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Welcome to the Daily Blade. The Word of God is described as the sword of the Spirit, the primary spiritual weapon in the Christian's armor against the forces of evil. Your hosts are Joby Martin and Kyle Thompson, and they stand ready to equip men for the fight. Let's sharpen up.

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All right, let's keep rolling with the 10 elements of a godly man, because that's what we've been studying all week this week and we're going to be keeping it going next week. But so far we've looked at element one a godly man has surrendered his life to Christ. Element two a godly man is selfless. And element three a godly man strives for holiness. Element four of a godly man is this a godly man is repentant. A godly man is repentant. A godly man is repentant. Now let me just go and tell you what repentance is not okay. Repentance is not. I'm really, really, really, really sorry, and I mean it this time, because that's what people think. People think that repentance is like saying sorry, but like extra fervently, with a lot more words and a lot more gusto. But that's not what it is. Repentance is a sincere that's important a sincere 180 turn away from our sinful desires and actions and towards God. So we're going this direction and we're literally turning 180 degrees and going the opposite direction now. And repentance has to include heart change, it has to include mindset change, it has to include behavioral change, it has to include mindset change, it has to include behavioral change and it has to include a real demonstration of remorse and, again, actions contrary to previous actions. If you don't have those things, you're not really repentant. And what normally gets in the way of us repenting of our sins and sinful behaviors? Us, we do. We get in the way. We get in the way because we think we're special, we think we're unique, we think there's no one else that's like us, we think that our sins have a viable excuse attached to them. Well, if you only knew what they did to me first, you know. Well, if God didn't want me to be gay, then why do I have homosexual desires? Well, if you drink too, if you had to deal with my wife again, on and on and on. We love to just give these excuses as to why we don't have to do the things that God is telling us to do through his scripture. But here's the reality we can never successfully repent of our sins and sinful behaviors if we don't acknowledge them first. Because, duh, and to help me drive home that point today, I'm going to bring in the Apostle Paul. So the Apostle Paul is a gangster. Can we just say that he wrote a gospel, which is awesome. Also, emperor Domitian tried to kill him by boiling him alive in a vat of oil and he came out completely unscathed. So he's like all right, just put him on the Isle of Patmos, so I don't have to deal with him anymore. And that's where he wrote the book of Revelation.

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And he also gave us a tremendous letter, which is 1 John. So 1 John has a lot of stuff in it, a lot of great stuff, but it mainly seems to be concerned with false teaching concerning Jesus. That's kind of an overall theme of that letter, 1 John. So I want to read 1 John 1, verses 8 through 10. To read 1 John 1, verses 8 through 10.

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If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar and his word is not in us. So, guys, that removes all excuses. Okay, I feel like it's it's necessary to repeat this again.

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1 John 1, 8 through 10. If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar and his word is not in us Again, enough with the excuses, guys. Hey, here's all the reasons why I can't repent. Here's all the reasons why I can't change. At what point did you think that was currency, fellows? At what point did you think that that was a good idea to lean on your excuses? Right, that hasn't worked since you were a kid, okay, but John in this passage is giving us a three-step process really to being a godly repenter.

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Number one admit we have sin. Number two confess those sins. Number three study the Word of God. It's right there in the passage If we don't admit that we have sin, it's impossible for us to repent. So that's step one. Step two confess those sins. Okay, now I've acknowledged that I'm a sinner. Here's my specific sins, here's my specific sinful behaviors. Now I need to confess those things, right, confess those to your brothers. And then, step three study the word of God.

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Okay, because if you say that you've not sinned again at the very end of verse 10, and his word is not in us, how do we know that we're a sinner? How do we know that we need a savior. How do we know that we can't possibly repay the sin debt we owe to a holy and just God? You study the word of God. You don't get your theology from TikTok or for some random dork pastor on YouTube or something like that. We study the word of God and we treat it as if it is actually the word of God. So element four of a godly man a godly man is repentant. You guys should chew on that today. If you've got some areas of your life that you need to repent on, you need to repent of right now is that time. If you're waiting for a sign, this is it.

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