Application Guide: The Gospel of Matthew – Part 6
June 20, 2004: “The Gospel of Matthew - Part 6” by Pastor Kimber Kauffman, Senior Pastor College
Park Church. Pastor Kimber continued
his series on the Gospel of Matthew with a 2nd message on repentance
in Matthew 3:1-10.
Before you come
together to discuss, ask God what sin he wants you to turn from, and pray for
the other folks in your group- that he would show them their need to repent of
a specific sin as well.
In verse 8 of
chapter 3 of Matthew, John calls on people to produce fruits in keeping with
repentance… and in verse 10, he says why this is important- because if a person
has no fruit of repentance then no repentance has taken place and thus the
person is not saved from wrath.
Kim quoted a
Puritan document which says “good works are not a necessary prerequisite for
salvation, but they are a necessary result of salvation.”
Kim stated that
repentance is as necessary for salvation as faith is. Think about that…
Think about this
also…Kim said that in the Parable of the Sower (Matt 13:3-8…18-23) only one of
the four men described by a type of soil is a Christian.
Repentance, despite
the recent well-intentioned evangelical emphasis on a one-time event, is more
of a life-long and daily oft-repeated thing.
In closing, write
down your answer to #6 on a note card and keep it before you until you can get
alone with God and repent of it.