The sermon explores the topic of repentance unto life and salvation based on the 1689 LBCF, Chapter 15, Paragraph 4. It emphasizes that repentance is a continual activity and that believers should repent of their particular known sins. The sermon highlights the order of salvation according to Romans 8, which includes God's foreknowledge, predestination, calling, regeneration, faith, justification, and glorification. It acknowledges the ongoing battle between the flesh and the Spirit within believers and emphasizes the need for daily repentance. The sermon also emphasizes the importance of confessing sins and seeking restitution. It encourages believers to rely on God's Word, the Holy Spirit, prayer, and Christian community to become aware of their particular sins and to repent.

Our reading this morning from the Second London Baptist Confession of 1689 comes from chapter 15 of Repentance Unto Life and Salvation, paragraph 4. As repentance is to be continued through the whole course of our lives, upon the account of the body of death and the motions thereof, so it is every man's duty to repent of his particular known sins, particularly. Our paragraph this morning is very straightforward. There are two main points raised that we will discuss. First, repentance is a continual activity, even daily or even more frequently.

Secondly, we must repent for particular sins. I'd like to start with going over again the order of salvation, which is partly laid out in Romans 8, Romans 8 verses 28 through 30. And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them Who are the called according to his purpose for whom he did for know he also did predestinate To be conformed to the image of his son that he might be the firstborn among many brethren Moreover whom he did predestinate them. He also called and whom he called them he also justified, and whom he justified them he also glorified." So, God the Father foreknew certain people and predestinated them to be conformed to the image of his son from verse 29 He called them in verse 30 and from this effectual call We are regenerated by the Holy Spirit and respond with faith with repentance and a desire to obey God's commands. From faith in Christ Jesus, we've been declared just.

Our sins are forgiven, and we've been covered in Christ's righteousness. We're adopted into the family of God. Although we've now been freed from the bondage of sin, we still have a sin nature within us. Throughout our lives, there's a battle, a conflict within us between the flesh and the Spirit. We've spoken of this process previously as progressive sanctification wherein we die more and more to the flesh and grow more and more in holiness and Finally all those God has justified he has glorified Dr.

Sproul comments on this order of salvation. There's no time sequence in this as if we could be called for a while before we are regenerated and then live regenerated without having Repented and then we could repent but not turn to Christ and then finally come to justifying faith No, they are all logical steps in the same event When God calls us We are immediately regenerated and we turn from sin to God in one action Which justifies us and those who are justified are immediately glorified in the sense of? Being adopted as children of God Every day we are confronted with choices to obey God or to follow the desires of our flesh. As Paul says, for the good that I would I do not, but the evil which I would not, that I do." Romans 7, 19. Each time we follow the flesh, we sin.

When we become aware of that sin, we need to confess. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness We see that in first John 1 9 and we need to repent In the gospel of Luke we see his exhorting us to this in 17 3 pay attention to yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him. In the case of David, Nathan confronted David with his sin. It may be a brother, it may be a friend that confronts you.

It might be the Holy Spirit convicting you directly. However, it happens when you become aware of your sin, convicted of your sin, you need to repent. You need godly sorrow. You need to confess. And you need to turn away from your wicked ways.

This happens to us throughout each day. Repentance should continue, as it says, through the whole course of our lives. As long as there is sin in your life, there is a need to repent. In the second part of our paragraph today, the Confession states that it is every man's duty to repent of his particular known sins, particularly. A.A.

Hodge in his commentary states that men ought to repent not only in general of the corruption of their hearts and sinfulness of their lives but also of every particular sinful action of which they are conscious and that when possible they should redress the wrong done by their actions We see this in the response of Zacchaeus that was read who pursues not only repentance but restitution in Luke 9 18 and as the key is stood and said unto the Lord behold Lord the half of my goods I give to the poor and if I have taken anything from any man by false accusation I restore him fourfold Hodges continues No, man has any right to presume that he hates sin in general unless he Practically hates every sin in particular and no man has any right to presume that he is sorry for and ready to renounce his own sins in general, unless he is conscious of practically renouncing and grieving for each particular sin into which he falls. But how do we become aware of a particular sin? God's word helps us. Yet, if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin, for I would not have known what it is to covet.

If the law had not said, you shall not covet. Romans 7, 7. The psalmist also states, the statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart. The commandment of the Lord is pure enlightening the eyes Psalm 19 8 God's law tells us what is right and pure it opens our eyes and enlightens our eyes to what sin is It helps us to see clearly when we sin. The Holy Spirit can help us.

Our Christian brothers and sisters can help us. Prayer is also helpful for us. We read Psalm 19 verses 12 through 14. Who can understand his errors? Cleanse thou me from secret faults.

Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins. Let them not have dominion over me. Then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression. Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy side, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer. We have here a contrast between secret faults or secret sins.

These, it's meaning here those that we cannot discern or those sins that we're blinded to. We have a contrast between those and presumptuous sins, which here is meaning those that we deliberately commit despite knowing it's against God's Word or the Holy Spirit's conviction. The psalmist prays that God would keep him from those sins and from letting them have dominion over him. We should adopt this prayer for ourselves. We can pray to God that he would reveal to us that he would open our eyes to particular sins that we cannot see by ourselves so that we might repent.

Robert Shaw states no man can reckon up all his sins in order for who can understand his errors but it is not enough to acknowledge in general terms that we are sinners. We should, by a strict and impartial examination of our hearts and ways, endeavor to obtain a discovery of those particular sins By which we have offended and dishonored God and should mourn everyone for his iniquity Do you find yourself offering vague general or superficial confessions of your sin be specific Face your particular sins boldly and bring them to the Lord in repentance. Are there secret faults in your life, sins that you are blinded to or cannot discern? Are you praying that God would enlighten or open your eyes to those sins? If you're not doing this, you need to add this to your daily prayer time.

Do you see a brother who doesn't recognize that he's in sin? Go to him and privately confront him. Approach your brother in love and with gentleness. And as you do, remember the warnings that scripture gives us to first cast out the beam out of thine own eyes and then shalt thou clearly see to cast out the moat of thy brother's eye. And beware that with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged, and with what measure ye meet, it shall be measured to you again.

Just as Nathan the prophet came to David, praise God for our Christian brothers and sisters who can come to us in times when we are sinning against God and cannot see it. Amen.