WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.280 Holy God, there's no one like you. 00:00:03.359 --> 00:00:04.580 There's none besides you. 00:00:06.459 --> 00:00:11.800 Open our eyes to see your wonder. 00:00:15.800 --> 00:00:21.000 Spirit of the living God, fall afresh upon us. 00:00:22.620 --> 00:00:23.440 Melt us. 00:00:24.699 --> 00:00:25.379 Hold us. 00:00:26.480 --> 00:00:27.100 Fill us. 00:00:28.120 --> 00:00:28.839 Use us. 00:00:30.440 --> 00:00:32.439 God, give us a hunger for holiness. 00:00:34.399 --> 00:00:35.659 For you are holy. 00:00:38.679 --> 00:00:42.640 Spirit of God, would you do your loving, convicting work this morning. 00:00:44.780 --> 00:00:51.159 And I pray that every sinner in the room would not fear your convicting work. 00:00:52.560 --> 00:00:54.519 For perfect love casts out fear. 00:00:56.140 --> 00:00:57.640 Pray this in Jesus' name. 00:00:58.700 --> 00:00:58.960 Amen. 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:04.159 If you would open up your Bibles to 1 John chapter 1. 00:01:04.480 --> 00:01:12.439 We're going to be looking at 1 John 1, 5 through 2, 2. 00:01:12.960 --> 00:01:14.439 And I have left... 00:01:14.439 --> 00:01:15.680 Nope. 00:01:15.680 --> 00:01:15.780 Nope. 00:01:15.780 --> 00:01:24.960 I have left my introduction on my pew. 00:01:31.159 --> 00:01:34.840 Have you ever felt like you've been taken for granted? 00:01:34.840 --> 00:01:43.700 Maybe there's something that you uniquely contribute to your family. 00:01:43.700 --> 00:01:51.439 Maybe you uniquely contribute something to your workplace or your school, your friend group, or maybe it's your church. 00:01:51.439 --> 00:01:54.920 But that unique contribution goes unnoticed. 00:01:56.219 --> 00:02:00.439 It goes underappreciated, undervalued. 00:02:00.439 --> 00:02:02.480 You ever feel that way? 00:02:02.480 --> 00:02:08.659 Do you think it's possible to take God for granted? 00:02:08.659 --> 00:02:09.659 God's holiness. 00:02:09.659 --> 00:02:27.479 God's holiness is his moral purity. 00:02:27.879 --> 00:02:29.979 It's his moral brilliance. 00:02:29.979 --> 00:02:33.180 It's his squeaky clean character. 00:02:33.180 --> 00:02:36.659 That if you're in his presence, you will start to feel a little dirty. 00:02:38.659 --> 00:02:40.060 God's like the sun. 00:02:41.159 --> 00:02:45.060 And his moral brilliance shines bright. 00:02:45.879 --> 00:02:48.920 And it exposes the darkness of sin. 00:02:49.680 --> 00:02:51.460 Which is moral impurity. 00:02:53.340 --> 00:02:55.040 Which is defilement. 00:02:55.039 --> 00:03:01.039 Have you been taking God's holiness for granted? 00:03:04.959 --> 00:03:05.879 Here's how you can know. 00:03:06.959 --> 00:03:11.620 When was the last time you realized that some thought of yours that originated in you, 00:03:11.620 --> 00:03:13.539 some feeling that came out of you, 00:03:13.659 --> 00:03:16.399 that some word that shot out, 00:03:16.539 --> 00:03:18.819 that some action or inaction 00:03:18.819 --> 00:03:24.199 was actually a personal affront to your holy God? 00:03:24.199 --> 00:03:26.339 When was the last time you realized that? 00:03:28.839 --> 00:03:32.899 Or when was the last time you personally admitted to God himself 00:03:32.899 --> 00:03:36.699 that some thing that came out of you, 00:03:36.780 --> 00:03:38.479 that you are responsible for, 00:03:39.579 --> 00:03:41.419 was sin against him? 00:03:43.579 --> 00:03:45.979 Are you taking God's holiness for granted? 00:03:49.579 --> 00:03:51.899 Jesus, who is fully God and fully man, 00:03:51.939 --> 00:03:52.919 we learned that last week, 00:03:52.919 --> 00:03:56.479 he is the incarnate eternal word of life. 00:03:57.519 --> 00:03:59.919 Well, this Jesus shed his blood 00:03:59.919 --> 00:04:01.799 so that sinners like us 00:04:01.799 --> 00:04:04.500 can enter into a personal relationship 00:04:04.500 --> 00:04:07.219 with a holy, brilliant God like him. 00:04:08.679 --> 00:04:11.339 And that fellowship with God 00:04:11.339 --> 00:04:13.379 is marked by joy, 00:04:13.759 --> 00:04:14.899 and marked by hope, 00:04:15.259 --> 00:04:16.539 and marked by clarity, 00:04:16.939 --> 00:04:18.139 and marked by confidence. 00:04:18.139 --> 00:04:19.139 There's peace, 00:04:19.139 --> 00:04:20.279 and there's peace. 00:04:21.979 --> 00:04:23.879 But sometimes it gets uncomfortable. 00:04:25.680 --> 00:04:27.719 Because of the fact of the matter is, 00:04:28.319 --> 00:04:30.219 we are still sinful, 00:04:30.360 --> 00:04:31.639 brothers and sisters in Christ, 00:04:32.139 --> 00:04:36.240 and we have come into a real relationship 00:04:36.240 --> 00:04:40.139 with the holy God. 00:04:40.139 --> 00:04:43.800 Here's what I'm going to argue this morning. 00:04:45.319 --> 00:04:47.139 God's holy brilliance 00:04:47.139 --> 00:04:49.139 will continually expose 00:04:50.000 --> 00:04:51.399 our sinful darkness 00:04:51.399 --> 00:04:55.060 and show us our need for Jesus. 00:04:57.019 --> 00:04:58.439 God's holy brilliance 00:04:58.439 --> 00:05:00.319 will continually expose 00:05:00.319 --> 00:05:02.139 our sinful darkness 00:05:02.139 --> 00:05:03.519 resident in us, 00:05:03.519 --> 00:05:05.740 and it's uncomfortable, 00:05:06.740 --> 00:05:08.620 and it shows us 00:05:08.620 --> 00:05:10.019 our ongoing need for Jesus. 00:05:11.379 --> 00:05:12.620 I want you to see that 00:05:12.620 --> 00:05:14.859 from 1 John 1-5 00:05:14.859 --> 00:05:16.599 through chapter 2, verse 2. 00:05:17.439 --> 00:05:18.539 And we're going to make 00:05:18.539 --> 00:05:19.680 this known, 00:05:19.719 --> 00:05:20.599 I want to help you to see it 00:05:20.599 --> 00:05:22.479 by two moves in the sermon. 00:05:22.959 --> 00:05:23.979 The first move 00:05:23.979 --> 00:05:25.439 is point number one, 00:05:25.560 --> 00:05:26.740 one holy message, 00:05:26.740 --> 00:05:28.720 and then the second move, 00:05:28.720 --> 00:05:29.879 I'll tell you when we get there. 00:05:31.660 --> 00:05:32.400 We're going to spend 00:05:32.400 --> 00:05:33.379 the bulk of our time 00:05:33.379 --> 00:05:35.900 in the second move. 00:05:37.840 --> 00:05:38.579 God's holiness 00:05:38.579 --> 00:05:40.259 will continually expose 00:05:40.259 --> 00:05:40.960 our sinfulness 00:05:40.960 --> 00:05:43.420 and show us our need for Jesus. 00:05:43.660 --> 00:05:44.980 So, point number one, 00:05:45.079 --> 00:05:46.519 one holy message. 00:05:47.060 --> 00:05:50.139 Look at chapter 1, verse 5. 00:05:50.220 --> 00:05:50.920 This is the message 00:05:50.920 --> 00:05:52.939 that we have heard from Him 00:05:52.939 --> 00:05:53.819 and proclaim to you 00:05:53.819 --> 00:05:54.660 that God is light, 00:05:54.780 --> 00:05:55.379 and in Him 00:05:55.379 --> 00:05:57.399 is no darkness at all. 00:05:57.560 --> 00:05:58.199 In verse 5, 00:05:58.259 --> 00:05:59.180 you see the word we, 00:05:59.360 --> 00:06:00.719 that's John the Apostle 00:06:00.719 --> 00:06:01.920 speaking on behalf 00:06:01.920 --> 00:06:03.279 of all the other apostles. 00:06:04.740 --> 00:06:06.120 But he says, 00:06:06.899 --> 00:06:08.500 I've got a message 00:06:08.500 --> 00:06:09.319 I've been telling you. 00:06:10.379 --> 00:06:11.279 This is a message 00:06:11.279 --> 00:06:12.199 from all the apostles. 00:06:13.159 --> 00:06:14.180 And I want you to see 00:06:14.180 --> 00:06:14.939 who this message 00:06:14.939 --> 00:06:16.019 is actually from. 00:06:17.699 --> 00:06:18.659 This is the message 00:06:18.659 --> 00:06:21.480 we have heard from Him. 00:06:23.579 --> 00:06:25.199 Who is that? 00:06:26.240 --> 00:06:28.259 Well, you go back up 00:06:28.259 --> 00:06:29.639 in your Bible 00:06:29.639 --> 00:06:31.800 to 1 John 1, 1-4, 00:06:32.139 --> 00:06:32.860 and you realize 00:06:32.860 --> 00:06:33.860 that the Him 00:06:33.860 --> 00:06:34.920 is no other than 00:06:34.920 --> 00:06:36.060 the incarnate, 00:06:36.180 --> 00:06:37.219 eternal word of life, 00:06:37.659 --> 00:06:38.680 the second person 00:06:38.680 --> 00:06:39.680 of the Trinity, 00:06:40.199 --> 00:06:41.759 the Son of God, 00:06:42.040 --> 00:06:43.360 Jesus the Christ, 00:06:43.759 --> 00:06:45.219 who this John writing 00:06:45.219 --> 00:06:46.100 knew personally, 00:06:46.579 --> 00:06:47.879 who this John writing, 00:06:48.180 --> 00:06:49.199 He heard Him. 00:06:49.719 --> 00:06:51.240 This John writing, 00:06:51.600 --> 00:06:53.259 saw Him with His own eyes, 00:06:53.259 --> 00:06:54.439 and this John 00:06:54.439 --> 00:06:55.300 touched Him 00:06:55.300 --> 00:06:56.319 with His own hands. 00:06:56.740 --> 00:06:58.259 He, the guy writing this, 00:06:58.599 --> 00:07:00.699 touched the resurrected body 00:07:00.699 --> 00:07:01.699 of Jesus Christ. 00:07:03.519 --> 00:07:04.379 Have you ever gotten 00:07:04.379 --> 00:07:05.099 a letter in the mail? 00:07:05.759 --> 00:07:06.079 And you're like, 00:07:06.199 --> 00:07:07.579 how serious should I take this? 00:07:07.839 --> 00:07:08.620 And so you look up 00:07:08.620 --> 00:07:09.579 at the return address 00:07:09.579 --> 00:07:09.959 and you're like, 00:07:10.000 --> 00:07:10.480 ah, whatever. 00:07:10.719 --> 00:07:11.219 You toss it. 00:07:11.680 --> 00:07:13.060 If you're a child here 00:07:13.060 --> 00:07:14.740 and you see that letter, 00:07:14.920 --> 00:07:16.099 that note is from your grandma 00:07:16.099 --> 00:07:16.599 or grandpa, 00:07:16.740 --> 00:07:17.199 you're like thinking, 00:07:17.300 --> 00:07:18.759 oh, this is going to be good. 00:07:18.759 --> 00:07:19.439 You're like, 00:07:23.259 --> 00:07:24.599 because it shows us 00:07:24.599 --> 00:07:25.920 who the sender is. 00:07:27.279 --> 00:07:29.959 The sender of the message 00:07:29.959 --> 00:07:31.899 that John is about to tell us 00:07:31.899 --> 00:07:34.240 is the incarnate, 00:07:34.399 --> 00:07:35.480 eternal word of life, 00:07:35.759 --> 00:07:36.399 Jesus Christ. 00:07:37.219 --> 00:07:39.539 Which means the message 00:07:39.539 --> 00:07:41.219 is really important. 00:07:44.019 --> 00:07:45.620 What is this message about? 00:07:48.699 --> 00:07:50.459 In 1 John 1.5, 00:07:50.539 --> 00:07:52.560 we read what this message is. 00:07:52.560 --> 00:07:56.100 That God is light 00:07:56.100 --> 00:07:57.280 and in Him, 00:07:57.780 --> 00:07:59.060 there is no darkness 00:07:59.060 --> 00:08:00.819 at all. 00:08:01.439 --> 00:08:02.280 In the Greek, 00:08:02.420 --> 00:08:03.160 it's really interesting. 00:08:03.319 --> 00:08:03.899 It's like saying, 00:08:04.480 --> 00:08:05.680 there is absolutely 00:08:05.680 --> 00:08:06.740 none, 00:08:06.860 --> 00:08:07.800 none whatsoever 00:08:07.800 --> 00:08:10.079 darkness in God at all. 00:08:13.160 --> 00:08:14.779 God is light 00:08:14.779 --> 00:08:15.560 and in Him, 00:08:15.759 --> 00:08:17.040 there is no darkness 00:08:17.040 --> 00:08:18.300 whatsoever 00:08:18.300 --> 00:08:19.860 is describing 00:08:19.860 --> 00:08:21.240 the truth 00:08:21.240 --> 00:08:22.840 of God's character. 00:08:23.840 --> 00:08:24.960 It's talking about 00:08:24.960 --> 00:08:25.900 something that's true 00:08:25.900 --> 00:08:27.220 of our God. 00:08:28.180 --> 00:08:29.699 It's His holiness, 00:08:30.280 --> 00:08:32.159 His moral purity 00:08:32.159 --> 00:08:33.639 and it's being described 00:08:33.639 --> 00:08:35.820 as a moral brilliance, 00:08:36.399 --> 00:08:37.300 a light 00:08:37.300 --> 00:08:38.720 in which there is 00:08:38.720 --> 00:08:39.340 no darkness. 00:08:40.680 --> 00:08:41.480 He's like the sun, 00:08:41.600 --> 00:08:42.899 shining in holy brilliance. 00:08:44.180 --> 00:08:44.940 If you come into 00:08:44.940 --> 00:08:45.580 its presence, 00:08:45.740 --> 00:08:46.259 you're going to become 00:08:46.259 --> 00:08:47.139 aware of yourself, 00:08:48.080 --> 00:08:48.659 your sinfulness. 00:08:48.659 --> 00:08:50.980 If you flip back 00:08:50.980 --> 00:08:51.539 in your Bibles 00:08:51.539 --> 00:08:53.159 to Isaiah chapter 6, 00:08:53.939 --> 00:08:54.699 if you're not too 00:08:54.699 --> 00:08:55.279 familiar with it, 00:08:55.579 --> 00:08:56.379 go right into the middle 00:08:56.379 --> 00:08:56.839 of your Bible, 00:08:56.939 --> 00:08:57.819 you're probably in the Psalms, 00:08:57.919 --> 00:08:58.500 and then go right. 00:08:59.319 --> 00:09:00.240 You start going right, 00:09:00.299 --> 00:09:02.199 you come to Isaiah chapter 6, 00:09:02.659 --> 00:09:04.159 and Isaiah chapter 6, 00:09:04.319 --> 00:09:05.319 Isaiah is given 00:09:05.319 --> 00:09:07.039 this vision 00:09:07.039 --> 00:09:08.559 of God 00:09:08.559 --> 00:09:10.319 high and lifted up 00:09:10.319 --> 00:09:11.659 in the throne 00:09:11.659 --> 00:09:12.659 of the temple. 00:09:12.659 --> 00:09:14.679 and around 00:09:14.679 --> 00:09:16.579 this God 00:09:16.579 --> 00:09:18.179 are these angels. 00:09:18.339 --> 00:09:18.679 They're called 00:09:18.679 --> 00:09:19.480 seraphim. 00:09:19.600 --> 00:09:20.819 They're flaming ones. 00:09:21.339 --> 00:09:23.079 And with two wings, 00:09:23.199 --> 00:09:24.139 they cover their eyes 00:09:24.139 --> 00:09:25.000 and with two wings, 00:09:25.100 --> 00:09:25.980 they cover their feet 00:09:25.980 --> 00:09:27.159 and with two wings, 00:09:27.259 --> 00:09:27.860 they fly 00:09:27.860 --> 00:09:29.659 and these seraphim 00:09:29.659 --> 00:09:30.919 are calling out 00:09:30.919 --> 00:09:31.600 to one another, 00:09:32.059 --> 00:09:32.379 holy, 00:09:32.519 --> 00:09:32.839 holy, 00:09:33.039 --> 00:09:33.399 holy 00:09:33.399 --> 00:09:34.759 is the Lord 00:09:34.759 --> 00:09:35.519 of hosts. 00:09:36.039 --> 00:09:36.959 The whole earth 00:09:36.959 --> 00:09:38.199 is full of His glory. 00:09:38.200 --> 00:09:38.300 holy. 00:09:41.020 --> 00:09:41.860 God 00:09:41.860 --> 00:09:43.500 is right now 00:09:43.500 --> 00:09:44.900 in heaven 00:09:44.900 --> 00:09:46.040 being 00:09:46.040 --> 00:09:47.360 exalted 00:09:47.360 --> 00:09:48.980 for His 00:09:48.980 --> 00:09:50.780 moral brilliance. 00:09:52.120 --> 00:09:53.540 Three times. 00:09:54.120 --> 00:09:55.040 There's no other 00:09:55.040 --> 00:09:56.580 characteristic of God 00:09:56.580 --> 00:09:59.360 spoken to God 00:09:59.360 --> 00:10:01.259 repeated three times. 00:10:02.000 --> 00:10:02.900 Just His holiness. 00:10:05.480 --> 00:10:06.200 Unless you think 00:10:06.200 --> 00:10:07.020 this is only an 00:10:07.019 --> 00:10:08.480 Old Testament phenomenon, 00:10:09.100 --> 00:10:10.279 if you roll 00:10:10.279 --> 00:10:11.220 to Revelation 00:10:11.220 --> 00:10:12.279 chapter 4 00:10:12.279 --> 00:10:13.000 verse 8, 00:10:13.419 --> 00:10:14.199 all of these 00:10:14.199 --> 00:10:15.179 living creatures 00:10:15.179 --> 00:10:16.139 are around the throne 00:10:16.139 --> 00:10:16.620 in heaven 00:10:16.620 --> 00:10:18.120 and they are calling 00:10:18.120 --> 00:10:19.039 out to the one 00:10:19.039 --> 00:10:19.799 upon the throne, 00:10:20.199 --> 00:10:20.539 holy, 00:10:20.679 --> 00:10:20.980 holy, 00:10:21.100 --> 00:10:21.439 holy 00:10:21.439 --> 00:10:22.860 is the Lord 00:10:22.860 --> 00:10:23.620 God Almighty, 00:10:23.980 --> 00:10:24.759 He who was 00:10:24.759 --> 00:10:25.539 and is 00:10:25.539 --> 00:10:26.759 and is to come. 00:10:29.139 --> 00:10:30.019 So let me just 00:10:30.019 --> 00:10:31.019 take a little sidebar. 00:10:31.019 --> 00:10:36.579 God is not 00:10:36.579 --> 00:10:37.120 bored 00:10:37.120 --> 00:10:38.340 with His 00:10:38.340 --> 00:10:38.960 own holiness. 00:10:42.120 --> 00:10:42.980 When God 00:10:42.980 --> 00:10:43.559 thinks about 00:10:43.559 --> 00:10:44.120 His holiness, 00:10:44.360 --> 00:10:44.899 He's not 00:10:44.899 --> 00:10:45.879 kind of like, 00:10:46.159 --> 00:10:46.840 not great, 00:10:48.019 --> 00:10:48.699 my holiness. 00:10:50.519 --> 00:10:51.279 He's not 00:10:51.279 --> 00:10:51.879 disappointed, 00:10:52.600 --> 00:10:53.139 His shoulders 00:10:53.139 --> 00:10:53.980 don't drop 00:10:53.980 --> 00:10:54.600 when He thinks 00:10:54.600 --> 00:10:55.539 about His own holiness. 00:10:55.539 --> 00:10:55.719 holiness. 00:10:56.719 --> 00:10:58.000 He delights 00:10:58.000 --> 00:10:59.120 in His own holiness. 00:11:00.500 --> 00:11:01.319 He's like, 00:11:01.379 --> 00:11:01.740 oh yeah, 00:11:03.159 --> 00:11:03.480 holy, 00:11:03.579 --> 00:11:03.759 holy, 00:11:03.860 --> 00:11:04.579 holy is me. 00:11:07.339 --> 00:11:08.639 So let's make sure 00:11:08.639 --> 00:11:09.319 we know this. 00:11:10.599 --> 00:11:11.740 God is happy 00:11:11.740 --> 00:11:13.519 in His holiness. 00:11:14.679 --> 00:11:15.679 It brings Him 00:11:15.679 --> 00:11:16.459 great joy. 00:11:17.419 --> 00:11:18.000 In fact, 00:11:18.620 --> 00:11:19.839 He wants to bring 00:11:19.839 --> 00:11:20.959 as many people 00:11:20.960 --> 00:11:23.000 into this 00:11:23.000 --> 00:11:24.060 shared joy 00:11:24.060 --> 00:11:25.040 of His 00:11:25.040 --> 00:11:26.120 moral 00:11:26.120 --> 00:11:27.160 brilliance 00:11:27.160 --> 00:11:28.960 as Christ's 00:11:28.960 --> 00:11:30.259 blood can gather. 00:11:32.940 --> 00:11:33.980 Sidebar two. 00:11:35.980 --> 00:11:36.960 There is no 00:11:36.960 --> 00:11:38.080 living creature 00:11:38.080 --> 00:11:40.080 in the presence 00:11:40.080 --> 00:11:40.720 of God 00:11:40.720 --> 00:11:41.780 right now 00:11:41.780 --> 00:11:43.060 who is 00:11:43.060 --> 00:11:43.660 bored 00:11:43.660 --> 00:11:44.980 or upset 00:11:44.980 --> 00:11:46.400 with the holiness 00:11:46.400 --> 00:11:47.019 of God. 00:11:48.180 --> 00:11:49.420 Right now 00:11:49.420 --> 00:11:49.980 in 00:11:49.980 --> 00:11:51.279 heavenly glory, 00:11:51.899 --> 00:11:53.320 all of the 00:11:53.320 --> 00:11:54.560 occupants 00:11:54.560 --> 00:11:55.379 of heaven 00:11:55.379 --> 00:11:57.060 are focused 00:11:57.060 --> 00:11:58.100 on the one 00:11:58.100 --> 00:11:58.759 on the throne 00:11:58.759 --> 00:12:00.200 and they are saying 00:12:00.200 --> 00:12:00.800 holy, 00:12:01.300 --> 00:12:01.759 holy, 00:12:02.259 --> 00:12:03.560 holy are you. 00:12:06.620 --> 00:12:07.680 God's holiness 00:12:07.680 --> 00:12:10.000 is of 00:12:10.000 --> 00:12:11.659 incredible value 00:12:11.659 --> 00:12:13.440 to God 00:12:13.440 --> 00:12:14.759 and to 00:12:14.759 --> 00:12:15.600 all of the 00:12:15.600 --> 00:12:16.700 angelic hosts 00:12:16.700 --> 00:12:17.200 who 00:12:19.980 --> 00:12:20.980 glory. 00:12:20.980 --> 00:12:21.700 Nobody 00:12:21.700 --> 00:12:22.279 in heaven 00:12:22.279 --> 00:12:22.759 has taken 00:12:22.759 --> 00:12:23.340 His holiness 00:12:23.340 --> 00:12:23.920 for granted. 00:12:27.360 --> 00:12:28.019 Look what 00:12:28.019 --> 00:12:28.620 happens in 00:12:28.620 --> 00:12:29.240 verse 5 00:12:29.240 --> 00:12:30.060 in Isaiah 6 00:12:30.060 --> 00:12:30.560 if you're still 00:12:30.560 --> 00:12:30.860 there. 00:12:34.600 --> 00:12:35.500 Woe is me 00:12:35.500 --> 00:12:38.500 for I am 00:12:38.500 --> 00:12:38.920 lost 00:12:38.920 --> 00:12:39.480 for I am a 00:12:39.480 --> 00:12:39.820 man of 00:12:39.820 --> 00:12:40.500 unclean lips 00:12:40.500 --> 00:12:40.899 and I dwell 00:12:40.899 --> 00:12:41.279 in the midst 00:12:41.279 --> 00:12:41.759 of a people 00:12:41.759 --> 00:12:42.320 of unclean 00:12:42.320 --> 00:12:42.639 lips. 00:12:43.720 --> 00:12:44.200 Here we 00:12:44.200 --> 00:12:44.620 have 00:12:44.620 --> 00:12:45.840 this prophet 00:12:45.840 --> 00:12:47.019 who is given 00:12:47.019 --> 00:12:47.740 this vision 00:12:47.740 --> 00:12:48.720 of God 00:12:48.720 --> 00:12:49.340 in His 00:12:49.340 --> 00:12:50.379 moral brilliance 00:12:50.379 --> 00:12:51.580 and His 00:12:51.580 --> 00:12:52.240 reaction 00:12:52.240 --> 00:12:52.799 is 00:12:52.799 --> 00:12:53.879 woe is 00:12:53.879 --> 00:12:54.500 me. 00:12:55.879 --> 00:12:56.639 He becomes 00:12:56.639 --> 00:12:58.220 acutely aware 00:12:58.220 --> 00:12:59.379 of His own 00:12:59.379 --> 00:13:00.200 darkness, 00:13:00.740 --> 00:13:01.360 His own 00:13:01.360 --> 00:13:02.019 sinfulness, 00:13:02.580 --> 00:13:03.120 His own 00:13:03.120 --> 00:13:05.080 uncleanness, 00:13:05.879 --> 00:13:06.259 His own 00:13:06.259 --> 00:13:07.620 moral dirtiness, 00:13:08.620 --> 00:13:09.279 His own 00:13:09.279 --> 00:13:10.039 sinfulness 00:13:10.039 --> 00:13:12.620 and His 00:13:12.620 --> 00:13:13.620 response 00:13:13.620 --> 00:13:15.679 should be 00:13:15.679 --> 00:13:16.620 our response 00:13:16.620 --> 00:13:17.899 to a holy 00:13:17.899 --> 00:13:18.259 God. 00:13:18.899 --> 00:13:19.779 This message 00:13:19.779 --> 00:13:20.259 that we're 00:13:20.259 --> 00:13:20.839 reading about 00:13:20.839 --> 00:13:21.740 that John 00:13:21.740 --> 00:13:22.339 is saying 00:13:22.339 --> 00:13:23.339 is I 00:13:23.339 --> 00:13:23.719 heard this 00:13:23.719 --> 00:13:24.199 from Jesus, 00:13:24.480 --> 00:13:25.039 God is 00:13:25.039 --> 00:13:25.620 holy, 00:13:25.839 --> 00:13:26.139 there's no 00:13:26.139 --> 00:13:26.679 darkness in 00:13:26.679 --> 00:13:27.219 Adam Hall. 00:13:28.539 --> 00:13:28.899 This is 00:13:28.899 --> 00:13:30.639 shining brilliance 00:13:30.639 --> 00:13:31.699 that exposes 00:13:31.699 --> 00:13:32.399 darkness 00:13:32.399 --> 00:13:34.219 and what we 00:13:34.219 --> 00:13:34.799 read in 1 00:13:34.799 --> 00:13:35.819 Peter 1 00:13:35.819 --> 00:13:36.899 16 is 00:13:36.899 --> 00:13:37.599 this same 00:13:37.599 --> 00:13:38.339 holy God 00:13:38.339 --> 00:13:38.899 who says 00:13:38.899 --> 00:13:39.679 I am holy 00:13:39.679 --> 00:13:40.439 says to 00:13:40.439 --> 00:13:41.740 all of us 00:13:41.740 --> 00:13:42.799 you shall 00:13:42.799 --> 00:13:43.279 be holy. 00:13:44.980 --> 00:13:45.939 You shall 00:13:45.939 --> 00:13:46.500 be holy 00:13:46.500 --> 00:13:47.840 for I am 00:13:47.840 --> 00:13:48.220 holy. 00:13:49.500 --> 00:13:50.100 And what 00:13:50.100 --> 00:13:50.720 we're reading 00:13:50.720 --> 00:13:51.399 here is that 00:13:51.399 --> 00:13:52.019 there's no 00:13:52.019 --> 00:13:53.299 darkness in 00:13:53.299 --> 00:13:54.340 God's character 00:13:54.340 --> 00:13:54.879 whatsoever. 00:13:56.319 --> 00:13:57.220 And then we 00:13:57.220 --> 00:13:57.600 think about 00:13:57.600 --> 00:13:58.039 ourselves, 00:13:58.159 --> 00:13:58.340 right? 00:14:00.079 --> 00:14:00.980 There is 00:14:00.980 --> 00:14:01.480 resident 00:14:01.480 --> 00:14:02.360 darkness in 00:14:02.360 --> 00:14:03.879 me and 00:14:03.879 --> 00:14:04.379 in you. 00:14:04.939 --> 00:14:05.659 Each of us 00:14:05.659 --> 00:14:06.319 has this 00:14:06.319 --> 00:14:07.439 sinful nature 00:14:07.439 --> 00:14:08.079 producing 00:14:08.079 --> 00:14:09.379 sinful thoughts, 00:14:09.600 --> 00:14:10.360 sinful feelings, 00:14:10.539 --> 00:14:11.259 sinful speech 00:14:11.259 --> 00:14:11.839 and actions 00:14:11.839 --> 00:14:12.779 and sinful 00:14:12.779 --> 00:14:14.019 inactions that 00:14:14.019 --> 00:14:14.500 if we're being 00:14:14.500 --> 00:14:15.579 completely honest, 00:14:15.879 --> 00:14:16.959 we know they 00:14:16.959 --> 00:14:17.819 grieve God 00:14:17.819 --> 00:14:18.879 and we know 00:14:18.879 --> 00:14:19.639 we should care 00:14:19.639 --> 00:14:20.439 more about it. 00:14:25.439 --> 00:14:26.159 If you're 00:14:26.159 --> 00:14:26.919 taking God's 00:14:26.919 --> 00:14:27.659 holiness for 00:14:27.659 --> 00:14:28.059 granted, 00:14:29.059 --> 00:14:31.419 you will be 00:14:31.419 --> 00:14:32.019 taking your 00:14:32.019 --> 00:14:32.980 own sin for 00:14:32.980 --> 00:14:33.860 granted too. 00:14:36.420 --> 00:14:37.220 But if you're 00:14:37.220 --> 00:14:37.960 taking God's 00:14:37.960 --> 00:14:38.360 holiness 00:14:38.360 --> 00:14:40.659 seriously as 00:14:40.659 --> 00:14:41.980 God himself 00:14:41.980 --> 00:14:42.860 takes his 00:14:42.860 --> 00:14:44.039 own holiness 00:14:44.039 --> 00:14:45.019 seriously, 00:14:45.580 --> 00:14:46.840 you will 00:14:46.840 --> 00:14:47.379 begin to 00:14:47.379 --> 00:14:47.860 take your 00:14:47.860 --> 00:14:49.180 own sin 00:14:49.180 --> 00:14:50.240 seriously. 00:14:51.899 --> 00:14:52.940 And God 00:14:52.940 --> 00:14:53.680 does too. 00:14:55.920 --> 00:14:56.360 You see, 00:14:56.440 --> 00:14:56.800 being in a 00:14:56.800 --> 00:14:57.639 relationship with 00:14:57.639 --> 00:14:58.980 a holy God 00:14:58.980 --> 00:15:00.779 will expose 00:15:00.779 --> 00:15:03.059 your sinful 00:15:03.059 --> 00:15:03.980 darkness. 00:15:05.199 --> 00:15:06.000 So let me 00:15:06.000 --> 00:15:06.519 ask you this 00:15:06.519 --> 00:15:06.959 question. 00:15:07.860 --> 00:15:08.720 Is there a 00:15:08.720 --> 00:15:09.759 particular area 00:15:09.759 --> 00:15:10.959 of your life 00:15:10.959 --> 00:15:12.720 that you know 00:15:12.720 --> 00:15:13.720 is sinful 00:15:13.720 --> 00:15:15.459 but you've 00:15:15.459 --> 00:15:16.639 been rationalizing 00:15:16.639 --> 00:15:16.899 it? 00:15:17.740 --> 00:15:18.339 You've been 00:15:18.339 --> 00:15:18.899 trying to 00:15:18.899 --> 00:15:20.480 ignore God's 00:15:20.480 --> 00:15:21.539 holiness in 00:15:21.539 --> 00:15:22.019 light of it. 00:15:22.620 --> 00:15:23.240 You've been 00:15:23.240 --> 00:15:24.480 downplaying it. 00:15:24.600 --> 00:15:24.879 You're like, 00:15:24.919 --> 00:15:25.459 I'm like 00:15:25.459 --> 00:15:26.259 everybody else. 00:15:27.579 --> 00:15:27.939 It's kind of 00:15:27.939 --> 00:15:28.379 like this. 00:15:28.959 --> 00:15:29.639 You walk into 00:15:29.639 --> 00:15:30.360 your bathroom 00:15:30.360 --> 00:15:31.820 and there's 00:15:31.820 --> 00:15:32.080 a couple 00:15:32.080 --> 00:15:32.740 lights that 00:15:32.740 --> 00:15:33.159 are out 00:15:33.159 --> 00:15:33.600 around your 00:15:33.600 --> 00:15:33.960 bathroom 00:15:33.960 --> 00:15:34.519 mirror and 00:15:34.519 --> 00:15:34.779 you look 00:15:34.779 --> 00:15:35.340 yourself in 00:15:35.340 --> 00:15:35.720 the mirror 00:15:35.720 --> 00:15:36.019 and you're 00:15:36.019 --> 00:15:36.139 like, 00:15:36.200 --> 00:15:36.320 man, 00:15:36.379 --> 00:15:36.580 you're a 00:15:36.580 --> 00:15:36.879 good looking 00:15:36.879 --> 00:15:37.220 guy. 00:15:38.779 --> 00:15:40.759 And then 00:15:40.759 --> 00:15:41.220 you replace 00:15:41.220 --> 00:15:41.740 the bulbs 00:15:41.740 --> 00:15:43.320 and it gets 00:15:43.320 --> 00:15:43.980 really bright. 00:15:45.019 --> 00:15:45.300 And then 00:15:45.300 --> 00:15:45.580 you start 00:15:45.580 --> 00:15:45.899 looking at 00:15:45.899 --> 00:15:46.399 yourself and 00:15:46.399 --> 00:15:46.659 you're like, 00:15:46.820 --> 00:15:47.259 you're not 00:15:47.259 --> 00:15:47.680 the beauty 00:15:47.680 --> 00:15:48.080 I thought 00:15:48.080 --> 00:15:48.440 you were. 00:15:48.560 --> 00:15:48.840 Look at 00:15:48.840 --> 00:15:50.659 that ugliness. 00:15:54.659 --> 00:15:55.139 God's 00:15:55.139 --> 00:15:56.100 holiness is 00:15:56.100 --> 00:15:57.139 his brilliance 00:15:57.139 --> 00:15:57.920 that will 00:15:57.920 --> 00:15:59.759 expose our 00:15:59.759 --> 00:16:00.620 ugliness just 00:16:00.620 --> 00:16:01.179 like a 00:16:01.179 --> 00:16:01.679 well-lit 00:16:01.679 --> 00:16:02.620 bathroom 00:16:02.620 --> 00:16:03.000 mirror. 00:16:05.159 --> 00:16:05.799 How do 00:16:05.799 --> 00:16:06.279 you respond 00:16:06.279 --> 00:16:06.679 to that? 00:16:09.740 --> 00:16:10.439 How do 00:16:10.439 --> 00:16:11.279 you respond 00:16:11.279 --> 00:16:12.860 to sin 00:16:12.860 --> 00:16:14.220 in yourself? 00:16:15.299 --> 00:16:15.939 What do 00:16:15.939 --> 00:16:16.279 you do? 00:16:17.399 --> 00:16:17.860 Well, that 00:16:17.860 --> 00:16:18.379 brings us to 00:16:18.379 --> 00:16:18.720 the second 00:16:18.720 --> 00:16:19.279 point of the 00:16:19.279 --> 00:16:19.519 sermon. 00:16:20.360 --> 00:16:21.379 Two ways 00:16:21.379 --> 00:16:22.580 to respond. 00:16:23.379 --> 00:16:23.740 John is 00:16:23.740 --> 00:16:24.539 very clear 00:16:24.539 --> 00:16:25.460 in 1 John 00:16:25.460 --> 00:16:26.720 1, 6 00:16:26.720 --> 00:16:27.519 through 2, 22 00:16:27.519 --> 00:16:28.160 there are 00:16:28.160 --> 00:16:29.040 two ways 00:16:29.040 --> 00:16:30.399 to respond 00:16:30.399 --> 00:16:31.779 to your 00:16:31.779 --> 00:16:32.700 sin when 00:16:32.700 --> 00:16:33.600 exposed by 00:16:33.600 --> 00:16:34.080 the holiness 00:16:34.080 --> 00:16:34.700 of God. 00:16:35.139 --> 00:16:35.639 In fact, 00:16:36.060 --> 00:16:36.519 there are 00:16:36.519 --> 00:16:37.800 two batches. 00:16:39.200 --> 00:16:39.460 In 00:16:39.460 --> 00:16:40.860 chapter 1, 00:16:40.980 --> 00:16:41.440 6 through 00:16:41.440 --> 00:16:41.879 2, 2, 00:16:41.980 --> 00:16:42.379 there are 00:16:42.379 --> 00:16:43.560 six if 00:16:43.560 --> 00:16:44.100 statements. 00:16:45.420 --> 00:16:45.860 But you 00:16:45.860 --> 00:16:46.800 can group 00:16:46.800 --> 00:16:47.300 them like 00:16:47.300 --> 00:16:47.779 John does 00:16:47.779 --> 00:16:48.660 into two 00:16:48.660 --> 00:16:49.440 groups of 00:16:49.440 --> 00:16:50.060 if statements, 00:16:50.180 --> 00:16:51.000 two batches. 00:16:52.100 --> 00:16:52.480 And the 00:16:52.480 --> 00:16:53.259 first set 00:16:53.259 --> 00:16:54.480 of if 00:16:54.480 --> 00:16:54.899 statements 00:16:54.899 --> 00:16:55.220 that we're 00:16:55.220 --> 00:16:55.379 going to 00:16:55.379 --> 00:16:55.960 look at 00:16:56.720 --> 00:16:57.100 are the 00:16:57.100 --> 00:16:57.620 response 00:16:57.620 --> 00:16:58.040 that you 00:16:58.040 --> 00:16:58.759 don't want 00:16:58.759 --> 00:16:59.139 to do 00:16:59.139 --> 00:16:59.680 in light 00:16:59.680 --> 00:17:00.060 of God's 00:17:00.060 --> 00:17:00.360 holiness. 00:17:01.220 --> 00:17:01.620 It's when 00:17:01.620 --> 00:17:02.160 you deny 00:17:02.160 --> 00:17:03.100 your sin 00:17:03.100 --> 00:17:03.560 and you 00:17:03.560 --> 00:17:04.220 live a 00:17:04.220 --> 00:17:04.539 lie. 00:17:05.600 --> 00:17:05.940 Let me 00:17:05.940 --> 00:17:06.339 show you. 00:17:07.440 --> 00:17:07.819 Look at 00:17:07.819 --> 00:17:08.920 verse 6 00:17:08.920 --> 00:17:10.100 of 1 John 00:17:10.100 --> 00:17:11.339 chapter 1. 00:17:13.480 --> 00:17:14.579 Verse 6 00:17:14.579 --> 00:17:15.700 says this. 00:17:17.779 --> 00:17:18.420 If we say 00:17:18.420 --> 00:17:18.880 we have 00:17:18.880 --> 00:17:19.259 fellowship 00:17:19.259 --> 00:17:19.799 with him 00:17:19.799 --> 00:17:20.200 while we 00:17:20.200 --> 00:17:20.620 walk in 00:17:20.620 --> 00:17:21.000 darkness, 00:17:21.299 --> 00:17:21.720 we lie 00:17:21.720 --> 00:17:22.000 and do 00:17:22.000 --> 00:17:22.680 not practice 00:17:22.680 --> 00:17:23.220 the truth. 00:17:23.700 --> 00:17:25.160 What this 00:17:25.160 --> 00:17:25.920 batch has 00:17:25.920 --> 00:17:26.420 in common 00:17:26.420 --> 00:17:27.200 is that 00:17:27.200 --> 00:17:27.620 they're all 00:17:27.620 --> 00:17:28.500 different forms 00:17:28.500 --> 00:17:29.380 of denying 00:17:29.380 --> 00:17:30.720 one's 00:17:30.720 --> 00:17:31.360 sinfulness. 00:17:33.759 --> 00:17:34.400 And the 00:17:34.400 --> 00:17:34.759 first one 00:17:34.759 --> 00:17:35.080 we just 00:17:35.080 --> 00:17:35.740 read is 00:17:35.740 --> 00:17:36.120 a kind 00:17:36.120 --> 00:17:37.000 of hypocrisy. 00:17:37.740 --> 00:17:38.240 Being 00:17:38.240 --> 00:17:38.860 two-faced. 00:17:39.500 --> 00:17:40.019 Saying one 00:17:40.019 --> 00:17:40.400 thing but 00:17:40.400 --> 00:17:40.920 doing another. 00:17:41.720 --> 00:17:42.140 You see it 00:17:42.140 --> 00:17:42.400 right there 00:17:42.400 --> 00:17:42.900 in the text. 00:17:43.259 --> 00:17:43.680 If we 00:17:43.680 --> 00:17:44.420 say we 00:17:44.420 --> 00:17:44.620 have 00:17:44.620 --> 00:17:45.060 fellowship 00:17:45.060 --> 00:17:46.300 with him, 00:17:46.920 --> 00:17:47.440 the God 00:17:47.440 --> 00:17:47.980 of light 00:17:47.980 --> 00:17:49.039 in whom 00:17:49.039 --> 00:17:49.460 there's no 00:17:49.460 --> 00:17:49.800 darkness 00:17:49.800 --> 00:17:50.380 whatsoever, 00:17:51.380 --> 00:17:52.019 if we 00:17:52.019 --> 00:17:52.640 say we're 00:17:52.640 --> 00:17:52.900 in a 00:17:52.900 --> 00:17:53.440 relationship 00:17:53.440 --> 00:17:53.960 with him, 00:17:53.960 --> 00:17:54.819 a deep, 00:17:55.220 --> 00:17:55.680 meaningful, 00:17:55.900 --> 00:17:56.220 abiding 00:17:56.220 --> 00:17:56.819 relationship 00:17:56.819 --> 00:17:57.200 with him 00:17:57.200 --> 00:17:57.519 and yet 00:17:57.519 --> 00:17:58.940 we walk 00:17:58.940 --> 00:17:59.400 in darkness. 00:18:01.519 --> 00:18:02.360 We keep 00:18:02.360 --> 00:18:03.120 on practicing 00:18:03.120 --> 00:18:03.819 and giving 00:18:03.819 --> 00:18:04.500 ourselves to 00:18:04.500 --> 00:18:05.039 sin like 00:18:05.039 --> 00:18:05.420 it doesn't 00:18:05.420 --> 00:18:05.799 matter. 00:18:07.140 --> 00:18:07.799 We don't 00:18:07.799 --> 00:18:08.180 care. 00:18:10.680 --> 00:18:11.180 That's 00:18:11.180 --> 00:18:11.779 called lip 00:18:11.779 --> 00:18:12.200 service 00:18:12.200 --> 00:18:12.900 Christianity. 00:18:15.940 --> 00:18:16.440 It's 00:18:16.440 --> 00:18:17.059 hypocrisy. 00:18:18.340 --> 00:18:18.640 And what 00:18:18.640 --> 00:18:19.640 John calls it 00:18:19.640 --> 00:18:20.140 at the end 00:18:20.140 --> 00:18:20.779 of verse 6 00:18:20.779 --> 00:18:21.940 is it's 00:18:21.940 --> 00:18:22.700 a lie. 00:18:24.120 --> 00:18:24.299 You're 00:18:24.299 --> 00:18:25.700 not practicing 00:18:25.700 --> 00:18:26.460 the truth 00:18:26.460 --> 00:18:27.000 of God's 00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:27.360 holiness. 00:18:28.279 --> 00:18:28.720 You're 00:18:28.720 --> 00:18:29.100 living a 00:18:29.100 --> 00:18:29.480 lie. 00:18:33.160 --> 00:18:34.559 And it's 00:18:34.559 --> 00:18:35.299 confusing to 00:18:35.299 --> 00:18:35.779 others who 00:18:35.779 --> 00:18:36.259 are watching. 00:18:39.039 --> 00:18:39.940 Back in the 00:18:39.940 --> 00:18:40.420 90s, 00:18:40.500 --> 00:18:41.240 DC Talk 00:18:41.240 --> 00:18:42.000 released the 00:18:42.000 --> 00:18:42.340 album 00:18:42.340 --> 00:18:42.880 Jesus 00:18:42.880 --> 00:18:43.500 Freak. 00:18:45.220 --> 00:18:46.000 And one 00:18:46.000 --> 00:18:46.220 of the 00:18:46.220 --> 00:18:46.900 tracks is 00:18:46.900 --> 00:18:47.160 called 00:18:47.160 --> 00:18:47.660 What If I 00:18:47.660 --> 00:18:48.080 Stumble? 00:18:48.220 --> 00:18:48.440 And it 00:18:48.440 --> 00:18:48.940 begins with 00:18:48.940 --> 00:18:49.200 Brendan 00:18:49.200 --> 00:18:49.600 Manning 00:18:49.600 --> 00:18:50.400 saying this. 00:18:50.400 --> 00:18:51.940 The single 00:18:51.940 --> 00:18:52.640 greatest cause 00:18:52.640 --> 00:18:53.259 of atheism 00:18:53.259 --> 00:18:53.900 today is 00:18:53.900 --> 00:18:54.519 Christians 00:18:54.519 --> 00:18:56.180 who 00:18:56.180 --> 00:18:56.940 acknowledge 00:18:56.940 --> 00:18:57.680 Jesus with 00:18:57.680 --> 00:18:58.580 their lips 00:18:58.580 --> 00:18:59.759 but walk 00:18:59.759 --> 00:19:00.100 out the 00:19:00.100 --> 00:19:00.620 door and 00:19:00.620 --> 00:19:01.280 deny him 00:19:01.280 --> 00:19:02.040 with their 00:19:02.040 --> 00:19:02.740 lifestyle. 00:19:03.100 --> 00:19:03.640 This is 00:19:03.640 --> 00:19:04.200 what an 00:19:04.200 --> 00:19:04.900 unbelieving 00:19:04.900 --> 00:19:06.040 world simply 00:19:06.040 --> 00:19:06.780 finds 00:19:06.780 --> 00:19:08.220 unbelievable. 00:19:10.140 --> 00:19:10.580 Our 00:19:10.580 --> 00:19:11.420 hypocrisy, 00:19:11.700 --> 00:19:12.180 this living 00:19:12.180 --> 00:19:12.740 a lie, 00:19:13.200 --> 00:19:13.540 is not 00:19:13.540 --> 00:19:14.120 only unhealthy 00:19:14.120 --> 00:19:14.880 for us, 00:19:15.180 --> 00:19:15.960 it's confusing 00:19:15.960 --> 00:19:16.480 to everybody 00:19:16.480 --> 00:19:16.940 else. 00:19:16.940 --> 00:19:21.039 The second 00:19:21.039 --> 00:19:21.600 if statement 00:19:21.600 --> 00:19:22.019 in this 00:19:22.019 --> 00:19:22.600 batch is 00:19:22.600 --> 00:19:22.940 in verse 00:19:22.940 --> 00:19:23.259 8. 00:19:26.660 --> 00:19:27.600 Self-deception. 00:19:30.740 --> 00:19:31.320 If we 00:19:31.320 --> 00:19:31.700 say we 00:19:31.700 --> 00:19:32.059 have no 00:19:32.059 --> 00:19:32.940 sin, we 00:19:32.940 --> 00:19:33.220 deceive 00:19:33.220 --> 00:19:33.779 ourselves and 00:19:33.779 --> 00:19:34.120 the truth 00:19:34.120 --> 00:19:34.460 is not 00:19:34.460 --> 00:19:34.840 in us. 00:19:35.500 --> 00:19:36.080 So remember 00:19:36.080 --> 00:19:36.420 where we 00:19:36.420 --> 00:19:37.019 started, God 00:19:37.019 --> 00:19:37.640 is light, he 00:19:37.640 --> 00:19:38.220 is holy, in 00:19:38.220 --> 00:19:38.600 him there's 00:19:38.600 --> 00:19:39.080 no darkness 00:19:39.080 --> 00:19:39.480 at all. 00:19:39.740 --> 00:19:40.039 But if 00:19:40.039 --> 00:19:40.620 you're saying, 00:19:41.140 --> 00:19:41.559 I got no 00:19:41.559 --> 00:19:42.039 sin in me, 00:19:42.980 --> 00:19:43.539 no stick, 00:19:44.180 --> 00:19:44.500 it's not 00:19:44.500 --> 00:19:45.019 showing anything 00:19:45.019 --> 00:19:45.299 out. 00:19:46.940 --> 00:19:48.700 John says 00:19:48.700 --> 00:19:49.279 you're deceiving 00:19:49.279 --> 00:19:49.779 yourself. 00:19:53.220 --> 00:19:53.660 You're 00:19:53.660 --> 00:19:54.740 rationalizing 00:19:54.740 --> 00:19:55.980 sin away. 00:19:57.380 --> 00:19:57.880 And here 00:19:57.880 --> 00:19:58.360 is the way 00:19:58.360 --> 00:19:58.920 we do it. 00:20:01.220 --> 00:20:01.759 You know 00:20:01.759 --> 00:20:03.340 what, you're 00:20:03.340 --> 00:20:04.000 right, I see 00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:04.680 that too, but 00:20:04.680 --> 00:20:05.380 you know 00:20:05.380 --> 00:20:05.960 what, it's a 00:20:05.960 --> 00:20:06.759 result of my 00:20:06.759 --> 00:20:07.200 upbringing. 00:20:10.360 --> 00:20:11.200 It's how I 00:20:11.200 --> 00:20:11.900 was raised. 00:20:13.779 --> 00:20:14.940 Or, you 00:20:14.940 --> 00:20:15.220 know what, 00:20:15.360 --> 00:20:16.279 that is, you're 00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:16.779 seeing something 00:20:16.779 --> 00:20:17.119 there, that's 00:20:17.119 --> 00:20:17.859 true, but 00:20:17.859 --> 00:20:18.519 you know 00:20:18.519 --> 00:20:18.859 what, it's 00:20:18.859 --> 00:20:19.420 because of my 00:20:19.420 --> 00:20:20.579 genetic disposition 00:20:20.579 --> 00:20:21.259 that I'm 00:20:21.259 --> 00:20:21.980 inclined to do 00:20:21.980 --> 00:20:22.279 that. 00:20:22.899 --> 00:20:23.319 It's my 00:20:23.319 --> 00:20:24.119 genes fault. 00:20:25.420 --> 00:20:25.980 I'm going to 00:20:25.980 --> 00:20:26.700 blame my DNA 00:20:26.700 --> 00:20:27.359 on that one. 00:20:29.119 --> 00:20:29.920 Or maybe it's 00:20:29.920 --> 00:20:30.359 something like 00:20:30.359 --> 00:20:30.680 this. 00:20:31.079 --> 00:20:31.339 You know 00:20:31.339 --> 00:20:31.940 what, I just 00:20:31.940 --> 00:20:32.980 have kind of a 00:20:32.980 --> 00:20:34.079 brash personality, 00:20:34.399 --> 00:20:35.319 so I yell at 00:20:35.319 --> 00:20:36.399 people and 00:20:36.399 --> 00:20:37.220 demean them. 00:20:37.359 --> 00:20:37.839 That's just 00:20:37.839 --> 00:20:40.039 my personality. 00:20:40.039 --> 00:20:40.220 me. 00:20:43.639 --> 00:20:44.399 All of these 00:20:44.399 --> 00:20:45.180 ways are 00:20:45.180 --> 00:20:47.039 self-deceptive 00:20:47.039 --> 00:20:48.059 ways to 00:20:48.059 --> 00:20:49.319 not acknowledge 00:20:49.319 --> 00:20:49.980 your sin. 00:20:51.059 --> 00:20:51.539 There could be 00:20:51.539 --> 00:20:52.079 an element of 00:20:52.079 --> 00:20:52.680 truth to each 00:20:52.680 --> 00:20:53.240 one, by the 00:20:53.240 --> 00:20:53.480 way. 00:20:54.960 --> 00:20:56.079 But certainly, 00:20:56.700 --> 00:20:57.700 the way that 00:20:57.700 --> 00:20:58.059 you were 00:20:58.059 --> 00:20:59.359 raised is not 00:20:59.359 --> 00:21:00.879 responsible for 00:21:00.879 --> 00:21:01.659 your sinful 00:21:01.659 --> 00:21:02.740 choices before 00:21:02.740 --> 00:21:03.119 God. 00:21:03.119 --> 00:21:06.539 certainly, your 00:21:06.539 --> 00:21:07.879 genetic disposition 00:21:07.879 --> 00:21:09.359 isn't responsible 00:21:09.359 --> 00:21:11.279 for disobeying 00:21:11.279 --> 00:21:11.859 God. 00:21:12.819 --> 00:21:14.019 Your personality, 00:21:14.199 --> 00:21:15.119 no matter how 00:21:15.119 --> 00:21:15.739 shiny and 00:21:15.739 --> 00:21:16.459 wonderful it is, 00:21:16.839 --> 00:21:18.099 it is not 00:21:18.099 --> 00:21:19.759 responsible for 00:21:19.759 --> 00:21:21.159 you rejecting 00:21:21.159 --> 00:21:22.679 God's glory and 00:21:22.679 --> 00:21:23.239 His holiness. 00:21:25.979 --> 00:21:27.579 You see, one of 00:21:27.579 --> 00:21:28.079 the things about 00:21:28.079 --> 00:21:28.639 sin you need to 00:21:28.639 --> 00:21:29.519 understand is this. 00:21:30.579 --> 00:21:31.379 Sin is by 00:21:31.379 --> 00:21:32.119 nature deceptive. 00:21:33.119 --> 00:21:36.439 your own sin is 00:21:36.439 --> 00:21:37.459 going to try to 00:21:37.459 --> 00:21:39.159 deceive you by 00:21:39.159 --> 00:21:40.879 blaming anything 00:21:40.879 --> 00:21:43.779 but you for 00:21:43.779 --> 00:21:44.639 your wrongdoing in 00:21:44.639 --> 00:21:45.179 God's sight. 00:21:48.199 --> 00:21:49.319 Self-deception. 00:21:51.579 --> 00:21:52.559 And that's not 00:21:52.559 --> 00:21:53.279 even the doozy. 00:21:55.000 --> 00:21:56.239 Look at verse 10. 00:21:58.000 --> 00:21:58.939 I mean, this is 00:21:58.939 --> 00:21:59.939 like doozy. 00:21:59.940 --> 00:22:04.259 If we say we 00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:05.259 have not sinned, 00:22:05.620 --> 00:22:06.559 God is light in 00:22:06.559 --> 00:22:07.059 Him and there's no 00:22:07.059 --> 00:22:07.720 darkness at all. 00:22:08.019 --> 00:22:10.220 If we say we 00:22:10.220 --> 00:22:11.700 have not sinned, 00:22:12.059 --> 00:22:13.779 we make Him a 00:22:13.779 --> 00:22:14.100 liar. 00:22:15.980 --> 00:22:17.539 And His word is 00:22:17.539 --> 00:22:18.120 not in us. 00:22:19.640 --> 00:22:20.180 You know, why 00:22:20.180 --> 00:22:20.680 that doesn't sound 00:22:20.680 --> 00:22:21.080 too bad? 00:22:22.700 --> 00:22:23.340 Do you understand 00:22:23.340 --> 00:22:23.900 what He's saying? 00:22:23.900 --> 00:22:28.840 If I'm saying 00:22:28.840 --> 00:22:30.000 I'm not responsible 00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:30.860 for my sin, like 00:22:30.860 --> 00:22:31.600 there's no sin in 00:22:31.600 --> 00:22:32.820 me or I haven't 00:22:32.820 --> 00:22:34.940 sinned, not only 00:22:34.940 --> 00:22:35.640 am I deceiving 00:22:35.640 --> 00:22:37.140 myself, I am 00:22:37.140 --> 00:22:38.500 calling Jesus a 00:22:38.500 --> 00:22:40.620 liar because it's 00:22:40.620 --> 00:22:42.680 Jesus who first 00:22:42.680 --> 00:22:43.720 spoke this message 00:22:43.720 --> 00:22:44.519 that God is light 00:22:44.519 --> 00:22:45.140 and in Him there's 00:22:45.140 --> 00:22:45.840 no darkness at 00:22:45.840 --> 00:22:46.000 all. 00:22:46.380 --> 00:22:47.400 It's John heard 00:22:47.400 --> 00:22:48.380 that from Jesus and 00:22:48.380 --> 00:22:49.920 speaks to us today. 00:22:49.920 --> 00:22:51.700 But even more 00:22:51.700 --> 00:22:52.640 so, John also 00:22:52.640 --> 00:22:53.480 heard Jesus say 00:22:53.480 --> 00:22:53.840 this. 00:22:53.980 --> 00:22:54.740 Check this out. 00:22:55.100 --> 00:22:55.700 This is in Mark 00:22:55.700 --> 00:22:56.400 chapter 7. 00:22:57.340 --> 00:22:58.039 What defiles a 00:22:58.039 --> 00:22:58.759 person, according 00:22:58.759 --> 00:22:59.880 to Jesus, this is 00:22:59.880 --> 00:23:01.400 Jesus speaking, what 00:23:01.400 --> 00:23:02.700 defiles a person 00:23:02.700 --> 00:23:04.360 comes from within. 00:23:06.759 --> 00:23:07.920 Out of the heart 00:23:07.920 --> 00:23:09.400 of man come evil 00:23:09.400 --> 00:23:11.680 thoughts, sexual 00:23:11.680 --> 00:23:14.100 immorality, theft, 00:23:15.060 --> 00:23:16.960 murder, adultery, 00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:19.840 coveting, wickedness, 00:23:19.920 --> 00:23:23.440 deceit, sensuality, 00:23:23.800 --> 00:23:27.039 envy, slander, pride, 00:23:27.500 --> 00:23:28.340 foolishness. 00:23:30.019 --> 00:23:31.420 All these evil 00:23:31.420 --> 00:23:32.800 things, says Jesus, 00:23:33.060 --> 00:23:34.600 come from within 00:23:34.600 --> 00:23:36.160 and they defile a 00:23:36.160 --> 00:23:36.500 person. 00:23:37.060 --> 00:23:38.500 They make you morally 00:23:38.500 --> 00:23:39.720 dirty in God's 00:23:39.720 --> 00:23:39.940 sight. 00:23:41.340 --> 00:23:42.440 According to Jesus, 00:23:43.080 --> 00:23:44.779 we have a sin 00:23:44.779 --> 00:23:46.539 problem and if you're 00:23:46.539 --> 00:23:47.840 denying it, you're 00:23:47.840 --> 00:23:49.000 calling Him a liar. 00:23:49.920 --> 00:23:53.180 when you deny your 00:23:53.180 --> 00:23:54.640 own sin, you're 00:23:54.640 --> 00:23:56.740 accusing Jesus of 00:23:56.740 --> 00:23:58.240 promoting falsehoods. 00:23:59.200 --> 00:24:00.039 Jesus is wrong. 00:24:00.580 --> 00:24:01.580 Certainly I'm not. 00:24:07.460 --> 00:24:08.480 And when you do 00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:09.500 that, when you deny 00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:10.960 your sin, you're also 00:24:10.960 --> 00:24:13.100 denying what Jesus 00:24:13.100 --> 00:24:13.860 offers. 00:24:13.859 --> 00:24:16.079 forgiveness, 00:24:16.079 --> 00:24:16.279 forgiveness, 00:24:17.419 --> 00:24:17.839 cleansing, 00:24:19.119 --> 00:24:19.579 life. 00:24:21.019 --> 00:24:21.959 That's why John 00:24:21.959 --> 00:24:23.000 says His word is not 00:24:23.000 --> 00:24:23.299 in us. 00:24:23.419 --> 00:24:24.419 If you deny it, 00:24:24.719 --> 00:24:26.319 obviously His word 00:24:26.319 --> 00:24:27.479 isn't functioning in 00:24:27.479 --> 00:24:28.019 your life. 00:24:32.819 --> 00:24:34.519 These three denials 00:24:34.519 --> 00:24:37.359 show us how not to 00:24:37.359 --> 00:24:38.579 respond to God's 00:24:38.579 --> 00:24:39.419 holy brilliance. 00:24:39.420 --> 00:24:40.720 don't do that. 00:24:42.220 --> 00:24:43.180 But let's just say 00:24:43.180 --> 00:24:45.440 you have a growing 00:24:45.440 --> 00:24:46.279 awareness of your 00:24:46.279 --> 00:24:46.980 own hypocrisy. 00:24:48.360 --> 00:24:49.440 Let's just say 00:24:49.440 --> 00:24:51.500 you're starting to 00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:52.480 see your own 00:24:52.480 --> 00:24:53.320 self-deception. 00:24:54.240 --> 00:24:55.259 Or maybe perhaps 00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:56.900 you have this lump 00:24:56.900 --> 00:24:57.460 in your throat 00:24:57.460 --> 00:24:58.720 saying, I think I 00:24:58.720 --> 00:24:59.700 have called Jesus 00:24:59.700 --> 00:25:00.380 a liar. 00:25:02.640 --> 00:25:03.640 What do you do? 00:25:06.200 --> 00:25:07.039 Well, you don't 00:25:07.039 --> 00:25:07.600 deny it. 00:25:09.420 --> 00:25:10.420 You acknowledge it. 00:25:11.440 --> 00:25:12.820 You acknowledge it 00:25:12.820 --> 00:25:14.500 to Him. 00:25:17.320 --> 00:25:18.380 Thomas Watson, 00:25:18.840 --> 00:25:19.320 the Puritan, 00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:19.740 said, 00:25:20.560 --> 00:25:21.960 till sin be 00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:22.580 bitter, 00:25:23.519 --> 00:25:24.860 Christ will 00:25:24.860 --> 00:25:26.340 not be 00:25:26.340 --> 00:25:26.740 sweet. 00:25:27.820 --> 00:25:28.660 Let's look at 00:25:28.660 --> 00:25:29.080 the sweetness. 00:25:31.140 --> 00:25:32.019 The second 00:25:32.019 --> 00:25:33.039 batch of 00:25:33.039 --> 00:25:33.880 if statements. 00:25:36.920 --> 00:25:37.820 And what they 00:25:37.820 --> 00:25:38.279 all have in 00:25:38.279 --> 00:25:39.100 common is not 00:25:39.099 --> 00:25:40.199 denying your 00:25:40.199 --> 00:25:40.779 sin and 00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:41.519 living a lie. 00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:43.019 They all 00:25:43.019 --> 00:25:44.179 acknowledge your 00:25:44.179 --> 00:25:45.740 sin and live 00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:46.279 in gospel 00:25:46.279 --> 00:25:46.980 truth. 00:25:49.379 --> 00:25:50.439 When we are in 00:25:50.439 --> 00:25:51.039 a relationship 00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:51.919 with a holy 00:25:51.919 --> 00:25:52.639 God, His 00:25:52.639 --> 00:25:53.519 brilliance will 00:25:53.519 --> 00:25:54.579 expose our 00:25:54.579 --> 00:25:55.119 sinfulness 00:25:55.119 --> 00:25:57.119 again and 00:25:57.119 --> 00:25:57.459 again. 00:25:58.219 --> 00:25:59.339 So we go to 00:25:59.339 --> 00:26:00.359 Jesus again 00:26:00.359 --> 00:26:00.779 and again. 00:26:02.159 --> 00:26:03.179 So let me 00:26:03.179 --> 00:26:03.839 show you this 00:26:03.839 --> 00:26:05.099 batch of 00:26:05.099 --> 00:26:05.419 three. 00:26:05.420 --> 00:26:06.420 honesty. 00:26:06.420 --> 00:26:06.920 The first 00:26:06.920 --> 00:26:07.820 of these 00:26:07.820 --> 00:26:08.080 three 00:26:08.080 --> 00:26:09.060 acknowledgements 00:26:09.060 --> 00:26:09.800 is in 00:26:09.800 --> 00:26:10.720 verse 7. 00:26:10.940 --> 00:26:11.340 It's a 00:26:11.340 --> 00:26:11.720 humble 00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:12.300 honesty. 00:26:12.519 --> 00:26:12.800 But if we 00:26:12.800 --> 00:26:13.320 walk in the 00:26:13.320 --> 00:26:13.900 light as He 00:26:13.900 --> 00:26:14.259 is in the 00:26:14.259 --> 00:26:14.480 light, 00:26:14.880 --> 00:26:15.120 we have 00:26:15.120 --> 00:26:15.700 fellowship with 00:26:15.700 --> 00:26:16.140 one another 00:26:16.140 --> 00:26:16.380 and the 00:26:16.380 --> 00:26:16.740 blood of 00:26:16.740 --> 00:26:16.980 Jesus, 00:26:17.120 --> 00:26:17.560 His Son, 00:26:17.680 --> 00:26:18.220 cleanses us 00:26:18.220 --> 00:26:18.820 from all 00:26:18.820 --> 00:26:19.600 sin. 00:26:19.600 --> 00:26:20.840 This is a 00:26:20.840 --> 00:26:22.539 picture of 00:26:22.539 --> 00:26:23.360 walking with 00:26:23.360 --> 00:26:23.720 God. 00:26:24.560 --> 00:26:25.140 It's in 00:26:25.140 --> 00:26:26.060 contrast to 00:26:26.060 --> 00:26:26.460 being a 00:26:26.460 --> 00:26:26.940 hypocrite. 00:26:27.880 --> 00:26:28.320 Verse 6. 00:26:29.840 --> 00:26:30.759 Don't be a 00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:31.300 hypocrite. 00:26:31.299 --> 00:26:32.019 No. 00:26:32.359 --> 00:26:33.139 Walk in the 00:26:33.139 --> 00:26:33.440 light. 00:26:35.059 --> 00:26:35.799 Acknowledge your 00:26:35.799 --> 00:26:36.139 sin. 00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:38.059 Humbly, 00:26:38.579 --> 00:26:39.139 honestly, 00:26:39.500 --> 00:26:40.720 recognize your 00:26:40.720 --> 00:26:42.159 sinfulness in 00:26:42.159 --> 00:26:42.960 light of God's 00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:43.919 holy brilliance. 00:26:44.339 --> 00:26:45.200 Be honest with 00:26:45.200 --> 00:26:45.460 God. 00:26:45.559 --> 00:26:46.339 Be honest with 00:26:46.339 --> 00:26:46.779 each other. 00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:48.259 Don't deny your 00:26:48.259 --> 00:26:48.720 sinfulness. 00:26:49.259 --> 00:26:49.700 Honestly, 00:26:49.960 --> 00:26:50.799 acknowledge it. 00:26:53.139 --> 00:26:54.259 What we see 00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:55.419 here is that 00:26:55.419 --> 00:26:56.159 is actually 00:26:56.159 --> 00:26:56.859 what fellowship 00:26:56.859 --> 00:26:58.119 with God is 00:26:58.119 --> 00:26:59.119 for 21st 00:26:59.119 --> 00:26:59.960 century disciples. 00:26:59.960 --> 00:27:00.140 ourselves. 00:27:01.160 --> 00:27:02.220 It's not a 00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:03.420 hiding of 00:27:03.420 --> 00:27:04.120 our sin. 00:27:04.819 --> 00:27:05.279 It's an 00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:06.079 acknowledging of 00:27:06.079 --> 00:27:07.180 our sin to 00:27:07.180 --> 00:27:07.980 our great, 00:27:08.380 --> 00:27:08.759 holy, 00:27:09.120 --> 00:27:09.980 loving Father. 00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:14.559 True fellowship 00:27:14.559 --> 00:27:16.000 with God, 00:27:16.559 --> 00:27:16.940 if we are 00:27:16.940 --> 00:27:17.600 walking with 00:27:17.600 --> 00:27:18.259 Him as He is 00:27:18.259 --> 00:27:18.720 in the light, 00:27:19.220 --> 00:27:20.600 extends to 00:27:20.600 --> 00:27:21.400 being in 00:27:21.400 --> 00:27:21.920 rich, 00:27:22.400 --> 00:27:22.799 meaningful, 00:27:23.279 --> 00:27:23.660 deep, 00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:24.500 aimed 00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:26.079 relationships with 00:27:26.079 --> 00:27:27.740 others who 00:27:27.740 --> 00:27:28.279 have been born 00:27:28.279 --> 00:27:29.079 of God too. 00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:32.140 true fellowship 00:27:32.140 --> 00:27:32.860 with God and 00:27:32.860 --> 00:27:33.500 others means 00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:34.460 we're not 00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:35.059 hiding our 00:27:35.059 --> 00:27:35.700 sin from one 00:27:35.700 --> 00:27:35.860 another. 00:27:35.920 --> 00:27:36.460 Remember Genesis 00:27:36.460 --> 00:27:36.860 3, 00:27:37.160 --> 00:27:37.579 Adam and Eve 00:27:37.579 --> 00:27:38.120 blew it, 00:27:38.600 --> 00:27:38.980 God comes 00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:39.539 walking in the 00:27:39.539 --> 00:27:39.880 garden, 00:27:40.440 --> 00:27:41.319 and they're 00:27:41.319 --> 00:27:42.000 hiding from 00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:42.400 God. 00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:44.079 God finally 00:27:44.079 --> 00:27:44.500 calls them 00:27:44.500 --> 00:27:44.880 out, 00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:46.000 and then they 00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:46.640 blame each 00:27:46.640 --> 00:27:46.920 other. 00:27:48.460 --> 00:27:49.140 That's not 00:27:49.140 --> 00:27:49.720 walking in the 00:27:49.720 --> 00:27:49.960 light. 00:27:51.559 --> 00:27:52.319 Walking in the 00:27:52.319 --> 00:27:52.819 light means 00:27:52.819 --> 00:27:53.380 being humbly 00:27:53.380 --> 00:27:53.960 honest with 00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:54.180 God, 00:27:54.340 --> 00:27:55.000 open to Him, 00:27:55.120 --> 00:27:55.360 yes, 00:27:55.440 --> 00:27:55.620 yes, 00:27:55.700 --> 00:27:56.420 that's sin too, 00:27:56.420 --> 00:27:58.200 and not 00:27:58.200 --> 00:27:59.240 blaming each 00:27:59.240 --> 00:27:59.600 other, 00:28:00.320 --> 00:28:00.900 helping one 00:28:00.900 --> 00:28:01.220 another, 00:28:01.680 --> 00:28:02.380 confessing our 00:28:02.380 --> 00:28:02.900 sins to one 00:28:02.900 --> 00:28:03.180 another, 00:28:04.800 --> 00:28:05.420 helping each 00:28:05.420 --> 00:28:05.980 other follow 00:28:05.980 --> 00:28:06.980 this holy 00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:07.460 God. 00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:10.000 So maybe the 00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:10.560 question becomes, 00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:11.140 when was the 00:28:11.140 --> 00:28:11.759 last time you 00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:12.500 confessed your 00:28:12.500 --> 00:28:13.000 sin, 00:28:13.320 --> 00:28:14.000 not just to 00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:14.240 God, 00:28:14.360 --> 00:28:15.039 but to some 00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:16.240 other believer? 00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:19.420 Which is a 00:28:19.420 --> 00:28:20.080 scary thought. 00:28:21.680 --> 00:28:22.640 To be honest 00:28:22.640 --> 00:28:23.340 about your sin 00:28:23.340 --> 00:28:23.740 with someone 00:28:23.740 --> 00:28:24.060 else, 00:28:24.100 --> 00:28:24.779 it means taking 00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:25.339 a risk, 00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:27.399 but that's 00:28:27.399 --> 00:28:29.160 exactly what 00:28:29.160 --> 00:28:30.039 fellowship is. 00:28:31.579 --> 00:28:33.019 Of risking 00:28:33.019 --> 00:28:35.420 honesty about 00:28:35.420 --> 00:28:36.660 ourselves in 00:28:36.660 --> 00:28:37.279 light of God's 00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:37.680 holiness. 00:28:38.579 --> 00:28:39.359 Till sin be 00:28:39.359 --> 00:28:39.579 bitter, 00:28:39.720 --> 00:28:40.299 Christ will not 00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:42.720 be sweet in 00:28:42.720 --> 00:28:43.519 our fellowship 00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:44.019 together. 00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:48.000 This brings me 00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:48.639 to the first 00:28:48.639 --> 00:28:50.299 gospel reality, 00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:50.920 the gospel 00:28:50.920 --> 00:28:51.319 truth. 00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:52.220 When we are 00:28:52.220 --> 00:28:52.899 living this 00:28:52.899 --> 00:28:53.240 way, 00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:54.460 humbly honest 00:28:54.460 --> 00:28:54.960 with God 00:28:54.960 --> 00:28:55.420 and each 00:28:55.420 --> 00:28:55.680 other, 00:28:55.880 --> 00:28:56.380 we have 00:28:56.380 --> 00:28:57.340 this assurance. 00:28:58.059 --> 00:28:58.539 Look at the 00:28:58.539 --> 00:28:58.920 end of verse 00:28:58.920 --> 00:28:59.200 seven, 00:28:59.620 --> 00:28:59.920 that the 00:28:59.920 --> 00:29:00.519 blood of 00:29:00.519 --> 00:29:00.819 Jesus, 00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:01.380 his son, 00:29:01.579 --> 00:29:02.160 cleanses us 00:29:02.160 --> 00:29:02.759 from all 00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:03.039 sin. 00:29:03.299 --> 00:29:03.900 By living 00:29:03.900 --> 00:29:04.440 that way, 00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:05.200 it demonstrates 00:29:05.200 --> 00:29:05.779 that you've 00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:06.160 been truly 00:29:06.160 --> 00:29:06.680 born of 00:29:06.680 --> 00:29:06.960 God. 00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:09.460 You belong 00:29:09.460 --> 00:29:09.840 to him. 00:29:10.259 --> 00:29:10.740 You're walking 00:29:10.740 --> 00:29:11.240 in the light 00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:12.100 with others 00:29:12.100 --> 00:29:12.680 who are walking 00:29:12.680 --> 00:29:13.180 in the light 00:29:13.180 --> 00:29:13.460 too. 00:29:15.559 --> 00:29:16.000 This 00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:16.819 acknowledgement 00:29:16.819 --> 00:29:18.880 ends, 00:29:19.100 --> 00:29:19.660 results in 00:29:19.660 --> 00:29:20.860 this gospel 00:29:20.860 --> 00:29:21.620 assurance. 00:29:22.079 --> 00:29:22.600 It's covered 00:29:22.599 --> 00:29:23.079 by the 00:29:23.079 --> 00:29:23.500 blood. 00:29:27.199 --> 00:29:28.079 The next 00:29:28.079 --> 00:29:28.859 acknowledgement 00:29:28.859 --> 00:29:29.599 is in 00:29:29.599 --> 00:29:30.199 verse nine. 00:29:31.779 --> 00:29:32.000 It's 00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:32.480 confession. 00:29:33.679 --> 00:29:34.159 And it's 00:29:34.159 --> 00:29:34.639 in contrast 00:29:34.639 --> 00:29:35.219 to the 00:29:35.219 --> 00:29:36.019 self-deception 00:29:36.019 --> 00:29:36.439 of verse 00:29:36.439 --> 00:29:36.699 eight. 00:29:38.879 --> 00:29:39.500 If we 00:29:39.500 --> 00:29:40.019 confess our 00:29:40.019 --> 00:29:40.279 sins, 00:29:40.359 --> 00:29:40.759 he's faithful 00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:41.099 and just 00:29:41.099 --> 00:29:41.419 to forgive 00:29:41.419 --> 00:29:41.740 us our 00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:42.139 sins and 00:29:42.139 --> 00:29:42.559 cleanse us 00:29:42.559 --> 00:29:42.939 from all 00:29:42.939 --> 00:29:43.659 unrighteousness. 00:29:45.619 --> 00:29:46.339 Instead of 00:29:46.339 --> 00:29:47.299 rationalizing our 00:29:47.299 --> 00:29:47.939 sin away, 00:29:48.939 --> 00:29:49.939 we honestly 00:29:49.939 --> 00:29:51.339 admit our 00:29:51.339 --> 00:29:52.099 sins to 00:29:52.099 --> 00:29:52.319 God. 00:29:52.399 --> 00:29:52.740 That word 00:29:52.740 --> 00:29:53.539 confession in 00:29:53.539 --> 00:29:53.919 the original 00:29:53.919 --> 00:29:54.759 language means 00:29:54.759 --> 00:29:56.639 same word. 00:29:58.419 --> 00:29:58.980 And what that 00:29:58.980 --> 00:30:00.000 means is you 00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:01.079 are calling 00:30:01.079 --> 00:30:02.259 something in 00:30:02.259 --> 00:30:04.799 your life what 00:30:04.799 --> 00:30:05.679 God calls it. 00:30:05.819 --> 00:30:06.480 You use the 00:30:06.480 --> 00:30:07.399 same word for 00:30:07.399 --> 00:30:07.599 it. 00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:09.759 So some people 00:30:09.759 --> 00:30:10.559 will say there's 00:30:10.559 --> 00:30:11.279 a guy looking at 00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:12.379 a girl and he'll 00:30:12.379 --> 00:30:13.000 say something like, 00:30:13.339 --> 00:30:13.759 well, you can 00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:14.339 look but you 00:30:14.339 --> 00:30:15.019 can't touch. 00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:16.819 You know what 00:30:16.819 --> 00:30:17.579 God calls that? 00:30:18.579 --> 00:30:19.119 Lust. 00:30:19.119 --> 00:30:20.579 And it's 00:30:20.579 --> 00:30:20.939 sinful. 00:30:22.119 --> 00:30:23.439 So in order to 00:30:23.439 --> 00:30:24.279 confess our 00:30:24.279 --> 00:30:25.359 sins, we need 00:30:25.359 --> 00:30:26.239 to call these 00:30:26.239 --> 00:30:27.719 sinful desires in 00:30:27.719 --> 00:30:28.979 our hearts just 00:30:28.979 --> 00:30:30.379 what God calls 00:30:30.379 --> 00:30:30.699 them. 00:30:31.779 --> 00:30:32.479 That's walking in 00:30:32.479 --> 00:30:32.819 the light. 00:30:37.839 --> 00:30:38.659 And there's a 00:30:38.659 --> 00:30:39.419 great promise in 00:30:39.419 --> 00:30:39.599 this. 00:30:39.699 --> 00:30:40.679 If we confess our 00:30:40.679 --> 00:30:41.539 sins, if we are 00:30:41.539 --> 00:30:42.879 honest with God and 00:30:42.879 --> 00:30:44.079 we're calling what 00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:45.519 we're seeing as he 00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:47.000 sees it, there's 00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:48.279 this great promise. 00:30:48.279 --> 00:30:50.139 He is faithful and 00:30:50.139 --> 00:30:51.399 just to forgive us 00:30:51.399 --> 00:30:52.220 our sins and cleanse 00:30:52.220 --> 00:30:52.700 us from all 00:30:52.700 --> 00:30:53.420 unrighteousness. 00:30:53.839 --> 00:30:54.379 How is he 00:30:54.379 --> 00:30:54.779 faithful? 00:30:55.599 --> 00:30:56.319 He's being faithful 00:30:56.319 --> 00:30:56.920 to his word. 00:30:57.019 --> 00:30:57.480 Well, what do you 00:30:57.480 --> 00:30:57.720 mean? 00:30:59.160 --> 00:31:00.559 If we ask him to 00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:02.200 forgive us, he will 00:31:02.200 --> 00:31:03.519 faithfully forgive us. 00:31:04.099 --> 00:31:05.299 Exodus 34, 7. 00:31:05.859 --> 00:31:06.799 He's a forgiver of 00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:07.519 sin and iniquity. 00:31:08.259 --> 00:31:09.480 Jesus taught us to 00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:10.839 pray in Matthew, 00:31:11.079 --> 00:31:11.799 the Lord's prayer, 00:31:12.519 --> 00:31:14.220 to tell our Father 00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:15.879 in heaven, forgive us 00:31:15.879 --> 00:31:16.740 our trespasses. 00:31:16.740 --> 00:31:18.839 And so when we 00:31:18.839 --> 00:31:20.380 confess our sins, he 00:31:20.380 --> 00:31:21.839 is faithful to his 00:31:21.839 --> 00:31:23.700 word to forgive those 00:31:23.700 --> 00:31:24.039 sins. 00:31:24.279 --> 00:31:25.400 You can bank on it, 00:31:25.579 --> 00:31:26.339 but the question is, 00:31:26.420 --> 00:31:27.400 on what basis? 00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:29.859 How can he forgive my 00:31:29.859 --> 00:31:30.319 sins? 00:31:31.980 --> 00:31:33.000 He's just. 00:31:34.440 --> 00:31:36.740 His justice, that is 00:31:36.740 --> 00:31:37.680 outworking of his 00:31:37.680 --> 00:31:39.160 holiness, comes into 00:31:39.160 --> 00:31:39.539 play. 00:31:40.319 --> 00:31:41.920 The reason why he can 00:31:41.920 --> 00:31:43.900 forgive your sins is 00:31:43.900 --> 00:31:45.840 because Jesus died on 00:31:45.840 --> 00:31:47.040 the cross for your 00:31:47.040 --> 00:31:47.500 sins. 00:31:48.500 --> 00:31:49.620 It's been paid in full. 00:31:52.259 --> 00:31:53.960 And he is perfectly 00:31:53.960 --> 00:31:56.340 faithful and just, 00:31:56.840 --> 00:31:57.960 based upon the finished 00:31:57.960 --> 00:31:59.320 work of Jesus on your 00:31:59.320 --> 00:32:02.040 behalf, to forgive you 00:32:02.040 --> 00:32:04.320 and cleanse you again 00:32:04.320 --> 00:32:06.340 and again and again. 00:32:06.339 --> 00:32:09.000 sin, the grace pouring 00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:11.339 from the cross, never 00:32:11.339 --> 00:32:11.839 ends. 00:32:14.500 --> 00:32:15.799 It's good news. 00:32:16.839 --> 00:32:18.559 But we don't experience 00:32:18.559 --> 00:32:21.079 this grace by hiding and 00:32:21.079 --> 00:32:22.039 denying our sin. 00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:23.959 It's by confessing it. 00:32:26.799 --> 00:32:29.419 So instead of denying sin 00:32:29.419 --> 00:32:31.699 in us, we confess our sins. 00:32:31.700 --> 00:32:33.860 And we don't live a lie. 00:32:34.180 --> 00:32:36.059 We actually are living in 00:32:36.059 --> 00:32:37.400 gospel truth. 00:32:38.740 --> 00:32:39.799 Experiencing ongoing 00:32:39.799 --> 00:32:41.220 forgiveness and cleansing 00:32:41.220 --> 00:32:42.559 that comes from the cross. 00:32:43.440 --> 00:32:44.500 So do you need to confess 00:32:44.500 --> 00:32:47.200 your sins to your Holy 00:32:47.200 --> 00:32:47.640 Father? 00:32:49.059 --> 00:32:50.500 Do you need to experience 00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:52.039 once again his forgiving 00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:54.580 mercy and grace and be 00:32:54.580 --> 00:32:55.080 cleansed? 00:32:55.180 --> 00:32:55.860 Go to him. 00:32:56.559 --> 00:32:57.120 Tell him. 00:32:58.360 --> 00:32:59.420 You don't need to fear 00:32:59.420 --> 00:32:59.720 him. 00:33:00.400 --> 00:33:01.460 He's inviting you. 00:33:01.700 --> 00:33:04.580 The third acknowledgement 00:33:04.580 --> 00:33:06.759 is at the beginning of 00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:07.380 chapter 2. 00:33:07.559 --> 00:33:08.600 It's 1 through 2. 00:33:09.019 --> 00:33:10.840 And if verse 10 is the 00:33:10.840 --> 00:33:12.100 doozy of the if statements 00:33:12.100 --> 00:33:13.160 in that bad batch, 00:33:13.980 --> 00:33:16.259 this is the doozy of the 00:33:16.259 --> 00:33:17.140 gospel batch. 00:33:18.299 --> 00:33:19.180 Look at verse 1 of 00:33:19.180 --> 00:33:19.759 chapter 2. 00:33:20.100 --> 00:33:20.920 My little children, I'm 00:33:20.920 --> 00:33:21.960 writing these things to 00:33:21.960 --> 00:33:23.600 you so that you may not 00:33:23.600 --> 00:33:24.000 sin. 00:33:24.140 --> 00:33:25.160 Make no mistake. 00:33:25.600 --> 00:33:26.840 Be holy for I am holy, 00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:27.539 says the Lord. 00:33:27.819 --> 00:33:29.279 The goal is not to sin. 00:33:29.279 --> 00:33:31.080 And he's got grace for us 00:33:31.079 --> 00:33:32.960 to say no to temptation 00:33:32.960 --> 00:33:34.720 when it shows its face. 00:33:35.539 --> 00:33:37.019 But then look where John 00:33:37.019 --> 00:33:37.559 goes. 00:33:38.500 --> 00:33:40.879 And this is the sixth if 00:33:40.879 --> 00:33:41.339 statement. 00:33:42.059 --> 00:33:43.899 But if anyone does sin, 00:33:44.299 --> 00:33:45.319 anybody interested? 00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:50.859 If anyone does sin, 00:33:50.919 --> 00:33:51.960 oh, I want to hear what 00:33:51.960 --> 00:33:52.879 he's about to say. 00:33:52.880 --> 00:33:57.700 We have an advocate with 00:33:57.700 --> 00:33:58.120 the Father. 00:34:00.200 --> 00:34:01.780 Jesus Christ, the righteous 00:34:01.780 --> 00:34:03.360 one, the one who never 00:34:03.360 --> 00:34:03.820 sinned. 00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:05.320 He is your advocate. 00:34:05.420 --> 00:34:06.000 What's an advocate? 00:34:06.360 --> 00:34:07.220 Well, the Greek word is a 00:34:07.220 --> 00:34:08.160 paraclete. 00:34:08.440 --> 00:34:09.380 And it's used of the Holy 00:34:09.380 --> 00:34:10.800 Spirit in the gospel of 00:34:10.800 --> 00:34:11.079 John. 00:34:11.240 --> 00:34:12.619 And it's only here that it's 00:34:12.619 --> 00:34:13.700 used of Jesus Christ. 00:34:14.220 --> 00:34:15.840 And what a paraclete is in 00:34:15.840 --> 00:34:17.960 this context here, he's like 00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:20.579 your ace defense attorney. 00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:25.059 Every time you sin, 00:34:26.000 --> 00:34:28.119 your advocate, the risen 00:34:28.119 --> 00:34:30.559 Jesus, the incarnate, 00:34:30.719 --> 00:34:31.659 eternal word of life, 00:34:31.779 --> 00:34:33.559 fully God, fully man, is 00:34:33.559 --> 00:34:35.840 taking up his advocacy for 00:34:35.840 --> 00:34:36.219 you. 00:34:36.360 --> 00:34:38.000 And he's interceding for you. 00:34:38.059 --> 00:34:39.679 And he's saying, no, no. 00:34:42.179 --> 00:34:43.059 No, no. 00:34:43.279 --> 00:34:44.719 No wrath on that guy. 00:34:44.719 --> 00:34:48.419 I've paid for him. 00:34:50.199 --> 00:34:53.619 My blood has bore your wrath 00:34:53.619 --> 00:34:56.199 for that sin. 00:34:56.919 --> 00:34:58.759 That's what he's advocating. 00:34:59.939 --> 00:35:01.319 And that's why that word 00:35:01.319 --> 00:35:02.980 propitiation is very important. 00:35:04.480 --> 00:35:07.179 If you look at verse 2, he is 00:35:07.179 --> 00:35:08.859 the propitiation for our sins 00:35:08.859 --> 00:35:10.279 and not for ours only, but also 00:35:10.279 --> 00:35:11.539 for the sins of the whole world. 00:35:11.539 --> 00:35:13.519 That word propitiation means 00:35:13.519 --> 00:35:15.380 a forgiveness that comes 00:35:15.380 --> 00:35:17.779 as a result of God's wrath 00:35:17.779 --> 00:35:20.279 being satisfied by a payment. 00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:24.079 And so, brother and sister 00:35:24.079 --> 00:35:26.400 in Christ, one who's in 00:35:26.400 --> 00:35:27.699 fellowship with a holy God, 00:35:28.199 --> 00:35:29.519 who's regularly having your 00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:30.619 sinfulness exposed, 00:35:32.320 --> 00:35:34.460 Jesus is regularly making 00:35:34.460 --> 00:35:35.559 his case for you. 00:35:36.840 --> 00:35:38.759 He's advocating for you. 00:35:39.599 --> 00:35:40.340 No, no. 00:35:41.539 --> 00:35:44.199 I have paid your wrath. 00:35:44.519 --> 00:35:45.960 I've borne your wrath 00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:47.579 for that sin 00:35:47.579 --> 00:35:49.219 at the cross 00:35:49.219 --> 00:35:50.960 again 00:35:50.960 --> 00:35:52.259 and again 00:35:52.259 --> 00:35:53.300 and again. 00:35:54.139 --> 00:35:55.679 We do not 00:35:55.679 --> 00:35:57.019 deny our sinfulness. 00:35:57.800 --> 00:35:58.719 We acknowledge it. 00:35:59.519 --> 00:36:00.719 And we experience 00:36:00.719 --> 00:36:02.679 the covering of his blood. 00:36:03.079 --> 00:36:03.920 We experience 00:36:03.920 --> 00:36:04.920 his forgiveness 00:36:04.920 --> 00:36:05.699 and his cleansing. 00:36:06.159 --> 00:36:07.159 And we experience 00:36:07.159 --> 00:36:08.599 his advocacy 00:36:08.599 --> 00:36:10.019 because he is our 00:36:10.019 --> 00:36:10.860 propitiation 00:36:10.860 --> 00:36:12.839 over and over 00:36:12.839 --> 00:36:13.799 and over again. 00:36:13.880 --> 00:36:14.279 You see, 00:36:14.579 --> 00:36:16.139 by acknowledging your sin, 00:36:16.420 --> 00:36:17.239 you live 00:36:17.239 --> 00:36:18.739 in gospel 00:36:18.739 --> 00:36:19.639 truth. 00:36:26.639 --> 00:36:27.500 It's beautiful. 00:36:28.779 --> 00:36:29.659 It's uncomfortable. 00:36:29.659 --> 00:36:32.719 But that's how we live 00:36:32.719 --> 00:36:33.599 for our Lord now. 00:36:36.319 --> 00:36:37.539 We don't deny him. 00:36:37.779 --> 00:36:38.819 We don't deny our sin. 00:36:39.500 --> 00:36:40.420 We acknowledge it. 00:36:40.519 --> 00:36:41.420 God's holy brilliance 00:36:41.420 --> 00:36:42.159 will continually 00:36:42.159 --> 00:36:44.299 expose our sinful darkness 00:36:44.299 --> 00:36:46.379 and show us 00:36:46.379 --> 00:36:47.379 our need for Jesus 00:36:47.379 --> 00:36:48.639 over and over 00:36:48.639 --> 00:36:49.599 and over again. 00:36:50.599 --> 00:36:51.319 This is one 00:36:51.319 --> 00:36:52.199 holy message. 00:36:53.199 --> 00:36:53.859 God is light. 00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:54.319 And in him, 00:36:54.399 --> 00:36:55.019 there's no darkness 00:36:55.019 --> 00:36:55.500 of all. 00:36:55.759 --> 00:36:56.299 He's holy. 00:36:56.620 --> 00:36:57.120 And there's only 00:36:57.120 --> 00:36:58.160 two ways to respond. 00:36:58.320 --> 00:36:59.300 Either deny your sin 00:36:59.300 --> 00:36:59.960 and live a lie 00:36:59.960 --> 00:37:02.140 or acknowledge your sin 00:37:02.140 --> 00:37:04.260 and live in the gospel 00:37:04.260 --> 00:37:05.980 truth through the blood 00:37:05.980 --> 00:37:06.420 of Jesus. 00:37:10.280 --> 00:37:11.060 Let me close 00:37:11.060 --> 00:37:12.140 just by saying this. 00:37:13.660 --> 00:37:14.600 In chapter 2, 00:37:14.640 --> 00:37:15.240 verse 2, 00:37:15.820 --> 00:37:16.539 we learn that 00:37:16.539 --> 00:37:18.280 Jesus bore God's 00:37:18.280 --> 00:37:18.880 holy wrath 00:37:18.880 --> 00:37:20.060 not just for your sin 00:37:20.060 --> 00:37:20.600 and my sin 00:37:20.600 --> 00:37:21.340 but for the sins 00:37:21.340 --> 00:37:22.100 of the whole world. 00:37:22.220 --> 00:37:22.660 And what he means 00:37:22.660 --> 00:37:23.300 by that is 00:37:23.300 --> 00:37:24.940 he's offering 00:37:24.940 --> 00:37:26.140 forgiveness and cleansing 00:37:26.139 --> 00:37:27.319 from all the defilement 00:37:27.319 --> 00:37:27.739 of sin 00:37:27.739 --> 00:37:28.739 to anyone 00:37:28.739 --> 00:37:30.039 who would call upon 00:37:30.039 --> 00:37:30.839 the name of Jesus. 00:37:31.480 --> 00:37:31.859 Anyone. 00:37:32.519 --> 00:37:33.779 It's offers to all. 00:37:34.219 --> 00:37:34.900 Anyone who would 00:37:34.900 --> 00:37:36.219 confess your sins 00:37:36.219 --> 00:37:37.739 to this holy, 00:37:38.019 --> 00:37:38.799 loving God, 00:37:40.159 --> 00:37:41.839 he offers you 00:37:41.839 --> 00:37:42.279 forgiveness 00:37:42.279 --> 00:37:43.659 and cleansing. 00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:46.339 But he offers you 00:37:46.339 --> 00:37:47.000 most of all 00:37:47.000 --> 00:37:47.759 a relationship 00:37:47.759 --> 00:37:48.480 with himself. 00:37:49.619 --> 00:37:50.379 Think about it. 00:37:51.279 --> 00:37:52.359 The holy God 00:37:52.359 --> 00:37:54.779 seeking a relationship 00:37:54.780 --> 00:37:55.400 with you 00:37:55.400 --> 00:37:57.300 and he's made 00:37:57.300 --> 00:37:57.960 a way 00:37:57.960 --> 00:37:59.100 to deal with your sin 00:37:59.100 --> 00:37:59.740 through the cross 00:37:59.740 --> 00:38:00.240 of Jesus. 00:38:01.120 --> 00:38:02.420 What would keep you 00:38:02.420 --> 00:38:03.240 from becoming 00:38:03.240 --> 00:38:04.600 part of his family? 00:38:06.180 --> 00:38:07.200 So maybe today 00:38:07.200 --> 00:38:07.760 is the day 00:38:07.760 --> 00:38:08.560 for the first time 00:38:08.560 --> 00:38:09.080 in your life 00:38:09.080 --> 00:38:11.220 you admit 00:38:11.220 --> 00:38:12.100 your sin 00:38:12.100 --> 00:38:12.820 to God 00:38:12.820 --> 00:38:15.280 and acknowledge 00:38:15.280 --> 00:38:15.760 your sin 00:38:15.760 --> 00:38:16.480 before him 00:38:16.480 --> 00:38:17.780 and experience 00:38:18.420 --> 00:38:18.780 life 00:38:20.040 --> 00:38:21.280 in Jesus. 00:38:21.280 --> 00:38:23.560 and now 00:38:23.560 --> 00:38:24.220 not only do you 00:38:24.220 --> 00:38:24.780 get to share 00:38:24.780 --> 00:38:26.380 in his holiness 00:38:26.380 --> 00:38:29.580 but in his happiness. 00:38:31.500 --> 00:38:31.840 Let's pray. 00:38:32.040 --> 00:38:32.720 God in heaven 00:38:32.720 --> 00:38:35.400 would you 00:38:35.400 --> 00:38:36.700 use these words 00:38:36.700 --> 00:38:39.180 to find their mark 00:38:39.180 --> 00:38:40.180 in our hearts 00:38:40.180 --> 00:38:42.040 and to bring about 00:38:42.040 --> 00:38:43.620 the intended effect 00:38:43.620 --> 00:38:44.940 that only you 00:38:44.940 --> 00:38:45.720 would have. 00:38:47.220 --> 00:38:48.560 Father you are holy 00:38:48.559 --> 00:38:50.239 and we are sons 00:38:50.239 --> 00:38:50.759 and daughters 00:38:50.759 --> 00:38:53.119 we want to be holy too. 00:38:53.880 --> 00:38:54.759 Help us 00:38:54.759 --> 00:38:55.860 Lord Jesus. 00:38:56.880 --> 00:38:57.420 It's in your name 00:38:57.420 --> 00:38:57.880 we pray. 00:38:58.679 --> 00:38:59.039 Amen. 00:38:59.039 --> 00:38:59.179 Amen. 00:38:59.179 --> 00:38:59.239 Amen. 00:38:59.239 --> 00:38:59.259 Amen. 00:38:59.259 --> 00:38:59.279 Amen. 00:38:59.279 --> 00:38:59.299 Amen. 00:38:59.299 --> 00:39:01.219 Amen. 00:39:01.219 --> 00:39:01.279 Amen. 00:39:01.279 --> 00:39:01.340 Amen. 00:39:01.340 --> 00:39:01.380 Amen. 00:39:01.380 --> 00:39:01.400 Amen. 00:39:01.400 --> 00:39:01.779 Amen. 00:39:01.779 --> 00:39:01.840 Amen. 00:39:01.840 --> 00:39:01.860 Amen. 00:39:01.860 --> 00:39:01.900 Amen. 00:39:01.900 --> 00:39:01.960 Amen. 00:39:01.960 --> 00:39:01.980 Amen. 00:39:01.980 --> 00:39:02.000 Amen.