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 Please take your Bibles and open them up this morning to Psalm chapter 38.

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! Psalm chapter 38.

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 This is another Psalm of David, and you may have noticed a theme of this morning of lots of talking

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! singing about sin and confessing sin. There's a reason for that. It's because our Psalm this morning

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 is a penitential Psalm. It's hard to pronounce, but it's a penitential Psalm, one of seven,

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 where David is praying for forgiveness for his sins. The title of the sermon is Helpless but

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 Hopeful, and the idea is all of us in our sin, we are helpless to deal with this problem of our sin,

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 but the gospel of Jesus Christ makes us hopeful that there is someone who can bear this burden

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 for us. So if you found it, Psalm chapter 38, when you found it, let's stand together in honor of the

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 reading of God's Word as I read this Psalm for us this morning. Psalm chapter 38.

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 He says,

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 There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation. There is no health in my bones because of my sin.

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 For my iniquities have gone over my head. Like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me. My wounds stink and fester because of my foolishness.

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 I am utterly bowed down and prostrate. All the day I go about mourning, for my sides are filled with burning. There is no soundness in my flesh.

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 I am feeble and crushed. I groan because of the tumult of my heart.

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 O Lord, all my longing is before you. My sighing is not hidden from you. My heart throbs.

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 My strength fails me. In the light of my eyes, it is also gone from me.

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 My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague, and my nearest kin stand far off.

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 Those who seek my life lay their snares. Those who seek my hurt speak of ruin and meditate treachery all day long.

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 But I am like a deaf man. I do not hear. Like a mute man who does not open his mouth.

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 I have become like a man who does not hear and in whose mouth are no rebukes.

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 But for you, O Lord, do I wait. It is you, O Lord, my God, who will answer.

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 For I said, only let them not rejoice over me who boast against me when my foot slips.

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 For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever before me.

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 I confess my iniquity. I am sorry for my sin.

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 But my foes are vigorous, they are mighty, and many are those who hate me wrongfully.

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 Those who render me evil for good accuse me because I follow after good.

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 Do not forsake me, O Lord. O my God, be not far from me.

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 Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation.

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 The grass withers and the flower fades, but the word of the Lord endures forever.

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 Father God, we pray once more as we open up your word and sit under the preaching of your word.

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 Lord God, would you speak powerfully through this psalm to convict us of sin

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 and to show us the depth of our sin, the ugliness of our sin,

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 so that we might call out in desperation to Christ, who has borne our sin for us

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 and his life and his death and his resurrection as our only hope.

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 We pray this all in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Amen.

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 You may be seated.

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 Well, several years ago, our family had left town for a week or so to go on a trip, a family vacation.

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 We lived at the beach at this time, and so while we were gone,

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 we allowed some friends to stay at our house,

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 and we gave just a few simple ground rules for them while they were there.

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 Lock the doors on your way out.

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 Eat whatever you want.

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 Make yourself at home.

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 Our home is your home.

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 And, oh, by the way, please take out the trash when you leave.

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 When we got back home, our friends were gone.

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 Some of the food had been eaten, but pretty quickly we realized the trash was still there.

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 For several days, up to a week, the trash sat there unattended to.

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 Naturally, whatever was there in the trash had grown ripe.

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 It stunk worse than anything you could possibly imagine.

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 And worse than that, when we flipped on the lights, we realized it had attracted all sorts of bugs and roaches into our kitchen.

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 We were horrified when we came back into our house and saw roaches everywhere.

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 And so we did what we had to do.

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 We got to work killing the bugs.

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 We got to work freshening the air.

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 We got to work cleaning the kitchen as best as we could.

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 But the most important thing that we could do in that moment was get rid of the trash.

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 And take it outside.

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 Because the worst thing we could have done is to let that sit there and ignore it and let it continue to sit.

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 Because the longer it sits, the worse the problem gets.

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 And church, the truth is the same is true for our sin.

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 Our sin, if ignored or unattended to, if left unconfessed like trash that is left out in the heat,

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 it will not just go away on its own.

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 Sin that is not brought to the Lord and repented of.

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 It sits, it festers, it stinks, and eventually it welcomes all sorts of unwelcome consequences into our lives.

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 Here in Psalm 38 this morning, King David is dealing with the stench of his own sin.

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 He's dealing with the painful consequences of sin in his own life.

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 He bears it.

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 He sees it for as ugly and as foul as it is.

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 And so he cries out for help to the only one who is able to remove it from him.

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 But he cries out in confidence to his covenant God to bear his sin for him.

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 This is the main idea for us this morning.

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 It's this.

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 If our sin is unbearable, we must bring it to the one who is able to bear it for us.

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 If our sin is unbearable, we must bring it to the one who is able to bear it for us.

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 We'll walk through the psalm in four parts together this morning.

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 This will be our outline if you're taking notes.

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 First, we will see the pain of bearing sin.

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 Second, we will see the personal effect of bearing sin.

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 Third, we will see the picture of the sin bearer.

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 And fourth, finally, we'll see the posture of the sinner.

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 First, we see the pain of bearing sin.

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 We see this in verses 1 through 8.

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 If you look there with me, starting in verse 1.

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 Here in verse 1, David is pleading with God to withhold his discipline from him.

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 David is dealing here with the wrath of God.

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 He says, O Lord, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath.

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 He says the Lord's discipline is like arrows that have gone into him.

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 He says his hand is heavy upon him.

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 His whole flesh is unsound, is unhealthy,

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 because of the indignation and the anger of his God.

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 He says there's no health in his bones.

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 And some see this as a literal sickness that David's dealing with here.

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 And it could be, or it could just be a poetic way of describing this top to bottom,

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 inside and out, entire agony that David is in.

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 Either way, it's clear to me, David is totally undone because of his son.

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 And so he prays, God, would you give me some relief from your wrath against me?

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 Can you just give me a break?

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 Can you let up a little bit?

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 And if you stopped reading here, you might think,

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 man, well this God is just a little bit mean, isn't he?

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 Why would this God do this to poor David?

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 And sometimes that's how people think and talk about God.

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 Why would a loving God pour out his wrath against his own creation?

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 Why would God be indignant and angry and full of wrath towards his own creation?

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 Why would he be wrathful?

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 And I can't worship a God like that.

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 I want to worship a God of love and kindness and mercy

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 who just loves us as we are, right?

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 The modern idea of God does not like psalms like this.

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 God is just presented as harsh.

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 We have to recognize two truths for this to make any sense to us here.

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 Two truths that the non-believer just completely ignores.

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 One, we have to remember the holiness of our God.

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 And two, we have to remember the horror of our sin.

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 The God of the Bible, yes, he is love.

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 Yes, he is gracious.

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 Yes, he is merciful.

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 Yes, he is kind.

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 And yes, he is just.

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 Yes, he is holy, holy, holy.

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 Yes, he is righteous.

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 A righteous God can no more overlook rebellion and wickedness

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 than a righteous judge could let the guilty go free.

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 And a holy God can no more wink his eye at sin

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 than a good parent can let his children go and run in the street.

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 Our God is holy, holy, holy.

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 And he is right to judge sin.

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 And he is right to discipline his children

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 when they want to drink poison or play with knives.

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 God is holy.

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 And the second truth is that we are not.

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 Not in and of ourselves, at least.

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 David understands that God is disciplining him for sin in his life.

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 This is not an act of hatred towards David.

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 He is not being harsh towards David.

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 This discipline is an act of love and kindness towards David.

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 David is a part of the sin that still remains in his heart.

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 David sees he needs God's help to cleanse him inside and out

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 from this weight of sin that he cannot lift.

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 He says, my iniquities have gone up over my head.

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 Like a heavy burden, they're too heavy for me.

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 He is sinking.

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 He's drowning in this recognition of his sin.

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 And several years ago, I went to dig up some hydrangeas

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 that had been there for who knows how long.

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 I mean, years and years and years.

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 They were just beautiful.

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 They were flourishing.

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 The owners were going to just get rid of them.

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 And Amanda would not let that stand.

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 And so we went with just a couple of shovels

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 and said, we're just going to dig these things up.

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 And I had completely underestimated.

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 The longer that bush sits there,

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 the deeper and the wider and the stronger

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 that network of roots goes,

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 you can't just spend an hour digging that thing up.

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 You got to, it took all day to get that thing unrooted from the ground.

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 The same is true with our sin.

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 David sees and he recognizes these foul words at the surface.

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 They find deep roots in the heart.

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 These impure thoughts on the surface,

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 they find deep roots down in the very soul.

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 Our sin is not just things that we do on the outside.

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 There are roots in our inner being.

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 It is by nature who we are,

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 apart from the grace of God and Christ.

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 It goes far deeper into the heart

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 and far deeper into the soul

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 than we can possibly begin to imagine.

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 David is beginning to see this

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 and you see how he's affected by it?

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 He is undone by this recognition of his sin.

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 He describes it as stinking and festering wounds,

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 like garbage that's been sitting out in the heat.

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 And so he says, verse 8,

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 I am utterly bowed down and prostrate.

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 All the day I go about mourning,

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 for my sides are filled with burning.

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 There is no soundness in my flesh.

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 I am feeble.

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 I am crushed.

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 I groan because of the tumult of my heart.

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 And I wonder, friend,

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 have you ever experienced this

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 as you think about your own sin?

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 Have you ever been this affected,

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 the same way David is,

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 in recognition of the horrors of your sin?

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 Have you been undone

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 at the recognition of your sin against a holy God?

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 What I'm not asking you is,

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 have you ever not liked the consequences of your sin?

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 That's common to everybody.

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 Nobody wants to deal with the consequences of our sin.

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 That's not what I'm asking.

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 Now, R.C. Sproul, in his book,

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 The Holiness of God,

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 he says,

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 we all want to be saved from our misery,

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 but not from our sin.

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 We want to sin without misery.

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 The foremost spiritual law of the physical universe

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 is that this hope can never be realized.

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 Sin always accompanies misery.

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 My question for you, church,

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 is have you ever tugged at the visible,

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 external wrongdoing,

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 the fruit that's visible on the surface,

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 and pulled it all the way down

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 to the roots in your heart,

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 and been affected and undone

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 by the horror of your sin against a holy God?

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 David has.

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 But his misery doesn't stop there, does it?

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 Sin not only impacts us individually,

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 what we see in our second point

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 is that it also impacts all of our relationships.

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 Sin separates.

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 And so second,

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 we see the personal impact of bearing sin.

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 We see this in verses 9 through 14.

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 With the anguish and this pain

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 is enough in and of itself,

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 but here we see that David is experiencing

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 these consequences of sin

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 in his personal life as well.

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 These are the roaches and the flies

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 and the lingering stench

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 that comes from not taking out the trash.

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 In verse 9,

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 we see his relationship with the Lord

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 is impacted.

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 His relationship with God

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 is now one of longing

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 and deep sighing.

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 His prayers are marked

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 by this need for relief.

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 I mean, these are prayers

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 of confidence, by the way.

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 These are the prayers of someone

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 who is in covenant relationship

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 with the Lord.

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 Notice how he calls God

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 by his covenant name.

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 Oh Lord,

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 oh Lord my God.

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 This is a prayer to Yahweh.

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 This is the covenant name of the Lord.

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 David knows that this God

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 is a God who is the Lord.

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 The Lord slow to anger

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 and abounding in steadfast love

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 and faithfulness.

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 He is a covenant-keeping God

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 who will not abandon his people.

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 And it's this special covenant relationship

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 that bids David come

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 in confidence to the Lord.

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 And church, of course,

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 we are also invited to come

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 and bring our burdens on him.

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 But don't you wish

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 that we didn't have to pray this way?

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 Listen to how David speaks with God.

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 He says,

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 Oh Lord,

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 all my longing is before you.

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 My sighing is not hidden from you.

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 My heart throbs.

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 My strength fails.

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 The light of my eyes has gone out.

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 Church, of course,

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 it is good and right

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 for us to call out

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 to the Lord in our misery.

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 But how much better would it be

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 to not have to do that at all?

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 Now don't you long for a time

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 when your relationship with God

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 wouldn't be marked by these pleas

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 for deliverance

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 and for this sighing over evil

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 and this groaning

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 over all the effects of sin

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 in your life?

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 Don't you long for a time

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 when you can be driven

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 to your knees

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 to pray in adoration of God

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 and not just quickly coming to him

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 for help because of sin

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 and all its effects?

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 So often our prayers

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 are clouded by our struggles

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 with sin.

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 And again, this is the impact

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 of living in a fallen world.

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 Romans 8 tells us this,

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 that our experience here

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 in a fallen world

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 is marked by groaning.

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 Indeed, it says,

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 the whole creation

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 has been groaning together

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 in the pains of childbirth

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 until now.

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 And not only the creation,

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 but we ourselves,

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 who have the first fruits

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 of the Spirit,

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 groan inwardly

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 as we wait eagerly

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 for adoption as sons,

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 the redemption of our bodies.

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 Have you ever wished

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 that your conversations

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 with God in prayer

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 were less about the mess

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 of sin in your life

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 and in this world

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 and in your relationships?

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 Do you ever wish

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 that your mind went quickly

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 to praise and to adoration

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 and less quickly

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 to sighing and longing

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 and groaning over sin

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 in your life?

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 The good news is,

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 one day,

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 we will not groan anymore.

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 The Gospel tells us this,

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 but here and now,

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 our conversations with the Lord

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 are often marked

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 by this groaning

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 because of our sins.

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 Not only this,

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 but David's relationships

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 with his friends

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 are also impacted by sin.

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 Verse 11, it says,

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 My friends and my companions,

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 they stand aloof

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 from my plague.

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 My nearest kin,

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 his family,

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 stands far off.

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 David is experiencing

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 abandonment

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 and isolation

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 and separation

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 from loved ones.

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 He's experiencing loneliness.

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 His closest companions

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 have left him.

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 His own family

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 stands far off.

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 It's hard not to think

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 of the rebellion

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 of David's own son,

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 Absalom.

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 And church,

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 I know that some of you

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 can relate.

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 Have you ever seen sin

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 wreak havoc on the relationships

00:18:42.240 --> 00:18:42.980
 in your life?

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 Have you ever seen sin

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 wreak havoc on the relationships

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 with your closest family members

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 and your loved ones?

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 Have you ever seen it

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 separate you

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 from those who you thought

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 nothing could ever come

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 in between us?

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 David experiences this tension

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 in his personal relationships.

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 He is abandoned.

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 His own kin stands far off,

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 but he's not completely alone.

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 His companions abandon him

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 and at the same time,

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 guess what happens?

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 His enemies draw near.

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 Those who seek my life

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 lay their snares,

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 he says in verse 12.

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 Those who seek my hurt

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 speak of ruin

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 and meditate treachery

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 all day long.

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 He says in verse 19

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 that his foes are vigorous

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 and mighty and many.

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 It says in verse 20

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 that they stand to accuse him.

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 Now this is interesting.

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 That same root word

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 where we get accused

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 is the same root word

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 where we get the name

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 for Satan.

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 The accuser.

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 The adversary

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 who loves to stand

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 and accuse God's people

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 day and night.

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 All of this again

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 is the impact

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 of living in a fallen world.

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 Have you ever experienced

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 the distance of friends

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 and the nearness of enemies?

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 Have you ever experienced

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 the isolation

00:20:09.279 --> 00:20:10.660
 and the loneliness

00:20:10.660 --> 00:20:13.059
 of living in a fallen world

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 and experienced

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 the nearness

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 of hateful people

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 who want to tear you down?

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 Or the nearness

00:20:18.839 --> 00:20:21.099
 of your own sinful flesh

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 and sinful desires?

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 Or the nearness

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 of the enemy himself,

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 Satan,

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 and all who belong

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 to his kingdom

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 who want to tear you

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 away from the truth

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 and rip you away

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 from enjoying

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 the joy of walking

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 with the Lord?

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 If you are in Christ,

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 I can assure you,

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 you will experience

00:20:41.360 --> 00:20:42.540
 all of this.

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 You will experience

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 the painful agony

00:20:47.400 --> 00:20:49.160
 of seeing your own sin

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 for what it is.

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 If you are in Christ,

00:20:52.140 --> 00:20:53.580
 you will experience

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 the pain of isolation

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 and loneliness

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 and betrayal.

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 You will experience

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 the dangers

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 and the trials

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 and the temptations

00:21:03.460 --> 00:21:04.080
 of the enemy

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 against you in this life

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 if you are in Christ.

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 The question then,

00:21:09.360 --> 00:21:09.720
 church,

00:21:10.280 --> 00:21:12.220
 is where can we go

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 with our sin?

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 Where can we turn

00:21:15.980 --> 00:21:17.420
 with our sin?

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 We must bring our sin

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 to the only one

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 who is able

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 to bear it for us.

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 So third,

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 I want you to see

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 the picture here

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 in this psalm,

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 and it's this.

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 Christ Jesus

00:21:32.400 --> 00:21:34.660
 is the sin bearer.

00:21:35.920 --> 00:21:37.160
 Christ Jesus

00:21:37.160 --> 00:21:39.680
 is the sin bearer.

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 David,

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 in his suffering,

00:21:42.300 --> 00:21:42.980
 and even in the way

00:21:42.980 --> 00:21:43.800
 that he handles

00:21:43.800 --> 00:21:44.840
 his suffering here

00:21:44.840 --> 00:21:46.800
 by silently enduring,

00:21:46.799 --> 00:21:48.180
 by acting like

00:21:48.180 --> 00:21:48.960
 a mute man

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 who gives no answer

00:21:49.960 --> 00:21:51.680
 back for the accusations

00:21:51.680 --> 00:21:52.559
 against him,

00:21:53.059 --> 00:21:54.279
 by entrusting himself

00:21:54.279 --> 00:21:55.000
 to God,

00:21:55.240 --> 00:21:56.680
 he is pointing us

00:21:56.680 --> 00:21:57.980
 forward to the

00:21:57.980 --> 00:21:59.399
 great son of David,

00:21:59.779 --> 00:22:00.819
 Jesus Christ,

00:22:01.419 --> 00:22:02.740
 who suffered for us.

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 And we've seen,

00:22:04.940 --> 00:22:05.299
 haven't we,

00:22:05.399 --> 00:22:06.559
 time and time again

00:22:06.559 --> 00:22:07.680
 how these psalms

00:22:07.680 --> 00:22:08.579
 in many ways

00:22:08.579 --> 00:22:09.740
 are the prayers

00:22:09.740 --> 00:22:11.779
 of Christ Jesus himself.

00:22:11.980 --> 00:22:13.319
 But I want to ask you

00:22:13.319 --> 00:22:14.159
 this morning,

00:22:14.460 --> 00:22:16.159
 how can Jesus pray

00:22:16.160 --> 00:22:16.960
 this prayer?

00:22:18.540 --> 00:22:20.180
 How can Jesus Christ

00:22:20.180 --> 00:22:21.620
 pray like this?

00:22:21.779 --> 00:22:23.120
 How can the sinless,

00:22:23.440 --> 00:22:25.019
 perfect son of God

00:22:25.019 --> 00:22:26.600
 speak as a sinner

00:22:26.600 --> 00:22:28.360
 under the wrath of God

00:22:28.360 --> 00:22:29.640
 enduring the agony

00:22:29.640 --> 00:22:30.940
 of the full weight

00:22:30.940 --> 00:22:32.060
 of bearing sin?

00:22:32.360 --> 00:22:33.140
 How can he pray

00:22:33.140 --> 00:22:33.700
 as a sinner

00:22:33.700 --> 00:22:35.100
 experiencing loneliness

00:22:35.100 --> 00:22:36.720
 and abandonment

00:22:36.720 --> 00:22:37.720
 and the closeness

00:22:37.720 --> 00:22:38.519
 of his enemies?

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 Church,

00:22:39.160 --> 00:22:40.340
 he can pray like this

00:22:40.340 --> 00:22:41.700
 because this is exactly

00:22:41.700 --> 00:22:43.040
 what Christ has endured

00:22:43.039 --> 00:22:43.799
 for us.

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 Jesus Christ

00:22:46.819 --> 00:22:48.539
 suffered for sin,

00:22:48.940 --> 00:22:51.000
 not his own,

00:22:52.099 --> 00:22:52.920
 the sins of

00:22:52.920 --> 00:22:54.200
 all his people.

00:22:55.940 --> 00:22:56.960
 As Jesus prayed

00:22:56.960 --> 00:22:57.460
 in the garden

00:22:57.460 --> 00:22:58.279
 of Gethsemane,

00:22:58.379 --> 00:22:59.099
 we're told that he was

00:22:59.099 --> 00:23:00.940
 in so much anguish

00:23:00.940 --> 00:23:02.440
 that he sweat blood

00:23:02.440 --> 00:23:03.399
 as he prayed

00:23:03.399 --> 00:23:04.059
 to the Lord

00:23:04.059 --> 00:23:04.879
 and asked if it were

00:23:04.879 --> 00:23:05.920
 at all possible,

00:23:06.339 --> 00:23:07.139
 would you remove

00:23:07.139 --> 00:23:08.259
 this cup from me?

00:23:08.339 --> 00:23:08.639
 And yet,

00:23:08.680 --> 00:23:09.319
 what did he say?

00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:10.799
 Yet not as I will,

00:23:10.939 --> 00:23:12.740
 but your will be done.

00:23:14.439 --> 00:23:15.539
 He prayed that if at all

00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:16.000
 possible,

00:23:16.079 --> 00:23:17.740
 God would relieve him

00:23:17.740 --> 00:23:18.779
 from this discipline,

00:23:18.899 --> 00:23:19.980
 from the sharp arrows

00:23:19.980 --> 00:23:20.779
 of his wrath

00:23:20.779 --> 00:23:21.980
 and relieve him,

00:23:22.099 --> 00:23:23.819
 remove this indignation

00:23:23.819 --> 00:23:24.500
 from him.

00:23:24.779 --> 00:23:25.779
 But even so,

00:23:25.939 --> 00:23:26.740
 Jesus knew

00:23:26.740 --> 00:23:28.059
 that this was

00:23:28.059 --> 00:23:29.259
 the eternal plan

00:23:29.259 --> 00:23:29.879
 of God

00:23:29.879 --> 00:23:30.980
 for the salvation

00:23:30.980 --> 00:23:32.359
 of sinners like us.

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 And so he set

00:23:35.059 --> 00:23:36.339
 his face like flint

00:23:36.339 --> 00:23:38.000
 to go to the cross.

00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:40.359
 Jesus took upon himself

00:23:40.359 --> 00:23:42.119
 the full weight

00:23:42.119 --> 00:23:43.980
 of all the ugliness,

00:23:44.119 --> 00:23:45.480
 of all the sin,

00:23:45.640 --> 00:23:46.819
 of all of his people.

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 There is,

00:23:49.460 --> 00:23:51.119
 here's a theological term

00:23:51.119 --> 00:23:51.559
 for you,

00:23:52.380 --> 00:23:53.759
 there is what we call

00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:55.400
 a double imputation

00:23:55.400 --> 00:23:57.140
 that happens

00:23:57.140 --> 00:23:58.539
 at the cross of Christ

00:23:58.539 --> 00:24:00.460
 for all of God's people.

00:24:01.619 --> 00:24:03.220
 Through faith in Jesus,

00:24:03.380 --> 00:24:04.339
 when you put your faith

00:24:04.339 --> 00:24:04.960
 in Christ,

00:24:05.319 --> 00:24:07.079
 all of his perfect

00:24:07.079 --> 00:24:07.919
 righteousness

00:24:07.919 --> 00:24:08.919
 and all of his

00:24:08.919 --> 00:24:09.899
 sinlessness,

00:24:10.359 --> 00:24:11.299
 all of the blessings

00:24:11.299 --> 00:24:12.399
 that he has earned

00:24:12.399 --> 00:24:13.759
 by his perfect obedience,

00:24:14.079 --> 00:24:15.139
 all of that

00:24:15.139 --> 00:24:16.460
 comes to us

00:24:16.460 --> 00:24:17.419
 by faith.

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 It is credited to us

00:24:19.359 --> 00:24:20.500
 into our account.

00:24:20.939 --> 00:24:21.539
 And,

00:24:21.659 --> 00:24:22.899
 at the same time,

00:24:23.419 --> 00:24:25.220
 all of our sin,

00:24:26.179 --> 00:24:27.759
 all of our mess,

00:24:28.740 --> 00:24:30.259
 all of our weakness,

00:24:30.539 --> 00:24:31.879
 all of our stench,

00:24:32.019 --> 00:24:33.240
 all of our iniquity,

00:24:33.439 --> 00:24:34.299
 all of that

00:24:34.299 --> 00:24:35.519
 comes to him.

00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:37.700
 He bears it for us

00:24:37.700 --> 00:24:38.639
 and takes it away.

00:24:39.900 --> 00:24:41.220
 He made him

00:24:41.220 --> 00:24:42.440
 who knew no sin

00:24:42.440 --> 00:24:44.079
 to become sin

00:24:44.079 --> 00:24:45.019
 for us

00:24:45.019 --> 00:24:46.180
 so that in him

00:24:46.180 --> 00:24:48.039
 we might become

00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:49.019
 the righteousness

00:24:49.019 --> 00:24:49.680
 of God.

00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:50.220
 There is a

00:24:50.220 --> 00:24:51.799
 two-way becoming

00:24:51.799 --> 00:24:53.319
 in the gospel of Christ.

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 This is what makes

00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:55.019
 it such good news.

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 We no longer

00:24:57.160 --> 00:24:58.279
 bear our sin.

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 He does.

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 And we're not

00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:01.720
 left in neutral.

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 We are made

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 perfect in the sight

00:25:03.859 --> 00:25:04.259
 of God

00:25:04.259 --> 00:25:05.299
 by faith in Christ.

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 And so,

00:25:08.240 --> 00:25:08.639
 Jesus,

00:25:09.019 --> 00:25:11.759
 he prays this prayer

00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:13.639
 not because of his own sin

00:25:13.639 --> 00:25:15.819
 but as the sin bearer.

00:25:16.039 --> 00:25:17.159
 He prays this prayer

00:25:17.159 --> 00:25:17.719
 as the one

00:25:17.719 --> 00:25:18.559
 who has endured

00:25:18.559 --> 00:25:19.919
 the wrath of God

00:25:19.919 --> 00:25:20.740
 for sin,

00:25:20.839 --> 00:25:21.659
 not his own.

00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:23.859
 But in our place,

00:25:24.859 --> 00:25:26.479
 he prays as the one

00:25:26.479 --> 00:25:27.119
 who endured

00:25:27.119 --> 00:25:27.799
 the betrayal

00:25:27.799 --> 00:25:29.940
 and the abandonment

00:25:29.940 --> 00:25:31.200
 of his closest companions

00:25:31.200 --> 00:25:32.500
 as Peter denies him

00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:33.440
 three times

00:25:33.440 --> 00:25:34.639
 as his disciples

00:25:34.639 --> 00:25:36.240
 flee at his arrest.

00:25:36.659 --> 00:25:37.720
 He prays this prayer

00:25:37.720 --> 00:25:38.279
 as the one

00:25:38.279 --> 00:25:39.480
 who allowed his enemies

00:25:39.480 --> 00:25:40.680
 to overtake him

00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:41.480
 and nail him

00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:42.319
 to the cross.

00:25:42.680 --> 00:25:44.180
 He prays as the one

00:25:44.180 --> 00:25:45.200
 who, like David,

00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:46.980
 did not open his mouth

00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:48.099
 to defend himself

00:25:48.099 --> 00:25:49.720
 but rather silently

00:25:49.720 --> 00:25:51.200
 endured suffering

00:25:51.200 --> 00:25:52.759
 as he waited faithfully

00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:53.859
 on the vindication

00:25:53.859 --> 00:25:54.960
 of God.

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 I always marvel,

00:25:59.319 --> 00:25:59.559
 church,

00:25:59.660 --> 00:26:00.539
 at how Isaiah

00:26:00.539 --> 00:26:01.480
 talked about this

00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:02.440
 700 years

00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:03.160
 before it happened.

00:26:04.660 --> 00:26:06.559
 You see this glorious truth

00:26:06.559 --> 00:26:07.299
 so clearly

00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:08.240
 in Isaiah 53.

00:26:08.420 --> 00:26:09.120
 I want to read

00:26:09.120 --> 00:26:10.380
 this long passage to you

00:26:10.380 --> 00:26:10.980
 but listen,

00:26:11.340 --> 00:26:11.980
 listen for those

00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:12.779
 common themes here

00:26:12.779 --> 00:26:13.700
 in Isaiah 53.

00:26:14.100 --> 00:26:15.380
 700 years

00:26:15.380 --> 00:26:16.160
 before Jesus

00:26:16.160 --> 00:26:17.019
 went to the cross,

00:26:17.100 --> 00:26:17.880
 here's what he says.

00:26:19.180 --> 00:26:20.500
 He was despised

00:26:20.500 --> 00:26:21.660
 and rejected by men.

00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:23.960
 A man of sorrows.

00:26:24.960 --> 00:26:26.140
 Acquainted with grief

00:26:26.140 --> 00:26:28.259
 as one from whom

00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:29.440
 men hide their faces.

00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:30.440
 He was despised

00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:32.579
 and we esteemed him not.

00:26:33.900 --> 00:26:35.160
 Surely he has borne

00:26:35.160 --> 00:26:36.500
 our griefs.

00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:37.900
 He has carried

00:26:37.900 --> 00:26:39.340
 our sorrows.

00:26:40.259 --> 00:26:41.240
 Yet we esteemed him

00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:41.860
 stricken,

00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:43.200
 smitten by God

00:26:43.200 --> 00:26:43.440
 and afflicted.

00:26:44.180 --> 00:26:45.200
 But he was pierced

00:26:45.200 --> 00:26:46.440
 for our transgressions.

00:26:47.380 --> 00:26:48.180
 He was crushed

00:26:48.180 --> 00:26:49.440
 for our iniquities.

00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:51.180
 Upon him

00:26:51.180 --> 00:26:52.259
 was the chastisement

00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:53.640
 that brought us peace

00:26:53.640 --> 00:26:54.940
 and with his wounds

00:26:54.940 --> 00:26:55.800
 we are healed.

00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:57.520
 All we like sheep

00:26:57.520 --> 00:26:58.620
 have gone astray.

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 We have turned

00:27:00.280 --> 00:27:00.900
 everyone

00:27:00.900 --> 00:27:02.060
 to his own way.

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 And the Lord

00:27:03.500 --> 00:27:04.800
 has laid on him

00:27:04.800 --> 00:27:05.980
 the iniquity

00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:07.060
 of us all.

00:27:07.320 --> 00:27:08.120
 He was oppressed

00:27:08.120 --> 00:27:09.180
 and he was afflicted.

00:27:09.300 --> 00:27:10.060
 Yet he opened

00:27:10.060 --> 00:27:11.140
 not his mouth

00:27:11.140 --> 00:27:12.740
 like a lamb

00:27:12.740 --> 00:27:13.280
 that is led

00:27:13.280 --> 00:27:13.940
 to the slaughter

00:27:13.940 --> 00:27:15.380
 and like a sheep

00:27:15.380 --> 00:27:16.580
 that before its shears

00:27:16.580 --> 00:27:17.240
 is silent.

00:27:17.460 --> 00:27:18.360
 So he opened

00:27:18.360 --> 00:27:19.520
 not his mouth.

00:27:20.380 --> 00:27:21.040
 By oppression

00:27:21.039 --> 00:27:21.559
 and judgment

00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:22.559
 he was taken away

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 and as for his generation

00:27:23.799 --> 00:27:24.879
 who considered

00:27:24.879 --> 00:27:26.059
 that he was cut off

00:27:26.059 --> 00:27:26.700
 out of the land

00:27:26.700 --> 00:27:27.259
 of the living

00:27:27.259 --> 00:27:27.859
 stricken

00:27:27.859 --> 00:27:28.920
 for the transgression

00:27:28.920 --> 00:27:29.740
 of my people.

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 And they made his grave

00:27:31.639 --> 00:27:32.220
 with the wicked

00:27:32.220 --> 00:27:33.599
 and with a rich man

00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:34.240
 in his death

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:35.119
 although he had done

00:27:35.119 --> 00:27:36.019
 no violence

00:27:36.019 --> 00:27:37.440
 and there was no deceit

00:27:37.440 --> 00:27:38.659
 in his mouth

00:27:38.659 --> 00:27:39.220
 yet

00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:41.000
 it was the will

00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:41.700
 of the Lord

00:27:41.700 --> 00:27:42.599
 to crush him.

00:27:43.480 --> 00:27:43.839
 He

00:27:43.839 --> 00:27:44.980
 has put him

00:27:44.980 --> 00:27:45.759
 to grief.

00:27:46.899 --> 00:27:47.460
 When his soul

00:27:47.460 --> 00:27:48.180
 makes an offering

00:27:48.180 --> 00:27:48.740
 for guilt

00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:49.799
 he shall see

00:27:49.799 --> 00:27:50.620
 his offspring

00:27:50.620 --> 00:27:51.900
 he shall prolong

00:27:51.900 --> 00:27:52.839
 his days

00:27:52.839 --> 00:27:54.059
 the will of the Lord

00:27:54.059 --> 00:27:54.839
 shall prosper

00:27:54.839 --> 00:27:56.359
 in his hand.

00:27:57.920 --> 00:27:58.519
 Out of the anguish

00:27:58.519 --> 00:27:59.120
 of his soul

00:27:59.120 --> 00:27:59.880
 he shall see

00:27:59.880 --> 00:28:00.960
 and be satisfied

00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:02.799
 by his knowledge

00:28:02.799 --> 00:28:04.200
 shall the righteous one

00:28:04.200 --> 00:28:04.819
 my servant

00:28:04.819 --> 00:28:06.180
 make many

00:28:06.180 --> 00:28:07.319
 to be accounted

00:28:07.319 --> 00:28:08.299
 righteous

00:28:08.299 --> 00:28:10.120
 and he shall bear

00:28:10.120 --> 00:28:11.700
 their iniquities.

00:28:11.819 --> 00:28:12.200
 Do you hear

00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:13.240
 the gospel church?

00:28:14.900 --> 00:28:15.579
 He

00:28:15.579 --> 00:28:16.640
 becomes

00:28:16.640 --> 00:28:17.420
 sin.

00:28:17.420 --> 00:28:18.840
 we

00:28:18.840 --> 00:28:19.860
 become

00:28:19.860 --> 00:28:20.880
 righteousness.

00:28:22.160 --> 00:28:22.720
 He

00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:23.360
 takes

00:28:23.360 --> 00:28:23.920
 God's

00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:24.340
 wrath

00:28:24.340 --> 00:28:25.279
 so that we

00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:25.960
 receive

00:28:25.960 --> 00:28:26.560
 God's

00:28:26.560 --> 00:28:27.140
 pleasure.

00:28:27.680 --> 00:28:28.000
 He

00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:28.519
 becomes

00:28:28.519 --> 00:28:29.380
 like us

00:28:29.380 --> 00:28:30.200
 so that we

00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:30.960
 might become

00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:31.420
 like

00:28:31.420 --> 00:28:32.240
 him.

00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:33.140
 This is

00:28:33.140 --> 00:28:33.740
 the gospel.

00:28:35.800 --> 00:28:36.080
 If you

00:28:36.080 --> 00:28:36.340
 have ever

00:28:36.340 --> 00:28:36.759
 felt the

00:28:36.759 --> 00:28:37.200
 agony

00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:37.779
 of your

00:28:37.779 --> 00:28:38.200
 sin

00:28:38.200 --> 00:28:38.820
 take heart

00:28:38.820 --> 00:28:39.240
 and know

00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:39.460
 that

00:28:39.460 --> 00:28:40.019
 Jesus

00:28:40.019 --> 00:28:40.779
 has felt

00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:41.080
 it.

00:28:42.560 --> 00:28:43.220
 If you

00:28:43.220 --> 00:28:43.560
 have placed

00:28:43.560 --> 00:28:43.980
 your faith

00:28:43.980 --> 00:28:44.340
 in him

00:28:44.340 --> 00:28:44.720
 you need

00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:45.340
 not fear

00:28:45.340 --> 00:28:45.860
 the wrath

00:28:45.860 --> 00:28:46.360
 of God

00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:47.039
 against your

00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:47.539
 sin because

00:28:47.539 --> 00:28:48.179
 he has

00:28:48.179 --> 00:28:48.619
 born it

00:28:48.619 --> 00:28:49.379
 for us.

00:28:50.839 --> 00:28:51.259
 And if we

00:28:51.259 --> 00:28:52.059
 suffer in a

00:28:52.059 --> 00:28:52.740
 fallen world

00:28:52.740 --> 00:28:53.679
 as we all

00:28:53.679 --> 00:28:54.599
 do and we

00:28:54.599 --> 00:28:55.479
 all will

00:28:55.479 --> 00:28:56.419
 the Christian

00:28:56.419 --> 00:28:57.339
 can do so

00:28:57.339 --> 00:28:57.919
 in hope

00:28:57.919 --> 00:28:58.679
 and confidence

00:28:58.679 --> 00:28:59.240
 that we are

00:28:59.240 --> 00:29:00.079
 following our

00:29:00.079 --> 00:29:01.119
 Savior through

00:29:01.119 --> 00:29:02.240
 suffering and

00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:02.979
 into glory.

00:29:04.659 --> 00:29:05.879
 So fourth

00:29:05.879 --> 00:29:07.479
 and finally

00:29:07.479 --> 00:29:08.219
 let's consider

00:29:08.219 --> 00:29:09.599
 then in him

00:29:09.599 --> 00:29:11.519
 the posture

00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:13.019
 of the

00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:13.420
 secure

00:29:13.420 --> 00:29:13.920
 center

00:29:13.920 --> 00:29:15.579
 the posture

00:29:15.579 --> 00:29:16.680
 of the

00:29:16.680 --> 00:29:17.019
 secure

00:29:17.019 --> 00:29:17.359
 center

00:29:17.359 --> 00:29:17.639
 we'll see

00:29:17.639 --> 00:29:17.879
 this in

00:29:17.879 --> 00:29:18.139
 the rest

00:29:18.139 --> 00:29:18.359
 of the

00:29:18.359 --> 00:29:18.680
 passage.

00:29:18.799 --> 00:29:19.160
 I see

00:29:19.160 --> 00:29:20.039
 four postures

00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:20.900
 here in

00:29:20.900 --> 00:29:21.259
 David's

00:29:21.259 --> 00:29:21.579
 heart as

00:29:21.579 --> 00:29:22.039
 we close

00:29:22.039 --> 00:29:22.839
 that we

00:29:22.839 --> 00:29:23.859
 in Christ

00:29:23.859 --> 00:29:24.660
 can imitate

00:29:24.660 --> 00:29:25.279
 and look

00:29:25.279 --> 00:29:25.579
 there with

00:29:25.579 --> 00:29:25.859
 me

00:29:25.859 --> 00:29:27.019
 verses 15

00:29:27.019 --> 00:29:27.660
 through 22

00:29:27.660 --> 00:29:28.339
 the first

00:29:28.339 --> 00:29:29.220
 posture of

00:29:29.220 --> 00:29:29.700
 the heart

00:29:29.700 --> 00:29:30.299
 is a

00:29:30.299 --> 00:29:30.879
 posture of

00:29:30.879 --> 00:29:31.319
 hope.

00:29:32.839 --> 00:29:33.819
 Verse 15

00:29:33.819 --> 00:29:34.440
 David says

00:29:34.440 --> 00:29:35.200
 but for you

00:29:35.200 --> 00:29:35.779
 oh Lord

00:29:35.779 --> 00:29:36.579
 do I wait

00:29:36.579 --> 00:29:38.319
 it is you

00:29:38.319 --> 00:29:38.859
 oh Lord

00:29:38.859 --> 00:29:39.460
 my God

00:29:39.460 --> 00:29:39.740
 who will

00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:40.139
 answer

00:29:40.140 --> 00:29:40.940
 for I said

00:29:40.940 --> 00:29:41.720
 only let

00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:42.240
 them not

00:29:42.240 --> 00:29:42.800
 rejoice

00:29:42.800 --> 00:29:43.620
 over me

00:29:43.620 --> 00:29:44.200
 who boast

00:29:44.200 --> 00:29:44.880
 against me

00:29:44.880 --> 00:29:45.200
 when my

00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:45.880
 foot slips.

00:29:47.200 --> 00:29:47.640
 In this

00:29:47.640 --> 00:29:48.220
 moment of

00:29:48.220 --> 00:29:48.900
 pain and

00:29:48.900 --> 00:29:49.860
 anguish

00:29:49.860 --> 00:29:50.320
 what does

00:29:50.320 --> 00:29:50.960
 David do?

00:29:51.180 --> 00:29:51.840
 He calls

00:29:51.840 --> 00:29:52.400
 out to

00:29:52.400 --> 00:29:52.980
 the Lord.

00:29:54.020 --> 00:29:54.560
 He puts

00:29:54.560 --> 00:29:55.320
 his hope

00:29:55.320 --> 00:29:56.100
 entirely

00:29:56.100 --> 00:29:56.740
 in the

00:29:56.740 --> 00:29:57.020
 Lord

00:29:57.020 --> 00:29:57.720
 just as

00:29:57.720 --> 00:29:58.180
 Christ

00:29:58.180 --> 00:29:58.640
 on the

00:29:58.640 --> 00:29:59.160
 cross

00:29:59.160 --> 00:30:00.180
 entrusted

00:30:00.180 --> 00:30:00.759
 himself

00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:01.420
 entirely

00:30:01.420 --> 00:30:01.900
 to the

00:30:01.900 --> 00:30:02.259
 Father

00:30:02.259 --> 00:30:03.120
 and waited

00:30:03.120 --> 00:30:03.800
 patiently

00:30:03.800 --> 00:30:04.280
 for this

00:30:04.280 --> 00:30:04.960
 moment of

00:30:04.960 --> 00:30:05.660
 vindication

00:30:05.660 --> 00:30:06.500
 so now

00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:07.180
 all of

00:30:07.180 --> 00:30:07.759
 Christ's

00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:08.220
 people

00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:08.960
 in our

00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:09.640
 suffering

00:30:09.640 --> 00:30:10.800
 and in

00:30:10.800 --> 00:30:11.060
 our

00:30:11.060 --> 00:30:11.560
 pain

00:30:11.560 --> 00:30:12.759
 we can

00:30:12.759 --> 00:30:13.140
 also

00:30:13.140 --> 00:30:13.600
 endure

00:30:13.600 --> 00:30:14.160
 and hope

00:30:14.160 --> 00:30:14.460
 that if

00:30:14.460 --> 00:30:14.640
 we're

00:30:14.640 --> 00:30:15.040
 in

00:30:15.040 --> 00:30:15.540
 Christ

00:30:15.540 --> 00:30:15.980
 we

00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:16.460
 too

00:30:16.460 --> 00:30:16.740
 will

00:30:16.740 --> 00:30:17.100
 one

00:30:17.100 --> 00:30:17.340
 day

00:30:17.340 --> 00:30:17.600
 be

00:30:17.600 --> 00:30:18.320
 vindicated

00:30:18.320 --> 00:30:19.600
 raised

00:30:19.600 --> 00:30:20.140
 up with

00:30:20.140 --> 00:30:20.480
 him

00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:22.380
 the enemy

00:30:22.380 --> 00:30:22.820
 will not

00:30:22.820 --> 00:30:23.280
 rejoice

00:30:23.280 --> 00:30:23.980
 over us

00:30:23.980 --> 00:30:24.580
 because God

00:30:24.580 --> 00:30:25.080
 has already

00:30:25.080 --> 00:30:25.759
 triumphed

00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:26.440
 over him

00:30:26.440 --> 00:30:27.280
 at the

00:30:27.280 --> 00:30:27.720
 cross

00:30:27.720 --> 00:30:28.900
 of Christ

00:30:28.900 --> 00:30:29.680
 posture

00:30:29.680 --> 00:30:29.940
 number

00:30:29.940 --> 00:30:30.380
 two

00:30:30.380 --> 00:30:31.920
 the second

00:30:31.920 --> 00:30:32.180
 is a

00:30:32.180 --> 00:30:32.480
 posture

00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:32.740
 of

00:30:32.740 --> 00:30:33.860
 desperation

00:30:33.860 --> 00:30:36.040
 desperation

00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:37.859
 he says

00:30:37.859 --> 00:30:38.119
 in verse

00:30:38.119 --> 00:30:38.579
 17

00:30:38.579 --> 00:30:39.079
 I am

00:30:39.079 --> 00:30:39.759
 ready

00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:40.579
 to fall

00:30:40.579 --> 00:30:41.839
 my

00:30:41.839 --> 00:30:42.200
 pain

00:30:42.200 --> 00:30:42.399
 is

00:30:42.399 --> 00:30:42.819
 ever

00:30:42.819 --> 00:30:43.599
 before

00:30:43.599 --> 00:30:43.859
 me

00:30:43.859 --> 00:30:43.980
 and

00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:44.139
 this

00:30:44.139 --> 00:30:44.339
 is

00:30:44.339 --> 00:30:44.960
 again

00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:45.500
 a

00:30:45.500 --> 00:30:46.139
 complete

00:30:46.139 --> 00:30:47.079
 recognition

00:30:47.079 --> 00:30:48.000
 of his

00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:48.599
 inability

00:30:48.599 --> 00:30:49.740
 and his

00:30:49.740 --> 00:30:50.159
 misery

00:30:50.159 --> 00:30:51.039
 and again

00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:51.379
 this is

00:30:51.379 --> 00:30:51.859
 absolutely

00:30:51.859 --> 00:30:52.319
 crucial

00:30:52.319 --> 00:30:52.619
 church

00:30:52.619 --> 00:30:53.079
 I got

00:30:53.079 --> 00:30:53.480
 to ask

00:30:53.480 --> 00:30:53.579
 you

00:30:53.579 --> 00:30:53.960
 if you've

00:30:53.960 --> 00:30:54.220
 ever

00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:54.639
 gotten

00:30:54.639 --> 00:30:55.039
 to this

00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:55.379
 point

00:30:55.379 --> 00:30:55.700
 of

00:30:55.700 --> 00:30:57.039
 helplessness

00:30:57.039 --> 00:30:57.299
 before

00:30:57.299 --> 00:30:57.500
 the

00:30:57.500 --> 00:30:57.779
 Lord

00:30:57.779 --> 00:30:58.319
 do you

00:30:58.319 --> 00:30:58.599
 realize

00:30:58.599 --> 00:30:58.879
 God

00:30:58.879 --> 00:30:59.039
 does

00:30:59.039 --> 00:30:59.220
 not

00:30:59.220 --> 00:30:59.480
 help

00:30:59.480 --> 00:30:59.700
 those

00:30:59.700 --> 00:30:59.819
 who

00:30:59.819 --> 00:31:00.039
 help

00:31:00.039 --> 00:31:00.460
 themselves

00:31:00.460 --> 00:31:03.059
 that is

00:31:03.059 --> 00:31:03.359
 not

00:31:03.359 --> 00:31:03.680
 true

00:31:03.680 --> 00:31:04.220
 you will

00:31:04.220 --> 00:31:04.700
 not find

00:31:04.700 --> 00:31:04.960
 that in

00:31:04.960 --> 00:31:05.059
 your

00:31:05.059 --> 00:31:05.339
 Bible

00:31:05.339 --> 00:31:06.819
 God

00:31:06.819 --> 00:31:07.000
 does

00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:07.199
 not

00:31:07.199 --> 00:31:07.500
 help

00:31:07.500 --> 00:31:07.899
 those

00:31:07.899 --> 00:31:08.059
 he

00:31:08.059 --> 00:31:08.159
 is

00:31:08.159 --> 00:31:08.339
 not

00:31:08.339 --> 00:31:09.000
 favoring

00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:09.259
 those

00:31:09.259 --> 00:31:09.399
 who

00:31:09.399 --> 00:31:09.559
 are

00:31:09.559 --> 00:31:10.159
 capable

00:31:10.159 --> 00:31:10.819
 and

00:31:10.819 --> 00:31:11.220
 and

00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:11.799
 strong

00:31:11.799 --> 00:31:12.279
 and

00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:12.500
 those

00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:12.599
 who

00:31:12.599 --> 00:31:12.779
 just

00:31:12.779 --> 00:31:12.980
 need

00:31:12.980 --> 00:31:13.199
 a little

00:31:13.199 --> 00:31:13.319
 bit

00:31:13.319 --> 00:31:13.459
 of

00:31:13.459 --> 00:31:13.879
 dusting

00:31:13.879 --> 00:31:14.159
 off

00:31:14.159 --> 00:31:14.299
 and

00:31:14.299 --> 00:31:14.419
 then

00:31:14.419 --> 00:31:14.559
 they'll

00:31:14.559 --> 00:31:14.679
 be

00:31:14.679 --> 00:31:14.980
 good

00:31:14.980 --> 00:31:15.399
 no

00:31:15.399 --> 00:31:16.459
 our

00:31:16.459 --> 00:31:17.199
 God

00:31:17.199 --> 00:31:17.939
 raises

00:31:17.939 --> 00:31:18.379
 the

00:31:18.379 --> 00:31:18.959
 dead

00:31:18.959 --> 00:31:19.259
 to

00:31:19.259 --> 00:31:19.599
 newness

00:31:19.599 --> 00:31:19.720
 of

00:31:19.720 --> 00:31:20.079
 life

00:31:20.079 --> 00:31:21.139
 you

00:31:21.139 --> 00:31:21.419
 must

00:31:21.419 --> 00:31:21.919
 recognize

00:31:21.919 --> 00:31:22.279
 that

00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:22.419
 you

00:31:22.419 --> 00:31:22.579
 are

00:31:22.579 --> 00:31:22.980
 dead

00:31:22.980 --> 00:31:23.939
 in

00:31:23.939 --> 00:31:24.079
 your

00:31:24.079 --> 00:31:24.639
 trespasses

00:31:24.639 --> 00:31:24.879
 and

00:31:24.879 --> 00:31:25.419
 sins

00:31:25.419 --> 00:31:28.039
 have

00:31:28.039 --> 00:31:28.159
 you

00:31:28.159 --> 00:31:28.759
 recognized

00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:29.759
 your

00:31:29.759 --> 00:31:30.259
 complete

00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:30.839
 inability

00:31:30.839 --> 00:31:31.139
 to

00:31:31.139 --> 00:31:31.459
 climb

00:31:31.459 --> 00:31:31.639
 your

00:31:31.639 --> 00:31:31.980
 way

00:31:31.980 --> 00:31:32.379
 out

00:31:32.379 --> 00:31:32.639
 of

00:31:32.639 --> 00:31:32.799
 your

00:31:32.799 --> 00:31:33.240
 sin

00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:33.959
 and

00:31:33.959 --> 00:31:34.459
 to work

00:31:34.459 --> 00:31:34.639
 your

00:31:34.640 --> 00:31:35.000
 way

00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:35.220
 to

00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:35.620
 God

00:31:35.620 --> 00:31:36.520
 into

00:31:36.520 --> 00:31:36.759
 his

00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:37.180
 pleasure

00:31:37.180 --> 00:31:37.480
 out

00:31:37.480 --> 00:31:37.600
 of

00:31:37.600 --> 00:31:37.780
 his

00:31:37.780 --> 00:31:38.120
 wrath

00:31:38.120 --> 00:31:38.360
 that

00:31:38.360 --> 00:31:38.700
 you're

00:31:38.700 --> 00:31:39.340
 completely

00:31:39.340 --> 00:31:40.160
 unable

00:31:40.160 --> 00:31:40.560
 to do

00:31:40.560 --> 00:31:41.000
 anything

00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:41.400
 at all

00:31:41.400 --> 00:31:41.820
 apart from

00:31:41.820 --> 00:31:42.300
 his grace

00:31:42.300 --> 00:31:42.700
 at work

00:31:42.700 --> 00:31:43.259
 in you

00:31:43.259 --> 00:31:46.420
 third

00:31:46.420 --> 00:31:46.879
 posture

00:31:46.879 --> 00:31:48.359
 it's a

00:31:48.359 --> 00:31:48.680
 posture

00:31:48.680 --> 00:31:49.039
 of

00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:50.420
 repentance

00:31:50.420 --> 00:31:52.559
 posture

00:31:52.559 --> 00:31:52.940
 of

00:31:52.940 --> 00:31:53.599
 repentance

00:31:53.599 --> 00:31:54.019
 you know

00:31:54.019 --> 00:31:54.359
 some

00:31:54.359 --> 00:31:54.720
 of the

00:31:54.720 --> 00:31:55.099
 ways

00:31:55.099 --> 00:31:55.379
 that

00:31:55.379 --> 00:31:56.140
 people

00:31:56.140 --> 00:31:56.400
 tend

00:31:56.400 --> 00:31:56.559
 to

00:31:56.559 --> 00:31:56.799
 deal

00:31:56.799 --> 00:31:57.000
 with

00:31:57.000 --> 00:31:57.180
 their

00:31:57.180 --> 00:31:57.539
 sin

00:31:57.539 --> 00:31:59.160
 is

00:31:59.160 --> 00:31:59.400
 either

00:31:59.400 --> 00:31:59.680
 just

00:31:59.680 --> 00:31:59.819
 to

00:31:59.819 --> 00:32:00.119
 ignore

00:32:00.119 --> 00:32:00.559
 it

00:32:00.559 --> 00:32:02.160
 pretend

00:32:02.160 --> 00:32:02.420
 like

00:32:02.420 --> 00:32:02.519
 it

00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:02.779
 doesn't

00:32:02.779 --> 00:32:03.099
 exist

00:32:03.099 --> 00:32:03.379
 don't

00:32:03.379 --> 00:32:03.700
 tell

00:32:03.700 --> 00:32:03.859
 me

00:32:03.859 --> 00:32:04.079
 about

00:32:04.079 --> 00:32:04.279
 that

00:32:04.279 --> 00:32:04.440
 I'm

00:32:04.440 --> 00:32:04.720
 fine

00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:04.859
 the

00:32:04.859 --> 00:32:05.019
 way

00:32:05.019 --> 00:32:05.220
 I

00:32:05.220 --> 00:32:05.579
 am

00:32:05.579 --> 00:32:05.940
 or

00:32:05.940 --> 00:32:06.240
 maybe

00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:06.460
 they

00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:07.240
 minimize

00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:07.779
 it

00:32:07.779 --> 00:32:07.980
 it's

00:32:07.980 --> 00:32:08.200
 not

00:32:08.200 --> 00:32:08.539
 that

00:32:08.539 --> 00:32:09.099
 bad

00:32:09.099 --> 00:32:10.399
 I'm

00:32:10.399 --> 00:32:10.539
 not

00:32:10.539 --> 00:32:10.679
 as

00:32:10.679 --> 00:32:10.879
 bad

00:32:10.879 --> 00:32:11.000
 as

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.099
 the

00:32:11.099 --> 00:32:11.279
 next

00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:11.579
 guy

00:32:11.579 --> 00:32:11.779
 at

00:32:11.779 --> 00:32:11.980
 least

00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:12.159
 my

00:32:12.159 --> 00:32:12.399
 neighbor

00:32:12.399 --> 00:32:12.519
 is

00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:12.759
 way

00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:13.079
 worse

00:32:13.079 --> 00:32:13.279
 off

00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:13.379
 than

00:32:13.379 --> 00:32:13.559
 I

00:32:13.559 --> 00:32:13.839
 am

00:32:13.839 --> 00:32:14.399
 logs

00:32:14.399 --> 00:32:14.579
 and

00:32:14.579 --> 00:32:14.980
 specks

00:32:14.980 --> 00:32:16.599
 or

00:32:16.599 --> 00:32:16.699
 to

00:32:16.699 --> 00:32:16.959
 blame

00:32:16.959 --> 00:32:17.240
 someone

00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:17.519
 else

00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:17.719
 for

00:32:17.719 --> 00:32:17.939
 their

00:32:17.939 --> 00:32:18.319
 sin

00:32:18.319 --> 00:32:19.639
 it's

00:32:19.639 --> 00:32:19.799
 a

00:32:19.799 --> 00:32:20.159
 victim

00:32:20.159 --> 00:32:20.919
 mentality

00:32:20.919 --> 00:32:21.359
 well I

00:32:21.359 --> 00:32:21.579
 did

00:32:21.579 --> 00:32:21.859
 that

00:32:21.859 --> 00:32:22.199
 because

00:32:22.199 --> 00:32:22.639
 you

00:32:22.639 --> 00:32:22.899
 did

00:32:22.899 --> 00:32:23.279
 this

00:32:23.279 --> 00:32:23.579
 I

00:32:23.579 --> 00:32:23.879
 am

00:32:23.879 --> 00:32:24.419
 who

00:32:24.419 --> 00:32:24.719
 I

00:32:24.719 --> 00:32:25.059
 am

00:32:25.059 --> 00:32:25.500
 because

00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:25.799
 this

00:32:25.799 --> 00:32:26.259
 system

00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:26.480
 is

00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:26.839
 rigged

00:32:26.839 --> 00:32:27.159
 against

00:32:27.159 --> 00:32:27.459
 me

00:32:27.459 --> 00:32:28.099
 I

00:32:28.099 --> 00:32:28.339
 hit

00:32:28.339 --> 00:32:28.619
 you

00:32:28.619 --> 00:32:28.899
 because

00:32:28.899 --> 00:32:29.119
 you

00:32:29.119 --> 00:32:29.459
 bothered

00:32:29.459 --> 00:32:29.819
 me

00:32:29.819 --> 00:32:31.279
 it's

00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:31.439
 not

00:32:31.439 --> 00:32:31.699
 my

00:32:31.699 --> 00:32:31.959
 fault

00:32:31.959 --> 00:32:32.119
 it's

00:32:32.119 --> 00:32:32.339
 your

00:32:32.339 --> 00:32:32.639
 fault

00:32:32.639 --> 00:32:32.779
 at

00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:32.859
 the

00:32:32.859 --> 00:32:32.939
 end

00:32:32.939 --> 00:32:33.059
 of

00:32:33.059 --> 00:32:33.179
 the

00:32:33.179 --> 00:32:33.339
 day

00:32:33.339 --> 00:32:33.720
 let

00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:33.819
 me

00:32:33.819 --> 00:32:34.000
 just

00:32:34.000 --> 00:32:34.240
 give

00:32:34.240 --> 00:32:34.359
 you

00:32:34.359 --> 00:32:34.720
 another

00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:35.299
 option

00:32:35.299 --> 00:32:35.579
 here

00:32:35.579 --> 00:32:35.700
 I

00:32:35.700 --> 00:32:35.839
 know

00:32:35.839 --> 00:32:35.980
 that

00:32:35.980 --> 00:32:36.139
 this

00:32:36.139 --> 00:32:36.279
 is

00:32:36.279 --> 00:32:36.779
 radical

00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:37.220
 and

00:32:37.220 --> 00:32:37.679
 crazy

00:32:37.679 --> 00:32:38.059
 but

00:32:38.059 --> 00:32:38.659
 let's

00:32:38.659 --> 00:32:38.799
 just

00:32:38.799 --> 00:32:39.119
 try

00:32:39.119 --> 00:32:39.440
 something

00:32:39.440 --> 00:32:39.740
 here

00:32:39.740 --> 00:32:40.099
 it

00:32:40.099 --> 00:32:40.259
 is

00:32:40.259 --> 00:32:40.779
 full

00:32:40.779 --> 00:32:41.519
 confession

00:32:41.519 --> 00:32:41.899
 and

00:32:41.899 --> 00:32:42.399
 admission

00:32:42.399 --> 00:32:42.759
 and

00:32:42.759 --> 00:32:43.159
 repentance

00:32:43.159 --> 00:32:45.099
 look

00:32:45.099 --> 00:32:45.240
 what

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:45.460
 David

00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:45.700
 says

00:32:45.700 --> 00:32:45.819
 in

00:32:45.819 --> 00:32:46.000
 verse

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:46.399
 18

00:32:46.399 --> 00:32:48.279
 he

00:32:48.279 --> 00:32:48.659
 sees

00:32:48.659 --> 00:32:48.839
 the

00:32:48.839 --> 00:32:49.059
 weight

00:32:49.059 --> 00:32:49.179
 of

00:32:49.179 --> 00:32:49.379
 his

00:32:49.379 --> 00:32:49.659
 sin

00:32:49.659 --> 00:32:49.839
 he

00:32:49.839 --> 00:32:50.159
 sees

00:32:50.159 --> 00:32:50.319
 his

00:32:50.319 --> 00:32:50.599
 total

00:32:50.599 --> 00:32:51.339
 helplessness

00:32:51.339 --> 00:32:51.460
 and

00:32:51.460 --> 00:32:51.599
 he

00:32:51.599 --> 00:32:51.819
 says

00:32:51.819 --> 00:32:52.299
 I

00:32:52.299 --> 00:32:52.980
 confess

00:32:52.980 --> 00:32:53.259
 my

00:32:53.259 --> 00:32:53.839
 iniquity

00:32:53.839 --> 00:32:54.539
 he

00:32:54.539 --> 00:32:54.960
 owns

00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:54.980
!

00:32:54.980 --> 00:32:55.279
 it!

00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:56.599
 And

00:32:56.599 --> 00:32:56.679
 he

00:32:56.679 --> 00:32:56.839
 says

00:32:56.839 --> 00:32:57.079
 I'm

00:32:57.079 --> 00:32:57.519
 sorry

00:32:57.519 --> 00:32:57.819
 for

00:32:57.819 --> 00:32:58.079
 my

00:32:58.079 --> 00:32:58.379
 sin

00:32:58.379 --> 00:32:58.599
 this

00:32:58.599 --> 00:32:58.779
 is

00:33:03.059 --> 00:33:03.879
 his

00:33:03.879 --> 00:33:04.339
 full

00:33:04.339 --> 00:33:04.879
 commitment

00:33:04.879 --> 00:33:05.159
 just

00:33:05.159 --> 00:33:05.299
 to

00:33:05.299 --> 00:33:05.559
 bring

00:33:05.559 --> 00:33:05.679
 it

00:33:05.679 --> 00:33:05.859
 all

00:33:05.859 --> 00:33:06.000
 to

00:33:06.000 --> 00:33:06.159
 the

00:33:06.159 --> 00:33:06.339
 feet

00:33:06.339 --> 00:33:06.519
 of

00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:06.960
 Jesus

00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:07.299
 and

00:33:07.299 --> 00:33:08.019
 openly

00:33:08.019 --> 00:33:08.480
 confess

00:33:08.480 --> 00:33:08.879
 I

00:33:08.879 --> 00:33:09.220
 can't

00:33:09.220 --> 00:33:09.440
 do

00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:09.879
 anything

00:33:09.879 --> 00:33:10.299
 about

00:33:10.299 --> 00:33:10.579
 this

00:33:10.579 --> 00:33:10.779
 would

00:33:10.779 --> 00:33:10.919
 you

00:33:10.919 --> 00:33:11.559
 please

00:33:11.559 --> 00:33:14.919
 doesn't

00:33:14.919 --> 00:33:15.259
 John

00:33:15.259 --> 00:33:15.779
 tell us

00:33:15.779 --> 00:33:16.059
 didn't we

00:33:16.059 --> 00:33:16.480
 read this

00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:16.819
 morning

00:33:16.819 --> 00:33:18.079
 if we

00:33:18.079 --> 00:33:18.639
 confess

00:33:18.639 --> 00:33:18.919
 our

00:33:18.919 --> 00:33:19.259
 sin

00:33:19.259 --> 00:33:19.500
 he

00:33:19.500 --> 00:33:19.740
 is

00:33:19.740 --> 00:33:20.240
 faithful

00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:20.539
 and

00:33:20.539 --> 00:33:20.879
 just

00:33:20.879 --> 00:33:21.079
 to

00:33:21.079 --> 00:33:21.379
 forgive

00:33:21.379 --> 00:33:21.659
 us

00:33:21.659 --> 00:33:21.859
 our

00:33:21.859 --> 00:33:22.220
 sin

00:33:22.220 --> 00:33:22.399
 and

00:33:22.399 --> 00:33:22.539
 to

00:33:22.539 --> 00:33:23.099
 cleanse

00:33:23.099 --> 00:33:23.399
 us

00:33:23.399 --> 00:33:23.579
 from

00:33:23.579 --> 00:33:23.960
 all

00:33:23.960 --> 00:33:24.819
 unrighteousness

00:33:24.819 --> 00:33:25.039
 the

00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:25.359
 Lord

00:33:25.359 --> 00:33:25.579
 is

00:33:25.579 --> 00:33:25.960
 far

00:33:25.960 --> 00:33:26.240
 more

00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:26.559
 willing

00:33:26.559 --> 00:33:26.799
 to

00:33:26.799 --> 00:33:27.139
 forgive

00:33:27.139 --> 00:33:27.480
 than

00:33:27.480 --> 00:33:27.700
 we

00:33:27.700 --> 00:33:27.919
 are

00:33:27.919 --> 00:33:28.339
 to

00:33:28.339 --> 00:33:28.879
 confess

00:33:28.879 --> 00:33:28.899
!

00:33:33.059 --> 00:33:40.539
 Martin

00:33:40.539 --> 00:33:40.879
 Luther

00:33:40.879 --> 00:33:41.279
 says

00:33:41.279 --> 00:33:41.500
 that

00:33:41.500 --> 00:33:41.940
 the

00:33:41.940 --> 00:33:42.279
 whole

00:33:42.279 --> 00:33:42.720
 Christian

00:33:42.720 --> 00:33:43.099
 life

00:33:43.099 --> 00:33:43.240
 is

00:33:43.240 --> 00:33:43.379
 one

00:33:43.379 --> 00:33:43.500
 of

00:33:43.500 --> 00:33:44.279
 continual

00:33:44.279 --> 00:33:45.059
 repentance

00:33:45.059 --> 00:33:47.259
 Cornelius

00:33:47.259 --> 00:33:48.200
 Plantinga

00:33:48.200 --> 00:33:48.579
 Jr.

00:33:48.799 --> 00:33:48.919
 he

00:33:48.919 --> 00:33:49.259
 says

00:33:49.259 --> 00:33:50.299
 recalling

00:33:50.299 --> 00:33:50.460
 and

00:33:50.460 --> 00:33:51.019
 confessing

00:33:51.019 --> 00:33:51.220
 our

00:33:51.220 --> 00:33:51.619
 sin

00:33:51.619 --> 00:33:51.819
 is

00:33:51.819 --> 00:33:51.940
 a

00:33:51.940 --> 00:33:52.059
 little

00:33:52.059 --> 00:33:52.259
 bit

00:33:52.259 --> 00:33:52.519
 like

00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:52.859
 taking

00:33:52.859 --> 00:33:53.159
 out

00:33:53.159 --> 00:33:53.319
 the

00:33:53.319 --> 00:33:53.799
 garbage

00:33:53.799 --> 00:33:55.220
 once

00:33:55.220 --> 00:33:55.419
 is

00:33:55.419 --> 00:33:55.720
 not

00:33:55.720 --> 00:33:56.379
 enough

00:33:56.379 --> 00:33:58.099
 do

00:33:58.099 --> 00:33:58.279
 you

00:33:58.279 --> 00:33:58.679
 have

00:33:58.679 --> 00:33:59.220
 something

00:33:59.220 --> 00:33:59.500
 to

00:33:59.500 --> 00:33:59.779
 take

00:33:59.779 --> 00:33:59.980
 to

00:33:59.980 --> 00:34:00.220
 him

00:34:00.220 --> 00:34:00.480
 this

00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:00.759
 morning

00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:02.899
 David

00:34:02.900 --> 00:34:03.720
 confesses

00:34:03.720 --> 00:34:04.080
 and

00:34:04.080 --> 00:34:05.120
 repents

00:34:05.120 --> 00:34:05.300
 and

00:34:05.300 --> 00:34:05.460
 then

00:34:05.460 --> 00:34:05.980
 lastly

00:34:05.980 --> 00:34:06.820
 fourth

00:34:06.820 --> 00:34:07.880
 David

00:34:07.880 --> 00:34:08.539
 responds

00:34:08.539 --> 00:34:08.900
 with a

00:34:08.900 --> 00:34:09.380
 posture

00:34:09.380 --> 00:34:10.139
 of

00:34:10.139 --> 00:34:10.680
 faith

00:34:10.680 --> 00:34:11.019
 this

00:34:11.019 --> 00:34:11.360
 is

00:34:11.360 --> 00:34:12.300
 trust

00:34:12.300 --> 00:34:12.960
 church

00:34:12.960 --> 00:34:14.119
 and

00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:14.760
 dependence

00:34:14.760 --> 00:34:15.119
 and

00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:15.420
 this

00:34:15.420 --> 00:34:15.579
 is

00:34:15.579 --> 00:34:15.800
 what

00:34:15.800 --> 00:34:15.980
 it

00:34:15.980 --> 00:34:16.300
 means

00:34:16.300 --> 00:34:16.460
 this

00:34:16.460 --> 00:34:16.539
 is

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:16.639
 what

00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:16.780
 it

00:34:16.780 --> 00:34:17.000
 looks

00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:17.260
 like

00:34:17.260 --> 00:34:17.420
 to

00:34:17.420 --> 00:34:17.639
 be

00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:18.039
 a

00:34:18.039 --> 00:34:18.599
 Christian

00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:19.160
 to

00:34:19.160 --> 00:34:19.500
 be

00:34:19.500 --> 00:34:19.840
 a

00:34:19.840 --> 00:34:20.260
 Christian

00:34:20.260 --> 00:34:20.820
 is

00:34:20.820 --> 00:34:20.980
 to

00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:21.599
 recognize

00:34:21.599 --> 00:34:22.079
 the

00:34:22.079 --> 00:34:22.539
 depths

00:34:22.539 --> 00:34:22.800
 of

00:34:22.800 --> 00:34:22.960
 your

00:34:22.960 --> 00:34:23.380
 sin

00:34:23.380 --> 00:34:23.780
 to

00:34:23.780 --> 00:34:24.220
 bring

00:34:24.220 --> 00:34:24.420
 it

00:34:24.420 --> 00:34:25.000
 fully

00:34:25.000 --> 00:34:25.260
 to

00:34:25.260 --> 00:34:25.440
 the

00:34:25.440 --> 00:34:25.760
 Lord

00:34:25.760 --> 00:34:26.119
 to

00:34:26.119 --> 00:34:26.300
 say

00:34:26.300 --> 00:34:26.559
 I

00:34:26.559 --> 00:34:27.000
 can't

00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:27.300
 do

00:34:27.300 --> 00:34:27.900
 anything

00:34:27.900 --> 00:34:28.480
 about

00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:28.880
 this

00:34:28.880 --> 00:34:29.260
 and

00:34:29.260 --> 00:34:29.440
 then

00:34:29.440 --> 00:34:29.680
 in

00:34:29.680 --> 00:34:30.139
 full

00:34:30.139 --> 00:34:30.960
 trust

00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:31.340
 and

00:34:31.340 --> 00:34:31.800
 faith

00:34:31.800 --> 00:34:32.160
 to

00:34:32.160 --> 00:34:32.519
 hand

00:34:32.519 --> 00:34:32.660
 it

00:34:32.900 --> 00:34:33.119
 him

00:34:33.119 --> 00:34:33.260
 and

00:34:33.260 --> 00:34:33.440
 say

00:34:33.440 --> 00:34:33.780
 you

00:34:33.780 --> 00:34:34.099
 got

00:34:34.099 --> 00:34:34.240
 to

00:34:34.240 --> 00:34:34.420
 deal

00:34:34.420 --> 00:34:34.660
 with

00:34:34.660 --> 00:34:34.900
 it

00:34:34.900 --> 00:34:35.780
 and

00:34:35.780 --> 00:34:35.920
 to

00:34:35.920 --> 00:34:36.320
 know

00:34:36.320 --> 00:34:36.539
 in

00:34:36.539 --> 00:34:36.880
 faith

00:34:36.880 --> 00:34:37.099
 that

00:34:37.099 --> 00:34:37.480
 Christ

00:34:37.480 --> 00:34:37.980
 has

00:34:37.980 --> 00:34:38.240
 dealt

00:34:38.240 --> 00:34:38.420
 with

00:34:38.420 --> 00:34:38.519
 it

00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:38.639
 at

00:34:38.639 --> 00:34:38.740
 the

00:34:38.740 --> 00:34:39.240
 cross

00:34:39.240 --> 00:34:42.800
 so

00:34:42.800 --> 00:34:42.940
 that

00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:43.180
 now

00:34:43.180 --> 00:34:43.380
 in

00:34:43.380 --> 00:34:43.700
 him

00:34:43.700 --> 00:34:45.400
 you

00:34:45.400 --> 00:34:45.559
 can

00:34:45.559 --> 00:34:45.900
 call

00:34:45.900 --> 00:34:46.119
 upon

00:34:46.119 --> 00:34:46.280
 the

00:34:46.280 --> 00:34:46.440
 Lord

00:34:46.440 --> 00:34:46.619
 with

00:34:46.619 --> 00:34:47.160
 confidence

00:34:47.160 --> 00:34:48.200
 in

00:34:48.200 --> 00:34:48.780
 any

00:34:48.780 --> 00:34:48.960
 and

00:34:48.960 --> 00:34:49.180
 every

00:34:49.180 --> 00:34:49.660
 trial

00:34:49.660 --> 00:34:49.940
 just

00:34:49.940 --> 00:34:50.139
 as

00:34:50.139 --> 00:34:50.500
 David

00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:51.059
 does

00:34:51.059 --> 00:34:51.260
 to

00:34:51.260 --> 00:34:51.599
 know

00:34:51.599 --> 00:34:51.900
 that

00:34:51.900 --> 00:34:52.519
 nothing

00:34:52.519 --> 00:34:52.940
 can

00:34:52.940 --> 00:34:53.380
 separate

00:34:53.380 --> 00:34:53.800
 you

00:34:53.800 --> 00:34:53.980
 from

00:34:53.980 --> 00:34:54.160
 the

00:34:54.160 --> 00:34:54.340
 love

00:34:54.340 --> 00:34:54.500
 of

00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:54.840
 God

00:34:54.840 --> 00:34:55.019
 in

00:34:55.019 --> 00:34:55.300
 Christ

00:34:55.300 --> 00:34:55.680
 Jesus

00:34:55.680 --> 00:34:55.900
 your

00:34:55.900 --> 00:34:56.300
 Lord

00:34:56.300 --> 00:34:57.980
 look how

00:34:57.980 --> 00:34:58.099
 he

00:34:58.099 --> 00:34:58.440
 prays

00:34:58.440 --> 00:34:58.460
!

00:34:58.539 --> 00:34:58.559
 He

00:34:58.559 --> 00:34:58.740
 says

00:34:58.740 --> 00:34:58.940
 do

00:34:58.940 --> 00:34:59.160
 not

00:34:59.160 --> 00:34:59.639
 forsake

00:34:59.639 --> 00:34:59.820
 me

00:34:59.820 --> 00:34:59.980
 O

00:35:02.900 --> 00:35:06.200
 Lord

00:35:06.200 --> 00:35:06.740
 my

00:35:06.740 --> 00:35:07.559
 salvation

00:35:07.559 --> 00:35:08.240
 that's

00:35:08.240 --> 00:35:08.539
 a prayer

00:35:08.539 --> 00:35:08.760
 of

00:35:08.760 --> 00:35:09.180
 faith

00:35:09.180 --> 00:35:10.599
 from

00:35:10.599 --> 00:35:10.900
 someone

00:35:10.900 --> 00:35:11.059
 who

00:35:11.059 --> 00:35:11.240
 is

00:35:11.240 --> 00:35:12.019
 desperate

00:35:12.019 --> 00:35:12.500
 for

00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:12.680
 the

00:35:12.680 --> 00:35:12.980
 help

00:35:12.980 --> 00:35:13.220
 of

00:35:13.220 --> 00:35:13.720
 his

00:35:13.720 --> 00:35:14.619
 God

00:35:14.619 --> 00:35:15.139
 church

00:35:15.139 --> 00:35:16.920
 we

00:35:16.920 --> 00:35:17.099
 have

00:35:17.099 --> 00:35:17.240
 the

00:35:17.240 --> 00:35:17.559
 privilege

00:35:17.559 --> 00:35:17.820
 this

00:35:17.820 --> 00:35:18.079
 morning

00:35:18.079 --> 00:35:18.240
 of

00:35:18.240 --> 00:35:18.740
 seeing

00:35:18.740 --> 00:35:19.639
 this

00:35:19.639 --> 00:35:20.039
 type

00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:20.320
 of

00:35:20.320 --> 00:35:21.260
 recognition

00:35:21.260 --> 00:35:21.579
 of

00:35:21.579 --> 00:35:22.079
 sin

00:35:22.079 --> 00:35:23.039
 and

00:35:23.039 --> 00:35:23.579
 repentance

00:35:23.579 --> 00:35:24.380
 and

00:35:24.380 --> 00:35:24.940
 faith

00:35:24.940 --> 00:35:25.400
 this

00:35:25.400 --> 00:35:25.880
 morning

00:35:25.880 --> 00:35:26.320
 in

00:35:26.320 --> 00:35:26.460
 the

00:35:26.460 --> 00:35:26.820
 waters

00:35:26.820 --> 00:35:27.000
 of

00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:27.480
 baptism

00:35:27.480 --> 00:35:29.160
 we

00:35:29.160 --> 00:35:29.380
 get

00:35:29.380 --> 00:35:29.519
 to

00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:29.780
 see

00:35:29.780 --> 00:35:30.039
 the

00:35:30.039 --> 00:35:30.579
 stench

00:35:30.579 --> 00:35:30.740
 of

00:35:30.740 --> 00:35:30.860
 the

00:35:30.860 --> 00:35:31.240
 old

00:35:31.240 --> 00:35:31.460
 and

00:35:31.460 --> 00:35:31.720
 dead

00:35:31.720 --> 00:35:32.160
 man

00:35:32.160 --> 00:35:32.740
 buried

00:35:32.739 --> 00:35:33.000
 with

00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:33.159
 him

00:35:33.159 --> 00:35:33.319
 in

00:35:33.319 --> 00:35:33.839
 baptism

00:35:33.839 --> 00:35:34.699
 washed

00:35:34.699 --> 00:35:35.139
 clean

00:35:35.139 --> 00:35:35.319
 and

00:35:35.319 --> 00:35:35.859
 raised

00:35:35.859 --> 00:35:36.059
 to

00:35:36.059 --> 00:35:36.359
 walk

00:35:36.359 --> 00:35:36.519
 in

00:35:36.519 --> 00:35:36.879
 newness

00:35:36.879 --> 00:35:37.019
 of

00:35:37.019 --> 00:35:37.439
 life

00:35:37.439 --> 00:35:39.359
 and

00:35:39.359 --> 00:35:39.500
 in

00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:39.759
 just

00:35:39.759 --> 00:35:39.879
 a

00:35:39.879 --> 00:35:40.039
 moment

00:35:40.039 --> 00:35:40.219
 we're

00:35:40.219 --> 00:35:40.319
 going to

00:35:40.319 --> 00:35:40.519
 get to

00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:40.739
 hear

00:35:40.739 --> 00:35:41.159
 James

00:35:41.159 --> 00:35:41.319
 and

00:35:41.319 --> 00:35:41.839
 Alyssa's

00:35:41.839 --> 00:35:42.559
 testimonies

00:35:42.559 --> 00:35:42.859
 I want

00:35:42.859 --> 00:35:43.099
 you to

00:35:43.099 --> 00:35:43.479
 listen

00:35:43.479 --> 00:35:44.000
 as they

00:35:44.000 --> 00:35:44.439
 share

00:35:44.439 --> 00:35:45.000
 for those

00:35:45.000 --> 00:35:45.299
 same

00:35:45.299 --> 00:35:45.759
 common

00:35:45.759 --> 00:35:46.219
 themes

00:35:46.219 --> 00:35:46.399
 of

00:35:46.399 --> 00:35:47.179
 hope

00:35:47.179 --> 00:35:47.699
 and

00:35:47.699 --> 00:35:48.500
 desperation

00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:49.199
 and

00:35:49.199 --> 00:35:49.819
 confession

00:35:49.819 --> 00:35:50.399
 and

00:35:50.399 --> 00:35:50.919
 repentance

00:35:50.919 --> 00:35:51.479
 and

00:35:51.479 --> 00:35:51.939
 faith

00:35:51.939 --> 00:35:52.259
 in

00:35:52.259 --> 00:35:52.619
 Christ

00:35:52.619 --> 00:35:52.799
 and

00:35:52.799 --> 00:35:52.899
 then

00:35:52.899 --> 00:35:53.039
 we're

00:35:53.039 --> 00:35:53.139
 going

00:35:53.139 --> 00:35:53.199
 to

00:35:53.199 --> 00:35:53.339
 go

00:35:53.339 --> 00:35:53.519
 out

00:35:53.519 --> 00:35:53.619
 and

00:35:53.619 --> 00:35:54.339
 see

00:35:54.339 --> 00:35:54.799
 that

00:35:54.799 --> 00:35:55.199
 new

00:35:55.199 --> 00:35:55.779
 life

00:35:55.779 --> 00:35:55.919
 and

00:35:55.919 --> 00:35:56.079
 that

00:35:56.079 --> 00:35:56.419
 new

00:35:56.419 --> 00:35:56.979
 joy

00:35:56.979 --> 00:35:57.439
 and

00:35:57.439 --> 00:35:57.599
 that

00:35:57.599 --> 00:35:57.859
 new

00:35:57.859 --> 00:35:58.439
 freedom

00:35:58.439 --> 00:35:58.719
 from

00:35:58.719 --> 00:35:58.879
 the

00:36:02.739 --> 00:36:03.500
 faith

00:36:03.500 --> 00:36:06.119
 as

00:36:06.119 --> 00:36:06.299
 they

00:36:06.299 --> 00:36:07.139
 prepare

00:36:07.139 --> 00:36:07.319
 to

00:36:07.319 --> 00:36:07.500
 come

00:36:07.500 --> 00:36:07.819
 forward

00:36:07.819 --> 00:36:08.139
 I

00:36:08.139 --> 00:36:08.439
 want

00:36:08.439 --> 00:36:08.519
 to

00:36:08.519 --> 00:36:08.779
 ask

00:36:08.779 --> 00:36:08.919
 you

00:36:08.919 --> 00:36:09.259
 again

00:36:09.259 --> 00:36:09.679
 is

00:36:09.679 --> 00:36:09.839
 there

00:36:09.839 --> 00:36:10.259
 any

00:36:10.259 --> 00:36:11.000
 sin

00:36:11.000 --> 00:36:11.199
 in

00:36:11.199 --> 00:36:11.339
 your

00:36:11.339 --> 00:36:11.679
 life

00:36:11.679 --> 00:36:12.199
 that

00:36:12.199 --> 00:36:12.579
 needs

00:36:12.579 --> 00:36:12.779
 to

00:36:12.779 --> 00:36:12.959
 be

00:36:12.959 --> 00:36:13.279
 brought

00:36:13.279 --> 00:36:13.579
 to

00:36:13.579 --> 00:36:13.719
 the

00:36:13.719 --> 00:36:13.959
 Lord

00:36:13.959 --> 00:36:14.219
 this

00:36:14.219 --> 00:36:14.539
 morning

00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:17.079
 is

00:36:17.079 --> 00:36:17.179
 there

00:36:17.179 --> 00:36:17.339
 any

00:36:17.339 --> 00:36:17.699
 trash

00:36:17.699 --> 00:36:17.859
 that

00:36:17.859 --> 00:36:18.019
 needs

00:36:18.019 --> 00:36:18.119
 to

00:36:18.119 --> 00:36:18.239
 be

00:36:18.239 --> 00:36:18.500
 taken

00:36:18.500 --> 00:36:18.799
 out

00:36:18.799 --> 00:36:21.500
 Jesus

00:36:21.500 --> 00:36:22.059
 Christ

00:36:22.059 --> 00:36:22.479
 our

00:36:22.479 --> 00:36:22.859
 sin

00:36:22.859 --> 00:36:23.339
 bearer

00:36:23.339 --> 00:36:23.579
 has

00:36:23.579 --> 00:36:23.979
 come

00:36:23.979 --> 00:36:24.259
 to

00:36:24.259 --> 00:36:24.559
 take

00:36:24.559 --> 00:36:24.759
 it

00:36:24.759 --> 00:36:25.299
 away

00:36:25.299 --> 00:36:26.159
 and

00:36:26.159 --> 00:36:26.259
 we

00:36:26.259 --> 00:36:26.599
 rejoice

00:36:26.599 --> 00:36:26.819
 to

00:36:26.819 --> 00:36:27.000
 know

00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:27.199
 our

00:36:27.199 --> 00:36:27.539
 sins

00:36:27.539 --> 00:36:27.739
 they

00:36:27.739 --> 00:36:27.919
 are

00:36:27.919 --> 00:36:28.259
 many

00:36:28.259 --> 00:36:28.559
 but

00:36:28.559 --> 00:36:28.859
 praise

00:36:28.859 --> 00:36:29.199
 God

00:36:29.199 --> 00:36:29.399
 his

00:36:29.399 --> 00:36:29.799
 mercy

00:36:29.799 --> 00:36:30.819
 is

00:36:30.819 --> 00:36:31.159
 more

00:36:31.159 --> 00:36:31.479
 let's

00:36:31.479 --> 00:36:31.639
 pray

00:36:31.639 --> 00:36:31.979
 together

00:36:31.979 --> 00:36:32.459
 Father

00:36:32.460 --> 00:36:34.480
 we

00:36:34.480 --> 00:36:34.820
 thank

00:36:34.820 --> 00:36:34.980
 you

00:36:34.980 --> 00:36:35.139
 for

00:36:35.139 --> 00:36:35.300
 the

00:36:35.300 --> 00:36:35.480
 good

00:36:35.480 --> 00:36:35.760
 news

00:36:35.760 --> 00:36:35.920
 of

00:36:35.920 --> 00:36:36.059
 the

00:36:36.059 --> 00:36:36.480
 gospel

00:36:36.480 --> 00:36:36.760
 that

00:36:36.760 --> 00:36:37.179
 starts

00:36:37.179 --> 00:36:37.420
 with

00:36:37.420 --> 00:36:37.599
 the

00:36:37.599 --> 00:36:37.900
 bad

00:36:37.900 --> 00:36:38.280
 news

00:36:38.280 --> 00:36:38.460
 that

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 all

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 of

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 us

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 have

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 sinned

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 against

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 you

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 and

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 the

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 bad

00:36:43.980 --> 00:36:44.199
 news

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 that

00:36:44.320 --> 00:36:44.480
 our

00:36:44.480 --> 00:36:44.720
 sin

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 is

00:36:44.880 --> 00:36:45.139
 more

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 than

00:36:45.300 --> 00:36:45.519
 we

00:36:45.519 --> 00:36:45.720
 can

00:36:45.720 --> 00:36:46.099
 bear

00:36:46.099 --> 00:36:46.460
 but

00:36:46.460 --> 00:36:46.760
 Father

00:36:46.760 --> 00:36:46.940
 the

00:36:46.940 --> 00:36:47.159
 good

00:36:47.159 --> 00:36:47.420
 news

00:36:47.420 --> 00:36:47.559
 is

00:36:47.559 --> 00:36:47.699
 that

00:36:47.699 --> 00:36:48.019
 Christ

00:36:48.019 --> 00:36:48.220
 has

00:36:48.220 --> 00:36:48.400
 come

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 to

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 bear

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 it

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 for

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 us

00:36:49.539 --> 00:36:49.760
 and

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 so

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 we

00:36:50.059 --> 00:36:50.380
 pray

00:36:50.380 --> 00:36:50.699
 Lord

00:36:50.699 --> 00:36:50.900
 would

00:36:50.900 --> 00:36:51.039
 you

00:36:51.039 --> 00:36:51.519
 work

00:36:51.519 --> 00:36:52.119
 in

00:36:52.119 --> 00:36:52.420
 us

00:36:52.420 --> 00:36:52.579
 a

00:36:52.579 --> 00:36:52.840
 heart

00:36:52.840 --> 00:36:53.039
 of

00:36:53.039 --> 00:36:53.539
 repentance

00:36:53.539 --> 00:36:53.900
 and

00:36:53.900 --> 00:36:54.400
 faith

00:36:54.400 --> 00:36:54.619
 in

00:36:54.619 --> 00:36:54.920
 Christ

00:36:54.920 --> 00:36:55.320
 Jesus

00:36:55.320 --> 00:36:56.079
 the

00:36:56.079 --> 00:36:56.420
 only

00:36:56.420 --> 00:36:56.720
 hope

00:36:56.720 --> 00:36:56.920
 for

00:36:56.920 --> 00:36:57.159
 sinners

00:36:57.159 --> 00:36:57.480
 like

00:36:57.480 --> 00:36:57.820
 us

00:36:57.820 --> 00:36:57.940
 and

00:36:57.940 --> 00:36:58.079
 we

00:36:58.079 --> 00:36:58.380
 pray

00:36:58.380 --> 00:36:58.900
 we

00:36:58.900 --> 00:36:59.119
 would

00:36:59.119 --> 00:36:59.599
 live

00:36:59.599 --> 00:36:59.720
 in

00:36:59.720 --> 00:36:59.880
 the

00:36:59.880 --> 00:37:00.320
 joy

00:37:00.320 --> 00:37:00.480
 and

00:37:00.480 --> 00:37:00.659
 the

00:37:00.659 --> 00:37:01.180
 freedom

00:37:01.180 --> 00:37:02.019
 of

00:37:02.019 --> 00:37:02.220
 being

00:37:02.220 --> 00:37:02.559
 made

00:37:02.559 --> 00:37:02.840
 new

00:37:02.840 --> 00:37:03.019
 in

00:37:03.019 --> 00:37:03.300
 him

00:37:03.300 --> 00:37:04.340
 we

00:37:04.340 --> 00:37:04.519
 pray

00:37:04.519 --> 00:37:04.659
 this

00:37:04.659 --> 00:37:04.780
 in

00:37:04.780 --> 00:37:04.980
 Jesus

00:37:04.980 --> 00:37:05.320
 name

00:37:05.320 --> 00:37:06.639
 amen

00:37:06.639 --> 00:37:08.129