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Chapter 4 is 'The Perfect Penitent'

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In Chapter 3, titled
'The Shocking Alternative,'

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Lewis argued that, faced
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we must make a choice

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With our free will,

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we must either confess
Him as Lord or turn away

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Kneeling before Jesus signifies

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much more than a mere gesture

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It means acknowledging
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(Surrender our flawed state)
and our very existence,

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has been on the wrong path

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C.S. Lewis describes
repentance as surrender,

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turning away from the rebellion,

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so it is a kind of death

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Confessing Jesus Christ

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as our Christ Lord

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and Savior requires self-denial

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 It is a declaration of the death

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of the old self and fallen nature

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within our corrupted free will

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When asked why Jesus
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we can say, ‘for our death'

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Through Him, our sinful self,

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aligned with this fallen, evil world,

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can be put to death

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And we should be put to death

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How did Jesus enter the world

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and restore the fallen world?

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Unlike Alexander the Great
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He did not conquer by force, but

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he reclaimed the world with the cross

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All the evil in the world attacked Him

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He absorbed that evil on the cross,

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taking it upon Himself through His death

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Just as a lightning rod
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of bolts striking from the sky,

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Jesus’ death on the cross

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absorbed the full wrath of God

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directed at the forces of evil

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He overcame evil by enduring all attacks

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from the evil forces
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through His death on the cross

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Thus, God’s way of overcoming evil

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was through His own sacrifice

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He conquered evil with goodness

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And He resolved that
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The death of Jesus

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is reflected in C.S. Lewis’
'The Chronicles of Narnia',

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where Aslan, the mighty lion,

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becomes the sacrificial offering

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due to the betrayal of the child

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(Aslan’s death = Jesus’ death)
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But, Aslan’s death brings
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(Resurrected Aslan = that of Jesus)
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Through Aslan’s resurrection,

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the story beautifully mirrors
the redemptive death

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and resurrection of Jesus Christ

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Through stories like
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C.S. Lewis sought

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to reveal the shadow of the gospel

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of Jesus Christ to many people

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through this narrative

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The crucial point is

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the relationship between
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Repentance is the process of connecting

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Jesus’ death with our own death

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What is the connection between

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Jesus’ death on the cross and me?

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It demands my death

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Jesus’ death is not only His,

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but it requires the death of my old self

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The old self,

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having aligned with evil and rebelled,

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now surrenders and turns back

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to obey as a citizen of God’s kingdom

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This is what true repentance is

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But, because our free will is corrupted,

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we cannot turn back on our own

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Therefore, Jesus’ death

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can also be seen as
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God helps us by

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'putting into us a bit of Himself,

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so to speak'

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We can feel the joy

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because He allows His joy into us

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'He puts a little of His love into us

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and that is how we love one another'

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If we must turn from our status as rebels

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and die in repentance,

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then God must grant us repentance

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and His death must be given to us

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The problem is that God cannot die

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He has no need for repentance,

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as the word ‘repentance’
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So how can we

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receive help from God?

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While God cannot die,

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what He can do

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is become human

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Thus, the one who became human,
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took the death on the cross
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(Jesus, Cross, Repentance)
connecting the death

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of all who believe in Him

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This is explained in the concept
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Thus, the death of Jesus,
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is connected to the death
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In Romans 6, Paul explains it as

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'We were therefore buried with him
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we too may live a new life’ [Romans 6:5]

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Dying with Jesus, the truth of Romans 6,

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is what C.S. Lewis describes as

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God coming into us,

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making true repentance possible

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Therefore, true repentance is not

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merely self-reflection or awakening,

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of ‘I did something wrong,
I need to turn back,’

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or ‘I need to become a better person’

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Rather, it is rooted

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in the death of Jesus, the Son of God

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He endured a death

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the death that we, as rebels, deserved

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By accepting His death as our own

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and dying with Jesus,

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we experience true, complete repentance

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It does not end here

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For those who partake in Jesus’ death,

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something remarkable happens

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the life of His resurrection

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is also given to us

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Mere Christianity Book 2
What Christians Believe

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Chapter 5 Practical Conclusion

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In Chapter 5, titled
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C.S. Lewis explains
the transformation that occurs

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in those who experience
death with Jesus,

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and the changes that follow

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It means ‘becoming a new person’

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and believing that a new kind of humanity

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has emerged

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Here's a quote from the book

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'In Christ a new kind of man appeared,
which began in Him is to be put into us'

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'A Christian is not a man
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but a man who is enabled
to repent and pick himself up

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and begin over again after each stumble'

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'Because, the Christ-life is inside him,
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enabling him to repeat the kind of

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voluntary death wish
Christ Himself carried out'

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'When Christians say
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they do not mean simply
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'Being “in Christ”

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or of Christ being “in them”,

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this is not simply a way
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thinking about Christ or copying Him'

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'They mean that Christ is
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'The whole mass of Christians
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through which Christ acts'

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Those who participate

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in Jesus’ voluntary death

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are not those who never err

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but rather those who continually

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embrace voluntary death

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each time they fall, and are renewed

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through the life of Jesus within them

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Having the life of Jesus within me,

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being in Christ, and Christ in me

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is not an imaginary concept

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Christ is truly

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active within us, making Christians

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a physical organism
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This union with Jesus’ death
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characterizes those who have
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and defines them as Christians

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Thus, in a world dominated

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The final question arises

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Why doesn’t He quickly
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Why not get rid the world of evil?

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Why not,

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judge the world more quickly?

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C.S. Lewis explains,

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'Some people ask God to interfere openly

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and directly in our world

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The day when God judges all rebels

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is the end of the world

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Since that day marks
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God desires to save souls

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and for those among the fallen

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to return through repentance until then

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I would like to end with this quote

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'For this time it will be
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God will invade the world,

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a complete invasion, the final judgment

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'It will be so overwhelming

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that it will strike
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or irresistible horror
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'It will be too late then
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'That will not be the time for choosing,

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'and it will reveal which
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'Now, today, this moment,
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'God is holding back
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'It will not last forever'

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Through this concluding statement,

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C.S. Lewis urged many listeners

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to make a decision to come

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before Jesus Christ

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Moreover, this period of delay

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before God’s final judgment

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is our time to choose

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Waiting until then will be too late

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That moment will reveal
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By explaining that now
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Lewis is urging listeners

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to come before Christ in faith

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That is how he concludes Book 2

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Over to Book 3,

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he will now explain
how Christians should live,

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outlining Christian virtues and actions

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Based on what we believe,

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he will describe how
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Chapter 4 Complete Repentance

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1. What Does Kneeling Before Jesus Mean?

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1) Surrender of self-will
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2) Repentance = death of the old self
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2.	How Jesus Invaded the Fallen World

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Cross – Absorption – God’s wrath
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Jesus came as a human, died on the cross,
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Chapter 5 Practical Conclusion

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1. Who is a Christian?

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1) One who believes a new kind
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2) A physical organism moved by Christ

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3) One who is restored
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2. Why Doesn’t God Destroy Evil Quickly?

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1) The final day marks
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2) To give people the chance
to stand with Christ