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This Is What Repentance Looks Like (Jonah 1 : 17 – 2:9 ). In repentance, we must recognize our sin, understand that it leads to death, then ask forgiveness and submit ourselves back to God. Matthew 12:38-40 .
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This Is What Repentance Looks Like (Jonah 1:17 – 2:9)
In repentance,we must recognize our sin, understand that it leads to death,then ask forgivenessand submit ourselves back to God.
Matthew 12:38-40 • 38Then some of the Pharisees and teachers of the law said to him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.” 39He answered, “A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. 40For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Verse 3 Like he’s drowning and consumed in sin. • “into the deep” • “floods surrounded me” • “the heart of the seas” • “waves & billows passed over me” Verse 5 • “waters closed in over me” • “deep surrounded me.”
Verse 4 • “driven away from your sight.” • “yet I shall again look upon your holy temple." Verse 6 Jonah recognized his sin and understood that it led to death • “distress” • “Sheol”
Repentance is not just admitting sin orfeeling the guilt that comes with it. • Jonah was only admitting sin, not submitting himself to God (Jonah 1:9,12) • Pharaoh confessed sin, but did not repent(Ex. 9:27, 34-35) • Felix felt guilty about his sin, but did not submit to God (Acts 24:24-25
2 Chronicles 7:14 • if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.