Benefits of True Repentance

In the Bible, wherever people face their faults/sins AND where we get examples of that practice, we find…counterintuitively/unexpectedly that the act of repentance yields benefits. THAT's our topic today – how saying the words we ALL dread to say, "I am wrong…" how speaking those repulsive/vile words, "I have sinned" – if that horrid phrase (we hate to say) if it's a part of true repentance it will lead to all kinds of positive results… benefits you'd never imagine.

This sermon unpacks the truth of those verses that say, "God gives grace to the humble but opposes the proud" (James 4.6; 1 Peter 5.5) If we knew how great the gains maybe we'd repent more boldly! So let's look at:

1. The Silent Treatment
2. Breaking the Silence
3. Silent No More