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 Reading in Psalm 51, this is a psalm of David

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 when Nathan the prophet went to him after he'd gone into Bathsheba

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 and this is his response.

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 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love.

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 According to your abundant mercy, blot out my transgressions.

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 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity

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 and cleanse me from my sin.

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 For I know my transgressions

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 and my sin is ever before me.

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 Against you, you only, have I sinned

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 and done what is evil in your sight

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 so that you may be justified in your words

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 and blameless in your judgment.

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 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity

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 and in sin did my mother's conceive me.

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 Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being

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 and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.

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 Purge me with hyssop and I shall be clean.

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 Wash me and I shall be whiter than snow.

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 Let me hear joy and gladness.

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 Let the bones that you have broken rejoice.

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 Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities.

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 Create in me a clean heart, O God,

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 and renew a right spirit within me.

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 Cast me not away from your presence

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 and take not your Holy Spirit from me.

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 Restore to me the joy of your salvation

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 and uphold me with a willing spirit.

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 Then I will teach transgressors your ways

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 and sinners will return to you.

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 Deliver me from blood guiltiness, O God,

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 O God of my salvation,

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 and my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness.

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 O Lord, open my lips

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 and my mouth will declare your praise

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 for you will not delight in sacrifice

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 or I would give it

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 and you will not be pleased with a burnt offering.

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 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit,

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 a broken and contrite heart, O God,

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 you will not despise.

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 Do good to Zion in your good pleasure.

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 Build up the walls of Jerusalem.

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 Then you will delight in right sacrifices,

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 in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings.

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 Then bulls will be offered on your altar.

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 Thanks, Catherine.

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 So this is the time now for kids of creche age

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 up to year two.

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 This is the awesome display.

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 Crouch age to year two.

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 We'll go out to our Sunday school program

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 and we're going to stand and sing our next song,

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 Judge of the Secrets,

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 and then David will come and bring the message to us.

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 Thank you.

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 Good morning, everyone.

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 If you're a visitor here this morning,

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 my name's David.

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 I'm one of the pastors.

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 It would be hard to imagine a more attention-grabbing,

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 a more confronting heading than we get in Psalm 51.

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 Just look at the heading.

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 In the English Bible, it says,

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 when Nathan the prophet went to King David

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 after he had gone into Bathsheba.

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 Literally, in the Hebrew, it says,

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 after David had entered into Bathsheba.

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 This is a poem about guilt and redemption.

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 So, immediately, it's a song our society is likely to reject

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 because, on the whole,

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 our society now rejects the concept of guilt.

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 Guilt is construed these days to be an evil in itself.

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 Oftentimes, it's said to be the construct of religions,

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 something that's used to control people.

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 Historically, it's not been like that.

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 Historically, guilt has been accepted

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 as the proper working of conscience,

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 which confronts us internally

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 with our wrongdoings.

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 But modern wisdom

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 is moving to demand

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 that people should be guilt-free

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 in any absolute moral sense.

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 And the cry of society now is so commonly,

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 don't judge me.

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 And behind that statement

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 is another statement that says,

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 well, look, my mental health,

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 my happiness,

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 do not allow for any challenge

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 to my attitudes

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 or my actions,

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 especially when they make me uncomfortable.

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 Don't judge me.

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 But for all this,

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 guilt in our society is alive and well.

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 It's the feeling that keeps on giving.

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 I think every one of us here know

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 something of guilt.

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 And it really is the feeling

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 that keeps on giving day and night.

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 in fact, some are so burned

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 with a deep sense of guilt

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 eating away at them

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 that they actually develop

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 serious mental or physiological illnesses.

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 It's a powerful, powerful thing

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 that won't be written out of life

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 simply because our society don't like it.

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 Now, unfortunately,

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 many Christians are moving also

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 to reject the ideal of guilt

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 because increasingly Christians

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 seem to be of the opinion

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 that God's ideal for them

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 is to be happy.

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 So, again,

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 any challenge to thinking

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 or behavior

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 which makes a Christian uncomfortable

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 is very unwelcome

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 and generally met with a response,

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 again,

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 don't judge me.

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 Or, in churches,

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 it's more,

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 don't guilt me.

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 Essentially,

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 what that means

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 and what that does is

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 when you respond to that,

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 essentially,

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 you're blaming

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 the person who issues the challenge

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 for how you're feeling.

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 It's their tone of voice,

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 their words,

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 their motivation

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 in challenging you.

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 That's the problem.

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 Don't think for a moment

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 that I need to look inside

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 and see if there's any substantial basis

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 to the challenge.

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 But, again,

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 at the other extreme,

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 some Christians are so bowed down,

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 and so burdened,

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 so trapped in their sense of guilt

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 that, quite literally,

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 it drives their every waking moment

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 and, indeed,

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 their sleeping moments

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 or their nighttime moments.

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 And it robs them,

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 totally robs them

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 of any sense

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 of enjoyment

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 of their relationship with Christ.

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 Psalm 51

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 speaks into all of those things

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 and gives us a real-life model

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 of God's pathway

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 for dealing with guilt,

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 God's pathway

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 for turning back to him

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 in guilt,

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 and encourages us

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 to see

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 that the person

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 God esteems

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 is the person

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 who's described,

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 chapter,

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 verse 17,

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 the person who's described

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 as one with a broken

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 and contrite heart

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 or spirit.

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 First step way,

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 first step in the pathway

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 is to say,

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 if you're a visitor,

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 the outline is on the back

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 of this sheet you handed

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 this morning

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 will help you track through

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 with me a little bit,

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 at least in terms of

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 the major headings.

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 So,

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 set up my year,

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 my year.

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 first step in

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 the pathway

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 of turning back

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 to God

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 is to say,

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 my rebellion,

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 autonomy,

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 and failure

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 is damning.

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 But I own

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 all of it

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 in detail.

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 Verse 6 verses.

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 We've already heard

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 the background

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 to the story.

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 it's the awful fall

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 and fall

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 and fall

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 of King David.

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 And verses 1 and 2 then

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 is an expression

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 of helplessness

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 before God's justice.

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 Have mercy on me, O God.

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 Have mercy on me, O God.

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 According to your steadfast love,

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 according to your

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 abundant mercy,

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 blot out my transgressions.

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 Wash me thoroughly

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 from my iniquity

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 and cleanse me

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 from my sin.

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 David actually knows

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 that in God's law

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 there is no specific

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 sacrifice to atone

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 for adultery

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 and murder.

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 There's sacrifices

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 for heaps and heaps

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 of other situations,

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 but there's no specific

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 sacrifice

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 offered to atone

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 for adultery

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 and murder.

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 His only hope

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 is to throw himself

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 on God's mercy.

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 But it's important

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 as we move into this psalm,

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 this is a really important

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 thing to hang on to,

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 I think.

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 Even as he knows

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 his guilt

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 and owns it,

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 even as he throws himself

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 in God's mercy,

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 David,

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 in his first two verses,

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 still knows

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 he belongs

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 to God.

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 God's mercy.

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 Why?

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 Because of God's

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 covenant love.

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 So his guilt is real,

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 but his position of guilt

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 is not despair.

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 Verses 3 through 6,

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 we get a sense

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 of just how powerful

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 this is in David's life.

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 He's lived with it

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 for almost a year

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 before he's confronted

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 by Nathan,

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 the prophet.

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 He's lived with,

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 verse 3,

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 day and night.

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 He's not been able

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 to hide from himself,

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 even though he's been able

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 to cover his tracks

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 publicly.

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 And now,

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 he takes ownership.

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 He takes ownership

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 in detail.

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 Now,

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 if you look at the,

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 you don't look at it now,

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 but on the front cover,

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 I've put in

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 a little bit of stuff there.

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 Very sorry

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 for the small size

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 of the print,

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 but get a magnifying glass

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 and read it at home.

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 But it picks up

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 a very important thing.

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 Our English Bible

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 used three words

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 to describe

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 his crime.

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 Transgression,

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 iniquity,

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 and sins.

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 Now,

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 for most of us,

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 they're just some sort

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 of vague religious words.

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 But in the original Hebrew,

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 they're very nuanced

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 and very confronting words.

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 Transgressions

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 is much more

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 than doing something wrong.

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 It describes rebellion

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 against God's authority,

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 defiance of God's authority.

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 Iniquity,

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 then,

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 is the opposite

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 of what flows.

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 It's the self-assertion,

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 the autonomy

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 of making himself

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 his own authority,

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 making himself

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 his own wisdom

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 instead of God.

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 And sins

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 is the most frequently

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 used word

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 and describes

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 the abject failure,

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 which has to be

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 the inevitable consequence

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 of setting

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 our own course

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 in life.

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 And it's in those,

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 that sense,

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 David owns

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 his sin.

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 And that

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 moves David

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 from a focus

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 on himself

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 to focus

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 on God.

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 And that's how

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 we see the movement

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 from 2 Samuel 11,

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 the proud,

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 self-absorbed,

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 ruthless,

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 scheming,

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 pleasure-seeker.

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 to the broken man

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 who's absolutely

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 gutted

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 now that he understands

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 how he has treated

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 God in all of this.

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 He understands

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 he has failed

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 many,

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 many people

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 in lots of

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 different ways,

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 but ultimately

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 he comes to see

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 that it's

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 God he has failed.

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 And so

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 his confession

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 is both

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 detailed

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 and nuanced

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 but ultimately

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 it's not

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 a therapeutic

00:14:49.639 --> 00:14:50.399
 exercise

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 to get things

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 off his chest.

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 the next verse.

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 It's recognition

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 that his exposure

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 by Nathan the prophet

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 and God's

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 verdict of

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 guilty,

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 guilty,

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 guilty

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 is entirely

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 appropriate.

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 So his confession

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 is actually

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 bringing him

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 to see

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 the enormity

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 of his crimes

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 before God

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 in a very

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 detailed

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 break it down

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 into its

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 component parts

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 type understanding.

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 No vague

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 God,

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 I'm sorry

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 for my sin.

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 Now,

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 send me blessings.

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 Isn't that how

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 we often pray?

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 Verse 5 and 6,

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 David makes

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 no attempt

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 to explain

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 away his actions.

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 There's no

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 plea bargaining

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 going on here.

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 David understands

00:15:50.539 --> 00:15:51.519
 that he can't

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 say to God,

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 well actually God,

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 you realize

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 this is a

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 once-off

00:15:54.919 --> 00:15:55.559
 stupidity

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 on my part

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 and I want

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 you to see

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 it in that

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 term.

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 No.

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 David knows

00:16:00.639 --> 00:16:00.939
 it's not

00:16:00.939 --> 00:16:01.399
 a once-off

00:16:01.399 --> 00:16:01.939
 stupidity.

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 He knows

00:16:02.579 --> 00:16:03.239
 it's not

00:16:03.239 --> 00:16:03.679
 a product

00:16:03.679 --> 00:16:04.039
 of his

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 family,

00:16:05.019 --> 00:16:05.459
 social,

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 cultural

00:16:06.259 --> 00:16:07.559
 or environmental

00:16:07.559 --> 00:16:08.899
 backgrounds.

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 He knows

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 that what

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 he's done

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 is a

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 fundamental

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 part of

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 him

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 rising up.

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 And it

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 explains,

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 David knows,

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 why in spite

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 of being

00:16:22.719 --> 00:16:23.519
 described by

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 God as a

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 man after

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 God's own

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 heart,

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 he so

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 easily and

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 so radically

00:16:29.459 --> 00:16:30.019
 turned his

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 back on

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 that and

00:16:32.399 --> 00:16:32.959
 set his own

00:16:32.959 --> 00:16:33.419
 course in

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 life and

00:16:34.959 --> 00:16:35.419
 brought himself

00:16:35.419 --> 00:16:36.099
 to disaster.

00:16:36.100 --> 00:16:37.100
 God's own

00:16:37.100 --> 00:16:38.100
 heart.

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 And he

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 accepts,

00:16:43.120 --> 00:16:44.120
 verse 6,

00:16:45.240 --> 00:16:45.800
 that all

00:16:45.800 --> 00:16:46.300
 of this,

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 and he's

00:16:48.820 --> 00:16:49.320
 now got a

00:16:49.320 --> 00:16:50.279
 great long

00:16:50.279 --> 00:16:50.860
 list of

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 very specific

00:16:51.820 --> 00:16:52.460
 and detailed

00:16:52.460 --> 00:16:53.100
 sins in his

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 mind, he

00:16:53.460 --> 00:16:53.920
 accepts that

00:16:53.920 --> 00:16:54.659
 all of this

00:16:54.659 --> 00:16:56.639
 list is so

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 offensive to

00:16:57.379 --> 00:16:57.860
 God who

00:16:57.860 --> 00:16:58.639
 longs for

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 truth and

00:17:00.060 --> 00:17:00.899
 integrity from

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 the inside

00:17:01.460 --> 00:17:01.899
 out.

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 Not just an

00:17:04.400 --> 00:17:05.180
 external veneer,

00:17:05.180 --> 00:17:07.940
 God who

00:17:07.940 --> 00:17:08.960
 actually pushes

00:17:08.960 --> 00:17:10.600
 his people to

00:17:10.600 --> 00:17:12.400
 confront the

00:17:12.400 --> 00:17:13.660
 inconvenient truth

00:17:13.660 --> 00:17:14.940
 of their sin.

00:17:19.340 --> 00:17:20.299
 So owning

00:17:20.299 --> 00:17:21.480
 David's sin for

00:17:21.480 --> 00:17:21.960
 David has

00:17:21.960 --> 00:17:22.660
 taken all of

00:17:22.660 --> 00:17:22.900
 that.

00:17:26.900 --> 00:17:27.259
 Now friends,

00:17:27.320 --> 00:17:27.720
 just let me

00:17:27.720 --> 00:17:28.539
 pause there and

00:17:28.539 --> 00:17:29.299
 just sweep us

00:17:29.299 --> 00:17:30.019
 up into some

00:17:30.019 --> 00:17:30.880
 application.

00:17:30.880 --> 00:17:31.080
 application.

00:17:33.080 --> 00:17:34.080
 This broken

00:17:34.080 --> 00:17:35.380
 spirit that

00:17:35.380 --> 00:17:36.160
 David speaks

00:17:36.160 --> 00:17:37.100
 of in verse

00:17:37.100 --> 00:17:39.920
 17 is a

00:17:39.920 --> 00:17:40.420
 gift from

00:17:40.420 --> 00:17:40.760
 God.

00:17:42.880 --> 00:17:44.000
 Can I beg

00:17:44.000 --> 00:17:44.680
 you not to

00:17:44.680 --> 00:17:45.260
 fear it?

00:17:47.480 --> 00:17:48.120
 Because I

00:17:48.120 --> 00:17:48.400
 think that's

00:17:48.400 --> 00:17:48.900
 what we do.

00:17:52.720 --> 00:17:53.480
 Brokenness is

00:17:53.480 --> 00:17:54.900
 God's pathway to

00:17:54.900 --> 00:17:55.740
 renewal and

00:17:55.740 --> 00:17:56.520
 redemption and

00:17:56.520 --> 00:17:57.200
 restoration.

00:17:58.240 --> 00:17:59.000
 Restoration of a

00:17:59.000 --> 00:17:59.779
 sense of joy,

00:17:59.900 --> 00:18:00.440
 of fellowship.

00:18:02.319 --> 00:18:03.019
 Why would we

00:18:03.019 --> 00:18:03.599
 fear that?

00:18:05.859 --> 00:18:06.119
 Yes,

00:18:06.279 --> 00:18:06.940
 brokenness is

00:18:06.940 --> 00:18:07.619
 inconvenient.

00:18:07.819 --> 00:18:08.279
 Brokenness is

00:18:08.279 --> 00:18:09.039
 darn uncomfortable.

00:18:09.299 --> 00:18:10.700
 Brokenness is a

00:18:10.700 --> 00:18:11.579
 terrible thing to

00:18:11.579 --> 00:18:12.460
 experience.

00:18:12.880 --> 00:18:13.619
 The process of

00:18:13.619 --> 00:18:14.140
 being broken.

00:18:19.259 --> 00:18:20.160
 But look what it

00:18:20.160 --> 00:18:20.579
 leads to.

00:18:24.859 --> 00:18:25.599
 See, we all

00:18:25.599 --> 00:18:26.480
 long to succeed,

00:18:26.599 --> 00:18:26.920
 don't we?

00:18:26.920 --> 00:18:28.160
 That's a

00:18:28.160 --> 00:18:30.220
 basic part of

00:18:30.220 --> 00:18:30.660
 being human.

00:18:31.460 --> 00:18:31.900
 We want to

00:18:31.900 --> 00:18:32.400
 do well.

00:18:33.160 --> 00:18:33.860
 And not only do

00:18:33.860 --> 00:18:34.360
 we want to do

00:18:34.360 --> 00:18:34.820
 well, but we

00:18:34.820 --> 00:18:35.320
 then want to

00:18:35.320 --> 00:18:36.300
 find personal

00:18:36.300 --> 00:18:37.200
 recognition and

00:18:37.200 --> 00:18:38.500
 validation in

00:18:38.500 --> 00:18:39.480
 doing well, in

00:18:39.480 --> 00:18:39.820
 being a

00:18:39.820 --> 00:18:40.259
 trustworthy,

00:18:40.560 --> 00:18:41.000
 dependable

00:18:41.000 --> 00:18:41.460
 person.

00:18:45.300 --> 00:18:45.940
 Therefore, I

00:18:45.940 --> 00:18:46.420
 think deep

00:18:46.420 --> 00:18:48.620
 down, we

00:18:48.620 --> 00:18:50.560
 fear failure

00:18:50.560 --> 00:18:51.920
 most of

00:18:51.920 --> 00:18:52.180
 all.

00:18:52.180 --> 00:18:58.220
 And perhaps

00:18:58.220 --> 00:18:58.720
 for many

00:18:58.720 --> 00:18:59.440
 of us, we

00:18:59.440 --> 00:19:00.240
 fear failing

00:19:00.240 --> 00:19:00.660
 our own

00:19:00.660 --> 00:19:01.299
 standards.

00:19:01.539 --> 00:19:01.820
 And how

00:19:01.820 --> 00:19:02.440
 many times

00:19:02.440 --> 00:19:03.180
 a day do

00:19:03.180 --> 00:19:03.400
 we do

00:19:03.400 --> 00:19:03.740
 that?

00:19:04.480 --> 00:19:05.120
 We set

00:19:05.120 --> 00:19:05.860
 standards for

00:19:05.860 --> 00:19:06.759
 ourselves, we

00:19:06.759 --> 00:19:07.380
 want to validate

00:19:07.380 --> 00:19:08.000
 ourselves by

00:19:08.000 --> 00:19:08.480
 those standards,

00:19:08.640 --> 00:19:09.120
 and then we

00:19:09.120 --> 00:19:09.460
 find we

00:19:09.460 --> 00:19:09.880
 failed our

00:19:09.880 --> 00:19:10.700
 own standards.

00:19:14.200 --> 00:19:14.759
 Or we

00:19:14.759 --> 00:19:15.560
 betray those

00:19:15.560 --> 00:19:16.200
 closest to

00:19:16.200 --> 00:19:17.140
 us, those

00:19:17.140 --> 00:19:17.720
 that we most

00:19:17.720 --> 00:19:18.560
 want recognition

00:19:18.560 --> 00:19:18.940
 of being

00:19:18.940 --> 00:19:19.480
 dependable

00:19:19.480 --> 00:19:19.880
 before.

00:19:19.880 --> 00:19:25.460
 So we

00:19:25.460 --> 00:19:27.260
 fear owning

00:19:27.260 --> 00:19:29.000
 our sin in

00:19:29.000 --> 00:19:29.520
 all its

00:19:29.520 --> 00:19:30.260
 gory detail.

00:19:33.880 --> 00:19:34.800
 We really

00:19:34.800 --> 00:19:35.580
 find it hard,

00:19:35.660 --> 00:19:36.120
 I think, to

00:19:36.120 --> 00:19:36.640
 take this

00:19:36.640 --> 00:19:37.820
 first step in

00:19:37.820 --> 00:19:39.200
 repentance and

00:19:39.200 --> 00:19:39.860
 restoration,

00:19:40.120 --> 00:19:41.260
 because we do

00:19:41.260 --> 00:19:42.280
 not like what

00:19:42.280 --> 00:19:43.600
 self-examination

00:19:43.600 --> 00:19:44.400
 reveals about

00:19:44.400 --> 00:19:44.860
 ourselves.

00:19:45.960 --> 00:19:46.180
 It's a

00:19:46.180 --> 00:19:46.620
 tautology.

00:19:49.880 --> 00:19:52.760
 And even

00:19:52.760 --> 00:19:53.400
 when we do

00:19:53.400 --> 00:19:54.160
 try and step

00:19:54.160 --> 00:19:54.660
 into this

00:19:54.660 --> 00:19:55.580
 self-examination,

00:19:56.040 --> 00:19:56.720
 we then try

00:19:56.720 --> 00:19:57.600
 and minimize

00:19:57.600 --> 00:19:59.600
 confrontation

00:19:59.600 --> 00:20:00.320
 with the

00:20:00.320 --> 00:20:01.280
 quagmire, which

00:20:01.280 --> 00:20:01.600
 is our

00:20:01.600 --> 00:20:02.020
 hearts.

00:20:03.400 --> 00:20:04.000
 And we

00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:04.460
 try and do

00:20:04.460 --> 00:20:04.840
 that, I

00:20:04.840 --> 00:20:05.540
 think, through

00:20:05.540 --> 00:20:07.020
 a non-specific,

00:20:07.640 --> 00:20:08.020
 shallow,

00:20:08.560 --> 00:20:09.300
 pain-free,

00:20:09.520 --> 00:20:10.280
 I'm sorry for

00:20:10.280 --> 00:20:10.820
 my sin, as

00:20:10.820 --> 00:20:11.420
 I've already

00:20:11.420 --> 00:20:11.720
 said.

00:20:12.380 --> 00:20:12.940
 And we

00:20:12.940 --> 00:20:13.880
 quickly get

00:20:13.880 --> 00:20:14.700
 through that

00:20:14.700 --> 00:20:16.900
 as a

00:20:16.900 --> 00:20:17.620
 transition to

00:20:17.620 --> 00:20:18.700
 seeking forgiveness

00:20:18.700 --> 00:20:19.160
 and God's

00:20:19.160 --> 00:20:19.460
 blessing.

00:20:19.880 --> 00:20:25.080
 restoration of

00:20:25.080 --> 00:20:25.560
 the good

00:20:25.560 --> 00:20:26.120
 things that

00:20:26.120 --> 00:20:26.420
 we want

00:20:26.420 --> 00:20:26.840
 from God.

00:20:33.320 --> 00:20:34.120
 My friends,

00:20:34.200 --> 00:20:34.780
 we will never

00:20:34.780 --> 00:20:35.740
 turn to God

00:20:35.740 --> 00:20:36.440
 properly

00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:39.880
 and resolutely

00:20:39.880 --> 00:20:42.060
 until we

00:20:42.060 --> 00:20:42.560
 confront

00:20:42.560 --> 00:20:43.300
 truly

00:20:43.300 --> 00:20:45.280
 and

00:20:45.280 --> 00:20:46.460
 comprehensively

00:20:46.460 --> 00:20:47.700
 and in

00:20:47.700 --> 00:20:48.300
 detail

00:20:48.299 --> 00:20:50.339
 our

00:20:50.339 --> 00:20:50.919
 rebellion,

00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:52.460
 autonomy,

00:20:52.460 --> 00:20:53.839
 and

00:20:53.839 --> 00:20:54.579
 failures.

00:20:56.299 --> 00:20:57.200
 In and

00:20:57.200 --> 00:20:58.000
 through the

00:20:58.000 --> 00:20:58.599
 good things

00:20:58.599 --> 00:20:58.980
 that God

00:20:58.980 --> 00:20:59.319
 has given

00:20:59.319 --> 00:20:59.639
 us,

00:21:00.639 --> 00:21:02.480
 things which

00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:03.200
 like David

00:21:03.200 --> 00:21:06.379
 became

00:21:06.379 --> 00:21:06.960
 idols,

00:21:07.839 --> 00:21:08.519
 and things

00:21:08.519 --> 00:21:09.019
 to us that

00:21:09.019 --> 00:21:09.740
 become idols

00:21:09.740 --> 00:21:10.119
 to us,

00:21:10.500 --> 00:21:11.039
 or things

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 that, in

00:21:11.379 --> 00:21:11.700
 other words,

00:21:11.839 --> 00:21:12.619
 become more

00:21:12.619 --> 00:21:13.440
 important to us

00:21:13.440 --> 00:21:13.819
 than God

00:21:13.819 --> 00:21:14.259
 himself.

00:21:14.259 --> 00:21:16.779
 the things

00:21:16.779 --> 00:21:17.319
 we choose

00:21:17.319 --> 00:21:17.839
 to fill

00:21:17.839 --> 00:21:18.579
 our lives

00:21:18.579 --> 00:21:19.640
 with instead

00:21:19.640 --> 00:21:20.259
 of filling

00:21:20.259 --> 00:21:20.680
 our lives

00:21:20.680 --> 00:21:21.220
 with God.

00:21:23.640 --> 00:21:24.339
 Until we

00:21:24.339 --> 00:21:25.119
 confront those

00:21:25.119 --> 00:21:25.480
 things,

00:21:26.079 --> 00:21:27.339
 we will

00:21:27.339 --> 00:21:28.000
 never turn

00:21:28.000 --> 00:21:28.619
 properly to

00:21:28.619 --> 00:21:28.879
 God.

00:21:32.879 --> 00:21:33.379
 So my

00:21:33.379 --> 00:21:33.799
 friends, I'd

00:21:33.799 --> 00:21:34.180
 say to you

00:21:34.180 --> 00:21:34.599
 this morning,

00:21:34.660 --> 00:21:35.039
 as I've said

00:21:35.039 --> 00:21:35.539
 to myself

00:21:35.539 --> 00:21:36.640
 over many

00:21:36.640 --> 00:21:37.240
 years now,

00:21:37.920 --> 00:21:38.339
 and again

00:21:38.339 --> 00:21:39.000
 lots this

00:21:39.000 --> 00:21:39.299
 week,

00:21:39.299 --> 00:21:41.460
 stop trying

00:21:41.460 --> 00:21:42.059
 to hide

00:21:42.059 --> 00:21:42.359
 from

00:21:42.359 --> 00:21:42.899
 yourself.

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 Stop

00:21:47.319 --> 00:21:47.720
 trying to

00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:48.099
 hide from

00:21:48.099 --> 00:21:48.519
 God.

00:21:50.740 --> 00:21:51.919
 Be glad

00:21:51.919 --> 00:21:52.500
 that God

00:21:52.500 --> 00:21:53.599
 pursues you

00:21:53.599 --> 00:21:55.500
 and forces

00:21:55.500 --> 00:21:55.960
 you to

00:21:55.960 --> 00:21:56.500
 confrontation

00:21:56.500 --> 00:21:57.259
 with his

00:21:57.259 --> 00:21:59.839
 word and

00:21:59.839 --> 00:22:00.539
 his offense

00:22:00.539 --> 00:22:02.200
 as the

00:22:02.200 --> 00:22:03.019
 first stage

00:22:03.019 --> 00:22:03.680
 in being

00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:04.460
 free from

00:22:04.460 --> 00:22:05.000
 guilt and

00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:05.619
 moving towards

00:22:05.619 --> 00:22:06.220
 restoration,

00:22:06.960 --> 00:22:07.500
 moving towards

00:22:07.500 --> 00:22:08.339
 a renewal of

00:22:08.339 --> 00:22:08.799
 a sense of

00:22:08.799 --> 00:22:11.279
 enjoyment of

00:22:11.279 --> 00:22:11.599
 God's

00:22:11.599 --> 00:22:12.220
 forgiveness and

00:22:12.220 --> 00:22:12.519
 love.

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 So the

00:22:14.779 --> 00:22:15.220
 second point

00:22:15.220 --> 00:22:15.579
 then is,

00:22:16.439 --> 00:22:17.179
 your forgiveness

00:22:17.179 --> 00:22:17.899
 and total

00:22:17.899 --> 00:22:18.559
 renewal from

00:22:18.559 --> 00:22:19.019
 the inside

00:22:19.019 --> 00:22:19.699
 out is what

00:22:19.699 --> 00:22:20.399
 I beg for.

00:22:20.859 --> 00:22:21.259
 Picking up

00:22:21.259 --> 00:22:21.839
 verses 7

00:22:21.839 --> 00:22:22.199
 through to

00:22:22.199 --> 00:22:22.539
 12.

00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:24.980
 Owning his

00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:25.480
 sin is a

00:22:25.480 --> 00:22:25.819
 start.

00:22:27.839 --> 00:22:28.359
 But David

00:22:28.359 --> 00:22:28.779
 knows that

00:22:28.779 --> 00:22:29.720
 without God's

00:22:29.720 --> 00:22:30.079
 direct

00:22:30.079 --> 00:22:30.740
 intervention,

00:22:31.639 --> 00:22:32.259
 all the

00:22:32.259 --> 00:22:32.919
 time he

00:22:32.919 --> 00:22:33.319
 owns his

00:22:33.319 --> 00:22:33.579
 sin,

00:22:34.220 --> 00:22:34.619
 his guilt

00:22:34.619 --> 00:22:35.079
 will still

00:22:35.079 --> 00:22:35.459
 stay.

00:22:35.460 --> 00:22:41.340
 And that's

00:22:41.340 --> 00:22:42.039
 because guilt

00:22:42.039 --> 00:22:42.720
 is not just

00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:43.240
 a psychological

00:22:43.240 --> 00:22:43.860
 issue,

00:22:44.079 --> 00:22:45.620
 like many

00:22:45.620 --> 00:22:46.120
 today would

00:22:46.120 --> 00:22:46.400
 want to

00:22:46.400 --> 00:22:46.880
 reduce it

00:22:46.880 --> 00:22:47.059
 to.

00:22:47.940 --> 00:22:48.640
 So a

00:22:48.640 --> 00:22:49.100
 psychological

00:22:49.100 --> 00:22:49.840
 issue then

00:22:49.840 --> 00:22:50.319
 is fixed

00:22:50.319 --> 00:22:51.200
 by David

00:22:51.200 --> 00:22:52.500
 giving himself

00:22:52.500 --> 00:22:53.140
 permission to

00:22:53.140 --> 00:22:53.740
 be free from

00:22:53.740 --> 00:22:53.980
 guilt.

00:22:54.160 --> 00:22:54.480
 That's what

00:22:54.480 --> 00:22:55.059
 we hear today.

00:22:55.840 --> 00:22:56.799
 Or giving

00:22:56.799 --> 00:22:57.480
 himself permission

00:22:57.480 --> 00:22:57.940
 to love

00:22:57.940 --> 00:22:58.720
 himself again.

00:23:03.519 --> 00:23:04.200
 Guilt's not

00:23:04.200 --> 00:23:04.900
 just a social

00:23:04.900 --> 00:23:05.580
 issue either.

00:23:06.120 --> 00:23:06.720
 It's not a

00:23:06.720 --> 00:23:07.360
 simple matter

00:23:07.360 --> 00:23:08.319
 as we try

00:23:08.319 --> 00:23:08.840
 and say in

00:23:08.840 --> 00:23:09.319
 our society.

00:23:09.420 --> 00:23:09.799
 Well let's

00:23:09.799 --> 00:23:10.779
 just lock a

00:23:10.779 --> 00:23:11.380
 person up for

00:23:11.380 --> 00:23:12.600
 30 years and

00:23:12.600 --> 00:23:13.059
 give him the

00:23:13.059 --> 00:23:13.620
 death penalty.

00:23:15.340 --> 00:23:15.940
 That's not

00:23:15.940 --> 00:23:16.319
 going to deal

00:23:16.319 --> 00:23:16.620
 with his

00:23:16.620 --> 00:23:16.880
 guilt.

00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:20.440
 Might be a

00:23:20.440 --> 00:23:21.019
 deterrent for

00:23:21.019 --> 00:23:21.460
 society.

00:23:24.559 --> 00:23:25.160
 David's guilt

00:23:25.160 --> 00:23:25.840
 isn't even a

00:23:25.840 --> 00:23:26.799
 religious issue.

00:23:28.680 --> 00:23:29.299
 Fixed by

00:23:29.299 --> 00:23:30.319
 offering endless

00:23:30.319 --> 00:23:31.279
 sacrifices and

00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:31.559
 prayers.

00:23:31.840 --> 00:23:32.279
 David picks

00:23:32.279 --> 00:23:32.640
 that up in

00:23:32.640 --> 00:23:33.319
 verse 16 and

00:23:33.319 --> 00:23:33.720
 17.

00:23:34.200 --> 00:23:34.660
 keeping

00:23:34.660 --> 00:23:35.059
 religious

00:23:35.059 --> 00:23:35.380
 festivals.

00:23:35.700 --> 00:23:36.380
 David knows

00:23:36.380 --> 00:23:37.039
 that there's

00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:37.720
 no point of

00:23:37.720 --> 00:23:38.039
 him even

00:23:38.039 --> 00:23:38.819
 trying that

00:23:38.819 --> 00:23:39.539
 pathway because

00:23:39.539 --> 00:23:40.360
 that's not

00:23:40.360 --> 00:23:40.559
 going to

00:23:40.559 --> 00:23:41.039
 address the

00:23:41.039 --> 00:23:41.360
 guilt.

00:23:44.500 --> 00:23:45.340
 Being more

00:23:45.340 --> 00:23:46.200
 religious doesn't

00:23:46.200 --> 00:23:46.700
 do it my

00:23:46.700 --> 00:23:47.080
 friends.

00:23:49.519 --> 00:23:50.259
 So that's

00:23:50.259 --> 00:23:50.799
 our pathway

00:23:50.799 --> 00:23:51.240
 isn't it?

00:23:52.120 --> 00:23:52.640
 We offset

00:23:52.640 --> 00:23:53.600
 sin here by

00:23:53.600 --> 00:23:53.980
 trying to be

00:23:53.980 --> 00:23:54.539
 more religious

00:23:54.539 --> 00:23:54.880
 here.

00:23:55.980 --> 00:23:56.400
 It won't

00:23:56.400 --> 00:23:56.759
 work.

00:23:57.220 --> 00:23:57.580
 It doesn't

00:23:57.580 --> 00:23:57.920
 work.

00:23:58.319 --> 00:23:58.660
 It can't

00:23:58.660 --> 00:23:58.960
 work.

00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:00.819
 So David

00:24:00.819 --> 00:24:03.080
 needs God's

00:24:03.079 --> 00:24:03.679
 forgiveness and

00:24:03.679 --> 00:24:04.759
 pleads for

00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:05.059
 God's

00:24:05.059 --> 00:24:05.399
 forgiveness.

00:24:05.599 --> 00:24:06.039
 Described

00:24:06.039 --> 00:24:08.339
 verse 7 as

00:24:08.339 --> 00:24:09.559
 God's heavy

00:24:09.559 --> 00:24:10.419
 duty cleaning

00:24:10.419 --> 00:24:12.079
 operation to

00:24:12.079 --> 00:24:13.359
 remove dirt on

00:24:13.359 --> 00:24:13.879
 the inside,

00:24:14.359 --> 00:24:14.639
 make them

00:24:14.639 --> 00:24:15.159
 clean again.

00:24:15.339 --> 00:24:15.579
 Look at

00:24:15.579 --> 00:24:16.079
 verse 7.

00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:18.439
 Purge me

00:24:18.439 --> 00:24:18.839
 with hyssop.

00:24:18.919 --> 00:24:19.279
 Hyssop was

00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:20.220
 always offered

00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:21.439
 with a sin

00:24:21.439 --> 00:24:22.839
 offering because

00:24:22.839 --> 00:24:23.579
 not only you

00:24:23.579 --> 00:24:23.980
 have to deal

00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:24.519
 with the legal

00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:25.359
 guilt, you

00:24:25.359 --> 00:24:25.819
 have to be

00:24:25.819 --> 00:24:26.619
 cleansed from

00:24:26.619 --> 00:24:27.339
 defilement.

00:24:28.679 --> 00:24:29.579
 Purge me with

00:24:29.579 --> 00:24:31.000
 hyssop and I

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:31.539
 shall be clean.

00:24:31.539 --> 00:24:32.519
 wash me and I

00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:33.059
 shall be whiter

00:24:33.059 --> 00:24:33.359
 than snow.

00:24:33.659 --> 00:24:34.639
 Put me through

00:24:34.639 --> 00:24:36.399
 the special

00:24:36.399 --> 00:24:37.339
 operation that

00:24:37.339 --> 00:24:38.159
 only you can

00:24:38.159 --> 00:24:38.659
 do, Lord,

00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:39.420
 that heavy

00:24:39.420 --> 00:24:40.519
 duty cleaning

00:24:40.519 --> 00:24:43.899
 cycle that

00:24:43.899 --> 00:24:44.500
 will tumble

00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:45.079
 me around,

00:24:45.839 --> 00:24:46.639
 but in the

00:24:46.639 --> 00:24:47.299
 tumbling around

00:24:47.299 --> 00:24:47.960
 bring the dirt

00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:48.519
 out from the

00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:48.920
 inside.

00:24:55.619 --> 00:24:56.259
 In verses

00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:57.000
 8 and 9,

00:24:58.980 --> 00:24:59.920
 David's longing

00:24:59.920 --> 00:25:01.160
 for that

00:25:01.160 --> 00:25:02.140
 response we

00:25:02.140 --> 00:25:02.920
 long for.

00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:03.279
 Most of

00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:03.820
 any time I've

00:25:03.820 --> 00:25:04.360
 had to confess

00:25:04.360 --> 00:25:05.080
 anything to

00:25:05.080 --> 00:25:06.440
 Allison, I

00:25:06.440 --> 00:25:07.539
 confess nervously,

00:25:07.920 --> 00:25:08.980
 but my hope is

00:25:08.980 --> 00:25:09.600
 that I'm going to

00:25:09.600 --> 00:25:10.640
 hear a response

00:25:10.640 --> 00:25:11.519
 that says,

00:25:11.740 --> 00:25:13.180
 thank you for

00:25:13.180 --> 00:25:13.360
 that.

00:25:13.900 --> 00:25:14.660
 It's all right.

00:25:14.740 --> 00:25:15.500
 The relationship's

00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:15.920
 intact.

00:25:17.019 --> 00:25:17.840
 You're forgiven.

00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:19.460
 That's the thing I

00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:20.700
 crave for as much

00:25:20.700 --> 00:25:22.660
 as I need to

00:25:22.660 --> 00:25:23.279
 confess.

00:25:24.340 --> 00:25:25.000
 And that's what

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:25.779
 David's craving

00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:27.139
 for in verses

00:25:27.139 --> 00:25:27.859
 8 and 9.

00:25:30.160 --> 00:25:31.099
 David wants

00:25:31.099 --> 00:25:32.160
 to hear God

00:25:32.160 --> 00:25:32.899
 saying, it's

00:25:32.899 --> 00:25:33.339
 all right.

00:25:35.460 --> 00:25:35.940
 Everything's

00:25:35.940 --> 00:25:36.279
 forgiven.

00:25:37.700 --> 00:25:38.200
 You're

00:25:38.200 --> 00:25:38.740
 restored.

00:25:40.119 --> 00:25:40.879
 The relationship

00:25:40.879 --> 00:25:41.899
 can move forward

00:25:41.899 --> 00:25:43.359
 as if this had

00:25:43.359 --> 00:25:43.839
 never, ever

00:25:43.839 --> 00:25:44.200
 happened.

00:25:50.779 --> 00:25:51.440
 But not

00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:52.139
 satisfied with

00:25:52.139 --> 00:25:52.879
 even that,

00:25:53.680 --> 00:25:54.339
 David wants to

00:25:54.339 --> 00:25:54.779
 push even

00:25:54.779 --> 00:25:55.339
 further.

00:25:57.500 --> 00:25:58.319
 Verses 10,

00:25:58.399 --> 00:25:58.779
 11, and

00:25:58.779 --> 00:25:59.019
 12.

00:25:59.459 --> 00:26:00.519
 David isn't

00:26:00.519 --> 00:26:01.659
 happy just to

00:26:01.659 --> 00:26:02.359
 have a

00:26:02.359 --> 00:26:03.079
 reassurance that

00:26:03.079 --> 00:26:03.379
 everything's

00:26:03.379 --> 00:26:03.679
 all right.

00:26:04.059 --> 00:26:04.480
 He actually

00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:05.259
 wants to be

00:26:05.259 --> 00:26:06.319
 completely

00:26:06.319 --> 00:26:07.039
 renewed.

00:26:08.720 --> 00:26:09.599
 Total renewal

00:26:09.599 --> 00:26:10.159
 from the inside

00:26:10.159 --> 00:26:10.980
 out through God's

00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:11.220
 spirit.

00:26:11.599 --> 00:26:12.139
 Attitudes,

00:26:12.339 --> 00:26:13.019
 desires, and

00:26:13.019 --> 00:26:13.319
 thinking.

00:26:13.839 --> 00:26:14.619
 He's not just

00:26:14.619 --> 00:26:15.679
 after a quadruple

00:26:15.679 --> 00:26:16.779
 bypass for this

00:26:16.779 --> 00:26:17.759
 damaged heart of

00:26:17.759 --> 00:26:17.879
 his.

00:26:18.099 --> 00:26:18.679
 He wants a

00:26:18.679 --> 00:26:19.419
 complete heart

00:26:19.419 --> 00:26:20.019
 transplant.

00:26:24.339 --> 00:26:29.079
 And he

00:26:29.079 --> 00:26:29.819
 asks for it

00:26:29.819 --> 00:26:32.299
 with some

00:26:32.299 --> 00:26:32.740
 degree of

00:26:32.740 --> 00:26:33.220
 hesitation.

00:26:33.359 --> 00:26:33.899
 Verse 11 and

00:26:33.899 --> 00:26:34.579
 12, very hard

00:26:34.579 --> 00:26:35.000
 verses to

00:26:35.000 --> 00:26:35.519
 understand, but

00:26:35.519 --> 00:26:35.879
 here's my

00:26:35.879 --> 00:26:36.339
 take on them.

00:26:36.339 --> 00:26:36.839
 I don't think

00:26:36.839 --> 00:26:37.859
 they need to be

00:26:37.859 --> 00:26:38.399
 as complicated

00:26:38.399 --> 00:26:38.839
 as some

00:26:38.839 --> 00:26:39.559
 commentators make

00:26:39.559 --> 00:26:39.759
 them.

00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:40.679
 But that might

00:26:40.679 --> 00:26:41.139
 just tell you

00:26:41.139 --> 00:26:41.459
 about me,

00:26:41.539 --> 00:26:41.819
 not the

00:26:41.819 --> 00:26:42.220
 commentators.

00:26:42.220 --> 00:26:44.660
 I think he

00:26:44.660 --> 00:26:45.799
 asks for that

00:26:45.799 --> 00:26:46.559
 big heart

00:26:46.559 --> 00:26:48.559
 transplant with

00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:49.559
 some trepidation

00:26:49.559 --> 00:26:50.120
 because he

00:26:50.120 --> 00:26:51.000
 knows jolly

00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:52.720
 well that God

00:26:52.720 --> 00:26:53.519
 would have every

00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:54.380
 right to say,

00:26:54.920 --> 00:26:55.539
 no way,

00:26:55.620 --> 00:26:56.839
 Jose, go to

00:26:56.839 --> 00:26:57.079
 hell.

00:27:00.360 --> 00:27:01.600
 Your crimes

00:27:01.600 --> 00:27:02.160
 against me are

00:27:02.160 --> 00:27:04.180
 so awful that

00:27:04.180 --> 00:27:05.160
 my last words

00:27:05.160 --> 00:27:05.620
 to you are going

00:27:05.620 --> 00:27:06.420
 to be, go to

00:27:06.420 --> 00:27:07.240
 hell, because

00:27:07.240 --> 00:27:07.640
 that's what you

00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:08.019
 deserve.

00:27:12.220 --> 00:27:15.559
 But he

00:27:15.559 --> 00:27:16.380
 hangs on to

00:27:16.380 --> 00:27:16.980
 the reality

00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:17.920
 of existing

00:27:17.920 --> 00:27:18.500
 relationship.

00:27:18.620 --> 00:27:19.220
 He hangs on to

00:27:19.220 --> 00:27:19.799
 the reality of

00:27:19.799 --> 00:27:20.519
 God's covenant

00:27:20.519 --> 00:27:21.779
 promise of

00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:23.039
 eternal relationship

00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:23.440
 with David.

00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:23.860
 You have to go

00:27:23.860 --> 00:27:24.660
 back to 2

00:27:24.660 --> 00:27:25.660
 Samuel chapter 7

00:27:25.660 --> 00:27:26.339
 verses 12

00:27:26.339 --> 00:27:26.980
 through to 15

00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:27.500
 to see the

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:28.160
 details of that.

00:27:28.539 --> 00:27:28.940
 But God's

00:27:28.940 --> 00:27:29.740
 already committed

00:27:29.740 --> 00:27:31.579
 himself going

00:27:31.579 --> 00:27:32.160
 forward to

00:27:32.160 --> 00:27:32.460
 David.

00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:34.720
 So he hangs

00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:35.460
 on to that

00:27:35.460 --> 00:27:37.299
 and he longs

00:27:37.299 --> 00:27:38.100
 for this renewal

00:27:38.100 --> 00:27:39.180
 even though in

00:27:39.180 --> 00:27:39.779
 his mind he's

00:27:39.779 --> 00:27:40.140
 battling.

00:27:42.220 --> 00:27:42.640
 Back?

00:27:42.940 --> 00:27:43.519
 Yeah, oh

00:27:43.519 --> 00:27:43.660
 good.

00:27:46.660 --> 00:27:47.740
 So again,

00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:48.640
 pause for some

00:27:48.640 --> 00:27:49.140
 application.

00:27:49.779 --> 00:27:50.360
 A broken

00:27:50.360 --> 00:27:51.039
 spirit

00:27:51.039 --> 00:27:53.819
 becomes a

00:27:53.819 --> 00:27:54.620
 willing spirit

00:27:54.620 --> 00:27:56.620
 through God's

00:27:56.620 --> 00:27:56.920
 spirit.

00:27:59.380 --> 00:28:00.380
 We can count

00:28:00.380 --> 00:28:00.720
 on it.

00:28:01.720 --> 00:28:02.380
 We can count

00:28:02.380 --> 00:28:02.700
 on it.

00:28:05.920 --> 00:28:06.579
 This is

00:28:06.579 --> 00:28:07.180
 immensely

00:28:07.180 --> 00:28:08.160
 practical for us

00:28:08.160 --> 00:28:08.680
 as Christians.

00:28:09.640 --> 00:28:10.700
 When we mess

00:28:10.700 --> 00:28:12.200
 up and we

00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:12.519
 do.

00:28:15.700 --> 00:28:16.680
 Our messing

00:28:16.680 --> 00:28:17.480
 up does not

00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:18.440
 break our

00:28:18.440 --> 00:28:19.480
 relationship with

00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:21.080
 God in

00:28:21.080 --> 00:28:21.500
 Christ.

00:28:23.360 --> 00:28:24.360
 But it will

00:28:24.360 --> 00:28:25.240
 rob us of any

00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:25.940
 sense of

00:28:25.940 --> 00:28:26.880
 enjoyment of

00:28:26.880 --> 00:28:27.620
 that relationship.

00:28:30.559 --> 00:28:31.400
 It will

00:28:31.400 --> 00:28:32.180
 rob us of a

00:28:32.180 --> 00:28:32.900
 confidence in

00:28:32.900 --> 00:28:33.500
 our salvation.

00:28:35.580 --> 00:28:36.460
 But our hope

00:28:36.460 --> 00:28:36.980
 is this.

00:28:36.980 --> 00:28:39.980
 God's spirit

00:28:39.980 --> 00:28:41.019
 that we

00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:41.640
 now have

00:28:41.640 --> 00:28:42.380
 within us

00:28:42.380 --> 00:28:44.720
 in Christ

00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:46.000
 is committed

00:28:46.000 --> 00:28:46.900
 to renewing

00:28:46.900 --> 00:28:47.440
 us from the

00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:48.120
 inside out

00:28:48.120 --> 00:28:50.220
 so that we

00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:51.259
 wholeheartedly

00:28:51.259 --> 00:28:52.559
 come to the

00:28:52.559 --> 00:28:52.920
 point and

00:28:52.920 --> 00:28:53.460
 grow into the

00:28:53.460 --> 00:28:53.759
 point and

00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:55.640
 overflow into

00:28:55.640 --> 00:28:56.120
 the point of

00:28:56.120 --> 00:28:56.559
 wanting to

00:28:56.559 --> 00:28:57.460
 display the

00:28:57.460 --> 00:28:58.019
 mind of

00:28:58.019 --> 00:28:59.240
 Christ in

00:28:59.240 --> 00:28:59.880
 all things.

00:28:59.880 --> 00:29:07.420
 don't fear a

00:29:07.420 --> 00:29:08.160
 broken spirit

00:29:08.160 --> 00:29:11.040
 because of

00:29:11.040 --> 00:29:11.440
 what it will

00:29:11.440 --> 00:29:12.040
 lead to.

00:29:15.160 --> 00:29:15.980
 Third point.

00:29:17.300 --> 00:29:18.280
 My longing,

00:29:18.600 --> 00:29:18.980
 says David,

00:29:19.080 --> 00:29:19.740
 is to be the

00:29:19.740 --> 00:29:20.960
 man after God's

00:29:20.960 --> 00:29:21.520
 own heart

00:29:21.520 --> 00:29:23.540
 who actually

00:29:23.540 --> 00:29:24.180
 brings you

00:29:24.180 --> 00:29:24.560
 glory.

00:29:25.200 --> 00:29:25.720
 Picking up the

00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:26.300
 last verses

00:29:26.300 --> 00:29:27.020
 13 onwards.

00:29:27.019 --> 00:29:31.180
 with the

00:29:31.180 --> 00:29:31.940
 renewing of

00:29:31.940 --> 00:29:33.000
 God's spirit

00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:35.019
 in his life,

00:29:35.220 --> 00:29:35.940
 the renewing

00:29:35.940 --> 00:29:36.579
 work of God's

00:29:36.579 --> 00:29:36.960
 spirit in his

00:29:36.960 --> 00:29:38.000
 life, King

00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:39.639
 David anticipates

00:29:39.639 --> 00:29:41.079
 becoming a

00:29:41.079 --> 00:29:42.039
 true model

00:29:42.039 --> 00:29:44.639
 of what it

00:29:44.639 --> 00:29:45.220
 is to be a

00:29:45.220 --> 00:29:46.079
 man after God's

00:29:46.079 --> 00:29:48.039
 own heart as

00:29:48.039 --> 00:29:49.039
 he overflows in

00:29:49.039 --> 00:29:50.400
 praise and

00:29:50.400 --> 00:29:50.759
 thanks.

00:29:50.839 --> 00:29:51.079
 Look at

00:29:51.079 --> 00:29:51.799
 verse 13.

00:29:52.619 --> 00:29:53.660
 Then, so

00:29:53.660 --> 00:29:54.460
 when I have

00:29:54.460 --> 00:29:55.240
 this renewing

00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:55.720
 work of the

00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:56.180
 spirit,

00:29:57.019 --> 00:29:57.700
 in my

00:29:57.700 --> 00:29:58.779
 life, then

00:29:58.779 --> 00:30:00.940
 I will teach

00:30:00.940 --> 00:30:02.000
 transgressors your

00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:03.200
 way and sinners

00:30:03.200 --> 00:30:04.039
 will return to

00:30:04.039 --> 00:30:04.339
 you.

00:30:08.940 --> 00:30:09.420
 The

00:30:09.420 --> 00:30:10.299
 transgressor

00:30:10.299 --> 00:30:11.579
 becomes the

00:30:11.579 --> 00:30:11.960
 teacher.

00:30:15.059 --> 00:30:16.139
 David goes on

00:30:16.139 --> 00:30:16.599
 to say it

00:30:16.599 --> 00:30:17.079
 will be a

00:30:17.079 --> 00:30:17.440
 life of

00:30:17.440 --> 00:30:18.099
 sacrifice.

00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:20.920
 It will be a

00:30:20.920 --> 00:30:21.240
 life of

00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:22.319
 sacrifice, but

00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:23.079
 not the

00:30:23.079 --> 00:30:24.039
 external,

00:30:24.599 --> 00:30:25.180
 religious,

00:30:25.420 --> 00:30:26.039
 outside-in

00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:27.420
 approach of

00:30:27.420 --> 00:30:28.839
 ritual sacrifices,

00:30:29.019 --> 00:30:29.940
 religious sacrifices,

00:30:30.460 --> 00:30:31.319
 sacrifices that

00:30:31.319 --> 00:30:31.980
 are offered on

00:30:31.980 --> 00:30:32.599
 the assumption

00:30:32.599 --> 00:30:34.299
 that God is

00:30:34.299 --> 00:30:35.000
 pleased with my

00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:37.599
 sacrifice and

00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:38.220
 that we are more

00:30:38.220 --> 00:30:39.240
 acceptable to him

00:30:39.240 --> 00:30:39.960
 because of those

00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:40.519
 sacrifices.

00:30:41.859 --> 00:30:42.339
 David's not

00:30:42.339 --> 00:30:43.139
 interested in that

00:30:43.139 --> 00:30:43.740
 at all.

00:30:43.819 --> 00:30:44.559
 It won't work for

00:30:44.559 --> 00:30:45.099
 me, says David.

00:30:45.940 --> 00:30:46.680
 There is a

00:30:46.680 --> 00:30:47.119
 sacrifice.

00:30:47.899 --> 00:30:48.700
 It's a sacrifice

00:30:48.700 --> 00:30:49.619
 of praise and

00:30:49.619 --> 00:30:50.960
 thanks from a

00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:51.659
 renewed heart,

00:30:51.799 --> 00:30:52.539
 renewed desires,

00:30:52.680 --> 00:30:53.440
 renewed attitudes,

00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:56.259
 overflowing into

00:30:56.259 --> 00:30:57.019
 a new life

00:30:57.019 --> 00:30:58.120
 where genuinely

00:30:58.120 --> 00:30:59.019
 and truly he

00:30:59.019 --> 00:31:00.420
 will be a

00:31:00.420 --> 00:31:01.620
 man after God's

00:31:01.620 --> 00:31:02.100
 own heart

00:31:02.100 --> 00:31:04.279
 because he now

00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:04.779
 has God's

00:31:04.779 --> 00:31:05.400
 spirit at

00:31:05.400 --> 00:31:05.759
 heart.

00:31:11.140 --> 00:31:12.080
 David has

00:31:12.080 --> 00:31:14.160
 regained the

00:31:14.160 --> 00:31:15.059
 joy of his

00:31:15.059 --> 00:31:15.539
 salvation.

00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:15.599
 salvation.

00:31:20.819 --> 00:31:21.579
 Remembering now

00:31:21.579 --> 00:31:22.240
 that the Lord

00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:23.139
 looks for the

00:31:23.139 --> 00:31:23.899
 heart that

00:31:23.899 --> 00:31:25.099
 knows how

00:31:25.099 --> 00:31:25.720
 little it

00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:26.240
 deserves on

00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:26.819
 the one hand

00:31:26.819 --> 00:31:28.759
 and how much

00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:29.279
 it owes on

00:31:29.279 --> 00:31:29.559
 the other

00:31:29.559 --> 00:31:29.839
 hand.

00:31:31.420 --> 00:31:33.039
 And this is

00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:33.460
 the broken

00:31:33.460 --> 00:31:33.859
 David.

00:31:37.119 --> 00:31:37.779
 He is

00:31:37.779 --> 00:31:38.639
 absolutely

00:31:38.639 --> 00:31:39.359
 confident,

00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:40.700
 verse 17,

00:31:41.359 --> 00:31:42.079
 absolutely

00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:43.659
 confident that

00:31:43.660 --> 00:31:44.220
 God will

00:31:44.220 --> 00:31:44.840
 never

00:31:44.840 --> 00:31:45.880
 despise,

00:31:46.540 --> 00:31:47.100
 make it

00:31:47.100 --> 00:31:47.340
 positive,

00:31:47.460 --> 00:31:48.080
 will always

00:31:48.080 --> 00:31:50.080
 esteem the

00:31:50.080 --> 00:31:51.259
 truly broken,

00:31:51.779 --> 00:31:53.160
 humbled person

00:31:53.160 --> 00:31:54.860
 who returns

00:31:54.860 --> 00:31:55.400
 to him for

00:31:55.400 --> 00:31:57.040
 forgiveness and

00:31:57.040 --> 00:31:58.259
 a total rebuild

00:31:58.259 --> 00:31:59.140
 through his

00:31:59.140 --> 00:31:59.440
 spirit.

00:32:03.779 --> 00:32:04.620
 But still

00:32:04.620 --> 00:32:05.180
 David's not

00:32:05.180 --> 00:32:05.480
 finished,

00:32:05.600 --> 00:32:06.180
 verse 18 and

00:32:06.180 --> 00:32:06.560
 19.

00:32:08.180 --> 00:32:08.779
 Let me read

00:32:08.779 --> 00:32:09.240
 these verses

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:10.360
 and preempt it

00:32:10.360 --> 00:32:10.980
 by saying that

00:32:10.980 --> 00:32:12.220
 commentators generally

00:32:12.220 --> 00:32:12.960
 think these two

00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:13.660
 verses are added

00:32:13.660 --> 00:32:15.279
 on at some

00:32:15.279 --> 00:32:16.019
 later point in

00:32:16.019 --> 00:32:16.319
 time.

00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:16.900
 They reckon

00:32:16.900 --> 00:32:17.279
 they don't

00:32:17.279 --> 00:32:18.640
 fit easily

00:32:18.640 --> 00:32:19.220
 with the theme

00:32:19.220 --> 00:32:19.740
 of the sound.

00:32:19.840 --> 00:32:21.319
 But I beg to

00:32:21.319 --> 00:32:21.680
 disagree.

00:32:21.920 --> 00:32:22.400
 I think they

00:32:22.400 --> 00:32:23.120
 fit perfectly.

00:32:23.620 --> 00:32:23.920
 And here's

00:32:23.920 --> 00:32:24.660
 again my take

00:32:24.660 --> 00:32:24.840
 on it.

00:32:24.840 --> 00:32:25.120
 But let me

00:32:25.120 --> 00:32:25.480
 read them to

00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:25.880
 you first.

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:26.860
 David says,

00:32:26.980 --> 00:32:27.519
 Do good to

00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:28.539
 Zion in your

00:32:28.539 --> 00:32:29.160
 good pleasure.

00:32:30.140 --> 00:32:30.840
 Build up the

00:32:30.840 --> 00:32:31.319
 walls of

00:32:31.319 --> 00:32:31.740
 Jerusalem.

00:32:32.279 --> 00:32:32.799
 Then you will

00:32:32.799 --> 00:32:33.400
 delight in

00:32:33.400 --> 00:32:34.220
 right sacrifice

00:32:34.220 --> 00:32:34.720
 and burnt

00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:35.299
 offerings and

00:32:35.299 --> 00:32:35.799
 whole burnt

00:32:35.799 --> 00:32:36.180
 offerings.

00:32:36.740 --> 00:32:37.480
 Then bulls

00:32:37.480 --> 00:32:38.120
 will be offered

00:32:38.120 --> 00:32:39.160
 on your altar.

00:32:39.160 --> 00:32:42.700
 again the

00:32:42.700 --> 00:32:43.540
 thought is that

00:32:43.540 --> 00:32:44.759
 these verses

00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:45.259
 speak of

00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:46.100
 national Israel

00:32:46.100 --> 00:32:47.019
 and perhaps

00:32:47.019 --> 00:32:47.380
 were added

00:32:47.380 --> 00:32:48.220
 sometime later

00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:49.040
 in the exile

00:32:49.040 --> 00:32:49.840
 period perhaps.

00:32:52.620 --> 00:32:53.500
 But I think

00:32:53.500 --> 00:32:54.400
 they fit perfectly

00:32:54.400 --> 00:32:54.840
 here and I

00:32:54.840 --> 00:32:55.140
 think the

00:32:55.140 --> 00:32:55.480
 thought is

00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:55.820
 this.

00:32:57.700 --> 00:32:58.060
 That as

00:32:58.060 --> 00:32:59.080
 David himself

00:32:59.080 --> 00:33:00.320
 turns back to

00:33:00.320 --> 00:33:01.080
 the Lord in

00:33:01.080 --> 00:33:03.340
 repentance and

00:33:03.340 --> 00:33:04.140
 is now focused

00:33:04.140 --> 00:33:04.580
 on the Lord,

00:33:04.740 --> 00:33:05.380
 suddenly his

00:33:05.380 --> 00:33:06.860
 horizons are

00:33:06.860 --> 00:33:07.980
 extended way

00:33:07.980 --> 00:33:09.019
 beyond himself.

00:33:12.599 --> 00:33:13.599
 To the point

00:33:13.599 --> 00:33:14.519
 that his longing

00:33:14.519 --> 00:33:15.660
 then becomes

00:33:15.660 --> 00:33:16.880
 that God

00:33:16.880 --> 00:33:17.599
 would do for

00:33:17.599 --> 00:33:18.400
 the nation

00:33:18.400 --> 00:33:19.620
 and indeed

00:33:19.620 --> 00:33:20.099
 for the whole

00:33:20.099 --> 00:33:21.839
 world exactly

00:33:21.839 --> 00:33:22.700
 what he's just

00:33:22.700 --> 00:33:23.640
 done in David's

00:33:23.640 --> 00:33:23.980
 life.

00:33:25.960 --> 00:33:26.559
 Why?

00:33:27.559 --> 00:33:28.400
 Because the

00:33:28.400 --> 00:33:29.559
 nation is

00:33:29.559 --> 00:33:30.720
 equally guilty

00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:32.220
 of adultery

00:33:32.220 --> 00:33:33.039
 before God

00:33:33.039 --> 00:33:34.339
 as David was

00:33:34.339 --> 00:33:35.380
 precisely a

00:33:35.380 --> 00:33:35.980
 guilty of

00:33:35.980 --> 00:33:36.860
 physical adultery.

00:33:37.980 --> 00:33:38.860
 And that's

00:33:38.860 --> 00:33:39.819
 where I might

00:33:39.819 --> 00:33:40.360
 disagree with

00:33:40.360 --> 00:33:40.920
 one small

00:33:40.920 --> 00:33:41.640
 point of

00:33:41.640 --> 00:33:42.019
 Don's

00:33:42.019 --> 00:33:42.259
 sermon.

00:33:43.420 --> 00:33:44.339
 David was

00:33:44.339 --> 00:33:44.960
 speaking about

00:33:44.960 --> 00:33:45.200
 me.

00:33:45.360 --> 00:33:45.759
 King David

00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:46.319
 was speaking

00:33:46.319 --> 00:33:46.819
 about me.

00:33:47.720 --> 00:33:48.200
 And you.

00:33:49.940 --> 00:33:51.000
 Right through

00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:51.620
 the Old

00:33:51.620 --> 00:33:52.380
 Testament God's

00:33:52.380 --> 00:33:52.920
 repeated

00:33:52.920 --> 00:33:54.299
 criticism of

00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:54.880
 his people is

00:33:54.880 --> 00:33:55.200
 you've

00:33:55.200 --> 00:33:56.180
 prostituted

00:33:56.180 --> 00:33:56.599
 yourselves,

00:33:56.700 --> 00:33:56.880
 you've

00:33:56.880 --> 00:33:57.160
 committed

00:33:57.160 --> 00:33:57.799
 adultery,

00:33:58.599 --> 00:33:59.620
 you've gone

00:33:59.620 --> 00:34:00.360
 looking for

00:34:00.360 --> 00:34:00.940
 the pleasure

00:34:00.940 --> 00:34:01.620
 of life that

00:34:01.620 --> 00:34:02.400
 you find and

00:34:02.400 --> 00:34:02.940
 should find

00:34:02.940 --> 00:34:03.259
 in me,

00:34:03.599 --> 00:34:04.039
 you've gone

00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:04.519
 looking for

00:34:04.519 --> 00:34:04.900
 them in other

00:34:04.900 --> 00:34:05.319
 places.

00:34:05.319 --> 00:34:05.379
 things.

00:34:06.700 --> 00:34:06.899
 And I

00:34:06.899 --> 00:34:07.439
 think David's

00:34:07.439 --> 00:34:07.779
 just saying

00:34:07.779 --> 00:34:08.000
 here,

00:34:08.500 --> 00:34:08.759
 Lord,

00:34:09.299 --> 00:34:10.000
 that very

00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:10.739
 thing I've

00:34:10.739 --> 00:34:11.400
 experienced,

00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:13.219
 please do for

00:34:13.219 --> 00:34:13.539
 the whole

00:34:13.539 --> 00:34:13.940
 nation,

00:34:14.059 --> 00:34:14.360
 for the whole

00:34:14.360 --> 00:34:14.619
 world,

00:34:15.059 --> 00:34:15.799
 in line with

00:34:15.799 --> 00:34:16.819
 your long

00:34:16.819 --> 00:34:17.920
 time salvation

00:34:17.920 --> 00:34:18.440
 promise.

00:34:21.279 --> 00:34:22.119
 And when the

00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:22.619
 heart of the

00:34:22.619 --> 00:34:23.099
 nation is

00:34:23.099 --> 00:34:23.420
 renewed,

00:34:23.900 --> 00:34:25.119
 then their

00:34:25.119 --> 00:34:26.239
 sacrifices will

00:34:26.239 --> 00:34:26.920
 be delightful

00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:27.420
 to you,

00:34:27.519 --> 00:34:27.679
 Lord.

00:34:28.400 --> 00:34:29.099
 And they

00:34:29.099 --> 00:34:29.900
 will properly

00:34:29.900 --> 00:34:31.199
 reflect appreciation

00:34:31.199 --> 00:34:31.779
 for God's

00:34:31.779 --> 00:34:32.319
 mercy and

00:34:32.319 --> 00:34:32.759
 salvation.

00:34:32.760 --> 00:34:33.800
 sacrifices

00:34:33.800 --> 00:34:34.240
 were never

00:34:34.240 --> 00:34:34.720
 meant

00:34:34.720 --> 00:34:35.760
 essentially

00:34:35.760 --> 00:34:36.240
 to take

00:34:36.240 --> 00:34:36.760
 away sin

00:34:36.760 --> 00:34:37.380
 in themselves.

00:34:37.740 --> 00:34:38.000
 They were

00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:38.380
 meant to be

00:34:38.380 --> 00:34:38.980
 a picture

00:34:38.980 --> 00:34:40.020
 of God's

00:34:40.020 --> 00:34:40.540
 provision

00:34:40.540 --> 00:34:41.300
 for forgiveness.

00:34:43.000 --> 00:34:43.680
 God would

00:34:43.680 --> 00:34:44.140
 deal with

00:34:44.140 --> 00:34:44.760
 our hearts.

00:34:47.720 --> 00:34:48.640
 And not

00:34:48.640 --> 00:34:49.380
 until the

00:34:49.380 --> 00:34:49.740
 nations

00:34:49.740 --> 00:34:50.240
 renewed

00:34:50.240 --> 00:34:51.500
 through your

00:34:51.500 --> 00:34:51.980
 salvation

00:34:51.980 --> 00:34:52.480
 purposes,

00:34:52.640 --> 00:34:53.180
 says David,

00:34:53.900 --> 00:34:54.240
 will we

00:34:54.240 --> 00:34:55.020
 actually see

00:34:55.020 --> 00:34:55.740
 that reality.

00:34:56.320 --> 00:34:56.700
 And then as

00:34:56.700 --> 00:34:57.320
 a nation,

00:34:57.900 --> 00:34:58.460
 we will be

00:34:58.460 --> 00:34:59.060
 a people

00:34:59.060 --> 00:34:59.880
 after God's

00:34:59.880 --> 00:35:00.260
 own heart.

00:35:02.760 --> 00:35:04.000
 friends,

00:35:04.340 --> 00:35:04.720
 again,

00:35:04.800 --> 00:35:05.320
 application

00:35:05.320 --> 00:35:05.580
 here,

00:35:05.660 --> 00:35:06.180
 this broken

00:35:06.180 --> 00:35:10.640
 spirit will

00:35:10.640 --> 00:35:11.340
 never be

00:35:11.340 --> 00:35:12.980
 despised by

00:35:12.980 --> 00:35:13.300
 God.

00:35:14.240 --> 00:35:14.860
 We have to

00:35:14.860 --> 00:35:15.600
 beg for it.

00:35:16.680 --> 00:35:17.300
 Beg for it

00:35:17.300 --> 00:35:18.080
 for ourselves,

00:35:19.160 --> 00:35:19.660
 individually.

00:35:20.340 --> 00:35:21.020
 Beg for it

00:35:21.020 --> 00:35:21.440
 for our

00:35:21.440 --> 00:35:22.020
 church.

00:35:24.600 --> 00:35:25.240
 Have we

00:35:25.240 --> 00:35:25.720
 been guilty

00:35:25.720 --> 00:35:26.440
 of spiritual

00:35:26.440 --> 00:35:27.060
 adultery,

00:35:27.520 --> 00:35:28.380
 collectively and

00:35:28.380 --> 00:35:28.820
 individually?

00:35:29.660 --> 00:35:30.760
 I think so.

00:35:30.760 --> 00:35:32.640
 starting with

00:35:32.640 --> 00:35:32.940
 me.

00:35:35.720 --> 00:35:36.520
 Beg for it

00:35:36.520 --> 00:35:36.860
 for our

00:35:36.860 --> 00:35:37.340
 nation.

00:35:43.660 --> 00:35:44.800
 Don't fear

00:35:44.800 --> 00:35:45.900
 what God

00:35:45.900 --> 00:35:46.660
 uses for

00:35:46.660 --> 00:35:47.080
 our good.

00:35:49.040 --> 00:35:49.980
 Our proud

00:35:49.980 --> 00:35:50.680
 sinful hearts

00:35:50.680 --> 00:35:51.420
 need to be

00:35:51.420 --> 00:35:53.000
 broken so

00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:53.360
 that we will

00:35:53.360 --> 00:35:53.900
 turn to

00:35:53.900 --> 00:35:54.220
 God.

00:35:55.460 --> 00:35:55.860
 But the

00:35:55.860 --> 00:35:56.560
 same God

00:35:56.560 --> 00:35:57.220
 who breaks

00:35:57.220 --> 00:35:59.680
 us also

00:35:59.680 --> 00:36:00.480
 delights then

00:36:00.480 --> 00:36:01.240
 to rebuild

00:36:01.240 --> 00:36:02.699
 us in

00:36:02.699 --> 00:36:03.280
 his image

00:36:03.280 --> 00:36:04.619
 in Christ.

00:36:08.300 --> 00:36:08.820
 Now,

00:36:09.199 --> 00:36:09.760
 even if

00:36:09.760 --> 00:36:10.079
 you're a

00:36:10.079 --> 00:36:10.760
 believer here

00:36:10.760 --> 00:36:11.300
 this morning

00:36:11.300 --> 00:36:13.780
 and you're

00:36:13.780 --> 00:36:14.260
 suffering

00:36:14.260 --> 00:36:15.139
 enormous guilt

00:36:15.139 --> 00:36:15.740
 because you've

00:36:15.740 --> 00:36:16.539
 chosen to

00:36:16.539 --> 00:36:17.320
 walk back

00:36:17.320 --> 00:36:18.039
 into sin,

00:36:20.039 --> 00:36:21.199
 thinking what

00:36:21.199 --> 00:36:21.780
 it offered

00:36:21.780 --> 00:36:22.599
 would be

00:36:22.599 --> 00:36:23.820
 more satisfying

00:36:23.820 --> 00:36:24.480
 than God.

00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:27.360
 In a sense,

00:36:27.500 --> 00:36:27.880
 I think that

00:36:27.880 --> 00:36:28.260
 will sweep

00:36:28.260 --> 00:36:28.800
 every one of

00:36:28.800 --> 00:36:29.219
 us up here

00:36:29.219 --> 00:36:29.639
 this morning

00:36:29.639 --> 00:36:30.139
 individually,

00:36:30.299 --> 00:36:30.519
 won't it?

00:36:31.219 --> 00:36:32.099
 Some to

00:36:32.099 --> 00:36:32.519
 more of a

00:36:32.519 --> 00:36:32.899
 degree than

00:36:32.899 --> 00:36:33.239
 others.

00:36:34.079 --> 00:36:34.599
 Some with

00:36:34.599 --> 00:36:35.339
 particular

00:36:35.339 --> 00:36:36.179
 specific sins

00:36:36.179 --> 00:36:36.939
 that others

00:36:36.939 --> 00:36:38.039
 don't have to

00:36:38.039 --> 00:36:38.719
 feel guilt

00:36:38.719 --> 00:36:38.939
 over.

00:36:40.659 --> 00:36:41.000
 But in

00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:42.119
 any situation,

00:36:42.219 --> 00:36:42.619
 if you're a

00:36:42.619 --> 00:36:43.000
 believer in

00:36:43.000 --> 00:36:43.599
 that situation,

00:36:44.199 --> 00:36:45.379
 turn back

00:36:45.379 --> 00:36:46.119
 to God.

00:36:48.239 --> 00:36:48.939
 Own your

00:36:48.939 --> 00:36:49.139
 sin.

00:36:49.500 --> 00:36:50.179
 Don't fear

00:36:50.179 --> 00:36:50.679
 being broken

00:36:50.679 --> 00:36:59.500
 for our

00:36:59.500 --> 00:36:59.799
 sin.

00:36:59.799 --> 00:36:59.859
 Don't fear

00:36:59.859 --> 00:37:00.359
 being broken

00:37:00.359 --> 00:37:12.239
 by the Lord.

00:37:13.299 --> 00:37:13.539
 Rather,

00:37:13.699 --> 00:37:14.219
 see it as an

00:37:14.219 --> 00:37:15.039
 opportunity to

00:37:15.039 --> 00:37:15.339
 grow.

00:37:15.340 --> 00:37:17.720
 an opportunity

00:37:17.720 --> 00:37:18.579
 to believe

00:37:18.579 --> 00:37:19.240
 the gospel

00:37:19.240 --> 00:37:19.900
 more and

00:37:19.900 --> 00:37:20.079
 more.

00:37:20.519 --> 00:37:20.900
 That the

00:37:20.900 --> 00:37:22.360
 Lord delights

00:37:22.360 --> 00:37:23.360
 to rebuild

00:37:23.360 --> 00:37:24.079
 broken,

00:37:24.559 --> 00:37:25.280
 humbled people

00:37:25.280 --> 00:37:25.640
 from the

00:37:25.640 --> 00:37:26.260
 inside out

00:37:26.260 --> 00:37:28.120
 as his

00:37:28.120 --> 00:37:28.760
 pathway

00:37:28.760 --> 00:37:30.280
 to being

00:37:30.280 --> 00:37:30.940
 like Jesus

00:37:30.940 --> 00:37:32.100
 and glory.

00:37:32.600 --> 00:37:33.380
 The pathway

00:37:33.380 --> 00:37:34.200
 to glory

00:37:34.200 --> 00:37:34.780
 for Jesus

00:37:34.780 --> 00:37:35.960
 will be the

00:37:35.960 --> 00:37:36.760
 pathway to

00:37:36.760 --> 00:37:37.260
 glory for

00:37:37.260 --> 00:37:37.539
 you and

00:37:37.539 --> 00:37:37.700
 me.

00:37:37.699 --> 00:37:41.819
 And again,

00:37:42.199 --> 00:37:42.799
 I say to

00:37:42.799 --> 00:37:43.059
 you this

00:37:43.059 --> 00:37:43.259
 morning,

00:37:43.339 --> 00:37:43.519
 if you're

00:37:43.519 --> 00:37:43.899
 not yet

00:37:43.899 --> 00:37:44.339
 a Christian,

00:37:45.219 --> 00:37:46.079
 if you've

00:37:46.079 --> 00:37:46.779
 not yet

00:37:46.779 --> 00:37:47.539
 addressed your

00:37:47.539 --> 00:37:48.279
 guilt before

00:37:48.279 --> 00:37:48.519
 God,

00:37:48.559 --> 00:37:48.779
 if you're

00:37:48.779 --> 00:37:49.159
 still in

00:37:49.159 --> 00:37:49.539
 the business

00:37:49.539 --> 00:37:49.919
 of trying

00:37:49.919 --> 00:37:51.139
 to ignore

00:37:51.139 --> 00:37:51.639
 your guilt,

00:37:51.939 --> 00:37:52.379
 pretend it's

00:37:52.379 --> 00:37:52.960
 not there,

00:37:53.559 --> 00:37:54.079
 or deal

00:37:54.079 --> 00:37:54.399
 with it in

00:37:54.399 --> 00:37:54.779
 some other

00:37:54.779 --> 00:37:55.119
 way,

00:37:56.079 --> 00:37:57.500
 then go

00:37:57.500 --> 00:37:58.259
 to Jesus.

00:37:59.579 --> 00:38:00.139
 Because

00:38:00.139 --> 00:38:00.639
 Jesus

00:38:00.639 --> 00:38:01.399
 ultimately

00:38:01.399 --> 00:38:02.659
 is where

00:38:02.659 --> 00:38:03.579
 King David

00:38:03.579 --> 00:38:04.179
 is pointing

00:38:04.179 --> 00:38:04.519
 you to

00:38:04.519 --> 00:38:04.960
 experience

00:38:04.960 --> 00:38:06.500
 God's

00:38:06.500 --> 00:38:06.939
 salvation,

00:38:07.159 --> 00:38:07.519
 forgiveness,

00:38:07.699 --> 00:38:08.719
 and renewal.

00:38:10.339 --> 00:38:10.579
 See,

00:38:10.739 --> 00:38:11.239
 let me put

00:38:11.239 --> 00:38:11.539
 it together

00:38:11.539 --> 00:38:12.079
 like this.

00:38:13.239 --> 00:38:13.980
 King David

00:38:13.980 --> 00:38:14.500
 needed some

00:38:14.500 --> 00:38:15.179
 serious,

00:38:15.839 --> 00:38:16.379
 heavy-duty

00:38:16.379 --> 00:38:17.000
 intervention.

00:38:18.460 --> 00:38:19.319
 He needed

00:38:19.319 --> 00:38:19.919
 the king

00:38:19.919 --> 00:38:20.859
 of all kings

00:38:20.859 --> 00:38:21.679
 to arrest

00:38:21.679 --> 00:38:23.819
 him and

00:38:23.819 --> 00:38:24.579
 expose him.

00:38:26.099 --> 00:38:27.019
 He needed

00:38:27.019 --> 00:38:27.759
 Nathan the

00:38:27.759 --> 00:38:28.779
 prophet to

00:38:28.779 --> 00:38:29.859
 speak God's

00:38:29.859 --> 00:38:31.299
 word into

00:38:31.299 --> 00:38:32.659
 King David's

00:38:32.659 --> 00:38:33.000
 heart,

00:38:34.579 --> 00:38:35.779
 illuminating

00:38:35.779 --> 00:38:36.759
 his stupidity

00:38:36.759 --> 00:38:37.199
 and his

00:38:37.199 --> 00:38:37.579
 ignorance.

00:38:37.699 --> 00:38:39.139
 rebellion.

00:38:40.259 --> 00:38:40.879
 He desperately

00:38:40.879 --> 00:38:41.480
 needed a

00:38:41.480 --> 00:38:42.259
 sacrifice

00:38:42.259 --> 00:38:43.519
 offered on

00:38:43.519 --> 00:38:44.339
 his behalf

00:38:44.339 --> 00:38:44.739
 to deal

00:38:44.739 --> 00:38:45.079
 with his

00:38:45.079 --> 00:38:45.279
 sin,

00:38:45.579 --> 00:38:46.059
 but he

00:38:46.059 --> 00:38:46.439
 knew there

00:38:46.439 --> 00:38:46.960
 was no

00:38:46.960 --> 00:38:47.759
 sacrifice to

00:38:47.759 --> 00:38:48.419
 offer for

00:38:48.419 --> 00:38:49.000
 his particular

00:38:49.000 --> 00:38:49.419
 sin.

00:38:53.419 --> 00:38:54.219
 And all

00:38:54.219 --> 00:38:54.480
 of this

00:38:54.480 --> 00:38:55.359
 points us

00:38:55.359 --> 00:38:57.000
 to Jesus.

00:38:59.179 --> 00:39:00.119
 What King

00:39:00.119 --> 00:39:00.500
 David

00:39:00.500 --> 00:39:01.319
 experienced

00:39:01.319 --> 00:39:02.179
 externally,

00:39:02.759 --> 00:39:03.839
 we experience

00:39:03.839 --> 00:39:04.399
 internally.

00:39:04.400 --> 00:39:07.099
 in the

00:39:07.099 --> 00:39:07.500
 New Testament,

00:39:07.660 --> 00:39:07.880
 Jesus

00:39:07.880 --> 00:39:08.680
 describes

00:39:08.680 --> 00:39:09.360
 himself as

00:39:09.360 --> 00:39:09.840
 God's

00:39:09.840 --> 00:39:10.160
 King.

00:39:11.160 --> 00:39:12.019
 Come to

00:39:12.019 --> 00:39:12.740
 subdue

00:39:12.740 --> 00:39:13.460
 our

00:39:13.460 --> 00:39:14.099
 unruly

00:39:14.099 --> 00:39:14.579
 hearts.

00:39:17.579 --> 00:39:18.360
 Jesus is

00:39:18.360 --> 00:39:18.840
 God's

00:39:18.840 --> 00:39:19.740
 word who

00:39:19.740 --> 00:39:20.680
 speaks into

00:39:20.680 --> 00:39:21.360
 our lives

00:39:21.360 --> 00:39:23.019
 and illuminates

00:39:23.019 --> 00:39:23.639
 our ignorance

00:39:23.639 --> 00:39:24.500
 and points us

00:39:24.500 --> 00:39:25.059
 to truth.

00:39:25.059 --> 00:39:25.119
 truth.

00:39:26.119 --> 00:39:26.719
 The Holy

00:39:26.719 --> 00:39:27.380
 Spirit within

00:39:27.380 --> 00:39:28.759
 us convicts

00:39:28.759 --> 00:39:29.079
 us of

00:39:29.079 --> 00:39:30.079
 sin and

00:39:30.079 --> 00:39:31.440
 truth and

00:39:31.440 --> 00:39:31.960
 righteousness.

00:39:33.059 --> 00:39:33.639
 John 16.

00:39:33.639 --> 00:39:38.460
 And Jesus

00:39:38.460 --> 00:39:39.179
 is the

00:39:39.179 --> 00:39:39.739
 priest

00:39:39.739 --> 00:39:42.099
 who is

00:39:42.099 --> 00:39:43.239
 able and

00:39:43.239 --> 00:39:44.139
 has offered

00:39:44.139 --> 00:39:45.480
 the sacrifice

00:39:45.480 --> 00:39:46.460
 perfectly

00:39:46.460 --> 00:39:48.279
 suitable and

00:39:48.279 --> 00:39:49.079
 capable for

00:39:49.079 --> 00:39:49.579
 dealing with

00:39:49.579 --> 00:39:50.179
 the awfulness

00:39:50.179 --> 00:39:50.639
 of our sin

00:39:50.639 --> 00:39:51.259
 before God.

00:39:54.079 --> 00:39:55.099
 Jesus is

00:39:55.099 --> 00:39:55.719
 the complete

00:39:55.719 --> 00:39:56.339
 salvation

00:39:56.339 --> 00:39:56.859
 package

00:39:56.859 --> 00:39:58.579
 offered to

00:39:58.579 --> 00:39:59.219
 you by the

00:39:59.219 --> 00:40:00.619
 Lord with

00:40:00.619 --> 00:40:01.279
 the promise

00:40:01.279 --> 00:40:02.400
 that the

00:40:02.400 --> 00:40:02.920
 person

00:40:02.920 --> 00:40:03.599
 humbled

00:40:03.599 --> 00:40:04.139
 enough

00:40:04.139 --> 00:40:05.800
 to put

00:40:05.800 --> 00:40:06.139
 out their

00:40:06.139 --> 00:40:06.599
 hand and

00:40:06.599 --> 00:40:06.980
 take what

00:40:06.980 --> 00:40:07.240
 they do

00:40:07.240 --> 00:40:07.760
 not deserve

00:40:07.760 --> 00:40:08.539
 will never

00:40:08.539 --> 00:40:09.139
 ever be

00:40:09.139 --> 00:40:09.680
 despised

00:40:09.680 --> 00:40:10.220
 by God.

00:40:13.740 --> 00:40:14.539
 My friend,

00:40:14.720 --> 00:40:15.280
 do not

00:40:15.280 --> 00:40:16.099
 ignore your

00:40:16.099 --> 00:40:16.680
 guilt a

00:40:16.680 --> 00:40:17.300
 moment longer.

00:40:20.240 --> 00:40:21.099
 Do not

00:40:21.099 --> 00:40:21.659
 pretend you

00:40:21.659 --> 00:40:22.500
 don't have a

00:40:22.500 --> 00:40:23.400
 deep-seated

00:40:23.400 --> 00:40:24.019
 sense of

00:40:24.019 --> 00:40:24.880
 guilt before

00:40:24.880 --> 00:40:25.260
 God.

00:40:26.680 --> 00:40:27.500
 Come to

00:40:27.500 --> 00:40:28.180
 Jesus because

00:40:28.180 --> 00:40:28.800
 I can tell you

00:40:28.800 --> 00:40:28.960
 now,

00:40:29.099 --> 00:40:29.860
 he knows

00:40:29.860 --> 00:40:30.440
 your guilt

00:40:30.440 --> 00:40:31.059
 better than

00:40:31.059 --> 00:40:31.639
 even you

00:40:31.639 --> 00:40:32.099
 know it.

00:40:32.099 --> 00:40:33.079
 and will

00:40:33.079 --> 00:40:33.659
 ever know

00:40:33.659 --> 00:40:33.860
 it.

00:40:36.139 --> 00:40:36.719
 And he

00:40:36.719 --> 00:40:37.559
 has removed

00:40:37.559 --> 00:40:38.519
 it totally

00:40:38.519 --> 00:40:39.219
 from you.

00:40:41.579 --> 00:40:42.239
 Something you

00:40:42.239 --> 00:40:42.579
 will never

00:40:42.579 --> 00:40:43.059
 ever be able

00:40:43.059 --> 00:40:43.440
 to do for

00:40:43.440 --> 00:40:43.799
 yourself.

00:40:44.739 --> 00:40:45.319
 Let me

00:40:45.319 --> 00:40:45.539
 pray.

00:40:48.839 --> 00:40:49.279
 Lord,

00:40:49.339 --> 00:40:49.599
 these are

00:40:49.599 --> 00:40:50.360
 heavy words

00:40:50.360 --> 00:40:51.400
 in one

00:40:51.400 --> 00:40:52.900
 sense and

00:40:52.900 --> 00:40:53.819
 yet music

00:40:53.819 --> 00:40:54.199
 to our

00:40:54.199 --> 00:40:55.019
 ears in

00:40:55.019 --> 00:40:55.279
 another

00:40:55.279 --> 00:40:55.679
 sense.

00:40:55.679 --> 00:40:59.019
 for Lord,

00:40:59.099 --> 00:40:59.619
 you never

00:40:59.619 --> 00:41:00.759
 desire to

00:41:00.759 --> 00:41:01.539
 expose your

00:41:01.539 --> 00:41:02.019
 people in

00:41:02.019 --> 00:41:02.339
 all our

00:41:02.339 --> 00:41:02.899
 awfulness

00:41:02.899 --> 00:41:05.279
 without an

00:41:05.279 --> 00:41:06.139
 equal commitment

00:41:06.139 --> 00:41:07.500
 to rebuilding

00:41:07.500 --> 00:41:08.480
 us in all

00:41:08.480 --> 00:41:09.019
 your glory.

00:41:11.239 --> 00:41:11.879
 Help us

00:41:11.879 --> 00:41:12.719
 not to fear

00:41:12.719 --> 00:41:14.739
 one for the

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 joy of

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 experiencing the

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 other.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.