:18:36,819 –> 00:18:40,260See that no one is sexually immoral or is godless23400:18:40,979 –> 00:18:42,780like Esau23500:18:42,780 –> 00:18:46,660Who for a single meal sold his inheritance rights as the?23600:18:47,959 –> 00:18:49,959oldest son23700:18:50,359 –> 00:18:52,839Now the striking thing about Esau is23800:18:53,359 –> 00:18:55,040That he was23900:18:55,040 –> 00:18:57,040deeply sorry24000:18:57,219 –> 00:18:59,219About what happened in his life24100:18:59,699 –> 00:19:04,400In fact, I think you could make a case for saying that no one was more deeply or longer24200:19:04,420 –> 00:19:08,800Sorry in all the old testament than this character Esau24300:19:09,540 –> 00:19:12,239the book of genesis places particular24400:19:13,300 –> 00:19:14,939emphasis on the24500:19:14,939 –> 00:19:17,099intensity of his regret24600:19:17,900 –> 00:19:21,959It talks about how he cried out when he discovered that he had lost24700:19:22,020 –> 00:19:26,859The blessing that Isaac gave to Jacob he wept and cried out with a laugh24800:19:27,119 –> 00:19:28,239loud and bitter cry24900:19:28,439 –> 00:19:33,819there’s a kind of an agonizing shriek that comes from the core of this man25000:19:34,579 –> 00:19:37,479And this remorse, this regret, this25100:19:38,760 –> 00:19:45,079churning pain as to what he had lost in his life went on and on and he never got over it25200:19:45,319 –> 00:19:47,319Never got over25300:19:48,180 –> 00:19:53,079And I’m sure that if you could have met Esau he would have told you his story with deep feeling25400:19:53,079 –> 00:19:59,760I was the firstborn, you know, I could have been the father of the faithful25500:20:01,560 –> 00:20:08,140But I lost it and it was all my fault and Esau blamed himself and he never got over it25600:20:10,280 –> 00:20:12,280Full of remorse25700:20:13,040 –> 00:20:17,959And of course remorse which always looks backwards, repentance always looks forward25800:20:18,020 –> 00:20:23,839That’s the difference remorse kills you. It ties you to a failure in the past and25900:20:24,900 –> 00:20:26,859And Esau never got beyond that26000:20:28,300 –> 00:20:30,660grieving over what might have been26100:20:32,680 –> 00:20:35,319And Esau lived a life of regret26200:20:37,400 –> 00:20:40,939But here’s the tragedy he never changed and26300:20:42,040 –> 00:20:46,719The New Testament tells us just two things about him here in Hebrews chapter 1226400:20:46,780 –> 00:20:48,780The first is that he was bitter26500:20:49,439 –> 00:20:55,719See to it that no root of bitterness grows up among you the writer to Hebrews says that will defile many26600:20:55,839 –> 00:20:58,819Like what happened with Esau, so he was bitter26700:20:59,420 –> 00:21:04,099And then the second thing that we’re told in the New Testament about Esau is that he was godless26800:21:04,780 –> 00:21:09,219See to it that no one becomes like Esau a godless man26900:21:10,400 –> 00:21:14,319Now you see that is what worldly sorrow will do to you27000:21:15,219 –> 00:21:17,239It will make you bitter and27100:21:18,260 –> 00:21:20,760It will distance you from God27200:21:22,380 –> 00:21:27,599Reminder from Pastor Colin there that being sorry doesn’t necessarily equal repentance27300:21:27,859 –> 00:21:35,359There are two kinds of sorrow worldly sorrow which can lead to death and godly sorrow which leads to repentance27400:21:36,180 –> 00:21:37,479and life27500:21:37,479 –> 00:21:41,920You’ve been listening to open the Bible with Pastor Colin Smith and a message called27600:21:42,859 –> 00:21:47,560Repentance the hidden path to a transformed life and today’s message was called27700:21:48,160 –> 00:21:50,160distinguishing marks of true repentance27800:21:50,760 –> 00:21:53,660If you tuned in late and miss the first part of the broadcast27900:21:53,660 –> 00:21:56,280Or if you want to go back and listen to it again28000:21:56,339 –> 00:22:01,760You can do that by coming online to our website open the Bible or U.K28100:22:02,439 –> 00:22:04,640How do you like to start your day?28200:22:05,280 –> 00:22:11,520Why not try open the Bible daily taken from the teaching of pastor Colin Smith and read specially in the UK28300:22:11,800 –> 00:22:15,119Open the Bible daily is a 2 to 3 minute reflection28400:22:16,079 –> 00:22:22,739Available on our website openthebible.org.uk or as a podcast on all your favorite podcast sites28500:22:23,079 –> 00:22:25,079That’s open the Bible daily28600:22:25,880 –> 00:22:28,520Open the Bible is supported by our listeners28700:22:28,619 –> 00:22:35,439It’s people just like you who keep open the Bible on this station on the internet and on all the podcast sites28800:22:35,640 –> 00:22:39,459So if you already give to support the work, thank you so much28900:22:39,479 –> 00:22:45,280If supporting open the Bible financially is something that you’d like to begin to do this month29000:22:45,280 –> 00:22:48,500We’d love to say thank you by sending you a free gift29100:22:48,640 –> 00:22:54,040if you’re able to begin a new direct debut of five pounds per month or more or a29200:22:54,099 –> 00:23:00,420One-off gift of sixty pounds or more, we’d love to send you a copy of Nancy Guthrie’s book29300:23:00,439 –> 00:23:05,699I’m praying for you 40 days of praying the Bible for someone who is suffering29400:23:06,380 –> 00:23:10,859Call him what’s the one thing you hope people who read this book will take away from it29500:23:11,099 –> 00:23:11,599well29600:23:11,599 –> 00:23:15,300The thing that I’ve gained from this book is that it is a way of staying29700:23:15,560 –> 00:23:16,520fresh29800:23:16,520 –> 00:23:21,359In praying for people that we want to intercede for over a long period of time29900:23:21,400 –> 00:23:28,319And I think every Christian has friends loved ones for whom we’re committed to pray over the long haul30000:23:28,319 –> 00:23:35,199And the question of course is always how do I stay fresh in praying for the same person day after day after day?30100:23:35,319 –> 00:23:40,800Well what Nancy Guthrie has done wonderfully is she’s brought together from Scripture30200:23:41,439 –> 00:23:47,040Forty different ways of praying for someone you love someone in need someone who’s suffering30300:23:47,239 –> 00:23:50,819You can use one of these every day and you can reuse them many times30400:23:50,859 –> 00:23:54,020So it’s in 40 very simple sections. I mean for example30500:23:54,339 –> 00:24:01,560I’m praying that the Lord will keep you. And another one, I’m praying that you will not fear bad news30600:24:01,920 –> 00:24:08,000I’m praying that God will make you fruitful. I’m praying that you’ll grasp how deeply you are loved by God30700:24:08,219 –> 00:24:14,400I’m praying that you’ll cast your anxieties on God. I’m praying that you’ll learn the secret of being content30800:24:14,579 –> 00:24:19,359So here are 40 distinct ways to pray for someone you love30900:24:19,599 –> 00:24:24,800It’s a marvelous resource. I’ve never seen anything quite like it, but it will inject31000:24:25,280 –> 00:24:29,819Freshness into your prayer life, and I think it’ll be a great blessing and a help to many31100:24:29,880 –> 00:24:32,640Well, we’d love to send you a copy of Nancy Guthrie’s book31200:24:32,640 –> 00:24:38,880I’m praying for you when you begin a new direct debit to the work of Open the Bible of five pounds per month or31300:24:38,880 –> 00:24:41,719More or a one-off gift of 60 pounds or more31400:24:42,160 –> 00:24:46,660You’ll find full terms and conditions online at our website openthebible.org31500:24:47,099 –> 00:24:53,119UK and you can also give online if you want us to send you this free gift31600:24:53,579 –> 00:25:00,260Please don’t give anonymously and don’t forget to leave your full name and address so that we can send you your gift31700:25:01,020 –> 00:25:06,219For open the Bible and pastor Colin Smith. I’m David pick. Thanks for being with us today31800:25:06,219 –> 00:25:08,219And I hope you’ll join us again next time31900:25:16,780 –> 00:25:23,560How can you tell if someone has repented by counting their tears or by the passing of time32000:25:24,439 –> 00:25:29,040Discover the real marks of true repentance next time on open the Bible