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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 Our passion is to experience and express grace. Join us.

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 Turn with me this morning to Psalm 51. Psalm 51, page 474 of the Bible in the pew in front of you.

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 I've got to admit to you that when our elders suggested to me preaching on Easter Sunday from Psalm 51,

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 David's confession after his adultery with Bathsheba, I thought it was a terrible idea.

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 And you may still in a few minutes agree that it was a terrible idea.

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 But, I'm actually really excited about it.

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 Now, having studied and having God working among us in the last few weeks,

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 I'm excited about what God is going to show us here together this morning.

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 It's our final look for this series at this great Psalm,

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 where God teaches us through King David so much about what true repentance looks like.

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 Two weeks ago, we learned about the nature of sin,

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 that it involves both our attitudes and our actions.

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 God created us to enjoy this wonderful relationship with Him,

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 but our hearts are bent away from Him naturally.

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 And by our deeds, we walk away from God and distance ourselves

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 from that relationship that He's created us for.

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 We look for our fulfillment somewhere else other than Him.

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 Last week, we saw that the heart of repentance is one that is sorrowful,

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 that is broken, heartbroken over the damage we've done to our relationship with God,

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 and then turns back to Him,

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 not merely to new behavior or new deeds that we want to do,

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 but back to that relationship with God that we long to see restored,

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 that we would find our hearts joyful in Him again.

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 David models these realities about sin and repentance for us in Psalm 51,

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 but he actually begins somewhere else.

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 He starts the psalm with his focus on something that is both really vital

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 and really helpful and hopeful to us as we consider,

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 especially on Easter, who our God is,

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 and that is David begins by considering the God of forgiveness.

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 Listen to how he begins his confession.

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 Psalm 51, beginning at verse 1, we'll read the first 10 verses.

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

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 According to your abundant mercy, blot out my transgressions.

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 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin,

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 for I know my transgressions and my sin is ever before me.

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 Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight,

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 so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment.

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 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,

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 and in sin did my mother conceive me.

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 Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being,

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 and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.

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 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean.

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 Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

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 Let me hear joy and gladness.

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 Let the bones that you have broken rejoice.

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

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 Create in me a clean heart, O God,

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 and renew a right spirit within me.

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 This is God's holy word.

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 In a world of people you can't trust or count on,

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 something absolutely reliable.

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 In a world of things that come and go,

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 something eternally permanent.

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 Let's pray and ask God's blessing on His word in our hearts.

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 Pray with me.

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 Father, for Your word, we are so thankful.

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 We need it.

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 We need You to speak this morning, Father.

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 Father, You know how quickly we can create a God in our own image,

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 of our own making,

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 who works the way we think He should,

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 and the way we would like Him to.

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 Father, by Your word,

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 by Your Spirit,

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 in our hearts,

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 give us a clear and a right picture of You.

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 Forgive us, Father.

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 Forgive, first of all,

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 the one who preaches,

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 who needs it most today.

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 Bring Your forgiveness,

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 not just to me,

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 but to all of us,

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 that we might know You

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 and know You more.

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 Know the one true and living God,

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 whom to know is life eternal.

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 Might we meet You here

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 and know You more,

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 we ask in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 I still remember how intimidating

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 my nine-year-old basketball coach was.

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 He was a very no-nonsense,

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 stern guy,

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 didn't put up with anything.

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 In fact, he even gave homework

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 to his nine-year-old basketball players.

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 You know, plays that we were supposed to study

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 and things we were to memorize

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 and every practice we had to come

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 and bring that homework back.

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 I still remember I always did my homework.

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 I wanted to be the good kid

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 and always do what I was supposed to,

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 plus I was so afraid of him.

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 And I had seen what happened

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 to some of the other guys

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 who forgot their homework

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 and how he made them run

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 and run and run

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 for failing to do their homework.

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 So the first time I forgot

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 to do my homework,

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 I lied to him.

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 I made up a story

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 about how I had done it

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 and where I had left it

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 and just that I would bring it

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 at the end

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 or at the next practice.

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 I didn't want to be embarrassed

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 as a failure

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 in front of the other guys.

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 And I certainly didn't want to face

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 the consequences of my mistake.

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 I had no desire

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 for extra running that day.

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 Problem was,

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 my parents knew better

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 and I can still feel,

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 thanks to them,

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 the dread of having to go back

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 to the coach

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 and confess

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 to not doing my homework

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 and lying to him about it.

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 As I got older,

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 I remember trying to avoid

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 confessing to high school football coaches.

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 In football,

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 if you forget any of your pads,

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 you're disqualified

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 from practice for the day.

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 Absolutely not.

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 Even one missing knee pad,

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 you're out.

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 You can't practice.

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 However,

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 what you could do,

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 at least on my team,

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 was you could leave

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 the rest of your pads on

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 and go out

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 into the 100 degree heat

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 and just run

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 or do up-downs

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 until you puked.

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 That's what you could do

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 for all of practice.

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 You couldn't be part of the team,

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 but you sure could do that.

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 I can remember

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 trying hard

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 to hide

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 the fact

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 that I was missing a knee pad.

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 How can I get through practice

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 without them noticing

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 that I'm missing something?

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 I didn't want to

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 confess

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 what was really going on.

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 I didn't want to face

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 the response

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 I knew was coming.

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 So the character

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 of someone

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 we've offended,

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 the response

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 we know

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 to anticipate

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 or expect

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 from them

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 has a huge impact

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 on our willingness

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 to apologize

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 or confess

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 our failure,

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 doesn't it?

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 Perhaps you've

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 been in the spot

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 where you've offended

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 or betrayed

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 or failed

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 someone

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 and it's someone

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 you desperately

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 want to avoid

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 confessing to

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 because you know

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 how they're going to respond.

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 You've watched them

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 and you don't want to

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 find yourself

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 in that spot.

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 I've experienced

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 the joy

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 of the

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 opposite dynamic

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 in a relationship.

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 By the time

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 I started dating

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 Christy in college

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 I had begun

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 to believe

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 that you could

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 find relationships

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 where you could

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 fail

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 and still be loved.

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 Where you could

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 fall on your face

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 and be helped

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 up.

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 And I watched

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 her being

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 patient

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 with others

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 and when I

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 risked sharing

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 some of my

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 personal struggles

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 with her

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 instead of

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 continuing to

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 hide them

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 as was much

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 more natural

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 to me

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 she was

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 understanding

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 and forgiving

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 even willing

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 to help.

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 She didn't

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 berate me

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 she didn't

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 run away

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 from me

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 she didn't

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 even make

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 me run laps

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 she actually

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 was patient.

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 Her character

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 knowing I could

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 expect a

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 patient and

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 merciful response

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 to my failures

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 encouraged me

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 to confess

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 sin to her

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 more.

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 It was a huge

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 part of my

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 wanting to

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 marry someone

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 who would

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 love me

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 like that.

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 Kind

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 patient

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 forgiving

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 perhaps you've

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 known someone

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 like that too.

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 Someone where

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 you did feel

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 safe

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 sharing your

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 struggles

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 admitting

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 your sin

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 your failure

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 to them

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 because you

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 knew what

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 they were

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 like and

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 how they

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 received

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 failures.

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 My wife

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 is regularly

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 merciful

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 patient

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 and forgiving

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 but not

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 always.

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 How much

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 more merciful

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 patient

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 and forgiving

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 is my

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 heavenly

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 father?

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 is our

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 heavenly

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 father.

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 The Bible

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 tells us

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 that it's

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 that kindness

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 of God

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 his loving

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 kindness

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 that is

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 meant to

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 lead us

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 to repentance.

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 It's the

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 thing that

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 invites people

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 like us

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 who fail

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 and make

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 mistakes

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 to come

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 to him.

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 It makes

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 us willing

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 even eager

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 to confess

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 our sins

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 because we

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 know what

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 he's like

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 we know

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 what response

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 to anticipate.

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 we have

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 come to

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 know his

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 forgiving

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 character.

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 When we

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 consider

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 confession

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 and repentance

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 it is

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 important to

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 see our

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 sin for

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 what it

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 is.

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 It's

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 important to

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 understand

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 what repentance

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 really is.

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 But the

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 most important

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 reality of the

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 entire process

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 the thing

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 on which it

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 all hinges

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 it won't

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 start

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 confession

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 won't begin

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 without it

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 is to

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 understand

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 and know

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 the character

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 of our

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 God

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 who is

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 a God

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 of

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 forgiveness.

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 This is

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 where David

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 starts his

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 confession

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 isn't it?

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 Look at

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 verse 1

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 Have

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 mercy

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 on me

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 O God

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 according

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 to your

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 steadfast

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 love

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 according

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 to your

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 abundant

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 mercy

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 David's

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 about to

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 get to

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 his sins

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 they're

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 coming

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 he's going

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 to talk

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 about them

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 a lot

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 but what

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 makes him

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 even willing

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 to start

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 going there

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 it's

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 mercy

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 steadfast

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 love

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 abundant

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 mercy

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 the character

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 of his

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 God

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 that he

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 delights

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 in forgiveness

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 now David

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 of all the

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 people in the

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 Bible is

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 called a

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 man after

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 God's

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 own heart

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 what does

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 that mean

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 that David

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 never sinned

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 that David

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 knowing God's

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 heart so much

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 always loved

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 the things

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 that God

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 loves

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 always did

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 the things

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 that God's

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 heart would

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 have had

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 for him

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 to do

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 no

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 obviously

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 not

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 this psalm

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 reminds us

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 of that

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 but part of

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 what it means

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 is that David

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 had gotten

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 to know

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 God's

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 heart

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 and what

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 is it that

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 David had

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 learned

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 what David

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 had learned

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 and knew

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 about God's

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 heart

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 was that even

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 when David

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 failed

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 and failed

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 big

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 God's

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 heart

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 was one

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 of mercy

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 and forgiveness

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 and so in a

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 moment of deep

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 sin

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 David knew

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 where to run

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 didn't he

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 David needed

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 a God of

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 forgiveness

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 just like I

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 do

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 just like

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 you do

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 it's not

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 good enough

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 apparently to be

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 one of the

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 greatest leaders

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 of God's

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 people ever

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 it's not

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 good enough

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 to come to

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 church

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 occasionally

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 or even

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 regularly

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 one of the

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 contexts of

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 this sermon

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 series on

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 Psalm 51

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 that we've

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 been in the

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 last three

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 weeks

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 is our

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 session

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 the elders

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 chosen to

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 lead this

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 particular

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 church

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 confessing

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 our corporate

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 sin

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 from several

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 years ago

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 during a

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 difficult season

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 of church

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 conflict

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 here

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 at

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 Southwood

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 we failed

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 to love

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 and to

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 lead as

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 God has

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 called us

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 to

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 we brought

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 dishonor

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 to the

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 name of

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 Christ

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 and we

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 hurt

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 many people

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 whom we

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 dearly

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 love

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 because of

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 our

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 sin

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 if you

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 want to

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 hear more

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 detail about

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 what God

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 has taught

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 us

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 in this

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 respect

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 please

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 feel free

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 to go

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 online

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 and listen

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 to sermons

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 from the

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 last two

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 weeks

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 but my

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 point this

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 morning is

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 to say

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 to you

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 the session

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 needs

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 forgiveness

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 the pastor

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 needs

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 forgiveness

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 he got to

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 pick one

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 person in

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 the whole

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 world to

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 love as

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 his wife

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 and he

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 fails to

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 love her

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 often times

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 as Christ

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 has loved

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 his church

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 every single

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 one of us

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 stands in

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 desperate need

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 forgiveness

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 just like

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 David

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 and David

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 here in his

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 sin points

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 us where

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 we need to

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 be pointed

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 to the

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 God of

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 forgiveness

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 he says

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 steadfast

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 love

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 abundant

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 overflowing

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 mercy

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 those are

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 words that

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 describe a

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 heart of

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 compassion

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 a caring

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 character

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 a tender

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 nature

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 God's

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 steadfast

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 love

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 his

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 loving

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 kindness

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 it's

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 sometimes

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 translated

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 is that

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 faithful

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 love

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 in

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 relationship

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 with us

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 that never

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 quits

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 it's God's

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 love in

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 relationship

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 with us

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 that never

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 fails those

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 who fail

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 him in the

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 relationship

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 even when

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 they're failures

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 yet he does

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 not

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 Sally Lloyd

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 Jones calls

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 it God's

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 never

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 stopping

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 never

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 giving

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 up

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 unbreaking

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 always

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 and forever

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 love

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 that's

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 the love

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 David runs

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 to

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 it's that

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 love

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 that pursues

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 the people

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 that he made

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 for relationship

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 with him

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 who so often

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 run the other

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 way

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 and God

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 in that

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 steadfast

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 love

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 runs

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 faster

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 after

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 them

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 at the

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 core

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 of who

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 the God

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 of the

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 Bible

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 is

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 that's

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 what you

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 find

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 abundance

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 mercy

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 steadfast

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 love

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 when he's

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 introducing

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 himself

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 to Moses

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 and his

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 people

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 Israel

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 in the

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 Old Testament

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 all the way

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 back to

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 Exodus

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 chapter 34

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 that's where

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 he starts

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 listen to

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 what he says

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 he comes to

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 him and

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 the Lord

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 passes before

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 Moses

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 and proclaims

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 Yahweh

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 Yahweh

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 this is my

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 name

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 Yahweh

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 we translate

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 the Lord

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 a God

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 what

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 merciful

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 and gracious

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 slow

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 slow to

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 anger

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 and abounding

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 in steadfast

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 love and

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 faithfulness

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 keeping

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 steadfast

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 love for

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 thousands

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 forgiving

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 iniquity

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 and transgression

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 and sin

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 that's who

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 God is

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 when he

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 introduces

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 himself

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 he leads

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 with his

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 mercy

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 gracious

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 merciful

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 this

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 description

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 of his

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 character

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 from Exodus

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 34

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 is repeated

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 over and

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 over again

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 throughout the

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 Bible

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 as who

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 God

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 is

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 the Bible

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 gives other

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 descriptions

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 of God

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 it says

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 he delights

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 in showing

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 mercy

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 casting our

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 sins into

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 the depths

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 of the sea

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 Micah 7

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 that he's

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 rich in

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 mercy

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 Ephesians 2

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 his grace

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 grows even

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 faster than

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 our sin

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 Romans 6

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 so that there

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 is always

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 more grace

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 in God

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 than there

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 is sin

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 in us

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 no matter

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 how much

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 we think

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 we've

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 accumulated

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 his grace

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 has grown

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 faster

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 there's no

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 one

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 more forgiving

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 than our

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 God

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 this is the

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 biblical picture

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 of God

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 of who he

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 is

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 yet I've

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 often got a

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 different picture

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 in my heart

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 I often

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 when I

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 think of

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 God

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 I'm

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 picturing

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 this coach

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 with his

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 arms crossed

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 disappointed

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 shaking his

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 head

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 I've forgotten

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 my homework

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 again

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 I've lost

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 a knee pad

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 again

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 and he just

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 wants me away

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 from him

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 go

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 you can't be

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 here with the

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 team today

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 just go run

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 go away

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 till you get

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 it together

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 had that

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 picture of

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 God in your

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 mind before

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 I've pictured

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 God on a

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 more positive

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 side as a

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 judge who

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 hands out

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 awards to

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 those who

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 are doing

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 well

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 I mean you

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 know no

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 one is

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 perfect but

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 he loves to

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 award the

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 most deserving

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 of all the

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 people out

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 there if I

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 can do

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 better than

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 some of

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 them God

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 will meet

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 me halfway

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 you know and

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 he'll want to

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 give me an

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 award for that

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 y'all to this

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 point I've

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 lived nearly

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 half my life

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 in what

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 could be

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 described as

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 a cosmic

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 awards day

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 just hoping

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 that I'll

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 outdo the

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 other kids

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 enough to

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 get another

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 ribbon or

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 certificate

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 because God

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 loves those

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 who try hard

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 enough to

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 outdo just

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 a little bit

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 of the

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 others

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 I've

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 pictured God

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 as someone

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 who's so

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 different and

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 distant from

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 me that he

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 couldn't possibly

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 care about me

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 especially on

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 my worst

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 days and at

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 my lowest

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 points

00:19:01.560 --> 00:19:03.920
 what about

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 you

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 what picture

00:19:06.680 --> 00:19:07.440
 of God is

00:19:07.440 --> 00:19:08.480
 in your

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 mind

00:19:08.940 --> 00:19:09.700
 when you

00:19:09.700 --> 00:19:10.200
 think about

00:19:10.200 --> 00:19:10.539
 him this

00:19:10.539 --> 00:19:10.820
 morning

00:19:10.820 --> 00:19:11.480
 what's

00:19:11.480 --> 00:19:12.039
 he like

00:19:12.039 --> 00:19:13.380
 what

00:19:13.380 --> 00:19:14.279
 characterizes

00:19:14.279 --> 00:19:14.500
 him

00:19:14.500 --> 00:19:15.120
 what picture

00:19:15.120 --> 00:19:16.100
 comes to

00:19:16.100 --> 00:19:16.720
 your mind

00:19:16.720 --> 00:19:18.100
 could you

00:19:18.100 --> 00:19:18.700
 pick the

00:19:18.700 --> 00:19:19.259
 true God

00:19:19.259 --> 00:19:19.640
 out of a

00:19:19.640 --> 00:19:19.960
 lineup

00:19:19.960 --> 00:19:21.420
 do you

00:19:21.420 --> 00:19:22.200
 know what

00:19:22.200 --> 00:19:22.840
 he's like

00:19:22.839 --> 00:19:25.839
 see the

00:19:25.839 --> 00:19:26.359
 Bible says

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 he's very

00:19:26.699 --> 00:19:27.619
 different from

00:19:27.619 --> 00:19:28.419
 those pictures

00:19:28.419 --> 00:19:29.419
 I've had in

00:19:29.419 --> 00:19:30.019
 my head at

00:19:30.019 --> 00:19:30.559
 times

00:19:30.559 --> 00:19:32.240
 the Bible

00:19:32.240 --> 00:19:33.099
 gives us a lot

00:19:33.099 --> 00:19:33.559
 of great

00:19:33.559 --> 00:19:34.359
 pictures of

00:19:34.359 --> 00:19:34.740
 God

00:19:34.740 --> 00:19:35.959
 God is truly

00:19:35.959 --> 00:19:36.679
 pictured it

00:19:36.679 --> 00:19:37.299
 says as the

00:19:37.299 --> 00:19:38.199
 father of the

00:19:38.199 --> 00:19:39.299
 prodigal son

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 waiting on the

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 porch eagerly

00:19:41.579 --> 00:19:42.659
 anticipating the

00:19:42.659 --> 00:19:43.919
 return of his

00:19:43.919 --> 00:19:45.220
 lost son so he

00:19:45.220 --> 00:19:46.299
 can welcome him

00:19:46.299 --> 00:19:48.179
 home running to

00:19:48.179 --> 00:19:49.299
 forgive the least

00:19:49.299 --> 00:19:50.720
 deserving to throw

00:19:50.720 --> 00:19:51.659
 a party for the

00:19:51.660 --> 00:19:52.820
 most miserable

00:19:52.820 --> 00:19:53.900
 the one who has

00:19:53.900 --> 00:19:54.540
 offended him

00:19:54.540 --> 00:19:56.040
 greatest and he

00:19:56.040 --> 00:19:56.820
 wants to celebrate

00:19:56.820 --> 00:19:58.360
 with him

00:19:58.360 --> 00:20:00.720
 God is truly

00:20:00.720 --> 00:20:01.480
 pictured as the

00:20:01.480 --> 00:20:02.600
 merciful king in

00:20:02.600 --> 00:20:03.740
 the parable who

00:20:03.740 --> 00:20:04.860
 forgives a debt

00:20:04.860 --> 00:20:05.820
 that could never

00:20:05.820 --> 00:20:06.759
 be repaid

00:20:06.759 --> 00:20:09.220
 God is truly

00:20:09.220 --> 00:20:09.840
 pictured in

00:20:09.840 --> 00:20:10.779
 Hosea as the

00:20:10.779 --> 00:20:11.600
 loving husband

00:20:11.600 --> 00:20:13.259
 who pursues and

00:20:13.259 --> 00:20:14.540
 buys back his

00:20:14.540 --> 00:20:15.660
 unfaithful

00:20:15.660 --> 00:20:17.960
 disgraced wife

00:20:17.960 --> 00:20:19.700
 time after

00:20:19.700 --> 00:20:21.040
 time after

00:20:21.040 --> 00:20:21.460
 time he

00:20:21.460 --> 00:20:22.559
 forgives and

00:20:22.559 --> 00:20:23.519
 even pays to

00:20:23.519 --> 00:20:24.299
 have her back

00:20:24.299 --> 00:20:25.500
 as his own

00:20:25.500 --> 00:20:27.380
 when you get to

00:20:27.380 --> 00:20:27.900
 the heart of

00:20:27.900 --> 00:20:29.799
 God that's

00:20:29.799 --> 00:20:30.620
 what you find

00:20:30.620 --> 00:20:32.960
 grace mercy

00:20:32.960 --> 00:20:35.400
 forgiveness it

00:20:35.400 --> 00:20:36.120
 thrills his

00:20:36.120 --> 00:20:37.240
 heart he

00:20:37.240 --> 00:20:38.400
 delights to

00:20:38.400 --> 00:20:39.079
 forgive

00:20:39.079 --> 00:20:43.059
 you know I

00:20:43.059 --> 00:20:44.340
 delight in

00:20:44.340 --> 00:20:45.299
 international

00:20:45.299 --> 00:20:45.960
 travel

00:20:45.960 --> 00:20:48.380
 vacations with

00:20:48.380 --> 00:20:50.440
 my family I

00:20:50.440 --> 00:20:51.460
 love doing

00:20:51.460 --> 00:20:53.260
 that but

00:20:53.260 --> 00:20:53.460
 they're

00:20:53.460 --> 00:20:54.020
 expensive

00:20:54.020 --> 00:20:57.020
 you may

00:20:57.020 --> 00:20:57.680
 delight in

00:20:57.680 --> 00:20:58.480
 diamond

00:20:58.480 --> 00:20:59.020
 jewelry

00:20:59.020 --> 00:21:01.400
 sports cars

00:21:01.400 --> 00:21:03.480
 space

00:21:03.480 --> 00:21:03.980
 shuttles

00:21:03.980 --> 00:21:06.700
 something like

00:21:06.700 --> 00:21:07.580
 that but

00:21:07.580 --> 00:21:08.140
 but they're

00:21:08.140 --> 00:21:08.760
 expensive

00:21:08.760 --> 00:21:09.860
 aren't they

00:21:09.860 --> 00:21:10.820
 so you may

00:21:10.820 --> 00:21:11.820
 not have a

00:21:11.820 --> 00:21:12.540
 lot of them

00:21:12.540 --> 00:21:13.620
 even though you

00:21:13.620 --> 00:21:14.740
 delight in

00:21:14.740 --> 00:21:16.340
 them they're so

00:21:16.339 --> 00:21:17.099
 expensive you

00:21:17.099 --> 00:21:18.579
 can't own a

00:21:18.579 --> 00:21:19.159
 bunch of them

00:21:19.159 --> 00:21:19.679
 often you

00:21:19.679 --> 00:21:20.379
 can't have a

00:21:20.379 --> 00:21:20.980
 lot of it

00:21:20.980 --> 00:21:22.519
 y'all forgiveness

00:21:22.519 --> 00:21:25.279
 is very very

00:21:25.279 --> 00:21:27.819
 expensive for

00:21:27.819 --> 00:21:28.539
 those of us who

00:21:28.539 --> 00:21:29.779
 have rebelled who

00:21:29.779 --> 00:21:30.459
 have committed

00:21:30.459 --> 00:21:32.079
 treason against the

00:21:32.079 --> 00:21:32.839
 creator of the

00:21:32.839 --> 00:21:34.119
 universe our God

00:21:34.119 --> 00:21:35.819
 and King the cost

00:21:35.819 --> 00:21:37.659
 of that treason as

00:21:37.659 --> 00:21:38.679
 you would expect is

00:21:38.679 --> 00:21:40.579
 death we have

00:21:40.579 --> 00:21:41.879
 accumulated an

00:21:41.879 --> 00:21:43.559
 incalculable debt

00:21:43.559 --> 00:21:45.359
 against a holy

00:21:45.359 --> 00:21:46.839
 and just and

00:21:46.839 --> 00:21:48.339
 righteous God

00:21:48.339 --> 00:21:50.960
 and David

00:21:50.960 --> 00:21:52.240
 recognizes in

00:21:52.240 --> 00:21:53.159
 this psalm the

00:21:53.159 --> 00:21:54.419
 same thing you

00:21:54.419 --> 00:21:55.200
 may know about

00:21:55.200 --> 00:21:55.639
 God

00:21:55.639 --> 00:21:58.299
 his heart is

00:21:58.299 --> 00:21:58.819
 merciful

00:21:58.819 --> 00:22:00.700
 it's also

00:22:00.700 --> 00:22:01.419
 just

00:22:01.419 --> 00:22:03.819
 he must

00:22:03.819 --> 00:22:04.839
 punish

00:22:04.839 --> 00:22:05.659
 sin

00:22:05.659 --> 00:22:07.019
 the debt

00:22:07.019 --> 00:22:07.899
 must

00:22:07.899 --> 00:22:08.599
 be

00:22:08.599 --> 00:22:09.279
 paid

00:22:09.279 --> 00:22:10.399
 it's who he

00:22:10.399 --> 00:22:11.299
 is it's part

00:22:11.299 --> 00:22:11.679
 of his

00:22:11.679 --> 00:22:12.460
 character

00:22:12.460 --> 00:22:13.700
 according to the

00:22:13.700 --> 00:22:14.620
 passage in Exodus

00:22:14.620 --> 00:22:15.299
 that we read

00:22:15.299 --> 00:22:16.420
 earlier he's not

00:22:16.420 --> 00:22:17.740
 only forgiving but

00:22:17.740 --> 00:22:19.100
 he also can't leave

00:22:19.100 --> 00:22:20.240
 sin unpunished

00:22:20.240 --> 00:22:22.819
 even if he has to

00:22:22.819 --> 00:22:23.700
 go to the third or

00:22:23.700 --> 00:22:25.180
 fourth generation to

00:22:25.180 --> 00:22:26.960
 get that debt repaid he

00:22:26.960 --> 00:22:28.740
 will and must do

00:22:28.740 --> 00:22:29.299
 so

00:22:29.299 --> 00:22:32.480
 so forgiveness is

00:22:32.480 --> 00:22:34.539
 very very

00:22:34.539 --> 00:22:35.600
 expensive

00:22:35.600 --> 00:22:37.620
 it's not enough to

00:22:37.620 --> 00:22:38.559
 delight in

00:22:38.559 --> 00:22:39.120
 forgiveness

00:22:39.119 --> 00:22:39.359
 forgiveness

00:22:39.359 --> 00:22:41.479
 for God to love

00:22:41.479 --> 00:22:42.539
 forgiving he

00:22:42.539 --> 00:22:43.579
 actually has to

00:22:43.579 --> 00:22:44.399
 to put some

00:22:44.399 --> 00:22:44.979
 action

00:22:44.979 --> 00:22:46.459
 behind it

00:22:46.459 --> 00:22:49.679
 and we finally

00:22:49.679 --> 00:22:50.679
 get to Easter

00:22:50.679 --> 00:22:52.099
 you were wondering

00:22:52.099 --> 00:22:53.439
 I mean come on I

00:22:53.439 --> 00:22:54.479
 started in Psalm 51

00:22:54.479 --> 00:22:55.359
 give me a few minutes

00:22:55.359 --> 00:22:57.019
 but but we're at

00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:57.939
 Easter now

00:22:57.939 --> 00:22:59.219
 what is it that God

00:22:59.219 --> 00:23:00.139
 has done

00:23:00.139 --> 00:23:01.039
 God has

00:23:01.039 --> 00:23:01.979
 purchased

00:23:01.979 --> 00:23:03.000
 forgiveness

00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:04.239
 in fact

00:23:04.239 --> 00:23:05.299
 all the forgiveness

00:23:05.299 --> 00:23:06.759
 that all of us

00:23:06.759 --> 00:23:07.779
 will ever need

00:23:07.779 --> 00:23:10.039
 in the person of

00:23:10.039 --> 00:23:11.480
 Jesus he endured

00:23:11.480 --> 00:23:12.599
 the death we

00:23:12.599 --> 00:23:13.220
 deserved

00:23:13.220 --> 00:23:14.720
 to pay our debt

00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:15.960
 for us

00:23:15.960 --> 00:23:17.440
 Jesus takes what

00:23:17.440 --> 00:23:18.639
 sin deserves

00:23:18.639 --> 00:23:19.920
 because God must

00:23:19.920 --> 00:23:21.180
 punish sin

00:23:21.180 --> 00:23:22.500
 and on the cross

00:23:22.500 --> 00:23:23.500
 he dies

00:23:23.500 --> 00:23:25.019
 bearing our sins

00:23:25.019 --> 00:23:25.940
 in his body

00:23:25.940 --> 00:23:26.819
 on the tree

00:23:26.819 --> 00:23:27.859
 1st Peter 2

00:23:27.859 --> 00:23:31.740
 Jesus dies for

00:23:31.740 --> 00:23:32.240
 sins

00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:34.200
 it's what sin

00:23:34.200 --> 00:23:34.920
 deserved right

00:23:34.920 --> 00:23:35.379
 death

00:23:35.380 --> 00:23:37.700
 but was it

00:23:37.700 --> 00:23:38.140
 enough

00:23:38.140 --> 00:23:40.800
 did Jesus

00:23:40.800 --> 00:23:41.500
 dying

00:23:41.500 --> 00:23:42.460
 pay that

00:23:42.460 --> 00:23:42.940
 debt

00:23:42.940 --> 00:23:43.800
 in full

00:23:43.800 --> 00:23:45.520
 how do we

00:23:45.520 --> 00:23:45.820
 know

00:23:45.820 --> 00:23:47.900
 Easter says

00:23:47.900 --> 00:23:48.360
 yes

00:23:48.360 --> 00:23:50.100
 yes it did

00:23:50.100 --> 00:23:51.200
 Jesus walks

00:23:51.200 --> 00:23:51.700
 out of the

00:23:51.700 --> 00:23:52.020
 tomb

00:23:52.020 --> 00:23:52.780
 on Easter

00:23:52.780 --> 00:23:53.200
 morning

00:23:53.200 --> 00:23:54.140
 and Easter

00:23:54.140 --> 00:23:54.600
 says

00:23:54.600 --> 00:23:55.540
 the sin

00:23:55.540 --> 00:23:56.140
 bearer

00:23:56.140 --> 00:23:57.260
 gets death

00:23:57.260 --> 00:23:58.480
 no more

00:23:58.480 --> 00:23:59.840
 the one

00:23:59.840 --> 00:24:00.300
 who has

00:24:00.300 --> 00:24:00.700
 sin

00:24:00.700 --> 00:24:01.740
 placed upon

00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:02.020
 him

00:24:02.020 --> 00:24:02.640
 sin

00:24:02.640 --> 00:24:03.440
 that deserves

00:24:03.440 --> 00:24:03.880
 death

00:24:03.880 --> 00:24:05.019
 walks out

00:24:05.019 --> 00:24:05.360
 of the

00:24:05.360 --> 00:24:05.720
 tomb

00:24:05.720 --> 00:24:06.660
 alive

00:24:06.660 --> 00:24:08.100
 someone with

00:24:08.100 --> 00:24:08.840
 sin

00:24:08.840 --> 00:24:09.779
 marking him

00:24:09.779 --> 00:24:10.960
 receives life

00:24:10.960 --> 00:24:11.900
 and death

00:24:11.900 --> 00:24:12.680
 no more

00:24:12.680 --> 00:24:13.580
 which means

00:24:13.580 --> 00:24:13.980
 what

00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:15.340
 sin

00:24:15.340 --> 00:24:16.000
 no more

00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:16.820
 needs death

00:24:16.820 --> 00:24:17.440
 to be

00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:18.420
 paid for

00:24:18.420 --> 00:24:19.220
 if Jesus

00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:20.480
 has paid it

00:24:20.480 --> 00:24:21.700
 our sin

00:24:21.700 --> 00:24:22.420
 that he has

00:24:22.420 --> 00:24:22.960
 paid for

00:24:22.960 --> 00:24:23.480
 in full

00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:24.400
 will never

00:24:24.400 --> 00:24:25.580
 receive that

00:24:25.580 --> 00:24:25.940
 debt

00:24:25.940 --> 00:24:27.759
 our debt

00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:28.400
 that we owe

00:24:28.400 --> 00:24:29.080
 to a holy

00:24:29.080 --> 00:24:29.500
 God

00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:30.420
 hasn't just been

00:24:30.420 --> 00:24:31.480
 partially paid

00:24:31.480 --> 00:24:32.259
 but our debt

00:24:32.259 --> 00:24:32.640
 has been

00:24:32.640 --> 00:24:33.400
 paid in

00:24:33.400 --> 00:24:33.660
 full

00:24:33.660 --> 00:24:34.400
 it is

00:24:34.400 --> 00:24:34.940
 finished

00:24:34.940 --> 00:24:36.900
 Jesus

00:24:36.900 --> 00:24:38.400
 is alive

00:24:38.400 --> 00:24:39.319
 and so

00:24:39.319 --> 00:24:40.299
 the sin

00:24:40.299 --> 00:24:40.620
 that he

00:24:40.620 --> 00:24:41.380
 carried with

00:24:41.380 --> 00:24:41.740
 him

00:24:41.740 --> 00:24:43.059
 no longer

00:24:43.059 --> 00:24:44.319
 no longer

00:24:44.319 --> 00:24:45.519
 must face

00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:45.819
 death

00:24:45.819 --> 00:24:46.539
 Easter says

00:24:46.539 --> 00:24:47.079
 God has

00:24:47.079 --> 00:24:47.559
 dealt with

00:24:47.559 --> 00:24:48.299
 our sin

00:24:48.299 --> 00:24:49.160
 and its

00:24:49.160 --> 00:24:49.640
 rightful

00:24:49.640 --> 00:24:50.579
 consequence

00:24:50.579 --> 00:24:51.539
 eternal

00:24:51.539 --> 00:24:52.039
 death

00:24:52.039 --> 00:24:53.099
 he has

00:24:53.099 --> 00:24:53.559
 done that

00:24:53.559 --> 00:24:54.000
 the sting

00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:54.480
 of death

00:24:54.480 --> 00:24:55.099
 is sin

00:24:55.099 --> 00:24:56.360
 but God

00:24:56.360 --> 00:24:56.960
 gives us

00:24:56.960 --> 00:24:57.279
 what

00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:58.180
 victory

00:24:58.180 --> 00:24:58.940
 through

00:24:58.940 --> 00:24:59.960
 Jesus Christ

00:24:59.960 --> 00:25:00.860
 our Lord

00:25:00.859 --> 00:25:01.759
 1 Corinthians

00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:02.579
 15

00:25:02.579 --> 00:25:04.379
 Easter

00:25:04.379 --> 00:25:04.859
 says

00:25:04.859 --> 00:25:05.419
 God

00:25:05.419 --> 00:25:05.839
 moved

00:25:05.839 --> 00:25:06.399
 to deal

00:25:06.399 --> 00:25:06.939
 with our

00:25:06.939 --> 00:25:07.439
 sin

00:25:07.439 --> 00:25:08.579
 before we

00:25:08.579 --> 00:25:08.979
 even

00:25:08.979 --> 00:25:09.459
 committed

00:25:09.459 --> 00:25:09.819
 it

00:25:09.819 --> 00:25:11.240
 that's

00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:11.879
 how good

00:25:11.879 --> 00:25:12.639
 at forgiving

00:25:12.639 --> 00:25:14.000
 God is

00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:14.619
 that's how

00:25:14.619 --> 00:25:15.599
 much of it

00:25:15.599 --> 00:25:16.719
 he has

00:25:16.719 --> 00:25:17.479
 that he has

00:25:17.479 --> 00:25:18.379
 paid the price

00:25:18.379 --> 00:25:18.919
 already

00:25:18.919 --> 00:25:19.919
 for all our

00:25:19.919 --> 00:25:20.179
 sins

00:25:20.179 --> 00:25:20.559
 the ones

00:25:20.559 --> 00:25:20.759
 you've

00:25:20.759 --> 00:25:21.059
 committed

00:25:21.059 --> 00:25:21.399
 the ones

00:25:21.399 --> 00:25:21.719
 you haven't

00:25:21.719 --> 00:25:22.179
 gotten to

00:25:22.179 --> 00:25:22.479
 yet

00:25:22.479 --> 00:25:23.259
 he's

00:25:23.259 --> 00:25:23.799
 paid for

00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:24.099
 them

00:25:24.099 --> 00:25:25.159
 in full

00:25:25.159 --> 00:25:27.059
 so no

00:25:27.059 --> 00:25:27.339
 one

00:25:27.339 --> 00:25:28.199
 who trusts

00:25:28.199 --> 00:25:28.839
 in the

00:25:28.839 --> 00:25:29.199
 payment

00:25:29.199 --> 00:25:29.859
 made by

00:25:29.859 --> 00:25:30.279
 Jesus

00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:30.960
 and the

00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:31.279
 life

00:25:31.279 --> 00:25:31.639
 earned

00:25:31.639 --> 00:25:31.899
 by

00:25:31.899 --> 00:25:32.319
 Jesus

00:25:32.319 --> 00:25:32.920
 will

00:25:32.920 --> 00:25:33.519
 ever

00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:34.180
 have

00:25:34.180 --> 00:25:34.879
 to pay

00:25:34.879 --> 00:25:35.379
 that

00:25:35.379 --> 00:25:35.680
 debt

00:25:35.680 --> 00:25:36.000
 amen

00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:37.180
 ever

00:25:37.180 --> 00:25:38.460
 ever

00:25:38.460 --> 00:25:38.960
 pay

00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:40.440
 your own

00:25:40.440 --> 00:25:40.819
 debt

00:25:40.819 --> 00:25:41.440
 that you

00:25:41.440 --> 00:25:41.819
 deserve

00:25:41.819 --> 00:25:42.339
 to pay

00:25:42.339 --> 00:25:43.039
 Jesus

00:25:43.039 --> 00:25:43.700
 resurrection

00:25:43.700 --> 00:25:44.420
 shows us

00:25:44.420 --> 00:25:44.759
 there is

00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:45.440
 nothing else

00:25:45.440 --> 00:25:45.779
 to be

00:25:45.779 --> 00:25:46.180
 paid

00:25:46.180 --> 00:25:47.500
 there are

00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:47.839
 no more

00:25:47.839 --> 00:25:48.500
 laps to

00:25:48.500 --> 00:25:48.779
 run

00:25:48.779 --> 00:25:49.940
 there is

00:25:49.940 --> 00:25:50.339
 no more

00:25:50.339 --> 00:25:51.000
 judge

00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:51.539
 for you

00:25:51.539 --> 00:25:52.480
 to impress

00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:54.839
 there's a

00:25:54.839 --> 00:25:55.319
 God

00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:56.779
 delighting

00:25:56.779 --> 00:25:57.859
 to forgive

00:25:57.859 --> 00:25:58.539
 who has

00:25:58.539 --> 00:25:59.219
 purchased

00:25:59.219 --> 00:26:00.000
 forgiveness

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:01.000
 full

00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:02.059
 and free

00:26:02.059 --> 00:26:02.759
 to give

00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:03.199
 to you

00:26:03.199 --> 00:26:03.699
 and he's

00:26:03.699 --> 00:26:03.879
 not

00:26:03.879 --> 00:26:04.599
 disinterested

00:26:04.599 --> 00:26:06.039
 he sees

00:26:06.039 --> 00:26:06.939
 the heartache

00:26:06.939 --> 00:26:07.299
 of this

00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:07.659
 life

00:26:07.659 --> 00:26:08.179
 and the

00:26:08.179 --> 00:26:08.639
 struggle

00:26:08.639 --> 00:26:09.079
 and the

00:26:09.079 --> 00:26:09.319
 mess

00:26:09.319 --> 00:26:09.759
 that you're

00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:09.919
 in

00:26:09.919 --> 00:26:10.419
 and he

00:26:10.419 --> 00:26:10.740
 comes

00:26:10.740 --> 00:26:11.339
 running

00:26:11.339 --> 00:26:11.959
 towards you

00:26:11.959 --> 00:26:12.539
 this morning

00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:13.119
 with

00:26:13.119 --> 00:26:14.059
 forgiveness

00:26:14.059 --> 00:26:14.740
 to give

00:26:14.740 --> 00:26:15.179
 to you

00:26:15.179 --> 00:26:15.659
 and he

00:26:15.659 --> 00:26:16.279
 delights

00:26:16.279 --> 00:26:17.519
 in sharing

00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:17.959
 it with

00:26:17.959 --> 00:26:18.279
 you

00:26:18.279 --> 00:26:20.159
 listen to

00:26:20.159 --> 00:26:20.679
 how capable

00:26:20.679 --> 00:26:21.199
 he is

00:26:21.199 --> 00:26:21.740
 of forgiving

00:26:21.740 --> 00:26:22.200
 you

00:26:22.200 --> 00:26:23.319
 completely

00:26:23.319 --> 00:26:24.359
 verse 7

00:26:24.359 --> 00:26:26.200
 purge me

00:26:26.200 --> 00:26:26.779
 with hyssop

00:26:26.779 --> 00:26:27.120
 and I

00:26:27.120 --> 00:26:27.480
 shall be

00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:28.019
 clean

00:26:28.019 --> 00:26:28.980
 wash me

00:26:28.980 --> 00:26:29.279
 and I

00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:29.599
 shall be

00:26:29.599 --> 00:26:30.059
 whiter

00:26:30.059 --> 00:26:30.900
 than snow

00:26:30.900 --> 00:26:32.160
 let me

00:26:32.160 --> 00:26:32.799
 hear joy

00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:33.620
 and gladness

00:26:33.620 --> 00:26:34.279
 let the

00:26:34.279 --> 00:26:34.799
 bones that

00:26:34.799 --> 00:26:35.099
 you have

00:26:35.099 --> 00:26:35.420
 broken

00:26:35.420 --> 00:26:36.059
 rejoice

00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:37.359
 hide your

00:26:37.359 --> 00:26:37.900
 face from

00:26:37.900 --> 00:26:38.480
 my sins

00:26:38.480 --> 00:26:39.059
 and blot

00:26:39.059 --> 00:26:39.960
 out all

00:26:39.960 --> 00:26:40.200
 my

00:26:40.200 --> 00:26:40.839
 iniquities

00:26:40.839 --> 00:26:42.420
 create in

00:26:42.420 --> 00:26:42.680
 me a

00:26:42.680 --> 00:26:43.019
 clean

00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:43.519
 heart

00:26:43.519 --> 00:26:44.440
 oh God

00:26:44.440 --> 00:26:45.779
 and renew

00:26:45.779 --> 00:26:46.160
 a right

00:26:46.160 --> 00:26:46.759
 spirit

00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:48.319
 within me

00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:49.799
 completely

00:26:49.799 --> 00:26:50.740
 clean

00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:51.799
 clean

00:26:51.799 --> 00:26:52.099
 enough

00:26:52.099 --> 00:26:52.900
 to stand

00:26:52.900 --> 00:26:53.359
 in the

00:26:53.359 --> 00:26:53.880
 presence

00:26:53.880 --> 00:26:54.500
 of a

00:26:54.500 --> 00:26:54.960
 holy

00:26:54.960 --> 00:26:55.779
 holy

00:26:55.779 --> 00:26:56.559
 holy

00:26:56.559 --> 00:26:57.579
 God

00:26:57.579 --> 00:26:58.420
 as David

00:26:58.420 --> 00:26:59.019
 puts it

00:26:59.019 --> 00:26:59.559
 even

00:26:59.559 --> 00:27:00.339
 whiter

00:27:00.339 --> 00:27:01.200
 than snow

00:27:01.200 --> 00:27:01.539
 we read

00:27:01.539 --> 00:27:01.779
 earlier

00:27:01.779 --> 00:27:02.140
 about an

00:27:02.140 --> 00:27:02.440
 angel

00:27:02.440 --> 00:27:03.000
 coming from

00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:03.359
 heaven

00:27:03.359 --> 00:27:03.940
 white

00:27:03.940 --> 00:27:04.480
 as snow

00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:04.799
 David

00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:05.200
 says

00:27:05.200 --> 00:27:05.700
 whiter

00:27:05.700 --> 00:27:07.599
 whiter

00:27:07.599 --> 00:27:08.400
 than snow

00:27:08.400 --> 00:27:09.019
 is the way

00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:09.980
 God makes

00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:10.140
 us

00:27:10.140 --> 00:27:10.799
 if God

00:27:10.799 --> 00:27:11.460
 cleanses

00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:11.720
 you

00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:12.299
 you'll be

00:27:12.299 --> 00:27:13.160
 that clean

00:27:13.160 --> 00:27:14.120
 white

00:27:14.120 --> 00:27:15.240
 and whiter

00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:16.279
 than snow

00:27:16.279 --> 00:27:17.500
 only God

00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:18.079
 can remove

00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:18.620
 the stain

00:27:18.620 --> 00:27:19.039
 of our

00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:19.380
 sinful

00:27:19.380 --> 00:27:19.819
 nature

00:27:19.819 --> 00:27:20.539
 and

00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:21.359
 our sinful

00:27:21.359 --> 00:27:22.000
 actions

00:27:22.000 --> 00:27:22.940
 that stain

00:27:22.940 --> 00:27:23.399
 that's so

00:27:23.399 --> 00:27:23.720
 deep

00:27:23.720 --> 00:27:24.319
 it's hard

00:27:24.319 --> 00:27:25.059
 to get

00:27:25.059 --> 00:27:25.440
 out

00:27:25.440 --> 00:27:26.519
 we scrub

00:27:26.519 --> 00:27:27.119
 and scrub

00:27:27.119 --> 00:27:27.899
 but we still

00:27:27.899 --> 00:27:28.619
 see it

00:27:28.619 --> 00:27:29.720
 if God

00:27:29.720 --> 00:27:30.519
 washes you

00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:31.240
 you will be

00:27:31.240 --> 00:27:31.659
 fully

00:27:31.659 --> 00:27:32.879
 and forever

00:27:32.879 --> 00:27:33.879
 clean

00:27:33.879 --> 00:27:36.420
 let the bones

00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:37.059
 you have broken

00:27:37.059 --> 00:27:38.379
 rejoice

00:27:38.379 --> 00:27:39.500
 only God

00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:39.960
 could take

00:27:39.960 --> 00:27:40.519
 bones that

00:27:40.519 --> 00:27:40.799
 have been

00:27:40.799 --> 00:27:41.359
 crushed

00:27:41.359 --> 00:27:42.680
 ground

00:27:42.680 --> 00:27:43.359
 to dust

00:27:43.359 --> 00:27:44.059
 is the image

00:27:44.059 --> 00:27:44.779
 in the Hebrew

00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:45.240
 word

00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:46.500
 and put them

00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:47.379
 back together

00:27:47.380 --> 00:27:47.480
 together

00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:48.320
 so that

00:27:48.320 --> 00:27:48.780
 they have

00:27:48.780 --> 00:27:49.360
 energy

00:27:49.360 --> 00:27:50.020
 and joy

00:27:50.020 --> 00:27:50.660
 and life

00:27:50.660 --> 00:27:51.380
 again

00:27:51.380 --> 00:27:55.040
 and then he

00:27:55.040 --> 00:27:55.660
 says create

00:27:55.660 --> 00:27:56.120
 in me

00:27:56.120 --> 00:27:57.020
 a clean

00:27:57.020 --> 00:27:57.500
 heart

00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:58.580
 notice

00:27:58.580 --> 00:27:59.500
 not give

00:27:59.500 --> 00:28:00.040
 me a second

00:28:00.040 --> 00:28:00.500
 chance

00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:00.760
 God

00:28:00.760 --> 00:28:01.100
 I'll make

00:28:01.100 --> 00:28:01.340
 it up

00:28:01.340 --> 00:28:01.760
 to you

00:28:01.760 --> 00:28:03.620
 not just

00:28:03.620 --> 00:28:04.940
 wipe away

00:28:04.940 --> 00:28:05.400
 the dirty

00:28:05.400 --> 00:28:05.860
 spots

00:28:05.860 --> 00:28:06.380
 so I don't

00:28:06.380 --> 00:28:06.720
 look as

00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:07.140
 bad as

00:28:07.140 --> 00:28:07.840
 I did

00:28:07.840 --> 00:28:09.460
 create

00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:10.640
 a new

00:28:10.640 --> 00:28:11.300
 heart

00:28:11.300 --> 00:28:11.980
 create

00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:13.120
 the same

00:28:13.120 --> 00:28:13.700
 word used

00:28:13.700 --> 00:28:14.200
 in Genesis

00:28:14.200 --> 00:28:15.039
 chapter 1

00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:15.660
 when God

00:28:15.660 --> 00:28:16.579
 creates

00:28:16.579 --> 00:28:17.779
 the heavens

00:28:17.779 --> 00:28:19.039
 and the earth

00:28:19.039 --> 00:28:20.380
 from nothing

00:28:20.380 --> 00:28:22.240
 God you're the

00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:23.140
 only one

00:28:23.140 --> 00:28:23.880
 who can do

00:28:23.880 --> 00:28:24.299
 this

00:28:24.299 --> 00:28:25.079
 David is saying

00:28:25.079 --> 00:28:25.559
 you're the one

00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:26.319
 who creates

00:28:26.319 --> 00:28:27.299
 and I need

00:28:27.299 --> 00:28:27.799
 to be

00:28:27.799 --> 00:28:29.180
 wholly new

00:28:29.180 --> 00:28:30.259
 I need you

00:28:30.259 --> 00:28:31.200
 to recreate

00:28:31.200 --> 00:28:31.740
 me

00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:32.660
 all over

00:28:32.660 --> 00:28:33.200
 from the

00:28:33.200 --> 00:28:33.480
 heart

00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:34.259
 work in me

00:28:34.259 --> 00:28:34.740
 life

00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:35.819
 where previously

00:28:35.819 --> 00:28:36.539
 there was only

00:28:36.539 --> 00:28:37.180
 death

00:28:37.180 --> 00:28:39.700
 only God

00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:40.620
 can forgive

00:28:40.620 --> 00:28:40.980
 the way

00:28:40.980 --> 00:28:41.940
 David's talking

00:28:41.940 --> 00:28:42.380
 about

00:28:42.380 --> 00:28:43.960
 as fully

00:28:43.960 --> 00:28:45.140
 and finally

00:28:45.140 --> 00:28:46.380
 and completely

00:28:46.380 --> 00:28:48.900
 as David's

00:28:48.900 --> 00:28:49.380
 describing

00:28:49.380 --> 00:28:51.819
 do you see

00:28:51.819 --> 00:28:52.700
 how all

00:28:52.700 --> 00:28:53.519
 your sin

00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:54.480
 requires

00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:55.039
 nothing

00:28:55.039 --> 00:28:55.599
 short

00:28:55.599 --> 00:28:56.980
 of God's

00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:57.400
 forgiveness

00:28:57.400 --> 00:28:59.599
 even my

00:28:59.599 --> 00:29:00.900
 little lie

00:29:00.900 --> 00:29:02.120
 to a coach

00:29:02.120 --> 00:29:03.059
 at nine

00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:03.779
 years old

00:29:03.779 --> 00:29:05.380
 can only

00:29:05.380 --> 00:29:06.160
 be forgiven

00:29:06.160 --> 00:29:06.940
 through the

00:29:06.940 --> 00:29:07.299
 death

00:29:07.299 --> 00:29:08.259
 and resurrection

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:09.559
 of Jesus

00:29:09.559 --> 00:29:13.339
 none of us

00:29:13.339 --> 00:29:14.279
 stands clean

00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:14.980
 on our own

00:29:14.980 --> 00:29:16.460
 before a just

00:29:16.460 --> 00:29:17.220
 and holy God

00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:18.019
 every single

00:29:18.019 --> 00:29:18.679
 one of us

00:29:18.679 --> 00:29:19.980
 stands in need

00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:21.000
 of forgiveness

00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:24.099
 but do you also

00:29:24.099 --> 00:29:24.579
 see

00:29:24.579 --> 00:29:26.039
 how none

00:29:26.039 --> 00:29:26.779
 of your sin

00:29:26.779 --> 00:29:29.059
 requires anything

00:29:29.059 --> 00:29:29.700
 beyond

00:29:29.700 --> 00:29:31.359
 God's forgiveness

00:29:31.359 --> 00:29:32.679
 even my

00:29:32.679 --> 00:29:33.859
 worst failures

00:29:33.859 --> 00:29:34.839
 to love

00:29:34.839 --> 00:29:35.619
 my wife

00:29:35.619 --> 00:29:36.819
 or to love

00:29:36.819 --> 00:29:37.559
 the church

00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:39.399
 or the darkest

00:29:39.399 --> 00:29:40.359
 secrets

00:29:40.359 --> 00:29:41.299
 the deepest

00:29:41.299 --> 00:29:41.899
 sins

00:29:41.899 --> 00:29:42.639
 of your

00:29:42.639 --> 00:29:43.079
 heart

00:29:43.079 --> 00:29:43.639
 or my

00:29:43.639 --> 00:29:44.159
 heart

00:29:44.159 --> 00:29:45.960
 are completely

00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:46.599
 forgiven

00:29:46.599 --> 00:29:48.139
 through the

00:29:48.139 --> 00:29:48.559
 death

00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:49.439
 and resurrection

00:29:49.439 --> 00:29:50.539
 of Jesus

00:29:50.539 --> 00:29:51.599
 he washes

00:29:51.599 --> 00:29:52.399
 whiter

00:29:52.399 --> 00:29:53.439
 than snow

00:29:53.439 --> 00:29:54.519
 and blots

00:29:54.519 --> 00:29:55.200
 them out

00:29:55.200 --> 00:29:56.419
 forever

00:29:56.419 --> 00:29:57.299
 from our

00:29:57.299 --> 00:29:57.700
 record

00:29:57.700 --> 00:30:00.319
 sometimes the

00:30:00.319 --> 00:30:00.819
 stain

00:30:00.819 --> 00:30:02.359
 of shame

00:30:02.359 --> 00:30:03.279
 from our

00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:03.720
 past

00:30:03.720 --> 00:30:04.380
 can linger

00:30:04.380 --> 00:30:05.900
 like a

00:30:05.900 --> 00:30:06.440
 stain

00:30:06.440 --> 00:30:07.700
 in clothing

00:30:07.700 --> 00:30:08.600
 that's hard

00:30:08.600 --> 00:30:09.140
 to get out

00:30:09.140 --> 00:30:10.180
 sometimes it

00:30:10.180 --> 00:30:11.140
 hangs over

00:30:11.140 --> 00:30:11.440
 us

00:30:11.440 --> 00:30:12.440
 sometimes we

00:30:12.440 --> 00:30:13.299
 feel like

00:30:13.299 --> 00:30:14.799
 that's all

00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:15.319
 God would

00:30:15.319 --> 00:30:16.180
 see if he

00:30:16.180 --> 00:30:17.200
 looks at me

00:30:17.200 --> 00:30:18.620
 as this

00:30:18.620 --> 00:30:19.539
 thing that

00:30:19.539 --> 00:30:20.079
 I've done

00:30:20.079 --> 00:30:20.519
 the thing

00:30:20.519 --> 00:30:21.220
 I've thought

00:30:21.220 --> 00:30:21.980
 the thing

00:30:21.980 --> 00:30:22.559
 I failed

00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:23.200
 to do

00:30:23.200 --> 00:30:25.660
 if that's

00:30:25.660 --> 00:30:25.920
 you

00:30:25.920 --> 00:30:27.480
 God says

00:30:27.480 --> 00:30:27.920
 to you

00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:28.519
 this morning

00:30:28.519 --> 00:30:28.860
 that he

00:30:28.860 --> 00:30:29.319
 wants you

00:30:29.319 --> 00:30:29.759
 to know

00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:30.400
 the freedom

00:30:30.400 --> 00:30:32.019
 and the joy

00:30:32.019 --> 00:30:32.800
 of his

00:30:32.800 --> 00:30:33.740
 full

00:30:33.740 --> 00:30:34.580
 forgiveness

00:30:34.580 --> 00:30:35.820
 which washes

00:30:35.820 --> 00:30:36.540
 you

00:30:36.540 --> 00:30:37.440
 thoroughly

00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:38.440
 makes you

00:30:38.440 --> 00:30:39.280
 completely

00:30:39.280 --> 00:30:40.200
 clean

00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:41.400
 it's the joy

00:30:41.400 --> 00:30:41.840
 of being able

00:30:41.840 --> 00:30:42.700
 to be completely

00:30:42.700 --> 00:30:43.580
 honest about

00:30:43.580 --> 00:30:44.060
 yourself

00:30:44.060 --> 00:30:44.920
 to live in

00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:45.480
 relationship

00:30:45.480 --> 00:30:46.140
 with someone

00:30:46.140 --> 00:30:46.680
 where you can

00:30:46.680 --> 00:30:47.240
 come at your

00:30:47.240 --> 00:30:48.100
 lowest point

00:30:48.100 --> 00:30:49.519
 be totally

00:30:49.519 --> 00:30:50.360
 transparent

00:30:50.360 --> 00:30:51.400
 and yet

00:30:51.400 --> 00:30:52.300
 find yourself

00:30:52.300 --> 00:30:52.960
 even in your

00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:53.400
 failure

00:30:53.400 --> 00:30:55.060
 loved

00:30:55.060 --> 00:30:56.380
 and accepted

00:30:56.380 --> 00:30:58.380
 David comes

00:30:58.380 --> 00:30:58.780
 to God

00:30:58.780 --> 00:30:59.759
 utterly broken

00:30:59.759 --> 00:31:01.220
 and dirty

00:31:01.220 --> 00:31:02.099
 and says

00:31:02.099 --> 00:31:03.440
 have mercy

00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:04.319
 on me

00:31:04.319 --> 00:31:05.379
 oh God

00:31:05.379 --> 00:31:06.480
 let all

00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:07.720
 your overflowing

00:31:07.720 --> 00:31:08.240
 mercy

00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:09.579
 fall on me

00:31:09.579 --> 00:31:10.299
 and wash

00:31:10.299 --> 00:31:10.879
 over me

00:31:10.879 --> 00:31:11.379
 till I am

00:31:11.379 --> 00:31:12.019
 completely

00:31:12.019 --> 00:31:13.279
 clean

00:31:13.279 --> 00:31:16.200
 you can come

00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:16.740
 to that same

00:31:16.740 --> 00:31:17.079
 God

00:31:17.079 --> 00:31:17.519
 with that

00:31:17.519 --> 00:31:19.180
 same request

00:31:19.180 --> 00:31:19.720
 that's the

00:31:19.720 --> 00:31:20.559
 God of

00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:21.039
 forgiveness

00:31:21.039 --> 00:31:21.559
 I hope

00:31:21.559 --> 00:31:22.279
 every one

00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:22.759
 of us

00:31:22.759 --> 00:31:23.779
 will know

00:31:23.779 --> 00:31:24.339
 in a fresh

00:31:24.339 --> 00:31:24.759
 way

00:31:24.759 --> 00:31:26.339
 this Easter

00:31:26.339 --> 00:31:28.900
 there's at

00:31:28.900 --> 00:31:29.279
 least one

00:31:29.279 --> 00:31:29.859
 more biblical

00:31:29.859 --> 00:31:30.720
 picture of

00:31:30.720 --> 00:31:31.799
 this God

00:31:31.799 --> 00:31:32.379
 of forgiveness

00:31:32.379 --> 00:31:33.299
 that I

00:31:33.299 --> 00:31:33.799
 didn't mention

00:31:33.799 --> 00:31:34.240
 earlier

00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:34.700
 when I

00:31:34.700 --> 00:31:35.519
 talked about

00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:36.039
 the pictures

00:31:36.039 --> 00:31:36.680
 of God

00:31:36.680 --> 00:31:37.200
 as the

00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:38.139
 father of

00:31:38.139 --> 00:31:38.740
 the prodigal

00:31:38.740 --> 00:31:39.220
 son

00:31:39.220 --> 00:31:40.339
 as the

00:31:40.339 --> 00:31:40.819
 forgiving

00:31:40.819 --> 00:31:42.079
 king

00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:43.700
 as the

00:31:43.700 --> 00:31:44.359
 faithful

00:31:44.359 --> 00:31:45.119
 forgiving

00:31:45.119 --> 00:31:45.980
 husband

00:31:45.980 --> 00:31:48.399
 it's the

00:31:48.399 --> 00:31:48.940
 picture of

00:31:48.940 --> 00:31:50.059
 Jesus himself

00:31:50.059 --> 00:31:51.599
 hanging on a

00:31:51.599 --> 00:31:52.119
 cross

00:31:52.119 --> 00:31:54.359
 blood dripping

00:31:54.359 --> 00:31:55.740
 from him

00:31:55.740 --> 00:31:57.599
 struggling to

00:31:57.599 --> 00:31:59.219
 breathe in

00:31:59.219 --> 00:32:00.659
 deep agony

00:32:00.659 --> 00:32:02.339
 where his

00:32:02.339 --> 00:32:03.119
 heart has

00:32:03.119 --> 00:32:04.000
 never felt

00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:04.959
 this before

00:32:04.959 --> 00:32:06.119
 and in the

00:32:06.119 --> 00:32:06.839
 midst of it

00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:07.699
 he cries out

00:32:07.699 --> 00:32:08.019
 what

00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:09.099
 father

00:32:09.099 --> 00:32:10.959
 forgive them

00:32:10.959 --> 00:32:13.159
 father

00:32:13.159 --> 00:32:14.719
 forgive them

00:32:14.719 --> 00:32:15.599
 do you see

00:32:15.599 --> 00:32:16.319
 the heart

00:32:16.319 --> 00:32:17.599
 of God

00:32:17.599 --> 00:32:18.319
 there

00:32:18.319 --> 00:32:18.759
 do you see

00:32:18.759 --> 00:32:19.459
 the God

00:32:19.460 --> 00:32:20.620
 of forgiveness

00:32:20.620 --> 00:32:22.019
 the heart

00:32:22.019 --> 00:32:22.640
 of God

00:32:22.640 --> 00:32:23.360
 is so

00:32:23.360 --> 00:32:24.079
 full of

00:32:24.079 --> 00:32:24.579
 forgiveness

00:32:24.579 --> 00:32:25.460
 that even

00:32:25.460 --> 00:32:26.019
 as he is

00:32:26.019 --> 00:32:26.920
 purchasing

00:32:26.920 --> 00:32:27.940
 that very

00:32:27.940 --> 00:32:28.620
 forgiveness

00:32:28.620 --> 00:32:29.700
 at the cost

00:32:29.700 --> 00:32:30.240
 of his own

00:32:30.240 --> 00:32:30.700
 life

00:32:30.700 --> 00:32:32.299
 even as he

00:32:32.299 --> 00:32:33.400
 is enduring

00:32:33.400 --> 00:32:34.759
 the pain

00:32:34.759 --> 00:32:35.400
 and the

00:32:35.400 --> 00:32:36.180
 agony

00:32:36.180 --> 00:32:37.240
 that the

00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:38.140
 sin he's

00:32:38.140 --> 00:32:38.680
 forgiving

00:32:38.680 --> 00:32:40.019
 has caused

00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:40.799
 him

00:32:40.799 --> 00:32:42.819
 he cries

00:32:42.819 --> 00:32:43.500
 out

00:32:43.500 --> 00:32:44.799
 that forgiveness

00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:46.100
 be extended

00:32:46.100 --> 00:32:47.120
 to those

00:32:47.120 --> 00:32:47.819
 whose debt

00:32:47.819 --> 00:32:48.680
 he's paying

00:32:48.680 --> 00:32:49.980
 in the

00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:50.560
 midst of

00:32:50.560 --> 00:32:50.720
 it

00:32:50.720 --> 00:32:51.820
 he cries

00:32:51.820 --> 00:32:52.100
 out

00:32:52.100 --> 00:32:52.539
 father

00:32:52.539 --> 00:32:53.480
 forgive

00:32:53.480 --> 00:32:54.900
 forgive

00:32:54.900 --> 00:32:58.680
 can you

00:32:58.680 --> 00:32:59.120
 imagine

00:32:59.120 --> 00:32:59.799
 such

00:32:59.799 --> 00:33:00.779
 selfless

00:33:00.779 --> 00:33:01.700
 love

00:33:01.700 --> 00:33:03.279
 what a

00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:04.160
 merciful

00:33:04.160 --> 00:33:05.400
 savior

00:33:05.400 --> 00:33:06.820
 what a

00:33:06.820 --> 00:33:07.400
 God

00:33:07.400 --> 00:33:07.660
 of

00:33:07.660 --> 00:33:08.380
 forgiveness

00:33:08.380 --> 00:33:09.600
 to

00:33:09.600 --> 00:33:10.080
 forgive

00:33:10.080 --> 00:33:10.960
 even

00:33:10.960 --> 00:33:11.480
 and

00:33:11.480 --> 00:33:12.140
 especially

00:33:12.140 --> 00:33:13.140
 then

00:33:13.140 --> 00:33:15.600
 if you

00:33:15.600 --> 00:33:15.759
 have

00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:16.340
 questions

00:33:16.340 --> 00:33:17.420
 if you

00:33:17.420 --> 00:33:17.640
 want to

00:33:17.640 --> 00:33:17.840
 know

00:33:17.839 --> 00:33:18.139
 more

00:33:18.139 --> 00:33:18.439
 about

00:33:18.439 --> 00:33:18.859
 this

00:33:18.859 --> 00:33:19.859
 forgiving

00:33:19.859 --> 00:33:20.859
 God

00:33:20.859 --> 00:33:21.579
 if you

00:33:21.579 --> 00:33:21.759
 just

00:33:21.759 --> 00:33:22.159
 want to

00:33:22.159 --> 00:33:22.579
 come

00:33:22.579 --> 00:33:23.220
 talk

00:33:23.220 --> 00:33:23.439
 and

00:33:23.439 --> 00:33:23.859
 pray

00:33:23.859 --> 00:33:25.699
 about

00:33:25.699 --> 00:33:26.119
 something

00:33:26.119 --> 00:33:26.659
 that you've

00:33:26.659 --> 00:33:27.319
 been struggling

00:33:27.319 --> 00:33:27.919
 with for the

00:33:27.919 --> 00:33:28.399
 first time

00:33:28.399 --> 00:33:28.659
 maybe

00:33:28.659 --> 00:33:30.000
 you've

00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:30.259
 prayed

00:33:30.259 --> 00:33:30.779
 for

00:33:30.779 --> 00:33:31.459
 forgiveness

00:33:31.459 --> 00:33:32.059
 a lot

00:33:32.059 --> 00:33:32.619
 and you

00:33:32.619 --> 00:33:32.759
 just

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 want to

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 come

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 pray

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 again

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 some

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 of our

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 elders

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 are going

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 to be

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 down

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 front

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 at the

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 end

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 of this

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 service

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 we

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 love

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 to

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 talk

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 with

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 you

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 they're

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 going

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 to

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 come

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 down

00:33:40.819 --> 00:33:41.199
 front

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 I'm

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 going

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 to be

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 at

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 the

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 back

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 which

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 means

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 front

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 or

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 back

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 you've

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 got

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 someone

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 who

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 needs

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 the

00:33:46.620 --> 00:33:47.019
 forgiveness

00:33:47.019 --> 00:33:47.580
 of God

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 as desperately

00:33:48.279 --> 00:33:48.820
 as you

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 do

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 who would

00:33:50.140 --> 00:33:50.680
 be delighted

00:33:50.680 --> 00:33:51.180
 to talk

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 to you

00:33:51.640 --> 00:33:52.500
 about the

00:33:52.500 --> 00:33:52.840
 God of

00:33:52.840 --> 00:33:53.259
 forgiveness

00:33:53.259 --> 00:33:54.119
 and the

00:33:54.119 --> 00:33:54.500
 forgiveness

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:54.940
 that we

00:33:54.940 --> 00:33:55.240
 found

00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:55.460
 in

00:33:55.460 --> 00:33:55.779
 Jesus

00:33:55.779 --> 00:33:57.079
 let's

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 pray

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 father we

00:34:05.819 --> 00:34:06.660
 confess that

00:34:06.660 --> 00:34:07.259
 we bring

00:34:07.259 --> 00:34:08.320
 nothing that

00:34:08.320 --> 00:34:09.059
 deserves

00:34:09.059 --> 00:34:10.260
 your forgiveness

00:34:10.260 --> 00:34:11.000
 this morning

00:34:11.000 --> 00:34:12.699
 but we

00:34:12.699 --> 00:34:13.300
 rejoice

00:34:13.300 --> 00:34:14.099
 that there

00:34:14.099 --> 00:34:14.559
 is nothing

00:34:14.559 --> 00:34:15.079
 needed

00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:16.019
 because we

00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:16.480
 have a

00:34:16.480 --> 00:34:16.880
 savior

00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:17.539
 whose

00:34:17.539 --> 00:34:18.039
 blood

00:34:18.039 --> 00:34:18.840
 paid

00:34:18.840 --> 00:34:19.599
 it all

00:34:19.599 --> 00:34:20.639
 our

00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:21.019
 full

00:34:21.019 --> 00:34:21.420
 debt

00:34:21.420 --> 00:34:23.099
 who

00:34:23.099 --> 00:34:23.579
 walked

00:34:23.579 --> 00:34:24.619
 triumphantly

00:34:24.619 --> 00:34:25.139
 out of

00:34:25.139 --> 00:34:25.340
 the

00:34:25.340 --> 00:34:25.960
 grave

00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:26.559
 having

00:34:26.559 --> 00:34:27.240
 the

00:34:27.240 --> 00:34:28.340
 pronouncement

00:34:28.340 --> 00:34:29.240
 of full

00:34:29.240 --> 00:34:30.000
 forgiveness

00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:31.099
 and full

00:34:31.099 --> 00:34:31.760
 payment of

00:34:31.760 --> 00:34:32.240
 the debt

00:34:32.240 --> 00:34:32.940
 been

00:34:32.940 --> 00:34:33.639
 pronounced

00:34:33.639 --> 00:34:34.280
 upon

00:34:34.280 --> 00:34:34.780
 him

00:34:34.780 --> 00:34:36.539
 and in

00:34:36.539 --> 00:34:37.000
 him we

00:34:37.000 --> 00:34:37.420
 stand

00:34:37.420 --> 00:34:37.980
 forgiven

00:34:37.980 --> 00:34:38.659
 and we

00:34:38.659 --> 00:34:39.539
 rejoice

00:34:39.539 --> 00:34:41.460
 father

00:34:41.460 --> 00:34:41.720
 this

00:34:41.720 --> 00:34:42.039
 Easter

00:34:42.039 --> 00:34:42.300
 would

00:34:42.300 --> 00:34:42.539
 that

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:43.180
 joy

00:34:43.180 --> 00:34:43.519
 be

00:34:43.519 --> 00:34:43.980
 something

00:34:43.980 --> 00:34:44.940
 that

00:34:44.940 --> 00:34:45.800
 drives

00:34:45.800 --> 00:34:46.360
 us

00:34:46.360 --> 00:34:47.039
 to

00:34:47.039 --> 00:34:47.940
 honesty

00:34:47.940 --> 00:34:48.639
 to

00:34:48.639 --> 00:34:49.340
 freedom

00:34:49.340 --> 00:34:49.920
 in

00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:50.579
 living

00:34:50.579 --> 00:34:51.960
 to

00:34:51.960 --> 00:34:52.219
 being

00:34:52.219 --> 00:34:52.500
 willing

00:34:52.500 --> 00:34:52.759
 to

00:34:52.759 --> 00:34:53.500
 confess

00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:54.199
 to

00:34:54.199 --> 00:34:54.559
 you

00:34:54.559 --> 00:34:54.880
 and

00:34:54.880 --> 00:34:55.059
 to

00:34:55.059 --> 00:34:55.559
 others

00:34:55.559 --> 00:34:56.500
 and

00:34:56.500 --> 00:34:56.699
 to

00:34:56.699 --> 00:34:57.360
 find

00:34:57.360 --> 00:34:57.900
 a

00:34:57.900 --> 00:34:58.380
 forgiveness

00:34:58.380 --> 00:34:58.759
 that

00:34:58.759 --> 00:34:58.980
 we

00:34:58.980 --> 00:34:59.420
 only

00:34:59.420 --> 00:35:00.039
 hoped

00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:00.579
 might

00:35:00.579 --> 00:35:00.779
 be

00:35:00.779 --> 00:35:01.279
 possible

00:35:01.279 --> 00:35:01.719
 to

00:35:01.719 --> 00:35:02.119
 find

00:35:02.119 --> 00:35:02.559
 someone

00:35:02.559 --> 00:35:02.799
 who

00:35:02.799 --> 00:35:03.179
 knows

00:35:03.179 --> 00:35:03.599
 us

00:35:03.599 --> 00:35:04.619
 fully

00:35:04.619 --> 00:35:06.619
 and

00:35:06.619 --> 00:35:06.799
 who

00:35:06.799 --> 00:35:07.299
 loves

00:35:07.299 --> 00:35:07.719
 us

00:35:07.719 --> 00:35:08.739
 completely

00:35:08.739 --> 00:35:12.719
 show us

00:35:12.719 --> 00:35:13.039
 more

00:35:13.039 --> 00:35:13.799
 of that

00:35:13.799 --> 00:35:14.199
 forgiveness

00:35:14.199 --> 00:35:14.559
 that we

00:35:14.559 --> 00:35:15.039
 might run

00:35:15.039 --> 00:35:15.440
 to you

00:35:15.440 --> 00:35:15.900
 for it

00:35:15.900 --> 00:35:16.539
 in

00:35:16.539 --> 00:35:16.819
 Jesus

00:35:16.819 --> 00:35:17.219
 name

00:35:17.219 --> 00:35:18.159
 amen

00:35:18.159 --> 00:35:23.279
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