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How do we Return Back to Him? Genuine REPENTANCE (v1) This includes: • Recognizing your SINFUL condition • Remembering your past OBEDIENCE (Rev 2:4-5) • SEARCHING out sin • GRIEVING over sin (2 Cor 7:10) • CONFESSING your sin (Psalm 32:5)
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How do we Return Back to Him? • Genuine REPENTANCE (v1) This includes: • Recognizing your SINFUL condition • Remembering your past OBEDIENCE (Rev 2:4-5) • SEARCHING out sin • GRIEVING over sin (2 Cor 7:10) • CONFESSING your sin (Psalm 32:5) • FLEEING from sin (1 Tim 6:11, 2 Tim 2:22) • Pursuing RIGHTEOUSNESS
2. Humble use of the MEANS of GRACE These ‘instruments’ include (v2): • The WORD • PRAYER • The CHURCH (Gathered Worship) (Hebrews 13:15) • Other means can include AFFLICTION and even spiritual DESERTION (Hosea 2:6-7, Hosea 5:15) 3. Reaffirm our FAITH and DEPENDENCE in Him (v3)