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 If you would open up your Bibles to Matthew chapter 5, we started a series in the Beatitudes.

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 It's on page 962 of your Pew Bible, and I'm going to read the Beatitudes right now.

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 We're going to focus on Matthew 5 verse 4 this morning.

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 Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him,

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 just like we're coming to him this morning.

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 And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying,

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 Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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 Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

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 Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

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 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

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 Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.

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 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

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 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.

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 Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake,

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 for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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 May God bless the hearing of God's words.

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 Amen.

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 Any Charlie Brown fans in the room?

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 Whoa, we got some amens?

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 Good.

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 We all know that Charlie Brown is a glutton for punishment.

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 And regularly what will happen when Charlie Brown is on the receiving end of something that doesn't work out,

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 he will lament, and he will say,

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 Good grief.

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 Good grief.

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 And we all know what it's expressing.

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 It's all, you know, he's expressing kind of like disappointment in his circumstances.

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 But then when you look about, when you actually think about those two words, good grief,

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 you're like, what?

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 This is like a contradiction in terms.

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 It's an oxymoron.

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 What grief is good?

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 When we think about grief or mourning,

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 we're thinking about a deep sadness over the loss of something good.

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 Whether it's a job,

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 or your health,

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 or the strain of a relationship,

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 or even the death of a loved one.

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 When we think about mourning,

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 we're thinking about the loss,

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 sadness over the loss of something good.

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 Last week, we started this series in the Beatitudes,

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 just to remind ourselves what it means to be a kingdom citizen living here in the fall of 2024.

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 And last week, I walked you through the Beatitudes,

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 and one of the points I made is that all eight of these Beatitudes,

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 they are, it's like a kingdom profile.

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 It's a character profile of someone who has been brought into the kingdom of heaven,

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 into the kingdom of the beloved son.

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 So all eight,

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 we're to take as,

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 to mark each of us,

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 every Christian,

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 is to be marked by these character traits.

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 And today, we're looking at the character trait of mourning.

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 Blessed are those who mourn.

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 This mourning is a godly grief.

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 This mourning that Jesus is talking about is lamenting over sin.

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 Sin against God.

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 When you're spiritually bankrupt,

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 when you are poor in spirit,

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 you will grieve sin.

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 Citizens of the kingdom,

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 they grieve what grieves God.

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 We have a whole new value system.

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 Now, I don't know if you realized this when you became a Christian.

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 But when you became a Christian,

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 you opened yourself up to a whole new kind of grief.

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 A godly grief over sin.

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 Sin against God.

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 Because your whole life has shifted

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 from orbiting yourself

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 to orbiting the living God.

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 So this morning,

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 as we look at this beatitude,

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 we're going to see two parts of it.

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 Our good grief,

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 blessed are those who mourn,

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 and God's promised comfort,

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 for they shall be comforted.

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 The question before us this morning is,

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 not if you mourn.

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 We all mourn.

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 We all grieve.

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 We're living in a sin-riddled world.

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 The question is,

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 do you grieve what grieves God?

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 And is there anything in you today

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 that is grieving,

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 offending the living God?

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 Charlie Brown.

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 Charlie Brown.

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 Turns out there is a good grief.

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 It's called godly grief.

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 And let's look at it.

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 Blessed are those who mourn.

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 That word blessed

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 shows up a number of times

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 in the Beatitudes,

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 nine times all the way through verse 11.

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 And it's Jesus announcing blessing

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 on all those people

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 who are demonstrating

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 these character traits

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 because they have been delivered

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 from the domain of darkness

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 and transferred into his kingdom,

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 the kingdom of the beloved son.

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 These are people who have received

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 God's transforming grace

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 and have been moved

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 under the saving reign of Jesus.

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 Jesus.

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 These are graced people.

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 These blessings.

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 This is God's goodness

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 to these people

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 who have received

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 the new covenant blessing

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 of being in Christ.

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 And so what I want you to help you understand

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 is when we read

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 blessed are those who mourn,

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 this mourner

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 in chapter 5 verse 4

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 is a kingdom citizen.

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 They are grieved

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 over what grieves God.

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 And what I want to try

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 to convince you of this morning

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 is this.

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 For you, Christian,

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 that's normal.

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 It's normal

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 for kingdom citizens

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 to grieve that which grieves God.

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 It's normal.

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 So these blessed ones

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 are those who've been graced by God,

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 who've been brought into his kingdom,

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 who share God's heart,

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 particularly when it comes to sin.

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 Sin in them

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 and sin outside of them.

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 So what kind of mourning

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 is this exactly?

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 What are we talking about here?

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 Well, last week we saw

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 blessed are the poor in spirit

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 and that poor in spirit,

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 you're poor in spirit

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 in relationship to God.

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 And it carries down

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 into verse 4.

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 That we are mourning something,

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 we're grieving something,

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 we're lamenting something

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 in relationship to God.

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 This is a godly sorrow

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 over sin.

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 That word sin

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 tends to take a bum rap

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 in our culture today.

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 Dismissive.

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 Biblically speaking,

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 it means missing the mark.

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 Imagine

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 an Olympic archer

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 pulling back the string,

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 releasing an arrow

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 at the target,

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 and that arrow

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 just missing the bullseye

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 by two centimeters.

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 That's missing the mark.

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 If they miss the mark

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 by two feet,

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 it's missing the mark.

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 What sin is,

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 is missing the mark

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 of God's character

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 in His command.

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 It's not believing Him

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 or obeying Him.

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 And biblically speaking,

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 everyone sins.

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 For all have sinned

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 and fall short

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 of the glory of God.

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 For all have missed the mark

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 and come up short

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 of God's perfection.

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 Sin is a human problem.

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 And I just want to remind you

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 when talking about sin,

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 that sin,

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 just one,

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 will condemn you

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 to an eternal punishment

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 apart from God.

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 Because when we sin,

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 we sin against

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 an eternal,

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 holy,

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 and just God.

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 for the wages of sin

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 is death,

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 eternal death,

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 God's wrath

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 for eternity.

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 Sin is serious business

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 in God's sight.

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 I want to ask you

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 just to evaluate yourself.

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 have you recently

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 given thought

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 to how offensive

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 and grievous

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 your sin is to God?

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 Let me point to a couple things

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 that will help that.

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 Think about sin's punishment,

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 which I just referenced.

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 in John 3, 36,

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 we read this,

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 whoever believes in the Son

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 has eternal life,

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 whoever does not obey the Son

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 shall not see life,

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 but the wrath of God

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 remains on him.

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 When you think about

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 the punishment of sin

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 being God's eternal,

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 just,

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 tormenting wrath,

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 it should make you think

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 sin is serious business

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 in God's sight.

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 But,

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 and then when you think

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 of sin's solution

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 that God provided,

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 John 3, 16,

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 for God so loved the world

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 that he gave his only Son

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 that whoever believes in him

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 shall not experience

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 the eternal wrath of God,

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 but have eternal life.

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 When you think

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 that what God did

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 in order to rescue sinners

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 from their sin against him,

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 that he became a man,

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 that he lived a perfect life,

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 that he died on the cross

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 and bore God's wrath

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 for all of our sin,

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 for anyone who would believe,

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 so that there's no more wrath.

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 And then he was raised

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 from the dead.

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 What is this

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 that God would do

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 such a thing for sinners?

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 It's getting at

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 the seriousness of sin.

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 Let me try to push this home

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 a little bit more.

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 Imagine with me.

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 Do you know right now

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 on the seventh floor

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 of the Museum of Modern Art

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 in New York City,

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 there is Van Gogh's

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 Starry Night?

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 Do you know what I'm talking about?

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 Do you know what the painting

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 I'm talking about?

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 It's a masterpiece

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 worth millions.

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 Let's say that

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 the Museum of Modern Art

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 calls up the Salvati's

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 and they're like,

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 hey, Mike and Jenny,

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 do you want to hang Starry Night

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 in your living room

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 for a little bit?

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 And we're like,

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 yeah, sure, okay, yeah.

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 So they bring it on,

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 we hang it in our living room

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 and then I invite everybody

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 from our church

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 to come take a look

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 at Starry Night.

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 So you come over

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 on a Saturday morning,

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 but you stop off

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 at Oliver's

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 on your way here

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 to our house

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 and you pick up

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 your favorite jelly donut

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 with raspberry jelly.

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 You walk into our house,

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 you walk up to Starry Night

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 with your donut in hand,

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 you're like,

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 hmm, yes, yes, yes,

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 it's just speaking to me,

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 yes, yes, yes.

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 You take a bite

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 of your donut

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 and it squirts

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 raspberry jelly

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 all over Starry Night.

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 You're like, oops.

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 You kind of sneak your way

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 into the kitchen,

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 you grab some paper towels,

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 you come back to Starry Night

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 and you proceed

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 to wipe your raspberry jelly

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 all into Starry Night.

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 Everybody in the room

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 who knows Starry Night's value,

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 it's a masterpiece,

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 they are mourning

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 and grieving, right?

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 Because you've just

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 utterly defaced

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 something of incredible

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 worth and beauty.

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 What makes that act

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 so grievous

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 is not your jelly.

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 It's the work of art.

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 When we sin against God,

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 our little jelly squirts,

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 we're sinning

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 against the most glorious,

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 treasured being

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 in all of creation.

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 Listen.

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 Brothers and sisters,

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 our problem is not

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 that we take sin

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 too seriously.

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 We don't take it

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 seriously enough.

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 And that has everything

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 to do

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 with how we think

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 about God.

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 We have a man-centered

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 view of God,

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 of our sin,

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 a man-centered view

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 of our sin.

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 And what we need

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 is a God-centered view.

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 He's the masterpiece,

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 the treasure

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 above all else.

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 And when we see

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 our sin against Him,

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 we will grieve.

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 We will mourn.

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 Because we're gaining

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 His heart.

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 We need a God-centered

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 view of our sin.

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 One of my favorite

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 preachers and writers

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 is John Piper.

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 And he gave a talk

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 called,

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 What is Sin?

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 Listen to what he wrote.

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 My definition of sinning

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 is,

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 sinning is any feeling

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 or thought

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 or speech

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 or action

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 that comes from

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 a heart

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 that does not

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 treasure God

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 over all things.

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 In the bottom of sin,

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 the root of all sinning

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 is such a heart,

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 a heart that prefers

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 anything above God.

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 A heart that does not

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 treasure God

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 over all persons

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 and all other things.

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 What is sin?

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 Sin is,

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 follow this,

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 the glory of God

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 not honored,

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 the holiness of God

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 not reverenced,

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 the greatness of God

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 not admired,

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 the power of God

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 not praised,

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 the truth of God

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 not sought,

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 the wisdom of God

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 not esteemed,

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 the beauty of God

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 not treasured,

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 the goodness of God

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 not savored,

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 the faithfulness of God

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 not trusted,

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 the promises of God

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 not believed,

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 the commandments of God

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 not obeyed,

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 the justice of God

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 not respected,

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 the wrath of God

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 not feared,

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 the grace of God

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 not cherished,

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 the presence of God

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 not prized,

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 the person of God

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 not loved.

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 what John Piper does for us

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 is he helps us think about our sin

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 against God, the center of all things.

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 This is a biblical view of our sin.

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 A God-centered view of our sin.

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 But what about sin in you?

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 If you're a Christian in the room,

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 according to Galatians 5, 16 and 17,

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 when you were converted,

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 things got interesting.

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 Because now you have a conflict of interest

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 within yourself.

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 You have your flesh,

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 the desires of your flesh,

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 wanting to do sinful things,

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 and you've got the Holy Spirit of God living in you,

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 the desires of the Spirit,

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 wanting to form,

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 he wants to form in you

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 good God-glorifying things.

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 And so there's this conflict within us

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 did you know, Christian,

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 that you are simultaneously justified and sinful

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 at the same time?

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 Declared righteous in God's sight,

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 and yet we have a sinful nature?

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 You know what the question becomes?

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 Here's the question.

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 Do you have a godly sorrow

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 over the pride in you presently?

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 Over the lust in you?

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 Over the greed in you?

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 The gossip?

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 The hate?

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 The lack of self-control?

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 The question becomes,

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 how does God see these things in you?

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 How does he feel about these things in you?

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 Ephesians 4.30 says,

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 do not grieve the Holy Spirit

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 who has sealed you for the day of redemption.

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 Do not grieve him by sinning.

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 I don't know what's happening in you right now

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 hearing this.

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 I hope it goes something like this.

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 God, would you help me

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 to see and feel

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 about my sin in me

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 the way that you see and feel

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 about the sin in me?

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 Would you show me?

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 Would you grieve me?

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 Would you burden me?

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 Would you help me to see

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 my utter bankruptcy in your sight

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 so that I can mourn it?

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 When God lovingly convicts

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 his sons or daughters of their sins,

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 you can say,

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 I am a blessed child of God.

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 You know why?

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 Because God,

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 your heavenly loving Father,

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 is at work in you

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 so that you can share

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 in his blessed holiness.

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 It is a good thing

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 that you grieve your sin.

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 It's a good thing.

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 And if you're new

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 to the Christian faith,

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 I want to help you

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 set your expectations right.

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 Because as you grow

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 as a Christian,

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 you don't grieve less.

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 You grieve more.

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 because you start seeing

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 the utter effect of sin

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 in your life.

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 And as you get to know

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 your God more and more,

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 you start realizing,

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 oh, this sin in me

00:20:05.580 --> 00:20:07.720
 must be grievous in his sight.

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 He's so holy and good and just.

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 And so the reasoning goes,

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 Christian,

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 if you're maturing in Christ,

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 you're not going to be

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 less grievous of your sin.

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 You're going to be more

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 as you become more and more holy.

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 But what happens

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 if you don't grieve your sin?

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 What happens if you don't care?

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 Well, that probably means

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 you're not a kingdom.

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 You're not in the kingdom of Jesus.

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 And what you need to hear

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 is that you need to cry out to God

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 and say, oh God,

00:20:47.839 --> 00:20:48.579
 would you burden me?

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 Help me to see my sin.

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 Take it seriously as you see it

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 so I can run to Jesus.

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 Or maybe you are a Christian

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 not taking their sin seriously.

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 We've seen that.

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 We saw that in the book of Judges.

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 God's people being canonized,

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 becoming like the world.

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 When you become like the world,

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 you're not going to grieve

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 what grieves God.

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 You're going to do

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 what's right in your own eyes.

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 You're not going to seek

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 to do what is right

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 in God's eyes.

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 And so if you're a Christian

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 in the room

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 and you're like,

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 man, I'm not grieved.

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 Well, is it because

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 you've just been canonized?

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 And that's something

00:21:35.380 --> 00:21:36.200
 to repent of.

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 God, forgive me

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 for living according

00:21:41.340 --> 00:21:42.640
 to the world's values,

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 not yours.

00:21:47.440 --> 00:21:48.539
 Brothers and sisters,

00:21:48.759 --> 00:21:50.660
 this is our good grief

00:21:50.660 --> 00:21:52.519
 of being a kingdom citizen.

00:21:53.759 --> 00:21:56.220
 We're sharing in God's heart

00:21:56.220 --> 00:21:58.039
 towards sin in us

00:21:58.039 --> 00:21:59.340
 and outside of us.

00:22:00.620 --> 00:22:02.140
 This is normal,

00:22:02.440 --> 00:22:03.140
 brothers and sisters.

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 This is normal

00:22:05.440 --> 00:22:06.920
 for those in the kingdom.

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 But I want to move now

00:22:09.620 --> 00:22:12.180
 from our good grief

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 to God's comforting promise.

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 Blessed are those who mourn,

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 for theirs is the kingdom.

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 Oops, for theirs,

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 for they shall be comforted.

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 Amen.

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 Time out.

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 I forgot something.

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 And it's important.

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 Before we move on

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 to the promised comfort,

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 which I think a lot of you

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 want to move on to right now,

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 I need you to help you

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 think about something.

00:23:03.140 --> 00:23:07.860
 I want to introduce you

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 to the idea of lament.

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 C.S. Lewis

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 has written

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 a commentary on the Psalms.

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 I was given this

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 by a friend this past week.

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 And C.S. Lewis writes,

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 I think we delight to praise

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 what we enjoy

00:23:34.519 --> 00:23:35.799
 because the praise

00:23:35.799 --> 00:23:37.079
 not merely expresses

00:23:37.079 --> 00:23:38.959
 but completes the enjoyment.

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 It is its appointed

00:23:41.459 --> 00:23:42.579
 consummation.

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 So when we in the congregation

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 are gathered

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 and we're dwelling upon

00:23:46.439 --> 00:23:48.000
 these glorious truths of God,

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 we're just delighting it,

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 we're enjoying it,

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 that it's not complete

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 until we sing

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 his praises together.

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 Then it's complete.

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 You see my point?

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 See what he's writing?

00:24:01.679 --> 00:24:02.779
 Applied to mourning

00:24:02.779 --> 00:24:03.619
 of sin.

00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:06.439
 Applied to

00:24:06.439 --> 00:24:08.019
 godly grief.

00:24:08.879 --> 00:24:10.179
 The appointed

00:24:10.179 --> 00:24:10.879
 consummation

00:24:10.879 --> 00:24:12.919
 of godly grief

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 when you're seeing

00:24:13.759 --> 00:24:14.599
 sin in you

00:24:14.599 --> 00:24:15.839
 or outside of you

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 is what the Bible

00:24:18.019 --> 00:24:18.899
 calls lament.

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 It brings closure.

00:24:23.439 --> 00:24:25.000
 It brings expression.

00:24:26.279 --> 00:24:27.679
 And it's always

00:24:27.679 --> 00:24:29.480
 in the minor key.

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 It's not always

00:24:31.419 --> 00:24:32.359
 fun to sing.

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 It's not always

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 fun to speak

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 because it's a sadness.

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 In your Bibles

00:24:41.899 --> 00:24:42.659
 there are different

00:24:42.659 --> 00:24:44.459
 kinds of laments.

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 There's personal lament.

00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:48.659
 Psalm 13.

00:24:49.579 --> 00:24:50.379
 Psalm 51.

00:24:51.299 --> 00:24:51.519
 When

00:24:51.519 --> 00:24:53.379
 David sins

00:24:53.379 --> 00:24:54.699
 adultery

00:24:54.699 --> 00:24:55.459
 with Bathsheba

00:24:55.459 --> 00:24:56.179
 then kills

00:24:56.179 --> 00:24:57.379
 her husband Uriah

00:24:57.379 --> 00:24:58.079
 to cover it up.

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 He writes

00:24:59.639 --> 00:25:00.559
 Psalm 51

00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:02.059
 and in verse 4

00:25:02.059 --> 00:25:02.619
 he says

00:25:02.619 --> 00:25:04.299
 in this lament

00:25:04.299 --> 00:25:04.980
 to God

00:25:04.980 --> 00:25:06.639
 against you

00:25:06.639 --> 00:25:07.740
 God

00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:08.480
 and you alone

00:25:08.480 --> 00:25:09.159
 have I sinned.

00:25:09.559 --> 00:25:10.339
 That's a God

00:25:10.339 --> 00:25:11.139
 centered view

00:25:11.139 --> 00:25:11.740
 of his sin

00:25:11.740 --> 00:25:13.240
 operating.

00:25:14.459 --> 00:25:14.799
 And that's

00:25:14.799 --> 00:25:15.740
 a personal lament.

00:25:16.119 --> 00:25:16.959
 And so personal lament

00:25:16.959 --> 00:25:17.879
 is giving expression

00:25:17.879 --> 00:25:18.699
 to godly grief.

00:25:19.159 --> 00:25:20.459
 It contains confession.

00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:22.279
 But you're expressing

00:25:22.279 --> 00:25:23.199
 your sorrow

00:25:23.199 --> 00:25:25.000
 over your grief

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:27.319
 for what you've done

00:25:27.319 --> 00:25:28.240
 in God's eyes.

00:25:29.839 --> 00:25:30.639
 Not only is there

00:25:30.639 --> 00:25:31.579
 personal lament

00:25:31.579 --> 00:25:33.359
 there is corporate lament.

00:25:33.859 --> 00:25:35.240
 And just as a

00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:36.179
 point of reference

00:25:36.179 --> 00:25:37.000
 would you just write

00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:37.740
 if you're taking notes

00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:39.639
 Ezra chapter 9

00:25:39.639 --> 00:25:40.139
 and 10.

00:25:41.139 --> 00:25:42.319
 Take a look at that.

00:25:42.319 --> 00:25:44.779
 God's people

00:25:44.779 --> 00:25:45.859
 are intermarrying

00:25:45.859 --> 00:25:47.119
 Ezra

00:25:47.119 --> 00:25:47.819
 one of the leaders

00:25:47.819 --> 00:25:49.159
 of God's people

00:25:49.159 --> 00:25:50.539
 he actually

00:25:50.539 --> 00:25:51.839
 prays a prayer

00:25:51.839 --> 00:25:52.599
 of lament

00:25:52.599 --> 00:25:54.039
 not for his sin

00:25:54.039 --> 00:25:55.359
 but for the people's sin

00:25:55.359 --> 00:25:56.299
 and then the people

00:25:56.299 --> 00:25:56.859
 join in

00:25:56.859 --> 00:25:57.619
 in chapter 10

00:25:57.619 --> 00:25:58.720
 and there's all this

00:25:58.720 --> 00:25:59.859
 weeping going on

00:25:59.859 --> 00:26:00.039
 do you know

00:26:00.039 --> 00:26:00.559
 what that means?

00:26:01.419 --> 00:26:02.299
 It's corporate

00:26:02.299 --> 00:26:02.980
 lament

00:26:02.980 --> 00:26:04.319
 for their sin.

00:26:05.599 --> 00:26:06.419
 And then there's

00:26:06.419 --> 00:26:07.480
 the Jesus lament.

00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:10.660
 in Luke 19

00:26:10.660 --> 00:26:12.759
 Jesus has just

00:26:12.759 --> 00:26:13.519
 entered Jerusalem

00:26:13.519 --> 00:26:14.740
 and we read this

00:26:14.740 --> 00:26:15.599
 and when he drew near

00:26:15.599 --> 00:26:16.400
 and saw the city

00:26:16.400 --> 00:26:17.240
 he wept over it

00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:17.559
 saying

00:26:17.559 --> 00:26:18.779
 would that you

00:26:18.779 --> 00:26:19.519
 even you

00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:20.960
 had known on this day

00:26:20.960 --> 00:26:22.099
 the things that make

00:26:22.099 --> 00:26:22.860
 for peace

00:26:22.860 --> 00:26:24.380
 but now they are

00:26:24.380 --> 00:26:25.440
 hidden from your eyes

00:26:25.440 --> 00:26:26.160
 the things that make

00:26:26.160 --> 00:26:26.740
 for peace

00:26:26.740 --> 00:26:28.579
 Jesus was referring

00:26:28.579 --> 00:26:29.299
 to himself

00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:31.960
 they didn't recognize him

00:26:31.960 --> 00:26:33.940
 for the days

00:26:33.940 --> 00:26:34.819
 will come upon you

00:26:34.819 --> 00:26:35.460
 when your enemies

00:26:35.460 --> 00:26:36.400
 will set up a barricade

00:26:36.400 --> 00:26:36.900
 around you

00:26:36.900 --> 00:26:37.580
 and surround you

00:26:37.580 --> 00:26:38.100
 and hem you in

00:26:38.100 --> 00:26:38.720
 on every side

00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:39.720
 and tear you down

00:26:39.720 --> 00:26:40.220
 to the ground

00:26:40.220 --> 00:26:41.100
 you and your children

00:26:41.100 --> 00:26:41.620
 within you

00:26:41.620 --> 00:26:42.380
 and they will not

00:26:42.380 --> 00:26:43.300
 leave one stone

00:26:43.300 --> 00:26:44.400
 upon another

00:26:44.400 --> 00:26:44.940
 in you

00:26:44.940 --> 00:26:45.900
 because you did not

00:26:45.900 --> 00:26:46.560
 know the time

00:26:46.560 --> 00:26:47.519
 of your visitation

00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:49.080
 Jesus is lamenting

00:26:49.080 --> 00:26:50.160
 over Jerusalem

00:26:50.160 --> 00:26:51.440
 that he has come

00:26:51.440 --> 00:26:52.340
 and they don't

00:26:52.340 --> 00:26:53.180
 recognize him

00:26:53.180 --> 00:26:54.420
 and now salvation

00:26:54.420 --> 00:26:55.700
 is going to pass them by

00:26:55.700 --> 00:26:56.480
 and judgment's

00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:57.000
 going to come.

00:26:58.259 --> 00:26:59.560
 Jesus weeps

00:26:59.560 --> 00:27:02.060
 and pronounces this

00:27:05.060 --> 00:27:05.540
 lament

00:27:06.400 --> 00:27:07.060
 how many

00:27:07.060 --> 00:27:08.180
 don't show your hands

00:27:08.180 --> 00:27:09.540
 but how many

00:27:09.540 --> 00:27:10.600
 in this room

00:27:10.600 --> 00:27:13.200
 have friends

00:27:13.200 --> 00:27:14.620
 and family

00:27:14.620 --> 00:27:15.380
 we love

00:27:15.380 --> 00:27:17.780
 that at present

00:27:17.780 --> 00:27:19.300
 have rejected

00:27:19.300 --> 00:27:19.860
 Jesus

00:27:19.860 --> 00:27:22.140
 they have not seen

00:27:22.140 --> 00:27:22.759
 the time of his

00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:23.980
 visitation as of yet

00:27:23.980 --> 00:27:25.519
 and so God's wrath

00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:26.440
 hangs over them

00:27:26.440 --> 00:27:27.580
 my friends

00:27:27.580 --> 00:27:28.820
 don't hate them

00:27:28.820 --> 00:27:29.980
 grieve them

00:27:29.980 --> 00:27:32.380
 grieve

00:27:32.380 --> 00:27:33.740
 what is happening

00:27:33.740 --> 00:27:37.880
 there's another

00:27:37.880 --> 00:27:39.200
 lament

00:27:39.200 --> 00:27:40.440
 in Psalm 119

00:27:40.440 --> 00:27:41.480
 136

00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:44.200
 where the

00:27:44.200 --> 00:27:45.079
 psalmist says

00:27:45.079 --> 00:27:48.220
 I cry

00:27:48.220 --> 00:27:48.920
 streams

00:27:48.920 --> 00:27:50.059
 of tears

00:27:50.059 --> 00:27:51.319
 because

00:27:51.319 --> 00:27:52.220
 this people

00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:52.960
 does not

00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:53.660
 obey your

00:27:53.660 --> 00:27:54.240
 commandments

00:27:54.240 --> 00:27:57.599
 so brothers

00:27:57.599 --> 00:27:58.240
 and sisters

00:27:58.240 --> 00:28:00.559
 when we

00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:01.420
 become aware

00:28:01.420 --> 00:28:02.539
 of the murdering

00:28:02.539 --> 00:28:03.920
 of image bearers

00:28:03.920 --> 00:28:04.940
 in the womb

00:28:04.940 --> 00:28:06.779
 and we

00:28:06.779 --> 00:28:07.360
 know

00:28:07.360 --> 00:28:08.519
 the command

00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:09.840
 thou shall not

00:28:09.840 --> 00:28:10.200
 murder

00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:11.779
 we grieve

00:28:11.779 --> 00:28:12.500
 that

00:28:12.500 --> 00:28:13.460
 because it grieves

00:28:13.460 --> 00:28:14.000
 God

00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:16.920
 when we see

00:28:16.920 --> 00:28:17.580
 men marrying

00:28:17.580 --> 00:28:17.940
 men

00:28:17.940 --> 00:28:18.560
 and women

00:28:18.560 --> 00:28:19.320
 marrying women

00:28:19.320 --> 00:28:20.440
 we grieve

00:28:20.440 --> 00:28:20.940
 that

00:28:20.940 --> 00:28:21.680
 because that's

00:28:21.680 --> 00:28:22.279
 not God's

00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:22.700
 design

00:28:22.700 --> 00:28:25.360
 one man

00:28:25.360 --> 00:28:26.539
 one woman

00:28:26.539 --> 00:28:27.820
 for life

00:28:27.820 --> 00:28:28.800
 under God

00:28:28.799 --> 00:28:31.240
 when we

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:31.799
 see the

00:28:31.799 --> 00:28:32.460
 confusion

00:28:32.460 --> 00:28:33.579
 of biological

00:28:33.579 --> 00:28:34.279
 men

00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:35.339
 thinking that

00:28:35.339 --> 00:28:36.000
 they're women

00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:37.279
 and biological

00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:38.339
 women thinking

00:28:38.339 --> 00:28:39.059
 confused that

00:28:39.059 --> 00:28:39.680
 they're men

00:28:39.680 --> 00:28:41.279
 that's not

00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:41.940
 God's will

00:28:41.940 --> 00:28:42.539
 and design

00:28:42.539 --> 00:28:44.700
 we grieve

00:28:44.700 --> 00:28:45.879
 that confusion

00:28:45.879 --> 00:28:46.779
 and chaos

00:28:46.779 --> 00:28:50.919
 and cry out

00:28:50.919 --> 00:28:51.480
 to God

00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:54.379
 when a hurricane

00:28:54.379 --> 00:28:55.139
 like Helena

00:28:55.139 --> 00:28:56.460
 rips through

00:28:56.460 --> 00:28:57.180
 our nation

00:28:57.180 --> 00:28:59.880
 when tornadoes

00:28:59.880 --> 00:29:00.900
 and floods

00:29:00.900 --> 00:29:02.360
 and forest fires

00:29:02.360 --> 00:29:03.640
 wreak havoc

00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:04.940
 and bring death

00:29:04.940 --> 00:29:06.039
 and we see

00:29:06.039 --> 00:29:07.180
 sin's

00:29:07.180 --> 00:29:08.320
 distorting effect

00:29:08.320 --> 00:29:09.140
 on God's

00:29:09.140 --> 00:29:09.940
 created order

00:29:09.940 --> 00:29:11.560
 we grieve

00:29:11.560 --> 00:29:12.360
 that

00:29:12.360 --> 00:29:13.980
 it's not the way

00:29:13.980 --> 00:29:14.680
 it's supposed to be

00:29:14.680 --> 00:29:16.640
 God's sovereign

00:29:16.640 --> 00:29:17.440
 over all these

00:29:17.440 --> 00:29:17.840
 things

00:29:17.840 --> 00:29:19.700
 we lament

00:29:19.700 --> 00:29:20.299
 it

00:29:20.299 --> 00:29:22.600
 oh God

00:29:22.600 --> 00:29:23.279
 have mercy

00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:27.940
 Thomas Watson

00:29:27.940 --> 00:29:28.859
 Puritan

00:29:28.859 --> 00:29:29.619
 said this

00:29:29.619 --> 00:29:31.000
 till sin

00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:31.759
 be bitter

00:29:31.759 --> 00:29:32.920
 Christ

00:29:32.920 --> 00:29:34.200
 will not

00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:34.960
 be

00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:35.839
 sweet

00:29:35.839 --> 00:29:37.680
 and the way

00:29:37.680 --> 00:29:38.619
 that you learn

00:29:38.619 --> 00:29:39.139
 to grieve

00:29:39.139 --> 00:29:39.779
 your sin

00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:40.759
 is to grieve

00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:41.460
 it in light

00:29:41.460 --> 00:29:42.379
 of who

00:29:42.379 --> 00:29:43.579
 God

00:29:43.579 --> 00:29:44.779
 is

00:29:44.779 --> 00:29:46.960
 and you learn

00:29:46.960 --> 00:29:47.519
 to lament

00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:50.799
 you learn

00:29:50.799 --> 00:29:51.299
 to lament

00:29:51.299 --> 00:29:53.460
 now to the

00:29:53.460 --> 00:29:54.079
 promised comfort

00:29:54.079 --> 00:29:54.599
 we fly

00:29:54.599 --> 00:30:01.559
 blessed are those

00:30:01.559 --> 00:30:02.200
 who mourn

00:30:02.200 --> 00:30:03.960
 what a glorious

00:30:03.960 --> 00:30:04.559
 promise

00:30:04.559 --> 00:30:05.139
 for they shall

00:30:05.139 --> 00:30:06.059
 be comforted

00:30:06.059 --> 00:30:07.500
 glorious promise

00:30:07.500 --> 00:30:09.200
 when you

00:30:09.200 --> 00:30:10.000
 are grieving

00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:10.759
 your sin

00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:11.639
 when you

00:30:11.639 --> 00:30:12.399
 are grieving

00:30:12.399 --> 00:30:13.039
 the sins

00:30:13.039 --> 00:30:13.639
 of those

00:30:13.639 --> 00:30:14.460
 around you

00:30:14.460 --> 00:30:15.379
 the sins

00:30:15.379 --> 00:30:16.200
 of our culture

00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:17.099
 the sin

00:30:17.099 --> 00:30:17.779
 affected

00:30:17.779 --> 00:30:18.759
 created order

00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:19.159
 when we're

00:30:19.159 --> 00:30:19.579
 grieving

00:30:19.579 --> 00:30:20.359
 these things

00:30:20.359 --> 00:30:21.740
 take heart

00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:23.240
 be comforted

00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:24.559
 there's a promise

00:30:24.559 --> 00:30:25.299
 promise

00:30:25.299 --> 00:30:26.019
 says

00:30:26.019 --> 00:30:29.679
 don't you want

00:30:29.679 --> 00:30:29.960
 to know

00:30:29.960 --> 00:30:36.299
 this is a

00:30:36.299 --> 00:30:36.740
 comfort from

00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:37.079
 God

00:30:37.079 --> 00:30:37.599
 brothers and

00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:37.899
 sisters

00:30:37.899 --> 00:30:39.099
 in our

00:30:39.099 --> 00:30:39.419
 grieving

00:30:39.419 --> 00:30:42.159
 when we

00:30:42.159 --> 00:30:42.679
 grieve

00:30:42.679 --> 00:30:43.579
 what God

00:30:43.579 --> 00:30:44.220
 grieves

00:30:44.220 --> 00:30:44.980
 we are

00:30:44.980 --> 00:30:45.679
 comforted

00:30:45.679 --> 00:30:46.679
 by God's

00:30:46.679 --> 00:30:47.359
 promise

00:30:47.359 --> 00:30:47.500
 promise

00:30:47.500 --> 00:30:49.679
 and I

00:30:49.679 --> 00:30:50.019
 hope you

00:30:50.019 --> 00:30:50.419
 see in

00:30:50.419 --> 00:30:50.639
 this

00:30:50.639 --> 00:30:51.379
 passage

00:30:51.379 --> 00:30:51.799
 in verse

00:30:51.799 --> 00:30:52.219
 4

00:30:52.219 --> 00:30:52.939
 for they

00:30:52.939 --> 00:30:53.519
 shall be

00:30:53.519 --> 00:30:53.979
 comforted

00:30:53.979 --> 00:30:54.639
 is a

00:30:54.639 --> 00:30:55.659
 future

00:30:55.659 --> 00:30:56.699
 promise

00:30:56.699 --> 00:30:59.139
 let me

00:30:59.139 --> 00:30:59.659
 aim you

00:30:59.659 --> 00:31:00.779
 at this

00:31:00.779 --> 00:31:01.079
 future

00:31:01.079 --> 00:31:01.639
 promise

00:31:01.639 --> 00:31:03.259
 in

00:31:03.259 --> 00:31:03.699
 Revelation

00:31:03.699 --> 00:31:04.099
 chapter

00:31:04.099 --> 00:31:04.740
 21

00:31:04.740 --> 00:31:06.359
 Zach

00:31:06.359 --> 00:31:06.619
 made

00:31:06.619 --> 00:31:07.059
 reference

00:31:07.059 --> 00:31:07.299
 it

00:31:07.299 --> 00:31:08.439
 this past

00:31:08.439 --> 00:31:08.699
 week

00:31:08.699 --> 00:31:09.139
 in the

00:31:09.139 --> 00:31:10.139
 word of

00:31:10.139 --> 00:31:10.679
 encouragement

00:31:10.679 --> 00:31:13.019
 let me

00:31:13.019 --> 00:31:13.319
 read it

00:31:13.319 --> 00:31:13.919
 to you

00:31:13.919 --> 00:31:15.159
 be

00:31:15.159 --> 00:31:15.839
 encouraged

00:31:15.839 --> 00:31:16.479
 grievous

00:31:16.480 --> 00:31:17.079
 ones

00:31:17.079 --> 00:31:18.700
 mourners

00:31:18.700 --> 00:31:19.400
 of the

00:31:19.400 --> 00:31:19.779
 kingdom

00:31:19.779 --> 00:31:20.940
 be

00:31:20.940 --> 00:31:21.620
 encouraged

00:31:21.620 --> 00:31:23.420
 then I

00:31:23.420 --> 00:31:23.740
 saw a

00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:24.120
 new heaven

00:31:24.120 --> 00:31:24.339
 and a

00:31:24.339 --> 00:31:24.740
 new earth

00:31:24.740 --> 00:31:25.099
 for the

00:31:25.099 --> 00:31:25.660
 first heaven

00:31:25.660 --> 00:31:26.220
 and the

00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:26.819
 first earth

00:31:26.819 --> 00:31:27.259
 had passed

00:31:27.259 --> 00:31:27.660
 away and

00:31:27.660 --> 00:31:27.940
 the sea

00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:28.259
 was no

00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:28.519
 more

00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:29.319
 and I

00:31:29.319 --> 00:31:29.680
 saw the

00:31:29.680 --> 00:31:30.180
 holy city

00:31:30.180 --> 00:31:30.380
 new

00:31:30.380 --> 00:31:30.779
 Jerusalem

00:31:30.779 --> 00:31:31.500
 coming down

00:31:31.500 --> 00:31:31.880
 out of

00:31:31.880 --> 00:31:32.079
 heaven

00:31:32.079 --> 00:31:32.599
 from God

00:31:32.599 --> 00:31:33.299
 prepared

00:31:33.299 --> 00:31:33.799
 as a

00:31:33.799 --> 00:31:34.099
 bride

00:31:34.099 --> 00:31:34.660
 adorned

00:31:34.660 --> 00:31:34.980
 for her

00:31:34.980 --> 00:31:35.299
 husband

00:31:35.299 --> 00:31:35.920
 and I

00:31:35.920 --> 00:31:36.259
 heard a

00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:36.720
 loud voice

00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:37.059
 from the

00:31:37.059 --> 00:31:37.279
 throne

00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:37.539
 saying

00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:37.839
 what are

00:31:37.839 --> 00:31:37.980
 you

00:31:37.980 --> 00:31:38.420
 saying

00:31:38.420 --> 00:31:41.500
 what's

00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:41.660
 going to

00:31:41.660 --> 00:31:41.819
 be

00:31:41.819 --> 00:31:42.160
 said

00:31:42.160 --> 00:31:45.079
 behold

00:31:45.079 --> 00:31:45.259
 the

00:31:45.259 --> 00:31:45.539
 dwelling

00:31:45.539 --> 00:31:46.059
 place of

00:31:46.059 --> 00:31:46.279
 God

00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:46.599
 is with

00:31:46.599 --> 00:31:47.019
 man

00:31:47.019 --> 00:31:49.359
 he

00:31:49.359 --> 00:31:50.299
 will

00:31:50.299 --> 00:31:50.559
 dwell

00:31:50.559 --> 00:31:50.839
 with

00:31:50.839 --> 00:31:51.259
 them

00:31:51.259 --> 00:31:52.200
 and they

00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:52.500
 will be

00:31:52.500 --> 00:31:52.720
 his

00:31:52.720 --> 00:31:53.079
 people

00:31:53.079 --> 00:31:54.019
 and God

00:31:54.019 --> 00:31:55.220
 himself

00:31:55.220 --> 00:31:56.240
 will be

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:56.839
 with them

00:31:56.839 --> 00:31:57.680
 as their

00:31:57.680 --> 00:31:58.159
 God

00:31:58.159 --> 00:32:00.720
 he

00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:02.480
 will wipe

00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:03.599
 every tear

00:32:03.599 --> 00:32:04.039
 from their

00:32:04.039 --> 00:32:04.579
 eyes

00:32:04.579 --> 00:32:05.359
 and death

00:32:05.359 --> 00:32:05.839
 shall be

00:32:05.839 --> 00:32:06.460
 no more

00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:07.200
 neither

00:32:07.200 --> 00:32:07.980
 there shall

00:32:07.980 --> 00:32:08.319
 be

00:32:08.319 --> 00:32:09.220
 mourning

00:32:09.220 --> 00:32:11.299
 nor crying

00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:12.619
 nor pain

00:32:12.619 --> 00:32:13.059
 anymore

00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:13.480
 for the

00:32:13.480 --> 00:32:14.000
 former things

00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:14.759
 have passed

00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:15.700
 away

00:32:15.700 --> 00:32:19.079
 we have

00:32:19.079 --> 00:32:19.740
 a promise

00:32:19.740 --> 00:32:21.880
 of a new

00:32:21.880 --> 00:32:22.180
 heavens

00:32:22.180 --> 00:32:22.519
 and a new

00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:22.759
 earth

00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:25.240
 and with

00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:25.539
 the new

00:32:25.539 --> 00:32:25.819
 heavens

00:32:25.819 --> 00:32:26.180
 and the new

00:32:26.180 --> 00:32:26.579
 earth

00:32:26.579 --> 00:32:27.799
 comes a

00:32:27.799 --> 00:32:28.099
 new

00:32:28.099 --> 00:32:28.680
 reality

00:32:28.680 --> 00:32:30.400
 there's no

00:32:30.400 --> 00:32:30.960
 more mourning

00:32:30.960 --> 00:32:31.619
 no more

00:32:31.619 --> 00:32:32.400
 no more

00:32:32.400 --> 00:32:32.900
 crying

00:32:32.900 --> 00:32:33.380
 no more

00:32:33.380 --> 00:32:33.640
 pain

00:32:33.640 --> 00:32:33.799
 do you

00:32:33.799 --> 00:32:34.200
 know why

00:32:34.200 --> 00:32:35.480
 there's

00:32:35.480 --> 00:32:35.960
 no more

00:32:35.960 --> 00:32:36.299
 sin

00:32:36.299 --> 00:32:38.940
 not even

00:32:38.940 --> 00:32:39.380
 in you

00:32:39.380 --> 00:32:39.779
 you'll have

00:32:39.779 --> 00:32:39.980
 a new

00:32:39.980 --> 00:32:40.440
 resurrected

00:32:40.440 --> 00:32:40.900
 body

00:32:40.900 --> 00:32:43.680
 none of

00:32:43.680 --> 00:32:43.980
 that

00:32:43.980 --> 00:32:46.259
 no more

00:32:46.259 --> 00:32:47.540
 but that's

00:32:47.540 --> 00:32:47.759
 not the

00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:48.280
 best part

00:32:48.280 --> 00:32:50.780
 it's like

00:32:50.780 --> 00:32:51.820
 the gospel

00:32:51.820 --> 00:32:52.280
 the goodness

00:32:52.280 --> 00:32:52.800
 of the gospel

00:32:52.800 --> 00:32:53.560
 is God

00:32:53.560 --> 00:32:56.480
 look who

00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:57.060
 it is

00:32:57.060 --> 00:32:59.380
 it's God

00:32:59.380 --> 00:32:59.880
 himself

00:32:59.880 --> 00:33:01.259
 wiping away

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:01.840
 the tears

00:33:01.840 --> 00:33:02.240
 from your

00:33:02.240 --> 00:33:02.700
 face

00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:05.560
 it's his

00:33:05.560 --> 00:33:06.080
 presence

00:33:06.079 --> 00:33:08.699
 when faith

00:33:08.699 --> 00:33:09.500
 turns to

00:33:09.500 --> 00:33:09.819
 sight

00:33:09.819 --> 00:33:10.480
 we see

00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:10.720
 him

00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:11.299
 face

00:33:11.299 --> 00:33:11.980
 to face

00:33:11.980 --> 00:33:12.659
 we will

00:33:12.659 --> 00:33:13.039
 be in

00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:13.199
 his

00:33:13.199 --> 00:33:13.579
 presence

00:33:13.579 --> 00:33:14.159
 we will

00:33:14.159 --> 00:33:14.699
 hear his

00:33:14.699 --> 00:33:15.179
 audible

00:33:15.179 --> 00:33:15.579
 voice

00:33:15.579 --> 00:33:16.299
 we will

00:33:16.299 --> 00:33:16.919
 smell

00:33:16.919 --> 00:33:17.399
 him

00:33:17.399 --> 00:33:18.240
 and be

00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:18.879
 with him

00:33:18.879 --> 00:33:21.579
 are you

00:33:21.579 --> 00:33:21.879
 mourning

00:33:21.879 --> 00:33:22.299
 sin

00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:24.399
 oh

00:33:24.399 --> 00:33:25.279
 be comforted

00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:25.579
 by that

00:33:25.579 --> 00:33:26.059
 promise

00:33:26.059 --> 00:33:29.319
 we're one

00:33:29.319 --> 00:33:29.919
 day closer

00:33:29.919 --> 00:33:31.019
 my friends

00:33:31.019 --> 00:33:31.319
 do you know

00:33:31.319 --> 00:33:31.639
 what that's

00:33:31.639 --> 00:33:31.980
 called

00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:33.119
 that's

00:33:33.119 --> 00:33:33.319
 called

00:33:33.319 --> 00:33:33.720
 hope

00:33:33.720 --> 00:33:36.299
 hope

00:33:36.299 --> 00:33:37.000
 is this

00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:37.960
 forward

00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:38.779
 looking

00:33:38.779 --> 00:33:39.799
 faith

00:33:39.799 --> 00:33:40.539
 in the

00:33:40.539 --> 00:33:40.960
 future

00:33:40.960 --> 00:33:41.720
 fulfillment

00:33:41.720 --> 00:33:42.559
 of God's

00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:42.960
 promise

00:33:42.960 --> 00:33:43.980
 that's

00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:44.299
 hope

00:33:44.299 --> 00:33:45.839
 and when

00:33:45.839 --> 00:33:46.180
 we are

00:33:46.180 --> 00:33:46.600
 grieving

00:33:46.600 --> 00:33:47.579
 our sin

00:33:47.579 --> 00:33:48.160
 against

00:33:48.160 --> 00:33:48.640
 God

00:33:48.640 --> 00:33:49.920
 we need

00:33:49.920 --> 00:33:50.519
 that kind

00:33:50.519 --> 00:33:51.000
 of hope

00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:52.539
 and he

00:33:52.539 --> 00:33:53.000
 gives it

00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:54.559
 that's a

00:33:54.559 --> 00:33:55.019
 comfort from

00:33:55.019 --> 00:33:55.339
 God

00:33:55.339 --> 00:33:56.940
 that's a

00:33:56.940 --> 00:33:57.259
 future

00:33:57.259 --> 00:33:57.880
 promise

00:33:57.880 --> 00:33:58.440
 friends

00:33:58.440 --> 00:33:59.160
 that's the

00:33:59.160 --> 00:33:59.600
 text

00:33:59.600 --> 00:34:00.900
 let me give

00:34:00.900 --> 00:34:01.160
 you a

00:34:01.160 --> 00:34:01.460
 present

00:34:01.460 --> 00:34:01.980
 promise

00:34:01.980 --> 00:34:06.000
 Jesus

00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:06.860
 at the

00:34:06.860 --> 00:34:07.039
 end of

00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:07.120
 the

00:34:07.120 --> 00:34:07.259
 great

00:34:07.259 --> 00:34:07.599
 commission

00:34:07.599 --> 00:34:08.079
 says

00:34:08.079 --> 00:34:08.579
 go make

00:34:08.579 --> 00:34:09.119
 disciples

00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:09.860
 and he

00:34:09.860 --> 00:34:10.980
 closes it

00:34:10.980 --> 00:34:11.219
 with a

00:34:11.219 --> 00:34:11.579
 promise

00:34:11.579 --> 00:34:12.019
 he says

00:34:12.019 --> 00:34:12.679
 lo I am

00:34:12.679 --> 00:34:13.000
 with you

00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:13.420
 always

00:34:13.420 --> 00:34:13.960
 even to

00:34:13.960 --> 00:34:14.320
 the end

00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:14.559
 of the

00:34:14.559 --> 00:34:14.960
 age

00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:16.179
 so not

00:34:16.179 --> 00:34:16.800
 only is

00:34:16.800 --> 00:34:18.179
 God's

00:34:18.179 --> 00:34:18.659
 promised

00:34:18.659 --> 00:34:19.260
 future

00:34:19.260 --> 00:34:19.599
 his

00:34:19.599 --> 00:34:20.119
 presence

00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:21.119
 God's

00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:21.519
 promise

00:34:21.519 --> 00:34:22.059
 now

00:34:22.059 --> 00:34:22.820
 is his

00:34:22.820 --> 00:34:23.340
 presence

00:34:23.340 --> 00:34:25.440
 and he

00:34:25.440 --> 00:34:26.059
 manifests

00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:26.619
 his presence

00:34:26.619 --> 00:34:27.159
 to us

00:34:27.159 --> 00:34:28.019
 right now

00:34:28.019 --> 00:34:28.659
 not

00:34:28.659 --> 00:34:29.159
 physically

00:34:29.159 --> 00:34:30.779
 you don't

00:34:30.779 --> 00:34:31.460
 smell him

00:34:31.460 --> 00:34:32.159
 you don't

00:34:32.159 --> 00:34:32.599
 hear him

00:34:32.599 --> 00:34:33.159
 audibly

00:34:33.159 --> 00:34:33.940
 you're not

00:34:33.940 --> 00:34:35.420
 feeling he's

00:34:35.420 --> 00:34:35.960
 kind of hand

00:34:35.960 --> 00:34:36.500
 wiping away

00:34:36.500 --> 00:34:36.899
 your tears

00:34:36.899 --> 00:34:37.980
 he's manifested

00:34:37.980 --> 00:34:38.819
 in us

00:34:38.819 --> 00:34:39.779
 by his

00:34:39.779 --> 00:34:40.379
 Holy Spirit

00:34:40.379 --> 00:34:44.879
 but there's

00:34:44.879 --> 00:34:45.179
 more

00:34:45.179 --> 00:34:49.039
 if right

00:34:49.039 --> 00:34:49.379
 now

00:34:49.379 --> 00:34:52.199
 you are

00:34:52.199 --> 00:34:52.859
 overwhelmed

00:34:52.859 --> 00:34:53.359
 by your

00:34:53.359 --> 00:34:53.619
 own

00:34:53.619 --> 00:34:54.259
 sinfulness

00:34:54.259 --> 00:34:55.000
 Christian

00:34:55.000 --> 00:34:56.519
 you're like

00:34:56.519 --> 00:34:57.359
 I have

00:34:57.359 --> 00:34:57.719
 not been

00:34:57.719 --> 00:34:58.019
 wanting

00:34:58.019 --> 00:34:58.759
 to look

00:34:58.759 --> 00:34:59.559
 at this

00:34:59.559 --> 00:35:00.440
 sin trash

00:35:00.440 --> 00:35:01.039
 in me

00:35:01.039 --> 00:35:01.699
 because I

00:35:01.699 --> 00:35:01.960
 don't want

00:35:01.960 --> 00:35:02.280
 to deal

00:35:02.280 --> 00:35:02.639
 with it

00:35:02.639 --> 00:35:03.059
 and I

00:35:03.059 --> 00:35:03.300
 certainly

00:35:03.300 --> 00:35:03.619
 don't want

00:35:03.619 --> 00:35:03.800
 to go

00:35:03.800 --> 00:35:04.519
 to God

00:35:04.519 --> 00:35:04.940
 with it

00:35:04.940 --> 00:35:06.579
 if that's

00:35:06.579 --> 00:35:07.019
 you

00:35:07.019 --> 00:35:07.639
 oh I've

00:35:07.639 --> 00:35:07.880
 got a

00:35:07.880 --> 00:35:08.179
 promise

00:35:08.179 --> 00:35:08.639
 for you

00:35:08.639 --> 00:35:09.380
 God's

00:35:09.380 --> 00:35:09.579
 word

00:35:09.579 --> 00:35:09.900
 has a

00:35:09.900 --> 00:35:10.119
 promise

00:35:10.119 --> 00:35:10.559
 for you

00:35:10.559 --> 00:35:11.900
 it's

00:35:11.900 --> 00:35:12.380
 the promise

00:35:12.380 --> 00:35:13.039
 of justification

00:35:13.039 --> 00:35:15.539
 it's

00:35:15.539 --> 00:35:15.900
 it's

00:35:15.900 --> 00:35:16.099
 this

00:35:16.099 --> 00:35:16.739
 promise

00:35:16.739 --> 00:35:17.659
 that if

00:35:17.659 --> 00:35:18.099
 you put

00:35:18.099 --> 00:35:18.699
 your faith

00:35:18.699 --> 00:35:19.400
 in Jesus

00:35:19.400 --> 00:35:20.039
 Christ

00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:22.239
 you have

00:35:22.239 --> 00:35:22.820
 peace

00:35:22.820 --> 00:35:23.559
 with God

00:35:23.559 --> 00:35:25.460
 because he's

00:35:25.460 --> 00:35:26.159
 declared you

00:35:26.159 --> 00:35:26.880
 righteous in his

00:35:26.880 --> 00:35:27.119
 sight

00:35:27.119 --> 00:35:29.039
 all of

00:35:29.039 --> 00:35:29.759
 your sin

00:35:29.759 --> 00:35:30.739
 has been

00:35:30.739 --> 00:35:31.139
 forgiven

00:35:31.139 --> 00:35:32.219
 because all

00:35:32.219 --> 00:35:32.819
 of God's

00:35:32.819 --> 00:35:33.500
 wrath has

00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:34.039
 been poured

00:35:34.039 --> 00:35:34.739
 out on

00:35:34.739 --> 00:35:35.440
 your sin

00:35:35.440 --> 00:35:36.179
 so that

00:35:36.179 --> 00:35:36.639
 there's no

00:35:36.639 --> 00:35:37.259
 more wrath

00:35:37.259 --> 00:35:37.559
 there's

00:35:37.559 --> 00:35:38.119
 there's

00:35:38.119 --> 00:35:38.339
 therefore

00:35:38.339 --> 00:35:39.039
 now no

00:35:39.039 --> 00:35:39.779
 condemnation

00:35:39.779 --> 00:35:40.880
 no more

00:35:40.880 --> 00:35:41.420
 wrath for

00:35:41.420 --> 00:35:41.759
 those who

00:35:41.759 --> 00:35:41.960
 are in

00:35:41.960 --> 00:35:42.219
 Christ

00:35:42.219 --> 00:35:42.599
 Jesus

00:35:42.599 --> 00:35:44.719
 and not

00:35:44.719 --> 00:35:45.299
 just that

00:35:45.299 --> 00:35:45.759
 you have

00:35:45.759 --> 00:35:46.440
 been imputed

00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:46.839
 with the

00:35:46.839 --> 00:35:47.219
 righteousness

00:35:47.219 --> 00:35:48.139
 of Christ

00:35:48.139 --> 00:35:49.579
 you stand

00:35:49.579 --> 00:35:50.259
 before

00:35:50.259 --> 00:35:51.159
 God

00:35:51.159 --> 00:35:53.559
 righteous in

00:35:53.559 --> 00:35:54.199
 his sight

00:35:54.199 --> 00:35:55.400
 with Christ's

00:35:55.400 --> 00:35:55.859
 righteousness

00:35:55.860 --> 00:35:56.800
 and so

00:35:56.800 --> 00:35:57.260
 you have

00:35:57.260 --> 00:35:57.760
 hope

00:35:57.760 --> 00:35:58.519
 that you

00:35:58.519 --> 00:35:59.000
 can stand

00:35:59.000 --> 00:35:59.539
 before the

00:35:59.539 --> 00:36:00.099
 judge

00:36:00.099 --> 00:36:00.980
 without being

00:36:00.980 --> 00:36:01.400
 condemned

00:36:01.400 --> 00:36:01.980
 because of

00:36:01.980 --> 00:36:02.440
 the finished

00:36:02.440 --> 00:36:02.900
 work of

00:36:02.900 --> 00:36:03.180
 Jesus

00:36:03.180 --> 00:36:03.840
 he's

00:36:03.840 --> 00:36:04.340
 declared

00:36:04.340 --> 00:36:04.599
 you

00:36:04.599 --> 00:36:04.940
 righteous

00:36:04.940 --> 00:36:05.380
 in his

00:36:05.380 --> 00:36:05.760
 sight

00:36:05.760 --> 00:36:08.700
 receive that

00:36:08.700 --> 00:36:09.160
 promise

00:36:09.160 --> 00:36:11.579
 live in that

00:36:11.579 --> 00:36:12.019
 promise

00:36:12.019 --> 00:36:12.579
 it doesn't

00:36:12.579 --> 00:36:12.860
 mean you

00:36:12.860 --> 00:36:13.360
 don't own

00:36:13.360 --> 00:36:13.860
 your sin

00:36:13.860 --> 00:36:15.059
 it means you

00:36:15.059 --> 00:36:15.780
 freely go to

00:36:15.780 --> 00:36:16.160
 the throne

00:36:16.160 --> 00:36:16.620
 of grace

00:36:16.620 --> 00:36:17.140
 with your

00:36:17.140 --> 00:36:17.420
 sin

00:36:17.420 --> 00:36:21.579
 what's being

00:36:21.579 --> 00:36:22.180
 promised

00:36:22.180 --> 00:36:24.260
 in Matthew

00:36:24.260 --> 00:36:24.619
 5

00:36:24.619 --> 00:36:25.059
 4

00:36:25.059 --> 00:36:26.659
 is the

00:36:26.659 --> 00:36:27.019
 future

00:36:27.019 --> 00:36:27.740
 presence

00:36:27.740 --> 00:36:28.980
 of our

00:36:28.980 --> 00:36:29.559
 Lord Jesus

00:36:29.559 --> 00:36:30.300
 in a new

00:36:30.300 --> 00:36:30.740
 heavens

00:36:30.740 --> 00:36:31.260
 in a new

00:36:31.260 --> 00:36:31.619
 earth

00:36:31.619 --> 00:36:32.119
 when there's

00:36:32.119 --> 00:36:32.539
 no more

00:36:32.539 --> 00:36:32.880
 sin

00:36:32.880 --> 00:36:34.260
 but there's

00:36:34.260 --> 00:36:34.700
 also the

00:36:34.700 --> 00:36:34.980
 present

00:36:34.980 --> 00:36:35.460
 presence

00:36:35.460 --> 00:36:36.059
 present

00:36:36.059 --> 00:36:36.480
 promise

00:36:36.480 --> 00:36:36.920
 he's with

00:36:36.920 --> 00:36:37.260
 us

00:36:37.260 --> 00:36:38.800
 our sins

00:36:38.800 --> 00:36:39.260
 are not

00:36:39.260 --> 00:36:39.700
 over our

00:36:39.700 --> 00:36:40.000
 heads

00:36:40.000 --> 00:36:40.619
 anymore

00:36:40.619 --> 00:36:44.980
 but there's

00:36:44.980 --> 00:36:45.400
 coming a

00:36:45.400 --> 00:36:45.719
 day my

00:36:45.719 --> 00:36:46.119
 friends

00:36:46.119 --> 00:36:46.819
 when there's

00:36:46.819 --> 00:36:47.259
 no more

00:36:47.259 --> 00:36:47.759
 hurricane

00:36:47.759 --> 00:36:48.239
 helenas

00:36:48.239 --> 00:36:50.859
 there's no

00:36:50.859 --> 00:36:51.739
 more contentious

00:36:51.739 --> 00:36:52.339
 presidential

00:36:52.339 --> 00:36:53.079
 elections

00:36:53.079 --> 00:36:54.839
 there's no

00:36:54.839 --> 00:36:56.119
 more abortions

00:36:56.119 --> 00:36:56.559
 there's no

00:36:56.559 --> 00:36:57.239
 more sexual

00:36:57.239 --> 00:36:57.819
 sins

00:36:57.819 --> 00:36:58.279
 there's no

00:36:58.279 --> 00:36:59.059
 more identity

00:36:59.059 --> 00:36:59.940
 chaos

00:36:59.940 --> 00:37:01.279
 there's no

00:37:01.279 --> 00:37:02.239
 more threat

00:37:02.239 --> 00:37:03.199
 from creation

00:37:03.199 --> 00:37:03.900
 itself

00:37:03.900 --> 00:37:05.319
 because it's

00:37:05.319 --> 00:37:06.460
 all been

00:37:06.460 --> 00:37:07.359
 completely

00:37:07.359 --> 00:37:08.380
 done

00:37:08.380 --> 00:37:09.299
 with

00:37:09.300 --> 00:37:13.560
 so now

00:37:13.560 --> 00:37:13.820
 we

00:37:13.820 --> 00:37:15.519
 we lament

00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:17.980
 with

00:37:17.980 --> 00:37:18.780
 hope

00:37:18.780 --> 00:37:22.860
 secure

00:37:22.860 --> 00:37:23.160
 in these

00:37:23.160 --> 00:37:23.640
 promises

00:37:23.640 --> 00:37:27.340
 when we

00:37:27.340 --> 00:37:27.900
 take sin

00:37:27.900 --> 00:37:28.480
 seriously

00:37:28.480 --> 00:37:29.600
 because God

00:37:29.600 --> 00:37:30.140
 takes sin

00:37:30.140 --> 00:37:30.600
 seriously

00:37:30.600 --> 00:37:32.400
 we lament

00:37:32.400 --> 00:37:34.060
 we give

00:37:34.060 --> 00:37:35.340
 voice to

00:37:35.340 --> 00:37:35.780
 that

00:37:35.780 --> 00:37:37.660
 by lamenting

00:37:37.660 --> 00:37:38.320
 it

00:37:38.320 --> 00:37:38.960
 but we

00:37:38.960 --> 00:37:39.280
 also

00:37:39.280 --> 00:37:39.600
 stand

00:37:39.600 --> 00:37:39.860
 upon

00:37:39.860 --> 00:37:40.100
 these

00:37:40.100 --> 00:37:40.559
 promises

00:37:40.559 --> 00:37:45.700
 our

00:37:45.700 --> 00:37:45.960
 good

00:37:45.960 --> 00:37:46.440
 grief

00:37:46.440 --> 00:37:48.400
 blessed

00:37:48.400 --> 00:37:48.840
 are those

00:37:48.840 --> 00:37:49.019
 who

00:37:49.019 --> 00:37:49.539
 mourn

00:37:49.539 --> 00:37:51.300
 God's

00:37:51.300 --> 00:37:51.740
 promise

00:37:51.740 --> 00:37:52.400
 comfort

00:37:52.400 --> 00:37:53.460
 for they

00:37:53.460 --> 00:37:53.800
 shall be

00:37:53.800 --> 00:37:54.380
 comforted

00:37:54.380 --> 00:37:56.900
 as a

00:37:56.900 --> 00:37:57.200
 Christian

00:37:57.200 --> 00:37:57.620
 as a

00:37:57.620 --> 00:37:57.980
 citizen

00:37:57.980 --> 00:37:58.760
 of Christ's

00:37:58.760 --> 00:37:59.000
 kingdom

00:37:59.000 --> 00:37:59.780
 living in

00:37:59.780 --> 00:38:00.280
 the sin

00:38:00.280 --> 00:38:00.700
 riddled

00:38:00.700 --> 00:38:01.180
 world

00:38:01.180 --> 00:38:02.080
 you will

00:38:02.080 --> 00:38:02.680
 mourn

00:38:02.680 --> 00:38:03.900
 the devastation

00:38:03.900 --> 00:38:04.840
 and offense

00:38:04.840 --> 00:38:05.620
 of sin

00:38:05.620 --> 00:38:06.340
 as you

00:38:06.340 --> 00:38:06.700
 get to

00:38:06.700 --> 00:38:07.059
 know your

00:38:07.059 --> 00:38:07.400
 God

00:38:07.400 --> 00:38:07.840
 and as

00:38:07.840 --> 00:38:08.219
 you see

00:38:08.219 --> 00:38:08.639
 your sin

00:38:08.639 --> 00:38:08.860
 more

00:38:08.860 --> 00:38:09.400
 accurately

00:38:09.400 --> 00:38:10.119
 but you

00:38:10.119 --> 00:38:10.480
 will do

00:38:10.480 --> 00:38:11.039
 so with

00:38:11.039 --> 00:38:11.440
 hope

00:38:11.440 --> 00:38:12.219
 in God's

00:38:12.219 --> 00:38:12.799
 promises

00:38:12.799 --> 00:38:15.380
 and be

00:38:15.380 --> 00:38:15.779
 blessed

00:38:15.779 --> 00:38:20.199
 he's wiped

00:38:20.199 --> 00:38:20.759
 away the

00:38:20.759 --> 00:38:21.360
 penalty of

00:38:21.360 --> 00:38:21.880
 your sin

00:38:21.880 --> 00:38:24.460
 and he

00:38:24.460 --> 00:38:25.320
 will wipe

00:38:25.320 --> 00:38:26.019
 away every

00:38:26.019 --> 00:38:26.380
 tear

00:38:26.380 --> 00:38:27.480
 from your

00:38:27.480 --> 00:38:27.820
 eye

00:38:27.820 --> 00:38:30.320
 blessed

00:38:30.320 --> 00:38:31.199
 are those

00:38:31.199 --> 00:38:32.219
 who mourn

00:38:32.219 --> 00:38:33.859
 for they

00:38:33.859 --> 00:38:34.199
 will be

00:38:34.199 --> 00:38:34.839
 comforted

00:38:34.839 --> 00:38:36.719
 this is

00:38:36.719 --> 00:38:37.000
 no

00:38:37.000 --> 00:38:37.779
 Charlie Brown

00:38:37.779 --> 00:38:38.559
 good grief

00:38:38.559 --> 00:38:41.319
 this is

00:38:41.319 --> 00:38:41.859
 the grief

00:38:41.859 --> 00:38:42.439
 the blessed

00:38:42.439 --> 00:38:42.980
 grief

00:38:42.980 --> 00:38:44.419
 of a

00:38:44.419 --> 00:38:44.719
 citizen

00:38:44.719 --> 00:38:45.000
 of the

00:38:45.000 --> 00:38:45.279
 kingdom

00:38:45.279 --> 00:38:47.879
 God in

00:38:47.879 --> 00:38:48.159
 heaven

00:38:48.159 --> 00:38:50.759
 Father God

00:38:50.759 --> 00:38:53.239
 we come

00:38:53.239 --> 00:38:53.639
 to you

00:38:53.639 --> 00:38:54.000
 now

00:38:54.000 --> 00:38:56.359
 and we

00:38:56.359 --> 00:38:57.699
 come to

00:38:57.699 --> 00:38:58.079
 you

00:38:58.079 --> 00:38:59.460
 with honest

00:38:59.460 --> 00:38:59.960
 hearts

00:38:59.960 --> 00:39:01.880
 we come

00:39:01.880 --> 00:39:02.579
 to you

00:39:02.579 --> 00:39:03.360
 acknowledging

00:39:03.360 --> 00:39:04.079
 the sin

00:39:04.079 --> 00:39:04.799
 at work

00:39:04.799 --> 00:39:05.639
 in us

00:39:05.639 --> 00:39:06.460
 still

00:39:06.460 --> 00:39:08.659
 we all

00:39:08.659 --> 00:39:09.299
 have sinful

00:39:09.299 --> 00:39:09.799
 natures

00:39:09.799 --> 00:39:10.500
 still

00:39:10.500 --> 00:39:13.019
 we grieve

00:39:13.019 --> 00:39:14.539
 our pride

00:39:14.539 --> 00:39:15.179
 we grieve

00:39:15.179 --> 00:39:15.880
 our lust

00:39:15.880 --> 00:39:16.719
 we grieve

00:39:16.719 --> 00:39:18.139
 our words

00:39:18.139 --> 00:39:18.539
 that we

00:39:18.539 --> 00:39:18.900
 speak

00:39:18.900 --> 00:39:19.659
 in anger

00:39:19.659 --> 00:39:21.400
 we grieve

00:39:21.400 --> 00:39:22.279
 these things

00:39:22.279 --> 00:39:22.579
 God

00:39:22.579 --> 00:39:24.039
 we grieve

00:39:24.039 --> 00:39:24.920
 the way

00:39:24.920 --> 00:39:25.940
 that instead

00:39:25.940 --> 00:39:26.639
 of loving

00:39:26.639 --> 00:39:27.320
 one another

00:39:27.320 --> 00:39:27.980
 we hate

00:39:27.980 --> 00:39:28.700
 each other

00:39:28.700 --> 00:39:29.260
 how we

00:39:29.260 --> 00:39:29.740
 avoid

00:39:29.740 --> 00:39:30.400
 each other

00:39:30.400 --> 00:39:31.200
 we grieve

00:39:31.200 --> 00:39:32.119
 these things

00:39:32.119 --> 00:39:32.619
 God

00:39:32.619 --> 00:39:35.099
 we grieve

00:39:35.099 --> 00:39:36.220
 the American

00:39:36.220 --> 00:39:36.980
 church

00:39:36.980 --> 00:39:37.940
 and how

00:39:37.940 --> 00:39:38.659
 the American

00:39:38.659 --> 00:39:39.159
 church

00:39:39.159 --> 00:39:40.039
 takes you

00:39:40.039 --> 00:39:41.300
 so lightly

00:39:41.300 --> 00:39:44.780
 how we

00:39:44.780 --> 00:39:44.940
 are

00:39:44.940 --> 00:39:45.940
 infrequently

00:39:45.940 --> 00:39:46.760
 considering

00:39:46.760 --> 00:39:47.579
 the glory

00:39:47.579 --> 00:39:47.980
 of your

00:39:47.980 --> 00:39:48.340
 name

00:39:48.340 --> 00:39:49.820
 how we

00:39:49.820 --> 00:39:50.280
 belittle

00:39:50.280 --> 00:39:50.760
 you

00:39:50.760 --> 00:39:52.320
 and how

00:39:52.320 --> 00:39:52.960
 casual

00:39:52.960 --> 00:39:53.519
 we are

00:39:53.519 --> 00:39:54.880
 when it

00:39:54.880 --> 00:39:55.360
 comes to

00:39:55.360 --> 00:39:55.599
 you

00:39:55.599 --> 00:39:57.599
 God

00:39:57.599 --> 00:39:58.139
 we grieve

00:39:58.139 --> 00:39:58.579
 this

00:39:58.579 --> 00:40:00.679
 we

00:40:00.679 --> 00:40:01.639
 grieve

00:40:01.639 --> 00:40:02.380
 along the

00:40:02.380 --> 00:40:02.820
 lines of

00:40:02.820 --> 00:40:04.000
 Isaiah 520

00:40:04.000 --> 00:40:05.480
 our culture

00:40:05.480 --> 00:40:07.239
 which is

00:40:07.239 --> 00:40:08.039
 calling evil

00:40:08.039 --> 00:40:08.800
 good and

00:40:08.800 --> 00:40:09.519
 good evil

00:40:09.519 --> 00:40:10.500
 we grieve

00:40:10.500 --> 00:40:11.519
 that

00:40:11.519 --> 00:40:12.179
 we

00:40:12.179 --> 00:40:13.300
 we grieve

00:40:13.300 --> 00:40:14.239
 those who

00:40:14.239 --> 00:40:15.019
 put darkness

00:40:15.019 --> 00:40:15.639
 for light

00:40:15.639 --> 00:40:16.139
 and light

00:40:16.139 --> 00:40:16.820
 for darkness

00:40:16.820 --> 00:40:17.820
 who put bitter

00:40:17.820 --> 00:40:18.460
 for sweet

00:40:18.460 --> 00:40:18.980
 and sweet

00:40:18.980 --> 00:40:19.539
 for bitter

00:40:19.539 --> 00:40:20.280
 oh God

00:40:20.280 --> 00:40:20.920
 we grieve

00:40:20.920 --> 00:40:21.579
 this in our

00:40:21.579 --> 00:40:22.000
 culture

00:40:22.000 --> 00:40:22.880
 we grieve

00:40:22.880 --> 00:40:23.500
 this in our

00:40:23.500 --> 00:40:23.820
 city

00:40:23.820 --> 00:40:25.059
 we grieve

00:40:25.059 --> 00:40:25.920
 over the

00:40:25.920 --> 00:40:26.720
 children who

00:40:26.720 --> 00:40:27.920
 are traumatized

00:40:27.920 --> 00:40:28.539
 in the

00:40:28.539 --> 00:40:28.940
 neighborhoods

00:40:28.940 --> 00:40:29.740
 around this

00:40:29.740 --> 00:40:30.200
 building

00:40:30.200 --> 00:40:32.840
 who are

00:40:32.840 --> 00:40:33.640
 growing up

00:40:33.640 --> 00:40:34.559
 in contexts

00:40:34.559 --> 00:40:35.099
 that are

00:40:35.099 --> 00:40:36.500
 just so

00:40:36.500 --> 00:40:37.200
 difficult

00:40:37.200 --> 00:40:41.619
 we grieve

00:40:41.619 --> 00:40:42.180
 these things

00:40:42.180 --> 00:40:42.480
 God

00:40:42.480 --> 00:40:44.980
 and we

00:40:44.980 --> 00:40:45.640
 call upon

00:40:45.640 --> 00:40:46.079
 you to

00:40:46.079 --> 00:40:46.700
 bring about

00:40:46.700 --> 00:40:48.400
 a gospel

00:40:48.400 --> 00:40:49.320
 change

00:40:49.320 --> 00:40:51.840
 in us

00:40:51.840 --> 00:40:52.660
 in the

00:40:52.660 --> 00:40:53.059
 American

00:40:53.059 --> 00:40:53.800
 church

00:40:53.800 --> 00:40:55.140
 in the

00:40:55.140 --> 00:40:55.580
 neighborhoods

00:40:55.580 --> 00:40:56.539
 surrounding

00:40:56.539 --> 00:40:58.300
 this building

00:40:58.300 --> 00:40:58.900
 the people

00:40:58.900 --> 00:40:59.360
 in our

00:40:59.360 --> 00:40:59.820
 lives

00:40:59.820 --> 00:41:00.260
 oh God

00:41:00.260 --> 00:41:00.580
 would you

00:41:00.580 --> 00:41:00.980
 use us

00:41:00.980 --> 00:41:01.519
 to bring

00:41:01.519 --> 00:41:02.480
 hope

00:41:02.480 --> 00:41:05.920
 God

00:41:05.920 --> 00:41:06.199
 we

00:41:06.199 --> 00:41:08.679
 acknowledge

00:41:08.679 --> 00:41:10.519
 this

00:41:10.519 --> 00:41:11.039
 promise

00:41:11.039 --> 00:41:11.659
 of yours

00:41:11.659 --> 00:41:13.780
 of a

00:41:13.780 --> 00:41:14.059
 future

00:41:14.059 --> 00:41:14.639
 comfort

00:41:14.639 --> 00:41:16.159
 God

00:41:16.159 --> 00:41:16.719
 would you

00:41:16.719 --> 00:41:17.880
 press that

00:41:17.880 --> 00:41:18.760
 in deep

00:41:18.760 --> 00:41:19.380
 into our

00:41:19.380 --> 00:41:19.820
 hearts

00:41:19.820 --> 00:41:21.780
 we

00:41:21.780 --> 00:41:22.300
 God

00:41:22.300 --> 00:41:22.920
 take great

00:41:22.920 --> 00:41:23.240
 hope

00:41:23.240 --> 00:41:23.719
 in knowing

00:41:23.719 --> 00:41:24.139
 Lord Jesus

00:41:24.139 --> 00:41:24.500
 you are

00:41:24.500 --> 00:41:25.119
 with us

00:41:25.119 --> 00:41:25.639
 that we

00:41:25.639 --> 00:41:26.240
 are justified

00:41:26.240 --> 00:41:26.800
 would you

00:41:26.800 --> 00:41:27.679
 press these

00:41:27.679 --> 00:41:28.320
 things deep

00:41:28.320 --> 00:41:28.699
 within our

00:41:28.699 --> 00:41:28.920
 hearts

00:41:28.920 --> 00:41:30.300
 as we

00:41:30.300 --> 00:41:30.800
 see our

00:41:30.800 --> 00:41:31.039
 own

00:41:31.039 --> 00:41:31.360
 sin

00:41:31.360 --> 00:41:34.539
 God

00:41:34.539 --> 00:41:34.840
 we

00:41:34.840 --> 00:41:35.340
 are

00:41:35.340 --> 00:41:36.119
 your

00:41:36.119 --> 00:41:37.139
 mourners

00:41:37.139 --> 00:41:39.320
 and we

00:41:39.320 --> 00:41:39.760
 are so

00:41:39.760 --> 00:41:40.320
 thankful

00:41:40.320 --> 00:41:41.300
 for your

00:41:41.300 --> 00:41:41.900
 comfort

00:41:41.900 --> 00:41:43.680
 and we

00:41:43.680 --> 00:41:44.180
 pray this

00:41:44.180 --> 00:41:44.619
 all in

00:41:44.619 --> 00:41:45.340
 Jesus name

00:41:45.340 --> 00:41:46.720
 Amen