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 The pivotal statement in this narrative includes that last sentence in chapter 11,

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 along with the first sentence in chapter 12.

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 The thing that David did was evil in the sight of the Lord.

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 And the Lord sent Nathan to David.

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 These verses reveal that God is not content to leave us in our sin.

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 Though it is painful to endure, it is out of God's grace that he confronts us.

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 He sends messengers to confront us in order that he might lead us to repentance

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 and supply us with his mercy.

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 That's the theme of these verses.

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 Did you notice that?

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 The Lord sent Nathan.

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 Thus says the Lord to David.

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 The Lord brings him to repentance.

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 And the Lord says, I have forgiven you.

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 This is the work of the Lord.

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 Without this divine confrontation in David's life and without the divine confrontation in our lives,

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 we would be spiritually hopeless.

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 Here we see not only God's hatred of sin, but we see his love of forgiveness.

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 And it is the confrontational dynamic, the sending of this messenger to David,

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 that shows us the reality of God's love.

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 This part of the story reveals exactly how God orchestrates his confrontational work.

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 Let's look first at God's messenger.

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 Right at the beginning at verse number one,

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 This very first line of the chapter asserts that God is not a mere passive onlooker

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 when it comes to his creation.

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 Nothing in the Bible teaches that God has set creation in motion

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 and then stepped away to let it develop as it pleases.

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 The scriptures actually attest to the fact that God is actively working in every part of creation

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 in order to bring about his purposes.

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 He didn't leave David to himself in hopes that David would ultimately figure it out

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 and come to the realization of what he had done.

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 That would have never happened.

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 We saw what happened in chapter 11.

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 When David was left to himself, he just continued on.

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 He continued in sin over and over and over.

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 It would take the divine confrontation of God to make a difference for him.

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 So God took the initiative and he sent a messenger to confront David in his sin.

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 And we learn an important truth here about God's character.

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 Not only does he see, as in verse 27 of chapter 11,

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 that it displeased the Lord he saw what David did,

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 but he also acts in his good time to bring about his demonstration and purposes of sovereign grace.

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 Dale Davis said this,

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 we need to dally on those opening words,

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 for they speak of the vigilance of grace.

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 They show us that grace pursues and exposes the sinner in his sin.

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 They teach us that God will not allow his servant to remain comfortable in sin,

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 but will ruthlessly expose his sin, lest he settle down in it.

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 You may succeed in unfaithfulness, he says, but God will come after you.

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 What immense and genuine comfort every servant of Christ should find in these first six words of the chapter.

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 Not that God's pursuing grace is enjoyable, Davis says,

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 but what if grace did not pursue?

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 What if God abandoned us when we succeed at sin?

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 Consider that for a moment.

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 What if God had decided not to pursue David in this moment?

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 What would have been the result?

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 Surely he would have only continued in.

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 His heart was very hard at this point.

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 The entire purpose of this narrative here is to show that God in his grace pursues us.

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 He pursues the sinner.

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 He pursues the Christian who is lost again in sin.

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 He pursues us.

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 He is not content for us to remain in sin.

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 The confrontation described was not Nathan's idea.

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 It's not as if the prophet had become aware of David's sin

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 and took it upon himself to confront the king.

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 No.

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 This is the work of the Almighty.

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 Nathan was merely the instrument of grace that God chose to use in this moment.

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 God in his word has established many messengers, actually.

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 Whether it be through the preaching of the gospel,

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 whether it be through the confrontation of sin and other believers

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 as we seek to disciple one another and help one another grow in our relationship with Christ,

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 each of us have been called as a messenger of God to confront the sin of this world and the sin of our lives.

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 Let me just consider for just a moment some of the ways that God has demonstrated this in his word.

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 Think about the dynamic of the family.

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 Parents, in particular, are commanded in the Bible to be the first and most prominent form of confrontation

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 when it comes to the sin of their children.

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 The scriptures teach us that it's actually our love for our children that lead us to act in this way,

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 in a disciplinary way.

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 And in doing that, we actually demonstrate the love of God for his people.

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 Think about Proverbs chapter 13, verse 24.

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 Whoever spares the rod hates his son,

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 but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.

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 Ephesians 6, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger,

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 but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

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 Deuteronomy chapter 6, God says,

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 Not only are you to read and understand the commands that I give you,

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 but you are to put them on your heart.

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 You shall teach them diligently to your children

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 and shall talk of them when you sit in your house

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 and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you arise.

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 There has been a call placed on the life of every parent

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 to discipline the kids, to confront sin in our children's lives.

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 There is a responsibility and a call for us in other elements within our families

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 to confront sin.

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 It's not just for parents.

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 The parents have been called to do this.

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 It's not that Nathan is the only one.

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 It's not just designated for the prophets of the Bible.

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 No, believers have a responsibility to this.

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 Confront sin.

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 Think about the church.

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 First, the church has the corporate body.

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 The Bible says it's the pillar and the ground of truth.

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 The church is to naturally confront sin as a part of its call

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 to proclaim the gospel.

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 You cannot proclaim the gospel of Jesus without confronting sin.

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 You can't do it.

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 But so many churches have softened their proclamation of the gospel

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 in order to appeal to the masses.

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 But the scripture says that you cannot understand the gospel

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 without first being confronted by the depravity of your own heart,

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 the worthlessness of your own sin,

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 the sinful condition that you lie on.

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 Without that understanding, there's no reason for you to want Christ.

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 Why would you?

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 Why would you even need him?

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 We have to confront sin.

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 That's a part of our corporate responsibility as the church.

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 But even within the communion of the church,

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 the responsibility of church discipline has been severely neglected.

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 Why?

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 Because it's hard.

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 It's difficult.

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 And it's not just a modern problem.

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 The early church in the New Testament struggled with it too.

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 Think about 1 Corinthians 5.

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 This is the responsibility of the congregation.

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 Paul says,

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 When you are assembled in the name of the Lord Jesus,

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 deliver this man who was in sin, unrepentant sin,

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 deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh.

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 And here was the purpose.

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 So that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.

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 There was not a condemning spirit.

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 It was a restorative spirit in what they did.

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 That was the responsibility of the congregation to do that.

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 We have that responsibility as the body of Christ.

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 1 Timothy 5.20,

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 we see the responsibility of leaders in the church.

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 As for those who persist in sin,

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 Paul tells Timothy,

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 Rebuke them in the presence of everyone

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 so that the rest may stand in fear.

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 We have to confront sin not only as the structure of the family

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 and the structure of the church.

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 What about the church as individuals, individual believers?

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 We have this responsibility as the collective body,

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 but also we have to help one another.

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 One of the ways that we help one another

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 and admonish one another and love one another

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 is by lovingly confronting sin in one another's lives.

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 Galatians 6.

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 Brothers.

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 Individuals.

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 If anyone is caught in a transgression,

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 you who are spiritual should restore him.

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 1 Thessalonians 5.

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 We urge you, brothers,

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 that is individuals,

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 admonish the idle,

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 encourage the faint-hearted,

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 help the weak,

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 be patient with them all,

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 see that no one repays evil for evil,

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 but always seek to do good to one another

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 and to everyone.

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 We are just as called to this as Nathan.

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 Nathan had a specific purpose in the life of David,

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 but you also as a believer

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 have a specific purpose in the life of another,

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 the purpose of the confrontation of sin.

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 It's only after we've established

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 that this was the work of God,

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 God sent this messenger,

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 this was his work

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 that we can rightly understand Nathan

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 and what Nathan did

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 and how he did it

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 and learn from him practically.

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 First, we see Nathan was obedient to his call.

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 He was obedient to his call.

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 Look back at verse number one.

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 The Lord sent Nathan unto David

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 and he came unto him.

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 Very simple.

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 He obeyed the call.

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 So should we obey the call.

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 Now we don't know much about Nathan.

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 The scripture doesn't say a lot about him,

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 but it does say enough for us to understand

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 that he was a faithful prophet of God

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 and that he was a friend

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 to the family of David and his throne.

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 But his closeness with King David

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 wouldn't have diminished the anxiety

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 that likely accompanied this call.

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 We might even argue

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 that it is easier

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 to confront a mere acquaintance

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 than it is someone that you know well.

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 But God wasn't calling Nathan

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 to go and confront his friend.

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 He was calling Nathan

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 to confront the most powerful man

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 in the nation

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 and the surrounding region.

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 Now imagine what could have been going on

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 in Nathan's mind.

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 He knew what had happened.

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 God had revealed it.

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 If not, the word had been getting out

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 at this point.

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 Surely others knew what David had done.

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 What was going through his mind?

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 If David was so intent on covering his sin

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 that he murdered Uriah,

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 what's going to keep him from murdering me

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 if I go and try to confront him

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 in that sin?

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 He had every reason in the world

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 to ignore this call.

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 But he didn't do that.

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 He was obedient to it.

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 He was faithful

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 to what the Lord wanted him to do.

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 And there are moments

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 when God directs a person

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 to act in a specific situation.

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 Certainly elders in the church

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 are called to assume

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 this responsibility as leaders.

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 But every believer

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 is called as a messenger

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 whether it be preaching the gospel

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 or exhorting the saved.

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 For the New Testament believer,

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 it's not a matter of calling.

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 It's a matter of obedience.

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 And so we first see

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 that Nathan was just simply obedient

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 to what the Lord

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 had asked him to do.

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 Second, he was gentle

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 in his manner.

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 He was gentle.

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 How is it that he approached him?

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 He didn't come in guns a-blazing,

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 so to speak.

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 He told him a story.

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 Let's look at the story.

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 There was a rich man

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 that had exceeding many flocks

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 and herds,

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 but the poor man

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 had nothing

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 except for one little ewe lamb.

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 He had bought it

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 and nourished it up,

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 and it grew up together with him

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 and with his children.

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 It ate of his own table.

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 It drank of his own cup,

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 and it lay in his bosom,

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 and it was unto him

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 like a daughter.

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 And there came a traveler

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 unto the rich man,

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 and he didn't want to spare

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 anything from his own flock

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 to feed the traveler.

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 And so he took

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 the poor man's lamb

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 and dressed it for the man

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 that was to come to him.

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 Now, the shocking nature

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 of David's sin

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 in chapter 11,

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 if you study it closely

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 before you get to this story,

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 it's infuriating.

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 How could David do this?

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 How could anybody do this?

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 Much less somebody

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 that's a believer,

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 somebody that is supposed

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 to be a man

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 after God's own heart,

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 and we desire

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 at this point

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 that God sends thunder

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 and lightning

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 on David's life, right?

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 But that's not how

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 Nathan approached him.

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 It's the opposite of that.

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 He was gentle

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 in his manner.

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 He told him a story first.

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 He didn't approach him rashly

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 or with a spirit

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 of condemnation.

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 And I think the reason

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 for this

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 is because Nathan's heart

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 was to help David,

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 not condemn him.

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 If all we have

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 in our mind

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 in confronting our children

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 or confronting another brother

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 or sister in Christ

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 in their sin,

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 if all we have

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 in our mind

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 is our hatred

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 for that sin

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 and how we just want

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 to condemn

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 that sin in their life,

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 but we ignore

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 the love

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 and the humility

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 and the gentleness

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 that God calls us to

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 in that moment,

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 we end up taking on

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 a posture of condemnation

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 and not actually

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 trying to help the person.

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 Nathan's approach

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 to David

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 wasn't to come in

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 guns a-blazing

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 and try to rain down

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 fire from heaven

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 on David.

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 He came in gently.

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 He came in

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 telling him a story.

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 He had a desire

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 to actually help David.

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 And then he was thoughtful

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 in how he did it.

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 The story that he told

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 was not only accurate

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 to David's sin,

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 it was contextual

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 to David's life

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 as a shepherd.

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 Nathan gave thought

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 to this.

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 He was careful.

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 He was gentle.

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 Why?

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 Because he wanted

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 to actually help David.

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 And in our confrontations,

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 we should be the same.

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 We should be thoughtful,

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 careful,

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 gentle

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 in order that we may actually

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 help our brothers

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 who are in sin.

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 The New Testament

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 actually commands this.

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 We mentioned Galatians 6.1

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 a minute ago.

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 The second half

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 of that verse

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 is you who are spiritual

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 restore him in the spirit

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 of gentleness.

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 It plainly says it.

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 We do this in a gentle spirit.

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 Paul wrote to the Ephesians

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 in chapter 4

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 what our relationship

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 to one another should be.

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 He says that it should be

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 with all humility

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 and gentleness,

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 with patience,

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 bearing with one another

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 in love,

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 eager to maintain

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 the unity of the spirit

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 in the bond of peace,

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 speaking the truth

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 in love.

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 What is our response

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 to one another?

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 Humility,

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 grace,

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 love,

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 help,

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 gentleness

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 is how we approach

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 each other.

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 So Nathan was obedient,

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 he was gentle

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 in his manner,

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 but then he was also

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 direct in his confrontation.

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 Look at verse number 5.

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 Nathan tells this story

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 and we see David's response.

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 David's anger

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 was greatly kindled

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 against the man.

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 We understand this

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 to be a parable

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 looking back.

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 David understood it

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 as if this was

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 a real situation

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 that he needed to judge

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 as the king

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 and so that's exactly

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 what he's doing here.

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 And he said to Nathan,

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 as the Lord lives,

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 the man that hath done

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 this thing shall surely die

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 and he shall restore

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 the lamb fourfold

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 because he did this thing

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 and because he had no pity.

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 The injustice in the story

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 is infuriating

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 and that's exactly

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 the emotion

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 that David expressed.

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 And we can understand that.

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 Nathan had him

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 right where he wanted him.

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 Rather, God had him

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 right where he wanted him.

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 The translation here

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 of shall surely die,

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 the literal translation

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 of this is son of death.

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 This is not

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 an official sentencing.

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 In fact,

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 it's probably better

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 to read it

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 that this man

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 is worthy of death.

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 It is an indication

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 of David's disdain

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 for this rich man

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 and what he had done.

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 It's not an official sentencing.

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 The official sentencing

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 is in verse six.

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 He says,

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 he shall restore fourfold.

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 Exodus 22.1

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 as a part of the law

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 said that anyone

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 who stole a lamb

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 from someone else,

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 this was the full extent

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 of the law,

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 was to restore

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 that lamb fourfold.

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 This wasn't punishable

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 by death.

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 It was just despicable

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 that he would do this.

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 So we would look

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 at this man,

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 David would look

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 at this man and say,

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 he is worthy of death.

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 He's a despicable human being

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 for what he has done.

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 I will prosecute him,

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 David says,

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 to the full extent

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 of the law.

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 He will repay

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 this poor man

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 fourfold.

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 As much as the law

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 will let me pour on him,

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 that is what I will

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 pour on him

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 as the king

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 and as the judge.

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 And it was exactly

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 at this point

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 that Nathan finds

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 the perfect opportunity

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 to directly confront

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 the king.

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 And the piercing statement

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 comes at the beginning

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 of verse seven.

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 And Nathan said,

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 thou art the man.

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 Thou art the man.

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 Was he gentle?

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 Yeah.

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 There's no contradiction here.

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 A direct confrontation

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 doesn't preclude

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 a gentle manner.

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 It was actually

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 the gentle manner

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 that made the statement

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 most effective.

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 The truth is,

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 beating around the bush

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 is not going to do you

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 any good

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 when you confront others.

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 That's what a lot of churches

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 and Christians do.

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 They beat around the bush.

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 They just hope that people

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 will figure it out.

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 But you won't figure it out.

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 That's the thing.

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 Those living in hidden sin

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 are in the same predicament

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 as David.

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 Their heart is hardened

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 toward their own sin.

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 They see the sin

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 of everyone else,

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 but they don't see

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 their own sin.

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 And it takes a direct

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 confrontation,

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 albeit a gentle manner,

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 but a direct confrontation

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 to expose the sin

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 according to God's truth.

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 Picture this unfolding.

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 He tells this story.

00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:41.299
 David,

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 maybe you can picture

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 the blood beginning to boil

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 as someone who was

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 a poor shepherd

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 at one point.

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 And he explodes

00:19:49.279 --> 00:19:50.240
 in a fit of anger.

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 This man,

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 full extent of the law,

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 and then as soon as those words

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 come out of his mouth,

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 Nathan looks back,

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 maybe points a finger

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 and says,

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 David,

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 you are that man.

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 You are the man.

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 This is your sin.

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 We can't downplay

00:20:09.240 --> 00:20:10.640
 the reality

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 and seriousness of sin.

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 And Nathan wasn't

00:20:13.860 --> 00:20:14.720
 downplaying it here.

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 We need to be loving

00:20:17.840 --> 00:20:18.360
 and gentle,

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 but we also need

00:20:19.320 --> 00:20:19.940
 to be direct

00:20:19.940 --> 00:20:20.440
 and clear.

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 Otherwise,

00:20:21.220 --> 00:20:22.140
 we will never actually

00:20:22.140 --> 00:20:23.259
 confront the sin at all.

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 And then we move

00:20:25.940 --> 00:20:26.740
 to God's message.

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 Much more quickly,

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 we will move

00:20:28.259 --> 00:20:28.960
 to God's message.

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 That was the messenger.

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 Look at the second half

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 of verse seven.

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 Nathan said to David,

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 you're the man.

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 You are the one

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 that this story is about.

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 Thus saith the Lord God

00:20:43.099 --> 00:20:43.559
 of Israel

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 is what he says there.

00:20:46.839 --> 00:20:47.759
 Adding to

00:20:47.759 --> 00:20:49.900
 the piercing statement

00:20:49.900 --> 00:20:51.819
 that this story

00:20:51.819 --> 00:20:53.440
 was actually about David

00:20:53.440 --> 00:20:56.680
 comes the anguish

00:20:56.680 --> 00:20:57.720
 of hearing

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 the following statement.

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 Thus says the Lord.

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 David was aware

00:21:04.879 --> 00:21:06.559
 of Nathan's prophetic office.

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 He had been used

00:21:09.700 --> 00:21:10.379
 of God already

00:21:10.379 --> 00:21:11.200
 in David's life

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 in this way.

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 But the power

00:21:14.399 --> 00:21:14.939
 and weight

00:21:14.939 --> 00:21:16.079
 of Nathan's words

00:21:16.079 --> 00:21:17.139
 are found in the fact

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 that they weren't

00:21:17.799 --> 00:21:19.000
 actually Nathan's.

00:21:21.599 --> 00:21:22.339
 Nathan's purpose

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 in coming to the king

00:21:23.199 --> 00:21:23.599
 that day

00:21:23.599 --> 00:21:24.579
 was not his purpose.

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 It was God's purpose.

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 Therefore,

00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:27.199
 the message

00:21:27.199 --> 00:21:28.000
 that Nathan brought

00:21:28.000 --> 00:21:29.179
 was not his own message

00:21:29.179 --> 00:21:29.980
 and that's what actually

00:21:29.980 --> 00:21:31.179
 gives it power and weight.

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 He says,

00:21:33.039 --> 00:21:33.899
 not only you are the man,

00:21:34.019 --> 00:21:35.079
 but here's what the Lord

00:21:35.079 --> 00:21:36.279
 has to say about this.

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 Thus says the Lord.

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 It doesn't matter,

00:21:39.159 --> 00:21:39.339
 David,

00:21:39.419 --> 00:21:40.759
 what Joab thinks about this.

00:21:40.799 --> 00:21:41.379
 It doesn't matter

00:21:41.380 --> 00:21:42.080
 if Bathsheba

00:21:42.080 --> 00:21:43.500
 has gone along with this.

00:21:43.600 --> 00:21:44.260
 What matters

00:21:44.260 --> 00:21:46.400
 is what the Lord says.

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 It's the word of God

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 that is to be

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 the foundation

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 of everything

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 that we do,

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 including confronting

00:21:53.680 --> 00:21:55.180
 the sin of others.

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 The Bible

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 is the basis

00:21:57.580 --> 00:21:59.040
 on which we identify

00:21:59.040 --> 00:22:00.940
 and confront sin.

00:22:02.200 --> 00:22:02.780
 Confrontation

00:22:02.780 --> 00:22:03.720
 without the Bible

00:22:03.720 --> 00:22:05.340
 is legalism

00:22:05.340 --> 00:22:06.960
 and it serves

00:22:06.960 --> 00:22:07.740
 to condemn

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 rather than restore.

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 Listen,

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 it does not matter

00:22:12.220 --> 00:22:13.299
 what you think

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 and it does not matter

00:22:15.859 --> 00:22:16.920
 what I think.

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 All that matters

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 is what God says.

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 Thus says

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 the Lord,

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 Nathan says.

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 We do not confront people

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 on the basis

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 of our preference.

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 We confront them

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 on the basis

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 of the truth

00:22:33.259 --> 00:22:34.139
 of God's word

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 and if the scripture

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 is absent

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 from your dispute,

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 you are guilty

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 of what Jesus

00:22:39.740 --> 00:22:41.099
 called judging.

00:22:42.859 --> 00:22:43.459
 Judging

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 is when we confront

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 people on the basis

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 of our expectations

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 but what the Bible

00:22:48.359 --> 00:22:49.319
 calls us to do

00:22:49.319 --> 00:22:50.500
 is confront people

00:22:50.500 --> 00:22:51.059
 on the basis

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 of God's expectations

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 and it's the self-righteous

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 judgment

00:22:56.459 --> 00:22:57.699
 of professing Christians

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 that leads

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 to this legalism

00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:01.220
 that has infiltrated

00:23:01.220 --> 00:23:01.899
 the church

00:23:01.899 --> 00:23:03.480
 and we must learn

00:23:03.480 --> 00:23:04.759
 that thus says

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 the Lord God

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 is the only thing

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 that matters

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 in this life.

00:23:08.359 --> 00:23:09.000
 Your preference

00:23:09.000 --> 00:23:10.000
 does not matter.

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 What you wish

00:23:12.379 --> 00:23:13.019
 it was like

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 does not matter.

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 All that matters

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 is thus says

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 the Lord.

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 The piercing moment

00:23:19.420 --> 00:23:20.519
 in this confrontation

00:23:20.519 --> 00:23:21.599
 is when David

00:23:21.599 --> 00:23:22.759
 finally realized

00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:25.200
 this is God's message

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 to me,

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 not Nathan's.

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 And there's a work

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 that the word

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 of God does here.

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 first,

00:23:35.559 --> 00:23:36.599
 God's word reveals

00:23:36.599 --> 00:23:37.940
 the absurdity

00:23:37.940 --> 00:23:38.639
 of our sin.

00:23:39.440 --> 00:23:39.920
 It reveals

00:23:39.920 --> 00:23:40.680
 the absurdity

00:23:40.680 --> 00:23:41.160
 of our sin.

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 Look again

00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:42.539
 at verse 7.

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 Thus says

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 the Lord God

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 of Israel,

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 I anointed thee

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 king over Israel.

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 I delivered thee

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 out of the hand

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 of Saul.

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 I gave thee

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 thy master's house

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 and thy master's wives

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 into thy bosom.

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 There's no indication

00:23:55.339 --> 00:23:55.920
 in the scripture

00:23:55.920 --> 00:23:57.139
 that David ever married

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 one of Saul's wives.

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 That's not the point

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 of that statement.

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 He's saying,

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 I gave you everything

00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:01.940
 that belonged to Saul.

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 I put in your hands.

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 I delivered it all

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 to you.

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 And I gave thee

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 the house of Israel

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 and of Judah.

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 And if that had not,

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 if that had been

00:24:10.980 --> 00:24:11.500
 too little,

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 God said,

00:24:12.480 --> 00:24:14.120
 I would have done more.

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 I would have given you

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 such and such things.

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 Listen to what

00:24:19.320 --> 00:24:20.420
 C.S. Lewis said,

00:24:20.519 --> 00:24:21.799
 that great writer,

00:24:22.360 --> 00:24:23.440
 the Chronicles of Narnia

00:24:23.440 --> 00:24:24.320
 and so many other things.

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 He said in an essay

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 or maybe even a sermon

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 called The Weight of Glory,

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 he said this,

00:24:29.220 --> 00:24:30.839
 if we consider

00:24:30.839 --> 00:24:33.240
 the unblushing promises

00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:34.180
 of reward

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 and the staggering nature

00:24:36.440 --> 00:24:37.500
 of the rewards

00:24:37.500 --> 00:24:38.799
 promised in the gospel,

00:24:39.940 --> 00:24:40.980
 it would seem

00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:41.900
 that our Lord

00:24:41.900 --> 00:24:43.100
 finds our desires

00:24:43.100 --> 00:24:44.579
 not too strong

00:24:44.579 --> 00:24:46.460
 but too weak.

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 Now we would look

00:24:47.819 --> 00:24:48.539
 at David's sin

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 and we would say

00:24:49.100 --> 00:24:49.420
 that man,

00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:49.920
 his lust,

00:24:50.019 --> 00:24:51.160
 his desire for Bathsheba

00:24:51.160 --> 00:24:52.100
 was just too strong

00:24:52.100 --> 00:24:52.980
 and C.S. Lewis

00:24:52.980 --> 00:24:53.420
 would argue

00:24:53.420 --> 00:24:54.400
 that actually his desire

00:24:54.400 --> 00:24:55.500
 was too weak

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 and he goes on

00:24:56.200 --> 00:24:56.720
 to explain.

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 We are half-hearted creatures

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 fooling about

00:25:01.340 --> 00:25:02.080
 with drink

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 and sex

00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:04.360
 and ambition

00:25:04.360 --> 00:25:06.500
 when infinite joy

00:25:06.500 --> 00:25:07.700
 is offered to us.

00:25:08.319 --> 00:25:10.000
 Like an ignorant child

00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:11.059
 who wants to go on

00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:12.200
 making mud pies

00:25:12.200 --> 00:25:13.080
 in a slum

00:25:13.080 --> 00:25:15.380
 because he cannot imagine

00:25:15.380 --> 00:25:16.120
 what is meant

00:25:16.120 --> 00:25:16.840
 by the offer

00:25:16.840 --> 00:25:18.539
 of a holiday at sea,

00:25:19.279 --> 00:25:20.580
 we are far too

00:25:20.580 --> 00:25:21.819
 easily pleased,

00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:23.259
 Lewis said.

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 Rather than bask

00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:26.140
 in the height

00:25:26.140 --> 00:25:26.839
 of joy

00:25:26.839 --> 00:25:27.700
 and blessing

00:25:27.700 --> 00:25:28.819
 that comes from

00:25:28.819 --> 00:25:29.700
 walking purely

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 with God,

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 David settled

00:25:31.480 --> 00:25:32.059
 for something

00:25:32.059 --> 00:25:33.299
 that was far less.

00:25:34.839 --> 00:25:35.400
 The emphasis

00:25:35.400 --> 00:25:36.140
 in these verses

00:25:36.140 --> 00:25:36.740
 is not meant

00:25:36.740 --> 00:25:37.420
 to be on those

00:25:37.420 --> 00:25:38.559
 tangible things

00:25:38.559 --> 00:25:39.799
 that God had actually

00:25:39.799 --> 00:25:40.879
 blessed David with

00:25:40.879 --> 00:25:41.519
 but it's on

00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:42.279
 the fact that

00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:43.180
 our satisfaction,

00:25:43.700 --> 00:25:44.220
 all of it,

00:25:44.420 --> 00:25:45.339
 and the necessity

00:25:45.339 --> 00:25:46.200
 of our lives

00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:47.299
 is found ultimately

00:25:47.299 --> 00:25:48.379
 in God

00:25:48.379 --> 00:25:49.299
 and in his hand

00:25:49.299 --> 00:25:49.819
 of provision.

00:25:50.619 --> 00:25:51.339
 He is all

00:25:51.339 --> 00:25:52.079
 that we need

00:25:52.079 --> 00:25:53.460
 and in him

00:25:53.460 --> 00:25:54.099
 is the fullness

00:25:54.099 --> 00:25:55.019
 of life.

00:25:55.579 --> 00:25:56.339
 So the question

00:25:56.339 --> 00:25:57.559
 that God asked David

00:25:57.559 --> 00:25:58.639
 is completely legitimate.

00:25:59.019 --> 00:26:00.259
 Why would you do this?

00:26:00.679 --> 00:26:01.919
 Why would you need

00:26:01.919 --> 00:26:02.619
 this sin

00:26:02.619 --> 00:26:03.759
 when I have given you

00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:05.099
 me and my power

00:26:05.099 --> 00:26:06.019
 and my blessing?

00:26:06.579 --> 00:26:07.220
 He settled

00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:08.159
 for far less.

00:26:09.139 --> 00:26:09.539
 The scripture

00:26:09.539 --> 00:26:10.699
 backs this principle up.

00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:12.659
 Psalm 16

00:26:12.659 --> 00:26:13.839
 is one part of it.

00:26:14.079 --> 00:26:15.299
 You have shown me

00:26:15.299 --> 00:26:16.559
 the path of life.

00:26:17.439 --> 00:26:18.819
 In your presence,

00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:19.299
 God,

00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:21.519
 is fullness of joy.

00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:23.900
 At your right hand

00:26:23.900 --> 00:26:25.700
 there are pleasures

00:26:25.700 --> 00:26:26.920
 forevermore.

00:26:27.740 --> 00:26:28.700
 This is the work

00:26:28.700 --> 00:26:29.400
 of God's word.

00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:31.099
 When we come

00:26:31.099 --> 00:26:31.660
 to the scriptures

00:26:31.660 --> 00:26:32.720
 it reveals to us

00:26:32.720 --> 00:26:34.240
 just how awesome

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:34.940
 God is.

00:26:35.819 --> 00:26:36.779
 As Paul said,

00:26:36.900 --> 00:26:37.400
 I have counted

00:26:37.400 --> 00:26:38.420
 all things but loss

00:26:38.420 --> 00:26:39.619
 in order that I may

00:26:39.619 --> 00:26:41.400
 achieve the surpassing

00:26:41.400 --> 00:26:42.859
 value that is

00:26:42.859 --> 00:26:44.220
 in Jesus Christ.

00:26:44.339 --> 00:26:45.240
 He is the pearl

00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:46.519
 of great price.

00:26:46.660 --> 00:26:47.480
 He is the treasure

00:26:47.480 --> 00:26:48.579
 hidden in a field.

00:26:48.680 --> 00:26:49.639
 When you see God

00:26:49.640 --> 00:26:50.500
 for who he is,

00:26:50.780 --> 00:26:51.580
 everything that this

00:26:51.580 --> 00:26:52.240
 world offers

00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:53.360
 is much too weak

00:26:53.360 --> 00:26:54.000
 of a desire.

00:26:54.380 --> 00:26:55.860
 Desire greater things.

00:26:56.020 --> 00:26:56.980
 Desire the work

00:26:56.980 --> 00:26:57.540
 of God.

00:26:57.840 --> 00:26:58.880
 Desire the power

00:26:58.880 --> 00:26:59.360
 of God.

00:26:59.680 --> 00:27:00.720
 Desire purity

00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:01.960
 with God.

00:27:02.380 --> 00:27:03.040
 So it reveals

00:27:03.040 --> 00:27:03.720
 the absurdity

00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:04.200
 of our sin.

00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:05.240
 God's word reveals

00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:05.860
 the nature

00:27:05.860 --> 00:27:06.740
 of our sin.

00:27:07.520 --> 00:27:08.240
 Look at verse 9.

00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:11.079
 You have killed

00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:12.279
 Uriah the Hittite

00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:12.920
 with the sword.

00:27:13.799 --> 00:27:14.559
 You've taken his

00:27:14.559 --> 00:27:15.480
 wife to be your wife.

00:27:15.579 --> 00:27:16.160
 You have slain him

00:27:16.160 --> 00:27:16.620
 with the sword

00:27:16.620 --> 00:27:17.099
 of the children

00:27:17.099 --> 00:27:17.599
 of Ammon.

00:27:17.859 --> 00:27:18.519
 Now therefore

00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:19.559
 the sword shall

00:27:19.559 --> 00:27:20.160
 never depart

00:27:20.160 --> 00:27:20.980
 from thine house

00:27:20.980 --> 00:27:22.380
 because thou

00:27:22.380 --> 00:27:23.519
 hast despised me

00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:25.120
 and hast taken

00:27:25.120 --> 00:27:26.079
 the wife of Uriah

00:27:26.079 --> 00:27:26.620
 the Hittite

00:27:26.620 --> 00:27:27.460
 to be thy wife.

00:27:29.859 --> 00:27:30.799
 Word of God

00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:31.720
 tells us

00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:33.579
 what sin is.

00:27:34.579 --> 00:27:35.740
 It exposes it

00:27:35.740 --> 00:27:36.440
 in our lives

00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:37.099
 and when we study

00:27:37.099 --> 00:27:38.379
 the Bible we will

00:27:38.379 --> 00:27:39.500
 quickly find our sin

00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:40.240
 being exposed.

00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:41.579
 Why?

00:27:42.859 --> 00:27:43.779
 Because the Bible

00:27:43.779 --> 00:27:44.459
 is the revelation

00:27:44.459 --> 00:27:45.079
 of God

00:27:45.079 --> 00:27:47.279
 and sin is anything

00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:48.519
 that goes against

00:27:48.519 --> 00:27:49.279
 God's truth.

00:27:50.759 --> 00:27:51.679
 Therefore one of the

00:27:51.679 --> 00:27:52.719
 works of the Holy Spirit

00:27:52.719 --> 00:27:53.659
 through the word

00:27:53.659 --> 00:27:55.339
 is to literally

00:27:55.339 --> 00:27:56.559
 expose

00:27:56.559 --> 00:27:58.119
 our sin.

00:27:59.199 --> 00:28:00.099
 Without the scripture

00:28:00.099 --> 00:28:01.099
 we can't even know

00:28:01.099 --> 00:28:02.779
 what sin exists

00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:03.339
 in us.

00:28:04.159 --> 00:28:05.179
 The writer of Hebrews

00:28:05.179 --> 00:28:05.879
 said it this way

00:28:05.879 --> 00:28:06.659
 that the word of God

00:28:06.660 --> 00:28:07.720
 is living and active.

00:28:08.420 --> 00:28:09.080
 It's sharper

00:28:09.080 --> 00:28:10.360
 than any two-edged sword.

00:28:11.140 --> 00:28:11.759
 It pierces

00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:12.820
 even to the dividing

00:28:12.820 --> 00:28:14.220
 of soul and spirit

00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:15.360
 of joints and marrow.

00:28:15.740 --> 00:28:16.880
 It discerns

00:28:16.880 --> 00:28:17.800
 the thoughts

00:28:17.800 --> 00:28:18.580
 and intentions

00:28:18.580 --> 00:28:19.420
 of the heart.

00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:20.900
 And no creature

00:28:20.900 --> 00:28:21.700
 is hidden

00:28:21.700 --> 00:28:22.900
 from his sight

00:28:22.900 --> 00:28:24.360
 but all are naked

00:28:24.360 --> 00:28:25.300
 and exposed

00:28:25.300 --> 00:28:26.480
 to the eyes

00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:26.860
 of him

00:28:26.860 --> 00:28:27.700
 to whom we must

00:28:27.700 --> 00:28:28.960
 give account.

00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:30.500
 The work of the word

00:28:30.500 --> 00:28:32.660
 exposes our sin.

00:28:32.740 --> 00:28:33.200
 That's what it did

00:28:33.200 --> 00:28:33.779
 for David.

00:28:33.779 --> 00:28:35.279
 But I want to note

00:28:35.279 --> 00:28:36.279
 one specific phrase

00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:37.119
 before we move on.

00:28:38.119 --> 00:28:38.980
 In verse 9

00:28:38.980 --> 00:28:40.559
 Nathan says

00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:41.139
 or God says

00:28:41.139 --> 00:28:41.660
 through Nathan

00:28:41.660 --> 00:28:42.759
 why have you

00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:44.359
 despised the commandment

00:28:44.359 --> 00:28:44.899
 of the Lord?

00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:46.200
 Despised is the word

00:28:46.200 --> 00:28:46.500
 used.

00:28:46.859 --> 00:28:47.639
 Why have you held

00:28:47.639 --> 00:28:48.379
 in contempt

00:28:48.379 --> 00:28:49.759
 or found contemptible

00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:51.200
 the commandment

00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:51.559
 of the Lord?

00:28:51.680 --> 00:28:52.379
 But look how he

00:28:52.379 --> 00:28:53.539
 phrases it in verse 10.

00:28:54.859 --> 00:28:55.579
 Because thou

00:28:55.579 --> 00:28:56.079
 hast

00:28:56.079 --> 00:28:57.319
 despised

00:28:57.319 --> 00:28:58.339
 me.

00:28:59.480 --> 00:29:00.240
 Because you

00:29:00.240 --> 00:29:00.680
 have found

00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:01.560
 contemptible

00:29:01.560 --> 00:29:02.380
 me

00:29:02.380 --> 00:29:03.640
 God says.

00:29:04.299 --> 00:29:05.279
 Davis is helpful

00:29:05.279 --> 00:29:05.940
 again here.

00:29:07.180 --> 00:29:08.320
 By his adultery

00:29:08.320 --> 00:29:08.880
 and murder

00:29:08.880 --> 00:29:09.660
 David had

00:29:09.660 --> 00:29:10.400
 despised

00:29:10.400 --> 00:29:11.299
 God's commandments

00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:12.340
 his word.

00:29:12.920 --> 00:29:13.900
 He treated them

00:29:13.900 --> 00:29:14.160
 as though

00:29:14.160 --> 00:29:14.960
 they didn't matter.

00:29:15.940 --> 00:29:16.660
 To despise

00:29:16.660 --> 00:29:17.299
 God's word

00:29:17.299 --> 00:29:17.640
 however

00:29:17.640 --> 00:29:18.820
 is to despise

00:29:18.820 --> 00:29:19.279
 the one

00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:20.180
 who has given

00:29:20.180 --> 00:29:20.680
 the word.

00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:21.620
 To trample

00:29:21.620 --> 00:29:22.560
 on his commandment

00:29:22.560 --> 00:29:23.500
 is to trample

00:29:23.500 --> 00:29:24.299
 on the commander.

00:29:24.799 --> 00:29:25.039
 Therefore

00:29:25.039 --> 00:29:25.840
 in verse 10

00:29:25.840 --> 00:29:26.620
 God cries

00:29:26.620 --> 00:29:28.000
 you have despised

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:28.940
 me.

00:29:28.940 --> 00:29:30.880
 The true

00:29:30.880 --> 00:29:31.299
 nature

00:29:31.299 --> 00:29:31.960
 of sin

00:29:31.960 --> 00:29:32.700
 is contempt

00:29:32.700 --> 00:29:33.220
 of God.

00:29:33.920 --> 00:29:34.440
 The true

00:29:34.440 --> 00:29:34.680
 nature

00:29:34.680 --> 00:29:35.180
 of holiness

00:29:35.180 --> 00:29:36.559
 is love

00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:37.700
 for God.

00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:38.980
 Well then

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:39.420
 we find

00:29:39.420 --> 00:29:39.920
 that God's

00:29:39.920 --> 00:29:40.460
 word reveals

00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:40.920
 the judgment

00:29:40.920 --> 00:29:41.400
 of our sin

00:29:41.400 --> 00:29:41.720
 as well.

00:29:41.799 --> 00:29:42.420
 The absurdity

00:29:42.420 --> 00:29:43.620
 it exposes

00:29:43.620 --> 00:29:44.440
 the true

00:29:44.440 --> 00:29:45.080
 nature of it

00:29:45.080 --> 00:29:46.059
 and then it

00:29:46.059 --> 00:29:46.620
 reveals the

00:29:46.620 --> 00:29:46.960
 judgment

00:29:46.960 --> 00:29:47.860
 and we're

00:29:47.860 --> 00:29:48.059
 not going

00:29:48.059 --> 00:29:48.460
 to dive

00:29:48.460 --> 00:29:49.380
 into the

00:29:49.380 --> 00:29:49.940
 consequences

00:29:49.940 --> 00:29:50.539
 of David's

00:29:50.539 --> 00:29:50.900
 sin because

00:29:50.900 --> 00:29:51.120
 we're going

00:29:51.120 --> 00:29:51.400
 to do that

00:29:51.400 --> 00:29:51.740
 in a couple

00:29:51.740 --> 00:29:52.180
 of weeks.

00:29:52.320 --> 00:29:52.500
 We're going

00:29:52.500 --> 00:29:52.880
 to focus

00:29:52.880 --> 00:29:53.400
 just on

00:29:53.400 --> 00:29:54.539
 the consequences

00:29:54.539 --> 00:29:55.240
 of forgiven

00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:55.640
 sin.

00:29:56.620 --> 00:29:57.320
 But the

00:29:57.320 --> 00:29:57.779
 significance

00:29:57.779 --> 00:29:58.259
 here

00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:59.519
 is that

00:29:59.519 --> 00:30:00.220
 there are

00:30:00.220 --> 00:30:01.160
 consequences

00:30:01.160 --> 00:30:02.559
 for every

00:30:02.559 --> 00:30:02.900
 sin.

00:30:03.140 --> 00:30:03.700
 Every sin.

00:30:05.400 --> 00:30:06.019
 For the

00:30:06.019 --> 00:30:06.400
 believer

00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:08.200
 and for

00:30:08.200 --> 00:30:09.039
 the

00:30:09.039 --> 00:30:09.660
 unbeliever.

00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:11.460
 God's

00:30:11.460 --> 00:30:12.019
 holy nature

00:30:12.019 --> 00:30:12.579
 demands

00:30:12.579 --> 00:30:13.079
 this

00:30:13.079 --> 00:30:13.740
 and the

00:30:13.740 --> 00:30:13.960
 Bible

00:30:13.960 --> 00:30:14.519
 reveals it

00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:15.000
 to us.

00:30:15.539 --> 00:30:15.980
 It doesn't

00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:16.359
 just say

00:30:16.359 --> 00:30:16.660
 what our

00:30:16.660 --> 00:30:17.119
 sin is

00:30:17.119 --> 00:30:17.500
 it says

00:30:17.500 --> 00:30:17.819
 what the

00:30:17.819 --> 00:30:18.079
 result

00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:18.400
 of that

00:30:18.400 --> 00:30:18.619
 sin

00:30:18.619 --> 00:30:18.980
 is.

00:30:20.720 --> 00:30:21.299
 But it

00:30:21.299 --> 00:30:21.940
 also says

00:30:21.940 --> 00:30:22.339
 that there's

00:30:22.339 --> 00:30:22.819
 not only

00:30:22.819 --> 00:30:23.359
 natural

00:30:23.359 --> 00:30:23.980
 consequences

00:30:23.980 --> 00:30:24.420
 to our

00:30:24.420 --> 00:30:24.680
 sin

00:30:24.680 --> 00:30:25.299
 that is

00:30:25.299 --> 00:30:25.599
 if you

00:30:25.599 --> 00:30:25.940
 put your

00:30:25.940 --> 00:30:26.319
 hand in

00:30:26.319 --> 00:30:26.720
 a fire

00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:27.180
 you will

00:30:27.180 --> 00:30:27.799
 be burned

00:30:27.799 --> 00:30:28.879
 right?

00:30:29.559 --> 00:30:30.119
 You live

00:30:30.119 --> 00:30:30.639
 in sin

00:30:30.639 --> 00:30:31.000
 you will

00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:31.440
 reap the

00:30:31.440 --> 00:30:31.759
 natural

00:30:31.759 --> 00:30:32.379
 consequences

00:30:32.379 --> 00:30:33.019
 of that

00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:33.619
 sin.

00:30:35.019 --> 00:30:35.819
 But not

00:30:35.819 --> 00:30:36.099
 only are

00:30:36.099 --> 00:30:36.539
 there natural

00:30:36.539 --> 00:30:37.180
 consequences

00:30:37.180 --> 00:30:38.419
 God judges

00:30:38.419 --> 00:30:38.859
 our sin

00:30:38.859 --> 00:30:39.519
 in a judicial

00:30:39.519 --> 00:30:40.119
 sense.

00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:41.759
 Romans

00:30:41.759 --> 00:30:42.519
 chapter 6

00:30:42.519 --> 00:30:44.259
 the wages

00:30:44.259 --> 00:30:44.819
 of sin

00:30:44.819 --> 00:30:46.500
 death

00:30:46.500 --> 00:30:48.579
 that's the

00:30:48.579 --> 00:30:48.899
 judgment

00:30:48.899 --> 00:30:50.519
 not just

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:50.940
 that this

00:30:50.940 --> 00:30:51.779
 life will

00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:52.159
 be over

00:30:52.159 --> 00:30:52.859
 even believers

00:30:52.859 --> 00:30:53.579
 die bodily

00:30:53.579 --> 00:30:55.779
 it's

00:30:55.779 --> 00:30:56.000
 the

00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:56.480
 spiritual

00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:56.779
 death

00:30:56.779 --> 00:30:56.960
 the

00:30:56.960 --> 00:30:57.619
 separation

00:30:57.619 --> 00:30:58.240
 the

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:58.740
 separation

00:30:58.740 --> 00:30:59.039
 from

00:30:59.039 --> 00:30:59.339
 God

00:30:59.339 --> 00:30:59.839
 but then

00:30:59.839 --> 00:31:00.139
 he says

00:31:00.139 --> 00:31:00.740
 but the

00:31:00.740 --> 00:31:01.039
 gift

00:31:01.039 --> 00:31:01.679
 of God

00:31:01.679 --> 00:31:02.139
 is eternal

00:31:02.139 --> 00:31:02.679
 life in

00:31:02.679 --> 00:31:02.899
 Jesus

00:31:02.899 --> 00:31:03.399
 Christ

00:31:03.399 --> 00:31:06.379
 God judges

00:31:06.379 --> 00:31:06.960
 all sin

00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:07.359
 the Bible

00:31:07.359 --> 00:31:07.839
 tells us

00:31:07.839 --> 00:31:08.019
 that

00:31:08.019 --> 00:31:08.419
 without the

00:31:08.419 --> 00:31:08.639
 Bible

00:31:08.639 --> 00:31:09.019
 we wouldn't

00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:09.299
 know what

00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:09.639
 our sin

00:31:09.639 --> 00:31:09.839
 is

00:31:09.839 --> 00:31:10.279
 and then

00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:10.639
 we wouldn't

00:31:10.639 --> 00:31:11.059
 know that

00:31:11.059 --> 00:31:11.419
 without

00:31:11.419 --> 00:31:11.859
 following

00:31:11.859 --> 00:31:12.279
 Christ

00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:12.839
 we are

00:31:12.839 --> 00:31:13.159
 destined

00:31:13.159 --> 00:31:13.379
 for

00:31:13.379 --> 00:31:13.759
 eternal

00:31:13.759 --> 00:31:14.279
 punishment

00:31:14.279 --> 00:31:14.960
 eternal

00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:15.759
 spiritual

00:31:15.759 --> 00:31:16.319
 death

00:31:16.319 --> 00:31:17.139
 in hell

00:31:17.140 --> 00:31:19.040
 the Bible

00:31:19.040 --> 00:31:19.660
 shows us

00:31:19.660 --> 00:31:19.960
 that

00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:21.680
 the Bible

00:31:21.680 --> 00:31:22.780
 begs for

00:31:22.780 --> 00:31:23.140
 us

00:31:23.140 --> 00:31:24.020
 to heed

00:31:24.020 --> 00:31:24.380
 that

00:31:24.380 --> 00:31:24.840
 warning

00:31:24.840 --> 00:31:25.940
 and if

00:31:25.940 --> 00:31:26.220
 you don't

00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:26.500
 follow

00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:26.920
 Christ

00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:27.340
 you will

00:31:27.340 --> 00:31:27.520
 be

00:31:27.520 --> 00:31:28.200
 responsible

00:31:28.200 --> 00:31:29.420
 for bearing

00:31:29.420 --> 00:31:30.140
 that

00:31:30.140 --> 00:31:30.620
 punishment

00:31:30.620 --> 00:31:32.240
 but the

00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:32.660
 good news

00:31:32.660 --> 00:31:33.120
 of Romans

00:31:33.120 --> 00:31:33.720
 6

00:31:33.720 --> 00:31:34.759
 that the

00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:35.300
 free gift

00:31:35.300 --> 00:31:35.700
 of God

00:31:35.700 --> 00:31:36.160
 is eternal

00:31:36.160 --> 00:31:36.720
 life in

00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:37.000
 Christ

00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:37.420
 Jesus

00:31:37.420 --> 00:31:38.480
 is that

00:31:38.480 --> 00:31:38.820
 God

00:31:38.820 --> 00:31:39.380
 became a

00:31:39.380 --> 00:31:39.740
 man in

00:31:39.740 --> 00:31:40.200
 the form

00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:40.620
 of Jesus

00:31:40.620 --> 00:31:41.180
 Christ

00:31:41.180 --> 00:31:42.640
 in order

00:31:42.640 --> 00:31:43.340
 to pay

00:31:43.340 --> 00:31:44.160
 that punishment

00:31:44.160 --> 00:31:44.980
 on behalf

00:31:44.980 --> 00:31:46.180
 of all

00:31:46.180 --> 00:31:46.640
 who believe

00:31:46.640 --> 00:31:47.080
 in him

00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:49.879
 it's the

00:31:49.879 --> 00:31:50.220
 Bible

00:31:50.220 --> 00:31:50.720
 not only

00:31:50.720 --> 00:31:51.220
 that reveals

00:31:51.220 --> 00:31:51.779
 the judgment

00:31:51.779 --> 00:31:52.159
 but it

00:31:52.159 --> 00:31:52.480
 reveals

00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:53.019
 that Jesus

00:31:53.019 --> 00:31:53.759
 has taken

00:31:53.759 --> 00:31:54.960
 that judgment

00:31:54.960 --> 00:31:55.960
 if you will

00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:56.639
 just believe

00:31:56.639 --> 00:31:58.619
 so trust

00:31:58.619 --> 00:31:59.000
 him

00:31:59.000 --> 00:32:01.039
 follow

00:32:01.039 --> 00:32:02.039
 him

00:32:02.039 --> 00:32:04.619
 and then

00:32:04.619 --> 00:32:04.960
 we see

00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:05.419
 finally

00:32:05.419 --> 00:32:06.619
 and most

00:32:06.619 --> 00:32:07.079
 gloriously

00:32:07.079 --> 00:32:07.480
 in this

00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:07.839
 passage

00:32:07.839 --> 00:32:08.259
 God's

00:32:08.259 --> 00:32:08.720
 mercy

00:32:08.720 --> 00:32:10.019
 look at

00:32:10.019 --> 00:32:10.699
 verse 13

00:32:10.699 --> 00:32:13.339
 David

00:32:13.339 --> 00:32:13.819
 said to

00:32:13.819 --> 00:32:14.059
 Nathan

00:32:14.059 --> 00:32:14.579
 after all

00:32:14.579 --> 00:32:14.960
 of this

00:32:14.960 --> 00:32:15.419
 he's heard

00:32:15.419 --> 00:32:15.879
 the message

00:32:15.879 --> 00:32:16.279
 of God

00:32:16.279 --> 00:32:16.599
 now

00:32:16.599 --> 00:32:18.599
 he says

00:32:18.599 --> 00:32:19.019
 I have

00:32:19.019 --> 00:32:20.240
 sinned

00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:20.599
 against

00:32:20.599 --> 00:32:20.799
 the

00:32:20.799 --> 00:32:21.119
 Lord

00:32:21.119 --> 00:32:22.699
 that's

00:32:22.699 --> 00:32:22.980
 quite a

00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:23.419
 difference

00:32:23.419 --> 00:32:24.199
 here

00:32:24.199 --> 00:32:25.740
 than the

00:32:25.740 --> 00:32:26.000
 David

00:32:26.000 --> 00:32:26.319
 that we

00:32:26.319 --> 00:32:26.539
 found

00:32:26.539 --> 00:32:26.819
 at the

00:32:26.819 --> 00:32:26.919
 end

00:32:26.919 --> 00:32:27.279
 of chapter

00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:27.639
 11

00:32:27.639 --> 00:32:29.859
 at the

00:32:29.859 --> 00:32:29.959
 end

00:32:29.959 --> 00:32:30.319
 of chapter

00:32:30.319 --> 00:32:30.679
 11

00:32:30.679 --> 00:32:31.119
 we see

00:32:31.119 --> 00:32:31.419
 David

00:32:31.419 --> 00:32:31.740
 sending

00:32:31.740 --> 00:32:32.139
 a message

00:32:32.139 --> 00:32:32.379
 back

00:32:32.379 --> 00:32:32.519
 to

00:32:32.519 --> 00:32:32.799
 Joab

00:32:32.799 --> 00:32:33.319
 that says

00:32:33.319 --> 00:32:34.059
 Joab

00:32:34.059 --> 00:32:34.859
 don't worry

00:32:34.859 --> 00:32:35.399
 about this

00:32:35.399 --> 00:32:36.199
 don't let

00:32:36.199 --> 00:32:36.519
 this seem

00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:36.740
 evil

00:32:36.740 --> 00:32:37.019
 in your

00:32:37.019 --> 00:32:37.319
 sight

00:32:37.319 --> 00:32:37.919
 no big

00:32:37.919 --> 00:32:38.279
 deal

00:32:38.279 --> 00:32:40.079
 but now

00:32:40.079 --> 00:32:41.299
 he's heard

00:32:41.299 --> 00:32:41.559
 the word

00:32:41.559 --> 00:32:42.000
 of God

00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:44.119
 and now

00:32:44.119 --> 00:32:44.380
 it's a

00:32:44.380 --> 00:32:44.819
 big deal

00:32:44.819 --> 00:32:47.380
 because his

00:32:47.380 --> 00:32:47.839
 sin wasn't

00:32:47.839 --> 00:32:48.519
 against Uriah

00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:49.059
 ultimately

00:32:49.059 --> 00:32:50.660
 it wasn't

00:32:50.660 --> 00:32:51.480
 against Bathsheba

00:32:51.480 --> 00:32:52.700
 even in his

00:32:52.700 --> 00:32:53.460
 own confession

00:32:53.460 --> 00:32:54.299
 in Psalm 51

00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:54.980
 that we'll study

00:32:54.980 --> 00:32:56.200
 intently in a

00:32:56.200 --> 00:32:56.680
 couple weeks

00:32:56.680 --> 00:32:57.539
 he says

00:32:57.539 --> 00:32:58.039
 against thee

00:32:58.039 --> 00:32:58.299
 and thee

00:32:58.299 --> 00:32:58.660
 only

00:32:58.660 --> 00:32:59.240
 have I

00:32:59.240 --> 00:32:59.740
 sinned

00:32:59.740 --> 00:33:02.779
 the true

00:33:02.779 --> 00:33:03.339
 goal of

00:33:03.339 --> 00:33:04.200
 confronting sin

00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:04.859
 should always

00:33:04.859 --> 00:33:05.619
 be to restore

00:33:05.619 --> 00:33:06.079
 the sinner

00:33:06.079 --> 00:33:06.380
 and I know

00:33:06.380 --> 00:33:06.799
 I've echoed

00:33:06.799 --> 00:33:07.200
 that a couple

00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:07.559
 of times

00:33:07.559 --> 00:33:07.859
 today

00:33:07.859 --> 00:33:08.879
 but it's

00:33:08.879 --> 00:33:09.119
 helpful

00:33:09.119 --> 00:33:09.479
 here

00:33:09.479 --> 00:33:11.879
 this is

00:33:11.879 --> 00:33:12.359
 God's

00:33:12.359 --> 00:33:12.779
 goal

00:33:12.779 --> 00:33:14.059
 in the

00:33:14.059 --> 00:33:14.439
 work of

00:33:14.439 --> 00:33:14.919
 the word

00:33:14.919 --> 00:33:16.879
 to confront

00:33:16.879 --> 00:33:17.819
 our sin

00:33:17.819 --> 00:33:18.539
 in order

00:33:18.539 --> 00:33:19.000
 that we

00:33:19.000 --> 00:33:19.740
 would repent

00:33:19.740 --> 00:33:20.639
 of that

00:33:20.639 --> 00:33:21.099
 sin

00:33:21.099 --> 00:33:22.479
 and that's

00:33:22.479 --> 00:33:23.039
 exactly

00:33:23.039 --> 00:33:23.419
 what was

00:33:23.419 --> 00:33:23.879
 accomplished

00:33:23.879 --> 00:33:24.479
 in David's

00:33:24.479 --> 00:33:24.799
 heart

00:33:24.799 --> 00:33:25.519
 he didn't

00:33:25.519 --> 00:33:25.819
 argue

00:33:25.819 --> 00:33:26.459
 with God

00:33:26.459 --> 00:33:27.079
 he didn't

00:33:27.079 --> 00:33:27.279
 argue

00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:27.799
 with God's

00:33:27.799 --> 00:33:28.240
 messenger

00:33:28.240 --> 00:33:29.119
 he stopped

00:33:29.119 --> 00:33:30.219
 rationalizing

00:33:30.219 --> 00:33:30.759
 why what

00:33:30.759 --> 00:33:31.119
 he did

00:33:31.119 --> 00:33:31.619
 wasn't that

00:33:31.619 --> 00:33:32.039
 big of a

00:33:32.039 --> 00:33:32.299
 deal

00:33:32.299 --> 00:33:32.939
 and he

00:33:32.939 --> 00:33:33.299
 humbly

00:33:33.299 --> 00:33:33.299


00:33:33.299 --> 00:33:33.799
 confessed

00:33:33.799 --> 00:33:34.419
 his sin

00:33:34.419 --> 00:33:35.539
 and again

00:33:35.539 --> 00:33:36.219
 Davis helps

00:33:36.219 --> 00:33:36.619
 us here

00:33:36.619 --> 00:33:37.859
 to be the

00:33:37.859 --> 00:33:38.319
 man after

00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:38.679
 God's

00:33:38.679 --> 00:33:38.819
 own

00:33:38.819 --> 00:33:39.179
 heart

00:33:39.179 --> 00:33:39.699
 is not

00:33:39.699 --> 00:33:40.039
 to be

00:33:40.039 --> 00:33:40.459
 sinlessly

00:33:40.459 --> 00:33:40.979
 perfect

00:33:40.979 --> 00:33:42.139
 but to

00:33:42.139 --> 00:33:42.479
 be among

00:33:42.479 --> 00:33:43.199
 other things

00:33:43.199 --> 00:33:43.819
 utterly

00:33:43.819 --> 00:33:44.679
 submissive

00:33:44.679 --> 00:33:44.979
 to the

00:33:44.979 --> 00:33:45.359
 accusing

00:33:45.359 --> 00:33:45.839
 word of

00:33:45.839 --> 00:33:46.139
 God

00:33:46.139 --> 00:33:49.739
 the purpose

00:33:49.739 --> 00:33:50.099
 of this

00:33:50.099 --> 00:33:50.419
 statement

00:33:50.419 --> 00:33:51.099
 of confession

00:33:51.099 --> 00:33:51.739
 is simply

00:33:51.739 --> 00:33:52.439
 to acknowledge

00:33:52.439 --> 00:33:54.019
 that God's

00:33:54.019 --> 00:33:54.500
 work had

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:55.099
 been accomplished

00:33:55.099 --> 00:33:55.579
 remember

00:33:55.579 --> 00:33:56.519
 all of this

00:33:56.519 --> 00:33:56.859
 in chapter

00:33:56.859 --> 00:33:57.119
 12

00:33:57.119 --> 00:33:57.519
 this is the

00:33:57.519 --> 00:33:57.839
 work of

00:33:57.839 --> 00:33:58.039
 God

00:33:58.039 --> 00:33:58.319
 not the

00:33:58.319 --> 00:33:58.599
 work of

00:33:58.599 --> 00:33:58.839
 Nathan

00:33:58.839 --> 00:34:00.819
 and that

00:34:00.819 --> 00:34:01.179
 work was

00:34:01.179 --> 00:34:01.739
 accomplished

00:34:01.739 --> 00:34:03.859
 God's

00:34:03.859 --> 00:34:04.339
 goal in

00:34:04.339 --> 00:34:04.619
 sending

00:34:04.619 --> 00:34:05.079
 Nathan

00:34:05.079 --> 00:34:05.939
 was to

00:34:05.939 --> 00:34:06.299
 bring

00:34:06.299 --> 00:34:06.680
 David

00:34:06.680 --> 00:34:06.940
 to

00:34:06.940 --> 00:34:07.419
 repentance

00:34:07.419 --> 00:34:08.619
 and that

00:34:08.619 --> 00:34:09.259
 relentless

00:34:09.259 --> 00:34:10.320
 pursuit

00:34:10.320 --> 00:34:11.079
 of grace

00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:11.719
 did not

00:34:11.719 --> 00:34:12.259
 fail

00:34:12.259 --> 00:34:13.300
 it never

00:34:13.300 --> 00:34:13.800
 does

00:34:13.800 --> 00:34:14.320
 fail

00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:16.400
 God's

00:34:16.400 --> 00:34:16.779
 purpose

00:34:16.779 --> 00:34:17.279
 was to

00:34:17.279 --> 00:34:17.940
 send him

00:34:17.940 --> 00:34:18.340
 in order

00:34:18.340 --> 00:34:19.000
 to preach

00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:19.820
 the truth

00:34:19.820 --> 00:34:20.440
 of his

00:34:20.440 --> 00:34:20.980
 message

00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:21.480
 in order

00:34:21.480 --> 00:34:22.139
 that he

00:34:22.139 --> 00:34:23.340
 could lead

00:34:23.340 --> 00:34:24.239
 David to

00:34:24.239 --> 00:34:24.639
 repentance

00:34:24.639 --> 00:34:25.059
 in that

00:34:25.059 --> 00:34:25.360
 moment

00:34:25.360 --> 00:34:25.860
 that is

00:34:25.860 --> 00:34:26.579
 our role

00:34:26.579 --> 00:34:27.099
 in confronting

00:34:27.099 --> 00:34:27.539
 sin

00:34:27.539 --> 00:34:28.139
 when we

00:34:28.139 --> 00:34:28.659
 preach the

00:34:28.659 --> 00:34:29.079
 gospel

00:34:29.079 --> 00:34:29.920
 it is so

00:34:29.920 --> 00:34:30.420
 that God

00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:30.860
 will take

00:34:30.860 --> 00:34:31.599
 his word

00:34:31.599 --> 00:34:32.219
 and he

00:34:32.219 --> 00:34:32.639
 will do

00:34:32.639 --> 00:34:33.039
 a work

00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:33.340
 in the

00:34:33.340 --> 00:34:33.519
 heart

00:34:33.519 --> 00:34:33.759
 of the

00:34:33.759 --> 00:34:34.139
 individual

00:34:34.139 --> 00:34:34.559
 to which

00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:35.059
 we preach

00:34:35.059 --> 00:34:35.519
 in order

00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:36.099
 that he

00:34:36.099 --> 00:34:36.779
 may draw

00:34:36.779 --> 00:34:37.420
 that person

00:34:37.420 --> 00:34:38.019
 to repentance

00:34:38.019 --> 00:34:38.980
 that's the

00:34:38.980 --> 00:34:39.360
 work of

00:34:39.360 --> 00:34:39.940
 the word

00:34:39.940 --> 00:34:40.619
 it's not

00:34:40.619 --> 00:34:41.219
 our work

00:34:41.219 --> 00:34:42.400
 commit

00:34:42.400 --> 00:34:42.820
 yourself

00:34:42.820 --> 00:34:43.000
 to

00:34:43.000 --> 00:34:43.719
 apologetics

00:34:43.719 --> 00:34:44.079
 that's

00:34:44.079 --> 00:34:44.380
 helpful

00:34:44.380 --> 00:34:44.960
 but there's

00:34:44.960 --> 00:34:45.519
 no power

00:34:45.519 --> 00:34:45.799
 in your

00:34:45.799 --> 00:34:46.539
 apologetic

00:34:46.539 --> 00:34:48.219
 commit

00:34:48.219 --> 00:34:48.659
 yourself

00:34:48.659 --> 00:34:49.340
 to knowing

00:34:49.340 --> 00:34:49.779
 the ins

00:34:49.779 --> 00:34:50.119
 and outs

00:34:50.119 --> 00:34:50.420
 of the

00:34:50.420 --> 00:34:50.719
 scripture

00:34:50.719 --> 00:34:51.139
 that's

00:34:51.139 --> 00:34:51.500
 great

00:34:51.500 --> 00:34:52.039
 but it's

00:34:52.039 --> 00:34:52.599
 the power

00:34:52.599 --> 00:34:53.039
 of the

00:34:53.039 --> 00:34:53.320
 word

00:34:53.320 --> 00:34:53.759
 not your

00:34:53.759 --> 00:34:54.139
 ability

00:34:54.139 --> 00:34:54.779
 to articulate

00:34:54.779 --> 00:34:55.380
 the word

00:34:55.380 --> 00:34:55.960
 that will

00:34:55.960 --> 00:34:56.420
 actually

00:34:56.420 --> 00:34:56.940
 benefit

00:34:56.940 --> 00:34:57.440
 those to

00:34:57.440 --> 00:34:57.579
 whom

00:34:57.579 --> 00:34:57.739
 we

00:34:57.739 --> 00:34:58.239
 confront

00:34:58.239 --> 00:34:59.819
 and the

00:34:59.819 --> 00:35:00.379
 idea

00:35:00.379 --> 00:35:00.879
 behind

00:35:00.879 --> 00:35:01.299
 every

00:35:01.299 --> 00:35:01.819
 confrontation

00:35:01.819 --> 00:35:02.339
 is that

00:35:02.339 --> 00:35:02.619
 we would

00:35:02.619 --> 00:35:02.919
 deliver

00:35:02.919 --> 00:35:03.339
 the word

00:35:03.339 --> 00:35:03.699
 so that

00:35:03.699 --> 00:35:03.959
 God

00:35:03.959 --> 00:35:04.279
 can do

00:35:04.279 --> 00:35:04.500
 his

00:35:04.500 --> 00:35:04.759
 work

00:35:04.759 --> 00:35:05.079
 which is

00:35:05.079 --> 00:35:05.459
 to lead

00:35:05.459 --> 00:35:05.739
 people

00:35:05.739 --> 00:35:05.939
 to

00:35:05.939 --> 00:35:06.319
 repentance

00:35:06.319 --> 00:35:07.779
 so we

00:35:07.779 --> 00:35:07.919
 see

00:35:07.919 --> 00:35:08.239
 David's

00:35:08.239 --> 00:35:08.599
 confession

00:35:08.599 --> 00:35:08.919
 and then

00:35:08.919 --> 00:35:09.399
 we see

00:35:09.399 --> 00:35:11.559
 David's

00:35:11.559 --> 00:35:12.000
 pardon

00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:13.779
 13

00:35:13.779 --> 00:35:15.619
 I have

00:35:15.619 --> 00:35:15.919
 sinned

00:35:15.919 --> 00:35:16.099
 against

00:35:16.099 --> 00:35:16.500
 the Lord

00:35:16.500 --> 00:35:17.439
 and immediately

00:35:17.439 --> 00:35:17.859
 Nathan

00:35:17.859 --> 00:35:18.519
 responds

00:35:18.519 --> 00:35:20.539
 the Lord

00:35:20.539 --> 00:35:21.259
 also

00:35:21.259 --> 00:35:22.979
 hath put

00:35:22.979 --> 00:35:23.459
 away

00:35:23.459 --> 00:35:24.379
 your

00:35:24.379 --> 00:35:24.959
 sin

00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:26.460
 you

00:35:26.460 --> 00:35:26.820
 shall

00:35:26.820 --> 00:35:27.119
 not

00:35:27.119 --> 00:35:27.559
 die

00:35:27.559 --> 00:35:29.360
 why

00:35:29.360 --> 00:35:29.579
 is

00:35:29.579 --> 00:35:30.119
 David's

00:35:30.119 --> 00:35:30.480
 simple

00:35:30.480 --> 00:35:31.519
 statement

00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:31.740
 of

00:35:31.740 --> 00:35:32.300
 confession

00:35:32.300 --> 00:35:32.659
 so

00:35:32.659 --> 00:35:33.179
 important

00:35:33.179 --> 00:35:34.699
 because

00:35:34.699 --> 00:35:35.099
 it

00:35:35.099 --> 00:35:35.420
 gives

00:35:35.420 --> 00:35:36.119
 rise

00:35:36.119 --> 00:35:36.740
 to

00:35:36.740 --> 00:35:36.980
 the

00:35:36.980 --> 00:35:37.420
 pouring

00:35:37.420 --> 00:35:37.840
 out

00:35:37.840 --> 00:35:38.079
 of

00:35:38.079 --> 00:35:38.900
 God's

00:35:38.900 --> 00:35:39.960
 mercy

00:35:39.960 --> 00:35:41.740
 David's

00:35:41.740 --> 00:35:42.380
 confession

00:35:42.380 --> 00:35:43.099
 was met

00:35:43.099 --> 00:35:43.519
 with the

00:35:43.519 --> 00:35:44.099
 assurance

00:35:44.099 --> 00:35:45.059
 that God

00:35:45.059 --> 00:35:45.960
 had forgiven

00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:46.539
 his sin

00:35:46.539 --> 00:35:47.240
 and he

00:35:47.240 --> 00:35:47.639
 would

00:35:47.639 --> 00:35:48.039
 spare

00:35:48.039 --> 00:35:48.320
 his

00:35:48.320 --> 00:35:48.740
 life

00:35:48.740 --> 00:35:49.720
 execution

00:35:49.720 --> 00:35:50.539
 was the

00:35:50.539 --> 00:35:50.860
 demand

00:35:50.860 --> 00:35:51.119
 of the

00:35:51.119 --> 00:35:51.420
 law

00:35:51.420 --> 00:35:52.900
 adultery

00:35:52.900 --> 00:35:53.420
 demanded

00:35:53.420 --> 00:35:53.940
 that both

00:35:53.940 --> 00:35:54.340
 David

00:35:54.340 --> 00:35:55.740
 and Bathsheba

00:35:55.740 --> 00:35:56.980
 die

00:35:56.980 --> 00:35:58.019
 be

00:35:58.019 --> 00:35:58.640
 executed

00:35:58.640 --> 00:36:00.280
 and David

00:36:00.280 --> 00:36:00.880
 had condemned

00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:01.340
 himself

00:36:01.340 --> 00:36:01.820
 when he

00:36:01.820 --> 00:36:02.519
 responded to

00:36:02.519 --> 00:36:02.940
 Nathan's

00:36:02.940 --> 00:36:03.220
 story

00:36:03.220 --> 00:36:03.600
 and said

00:36:03.600 --> 00:36:04.059
 we will

00:36:04.059 --> 00:36:04.880
 prosecute

00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:05.579
 this rich

00:36:05.579 --> 00:36:05.940
 man to

00:36:05.940 --> 00:36:06.320
 the fullest

00:36:06.320 --> 00:36:06.720
 extent

00:36:06.720 --> 00:36:06.980
 of the

00:36:06.980 --> 00:36:07.180
 law

00:36:07.180 --> 00:36:07.579
 he was

00:36:07.579 --> 00:36:07.920
 saying

00:36:07.920 --> 00:36:08.519
 I

00:36:08.519 --> 00:36:08.980
 deserve

00:36:08.980 --> 00:36:09.300
 to be

00:36:09.300 --> 00:36:10.059
 prosecuted

00:36:10.059 --> 00:36:10.620
 to the

00:36:10.620 --> 00:36:10.920
 fullest

00:36:10.920 --> 00:36:11.360
 extent

00:36:11.360 --> 00:36:11.660
 of the

00:36:11.660 --> 00:36:11.940
 law

00:36:11.940 --> 00:36:12.380
 but at

00:36:12.380 --> 00:36:12.840
 the moment

00:36:12.840 --> 00:36:13.160
 that he

00:36:13.160 --> 00:36:13.780
 humbly

00:36:13.780 --> 00:36:13.800
!

00:36:13.800 --> 00:36:14.220
 and

00:36:14.220 --> 00:36:15.019
 contritely

00:36:15.019 --> 00:36:15.620
 confessed

00:36:15.620 --> 00:36:16.019
 his sin

00:36:16.019 --> 00:36:16.539
 to God

00:36:16.539 --> 00:36:17.100
 God

00:36:17.100 --> 00:36:17.559
 said

00:36:17.559 --> 00:36:18.160
 I

00:36:18.160 --> 00:36:18.660
 have

00:36:18.660 --> 00:36:18.980
 put

00:36:18.980 --> 00:36:19.440
 away

00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:19.880
 your

00:36:19.880 --> 00:36:20.480
 sin

00:36:20.480 --> 00:36:20.860
 it

00:36:20.860 --> 00:36:21.039
 is

00:36:21.039 --> 00:36:21.440
 God's

00:36:21.440 --> 00:36:22.059
 mercy

00:36:22.059 --> 00:36:22.860
 that is

00:36:22.860 --> 00:36:23.039
 so

00:36:23.039 --> 00:36:23.880
 brilliantly

00:36:23.880 --> 00:36:24.480
 shining

00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:24.860
 in this

00:36:24.860 --> 00:36:25.480
 passage

00:36:25.480 --> 00:36:27.599
 what did

00:36:27.599 --> 00:36:27.860
 David

00:36:27.860 --> 00:36:28.360
 do

00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:29.360
 to

00:36:29.360 --> 00:36:29.880
 deserve

00:36:29.880 --> 00:36:30.200
 this

00:36:30.200 --> 00:36:30.619
 pardon

00:36:30.619 --> 00:36:32.599
 nothing

00:36:32.599 --> 00:36:34.619
 nothing

00:36:34.619 --> 00:36:35.200
 at all

00:36:35.200 --> 00:36:36.019
 that's

00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:36.340
 the whole

00:36:36.340 --> 00:36:36.780
 point

00:36:36.780 --> 00:36:37.960
 the mercy

00:36:37.960 --> 00:36:38.400
 of God

00:36:38.400 --> 00:36:38.840
 is based

00:36:38.840 --> 00:36:39.440
 completely

00:36:39.440 --> 00:36:39.960
 on his

00:36:39.960 --> 00:36:40.420
 divine

00:36:40.420 --> 00:36:40.960
 grace

00:36:40.960 --> 00:36:41.920
 not our

00:36:41.920 --> 00:36:42.480
 merit

00:36:42.480 --> 00:36:43.500
 David

00:36:43.500 --> 00:36:44.099
 didn't deserve

00:36:44.099 --> 00:36:44.559
 forgiveness

00:36:44.559 --> 00:36:45.059
 and neither

00:36:45.059 --> 00:36:45.579
 do we

00:36:45.579 --> 00:36:47.200
 but God

00:36:47.200 --> 00:36:47.860
 delights

00:36:47.860 --> 00:36:48.420
 himself

00:36:48.420 --> 00:36:49.280
 in providing

00:36:49.280 --> 00:36:50.300
 mercy

00:36:50.300 --> 00:36:50.460
 mercy

00:36:50.460 --> 00:36:52.240
 this

00:36:52.240 --> 00:36:52.400
 is

00:36:52.400 --> 00:36:52.600
 the

00:36:52.600 --> 00:36:53.200
 entire

00:36:53.200 --> 00:36:53.760
 purpose

00:36:53.760 --> 00:36:54.420
 of

00:36:54.420 --> 00:36:54.660
 this

00:36:54.660 --> 00:36:55.000
 event

00:36:55.000 --> 00:36:55.420
 these

00:36:55.420 --> 00:36:55.960
 15

00:36:55.960 --> 00:36:56.460
 verses

00:36:56.460 --> 00:36:57.700
 is

00:36:57.700 --> 00:36:58.120
 all

00:36:58.120 --> 00:36:58.640
 about

00:36:58.640 --> 00:36:59.400
 God's

00:36:59.400 --> 00:36:59.980
 desire

00:36:59.980 --> 00:37:00.600
 for

00:37:00.600 --> 00:37:00.940
 mercy

00:37:00.940 --> 00:37:01.220
 think

00:37:01.220 --> 00:37:01.480
 about

00:37:01.480 --> 00:37:01.720
 it

00:37:01.720 --> 00:37:02.420
 who

00:37:02.420 --> 00:37:02.760
 sent

00:37:02.760 --> 00:37:02.920
 the

00:37:02.920 --> 00:37:03.360
 messenger

00:37:03.360 --> 00:37:04.680
 God

00:37:04.680 --> 00:37:05.280
 God

00:37:05.280 --> 00:37:05.519
 took

00:37:05.519 --> 00:37:05.680
 the

00:37:05.680 --> 00:37:06.140
 initiative

00:37:06.140 --> 00:37:06.960
 he

00:37:06.960 --> 00:37:07.380
 sent

00:37:07.380 --> 00:37:08.019
 Nathan

00:37:08.019 --> 00:37:08.300
 to

00:37:08.300 --> 00:37:08.620
 David

00:37:08.620 --> 00:37:09.039
 in order

00:37:09.039 --> 00:37:09.320
 that

00:37:09.320 --> 00:37:09.760
 Nathan

00:37:09.760 --> 00:37:10.180
 might

00:37:10.180 --> 00:37:10.740
 confront

00:37:10.740 --> 00:37:11.060
 David

00:37:11.060 --> 00:37:11.340
 not

00:37:11.340 --> 00:37:11.519
 with

00:37:11.519 --> 00:37:11.700
 his

00:37:11.700 --> 00:37:12.000
 own

00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:12.680
 displeasure

00:37:12.680 --> 00:37:13.200
 but

00:37:13.200 --> 00:37:13.380
 with

00:37:13.380 --> 00:37:13.940
 God's

00:37:13.940 --> 00:37:14.500
 displeasure

00:37:14.500 --> 00:37:14.900
 of his

00:37:14.900 --> 00:37:15.100
 sin

00:37:15.100 --> 00:37:15.400
 and

00:37:15.400 --> 00:37:15.519
 he

00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:16.039
 confronted

00:37:16.039 --> 00:37:16.920
 David

00:37:16.920 --> 00:37:17.220
 with

00:37:17.220 --> 00:37:17.619
 the

00:37:17.619 --> 00:37:17.960
 truth

00:37:17.960 --> 00:37:18.119
 of

00:37:18.119 --> 00:37:18.500
 God's

00:37:18.500 --> 00:37:18.740
 word

00:37:18.740 --> 00:37:18.940
 and

00:37:18.940 --> 00:37:19.180
 God

00:37:19.180 --> 00:37:19.599
 used

00:37:19.599 --> 00:37:19.840
 that

00:37:19.840 --> 00:37:20.039
 to

00:37:20.039 --> 00:37:20.539
 draw

00:37:20.539 --> 00:37:20.920
 David

00:37:20.920 --> 00:37:21.400
 lead

00:37:21.400 --> 00:37:21.680
 him

00:37:21.680 --> 00:37:22.039
 to

00:37:22.039 --> 00:37:22.500
 repentance

00:37:22.500 --> 00:37:22.780
 and

00:37:22.780 --> 00:37:23.000
 why

00:37:23.000 --> 00:37:23.180
 did

00:37:23.180 --> 00:37:23.260
 he

00:37:23.260 --> 00:37:23.420
 want

00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:23.519
 to

00:37:23.519 --> 00:37:23.659
 do

00:37:23.659 --> 00:37:23.860
 that

00:37:23.860 --> 00:37:24.280
 because

00:37:24.280 --> 00:37:24.740
 God

00:37:24.740 --> 00:37:24.900
 the

00:37:24.900 --> 00:37:25.079
 whole

00:37:25.079 --> 00:37:25.340
 time

00:37:25.340 --> 00:37:25.519
 just

00:37:25.519 --> 00:37:25.740
 wanted

00:37:25.740 --> 00:37:25.900
 to

00:37:25.900 --> 00:37:26.059
 give

00:37:26.059 --> 00:37:26.619
 mercy

00:37:26.619 --> 00:37:27.300
 he

00:37:27.300 --> 00:37:27.440
 just

00:37:27.440 --> 00:37:27.579
 wanted

00:37:27.579 --> 00:37:27.680
 to

00:37:27.680 --> 00:37:27.800
 give

00:37:27.800 --> 00:37:28.280
 mercy

00:37:28.280 --> 00:37:29.840
 that's

00:37:29.840 --> 00:37:30.019
 why

00:37:30.019 --> 00:37:30.159
 he

00:37:30.159 --> 00:37:30.320
 did

00:37:30.320 --> 00:37:30.500
 it

00:37:30.500 --> 00:37:30.920
 why

00:37:30.920 --> 00:37:31.079
 did

00:37:31.079 --> 00:37:31.200
 he

00:37:31.200 --> 00:37:31.400
 send

00:37:31.400 --> 00:37:31.740
 Nathan

00:37:31.740 --> 00:37:32.099
 because

00:37:32.099 --> 00:37:32.340
 he

00:37:32.340 --> 00:37:32.619
 loved

00:37:32.619 --> 00:37:33.099
 David

00:37:33.099 --> 00:37:34.059
 and

00:37:34.059 --> 00:37:34.139
 he

00:37:34.139 --> 00:37:34.260
 was

00:37:34.260 --> 00:37:34.440
 not

00:37:34.440 --> 00:37:34.820
 content

00:37:34.820 --> 00:37:35.039
 to

00:37:35.039 --> 00:37:35.200
 leave

00:37:35.200 --> 00:37:35.320
 him

00:37:35.320 --> 00:37:35.420
 in

00:37:35.420 --> 00:37:35.900
 sin

00:37:35.900 --> 00:37:36.340
 why

00:37:36.340 --> 00:37:36.519
 does

00:37:36.519 --> 00:37:36.760
 God

00:37:36.760 --> 00:37:37.079
 send

00:37:37.079 --> 00:37:37.240
 us

00:37:37.240 --> 00:37:37.420
 to

00:37:37.420 --> 00:37:37.780
 confront

00:37:37.780 --> 00:37:38.019
 our

00:37:38.019 --> 00:37:38.420
 children

00:37:38.420 --> 00:37:38.659
 why

00:37:38.659 --> 00:37:38.820
 does

00:37:38.820 --> 00:37:38.940
 he

00:37:38.940 --> 00:37:39.139
 send

00:37:39.139 --> 00:37:39.259
 us

00:37:39.259 --> 00:37:39.400
 to

00:37:39.400 --> 00:37:39.699
 confront

00:37:39.699 --> 00:37:40.039
 other

00:37:40.039 --> 00:37:40.440
 believers

00:37:40.440 --> 00:37:40.900
 why

00:37:40.900 --> 00:37:41.099
 does

00:37:41.099 --> 00:37:41.239
 he

00:37:41.239 --> 00:37:41.460
 send

00:37:41.460 --> 00:37:41.659
 us

00:37:41.659 --> 00:37:42.119
 to

00:37:42.119 --> 00:37:42.440
 preach

00:37:42.440 --> 00:37:42.679
 the

00:37:42.679 --> 00:37:43.079
 gospel

00:37:43.079 --> 00:37:43.340
 to

00:37:43.340 --> 00:37:43.500
 the

00:37:43.500 --> 00:37:44.139
 unsaved

00:37:44.139 --> 00:37:44.639
 because

00:37:44.639 --> 00:37:45.039
 of

00:37:45.039 --> 00:37:45.259
 his

00:37:45.259 --> 00:37:45.920
 love

00:37:45.920 --> 00:37:46.340
 because

00:37:46.340 --> 00:37:46.780
 his

00:37:46.780 --> 00:37:47.360
 desire

00:37:47.360 --> 00:37:47.940
 ultimately

00:37:47.940 --> 00:37:48.420
 is

00:37:48.420 --> 00:37:48.619
 to

00:37:48.619 --> 00:37:49.019
 pour

00:37:49.019 --> 00:37:49.360
 out

00:37:49.360 --> 00:37:50.420
 mercy

00:37:50.420 --> 00:37:52.639
 we

00:37:52.639 --> 00:37:53.099
 stand

00:37:53.099 --> 00:37:53.659
 forgiven

00:37:53.659 --> 00:37:54.840
 because

00:37:54.840 --> 00:37:55.219
 of

00:37:55.219 --> 00:37:55.820
 God's

00:37:55.820 --> 00:37:56.400
 relentless

00:37:56.400 --> 00:37:57.259
 pursuit

00:37:57.259 --> 00:37:57.599
 of

00:37:57.599 --> 00:37:58.219
 grace

00:37:58.219 --> 00:37:58.679
 and

00:37:58.679 --> 00:37:58.820
 it

00:37:58.820 --> 00:37:59.000
 is

00:37:59.000 --> 00:37:59.320
 his

00:37:59.320 --> 00:37:59.840
 work

00:37:59.840 --> 00:38:00.340
 from

00:38:00.340 --> 00:38:00.539
 the

00:38:00.539 --> 00:38:00.920
 beginning

00:38:00.920 --> 00:38:01.420
 and

00:38:01.420 --> 00:38:01.619
 what

00:38:01.619 --> 00:38:01.780
 a

00:38:01.780 --> 00:38:02.340
 glorious

00:38:02.340 --> 00:38:02.860
 work

00:38:02.860 --> 00:38:03.019
 it

00:38:03.019 --> 00:38:03.559
 is

00:38:03.559 --> 00:38:04.739
 Micah

00:38:04.739 --> 00:38:05.039
 told

00:38:05.039 --> 00:38:05.219
 us

00:38:05.219 --> 00:38:05.360
 in

00:38:05.360 --> 00:38:05.599
 his

00:38:05.599 --> 00:38:06.360
 prophecy

00:38:06.360 --> 00:38:06.579
 in

00:38:06.579 --> 00:38:06.840
 chapter

00:38:06.840 --> 00:38:07.219
 7

00:38:07.219 --> 00:38:07.679
 who

00:38:07.679 --> 00:38:07.879
 is

00:38:07.879 --> 00:38:08.019
 a

00:38:08.019 --> 00:38:08.259
 God

00:38:08.259 --> 00:38:08.619
 like

00:38:08.619 --> 00:38:08.960
 you

00:38:08.960 --> 00:38:10.259
 pardoning

00:38:10.259 --> 00:38:10.919
 iniquity

00:38:10.919 --> 00:38:11.359
 and

00:38:11.359 --> 00:38:11.839
 passing

00:38:11.839 --> 00:38:12.139
 over

00:38:12.139 --> 00:38:12.960
 transgression

00:38:12.960 --> 00:38:13.440
 for the

00:38:13.440 --> 00:38:13.739
 remnant

00:38:13.739 --> 00:38:13.960
 of

00:38:13.960 --> 00:38:14.119
 his

00:38:14.119 --> 00:38:14.619
 inheritance

00:38:14.619 --> 00:38:15.679
 he

00:38:15.679 --> 00:38:15.879
 does

00:38:15.879 --> 00:38:16.119
 not

00:38:16.119 --> 00:38:16.579
 retain

00:38:16.579 --> 00:38:17.179
 anger

00:38:17.179 --> 00:38:17.659
 forever

00:38:17.659 --> 00:38:18.259
 because

00:38:18.259 --> 00:38:18.579
 he

00:38:18.579 --> 00:38:19.239
 delights

00:38:19.239 --> 00:38:19.559
 in

00:38:19.559 --> 00:38:20.139
 mercy

00:38:20.139 --> 00:38:20.799
 loving

00:38:20.799 --> 00:38:21.460
 kindness

00:38:21.460 --> 00:38:22.559
 steadfast

00:38:22.559 --> 00:38:23.139
 love

00:38:23.139 --> 00:38:23.940
 he

00:38:23.940 --> 00:38:24.119
 will

00:38:24.119 --> 00:38:24.539
 again

00:38:24.539 --> 00:38:24.819
 have

00:38:24.819 --> 00:38:25.419
 compassion

00:38:25.419 --> 00:38:25.719
 on

00:38:25.719 --> 00:38:25.980
 us

00:38:25.980 --> 00:38:26.399
 he

00:38:26.399 --> 00:38:26.599
 will

00:38:26.599 --> 00:38:27.099
 tread

00:38:27.099 --> 00:38:27.359
 our

00:38:27.359 --> 00:38:27.899
 iniquities

00:38:27.899 --> 00:38:28.279
 under

00:38:28.279 --> 00:38:28.579
 his

00:38:28.579 --> 00:38:28.980
 feet

00:38:28.980 --> 00:38:29.480
 you

00:38:29.480 --> 00:38:29.679
 will

00:38:29.679 --> 00:38:30.059
 cast

00:38:30.059 --> 00:38:30.539
 all

00:38:30.539 --> 00:38:30.779
 our

00:38:30.779 --> 00:38:31.239
 sins

00:38:31.239 --> 00:38:31.460
 into

00:38:31.460 --> 00:38:31.699
 the

00:38:31.699 --> 00:38:31.980
 depths

00:38:31.980 --> 00:38:32.139
 of

00:38:32.139 --> 00:38:32.319
 the

00:38:32.319 --> 00:38:32.599
 sea

00:38:32.599 --> 00:38:32.980
 Micah

00:38:32.980 --> 00:38:33.500
 says

00:38:33.500 --> 00:38:34.319
 and

00:38:34.319 --> 00:38:34.440
 then

00:38:34.440 --> 00:38:34.639
 in

00:38:34.639 --> 00:38:34.940
 John

00:38:34.940 --> 00:38:35.259
 chapter

00:38:35.259 --> 00:38:35.639
 3

00:38:35.639 --> 00:38:35.799
 in

00:38:35.799 --> 00:38:35.899
 the

00:38:35.899 --> 00:38:36.139
 great

00:38:36.139 --> 00:38:36.879
 conversation

00:38:36.880 --> 00:38:37.200
 with

00:38:37.200 --> 00:38:37.840
 Nicodemus

00:38:37.840 --> 00:38:38.500
 Jesus

00:38:38.500 --> 00:38:38.880
 said

00:38:38.880 --> 00:38:39.200
 God

00:38:39.200 --> 00:38:39.420
 did

00:38:39.420 --> 00:38:39.640
 not

00:38:39.640 --> 00:38:39.980
 send

00:38:39.980 --> 00:38:40.140
 me

00:38:40.140 --> 00:38:40.320
 into

00:38:40.320 --> 00:38:40.480
 the

00:38:40.480 --> 00:38:40.760
 world

00:38:40.760 --> 00:38:41.160
 to

00:38:41.160 --> 00:38:41.519
 condemn

00:38:41.519 --> 00:38:41.740
 the

00:38:41.740 --> 00:38:42.019
 world

00:38:42.019 --> 00:38:42.400
 but

00:38:42.400 --> 00:38:42.579
 that

00:38:42.579 --> 00:38:42.780
 the

00:38:42.780 --> 00:38:43.180
 world

00:38:43.180 --> 00:38:43.460
 through

00:38:43.460 --> 00:38:43.740
 me

00:38:43.740 --> 00:38:44.059
 might

00:38:44.059 --> 00:38:44.340
 be

00:38:44.340 --> 00:38:44.760
 saved

00:38:44.760 --> 00:38:44.900
 in

00:38:44.900 --> 00:38:45.119
 order

00:38:45.119 --> 00:38:45.380
 that

00:38:45.380 --> 00:38:45.599
 they

00:38:45.599 --> 00:38:45.880
 might

00:38:45.880 --> 00:38:46.119
 be

00:38:46.119 --> 00:38:46.539
 saved

00:38:46.539 --> 00:38:47.000
 through

00:38:47.000 --> 00:38:47.640
 Christ

00:38:47.640 --> 00:38:48.260
 atoning

00:38:48.260 --> 00:38:49.160
 work

00:38:49.160 --> 00:38:51.320
 condemnation

00:38:51.320 --> 00:38:51.559
 is

00:38:51.559 --> 00:38:51.880
 certainly

00:38:51.880 --> 00:38:52.280
 a part

00:38:52.280 --> 00:38:52.619
 of what

00:38:52.619 --> 00:38:52.880
 God

00:38:52.880 --> 00:38:53.220
 does

00:38:53.220 --> 00:38:53.400
 he

00:38:53.400 --> 00:38:53.660
 must

00:38:53.660 --> 00:38:53.960
 judge

00:38:53.960 --> 00:38:54.240
 sin

00:38:54.240 --> 00:38:54.360
 and

00:38:54.360 --> 00:38:54.500
 there

00:38:54.500 --> 00:38:54.720
 are

00:38:54.720 --> 00:38:55.059
 people

00:38:55.059 --> 00:38:55.260
 who

00:38:55.260 --> 00:38:55.460
 will

00:38:55.460 --> 00:38:55.760
 die

00:38:55.760 --> 00:38:55.880
 in

00:38:55.880 --> 00:38:56.019
 their

00:38:56.019 --> 00:38:56.280
 sin

00:38:56.280 --> 00:38:56.400
 and

00:38:56.400 --> 00:38:56.519
 go

00:38:56.519 --> 00:38:56.700
 to

00:38:56.700 --> 00:38:56.940
 hell

00:38:56.940 --> 00:38:57.340
 but

00:38:57.340 --> 00:38:57.480
 he

00:38:57.480 --> 00:38:57.940
 delights

00:38:57.940 --> 00:38:58.320
 himself

00:38:58.320 --> 00:38:58.539
 in

00:38:58.539 --> 00:38:58.880
 mercy

00:38:58.880 --> 00:38:59.340
 he

00:38:59.340 --> 00:38:59.660
 sent

00:38:59.660 --> 00:39:00.039
 Christ

00:39:00.039 --> 00:39:00.300
 not

00:39:00.300 --> 00:39:00.519
 to

00:39:00.519 --> 00:39:00.980
 condemn

00:39:00.980 --> 00:39:01.360
 sinners

00:39:01.360 --> 00:39:01.760
 he

00:39:01.760 --> 00:39:02.060
 sent

00:39:02.060 --> 00:39:02.400
 Christ

00:39:02.400 --> 00:39:02.640
 to

00:39:02.640 --> 00:39:03.260
 save

00:39:03.260 --> 00:39:03.820
 sinners

00:39:03.820 --> 00:39:05.360
 why

00:39:05.360 --> 00:39:05.640
 should

00:39:05.640 --> 00:39:05.780
 we

00:39:05.780 --> 00:39:06.120
 commit

00:39:06.120 --> 00:39:06.539
 ourselves

00:39:06.539 --> 00:39:06.700
 to

00:39:06.700 --> 00:39:06.840
 the

00:39:06.840 --> 00:39:07.260
 gospel

00:39:07.260 --> 00:39:08.000
 because

00:39:08.000 --> 00:39:08.660
 God's

00:39:08.660 --> 00:39:09.080
 desire

00:39:09.080 --> 00:39:09.320
 is

00:39:09.320 --> 00:39:09.519
 to

00:39:09.519 --> 00:39:09.760
 save

00:39:09.760 --> 00:39:10.100
 sinners

00:39:10.100 --> 00:39:10.480
 and

00:39:10.480 --> 00:39:10.600
 it

00:39:10.600 --> 00:39:10.740
 should

00:39:10.740 --> 00:39:10.880
 be

00:39:10.880 --> 00:39:11.160
 our

00:39:11.160 --> 00:39:11.600
 desire

00:39:11.600 --> 00:39:11.840
 for

00:39:11.840 --> 00:39:12.039
 God

00:39:12.039 --> 00:39:12.240
 to

00:39:12.240 --> 00:39:12.480
 save

00:39:12.480 --> 00:39:13.000
 sinners

00:39:13.000 --> 00:39:15.780
 just

00:39:15.780 --> 00:39:16.019
 this

00:39:16.019 --> 00:39:16.440
 weekend

00:39:16.440 --> 00:39:18.320
 I

00:39:18.320 --> 00:39:18.539
 watched

00:39:18.539 --> 00:39:18.800
 a video

00:39:18.800 --> 00:39:19.000
 maybe

00:39:19.000 --> 00:39:19.220
 some

00:39:19.220 --> 00:39:19.340
 of

00:39:19.340 --> 00:39:19.400
 you

00:39:19.400 --> 00:39:19.780
 heard

00:39:19.780 --> 00:39:20.180
 of

00:39:20.180 --> 00:39:20.539
 Richard

00:39:20.539 --> 00:39:21.080
 Wurmbrand

00:39:21.080 --> 00:39:22.140
 if

00:39:22.140 --> 00:39:22.280
 you

00:39:22.280 --> 00:39:22.640
 haven't

00:39:22.640 --> 00:39:22.760
 I

00:39:22.760 --> 00:39:22.900
 hope

00:39:22.900 --> 00:39:23.120
 that

00:39:23.120 --> 00:39:23.380
 you'll

00:39:23.380 --> 00:39:23.560
 read

00:39:23.560 --> 00:39:23.740
 his

00:39:23.740 --> 00:39:24.019
 book

00:39:24.019 --> 00:39:24.180
 it's

00:39:24.180 --> 00:39:24.340
 called

00:39:24.340 --> 00:39:24.740
 Tortured

00:39:24.740 --> 00:39:24.920
 for

00:39:24.920 --> 00:39:25.380
 Christ

00:39:25.380 --> 00:39:26.880
 and

00:39:26.880 --> 00:39:27.380
 he

00:39:27.380 --> 00:39:27.860
 established

00:39:27.860 --> 00:39:28.060
 the

00:39:28.060 --> 00:39:28.260
 voice

00:39:28.260 --> 00:39:28.460
 of the

00:39:28.460 --> 00:39:28.860
 martyrs

00:39:28.860 --> 00:39:28.960
 who

00:39:28.960 --> 00:39:29.179
 put

00:39:29.179 --> 00:39:29.280
 a

00:39:29.280 --> 00:39:29.480
 video

00:39:29.480 --> 00:39:29.740
 out

00:39:29.740 --> 00:39:30.000
 about

00:39:30.000 --> 00:39:30.119
 it

00:39:30.119 --> 00:39:30.579
 it's

00:39:30.579 --> 00:39:30.720
 a

00:39:30.720 --> 00:39:30.980
 short

00:39:30.980 --> 00:39:31.360
 one

00:39:31.360 --> 00:39:31.559
 hour

00:39:31.559 --> 00:39:31.900
 video

00:39:31.900 --> 00:39:34.300
 I

00:39:34.300 --> 00:39:34.460
 would

00:39:34.460 --> 00:39:34.780
 encourage

00:39:34.780 --> 00:39:34.900
 you

00:39:34.900 --> 00:39:35.019
 to

00:39:35.019 --> 00:39:35.260
 watch

00:39:35.260 --> 00:39:35.500
 it

00:39:35.500 --> 00:39:36.639
 Richard

00:39:36.639 --> 00:39:37.360
 Wurmbrand

00:39:37.360 --> 00:39:37.780
 was a

00:39:37.780 --> 00:39:38.159
 Lutheran

00:39:38.159 --> 00:39:38.559
 pastor

00:39:38.559 --> 00:39:39.139
 in

00:39:39.139 --> 00:39:41.260
 Romania

00:39:41.260 --> 00:39:43.679
 in

00:39:43.679 --> 00:39:44.460
 1948

00:39:44.460 --> 00:39:45.079
 just a

00:39:45.079 --> 00:39:45.240
 couple

00:39:45.240 --> 00:39:45.360
 of

00:39:45.360 --> 00:39:45.559
 years

00:39:45.559 --> 00:39:46.079
 after

00:39:46.079 --> 00:39:46.300
 the

00:39:46.300 --> 00:39:46.740
 liberation

00:39:46.740 --> 00:39:47.079
 of the

00:39:47.079 --> 00:39:47.340
 Jews

00:39:47.340 --> 00:39:47.539
 from

00:39:47.539 --> 00:39:47.900
 Nazi

00:39:47.900 --> 00:39:48.360
 Germany

00:39:48.360 --> 00:39:49.400
 the

00:39:49.400 --> 00:39:49.740
 Russians

00:39:49.740 --> 00:39:49.980
 in

00:39:49.980 --> 00:39:50.119
 their

00:39:50.119 --> 00:39:50.500
 communist

00:39:50.500 --> 00:39:51.019
 system

00:39:51.019 --> 00:39:51.220
 their

00:39:51.220 --> 00:39:51.720
 Marxist

00:39:51.720 --> 00:39:52.179
 system

00:39:52.179 --> 00:39:53.059
 which

00:39:53.059 --> 00:39:53.199
 is

00:39:53.199 --> 00:39:53.360
 just

00:39:53.360 --> 00:39:53.639
 a

00:39:53.639 --> 00:39:53.840
 quick

00:39:53.840 --> 00:39:54.240
 commercial

00:39:54.240 --> 00:39:54.500
 for

00:39:54.500 --> 00:39:54.699
 why

00:39:54.699 --> 00:39:54.860
 we

00:39:54.860 --> 00:39:55.000
 should

00:39:55.000 --> 00:39:55.380
 avoid

00:39:55.380 --> 00:39:55.980
 Marxist

00:39:55.980 --> 00:39:56.360
 systems

00:39:56.360 --> 00:39:56.559
 even

00:39:56.559 --> 00:39:56.720
 in

00:39:56.720 --> 00:39:56.880
 our

00:39:56.880 --> 00:39:57.400
 society

00:39:57.400 --> 00:39:59.599
 atheism

00:39:59.599 --> 00:40:00.660
 was the

00:40:00.660 --> 00:40:01.099
 established

00:40:01.099 --> 00:40:01.660
 religion

00:40:01.660 --> 00:40:03.220
 and they

00:40:03.220 --> 00:40:03.599
 came in

00:40:03.599 --> 00:40:03.820
 and they

00:40:03.820 --> 00:40:04.200
 overtook

00:40:04.200 --> 00:40:04.660
 Romania

00:40:04.660 --> 00:40:05.119
 and they

00:40:05.119 --> 00:40:05.400
 forced

00:40:05.400 --> 00:40:05.940
 communism

00:40:05.940 --> 00:40:06.700
 and atheism

00:40:06.700 --> 00:40:07.180
 on there

00:40:07.180 --> 00:40:07.599
 and eventually

00:40:07.599 --> 00:40:08.220
 it became

00:40:08.220 --> 00:40:08.760
 an issue

00:40:08.760 --> 00:40:09.180
 of

00:40:09.180 --> 00:40:09.800
 persecution

00:40:09.800 --> 00:40:10.300
 Richard

00:40:10.300 --> 00:40:10.880
 Wurmbrand

00:40:10.880 --> 00:40:12.740
 continued to

00:40:12.740 --> 00:40:13.079
 preach the

00:40:13.079 --> 00:40:13.400
 gospel

00:40:13.400 --> 00:40:14.119
 they met

00:40:14.119 --> 00:40:14.780
 in apartments

00:40:14.780 --> 00:40:15.240
 secretly

00:40:15.240 --> 00:40:15.720
 in order

00:40:15.720 --> 00:40:16.019
 to have

00:40:16.019 --> 00:40:16.340
 worship

00:40:16.340 --> 00:40:16.880
 services

00:40:16.880 --> 00:40:17.260
 but they

00:40:17.260 --> 00:40:17.900
 continued

00:40:17.900 --> 00:40:18.360
 to witness

00:40:18.360 --> 00:40:18.880
 and share

00:40:18.880 --> 00:40:19.380
 the gospel

00:40:19.380 --> 00:40:19.740
 with

00:40:19.740 --> 00:40:20.400
 Russian

00:40:20.400 --> 00:40:20.880
 soldiers

00:40:20.880 --> 00:40:21.240
 who were

00:40:21.240 --> 00:40:21.539
 there

00:40:21.539 --> 00:40:21.980
 to

00:40:21.980 --> 00:40:22.840
 oppress

00:40:22.840 --> 00:40:23.160
 them

00:40:23.160 --> 00:40:24.780
 one day

00:40:24.780 --> 00:40:25.000
 on his

00:40:25.000 --> 00:40:25.300
 way to

00:40:25.300 --> 00:40:25.619
 church

00:40:25.619 --> 00:40:26.039
 a car

00:40:26.039 --> 00:40:26.660
 pulls up

00:40:26.659 --> 00:40:27.059
 puts a

00:40:27.059 --> 00:40:27.199
 hood

00:40:27.199 --> 00:40:27.359
 over

00:40:27.359 --> 00:40:27.519
 his

00:40:27.519 --> 00:40:27.739
 head

00:40:27.739 --> 00:40:28.019
 throws

00:40:28.019 --> 00:40:28.159
 him

00:40:28.159 --> 00:40:28.259
 in

00:40:28.259 --> 00:40:28.379
 the

00:40:28.379 --> 00:40:28.699
 car

00:40:28.699 --> 00:40:29.559
 and

00:40:29.559 --> 00:40:29.799
 takes

00:40:29.799 --> 00:40:29.920
 him

00:40:29.920 --> 00:40:30.019
 to

00:40:30.019 --> 00:40:30.179
 a

00:40:30.179 --> 00:40:30.460
 prison

00:40:30.460 --> 00:40:30.739
 and he

00:40:30.739 --> 00:40:30.899
 spent

00:40:30.899 --> 00:40:31.219
 the next

00:40:31.219 --> 00:40:31.619
 14

00:40:31.619 --> 00:40:31.839
 years

00:40:31.839 --> 00:40:32.059
 of his

00:40:32.059 --> 00:40:32.319
 life

00:40:32.319 --> 00:40:32.799
 in prison

00:40:32.799 --> 00:40:33.619
 and the

00:40:33.619 --> 00:40:33.839
 reason

00:40:33.839 --> 00:40:34.179
 he spent

00:40:34.179 --> 00:40:34.579
 his life

00:40:34.579 --> 00:40:34.839
 in that

00:40:34.839 --> 00:40:35.139
 prison

00:40:35.139 --> 00:40:35.659
 was simply

00:40:35.659 --> 00:40:36.099
 because he

00:40:36.099 --> 00:40:36.339
 preached

00:40:36.339 --> 00:40:36.859
 the gospel

00:40:36.859 --> 00:40:38.539
 three years

00:40:38.539 --> 00:40:39.219
 after the

00:40:39.219 --> 00:40:39.699
 liberation

00:40:39.699 --> 00:40:40.019
 of

00:40:40.019 --> 00:40:40.619
 communist

00:40:40.619 --> 00:40:41.239
 Nazis

00:40:41.239 --> 00:40:44.119
 the first

00:40:44.119 --> 00:40:44.579
 three years

00:40:44.579 --> 00:40:44.799
 of his

00:40:44.799 --> 00:40:45.359
 imprisonment

00:40:45.359 --> 00:40:45.759
 was in

00:40:45.759 --> 00:40:46.440
 solitary

00:40:46.440 --> 00:40:47.139
 confinement

00:40:47.139 --> 00:40:49.539
 30 feet

00:40:49.539 --> 00:40:49.899
 under the

00:40:49.899 --> 00:40:50.239
 ground

00:40:50.239 --> 00:40:50.759
 he says

00:40:50.759 --> 00:40:51.259
 I didn't

00:40:51.259 --> 00:40:51.759
 see the

00:40:51.759 --> 00:40:52.099
 sun

00:40:52.099 --> 00:40:52.480
 I didn't

00:40:52.480 --> 00:40:52.839
 see the

00:40:52.839 --> 00:40:53.239
 stars

00:40:53.239 --> 00:40:53.719
 I saw

00:40:53.719 --> 00:40:54.339
 no grass

00:40:54.339 --> 00:40:54.739
 I saw

00:40:54.739 --> 00:40:55.279
 no snow

00:40:55.280 --> 00:40:55.740
 I saw

00:40:55.740 --> 00:40:56.220
 no light

00:40:56.220 --> 00:40:56.600
 of day

00:40:56.600 --> 00:40:57.420
 for three

00:40:57.420 --> 00:40:57.700
 years

00:40:57.700 --> 00:40:58.019
 of my

00:40:58.019 --> 00:40:58.400
 life

00:40:58.400 --> 00:40:59.860
 they

00:40:59.860 --> 00:41:00.320
 intentionally

00:41:00.320 --> 00:41:00.940
 kept the

00:41:00.940 --> 00:41:01.380
 cells

00:41:01.380 --> 00:41:02.519
 of that

00:41:02.519 --> 00:41:03.019
 prison

00:41:03.019 --> 00:41:04.040
 as quiet

00:41:04.040 --> 00:41:04.300
 as can

00:41:04.300 --> 00:41:04.420
 be

00:41:04.420 --> 00:41:04.860
 the guards

00:41:04.860 --> 00:41:05.300
 walked around

00:41:05.300 --> 00:41:05.740
 with soft

00:41:05.740 --> 00:41:06.040
 shoes

00:41:06.040 --> 00:41:06.480
 so that you

00:41:06.480 --> 00:41:07.000
 couldn't hear

00:41:07.000 --> 00:41:07.200
 them

00:41:07.200 --> 00:41:07.780
 it was the

00:41:07.780 --> 00:41:08.340
 silence

00:41:08.340 --> 00:41:08.660
 he said

00:41:08.660 --> 00:41:09.140
 the silence

00:41:09.140 --> 00:41:09.620
 could be cut

00:41:09.620 --> 00:41:09.880
 with a

00:41:09.880 --> 00:41:10.220
 knife

00:41:10.220 --> 00:41:12.360
 and day

00:41:12.360 --> 00:41:12.720
 by day

00:41:12.720 --> 00:41:12.980
 they would

00:41:12.980 --> 00:41:13.300
 take him

00:41:13.300 --> 00:41:13.560
 to the

00:41:13.560 --> 00:41:13.820
 beating

00:41:13.820 --> 00:41:14.060
 room

00:41:14.060 --> 00:41:14.260
 and they

00:41:14.260 --> 00:41:14.400
 would

00:41:14.400 --> 00:41:14.700
 literally

00:41:14.700 --> 00:41:15.260
 beat him

00:41:15.260 --> 00:41:15.519
 nearly

00:41:15.519 --> 00:41:16.080
 to death

00:41:16.080 --> 00:41:16.640
 at one

00:41:16.640 --> 00:41:16.860
 point

00:41:16.860 --> 00:41:17.160
 they would

00:41:17.160 --> 00:41:17.860
 hang him

00:41:17.860 --> 00:41:18.300
 on this

00:41:18.300 --> 00:41:18.700
 bar

00:41:18.700 --> 00:41:19.060
 with his

00:41:19.060 --> 00:41:19.360
 feet

00:41:19.360 --> 00:41:19.660
 up

00:41:19.660 --> 00:41:20.120
 and they

00:41:20.120 --> 00:41:20.480
 would tie

00:41:20.480 --> 00:41:21.000
 his arms

00:41:21.000 --> 00:41:21.320
 so that

00:41:21.320 --> 00:41:21.760
 he was just

00:41:21.760 --> 00:41:22.000
 literally

00:41:22.000 --> 00:41:22.540
 suspended

00:41:22.539 --> 00:41:22.860
 with his

00:41:22.860 --> 00:41:23.099
 back

00:41:23.099 --> 00:41:23.440
 toward the

00:41:23.440 --> 00:41:23.759
 ground

00:41:23.759 --> 00:41:24.199
 and they

00:41:24.199 --> 00:41:24.480
 would take

00:41:24.480 --> 00:41:24.820
 a metal

00:41:24.820 --> 00:41:25.219
 pipe

00:41:25.219 --> 00:41:25.639
 and just

00:41:25.639 --> 00:41:26.139
 repeatedly

00:41:26.139 --> 00:41:26.820
 beat the

00:41:26.820 --> 00:41:27.079
 bottom

00:41:27.079 --> 00:41:27.380
 of his

00:41:27.380 --> 00:41:27.739
 feet

00:41:27.739 --> 00:41:29.000
 trying to

00:41:29.000 --> 00:41:29.239
 get him

00:41:29.239 --> 00:41:29.659
 just to

00:41:29.659 --> 00:41:30.039
 name the

00:41:30.039 --> 00:41:30.480
 names of

00:41:30.480 --> 00:41:30.840
 the people

00:41:30.840 --> 00:41:31.279
 that met

00:41:31.279 --> 00:41:31.619
 with him

00:41:31.619 --> 00:41:32.139
 as Christians

00:41:32.139 --> 00:41:32.480
 that were

00:41:32.480 --> 00:41:32.980
 spreading the

00:41:32.980 --> 00:41:33.460
 gospel in

00:41:33.460 --> 00:41:33.820
 Romania

00:41:33.820 --> 00:41:34.300
 but he

00:41:34.300 --> 00:41:34.719
 refused to

00:41:34.719 --> 00:41:35.099
 do it

00:41:35.099 --> 00:41:37.480
 he and his

00:41:37.480 --> 00:41:38.619
 companion

00:41:38.619 --> 00:41:39.259
 Christians

00:41:39.259 --> 00:41:40.559
 ultimately when he

00:41:40.559 --> 00:41:41.159
 was moved out

00:41:41.159 --> 00:41:41.739
 of solitary

00:41:41.739 --> 00:41:42.360
 confinement

00:41:42.360 --> 00:41:43.039
 they would

00:41:43.039 --> 00:41:44.139
 worship together

00:41:44.139 --> 00:41:44.940
 day by day

00:41:44.940 --> 00:41:46.000
 in the prison

00:41:46.000 --> 00:41:46.380
 cell

00:41:46.380 --> 00:41:47.239
 and they would

00:41:47.239 --> 00:41:48.360
 sing hymns

00:41:48.360 --> 00:41:48.860
 together and

00:41:48.860 --> 00:41:49.159
 they would

00:41:49.159 --> 00:41:49.900
 preach to one

00:41:49.900 --> 00:41:50.119
 another

00:41:50.119 --> 00:41:50.840
 just four or five

00:41:50.840 --> 00:41:50.980
 of them

00:41:50.980 --> 00:41:51.219
 they would

00:41:51.219 --> 00:41:51.860
 preach to one

00:41:51.860 --> 00:41:52.480
 another and the

00:41:52.480 --> 00:41:52.840
 guards would

00:41:52.840 --> 00:41:53.400
 come in every

00:41:53.400 --> 00:41:54.240
 day whoever

00:41:54.240 --> 00:41:54.820
 was speaking

00:41:54.820 --> 00:41:55.360
 at the moment

00:41:55.360 --> 00:41:55.700
 they would

00:41:55.700 --> 00:41:56.320
 drag out to

00:41:56.320 --> 00:41:56.680
 the beating

00:41:56.680 --> 00:41:57.500
 rooms and

00:41:57.500 --> 00:41:57.740
 they would

00:41:57.740 --> 00:41:58.320
 literally beat

00:41:58.320 --> 00:41:58.860
 them near to

00:41:58.860 --> 00:41:59.300
 death and

00:41:59.300 --> 00:41:59.599
 then they would

00:41:59.599 --> 00:42:00.000
 bring them back

00:42:00.000 --> 00:42:00.760
 to the cell and

00:42:00.760 --> 00:42:01.160
 they would pick

00:42:01.160 --> 00:42:01.640
 right back up

00:42:01.640 --> 00:42:02.059
 where they left

00:42:02.059 --> 00:42:03.260
 off and Richard

00:42:03.260 --> 00:42:03.800
 Wurmbrand said

00:42:03.800 --> 00:42:04.460
 we made a deal

00:42:04.460 --> 00:42:05.420
 we made a deal

00:42:05.420 --> 00:42:07.340
 with these guards

00:42:07.340 --> 00:42:09.240
 we would preach

00:42:09.240 --> 00:42:10.840
 they would beat

00:42:10.840 --> 00:42:12.300
 and we would

00:42:12.300 --> 00:42:13.620
 preach and they

00:42:13.620 --> 00:42:14.200
 would beat that

00:42:14.200 --> 00:42:15.039
 way everybody was

00:42:15.039 --> 00:42:16.340
 happy we could

00:42:16.340 --> 00:42:16.900
 preach the word

00:42:16.900 --> 00:42:17.460
 to one another

00:42:17.460 --> 00:42:18.480
 they could beat

00:42:18.480 --> 00:42:19.059
 us if that's what

00:42:19.059 --> 00:42:19.840
 they wanted to do

00:42:19.840 --> 00:42:20.780
 and he maintained

00:42:20.780 --> 00:42:21.260
 this love for

00:42:21.260 --> 00:42:22.520
 14 years

00:42:22.520 --> 00:42:23.880
 he lived in

00:42:23.880 --> 00:42:24.200
 this and there

00:42:24.200 --> 00:42:24.600
 were many of

00:42:24.600 --> 00:42:25.180
 them that died

00:42:25.180 --> 00:42:25.800
 in that process

00:42:25.800 --> 00:42:26.940
 that goes on

00:42:26.940 --> 00:42:27.420
 that stayed

00:42:27.420 --> 00:42:27.940
 that he was

00:42:27.940 --> 00:42:28.520
 with in these

00:42:28.520 --> 00:42:29.060
 prison cells

00:42:29.060 --> 00:42:29.460
 that stayed

00:42:29.460 --> 00:42:30.420
 for 25-30

00:42:30.420 --> 00:42:31.800
 years in this

00:42:31.800 --> 00:42:32.100
 prison

00:42:32.100 --> 00:42:33.080
 you know why

00:42:33.080 --> 00:42:33.960
 they suffered

00:42:33.960 --> 00:42:34.560
 that way

00:42:34.560 --> 00:42:35.420
 because they

00:42:35.420 --> 00:42:35.880
 cared about

00:42:35.880 --> 00:42:36.640
 the gospel

00:42:36.640 --> 00:42:38.600
 they cared

00:42:38.600 --> 00:42:39.140
 to confront

00:42:39.140 --> 00:42:39.660
 people in

00:42:39.660 --> 00:42:40.160
 their sin

00:42:40.160 --> 00:42:40.720
 not because

00:42:40.720 --> 00:42:41.240
 they hated

00:42:41.240 --> 00:42:41.460
 them

00:42:41.460 --> 00:42:41.940
 not because

00:42:41.940 --> 00:42:42.260
 they wanted

00:42:42.260 --> 00:42:42.840
 to pour out

00:42:42.840 --> 00:42:43.780
 God's wrath

00:42:43.780 --> 00:42:44.320
 on their life

00:42:44.320 --> 00:42:44.840
 but because

00:42:44.840 --> 00:42:45.460
 they loved

00:42:45.460 --> 00:42:45.840
 them

00:42:45.840 --> 00:42:46.700
 and God

00:42:46.700 --> 00:42:47.280
 loved them

00:42:47.280 --> 00:42:47.960
 and God

00:42:47.960 --> 00:42:48.800
 delighted himself

00:42:48.800 --> 00:42:49.400
 in mercy

00:42:49.400 --> 00:42:49.820
 and God

00:42:49.820 --> 00:42:50.660
 delights himself

00:42:50.660 --> 00:42:51.280
 in saving

00:42:51.280 --> 00:42:51.660
 sinners

00:42:51.660 --> 00:42:52.619
 and so they

00:42:52.619 --> 00:42:53.340
 delighted in

00:42:53.340 --> 00:42:53.940
 God saving

00:42:53.940 --> 00:42:54.260
 sinners

00:42:54.260 --> 00:42:54.720
 so it didn't

00:42:54.720 --> 00:42:55.200
 matter what

00:42:55.200 --> 00:42:55.599
 it cost

00:42:55.599 --> 00:42:56.200
 their lives

00:42:56.200 --> 00:42:56.740
 they were

00:42:56.740 --> 00:42:57.019
 going to

00:42:57.019 --> 00:42:57.619
 focus on

00:42:57.619 --> 00:42:58.240
 the gospel

00:42:58.240 --> 00:42:59.240
 they were

00:42:59.240 --> 00:42:59.460
 going to

00:42:59.460 --> 00:43:00.139
 share God's

00:43:00.139 --> 00:43:00.559
 truth

00:43:00.559 --> 00:43:01.639
 and then here

00:43:01.639 --> 00:43:02.240
 we are

00:43:02.240 --> 00:43:04.099
 many churches

00:43:04.099 --> 00:43:04.720
 in our area

00:43:04.720 --> 00:43:05.420
 won't even meet

00:43:05.420 --> 00:43:06.220
 together right

00:43:06.220 --> 00:43:06.579
 now

00:43:06.579 --> 00:43:08.539
 and we think

00:43:08.539 --> 00:43:09.340
 this is suffering

00:43:09.340 --> 00:43:10.400
 we're not

00:43:10.400 --> 00:43:10.980
 suffering

00:43:10.980 --> 00:43:12.099
 this is

00:43:12.099 --> 00:43:12.840
 inconvenience

00:43:12.840 --> 00:43:13.980
 this is not

00:43:13.980 --> 00:43:14.420
 suffering

00:43:14.420 --> 00:43:16.900
 why did God

00:43:16.900 --> 00:43:17.780
 send Nathan

00:43:17.780 --> 00:43:19.079
 because he

00:43:19.079 --> 00:43:19.840
 loved David

00:43:19.840 --> 00:43:21.740
 why has he

00:43:21.740 --> 00:43:22.480
 sent us

00:43:22.480 --> 00:43:24.140
 because he

00:43:24.140 --> 00:43:24.920
 loves us

00:43:24.920 --> 00:43:26.880
 and he loves

00:43:26.880 --> 00:43:27.320
 the people

00:43:27.320 --> 00:43:28.200
 around us

00:43:28.200 --> 00:43:29.740
 and it is

00:43:29.740 --> 00:43:30.640
 our call

00:43:30.640 --> 00:43:32.880
 to take

00:43:32.880 --> 00:43:33.500
 that truth

00:43:33.500 --> 00:43:33.900
 to them

00:43:33.900 --> 00:43:35.340
 as hard

00:43:35.340 --> 00:43:36.220
 and as

00:43:36.220 --> 00:43:36.559
 awkward

00:43:36.559 --> 00:43:37.559
 as that

00:43:37.559 --> 00:43:38.100
 may be

00:43:38.100 --> 00:43:40.519
 and one

00:43:40.519 --> 00:43:41.079
 last note

00:43:41.079 --> 00:43:42.779
 we see

00:43:42.779 --> 00:43:43.059
 David

00:43:43.059 --> 00:43:43.679
 substitute

00:43:43.679 --> 00:43:44.559
 look at

00:43:44.559 --> 00:43:45.259
 verse 14

00:43:45.259 --> 00:43:50.619
 how be it

00:43:50.619 --> 00:43:51.299
 because by

00:43:51.299 --> 00:43:52.000
 this deed

00:43:52.000 --> 00:43:53.599
 thou hast

00:43:53.599 --> 00:43:54.079
 given great

00:43:54.079 --> 00:43:54.719
 occasion to

00:43:54.719 --> 00:43:55.079
 the enemies

00:43:55.079 --> 00:43:55.480
 of the Lord

00:43:55.480 --> 00:43:56.219
 to blaspheme

00:43:56.219 --> 00:43:58.279
 the child

00:43:58.279 --> 00:43:58.860
 that is born

00:43:58.860 --> 00:43:59.440
 unto thee

00:43:59.440 --> 00:44:01.199
 shall surely

00:44:01.199 --> 00:44:01.699
 die

00:44:01.699 --> 00:44:05.319
 well God's

00:44:05.319 --> 00:44:06.079
 mercy removes

00:44:06.079 --> 00:44:06.579
 the eternal

00:44:06.579 --> 00:44:07.500
 consequences of

00:44:07.500 --> 00:44:08.619
 sin in the

00:44:08.619 --> 00:44:09.340
 life to come

00:44:09.340 --> 00:44:11.480
 it does not

00:44:11.480 --> 00:44:12.200
 always remove

00:44:12.200 --> 00:44:12.920
 the consequences

00:44:12.920 --> 00:44:13.460
 of sin

00:44:13.460 --> 00:44:13.840
 in this

00:44:13.840 --> 00:44:14.200
 life

00:44:14.200 --> 00:44:16.160
 David would

00:44:16.160 --> 00:44:16.840
 indeed face

00:44:16.840 --> 00:44:17.840
 great consequences

00:44:17.840 --> 00:44:18.640
 in fact there's

00:44:18.640 --> 00:44:20.019
 even kind of a

00:44:20.019 --> 00:44:20.740
 note of that

00:44:20.740 --> 00:44:21.980
 in verse 5

00:44:21.980 --> 00:44:22.460
 when he says

00:44:22.460 --> 00:44:23.460
 this man will

00:44:23.460 --> 00:44:23.960
 have to pay

00:44:23.960 --> 00:44:24.800
 fourfold

00:44:24.800 --> 00:44:26.000
 David lost

00:44:26.000 --> 00:44:26.920
 four children

00:44:26.920 --> 00:44:29.400
 ultimately because

00:44:29.400 --> 00:44:29.980
 of this sin

00:44:29.980 --> 00:44:33.019
 we're going to

00:44:33.019 --> 00:44:33.340
 deal with these

00:44:33.340 --> 00:44:34.100
 consequences in

00:44:34.100 --> 00:44:34.820
 another study

00:44:34.820 --> 00:44:37.240
 and I don't

00:44:37.240 --> 00:44:37.660
 want to read

00:44:37.660 --> 00:44:38.220
 too much into

00:44:38.220 --> 00:44:38.740
 this text

00:44:38.740 --> 00:44:39.260
 but there is

00:44:39.260 --> 00:44:39.820
 an allusion

00:44:39.820 --> 00:44:41.280
 here to

00:44:41.280 --> 00:44:41.880
 what Christ

00:44:41.880 --> 00:44:42.720
 has accomplished

00:44:42.720 --> 00:44:44.260
 in atoning

00:44:44.260 --> 00:44:45.220
 for our sin

00:44:45.220 --> 00:44:48.180
 David's life

00:44:48.180 --> 00:44:49.460
 was spared

00:44:49.460 --> 00:44:51.900
 but the baby's

00:44:51.900 --> 00:44:52.720
 life was taken

00:44:52.720 --> 00:44:54.900
 the guilty

00:44:54.900 --> 00:44:55.820
 was pardoned

00:44:56.580 --> 00:44:57.620
 while the

00:44:57.620 --> 00:44:58.460
 innocent life

00:44:58.460 --> 00:44:59.920
 was lost

00:44:59.920 --> 00:45:03.240
 David and

00:45:03.240 --> 00:45:04.059
 Bathsheba's

00:45:04.059 --> 00:45:04.820
 son could

00:45:04.820 --> 00:45:05.519
 not atone

00:45:05.519 --> 00:45:05.920
 for their

00:45:05.920 --> 00:45:06.300
 sin

00:45:06.300 --> 00:45:09.039
 but there

00:45:09.039 --> 00:45:09.639
 would one

00:45:09.639 --> 00:45:10.180
 day come

00:45:10.180 --> 00:45:10.940
 a son of

00:45:10.940 --> 00:45:11.300
 David

00:45:11.300 --> 00:45:12.840
 who would

00:45:12.840 --> 00:45:13.280
 make a

00:45:13.280 --> 00:45:13.760
 sufficient

00:45:13.760 --> 00:45:14.460
 atonement

00:45:14.460 --> 00:45:15.320
 for them

00:45:15.320 --> 00:45:17.180
 Jesus Christ

00:45:17.180 --> 00:45:20.220
 as tragic

00:45:20.220 --> 00:45:20.700
 as the

00:45:20.700 --> 00:45:21.180
 consequence

00:45:21.180 --> 00:45:22.139
 truly is

00:45:22.139 --> 00:45:23.559
 it points

00:45:23.559 --> 00:45:24.059
 us to the

00:45:24.059 --> 00:45:24.440
 ultimate

00:45:24.440 --> 00:45:25.079
 sacrifice

00:45:25.079 --> 00:45:25.720
 of Jesus

00:45:25.719 --> 00:45:28.279
 we are the

00:45:28.279 --> 00:45:28.879
 guilty ones

00:45:28.879 --> 00:45:29.219
 that are

00:45:29.219 --> 00:45:30.480
 pardoned

00:45:30.480 --> 00:45:31.759
 while his

00:45:31.759 --> 00:45:32.179
 was the

00:45:32.179 --> 00:45:33.059
 innocent life

00:45:33.059 --> 00:45:34.379
 that took

00:45:34.379 --> 00:45:35.299
 our place

00:45:35.299 --> 00:45:36.339
 wasn't just

00:45:36.339 --> 00:45:36.959
 that it was

00:45:36.959 --> 00:45:37.399
 taken

00:45:37.399 --> 00:45:38.539
 is that it

00:45:38.539 --> 00:45:39.099
 was taken

00:45:39.099 --> 00:45:39.939
 in our

00:45:39.939 --> 00:45:41.219
 place

00:45:41.219 --> 00:45:43.439
 the sinless

00:45:43.439 --> 00:45:43.919
 lamb of

00:45:43.919 --> 00:45:44.519
 God was

00:45:44.519 --> 00:45:45.219
 David's

00:45:45.219 --> 00:45:46.219
 and our

00:45:46.219 --> 00:45:47.199
 substitute

00:45:47.199 --> 00:45:48.839
 and he

00:45:48.839 --> 00:45:49.759
 provides his

00:45:49.759 --> 00:45:50.719
 pardon freely

00:45:50.719 --> 00:45:52.119
 to every

00:45:52.119 --> 00:45:52.719
 person

00:45:52.719 --> 00:45:53.739
 that will

00:45:53.739 --> 00:45:54.299
 believe

00:45:54.300 --> 00:45:55.880
 and follow

00:45:55.880 --> 00:45:56.240
 him

00:45:56.240 --> 00:45:57.800
 it cost

00:45:57.800 --> 00:45:58.160
 you nothing

00:45:58.160 --> 00:45:58.500
 but your

00:45:58.500 --> 00:45:58.880
 life

00:45:58.880 --> 00:46:01.660
 it's

00:46:01.660 --> 00:46:02.019
 amazing

00:46:02.019 --> 00:46:02.360
 that how

00:46:02.360 --> 00:46:02.840
 when Jesus

00:46:02.840 --> 00:46:03.480
 was calling

00:46:03.480 --> 00:46:04.160
 the disciples

00:46:04.160 --> 00:46:05.700
 he did

00:46:05.700 --> 00:46:06.340
 not say

00:46:06.340 --> 00:46:07.920
 you know

00:46:07.920 --> 00:46:08.260
 if you give

00:46:08.260 --> 00:46:08.539
 me a little

00:46:08.539 --> 00:46:08.760
 bit of

00:46:08.760 --> 00:46:09.039
 money

00:46:09.039 --> 00:46:11.220
 and if

00:46:11.220 --> 00:46:12.300
 you come

00:46:12.300 --> 00:46:12.700
 on such

00:46:12.700 --> 00:46:12.980
 and such

00:46:12.980 --> 00:46:13.340
 day

00:46:13.340 --> 00:46:14.560
 and do

00:46:14.560 --> 00:46:15.280
 this many

00:46:15.280 --> 00:46:15.600
 religious

00:46:15.600 --> 00:46:16.039
 works

00:46:16.039 --> 00:46:17.460
 that I

00:46:17.460 --> 00:46:17.880
 will bless

00:46:17.880 --> 00:46:18.000
 you

00:46:18.000 --> 00:46:18.320
 he just

00:46:18.320 --> 00:46:18.539
 says

00:46:18.539 --> 00:46:18.900
 follow

00:46:18.900 --> 00:46:19.220
 me

00:46:19.220 --> 00:46:19.980
 you know

00:46:19.980 --> 00:46:20.220
 what God

00:46:20.220 --> 00:46:20.600
 says to

00:46:20.600 --> 00:46:20.980
 you today

00:46:20.980 --> 00:46:21.800
 Jesus

00:46:21.800 --> 00:46:22.300
 cries out

00:46:22.300 --> 00:46:22.519
 to you

00:46:22.519 --> 00:46:22.680
 today

00:46:22.680 --> 00:46:22.840
 you know

00:46:22.840 --> 00:46:22.960
 what he

00:46:22.960 --> 00:46:23.180
 says

00:46:23.180 --> 00:46:23.760
 follow

00:46:23.760 --> 00:46:24.080
 me

00:46:24.079 --> 00:46:24.880
 follow

00:46:24.880 --> 00:46:25.179
 me

00:46:25.179 --> 00:46:26.400
 and to

00:46:26.400 --> 00:46:26.639
 follow

00:46:26.639 --> 00:46:27.000
 him

00:46:27.000 --> 00:46:27.539
 means that

00:46:27.539 --> 00:46:27.659
 you

00:46:27.659 --> 00:46:28.019
 abandon

00:46:28.019 --> 00:46:28.400
 everything

00:46:28.400 --> 00:46:28.880
 else

00:46:28.880 --> 00:46:29.639
 your

00:46:29.639 --> 00:46:30.019
 sin

00:46:30.019 --> 00:46:31.079
 the

00:46:31.079 --> 00:46:31.340
 pleasures

00:46:31.340 --> 00:46:31.719
 of this

00:46:31.719 --> 00:46:32.079
 life

00:46:32.079 --> 00:46:33.340
 realize

00:46:33.340 --> 00:46:33.779
 that your

00:46:33.779 --> 00:46:34.380
 life is not

00:46:34.380 --> 00:46:34.920
 actually your

00:46:34.920 --> 00:46:35.159
 own

00:46:35.159 --> 00:46:37.019
 the power

00:46:37.019 --> 00:46:37.319
 of this

00:46:37.319 --> 00:46:37.940
 passage is

00:46:37.940 --> 00:46:38.679
 revealed only

00:46:38.679 --> 00:46:39.039
 as we

00:46:39.039 --> 00:46:39.779
 understand that

00:46:39.779 --> 00:46:40.279
 it was all

00:46:40.279 --> 00:46:40.639
 the plan

00:46:40.639 --> 00:46:41.139
 of God

00:46:41.139 --> 00:46:41.559
 isn't that

00:46:41.559 --> 00:46:41.960
 awesome

00:46:41.960 --> 00:46:42.500
 isn't that

00:46:42.500 --> 00:46:42.900
 awesome

00:46:42.900 --> 00:46:45.840
 his mercy

00:46:45.840 --> 00:46:46.480
 was not the

00:46:46.480 --> 00:46:47.440
 byproduct of

00:46:47.440 --> 00:46:47.980
 Nathan's

00:46:47.980 --> 00:46:48.699
 earnest

00:46:48.699 --> 00:46:49.360
 pleading with

00:46:49.360 --> 00:46:49.719
 David

00:46:49.719 --> 00:46:50.719
 no

00:46:50.719 --> 00:46:52.259
 God

00:46:52.259 --> 00:46:53.019
 orchestrated

00:46:53.019 --> 00:46:53.440
 the whole

00:46:53.440 --> 00:46:53.880
 thing

00:46:53.880 --> 00:46:54.980
 in order

00:46:54.980 --> 00:46:55.480
 that he

00:46:55.480 --> 00:46:56.039
 might pour

00:46:56.039 --> 00:46:56.400
 out his

00:46:56.400 --> 00:46:56.720
 grace

00:46:56.720 --> 00:46:57.280
 and mercy

00:46:57.280 --> 00:46:59.140
 the tragic

00:46:59.140 --> 00:46:59.760
 circumstance

00:46:59.760 --> 00:47:00.539
 of David's

00:47:00.539 --> 00:47:00.720
 sin

00:47:00.720 --> 00:47:01.360
 ultimately

00:47:01.360 --> 00:47:02.000
 serves

00:47:02.000 --> 00:47:02.800
 as the

00:47:02.800 --> 00:47:03.240
 backdrop

00:47:03.240 --> 00:47:03.840
 that makes

00:47:03.840 --> 00:47:04.360
 the love

00:47:04.360 --> 00:47:05.440
 of God

00:47:05.440 --> 00:47:05.760
 and his

00:47:05.760 --> 00:47:06.519
 grace shine

00:47:06.519 --> 00:47:07.619
 so brilliantly

00:47:07.619 --> 00:47:09.180
 here's my

00:47:09.180 --> 00:47:09.700
 last thing

00:47:09.700 --> 00:47:11.400
 there's a lot

00:47:11.400 --> 00:47:11.800
 for us to

00:47:11.800 --> 00:47:12.340
 learn here

00:47:12.340 --> 00:47:14.940
 and we must

00:47:14.940 --> 00:47:15.320
 heed the

00:47:15.320 --> 00:47:15.760
 warning of

00:47:15.760 --> 00:47:16.079
 sin

00:47:16.079 --> 00:47:17.380
 we need to

00:47:17.380 --> 00:47:17.940
 be obedient

00:47:17.940 --> 00:47:18.619
 to the call

00:47:18.619 --> 00:47:19.079
 to confront

00:47:19.079 --> 00:47:19.519
 sin

00:47:19.519 --> 00:47:20.860
 and we need

00:47:20.860 --> 00:47:21.200
 to learn

00:47:21.200 --> 00:47:21.720
 to confess

00:47:21.719 --> 00:47:22.459
 and forsake

00:47:22.459 --> 00:47:22.899
 our sin

00:47:22.899 --> 00:47:24.599
 but more

00:47:24.599 --> 00:47:24.959
 than all

00:47:24.959 --> 00:47:25.299
 of those

00:47:25.299 --> 00:47:25.819
 things

00:47:25.819 --> 00:47:27.899
 this story

00:47:27.899 --> 00:47:29.659
 should turn

00:47:29.659 --> 00:47:30.739
 our affections

00:47:30.739 --> 00:47:31.779
 to the

00:47:31.779 --> 00:47:32.500
 magnificent

00:47:32.500 --> 00:47:33.099
 love of

00:47:33.099 --> 00:47:33.459
 God

00:47:33.459 --> 00:47:35.239
 and lead

00:47:35.239 --> 00:47:35.759
 us to

00:47:35.759 --> 00:47:36.439
 genuinely

00:47:36.439 --> 00:47:38.039
 and humbly

00:47:38.039 --> 00:47:39.019
 worship

00:47:39.019 --> 00:47:40.099
 him

00:47:40.099 --> 00:47:40.839
 thank you

00:47:40.839 --> 00:47:41.219
 for listening

00:47:41.219 --> 00:47:41.599
 to this

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