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 Please take your Bibles and open them up this morning to the book of Psalms.

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 The book of Psalms in our chapter this morning is Psalm chapter 32.

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! We're continuing our series this summer through the book of Psalms.

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 We've done that in the past, this is year four, right?

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 So ten at a time, and we're working our way through the thirties this summer.

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 So we've come to chapter 32.

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 And when you've found that, if you would please,

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 let's stand in honor of the reading of God's Word this morning.

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 Psalm chapter 32.

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 David writes,

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 Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

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 Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity,

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 and in whose spirit there is no deceit.

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 For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.

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 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me.

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 My strength was dried up as by the heat of summer.

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 I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity.

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 I said, I will confess my transgressions to the Lord.

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 And you forgave the iniquity of my sin.

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 Therefore, let everyone who is godly offer prayer to you at a time when you may be found.

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 Surely in the rush of great waters they shall not reach him.

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 You are a hiding place for me.

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 You preserve me from trouble.

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 You surround me with shouts of deliverance.

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 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go.

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 I will counsel you with my eye upon you.

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 Be not like a horse or a mule without understanding,

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 which must be curbed with bit and bridle,

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 or it will not stay near you.

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 Many are the sorrows of the wicked,

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 but steadfast love surrounds the one who trusts in the Lord.

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 Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, O righteous,

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 and shout for joy, O you upright in heart.

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 Grass withers and the flower fades,

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 but the word of the Lord endures forever.

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 Would you bow and pray with me once more?

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 Father, we pray, God, would you empower the preaching of your word

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 by the power of your spirit for the good of your people.

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 Lord, would we grasp the depth and the glory of this great blessing

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 of having our sins forgiven.

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 Would we rejoice in what you've done for us in Christ this morning.

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 We pray in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 You may be seated.

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 There is a Viking legend of a man named Orm Sterolfsen that I read recently.

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 Orm made Viking history in Norway about a thousand years ago

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 when he and the Earl and several other Vikings went to cut down a large tree

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 in order to create the giant ship mast of the Viking ship.

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 If you can imagine a Viking ship in your mind,

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 you probably recognize that long protruding ship mast coming off the front of the ship.

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 That's called the Ormren Lange, which translated means the long serpent.

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 And it is a giant tree whittled down.

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 Apparently this tree was 32 feet long.

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 It weighed 1,433 pounds.

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 And so naturally the Earl wanted to see,

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 well, how many Viking men does it take to pick up this tree?

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 And he had 60 go.

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 And together they lifted it up and they put it on their shoulders.

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 But then two by two, they filtered off the edges

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 until only Orm was left right there in the middle,

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 bearing the entire weight all by himself.

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 And you can imagine how heavy that must have felt.

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 1,433 pounds on his shoulders.

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 It says that Orm was able to hold it for a minute,

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 which is impressive enough.

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 But then he decided that he was going to try and take some steps forward

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 and walk bearing this heavy burden on his back.

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 And so the legend says that Orm took three steps forward

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 holding this giant beam on his back

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 until finally after step number three,

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 the weight became too much.

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 And Orm broke his back under the burden

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 and was never the same again.

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 Would it surprise you if I told you this morning

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 that I have carried a heavier weight than that?

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 And that I've carried it for much longer than three steps,

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 four steps, five steps,

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 that in fact I have carried that weight for years of my life

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 going through trying to put one step in front of the next

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 and live my life carrying this burden on my back?

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 Would it surprise you if I told you that

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 probably some of you in this room this morning

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 are carrying this heavy burden right now?

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 You brought it into here with you this morning.

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 And of course the weight that I'm talking about,

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 the weight that Psalm chapter 32 is talking about this morning,

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 is the crushing heavy burden of our sin.

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 King David in our passage this morning,

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 he admits that even he has carried this heavy burden

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 on his back before.

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 And he tried to live with it.

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 He tried to put one step in front of the next.

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 He tried to keep walking forward

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 until by God's grace,

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 he realized that he's not strong enough

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 to bear this burden.

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 None of us are.

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 And so by God's grace,

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 he called out to the Lord

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 and experienced the blessing

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 of having that weight removed.

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 This is the main message of Psalm chapter 32 this morning.

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 It's this,

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 the greatest blessing in the world

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 is the forgiveness of sins.

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 The greatest blessing in the world

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 is the removal off of our back

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 of the great burden,

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 the great weight of our sin.

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 It's the transfer of that guilt

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 onto someone somewhere else.

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 And the good news of the gospel

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 is that this blessing is available

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 for any sinner,

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 for each and every one of us

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 in Jesus Christ.

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 So let's take a look at Psalm 32

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 together this morning.

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 And as we do,

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 we'll consider three parts this morning.

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 We're going to consider

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 the greatest blessing in the world

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 in three parts.

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 This will be our outline

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 if you're taking notes.

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 It'll help you follow along.

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 First,

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 we see true blessing explained.

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 True blessing explained.

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 Here in verses 1 and 2,

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 we get to see David's explanation

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 of true blessing.

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 Look there with me,

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 verses 1 and 2.

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 And the first thing

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 that we should notice here

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 is the good news

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 that David believes

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 real,

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 genuine,

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 lasting blessing

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 is possible.

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 Real,

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 genuine,

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 lasting blessing

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 is actually out there

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 for us to be,

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 to be,

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 for it to be experienced,

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 for it to be known,

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 for it to be received.

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 And we need to be reminded of this

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 because it doesn't always feel that way,

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 does it?

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 And we live in a world

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 where,

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 to put it simply,

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 right,

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 bad things happen,

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 right?

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 And we live in a world

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 where the world is not

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 as it should be.

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 You go out to enjoy the sun

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 and guess what?

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 It burns you.

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 And you go to sit out

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 on your front porch at night

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 and guess what?

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 The no-see-ums come

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 and they bite you.

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 But it's often more serious

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 than that,

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 right?

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 We live in a world

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 where sometimes

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 we struggle financially,

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 sometimes we struggle mentally,

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 sometimes we struggle emotionally.

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 We live in a world

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 where sickness is a thing

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 and loved ones get sick.

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 Sometimes we live in a world

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 where we experience

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 the grief and the loss

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 of loved ones.

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 And if we're not careful

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 as we look around

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 at all the hard things,

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 all the hardship

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 in the world that we live in,

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 we can easily let ourselves think

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 that real blessing

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 is not really possible.

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 That's just a pipe dream

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 that those religious people

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 talk about, right?

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 It's not real.

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 David here says,

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 yes, it is.

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 It is real.

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 In fact, he starts this psalm

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 with the word blessed.

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 And that word,

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 it can also be translated happy.

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 It's the first time

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 since Psalm 1

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 that that word

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 has appeared in the Psalter.

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 It's been 31 other psalms

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 until we finally return

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 to this idea of blessing.

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 And you'll notice

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 as we keep going,

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 that term,

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 that idea,

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 keeps coming up again

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 and again

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 and again

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 and again.

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 And here he repeats it twice.

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 He's doubling down here.

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 Blessed, happy

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 is the one

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 whose transgression

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 is forgiven,

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 whose sin is covered.

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 Blessed is the man

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 against whom the Lord

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 counts no iniquity.

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 He says,

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 that is where true blessing

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 can be found.

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 But that blessing,

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 here's the bad news.

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 It requires that we grasp

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 the depth of our sin.

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 Before we can get

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 to the good news

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 and really understand

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 what this blessing is,

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 we have to first grasp

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 the bad news.

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 I want you to look

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 at how David describes

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 our sin

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 here in the first two verses.

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 David uses three terms here

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 to give us a full picture

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 of our sin.

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 Look there with me.

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 He says,

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 we are guilty

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 of transgression.

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 What's that?

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 That's rebellion.

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 That is high treason

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 against God,

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 the King of Kings.

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 He says,

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 we are guilty,

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 all of us,

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 we are guilty

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 of sin.

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 We've all fallen short

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 of the glory of God.

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 He says,

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 all of us,

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 we're all guilty

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 of iniquity.

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 That's corruption.

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 We're corrupted.

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 Everything in us

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 is twisted up

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 and polluted.

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 We are not

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 as we ought to be.

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 These three terms

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 are the full picture here.

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 These three terms

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 are the most common

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 three terms

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 used in the Old Testament

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 for our sin.

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 In fact,

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 all three terms

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 show up together

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 in another place

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 in the Old Testament,

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 Leviticus 16,

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 verse 21,

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 which,

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 if you want me

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 to describe that to you,

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 this is where Aaron

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 is instructed

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 to lay both of his hands

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 on the head

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 of a live goat

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 and confess over it

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 all the iniquities

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 of the people of Israel

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 and all their transgressions,

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 all their sins,

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 and he shall put them

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 on the head of the goat

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 and send it away

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 into the wilderness.

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 This is what we call

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 expiation.

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 It's a big word,

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 but all it means

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 is the full wickedness

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 of the people

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 is placed upon this goat

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 and then he is sent out

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 and all of their full sinfulness,

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 all the fullness

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 of their wickedness

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 is sent out

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 with that goat

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 out of the camp

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 and into the wilderness.

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 I think David

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 has that picture in mind

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 here as he's writing

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 this psalm.

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 David uses

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 these same three terms

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 to give us

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 a full picture

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 of our depravity.

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 He says,

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 we are all guilty of sin,

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 we are all guilty

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 of iniquity,

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 we are all guilty

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 of transgression,

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 and so our greatest need

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 is for someone

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 to remove that from us

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 and get it as far away

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 as the east is

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 from the west.

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 Do you see that

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 as your greatest need?

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 when you read

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 these terms,

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 do you see

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 a reflection

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 of your own heart

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 here?

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 If not,

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 if you read this

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 and you're thinking

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 of someone else,

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 you may be guilty

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 of what David says

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 in verse 2

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 where he says,

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 in whose spirit

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 there is no deceit,

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 you may be guilty

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 of deceiving yourself

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 into thinking

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 that you're better off

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 than you really are.

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 1 John 1.8,

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 we just read it

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 this morning,

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 tells us,

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 if we say

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 we have no sin,

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 we deceive ourselves

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 and the truth

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 is not in us.

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 This is what David's

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 talking about here

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 in verse 2.

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 Again,

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 blessed is the man

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 against whom

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 the Lord counts

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 no iniquity

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 and in whose spirit

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 there is no deceit,

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 meaning,

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 we're not trying

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 to pretend

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 to God,

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 we're not trying

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 to pretend

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 to ourselves,

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 we're not trying

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 to pretend

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 to one another

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 that we're better off

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 than we really are.

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 David says

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 that there is

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 real and lasting

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 blessing available

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 for sinners

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 of all kinds,

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 transgressors,

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 sinners,

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 those who are

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 riddled with iniquity.

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 How?

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 Stop deceiving yourself.

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 Acknowledge your sin

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 before God,

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 confess your sin

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 to the Lord,

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 and experience

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 the grace

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 and blessing

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 of forgiveness.

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 forgiveness.

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 David has experienced

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 this incredible blessing.

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 David,

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 we know David

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 is a sinner,

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 right?

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 And we don't know

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 the full back story

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 of the exact sin

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 that led him

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 to write this psalm,

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 but we do know

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 just reading the story

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 of David,

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 David was a great sinner,

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 right?

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 I mean,

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 this is David

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 who stole

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 another man's wife

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 while he was off

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 fighting David's war,

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 who took her,

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 impregnated her,

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 and then had her husband

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 killed to cover it up.

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 And David knows

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 all about great sin,

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 but here,

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 in this psalm,

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 he's telling us

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 he knows all about

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 a great God

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 who forgives

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 great sinners.

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 In fact,

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 look at this.

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 This three-fold picture

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 of our sin

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 is met here

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 with a three-fold response

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 of God's grace.

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 I love this.

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 Look at this.

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 David's transgression,

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 forgiven.

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 David's sin,

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 covered.

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 David's iniquity

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 is not counted

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 against him.

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 This is a blessing

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 that David's describing

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 for us this morning.

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 The glorious good news

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 of the gospel

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 is this,

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 that as great

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 and as deep

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 as our sin is,

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 and it is great,

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 our God

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 and His grace

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 towards sinners

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 is even greater.

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 David knows

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 what it's like

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 to have all of his sin,

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 all of his transgression,

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 all of his iniquity

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 removed from off

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 of his shoulders.

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 I'll give you

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 another important term here.

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 This is what it means

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 to be justified.

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 To be justified.

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 Another weighty

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 theological term.

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 You know what it means?

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 Counted righteous

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 in the sight of God.

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 Every religion

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 seeks to answer

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 that question.

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 How can a sinner

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 be made right

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 with God?

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 And every other religion

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 gives you a ladder

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 to climb your way

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 up to Him.

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 Only the gospel

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 of God's grace

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 says,

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 you can't bear the weight,

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 I will take it off

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 your back for you.

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 In fact,

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 the Apostle Paul

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 quotes this psalm

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 in Romans chapter 4

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 to prove that very point,

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 to prove his argument,

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 that there is

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 one way

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 for sinners

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 to be made right,

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 declared righteous,

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 justified before

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 the sight of a holy God.

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 One way.

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 And it's this.

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 Sinners can be

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 counted righteous

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 in the sight of God

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 simply by confessing

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 your sin

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 and putting your faith

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 in Jesus Christ.

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 This is King David's

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 explanation

00:15:32.039 --> 00:15:33.620
 of true blessing.

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 And church,

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 it is the greatest

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 blessing in the world.

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 Amen?

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 Do you grasp this?

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 Do you share

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 David's understanding

00:15:45.299 --> 00:15:46.919
 of true blessing?

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 I hope you do.

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 But you should know

00:15:48.779 --> 00:15:49.779
 that's only one aspect

00:15:49.779 --> 00:15:50.399
 of this.

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 And our second point,

00:15:52.719 --> 00:15:53.599
 we see that David

00:15:53.599 --> 00:15:54.679
 has personally

00:15:54.679 --> 00:15:55.919
 experienced

00:15:55.919 --> 00:15:57.079
 this great blessing.

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 Second,

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 we see true blessing

00:16:00.240 --> 00:16:01.639
 experienced.

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 And we see this

00:16:02.299 --> 00:16:03.559
 in verses 3 through 5.

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 Here in 3 through 5,

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 we see the king's

00:16:06.819 --> 00:16:08.360
 personal experience

00:16:08.360 --> 00:16:09.139
 of true blessing.

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 This is not just

00:16:09.959 --> 00:16:11.159
 theory for him.

00:16:12.179 --> 00:16:12.860
 It's not just

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 like classroom knowledge.

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 This is deeply

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 personal for David.

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 And we see this

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 personal experience

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 here in two parts.

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 There's a before

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 in verses 3 and 4

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 and then there's

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 an after

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 in verse 5.

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 You know,

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 it's interesting

00:16:27.879 --> 00:16:28.819
 when I read

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 about that

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 Viking legend,

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 I actually learned

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 that that record

00:16:32.939 --> 00:16:33.559
 was broken

00:16:33.559 --> 00:16:34.639
 in 2015.

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 About 11 years ago,

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 a guy named

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 Hafthor Bjornsson,

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 maybe you've heard

00:16:39.720 --> 00:16:40.100
 of him,

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 got up under

00:16:42.139 --> 00:16:45.179
 a 1,433 pound tree

00:16:45.179 --> 00:16:45.819
 and I watched

00:16:45.819 --> 00:16:46.299
 the video,

00:16:46.439 --> 00:16:47.059
 you can look it up,

00:16:47.120 --> 00:16:47.840
 pull it up on YouTube,

00:16:48.059 --> 00:16:48.620
 watch it later.

00:16:48.620 --> 00:16:50.840
 and Hafthor Bjornsson

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 took five baby steps

00:16:52.560 --> 00:16:53.480
 forward with this

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 incredible burden

00:16:54.379 --> 00:16:55.100
 on his back.

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 It's just incredibly

00:16:55.860 --> 00:16:56.320
 impressive.

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 But I watched the video

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 and I'm telling you,

00:16:59.740 --> 00:17:00.899
 as he did it,

00:17:00.960 --> 00:17:01.840
 that man looked

00:17:01.840 --> 00:17:02.560
 miserable.

00:17:03.940 --> 00:17:04.900
 He looked like

00:17:04.900 --> 00:17:05.980
 he was about to pop.

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 His face was red,

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 his neck was,

00:17:09.680 --> 00:17:11.059
 the veins were bulging,

00:17:11.160 --> 00:17:12.180
 he looked terrible

00:17:12.180 --> 00:17:14.420
 until the weight

00:17:14.420 --> 00:17:15.200
 came off

00:17:15.200 --> 00:17:16.200
 of his shoulders.

00:17:16.200 --> 00:17:18.559
 And then there was rejoicing

00:17:18.559 --> 00:17:19.920
 and celebrating

00:17:19.920 --> 00:17:21.180
 and cheering

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 and everyone

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 was rejoicing with him.

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 That's exactly

00:17:24.740 --> 00:17:25.299
 what's happening

00:17:25.299 --> 00:17:26.059
 here with David.

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 We see this clear

00:17:27.360 --> 00:17:28.940
 before and after

00:17:28.940 --> 00:17:31.299
 here in our psalm.

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 Verses 3 and 4

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 give us a picture

00:17:33.039 --> 00:17:33.720
 of the before.

00:17:35.000 --> 00:17:36.360
 This is David's agony

00:17:36.360 --> 00:17:38.220
 of not confessing

00:17:38.220 --> 00:17:38.740
 his sin.

00:17:38.840 --> 00:17:39.819
 This is David still

00:17:39.819 --> 00:17:40.519
 holding the weight

00:17:40.519 --> 00:17:41.160
 on his back.

00:17:42.840 --> 00:17:43.279
 David says,

00:17:43.380 --> 00:17:44.319
 when I kept silent,

00:17:44.400 --> 00:17:45.779
 my bones wasted

00:17:45.779 --> 00:17:46.399
 away.

00:17:46.559 --> 00:17:47.859
 He's falling apart.

00:17:49.639 --> 00:17:50.119
 Ironically,

00:17:50.220 --> 00:17:51.240
 because he's silent,

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 he says he's groaning

00:17:52.579 --> 00:17:53.819
 all day long.

00:17:53.879 --> 00:17:54.879
 He's miserable.

00:17:56.420 --> 00:17:57.220
 And we see a connection

00:17:57.220 --> 00:17:58.160
 here with a psalm

00:17:58.160 --> 00:17:59.059
 that was preached

00:17:59.059 --> 00:17:59.779
 last week.

00:17:59.859 --> 00:18:00.460
 Psalm 31,

00:18:00.599 --> 00:18:01.240
 verse 10.

00:18:01.379 --> 00:18:02.079
 There he said,

00:18:02.079 --> 00:18:03.519
 his life is spent

00:18:03.519 --> 00:18:04.259
 in sorrow.

00:18:04.500 --> 00:18:05.680
 His strength fails

00:18:05.680 --> 00:18:07.079
 because of his iniquity.

00:18:08.200 --> 00:18:10.079
 His bones waste away.

00:18:11.779 --> 00:18:12.879
 Bones are like

00:18:12.879 --> 00:18:13.839
 his inner self.

00:18:13.960 --> 00:18:14.920
 It's not just physical.

00:18:14.920 --> 00:18:16.960
 This is all encompassing

00:18:16.960 --> 00:18:17.480
 for David.

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 He says his strength

00:18:18.680 --> 00:18:20.420
 was dried up

00:18:20.420 --> 00:18:21.259
 as by the heat

00:18:21.259 --> 00:18:22.000
 of summer.

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 I mean,

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 go outside.

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 My phone says

00:18:26.100 --> 00:18:26.980
 there's a heat advisory

00:18:26.980 --> 00:18:27.519
 today.

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 I told you about

00:18:29.580 --> 00:18:30.400
 my trip to Ghana

00:18:30.400 --> 00:18:31.300
 last month,

00:18:31.340 --> 00:18:32.460
 how hot it was there,

00:18:32.560 --> 00:18:33.880
 107 degrees.

00:18:34.160 --> 00:18:34.340
 You know,

00:18:34.380 --> 00:18:35.220
 every single day

00:18:35.220 --> 00:18:35.720
 in Ghana,

00:18:35.940 --> 00:18:36.860
 we would leave

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 the house

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 and drive by

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 this giant lake

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 right there,

00:18:40.539 --> 00:18:41.440
 right in the neighborhood,

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 except the thing was

00:18:42.599 --> 00:18:43.339
 there was no water.

00:18:44.419 --> 00:18:45.079
 It had been

00:18:45.079 --> 00:18:46.419
 entirely dried up.

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 You look at all

00:18:47.939 --> 00:18:48.459
 the animals

00:18:48.459 --> 00:18:49.219
 that walk by,

00:18:49.480 --> 00:18:49.959
 they looked

00:18:49.959 --> 00:18:51.319
 entirely dried up.

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 And by the end

00:18:52.659 --> 00:18:53.219
 of the day,

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 the long day

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 of working

00:18:54.519 --> 00:18:55.719
 and teaching there,

00:18:56.059 --> 00:18:56.859
 my strength

00:18:56.859 --> 00:18:57.699
 was entirely

00:18:57.699 --> 00:18:58.500
 dried up

00:18:58.500 --> 00:18:59.439
 as by the heat

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 of summer.

00:19:00.699 --> 00:19:01.159
 David says

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 that's what it's like

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 to hold on

00:19:02.839 --> 00:19:03.659
 to his sin.

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 All of his strength,

00:19:06.199 --> 00:19:06.819
 emotionally,

00:19:07.359 --> 00:19:07.859
 physically,

00:19:08.740 --> 00:19:09.179
 mentally,

00:19:09.180 --> 00:19:10.720
 especially spiritually,

00:19:11.660 --> 00:19:13.080
 is all dried up.

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 He's got nothing

00:19:14.180 --> 00:19:14.799
 left.

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 Why?

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 Because ultimately,

00:19:17.180 --> 00:19:17.600
 he says,

00:19:17.700 --> 00:19:18.240
 verse 4,

00:19:19.180 --> 00:19:20.539
 God's hand

00:19:20.539 --> 00:19:21.500
 was heavy

00:19:21.500 --> 00:19:22.880
 against him.

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 You see that

00:19:23.360 --> 00:19:23.880
 in verse 4?

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 Day and night,

00:19:26.279 --> 00:19:27.500
 your hand,

00:19:27.620 --> 00:19:27.900
 God,

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 your hand

00:19:28.820 --> 00:19:30.340
 was heavy

00:19:30.340 --> 00:19:31.620
 upon me.

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 Now stop right there

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 for a minute.

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 Isn't that mean

00:19:34.660 --> 00:19:35.259
 of God?

00:19:35.259 --> 00:19:35.339
 God?

00:19:37.420 --> 00:19:38.279
 Now I thought

00:19:38.279 --> 00:19:39.000
 God was supposed

00:19:39.000 --> 00:19:39.700
 to help you

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 when you're

00:19:40.059 --> 00:19:40.859
 spiritually dry,

00:19:40.940 --> 00:19:41.220
 right?

00:19:42.559 --> 00:19:43.519
 I thought God

00:19:43.519 --> 00:19:43.879
 was there

00:19:43.879 --> 00:19:45.359
 to be a help

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 and a lifeline

00:19:46.259 --> 00:19:46.680
 and get you

00:19:46.680 --> 00:19:47.420
 out of distress.

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 I mean,

00:19:47.759 --> 00:19:48.279
 isn't God

00:19:48.279 --> 00:19:48.740
 just supposed

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 to do nice

00:19:49.539 --> 00:19:50.440
 things for us,

00:19:50.480 --> 00:19:50.720
 right,

00:19:50.799 --> 00:19:51.660
 and help us

00:19:51.660 --> 00:19:52.279
 out when we need

00:19:52.279 --> 00:19:52.420
 them?

00:19:52.779 --> 00:19:53.759
 What in the world

00:19:53.759 --> 00:19:54.740
 is going on here?

00:19:55.079 --> 00:19:55.599
 David says

00:19:55.599 --> 00:19:57.079
 God's hand

00:19:57.079 --> 00:19:57.960
 was heavy

00:19:57.960 --> 00:19:58.920
 upon him.

00:19:58.920 --> 00:19:59.640
 Why

00:19:59.640 --> 00:20:00.900
 would he do this?

00:20:05.259 --> 00:20:05.859
 We need to know

00:20:05.859 --> 00:20:06.599
 that God

00:20:06.599 --> 00:20:09.200
 in his mercy

00:20:09.200 --> 00:20:11.519
 will sometimes

00:20:11.519 --> 00:20:13.119
 allow his people

00:20:13.119 --> 00:20:14.940
 to feel

00:20:14.940 --> 00:20:16.079
 the crushing

00:20:16.079 --> 00:20:16.799
 weight

00:20:16.799 --> 00:20:17.720
 of our sin.

00:20:19.720 --> 00:20:20.839
 That is

00:20:20.839 --> 00:20:21.579
 uncomfortable

00:20:21.579 --> 00:20:23.680
 and we

00:20:23.680 --> 00:20:24.740
 don't enjoy it.

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 But this is

00:20:26.980 --> 00:20:27.400
 mercy

00:20:27.400 --> 00:20:28.599
 from the Lord.

00:20:29.900 --> 00:20:30.539
 God

00:20:30.539 --> 00:20:31.220
 lets

00:20:31.220 --> 00:20:32.000
 David

00:20:32.000 --> 00:20:33.079
 tremble

00:20:33.079 --> 00:20:34.200
 and shake

00:20:34.200 --> 00:20:35.380
 under that heavy

00:20:35.380 --> 00:20:35.720
 weight.

00:20:35.840 --> 00:20:36.440
 He lets him

00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:37.080
 sweat.

00:20:37.380 --> 00:20:37.900
 He lets him

00:20:37.900 --> 00:20:38.519
 feel like

00:20:38.519 --> 00:20:38.840
 it's about

00:20:38.840 --> 00:20:39.660
 to fall down

00:20:39.660 --> 00:20:40.460
 and crush

00:20:40.460 --> 00:20:40.860
 him.

00:20:40.980 --> 00:20:41.420
 Why?

00:20:42.059 --> 00:20:42.480
 Why?

00:20:43.620 --> 00:20:44.580
 So that

00:20:44.580 --> 00:20:45.640
 he'll realize

00:20:45.640 --> 00:20:46.819
 this is far

00:20:46.819 --> 00:20:47.519
 too heavy

00:20:47.519 --> 00:20:48.080
 for me.

00:20:48.559 --> 00:20:49.279
 I can't

00:20:49.279 --> 00:20:49.819
 hold this

00:20:49.819 --> 00:20:50.039
 weight.

00:20:50.100 --> 00:20:50.380
 I'm not

00:20:50.380 --> 00:20:51.200
 strong enough

00:20:51.200 --> 00:20:51.900
 to hold it.

00:20:52.860 --> 00:20:53.319
 So that

00:20:53.319 --> 00:20:53.980
 he'll cry

00:20:53.980 --> 00:20:54.779
 out to the

00:20:54.779 --> 00:20:55.319
 Lord for

00:20:55.319 --> 00:20:55.940
 help because

00:20:55.940 --> 00:20:56.700
 the fact is

00:20:56.700 --> 00:20:57.779
 you will not

00:20:57.779 --> 00:20:58.519
 cry out for

00:20:58.519 --> 00:20:59.259
 help until

00:20:59.259 --> 00:20:59.720
 you've come

00:20:59.720 --> 00:21:00.180
 to the end

00:21:00.180 --> 00:21:00.600
 of your own

00:21:00.600 --> 00:21:01.160
 strength.

00:21:01.160 --> 00:21:01.220
 death.

00:21:03.740 --> 00:21:04.440
 You will

00:21:04.440 --> 00:21:05.240
 not cry

00:21:05.240 --> 00:21:05.660
 out to

00:21:05.660 --> 00:21:06.140
 the Lord

00:21:06.140 --> 00:21:06.960
 until you

00:21:06.960 --> 00:21:07.759
 realize that

00:21:07.759 --> 00:21:08.620
 only he

00:21:08.620 --> 00:21:09.279
 can remove

00:21:09.279 --> 00:21:09.860
 this burden

00:21:09.860 --> 00:21:10.560
 from you.

00:21:11.500 --> 00:21:11.779
 That's

00:21:11.779 --> 00:21:12.500
 exactly what

00:21:12.500 --> 00:21:13.000
 happens here

00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:13.660
 in verse 5.

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 Look there

00:21:13.980 --> 00:21:14.300
 with me.

00:21:14.560 --> 00:21:15.040
 This is the

00:21:15.040 --> 00:21:16.160
 after here

00:21:16.160 --> 00:21:16.860
 in verse 5.

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 He was

00:21:17.540 --> 00:21:18.420
 silent but

00:21:18.420 --> 00:21:19.779
 now finally

00:21:19.779 --> 00:21:20.700
 at last he

00:21:20.700 --> 00:21:21.820
 confesses his

00:21:21.820 --> 00:21:22.840
 sin to the

00:21:22.840 --> 00:21:23.620
 Lord and he

00:21:23.620 --> 00:21:24.259
 does so with

00:21:24.259 --> 00:21:25.200
 a threefold

00:21:25.200 --> 00:21:25.800
 confession.

00:21:26.019 --> 00:21:26.360
 Look there.

00:21:27.100 --> 00:21:27.580
 He says my

00:21:27.580 --> 00:21:28.519
 sin I

00:21:28.519 --> 00:21:29.519
 acknowledge my

00:21:29.519 --> 00:21:30.220
 sin to you.

00:21:31.180 --> 00:21:31.360
 My

00:21:31.360 --> 00:21:32.400
 iniquity I

00:21:32.400 --> 00:21:33.039
 did not

00:21:33.039 --> 00:21:33.700
 cover my

00:21:33.700 --> 00:21:34.160
 iniquity.

00:21:34.259 --> 00:21:34.460
 Why?

00:21:34.620 --> 00:21:35.240
 I can't

00:21:35.240 --> 00:21:35.740
 cover my

00:21:35.740 --> 00:21:36.420
 iniquity only

00:21:36.420 --> 00:21:36.860
 you can

00:21:36.860 --> 00:21:37.400
 cover it.

00:21:38.400 --> 00:21:38.839
 He says my

00:21:38.839 --> 00:21:40.160
 transgressions I

00:21:40.160 --> 00:21:41.640
 will confess my

00:21:41.640 --> 00:21:42.960
 transgressions to

00:21:42.960 --> 00:21:43.440
 the Lord.

00:21:43.640 --> 00:21:44.480
 This is a

00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:45.799
 full and

00:21:45.799 --> 00:21:47.220
 total complete

00:21:47.220 --> 00:21:48.039
 confession.

00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:49.100
 David's not

00:21:49.100 --> 00:21:49.720
 holding anything

00:21:49.720 --> 00:21:50.140
 back.

00:21:50.380 --> 00:21:51.180
 He lets God

00:21:51.180 --> 00:21:52.500
 hold all of

00:21:52.500 --> 00:21:53.319
 the weight and

00:21:53.319 --> 00:21:54.079
 I have to ask

00:21:54.079 --> 00:21:54.940
 you friend have

00:21:54.940 --> 00:21:55.940
 you ever spoken

00:21:55.940 --> 00:21:56.720
 with God like

00:21:56.720 --> 00:21:57.079
 this?

00:21:57.079 --> 00:22:00.559
 have you

00:22:00.559 --> 00:22:03.919
 ever confessed

00:22:03.919 --> 00:22:06.559
 your sin in

00:22:06.559 --> 00:22:08.119
 full to the

00:22:08.119 --> 00:22:08.399
 Lord?

00:22:09.799 --> 00:22:10.279
 And not just

00:22:10.279 --> 00:22:11.299
 broad strokes in

00:22:11.299 --> 00:22:11.559
 general.

00:22:11.679 --> 00:22:12.399
 I'm sorry let's

00:22:12.399 --> 00:22:12.839
 move on.

00:22:13.159 --> 00:22:14.299
 I mean have you

00:22:14.299 --> 00:22:15.240
 ever gotten

00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:16.379
 alone with God

00:22:16.379 --> 00:22:17.519
 taken full

00:22:17.519 --> 00:22:18.480
 inventory of all

00:22:18.480 --> 00:22:19.039
 the ways that

00:22:19.039 --> 00:22:19.500
 you've fallen

00:22:19.500 --> 00:22:20.460
 short as far as

00:22:20.460 --> 00:22:21.059
 your mind can

00:22:21.059 --> 00:22:21.399
 reach.

00:22:21.639 --> 00:22:22.220
 Asked him to

00:22:22.220 --> 00:22:22.879
 show you God

00:22:22.879 --> 00:22:23.599
 uncover even

00:22:23.599 --> 00:22:24.339
 hidden sins in

00:22:24.339 --> 00:22:25.179
 my heart that I

00:22:25.179 --> 00:22:25.819
 might bring them

00:22:25.819 --> 00:22:26.500
 before you.

00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:27.419
 Have you ever

00:22:27.419 --> 00:22:28.519
 given full

00:22:28.519 --> 00:22:29.379
 account of your

00:22:29.379 --> 00:22:30.059
 sin to the

00:22:30.059 --> 00:22:30.480
 Lord and

00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:32.179
 confessed the

00:22:32.179 --> 00:22:32.919
 fullness of your

00:22:32.919 --> 00:22:33.659
 sin, the

00:22:33.659 --> 00:22:34.259
 fullness of your

00:22:34.259 --> 00:22:35.619
 iniquity, the

00:22:35.619 --> 00:22:36.240
 fullness of your

00:22:36.240 --> 00:22:37.240
 transgressions to

00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:37.519
 him?

00:22:39.039 --> 00:22:40.139
 If not then

00:22:40.139 --> 00:22:40.859
 friend you are

00:22:40.859 --> 00:22:41.879
 missing out on

00:22:41.879 --> 00:22:42.379
 the greatest

00:22:42.379 --> 00:22:44.039
 blessing in the

00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:44.419
 world.

00:22:46.659 --> 00:22:47.460
 Maybe one reason

00:22:47.460 --> 00:22:48.480
 that we don't

00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:49.159
 do this is

00:22:49.159 --> 00:22:49.539
 because we

00:22:49.539 --> 00:22:50.460
 think in some

00:22:50.460 --> 00:22:51.460
 way maybe God

00:22:51.460 --> 00:22:52.279
 doesn't want to

00:22:52.279 --> 00:22:52.799
 hear it.

00:22:52.960 --> 00:22:53.779
 Maybe we just

00:22:53.779 --> 00:22:55.279
 think God in

00:22:55.279 --> 00:22:55.879
 some way he's

00:22:55.879 --> 00:22:56.639
 tired of dealing

00:22:56.639 --> 00:22:57.259
 with repeat

00:22:57.259 --> 00:22:58.119
 offenders like

00:22:58.119 --> 00:22:58.399
 me.

00:22:59.680 --> 00:23:00.379
 God doesn't

00:23:00.379 --> 00:23:00.899
 want to hear

00:23:00.899 --> 00:23:01.259
 that.

00:23:01.379 --> 00:23:01.799
 We tend to

00:23:01.799 --> 00:23:02.180
 think that

00:23:02.180 --> 00:23:02.559
 way don't

00:23:02.559 --> 00:23:02.740
 we?

00:23:04.220 --> 00:23:04.899
 But I would

00:23:04.899 --> 00:23:05.539
 argue if we

00:23:05.539 --> 00:23:06.779
 think that way

00:23:06.779 --> 00:23:07.599
 about God we're

00:23:07.599 --> 00:23:08.279
 not thinking

00:23:08.279 --> 00:23:09.139
 about the God

00:23:09.139 --> 00:23:09.839
 of the Bible.

00:23:10.839 --> 00:23:11.200
 And if we

00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:11.859
 think that way

00:23:11.859 --> 00:23:12.700
 about God if we

00:23:12.700 --> 00:23:13.220
 think that God

00:23:13.220 --> 00:23:14.399
 is harsh towards

00:23:14.399 --> 00:23:15.700
 sinners that he's

00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:16.759
 unforgiving that

00:23:16.759 --> 00:23:17.480
 he's reluctant

00:23:17.480 --> 00:23:19.039
 in any way to

00:23:19.039 --> 00:23:20.000
 hear us and to

00:23:20.000 --> 00:23:20.899
 cleanse us and to

00:23:20.899 --> 00:23:21.940
 forgive us guess

00:23:21.940 --> 00:23:22.220
 what?

00:23:22.379 --> 00:23:23.680
 We have created a

00:23:23.680 --> 00:23:24.759
 God after our

00:23:24.759 --> 00:23:27.680
 own image as a

00:23:27.680 --> 00:23:28.440
 figment of our

00:23:28.440 --> 00:23:29.100
 imagination.

00:23:30.580 --> 00:23:31.820
 The God of the

00:23:31.820 --> 00:23:33.000
 Bible praise God

00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:34.740
 is not like us.

00:23:36.360 --> 00:23:37.279
 Just notice what

00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:38.019
 happens here when

00:23:38.019 --> 00:23:39.200
 David confesses his

00:23:39.200 --> 00:23:39.460
 sin.

00:23:39.539 --> 00:23:40.320
 It's so simple

00:23:40.320 --> 00:23:40.880
 here but it's my

00:23:40.880 --> 00:23:41.500
 favorite part of

00:23:41.500 --> 00:23:41.960
 the song.

00:23:42.880 --> 00:23:44.240
 He says I will

00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:45.100
 confess my

00:23:45.100 --> 00:23:46.160
 transgressions to

00:23:46.160 --> 00:23:47.400
 the Lord and

00:23:47.400 --> 00:23:48.340
 build up.

00:23:49.019 --> 00:23:50.220
 I drum roll how

00:23:50.220 --> 00:23:51.080
 is God going to

00:23:51.080 --> 00:23:51.620
 respond?

00:23:51.779 --> 00:23:52.940
 Will he be angry?

00:23:52.940 --> 00:23:54.039
 Will he chide?

00:23:54.160 --> 00:23:55.259
 Will he give a

00:23:55.259 --> 00:23:55.960
 lecture here?

00:23:56.200 --> 00:23:56.779
 What's he going to

00:23:56.779 --> 00:23:57.100
 do?

00:23:57.460 --> 00:24:00.180
 And you forgave

00:24:00.180 --> 00:24:02.240
 the iniquity of

00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:02.759
 my sin.

00:24:03.019 --> 00:24:03.480
 What?

00:24:05.480 --> 00:24:06.660
 Just like that?

00:24:08.299 --> 00:24:09.960
 Is that easy

00:24:09.960 --> 00:24:10.320
 really?

00:24:10.440 --> 00:24:11.120
 Are you serious?

00:24:11.220 --> 00:24:12.380
 No terms and

00:24:12.380 --> 00:24:12.920
 conditions?

00:24:13.400 --> 00:24:14.740
 No delay?

00:24:15.100 --> 00:24:15.680
 No lecture?

00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:16.440
 No.

00:24:16.580 --> 00:24:17.360
 Just quick

00:24:17.360 --> 00:24:18.380
 immediate

00:24:18.380 --> 00:24:19.320
 prompt

00:24:19.320 --> 00:24:20.400
 forgiveness of

00:24:20.400 --> 00:24:20.860
 sins.

00:24:20.859 --> 00:24:25.199
 makes you wonder

00:24:25.199 --> 00:24:28.079
 what took him so

00:24:28.079 --> 00:24:29.459
 long to confess?

00:24:32.059 --> 00:24:32.959
 But church what

00:24:32.959 --> 00:24:34.059
 takes us so long to

00:24:34.059 --> 00:24:34.919
 go and confess our

00:24:34.919 --> 00:24:35.719
 sins to the Lord?

00:24:37.719 --> 00:24:38.759
 Do you realize that

00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:40.599
 the same immediate

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 forgiveness paid in

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 full atonement for

00:24:43.899 --> 00:24:45.799
 your sin, covering of

00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:47.159
 all your transgressions,

00:24:47.500 --> 00:24:49.159
 removal of all of

00:24:49.160 --> 00:24:49.640
 your burden?

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 That is available to

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 the very worst of

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 sinners right now if

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 you would simply

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 confess your sin and

00:24:57.240 --> 00:24:58.240
 come to the Lord in

00:24:58.240 --> 00:24:58.620
 faith.

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 If we confess our

00:25:04.019 --> 00:25:05.060
 sins, 1 John 1

00:25:05.060 --> 00:25:06.400
 9, he is faithful

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 and just to forgive us

00:25:07.779 --> 00:25:09.440
 our sins and to

00:25:09.440 --> 00:25:10.620
 cleanse us from all

00:25:10.620 --> 00:25:11.540
 unrighteousness.

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 It really is that

00:25:13.120 --> 00:25:13.560
 simple.

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 David the king knows

00:25:18.119 --> 00:25:19.500
 that this is the

00:25:19.500 --> 00:25:20.379
 greatest blessing in

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 the world.

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 He has personally

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 experienced it and

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 so third what we see

00:25:24.619 --> 00:25:25.519
 in our third and final

00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:26.839
 point this morning is

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 that he desires nothing

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 more than for all his

00:25:30.419 --> 00:25:32.059
 people to know and

00:25:32.059 --> 00:25:33.299
 experience this blessing

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 as well.

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 Which is what we see

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 here in verses 6

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 through 8.

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 Third we see true

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 blessing extended.

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 Look there to verse 6.

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 The king's attention

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 turns from himself now.

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 He is thinking about

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 his people.

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 He calls them.

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 He says,

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 Therefore in light of

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 all of this great

00:25:53.039 --> 00:25:53.639
 blessing that is

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 available to you,

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 therefore let everyone

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 who is godly offer

00:25:58.319 --> 00:25:59.779
 prayer to you, the

00:25:59.779 --> 00:26:01.159
 Lord, at a time when

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 you may be found.

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 Surely in the rush of

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 great waters they

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 shall not reach him.

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 You are a hiding

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 place for me.

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 You preserve me from

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 trouble.

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 You see the king's

00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:13.160
 desire, the king's

00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:14.519
 burden here is for

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 all his people to

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 know this blessing.

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 And he knows that

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 this need is so great

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 and it is so urgent

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 that the people must

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 call out to the Lord

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 right now without

00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:28.839
 delay.

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 Why?

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 Because now is the

00:26:31.460 --> 00:26:32.160
 time when this

00:26:32.160 --> 00:26:33.480
 blessing can be had.

00:26:34.620 --> 00:26:36.319
 He says now is the

00:26:36.319 --> 00:26:37.099
 time when the Lord

00:26:37.099 --> 00:26:37.980
 may be found.

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 The rush of great

00:26:41.120 --> 00:26:42.240
 waters of God's

00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:43.200
 judgment will come

00:26:43.200 --> 00:26:44.839
 quickly and suddenly

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 just like in the time

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 of Noah's flood and

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 in that day this window

00:26:49.339 --> 00:26:51.000
 of opportunity to find

00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:51.860
 this blessing of

00:26:51.860 --> 00:26:52.920
 forgiveness, that

00:26:52.920 --> 00:26:54.099
 window will be closed

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 shut.

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 There will be no

00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:56.680
 opportunity to repent.

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 The time of God's

00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:01.660
 offer of forgiveness

00:27:01.660 --> 00:27:03.500
 forgiveness is now.

00:27:05.300 --> 00:27:06.240
 A couple of weeks

00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:08.640
 ago we had Chad come

00:27:08.640 --> 00:27:10.660
 and preach for us in

00:27:10.660 --> 00:27:11.480
 God's providence.

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 That was not what we

00:27:12.340 --> 00:27:13.820
 had planned but that

00:27:13.820 --> 00:27:14.620
 was what he had

00:27:14.620 --> 00:27:14.980
 planned.

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 And he referenced a

00:27:16.759 --> 00:27:17.840
 sermon from Charles

00:27:17.840 --> 00:27:18.980
 Spurgeon called

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 Now.

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 And some of you,

00:27:21.220 --> 00:27:22.340
 several of you told

00:27:22.340 --> 00:27:22.980
 me that that was

00:27:22.980 --> 00:27:24.800
 meaningful for you

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 and some of you even

00:27:25.779 --> 00:27:26.680
 looked it up and sent

00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:28.140
 me a further

00:27:28.140 --> 00:27:29.900
 explanation of that

00:27:29.900 --> 00:27:30.180
 sermon.

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 I'm going to quote it

00:27:30.779 --> 00:27:31.180
 for you.

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 Spurgeon says,

00:27:33.640 --> 00:27:34.980
 the great mischief of

00:27:34.980 --> 00:27:35.980
 the most of men is

00:27:35.980 --> 00:27:37.220
 that they procrastinate.

00:27:39.580 --> 00:27:40.519
 It is not that they

00:27:40.519 --> 00:27:41.779
 resolved to be damned

00:27:41.779 --> 00:27:42.880
 but that they resolved

00:27:42.880 --> 00:27:44.019
 to be saved tomorrow.

00:27:45.660 --> 00:27:46.440
 It's not that they

00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:47.620
 reject Christ forever

00:27:47.620 --> 00:27:48.500
 but they reject

00:27:48.500 --> 00:27:49.580
 Christ today.

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 Here comes the beauty

00:27:51.880 --> 00:27:52.740
 of my text.

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 As a sinner under the

00:27:54.960 --> 00:27:56.900
 gospel I pray thee to

00:27:56.900 --> 00:27:59.200
 recollect that now is

00:27:59.200 --> 00:28:00.259
 the accepted time.

00:28:01.640 --> 00:28:02.279
 The most of my

00:28:02.279 --> 00:28:03.500
 unconverted hearers do

00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:04.480
 not believe this.

00:28:05.180 --> 00:28:05.980
 I know what you're

00:28:05.980 --> 00:28:06.340
 saying.

00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:08.000
 You say, I've had a

00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:08.779
 great many thoughts

00:28:08.779 --> 00:28:10.460
 about religion but why

00:28:10.460 --> 00:28:11.400
 does thou not believe

00:28:11.400 --> 00:28:12.259
 in Christ now?

00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:15.460
 Well, you say, I'll

00:28:15.460 --> 00:28:16.120
 endeavor to think

00:28:16.120 --> 00:28:17.759
 seriously of it but

00:28:17.759 --> 00:28:18.500
 what will be the

00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:19.059
 result of your

00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:19.539
 thinking?

00:28:20.340 --> 00:28:21.220
 After you've thought

00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:22.319
 ever so much, do you

00:28:22.319 --> 00:28:23.279
 imagine you're going to

00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:24.299
 think your way into

00:28:24.299 --> 00:28:24.819
 salvation?

00:28:24.819 --> 00:28:26.679
 If the command were

00:28:26.679 --> 00:28:28.079
 think and be saved, I

00:28:28.079 --> 00:28:29.059
 would cheerfully allow

00:28:29.059 --> 00:28:30.139
 you a month's thinking.

00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:31.740
 But the command is

00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:33.019
 believe in the Lord

00:28:33.019 --> 00:28:34.939
 Jesus Christ and now

00:28:34.939 --> 00:28:36.579
 is the accepted time.

00:28:39.079 --> 00:28:40.700
 David says, sinner,

00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:42.159
 come now.

00:28:43.599 --> 00:28:45.019
 Seek him now.

00:28:45.779 --> 00:28:47.240
 The doors of the ark

00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:49.319
 are open now but soon

00:28:49.319 --> 00:28:50.519
 they will be shut.

00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:53.200
 God, his call to

00:28:53.200 --> 00:28:54.200
 confess your sin to

00:28:54.200 --> 00:28:55.299
 him is urgent.

00:28:55.619 --> 00:28:56.879
 And look what David

00:28:56.879 --> 00:28:57.879
 says happens when you

00:28:57.879 --> 00:28:58.079
 do.

00:28:59.799 --> 00:29:00.940
 He says, you surround

00:29:00.940 --> 00:29:02.759
 me with shouts of

00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:03.579
 deliverance.

00:29:05.680 --> 00:29:06.900
 I love when we get to

00:29:06.900 --> 00:29:07.799
 celebrate a baptism.

00:29:08.099 --> 00:29:08.619
 We're going to get to

00:29:08.619 --> 00:29:09.779
 do that in a few weeks,

00:29:09.900 --> 00:29:10.759
 Lord willing.

00:29:11.119 --> 00:29:12.220
 And we get to hear

00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:13.839
 someone's testimony how

00:29:13.839 --> 00:29:15.240
 by the grace of God

00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:16.960
 they saw the depth of

00:29:16.960 --> 00:29:18.660
 their sin and they saw

00:29:18.660 --> 00:29:19.660
 their need for a

00:29:19.660 --> 00:29:19.960
 Savior.

00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:21.019
 They recognize they

00:29:21.019 --> 00:29:22.019
 couldn't lift that

00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:22.980
 weight anymore and so

00:29:22.980 --> 00:29:24.299
 they call out to Christ

00:29:24.299 --> 00:29:26.160
 for grace of salvation

00:29:26.160 --> 00:29:27.259
 and then they go down

00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:28.900
 into the waters and

00:29:28.900 --> 00:29:29.900
 they come up.

00:29:30.180 --> 00:29:30.819
 They're buried with

00:29:30.819 --> 00:29:31.660
 him in baptism.

00:29:31.860 --> 00:29:32.940
 They're raised to walk

00:29:32.940 --> 00:29:34.360
 in newness of life and

00:29:34.360 --> 00:29:35.559
 then as they come up,

00:29:35.640 --> 00:29:36.420
 what happens?

00:29:37.400 --> 00:29:38.440
 What happens out here

00:29:38.440 --> 00:29:39.059
 on the lawn,

00:29:39.220 --> 00:29:39.640
 see we bang?

00:29:40.840 --> 00:29:43.200
 There is cheering and

00:29:43.200 --> 00:29:44.160
 celebrating.

00:29:44.360 --> 00:29:45.779
 There are big wet

00:29:45.779 --> 00:29:48.380
 hugs and there's a

00:29:48.380 --> 00:29:49.279
 feast afterwards.

00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:51.019
 We surround them with

00:29:51.019 --> 00:29:52.480
 shouts of deliverance.

00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:54.440
 That's how it's meant

00:29:54.440 --> 00:29:54.859
 to be.

00:29:54.980 --> 00:29:57.160
 David longs to see all

00:29:57.160 --> 00:29:58.639
 his people know this

00:29:58.639 --> 00:29:59.220
 blessing.

00:29:59.379 --> 00:30:00.139
 And so he says,

00:30:00.220 --> 00:30:00.680
 verse 8,

00:30:01.339 --> 00:30:03.220
 I will instruct you

00:30:03.220 --> 00:30:06.079
 and teach you in the way

00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:06.660
 you should go.

00:30:07.660 --> 00:30:09.259
 I will counsel you with

00:30:09.259 --> 00:30:10.500
 my eye upon you.

00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:12.740
 Don't be like a horse

00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:15.440
 horse or a mule without

00:30:15.440 --> 00:30:17.900
 understanding, which must

00:30:17.900 --> 00:30:19.120
 be curbed with bit and

00:30:19.120 --> 00:30:20.559
 bridle or it will not

00:30:20.559 --> 00:30:22.240
 stay near you.

00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:23.799
 This is the burden of the

00:30:23.799 --> 00:30:25.839
 king for his people.

00:30:25.940 --> 00:30:26.759
 But do you realize,

00:30:26.940 --> 00:30:28.000
 church, this is also the

00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:29.220
 burden of your pastors for

00:30:29.220 --> 00:30:29.420
 you?

00:30:29.420 --> 00:30:37.080
 Sometimes, as a pastor, I

00:30:37.080 --> 00:30:38.480
 can say that I know how

00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:39.200
 David feels.

00:30:41.279 --> 00:30:45.300
 Week after week, we hold

00:30:45.300 --> 00:30:46.720
 out to you the greatest

00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:48.100
 blessing in the world.

00:30:50.160 --> 00:30:51.840
 And sometimes we see our

00:30:51.840 --> 00:30:53.060
 people walking down some

00:30:53.060 --> 00:30:54.480
 path that we know is not

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:55.820
 good, we know it's not

00:30:55.820 --> 00:30:57.080
 satisfying for them.

00:30:57.439 --> 00:30:58.899
 Sometimes we know, we see

00:30:58.899 --> 00:31:00.899
 non-believers here and

00:31:00.899 --> 00:31:02.879
 reject this offer of the

00:31:02.879 --> 00:31:04.819
 gospel every single week.

00:31:04.939 --> 00:31:06.460
 And we just want to get

00:31:06.460 --> 00:31:07.779
 you to come and take it.

00:31:07.859 --> 00:31:09.899
 Would you just rest in this

00:31:09.899 --> 00:31:11.319
 blessing of God's grace for

00:31:11.319 --> 00:31:12.019
 you in Christ?

00:31:12.779 --> 00:31:14.119
 Would you just receive this

00:31:14.119 --> 00:31:14.460
 greatest?

00:31:14.619 --> 00:31:16.019
 Nothing else will satisfy

00:31:16.019 --> 00:31:16.599
 like this.

00:31:16.639 --> 00:31:18.000
 Would you please just come?

00:31:18.119 --> 00:31:19.859
 We want to just curb you

00:31:19.859 --> 00:31:21.179
 with bit and bridle and make

00:31:21.179 --> 00:31:22.379
 you come, but we can't.

00:31:24.859 --> 00:31:26.139
 Only by the power of the

00:31:26.140 --> 00:31:28.960
 Spirit can He break you and

00:31:28.960 --> 00:31:31.160
 show you your weakness and

00:31:31.160 --> 00:31:32.580
 drive you to His strength.

00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:33.740
 But that's our burden for

00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:34.040
 you.

00:31:35.980 --> 00:31:37.220
 And that's the burden of

00:31:37.220 --> 00:31:38.340
 godly parents for their

00:31:38.340 --> 00:31:38.800
 children.

00:31:40.680 --> 00:31:41.920
 I know you pray for them,

00:31:42.080 --> 00:31:44.240
 you pray for safety, for

00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:46.540
 their lives, for their jobs,

00:31:46.580 --> 00:31:47.420
 just for them to be blessed

00:31:47.420 --> 00:31:48.080
 in every way.

00:31:48.160 --> 00:31:49.860
 But above all else, the

00:31:49.860 --> 00:31:51.480
 burden of godly parents for

00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:52.820
 your children is that they

00:31:52.820 --> 00:31:54.600
 would know this blessing of

00:31:54.599 --> 00:31:55.819
 forgiveness of sins.

00:31:58.279 --> 00:31:59.740
 This is the greatest way we

00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:00.839
 can bless our community,

00:32:01.299 --> 00:32:01.639
 church.

00:32:03.139 --> 00:32:04.819
 We can bless this community

00:32:04.819 --> 00:32:06.059
 of all and all and Mount

00:32:06.059 --> 00:32:07.240
 Pleasant and Hugee and

00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:07.959
 McClellanville.

00:32:08.099 --> 00:32:09.240
 We're in a lot of places.

00:32:09.899 --> 00:32:11.279
 We can bless those communities

00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:12.980
 in a lot of different ways,

00:32:13.099 --> 00:32:15.139
 but the number one way we can

00:32:15.139 --> 00:32:16.259
 bless these communities, you

00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:16.859
 know what it is?

00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:19.359
 It's to make certain that they

00:32:19.359 --> 00:32:21.500
 have heard this invitation to

00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:22.939
 come and have their sins

00:32:22.940 --> 00:32:24.100
 forgiven in Christ.

00:32:26.900 --> 00:32:28.779
 This is the blessing and the

00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:31.019
 burden of the king for his

00:32:31.019 --> 00:32:31.380
 people.

00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:32.799
 But ultimately, church, I hope

00:32:32.799 --> 00:32:34.559
 you see, this is the burden

00:32:34.559 --> 00:32:36.920
 of Christ Jesus himself for

00:32:36.920 --> 00:32:37.539
 his people.

00:32:39.680 --> 00:32:41.900
 David's desire for his people

00:32:41.900 --> 00:32:43.140
 to know this blessing

00:32:43.140 --> 00:32:47.080
 anticipates Jesus' desire, the

00:32:47.080 --> 00:32:48.740
 desire of the true king for

00:32:48.740 --> 00:32:50.759
 all of his people to know this

00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:51.180
 blessing.

00:32:51.779 --> 00:32:53.920
 Jesus understands true

00:32:53.920 --> 00:32:55.400
 blessing the same way David

00:32:55.400 --> 00:32:55.799
 does.

00:32:56.859 --> 00:32:58.480
 Jesus understands his

00:32:58.480 --> 00:33:00.000
 explanation of true blessing

00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:01.500
 is the forgiveness of sins,

00:33:01.920 --> 00:33:03.700
 that we may be made right with

00:33:03.700 --> 00:33:04.539
 the holy God.

00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:07.680
 And Jesus never experienced

00:33:07.680 --> 00:33:09.539
 that blessing by his own

00:33:09.539 --> 00:33:10.059
 right.

00:33:10.140 --> 00:33:11.440
 He never sinned, so he never

00:33:11.440 --> 00:33:13.200
 needed the forgiveness of his

00:33:13.200 --> 00:33:15.180
 sins, but yet he was made sin

00:33:15.180 --> 00:33:15.859
 for us.

00:33:15.859 --> 00:33:19.479
 Jesus came so that you,

00:33:19.740 --> 00:33:21.159
 sinner, may know the blessing

00:33:21.159 --> 00:33:22.339
 of forgiveness and be

00:33:22.339 --> 00:33:24.059
 reconciled to God through his

00:33:24.059 --> 00:33:24.459
 blood.

00:33:24.779 --> 00:33:26.959
 Jesus' mission was that sinners

00:33:26.959 --> 00:33:29.259
 like us would know true and

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 lasting blessing.

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 He came to extend this blessing

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 to us.

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 Purchased by his own blood,

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 he is the one upon whom the

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 Lord God himself has placed all

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 of the sin, all of the

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 iniquity, all of the

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 transgression of his people,

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 so that by faith in him, all

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 of our burden is removed as far

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 as the east is from the west.

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 Have you experienced this

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 blessing by faith in Christ?

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 If not, then friend, would you

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 consider the two paths ahead of

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 you?

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 The psalm ends here with a

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 reflection and an application

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 for us.

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 Here in verse 10, David reflects

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 on the two very different paths

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 ahead of him and his people, but

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 in fact, ahead of all of us this

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 morning.

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 He says, many are the sorrows of

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 the wicked, but steadfast love

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 surrounds the one who trusts in

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 the Lord.

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 Do you see those two paths?

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 David has known the sorrow of

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 holding on to his sin.

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 I have known it.

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 I have known the crushing weight

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 of holding on to my sin, but

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 now by God's grace, David and I

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 have something in common,

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 church.

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 God has lifted the weight, and

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 in Christ I am surrounded by the

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 steadfast love of the Lord for

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 me.

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 Do you know this blessing?

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 If not, then friend, what would

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 keep you from calling out to the

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 Lord in faith right now?

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 Maybe for the first time, but even

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 so, even as we've been walking with

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 the Lord for a long time, Christian,

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 I know there's still the temptation

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 to put that weight back on your

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 shoulders, right?

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 To carry this weight of your sin.

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 Maybe there's some sin lingering in

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 your life even now that you need to

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 just take a moment this afternoon or

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 even right now to confess to the

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 Lord.

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 He urges you to come and receive this

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 blessing of forgiveness.

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 And when you do, David makes it clear

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 how we ought to respond.

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 Look at this, verse 11.

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 This threefold picture of our sin that

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 was met with a threefold covering of

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 God's grace now results in a threefold

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 response of joy.

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 Look at there.

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 He says, be glad in the Lord and

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 rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy,

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 all you upright in heart.

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 Be glad and rejoice and shout.

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 That's the response of someone whose

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 burden has been lifted.

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 You all are probably familiar with

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 John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress.

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 It's an allegory of the Christian's

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 experience in this life journeying to

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 the celestial city.

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 And if you know the story, you know

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 that the whole time Christian is

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 weighed down by this heavy burden on

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 his back.

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 And at times it's so heavy on him that

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 he can hardly even move.

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 I love the scene that he paints.

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 I'm going to read it for you.

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 When Christian finally comes to the

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 foot of the cross, he says,

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 now I saw in my dream that the highway

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 up which Christian was to go was

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 fenced on either side with the wall.

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 And that wall was called salvation up

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 this way.

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 Therefore, it had burdened Christian run,

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 but not without great difficulty because

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 of the load on his back.

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 He ran thus till he came at a place

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 somewhat ascending and upon that place

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 stood across.

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 And a little below in the bottom, a grave.

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 So I saw in my dream that just as Christian

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 came up with the cross, his burden loosed

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 from off his shoulders and fell off from

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 his back and began to tumble and so

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 continued to do till it came to the mouth

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 of the grave where it fell in and I saw it

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 no more.

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 Then was Christian glad and lightsome and said

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 with a merry heart, he has given me rest by

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 his sorrow and life by his death.

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 Then he stood still a while and to look and

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 wonder for it was very surprising to him that

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 the sight of the cross should thus ease him of

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 his burden.

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 He looked therefore and looked again, even till the

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 springs that were in his head sent the waters down

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 his cheeks.

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 Now, as he stood looking and weeping, behold, three

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 shining ones came to him and saluted to him with

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 peace be to thee.

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 So the first said to him, thy sins be forgiven thee.

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 And the second stripped him of his rags and clothed him

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 with a change of raiment.

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 And the third also set a mark on his forehead and gave

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 him a roll with a seal upon it, which he bid him look on

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 as he ran and that he should give it in at the celestial

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 gate.

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 And so they went their way.

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 Then Christian gave three leaps for joy and went on

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 singing.

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 Thus far did I come laden with sin, nor could I ease the

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 grief I was in.

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 Till I came hither, what a place is this?

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 Must hear be the beginning of my bliss.

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 Must hear the burden fall off my back.

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 Must hear the strings that bound it to me crack.

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 Blessed cross, blessed grave, blessed rather be the man that

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 was put to shame for me.

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 Friend, if you are burdened by sin, crushed under a weight that

00:39:14.599 --> 00:39:21.079
 you cannot lift, the good news of the gospel is that Jesus is

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 strong enough to bear your burden.

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 In fact, he has.

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 Christ has borne the full weight of our sin.

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 Christ has suffered and died under the rush of the great waters of

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 God's judgment.

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 Judgment that he did not deserve.

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 Judgment that we deserve.

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 He has lifted our burden from off of our backs, placed it upon his, and

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 risen from the grave in victory, never to die again.

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 So that now he stands to offer forgiveness and true blessing to any who

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 would come.

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 Father, the only right response to this is to rejoice, God, in the great blessing of the

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 forgiveness of our sins.

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 And to bring them freely and quickly to you, knowing, God, that you stand ready and

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 willing to forgive us of our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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 Father, even as we stand to sing, God, my sin or the bliss of this glorious thought, my sin,

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 not in part, but the whole, is nailed to the cross and I bear it no more.

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 Praise the Lord.

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 Praise the Lord, O my soul.

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 Pray this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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