Last Sunday, we talked about John's message of repentance as the "no" that becomes a "yes." We talked about the fact that the call to repentance is a call to repent of our sins, but it's also a call to repent of trying to hide from our sins. We never repent of our sins until we quit hiding from them.

Also, repentance is more than a feeling. It is a mind-change -- a mind-change that involves admitting we have been wrong in supposing we can manage our life as if we were God. A second aspect of the mind- change is the acknowledgement that we have been wrong in believing the lie that we, along with other human beings are nice and good and eventually everything is going to be all right.

The third thing I said was that repentance involves accepting the forgiveness Jesus offers, and demonstrati…