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309Persons Trying to Gain Life byFulfilling the Ten CommandmentsOverlook the Needof RepentanceRom . 3 :23 "All have sinnedand fall short of the glory ofGod ."Matt . 19 :17, 20, 21 "He said tohim : . . .'If, though, you want toenter into life, observe thecommandments continually .' Theyoung man said to him : 'I havekept all these ; what yet am Ilacking?' Jesus said to him : 'Ifyou want to be complete, go sellyour belongings and give to thepoor and you will have treasurein heaven, and come be my follower.' "Without Repentance One CannotAppreciate Need of Christ'sRansom SacrificeRom . 10 :3 "Because of notknowing the righteousness of Godbut seeking to establish their own,they [the Jews] did not subjectthemselves to the righteousnessof God ."John 9 :41 "Jesus said to them :'If you were blind, you wouldhave no sin . But now you say,"We see ." Your sin remains .'"Isa. 64 :6 "All our righteousnessesare as a polluted garment."Jews Needed Repentance fromNot Only Inherited Sins, butAlso Sins Against theLaw CovenantMatt . 3 :1, 2, 11 "In those daysJohn the Baptist came preachingin the wilderness of Judea, saying: 'Repent, for the kingdom ofthe heavens has drawn near .' 'I,on the one hand, baptize youwith water because of your repentance.'"Luke 3 :3 "He came into allthe country around the Jordan,preaching baptism of those repentingfor forgiveness of sins ."Gal. 3 :13 "Christ by purchasereleased us from the curse of theLaw by becoming a curse insteadof us ."RepentanceHaving Repented, One Must NotLook Back on Former LifeLuke 9 :62 "Jesus said to him :'No man that has put his handto a plow and looks at the thingsbehind is well fitted for thekingdom of God .'"Luke 17 :32 "Remember thewife of Lot ."Heb . 10 :39 "Now we are notthe kind that shrink back todestruction ."Eph. 4 :22 "You should putaway the old personality whichconforms to your former courseof conduct ."Having Repented, One Must NotBrood over Former SinsPhil . 3 :13, 14 "Forgetting thethings behind and stretching forwardto the things ahead, I ampursuing down toward the goalfor the prize of the calling above ."ech . 7 :1-10 "They . . . sent . . .men . . . . saying, Should I weepin the fifth month, separatingmyself, as I have done these somany years? . . . Thus hath Jehovahof hosts spoken, saying, Executetrue judgment, and showkindness and compassion everyman to his brother."Neh . 8 :9-12 "This day is holyunto Jehovah your God ; mournnot, nor weep . For all the peoplewept when they heard the wordsof the law . . . . neither be yegrieved ; for the joy of Jehovah isyour strength . . . . And all the peoplewent their way to eat, and todrink, and to send portions, andto make great mirth, because theyhad understood the words thatwere declared unto them."No Repentance from "SinAgainst the Holy Spirit"PossibleMark 3 :28, 29 "All things willbe forgiven the sons of men, nomatter what sins and blasphemiesthey blasphemously commit . However,whoever blasphemes againstthe holy spirit has no forgivenessforever, but is guilty of everlastingsin ."