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REPENTANCE MEMORY VERSE : For Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation. 11Corinthians 7:10. BIBLE PASSAGE: Matthew. 3:1-12 INTRODUCTION: What do we mean by repentance? How do we know someone who has repented? When someone who has been doing something evil feels sorry for it, changes his mind about it and decides not only to stop doing it but actually to start doing the exact opposite of the evil he has been doing before, then he is said to have repented. Repentance then is a change of mind that leads to a change in conduct. For example in Matt. 21:28-32, the boy at first refused to work in the vineyard but later repented, changed his mind and then went and actually worked in the vineyard. WHY IS REPENTANCE NECESSARY? There are several reasons why repentance is so necessary in the life of any man. Infact repentance is given so much prominence that the first sermon preached by our Lord Jesus Christ after his baptism and testing in the wilderness was on repentance. (Matt. 4:17).

REWARDS MEMORY VERSE : For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory? 11 Cor. 4:17. BIBLE PASSAGE: 1 Corinthians 9:16-27. INTRODUCATION : It is generally believed that the rewards to be given at the Judgement Seat of Christ will consist of crows and other glorious things. 11 Cor. 4:17 speaks of the momentary light, affliction which is descriptive of this world of sorrow, pain, tears and problems. However, the moment that we cross to the other side, this moment of affliction will be exchanged for an “Exceeding and eternal weight of glory.” The believer falls asleep in Christ (Jn. 11:11), suddenly awakes in the Lord’s presence and the glory begins (Ph. 1:23). WHAT GLORIES ARE BELIEVERS TO EXPECT? Every born-again child of God, living a holy life and walking in the Spirit of God may expect: (a) To be with Christ on the last day (Jn. 14:3). Now everyone is happy to be in the presence of a great person but nothing