God’s Second Law of PardonGod’s Second Law of Pardon

Acts 8:18-24

God’s Second Law of Pardon

God’s Second Law of Pardon

• We Must Repent of Sins"signifies to change one's mind or purpose"

– Vine

(Acts 8:22; 2 Corinthians 7:9-10)

Acts 8:22Acts 8:22Repent therefore of this your

wickedness, and pray God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.

Peter’s admonition to Simon

2 Corinthians 7:9-102 Corinthians 7:9-10Now I rejoice, not that you were

made sorry, but that your sorrow led to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly manner, that you might suffer loss from us in nothing. 10 For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death.

God’s Second Law of Pardon

God’s Second Law of Pardon

• We Must Repent of Sins"signifies to change one's mind or purpose"

– Vine

(Acts 8:22; 2 Corinthians 7:9-10)

• We Must Pray(Acts 8:22; Matthew 6:12; Luke 18:10-14)

Acts 8:22Acts 8:22Repent therefore of this your

wickedness, and pray God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.

Peter’s admonition to Simon

Matthew 6:9-13Matthew 6:9-13In this manner, therefore, pray:

Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. 10 Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven. 11 Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors. 13 And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

Luke 18:13Luke 18:13And the tax collector, standing

afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’

The tax collector, in his humble prayer requesting pardon, went away justified rather than the Pharisee

God’s Second Law of Pardon

God’s Second Law of Pardon

• We Must Repent of Sins"signifies to change one's mind or purpose"

– Vine

(Acts 8:22; 2 Corinthians 7:9-10)

• We Must Pray(Acts 8:22; Matthew 6:12; Luke 18:10-14)

• We Must Confess(1 John 1:8-9; Example: Daniel 9:4-6, 15)

1 John 1:8-91 John 1:8-9If we say that we have no sin,

we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Daniel 9:4-6Daniel 9:4-6And I prayed to the LORD my God,

and made confession, and said, "O Lord, great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant and mercy with those who love Him, and with those who keep His commandments, 5 "we have sinned and committed iniquity, we have done wickedly and rebelled, even by departing from Your precepts and Your judgments. 6 "Neither have we heeded Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings and our princes, to our fathers and all the people of the land.

Daniel 9:15Daniel 9:15And now, O Lord our God, who

brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and made Yourself a name, as it is this day-we have sinned, we have done wickedly!

ConclusionWhat God Will Do

ConclusionWhat God Will Do

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1 John 1:9