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 Good morning. Open up your Bibles to Psalm 51.

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 So in case you thought you got rid of me last week, I'm back.

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! Nathan called and just wasn't feeling well.

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 And at the time I was feeling good and I actually kind of had a rough night.

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 I've got a wheeze in my chest.

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 Y'all know what that's about, but if you hear a little bagpiper in here,

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 you know, throughout the sermon, that's what's going on.

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 Struggling physically just a little bit, but spirit's good.

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 I've been really encouraged this morning with our singing and our gathering.

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 And so after you've been doing this for quite a while,

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 you develop several sermons that are kind of like your go-tos if something happens like this.

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 But the problem is the longer you've been here, like you actually have used them before.

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 So I looked on our website, and apparently the last time I did this was in 2014.

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 So there's a lot of new faces here since then.

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 So I thought it'd be good to go back to it.

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 And I think some of the college students may have heard it a couple years ago.

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 But I'm looking at it with fresh eyes today and to visit a topic that every believer should be aware of

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 and be practicing weekly, if not daily.

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 And that is the subject of repentance.

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 And a word that a lot of people try to omit from their vocabulary.

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 And I know no other place, really, that I think exhibits what true repentance is than Psalm 51.

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 So before we walk through it, I just want to talk about repentance just for a second, just define it for you,

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 as well as maybe give us some context of what's going on in Psalm 51.

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 But in short, just the word repent in the New Testament, it means to change one's mind for the better.

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 So it's not just a change of behavior.

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 It's a change in the way you think about things.

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 It's like looking at sin, hating it, and by God's grace, resolving to forsake it and turn to Christ in faith.

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 And it is a God-produced inward change of the heart that plays out outwardly in a change of action.

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 And so there's just a few things to consider before we kind of get into this.

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 But some of you are familiar with Psalm 51.

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 And I was just thinking, again, like we can't outgrow this sermon.

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 Like the minute you think that you have no more need to understand repentance or practice repentance,

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 we're kind of in a dangerous spot.

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 And so this was written in the context of 2 Samuel chapters 11 and 12.

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 That's like the background.

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 But instead of reading all that to you the whole time, you can go back and check it out later.

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 But 2 Samuel 11 through 12, and this is about King David.

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 And this is when he is at the height of his power, height of his blessing, at the tip top,

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 which typically means, based on this story, that is a time when we need to be wary.

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 We need to be aware like we're feeling very safe and secure,

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 that we're doing very well spiritually.

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 We're at the height because then temptation comes.

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 And so in these chapters in 2 Samuel, what happens is King David,

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 who we tend to think of only as the man after God's own heart, which is true.

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 He was an astonishing man, a shepherd, a king, a warrior,

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 one of my favorite Bible characters for sure.

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 But I think apart from stories like this,

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 we would be tempted to kind of idolize David as some sort of perfect man.

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 And this shows you that he was definitely broken and in need of a Savior.

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 So in these chapters, he commits the terrible act of adultery, murder, lying, and scandal.

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 I mean, you just would never think.

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 But again, he's at the height of his power and blessing from God.

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 And so it starts the chapter by saying when the kings were out to war.

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 So this was the time when they went out to wage war against their enemies.

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 And David is not out there.

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 He's staying in Jerusalem.

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 So point number one really would be able just to think about is be where you should be.

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 Don't be where you should not be.

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 And so he should be out there with his men, with his army, waging war.

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 But he's hanging out in Jerusalem.

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 And so he steps out on his balcony and he sees a beautiful woman sunbathing, which is Bathsheba.

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 And she is the wife of a noble warrior named Uriah, Uriah the Hittite.

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 And so not a Jew by birth.

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 He was a Gentile, but he must have at some point come to faith in the true God or he was a mercenary or something.

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 But Hittites were known for their reputation for fighting.

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 So this was his wife.

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 And no one knows, but if she did this intentionally to catch David's eye, we don't know that.

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 But she is on display.

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 And so he walks out and he sees her and he lusts after her.

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 And he calls her to his chamber.

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 And he's the king.

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 He can kind of do whatever he wants to do a lot of the time.

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 And so eventually he sleeps with her and she goes away.

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 And eventually comes back and says, hey, I'm pregnant with your child.

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 And no kidding, he panics.

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 He freaks out.

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 Like a lot of us would in such a situation.

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 And instead of going straight to God, he begins this scandal of lying and covering up.

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 He intends to cover it up first by calling Uriah back from the battlefield and saying, hey, Uriah, like you've been doing a great job out there.

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 Like come and sleep with your wife as a reward.

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 And but he is such a honorable soldier.

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 He refuses to do that.

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 Like, how can I do that when my men are out there in the battlefield?

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 And so that didn't work.

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 And David is growing frustrated.

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 So he says, well, I'll just into himself.

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 I'll try to get him drunk.

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 And then he can sleep with his wife.

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 And then everything will be OK.

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 But he that doesn't work either.

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 And so this growing frustration and fear, David results to the great evil of having Uriah killed on the battlefield.

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 It says, like, when he's up in the front of the line, draw back and let him die.

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 So in essence, he's murdered by David.

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 It was just through the means of the battlefield.

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 Put him in a situation where he wouldn't survive it.

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 And he did not survive it.

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 So then David comes out and he he tries to put on this noble facade of like the husband, the noble Uriah is dead.

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 And I can now marry his wife as a sign of of honor, kind of picking her up.

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 And so that really wasn't what was happening, obviously.

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 So he marries her and he he thinks everything is OK.

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 Right.

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 He he's he's survived.

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 He's gotten away with the lie.

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 His reputation is saved.

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 Or so he thinks.

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 Right.

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 But often is the case.

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 We are unaware of that.

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 We very quickly forget.

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 Proverbs 15, three.

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 The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.

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 So eventually, God sends a prophet to Nathan or a prophet to David named Nathan.

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 And he confronts him and he says he tells him this story.

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 And he goes, hey, there was two men.

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 One was a very wealthy man and he had many livestock, many herds.

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 And this other man was his servant.

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 And he had just one lamb that he loved and he cared for.

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 And so the rich man had a visitor and to throw a party and to welcome that visitor.

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 Instead of taking one of the many livestock he had, he took the servant's only favorite animal, the lamb that he had.

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 And he killed it when he had all this other stuff.

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 And David is outraged.

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 He goes, surely that man deserves to die.

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 And then Nathan, chillingly, just says to him, you're that man.

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 You took, you had all this stuff and you took the only thing from this man, Uriah, and you committed a great evil.

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 So little did he know, he's pronouncing judgment on himself.

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 And so, out of David's mouth, according to Scripture, comes genuine repentance.

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 Not just, oh no, I'm caught.

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 I'm found out.

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 I'm in trouble.

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 I've got to figure out another way to hide.

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 He just, he owns up to it.

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 And what he says in 2 Samuel 12, verse 13, is I have sinned against the Lord.

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 And Nathan said to David, the Lord, the Lord has put away your sins.

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 And you shall not die.

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 So mind-blowing, he confesses his sin genuinely.

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 And out of Nathan's mouth comes the forgiveness from the Lord.

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 So, I like to think of this, we don't exactly know how this came about.

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 But if you look at like the little subtitle in your Bible over Psalm 51,

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 it says, to the choir master, a psalm of David,

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 when Nathan the prophet went to him after he had gone into Bathsheba.

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 So, I like to think that after this encounter with Nathan happened,

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 he got away by himself somewhere.

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 Nathan, or excuse me, David went out into the wilderness.

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 He went somewhere and got quiet, or just a quiet place.

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 And he penned this psalm.

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 And poured out his heart and soul to God in repentance and in prayer.

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 And so, we're going to just walk through it.

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 Just to save time, I'm just going to walk through it with you

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 instead of reading it all and then going back over it again.

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 And so, I'm going to just do this in the form of questions.

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 But if I had to look at this psalm,

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 one brother I heard that preached on this a long time ago,

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 if he had to explain what this psalm was,

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 he says that David's sin made him feel dirty,

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 and he desires to be clean.

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 David feels guilt.

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 The guilt has made him sick,

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 and he desires to be well.

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 The disobedience made him lonely,

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 and he desires relational reconciliation.

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 And his rebellion made him fearful of God,

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 but now he wants to be pardoned.

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 That's kind of like what we see a lot in this particular psalm.

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 So, the first question,

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 we're going to just walk through it with questions,

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 and eat it piece by piece.

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 So, question number one is,

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 how do we approach God for mercy and forgiveness?

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 Okay?

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 That's going to be seen in verses 1 and 2.

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 And in this, we have something for our hearts and our minds to follow

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 when we are seeking to repent of our sin

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 and work through things with God.

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 He says in verse 1,

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 Have mercy on me, O God,

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 according to your steadfast love,

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 according to your abundant mercy,

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 blot out my transgressions,

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 wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,

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 and cleanse me from my sin.

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 And so, I want you to notice this.

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 He pleads with God to show him mercy and pardon and forgiveness,

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 not because of what he's done.

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 Right?

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 Mercy is this undeserved thing only given to us by God.

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 You can't earn mercy.

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 You can't earn grace.

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 By nature, it's undeserving.

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 And so, why is this the case?

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 Like, why is he approaching God this way?

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 Because, one, David has no hope of God forgiving him

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 according to his own righteousness,

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 because clearly he doesn't have any.

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 Look what he just did.

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 So, he's not saying,

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 Forgive me because I'm a great guy,

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 and I've done so much for you.

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 He just, he doesn't do that.

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 He doesn't plead his case

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 according to his own goodness,

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 his own merit,

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 but God's.

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 You see that?

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 According to your steadfast love,

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 your abundant mercy,

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 the multitude of your tender mercies,

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 or your compassions.

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 So, he recognizes he has no entitlement for God's favor,

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 he deserves not life,

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 but death.

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 And he's,

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 if we are ever to approach God,

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 we have to be sensible that God

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 doesn't have to forgive us.

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 We're not owed forgiveness.

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 We're not owed mercy and grace.

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 And so, therefore,

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 David appeals to God in this manner,

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 because he knows it's in the nature of God

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 to be forgiving.

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 He knows it's in the nature of God

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 to show mercy,

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 to forgive,

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 pardon,

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 and heal.

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 So, he taps into that,

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 like, God,

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 I know that you are a forgiving,

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 merciful God.

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 And so,

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 that's how he approaches it,

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 not according to his own righteousness,

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 but God's,

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 right,

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 in God's love,

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 God's tender mercies.

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 Look at these verses,

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 and look at the terms that he uses

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 to explain the crime that he committed.

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 He says,

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 first,

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 transgression.

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 You see that?

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 That is a deliberate,

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 premeditated crossing of the line,

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 a willful act of disobedience.

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 He knew he shouldn't do it,

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 and he did it anyway.

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 Then he uses the word iniquity,

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 which is sort of a perverting

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 or a twisting of something

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 that is good and true.

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 Right?

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 He's corrupted goodness.

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 And then, of course,

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 he used the term sin,

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 the most familiar to us,

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 the missing of the mark

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 of what God intended.

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 And then he even calls it evil,

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 right?

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 This dark, terrible, awful thing.

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 So, he's fully recognizing

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 that he has committed

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 a great crime against God.

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 He's not making any excuses for it.

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 And so,

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 then look at

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 what he's asking God to do

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 corresponding to those particular crimes.

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 Right?

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 All words depicting spiritual restoration

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 that only God can do.

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 First, he says,

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 to blot out.

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 Right?

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 Blot out my transgressions.

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 That means to wipe out,

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 to obliterate.

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 And back in the ancient times,

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 they use papyrus

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 if you could afford it.

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 And it was valuable.

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 And what they would do

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 is they would reuse it

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 by wiping off previous writing

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 and then writing something else

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 on top of it.

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 So, he's saying,

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 blot out the record

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 of this awful sin I've committed.

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 Like this transgression.

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 Wipe it away

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 as if it never happened.

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 Blot it out.

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 Then he used the term wash.

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 To wash by treading out.

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 This refreshing feeling, right,

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 of your dirty and filthy sin

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 makes us feel that way.

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 So, he's saying,

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 cleanse me.

00:16:29.179 --> 00:16:29.740
 Wash me.

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 Cleanse me

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 of my sin.

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 Right?

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 Which means to purify

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 and make whole.

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 And he's saying,

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 all of this, Lord,

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 do all of this

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 only because of your love

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 and kindness towards me.

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 And because of your mercy.

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 Not because I deserve it.

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 And so,

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 those are the redemptive response.

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 Like, blot it out.

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 Wash me.

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 Cleanse me.

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 The stuff that we all desire.

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 That gives you question number two now.

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 Which is,

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 what is the true confession of sin?

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 Okay?

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 See this in verses 3-5.

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 David goes on.

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 He says,

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 For I know my transgressions

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 and my sin is ever before me

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 against you,

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 you only,

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 have I sinned against

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 and done what is evil

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 in your sight

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 so that you may be justified

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 in your words

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 and blameless in your judgment.

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 Behold,

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 I was brought forth in iniquity

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 and in sin

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 did my mother conceive me.

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 Alright?

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 So, he recognizes right out of the gate

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 that sin is ever present with them.

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 He says,

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 I know my transgressions

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 and my sin is ever before me.

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 He's humbly acknowledging

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 what he's done.

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 What I did was wrong.

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 What I did was evil

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 and wicked.

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 And it's staring at me in the face.

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 Have you ever noticed that

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 when you commit sin

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 and you just kind of

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 try to brush it under the rug

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 and go about your day

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 and how it just has this tendency

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 to stand there

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 and just stare at you

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 like,

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 hey, I'm not gone.

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 I'm still here.

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 That's what his sin is doing to him

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 day and night.

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 And so,

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 he recognizes that

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 that his sin

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 is ever before him.

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 And then,

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 this is very critical.

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 Right?

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 He takes full responsibility

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 for his sin.

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 He doesn't blame Bathsheba.

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 He doesn't blame

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 any circumstances going on.

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 He owns up to it.

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 Alright?

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 And that's important

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 because we,

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 some of you who

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 confess sin to each other

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 and pray to each other,

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 we tend to want to

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 soften the blow

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 by saying,

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 well, I messed up.

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 Or,

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 I didn't do so good

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 this week.

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 And we use terms

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 to kind of like

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 make it sound better

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 than it is.

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 And according to God's Word,

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 according to this psalm,

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 it's like,

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 no,

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 call it what it is.

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 You committed

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 a heinous act

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 of adultery.

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 Call sin what it is

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 and own up to it.

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 And don't try to

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 soften the blow.

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 And I think

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 this next part

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 is very critical

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 if you see

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 in these verses,

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 especially verse 4,

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 this is very important.

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 David could have said,

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 I tragically

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 have sinned

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 against Bathsheba.

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 I've sinned

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 against Uriah.

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 I had him killed.

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 I've sinned

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 against the nation

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 that I'm supposed

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 to be leading.

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 And he would have been

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 true

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 in saying those things.

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 But he doesn't.

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 He confesses

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 to God

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 against you

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 and you only

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 have I sinned against

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 and done what is evil

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 in your sight.

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 So why does he say that?

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 Because all sin

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 is ultimately

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 against God.

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 All of it is.

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 It doesn't

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 just

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 we sin against people

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 and then we sin

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 against God

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 separately.

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 Like all of it

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 goes back to him.

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 It's all

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 rebellion

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 against him.

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 And as he said

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 to Nathan

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 in 2 Samuel

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 12,

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 13,

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 I have sinned

00:20:09.200 --> 00:20:10.140
 against the Lord.

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 That's like what

00:20:10.880 --> 00:20:12.340
 he proclaimed.

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 So sin does

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 great harm to us.

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 It does great harm

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 to others.

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 At the end of the day,

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 it dishonors

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 our Creator.

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 And so

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 when I sin,

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 I'm saying to God

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 in that moment,

00:20:24.959 --> 00:20:25.899
 I don't trust you.

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 I don't believe

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 that you're good.

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 I don't believe

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 that you're wise.

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 I'm going to take

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 another path.

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 That's like what

00:20:32.139 --> 00:20:33.019
 we do

00:20:33.019 --> 00:20:33.579
 every time

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 that we sin.

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 And we don't

00:20:36.659 --> 00:20:37.899
 believe in His goodness.

00:20:38.719 --> 00:20:38.939
 So,

00:20:39.279 --> 00:20:40.379
 this is very important.

00:20:40.539 --> 00:20:41.399
 Repentance is not

00:20:41.399 --> 00:20:42.399
 just feeling bad.

00:20:43.679 --> 00:20:44.139
 You hear me?

00:20:44.239 --> 00:20:44.799
 Like repentance

00:20:44.799 --> 00:20:45.779
 is not just

00:20:45.779 --> 00:20:46.699
 feeling bad

00:20:46.699 --> 00:20:47.839
 about what you did

00:20:47.839 --> 00:20:49.299
 and feeling guilty.

00:20:50.619 --> 00:20:51.079
 Why?

00:20:51.079 --> 00:20:52.559
 Because even unbelievers,

00:20:52.740 --> 00:20:53.839
 people who don't know Christ,

00:20:53.919 --> 00:20:54.460
 feel guilty

00:20:54.460 --> 00:20:55.939
 about things

00:20:55.939 --> 00:20:56.599
 that they've done.

00:20:56.740 --> 00:20:57.699
 So what's the difference?

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 What's the difference?

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 I only have

00:21:03.039 --> 00:21:03.659
 two places

00:21:03.659 --> 00:21:04.439
 for you to turn

00:21:04.439 --> 00:21:05.779
 outside of Psalm 51.

00:21:06.119 --> 00:21:06.279
 So,

00:21:06.899 --> 00:21:07.599
 thank me later.

00:21:08.259 --> 00:21:09.179
 But one of them

00:21:09.179 --> 00:21:11.259
 is 2 Corinthians.

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 Hold your hand

00:21:11.899 --> 00:21:13.339
 in Psalm 51.

00:21:13.480 --> 00:21:14.579
 Look at 2 Corinthians

00:21:14.579 --> 00:21:16.679
 chapter 7

00:21:16.679 --> 00:21:17.519
 verse 9.

00:21:18.039 --> 00:21:19.539
 And so Paul

00:21:19.539 --> 00:21:20.500
 talks about

00:21:20.500 --> 00:21:21.799
 repentance

00:21:21.799 --> 00:21:22.559
 this way

00:21:22.559 --> 00:21:23.400
 and he says

00:21:23.400 --> 00:21:25.500
 there's a godly sorrow

00:21:25.500 --> 00:21:27.240
 and a worldly sorrow.

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 And

00:21:28.720 --> 00:21:30.380
 kind of picking up

00:21:30.380 --> 00:21:30.900
 on this

00:21:30.900 --> 00:21:32.920
 theme of repentance.

00:21:33.119 --> 00:21:33.940
 So 2 Corinthians

00:21:33.940 --> 00:21:34.779
 chapter 7

00:21:34.779 --> 00:21:36.099
 verse 9

00:21:36.099 --> 00:21:37.039
 Paul says,

00:21:37.880 --> 00:21:38.539
 As it is,

00:21:38.619 --> 00:21:39.240
 I rejoice

00:21:39.240 --> 00:21:40.240
 not because

00:21:40.240 --> 00:21:41.440
 you were grieved

00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:43.240
 about sin,

00:21:43.720 --> 00:21:45.200
 but because

00:21:45.200 --> 00:21:45.940
 you were grieved

00:21:45.940 --> 00:21:47.000
 into repenting.

00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:48.839
 for you felt

00:21:48.839 --> 00:21:50.180
 a godly grief

00:21:50.180 --> 00:21:51.500
 so that

00:21:51.500 --> 00:21:52.259
 you suffered

00:21:52.259 --> 00:21:53.000
 no loss

00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:53.660
 through us.

00:21:54.000 --> 00:21:55.519
 For godly grief

00:21:55.519 --> 00:21:56.619
 produces repentance

00:21:56.619 --> 00:21:57.940
 that leads to salvation

00:21:57.940 --> 00:21:59.059
 without regret,

00:21:59.700 --> 00:22:01.920
 whereas worldly grief

00:22:01.920 --> 00:22:03.299
 produces death.

00:22:04.500 --> 00:22:06.200
 So he clearly says here

00:22:06.200 --> 00:22:07.319
 there are two kinds

00:22:07.319 --> 00:22:07.779
 of grief.

00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:09.240
 For the believer

00:22:09.240 --> 00:22:10.740
 there is a godly sorrow.

00:22:10.839 --> 00:22:11.400
 It's what we're seeing

00:22:11.400 --> 00:22:12.400
 here in Psalm 51.

00:22:12.619 --> 00:22:12.799
 Like,

00:22:12.799 --> 00:22:14.079
 I have sinned

00:22:14.079 --> 00:22:14.639
 against God,

00:22:14.779 --> 00:22:15.980
 I have hurt Him,

00:22:16.059 --> 00:22:17.519
 I have insulted Him,

00:22:18.359 --> 00:22:19.419
 and I hate

00:22:19.419 --> 00:22:20.220
 what I have done

00:22:20.220 --> 00:22:21.399
 to Him ultimately.

00:22:22.879 --> 00:22:24.000
 And worldly sorrow

00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:24.980
 is man-centered.

00:22:25.180 --> 00:22:25.879
 You just kind of feel

00:22:25.879 --> 00:22:27.259
 bad about what you did,

00:22:27.339 --> 00:22:28.019
 but you don't really

00:22:28.019 --> 00:22:29.059
 feel any remorse

00:22:29.059 --> 00:22:30.240
 for sinning

00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:31.500
 against God Himself.

00:22:32.379 --> 00:22:32.940
 You just hate

00:22:32.940 --> 00:22:34.119
 the consequences

00:22:34.119 --> 00:22:35.059
 of your sin.

00:22:35.159 --> 00:22:35.500
 You hate

00:22:35.500 --> 00:22:36.859
 what it does to you,

00:22:36.899 --> 00:22:37.419
 but then it just

00:22:37.419 --> 00:22:38.039
 sort of falls

00:22:38.039 --> 00:22:38.759
 short

00:22:39.099 --> 00:22:40.039
 right there

00:22:40.039 --> 00:22:41.359
 and doesn't carry on.

00:22:41.359 --> 00:22:43.179
 But Paul says

00:22:43.179 --> 00:22:44.819
 that godly grief

00:22:44.819 --> 00:22:46.500
 or godly sorrow

00:22:46.500 --> 00:22:47.559
 will lead to life

00:22:47.559 --> 00:22:49.699
 as where worldly sorrow

00:22:49.699 --> 00:22:51.059
 will lead to death.

00:22:51.899 --> 00:22:52.359
 So repentance

00:22:52.919 --> 00:22:54.659
 isn't just feeling bad

00:22:54.659 --> 00:22:55.959
 about what you did.

00:22:56.659 --> 00:22:57.179
 It's about,

00:22:57.259 --> 00:22:57.599
 remember,

00:22:57.740 --> 00:22:58.399
 about a change

00:22:58.399 --> 00:22:59.659
 of the mind

00:22:59.659 --> 00:23:00.299
 that leads to

00:23:00.299 --> 00:23:01.619
 a change of action.

00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:03.000
 Right?

00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:04.319
 So,

00:23:04.579 --> 00:23:06.339
 go back to Psalm 51.

00:23:07.399 --> 00:23:08.500
 And if you notice

00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:09.299
 in Psalm 51

00:23:09.299 --> 00:23:10.240
 he also says,

00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:10.759
 Behold,

00:23:10.859 --> 00:23:11.700
 I was brought forth

00:23:11.700 --> 00:23:12.319
 in iniquity

00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:13.559
 and in sin

00:23:13.559 --> 00:23:14.180
 did my mother

00:23:14.180 --> 00:23:15.000
 conceive me.

00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:15.960
 Now,

00:23:16.099 --> 00:23:17.359
 he is not at all

00:23:17.359 --> 00:23:19.480
 playing the victim.

00:23:19.660 --> 00:23:20.720
 We live in a victimized

00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:21.120
 culture.

00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:22.099
 Stuff's just happening

00:23:22.099 --> 00:23:22.700
 to me

00:23:22.700 --> 00:23:24.339
 and nothing's my fault.

00:23:25.480 --> 00:23:26.779
 He really is just

00:23:26.779 --> 00:23:28.599
 saying by this,

00:23:28.759 --> 00:23:30.420
 like God,

00:23:30.539 --> 00:23:31.620
 I am weak.

00:23:31.700 --> 00:23:32.299
 I am helpless.

00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:33.859
 I don't know anything else

00:23:33.859 --> 00:23:34.420
 but sin.

00:23:34.500 --> 00:23:35.299
 From day one,

00:23:35.380 --> 00:23:36.339
 that's all I've known

00:23:36.339 --> 00:23:37.740
 is sin.

00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:39.519
 This is one of those

00:23:39.519 --> 00:23:41.120
 original sin texts.

00:23:41.279 --> 00:23:41.339
 Like,

00:23:41.420 --> 00:23:42.039
 in sin

00:23:42.039 --> 00:23:43.680
 was I conceived.

00:23:43.880 --> 00:23:44.039
 Right?

00:23:44.079 --> 00:23:44.799
 We were born,

00:23:44.900 --> 00:23:45.420
 all of us,

00:23:45.460 --> 00:23:46.440
 in a state of sin

00:23:46.440 --> 00:23:48.880
 and spiritual death.

00:23:49.480 --> 00:23:50.420
 Our understanding

00:23:50.420 --> 00:23:51.299
 was darkened

00:23:51.299 --> 00:23:52.579
 and our hearts

00:23:52.579 --> 00:23:53.319
 were corrupted

00:23:53.319 --> 00:23:54.200
 by evil.

00:23:54.920 --> 00:23:55.480
 So David

00:23:55.480 --> 00:23:56.200
 implores

00:23:56.200 --> 00:23:57.440
 that sad reality

00:23:57.440 --> 00:23:59.160
 as an argument

00:23:59.160 --> 00:24:00.700
 for God

00:24:00.700 --> 00:24:01.420
 to show him mercy.

00:24:01.480 --> 00:24:02.039
 This is all

00:24:02.039 --> 00:24:02.640
 I've ever known.

00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:03.599
 I've only known

00:24:03.599 --> 00:24:04.120
 sin

00:24:04.120 --> 00:24:05.599
 from the beginning.

00:24:05.599 --> 00:24:07.679
 Have mercy on me.

00:24:07.839 --> 00:24:08.399
 Forgive me.

00:24:09.439 --> 00:24:10.219
 Let's get into

00:24:10.219 --> 00:24:11.480
 our third question.

00:24:13.459 --> 00:24:13.740
 Alright?

00:24:14.639 --> 00:24:16.079
 How do we plea

00:24:16.079 --> 00:24:17.759
 for forgiveness

00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:18.659
 and restoration?

00:24:20.039 --> 00:24:20.359
 Alright?

00:24:20.539 --> 00:24:20.939
 This is

00:24:20.939 --> 00:24:24.039
 starting in verse 6.

00:24:25.199 --> 00:24:25.779
 David says,

00:24:25.859 --> 00:24:26.319
 Behold,

00:24:26.439 --> 00:24:27.619
 you delight in truth

00:24:27.619 --> 00:24:28.639
 and the inward being

00:24:28.639 --> 00:24:29.419
 and you teach me

00:24:29.419 --> 00:24:30.859
 wisdom and the secret heart.

00:24:31.759 --> 00:24:33.019
 Purge me with hyssop

00:24:33.019 --> 00:24:34.099
 and I shall be clean.

00:24:34.099 --> 00:24:35.519
 Wash me.

00:24:35.699 --> 00:24:36.599
 I shall be whiter

00:24:36.599 --> 00:24:37.399
 than snow.

00:24:38.259 --> 00:24:39.399
 Let me hear joy

00:24:39.399 --> 00:24:40.399
 and gladness.

00:24:41.079 --> 00:24:41.959
 Let the bones

00:24:41.959 --> 00:24:43.019
 that you have broken

00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:43.759
 rejoice.

00:24:44.619 --> 00:24:45.480
 Hide your face

00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:46.500
 from my sins

00:24:46.500 --> 00:24:47.839
 and blot out

00:24:47.839 --> 00:24:48.719
 my iniquities.

00:24:49.439 --> 00:24:50.039
 Create in me

00:24:50.039 --> 00:24:51.039
 a clean heart,

00:24:51.159 --> 00:24:51.599
 O God.

00:24:51.719 --> 00:24:52.439
 Renew me

00:24:52.439 --> 00:24:53.759
 with the right spirit

00:24:53.759 --> 00:24:55.000
 within me.

00:24:55.819 --> 00:24:56.939
 Cast me not away

00:24:56.939 --> 00:24:57.839
 from your presence

00:24:57.839 --> 00:24:59.539
 and take not

00:24:59.539 --> 00:25:00.439
 your Holy Spirit

00:25:00.439 --> 00:25:01.039
 from me.

00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:02.659
 Restore to me

00:25:02.660 --> 00:25:03.279
 the joy

00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:04.160
 of your salvation

00:25:04.160 --> 00:25:04.820
 and uphold me

00:25:04.820 --> 00:25:06.160
 with a willing spirit.

00:25:07.680 --> 00:25:08.080
 And so,

00:25:08.920 --> 00:25:09.820
 in these verses

00:25:09.820 --> 00:25:10.580
 we really see

00:25:10.580 --> 00:25:11.860
 how to plea

00:25:11.860 --> 00:25:13.240
 for forgiveness

00:25:13.240 --> 00:25:13.940
 and restoration

00:25:13.940 --> 00:25:14.779
 to God.

00:25:16.060 --> 00:25:17.040
 God desires

00:25:17.040 --> 00:25:18.540
 to not just

00:25:18.540 --> 00:25:19.140
 save him

00:25:19.140 --> 00:25:20.080
 but to change him.

00:25:20.580 --> 00:25:21.840
 To change him

00:25:21.840 --> 00:25:23.860
 from the inside out.

00:25:23.960 --> 00:25:24.840
 The deepest places

00:25:24.840 --> 00:25:25.540
 of his heart.

00:25:25.640 --> 00:25:26.540
 He's pleading with God,

00:25:27.259 --> 00:25:28.140
 Change me here.

00:25:28.259 --> 00:25:28.860
 I don't just want

00:25:28.860 --> 00:25:29.680
 to do better.

00:25:29.800 --> 00:25:30.680
 I want to change.

00:25:30.860 --> 00:25:31.640
 I don't just want

00:25:31.640 --> 00:25:32.740
 to continue

00:25:32.740 --> 00:25:34.300
 down this same road.

00:25:35.340 --> 00:25:36.880
 And it's this picture

00:25:36.880 --> 00:25:37.480
 of this God

00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:38.320
 going from room

00:25:38.320 --> 00:25:38.700
 to room

00:25:38.700 --> 00:25:39.240
 in his heart

00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:40.300
 just cleaning him out

00:25:40.300 --> 00:25:41.960
 and renewing him.

00:25:42.759 --> 00:25:44.759
 So, sin is defilement.

00:25:44.800 --> 00:25:45.320
 You see that?

00:25:45.380 --> 00:25:45.680
 He says,

00:25:45.800 --> 00:25:46.400
 Purge me

00:25:46.400 --> 00:25:47.340
 and wash me

00:25:47.340 --> 00:25:48.759
 with hyssop.

00:25:49.540 --> 00:25:50.740
 Hyssop is a plant

00:25:50.740 --> 00:25:51.740
 of the mint family.

00:25:51.920 --> 00:25:52.780
 It's like a cluster

00:25:52.780 --> 00:25:53.759
 of yellow flowers

00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:55.319
 and it was used

00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:56.619
 to sprinkle the blood

00:25:56.619 --> 00:25:57.599
 on the doorposts

00:25:57.599 --> 00:25:59.640
 during the Passover.

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:00.480
 The Israelites

00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:01.359
 were in Egypt

00:26:01.359 --> 00:26:03.920
 and it's symbolically

00:26:03.920 --> 00:26:05.500
 this idea of cleansing.

00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:07.099
 And he says,

00:26:07.619 --> 00:26:07.960
 Wash me

00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:09.259
 whiter than snow.

00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:09.960
 Clean,

00:26:10.960 --> 00:26:11.420
 pure,

00:26:12.619 --> 00:26:13.519
 unadulterated

00:26:13.519 --> 00:26:14.299
 and beautiful.

00:26:15.339 --> 00:26:15.960
 Wash me.

00:26:16.440 --> 00:26:16.940
 Cleanse me.

00:26:17.579 --> 00:26:18.660
 Whiter than snow.

00:26:19.619 --> 00:26:20.119
 And then,

00:26:20.319 --> 00:26:21.019
 keep in mind

00:26:21.019 --> 00:26:21.879
 that when we sin

00:26:21.879 --> 00:26:23.000
 it's like deafness.

00:26:23.000 --> 00:26:24.220
 We can't really hear

00:26:24.220 --> 00:26:25.940
 the voice of the Lord

00:26:25.940 --> 00:26:26.240
 and says,

00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:27.299
 Make me hear.

00:26:28.339 --> 00:26:29.200
 He wanted God

00:26:29.200 --> 00:26:29.619
 to allow him

00:26:29.619 --> 00:26:30.420
 to hear joy

00:26:30.420 --> 00:26:31.720
 and gladness again

00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:32.539
 even in the midst

00:26:32.539 --> 00:26:33.640
 of what he's going through.

00:26:34.579 --> 00:26:34.700
 Alright,

00:26:34.980 --> 00:26:35.240
 so,

00:26:36.220 --> 00:26:37.140
 sin also

00:26:37.140 --> 00:26:38.039
 is disgrace

00:26:38.039 --> 00:26:39.220
 and separation

00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:40.019
 from God.

00:26:40.759 --> 00:26:41.619
 Look at verse 9.

00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:43.059
 He says,

00:26:43.160 --> 00:26:44.119
 Hide your face

00:26:44.119 --> 00:26:45.200
 from my sin.

00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:46.140
 So,

00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:47.079
 notice sin.

00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:48.579
 Right?

00:26:49.539 --> 00:26:49.920
 And,

00:26:50.440 --> 00:26:51.680
 hide my sin,

00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:51.920
 Lord,

00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:52.839
 but not me.

00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:54.259
 And,

00:26:54.420 --> 00:26:55.140
 so,

00:26:56.059 --> 00:26:57.220
 to the Jews,

00:26:57.339 --> 00:26:57.799
 to the Hebrews

00:26:57.799 --> 00:26:58.440
 of old,

00:26:58.880 --> 00:27:01.619
 to see God's face

00:27:01.619 --> 00:27:03.180
 is counted

00:27:03.180 --> 00:27:04.500
 as the greatest blessing.

00:27:05.319 --> 00:27:06.400
 There's no greater blessing

00:27:06.400 --> 00:27:07.680
 than to see God's face

00:27:07.680 --> 00:27:09.000
 because it means

00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:09.480
 favor,

00:27:10.019 --> 00:27:10.440
 love,

00:27:10.759 --> 00:27:11.140
 fellowship,

00:27:12.299 --> 00:27:14.720
 and no greater curse

00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:15.359
 than for God

00:27:15.359 --> 00:27:16.420
 to hide his face

00:27:16.420 --> 00:27:17.460
 from you,

00:27:17.640 --> 00:27:18.279
 which means

00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:19.160
 judgment,

00:27:20.160 --> 00:27:20.680
 separation.

00:27:20.680 --> 00:27:22.019
 and so,

00:27:22.060 --> 00:27:22.860
 he pleads that.

00:27:22.940 --> 00:27:24.320
 Hide your face

00:27:24.320 --> 00:27:25.200
 from my sin,

00:27:25.299 --> 00:27:26.140
 but not me.

00:27:27.320 --> 00:27:27.539
 And,

00:27:27.600 --> 00:27:28.259
 you see again,

00:27:28.340 --> 00:27:28.539
 right,

00:27:28.600 --> 00:27:29.380
 that ultimately,

00:27:30.460 --> 00:27:31.320
 David desires

00:27:31.320 --> 00:27:32.299
 fellowship with God

00:27:32.299 --> 00:27:32.620
 himself.

00:27:32.880 --> 00:27:33.460
 He doesn't just want

00:27:33.460 --> 00:27:34.160
 to get off the hook

00:27:34.160 --> 00:27:35.100
 and not get in trouble.

00:27:35.660 --> 00:27:36.860
 He wants that

00:27:36.860 --> 00:27:38.360
 relationship

00:27:38.360 --> 00:27:39.400
 restored,

00:27:39.519 --> 00:27:40.120
 that fellowship

00:27:40.120 --> 00:27:41.259
 with God himself

00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:42.460
 where he says

00:27:42.460 --> 00:27:43.000
 in verse 11,

00:27:43.100 --> 00:27:43.900
 Cast me not away

00:27:43.900 --> 00:27:44.860
 from your presence

00:27:44.859 --> 00:27:46.759
 and take not

00:27:46.759 --> 00:27:47.659
 your Holy Spirit

00:27:47.659 --> 00:27:48.319
 from me.

00:27:49.319 --> 00:27:50.379
 A quick note on that.

00:27:50.459 --> 00:27:51.159
 The Holy Spirit

00:27:51.159 --> 00:27:52.419
 is how God manifested

00:27:52.419 --> 00:27:53.659
 his presence to us

00:27:53.659 --> 00:27:55.619
 and in the Old Testament

00:27:55.619 --> 00:27:56.819
 he empowered prophets,

00:27:57.139 --> 00:27:57.379
 kings,

00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:57.979
 and warriors

00:27:57.979 --> 00:27:59.339
 to accomplish

00:27:59.339 --> 00:28:00.259
 his mission

00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:02.139
 by empowering them

00:28:02.139 --> 00:28:03.019
 with the Holy Spirit.

00:28:03.579 --> 00:28:04.479
 But it could be

00:28:04.479 --> 00:28:05.519
 taken away from them

00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:06.459
 in the Old Testament,

00:28:06.599 --> 00:28:07.259
 in the Old Covenant.

00:28:08.439 --> 00:28:09.119
 Example of that

00:28:09.119 --> 00:28:09.699
 is Samson.

00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:12.419
 But closer to home

00:28:12.419 --> 00:28:12.919
 to David,

00:28:13.079 --> 00:28:13.759
 he saw it happen

00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:14.219
 to Saul,

00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:14.819
 did he not?

00:28:15.620 --> 00:28:17.059
 He saw Saul go mad.

00:28:18.059 --> 00:28:18.960
 Saul was living in,

00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:20.259
 God had empowered him

00:28:20.259 --> 00:28:20.860
 by the Spirit

00:28:20.860 --> 00:28:21.620
 to accomplish

00:28:21.620 --> 00:28:22.799
 certain goals

00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:23.700
 and Saul continued

00:28:23.700 --> 00:28:25.480
 to sin and rebel

00:28:25.480 --> 00:28:26.200
 and not do what

00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:27.120
 God told him to do

00:28:27.120 --> 00:28:28.279
 and so he withdrew

00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:29.700
 that presence

00:28:29.700 --> 00:28:30.299
 of the Spirit.

00:28:30.440 --> 00:28:30.980
 So he is like,

00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:31.420
 oh Lord,

00:28:31.500 --> 00:28:32.539
 please don't do that

00:28:32.539 --> 00:28:32.920
 to me.

00:28:33.059 --> 00:28:33.259
 Like,

00:28:33.740 --> 00:28:35.100
 please don't take away

00:28:35.100 --> 00:28:35.980
 your Holy Spirit

00:28:35.980 --> 00:28:37.700
 from me.

00:28:38.880 --> 00:28:39.259
 So,

00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:41.779
 so we see here though

00:28:41.779 --> 00:28:42.860
 that a lot of people

00:28:42.860 --> 00:28:43.839
 want to be

00:28:43.839 --> 00:28:45.480
 delivered by the

00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:46.519
 consequences of their sins.

00:28:46.559 --> 00:28:46.679
 Like,

00:28:46.679 --> 00:28:47.199
 I don't want to get

00:28:47.199 --> 00:28:47.539
 in trouble.

00:28:47.639 --> 00:28:48.139
 I don't want to be

00:28:48.139 --> 00:28:48.799
 found out.

00:28:49.779 --> 00:28:50.559
 That's the first thing

00:28:50.559 --> 00:28:51.459
 that comes to my mind.

00:28:51.500 --> 00:28:51.919
 How about you?

00:28:51.980 --> 00:28:52.099
 Like,

00:28:52.099 --> 00:28:52.859
 I don't want to be caught.

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:53.459
 I don't want people

00:28:53.459 --> 00:28:53.919
 to know.

00:28:55.359 --> 00:28:55.659
 And,

00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:57.779
 but we see here

00:28:57.779 --> 00:28:59.399
 that he doesn't

00:28:59.399 --> 00:29:00.339
 just desire

00:29:00.339 --> 00:29:02.240
 to be delivered

00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:03.139
 from the consequences

00:29:03.139 --> 00:29:03.679
 of his sin.

00:29:03.679 --> 00:29:04.559
 He wants fellowship

00:29:04.559 --> 00:29:05.559
 with God himself.

00:29:06.559 --> 00:29:06.759
 Right?

00:29:07.500 --> 00:29:08.339
 And that's scary.

00:29:08.439 --> 00:29:09.079
 A question for us

00:29:09.079 --> 00:29:09.959
 to ask ourselves.

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:12.100
 I'll spare you

00:29:12.100 --> 00:29:13.019
 this really long quote

00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:13.539
 that I have,

00:29:13.680 --> 00:29:15.079
 but Jonathan Edwards

00:29:15.079 --> 00:29:17.059
 just basically said,

00:29:17.299 --> 00:29:19.039
 you may love deliverance

00:29:19.039 --> 00:29:20.279
 but hate the deliverer.

00:29:21.100 --> 00:29:22.019
 The inclination

00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:22.940
 of your own will

00:29:22.940 --> 00:29:23.940
 goes no further

00:29:23.940 --> 00:29:24.880
 than self

00:29:24.880 --> 00:29:26.019
 and it never

00:29:26.019 --> 00:29:26.920
 reaches Christ.

00:29:27.680 --> 00:29:28.380
 You are willing

00:29:28.380 --> 00:29:29.360
 not to be miserable.

00:29:30.059 --> 00:29:30.539
 That is,

00:29:30.579 --> 00:29:31.559
 you love yourself.

00:29:32.319 --> 00:29:32.940
 And there,

00:29:33.640 --> 00:29:34.220
 your will

00:29:34.220 --> 00:29:35.000
 and your choice

00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:35.660
 terminate.

00:29:36.500 --> 00:29:37.360
 It is a vain

00:29:37.360 --> 00:29:37.940
 pretense

00:29:37.940 --> 00:29:38.620
 and delusion

00:29:38.620 --> 00:29:39.600
 to say or think

00:29:39.600 --> 00:29:40.460
 that you are willing

00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:41.720
 to accept Christ.

00:29:42.700 --> 00:29:43.460
 And in that quote,

00:29:43.519 --> 00:29:44.360
 he basically is saying

00:29:44.360 --> 00:29:44.980
 that a lot of us

00:29:44.980 --> 00:29:45.920
 just want to be

00:29:45.920 --> 00:29:47.340
 delivered from the consequences.

00:29:47.940 --> 00:29:48.640
 But we don't really

00:29:48.640 --> 00:29:49.420
 want God.

00:29:50.600 --> 00:29:51.000
 Right?

00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:51.720
 We don't really have

00:29:51.720 --> 00:29:52.860
 a desire for him.

00:29:53.620 --> 00:29:54.460
 But for those of us

00:29:54.460 --> 00:29:56.460
 who are truly saved,

00:29:56.600 --> 00:29:57.500
 truly born again,

00:29:58.539 --> 00:29:59.700
 we may have some things

00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:00.559
 we have to work through,

00:30:00.640 --> 00:30:01.080
 but ultimately

00:30:01.080 --> 00:30:02.460
 we land in this position

00:30:02.460 --> 00:30:02.759
 where we're like,

00:30:02.799 --> 00:30:03.620
 we just want God.

00:30:03.720 --> 00:30:03.799
 Like,

00:30:03.820 --> 00:30:04.279
 I just want,

00:30:04.660 --> 00:30:05.920
 I'm tired of feeling

00:30:05.920 --> 00:30:07.519
 at odds with him.

00:30:08.700 --> 00:30:08.880
 Right?

00:30:09.799 --> 00:30:11.059
 And sin is spiritually

00:30:11.059 --> 00:30:11.940
 depressing.

00:30:12.460 --> 00:30:13.559
 It causes misery.

00:30:13.660 --> 00:30:14.000
 And that's why

00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:14.759
 he says in verse 12,

00:30:14.840 --> 00:30:15.460
 restore to me

00:30:15.460 --> 00:30:16.160
 the joy

00:30:16.160 --> 00:30:17.980
 of your salvation.

00:30:18.180 --> 00:30:19.019
 And then don't let it

00:30:19.019 --> 00:30:19.840
 stop there.

00:30:20.680 --> 00:30:21.620
 Give me the grace,

00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:22.380
 empower me,

00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:23.559
 uphold me with a willing

00:30:23.559 --> 00:30:24.820
 or noble spirit.

00:30:25.120 --> 00:30:26.039
 But give me this

00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:26.840
 perseverance

00:30:26.840 --> 00:30:27.600
 to continue

00:30:27.600 --> 00:30:29.279
 to trust you,

00:30:29.360 --> 00:30:30.019
 to follow you,

00:30:30.039 --> 00:30:31.039
 and to have joy in you.

00:30:31.940 --> 00:30:32.299
 And

00:30:32.299 --> 00:30:34.299
 some of you may think

00:30:34.299 --> 00:30:35.460
 that

00:30:35.460 --> 00:30:36.940
 there's no way

00:30:36.940 --> 00:30:38.920
 that God

00:30:38.920 --> 00:30:40.580
 could change me.

00:30:40.740 --> 00:30:41.559
 Maybe you forgive me,

00:30:41.620 --> 00:30:41.940
 but like,

00:30:41.960 --> 00:30:42.680
 I just don't feel like

00:30:42.680 --> 00:30:43.500
 I can change.

00:30:44.259 --> 00:30:45.500
 It feels hopeless.

00:30:45.600 --> 00:30:46.279
 It's no use.

00:30:46.340 --> 00:30:46.960
 I've heard that

00:30:46.960 --> 00:30:48.460
 from some of your mouths

00:30:48.460 --> 00:30:48.880
 before.

00:30:50.480 --> 00:30:51.299
 And I confess

00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:52.380
 I've felt that way too.

00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:53.080
 Like,

00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:54.519
 I just don't want to just

00:30:54.519 --> 00:30:56.059
 stop committing the sin.

00:30:56.120 --> 00:30:56.799
 I want to change.

00:30:56.880 --> 00:30:57.920
 I don't want to do this again.

00:30:58.039 --> 00:30:58.559
 I want to,

00:30:58.799 --> 00:31:00.059
 I want God to change

00:31:00.059 --> 00:31:00.880
 my behavior

00:31:00.880 --> 00:31:02.680
 by changing my heart

00:31:02.680 --> 00:31:03.240
 first

00:31:03.240 --> 00:31:05.019
 and convincing me

00:31:05.019 --> 00:31:05.980
 that this is wrong

00:31:05.980 --> 00:31:06.460
 and evil

00:31:06.460 --> 00:31:07.200
 and that His way

00:31:07.200 --> 00:31:07.759
 is better.

00:31:08.660 --> 00:31:10.019
 So if you feel hopeless,

00:31:10.180 --> 00:31:11.599
 I may give you

00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:12.859
 something to hold on to here.

00:31:13.700 --> 00:31:14.759
 Notice in these verses,

00:31:14.940 --> 00:31:15.440
 He says,

00:31:16.279 --> 00:31:16.640
 create

00:31:16.640 --> 00:31:18.000
 in me

00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:20.240
 a clean heart

00:31:20.240 --> 00:31:22.019
 or a new heart.

00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:23.299
 Alright?

00:31:24.460 --> 00:31:25.480
 Think about that word

00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:25.880
 create

00:31:25.880 --> 00:31:26.579
 in the Bible.

00:31:26.700 --> 00:31:27.460
 Where else have you heard

00:31:27.460 --> 00:31:28.059
 that word

00:31:28.059 --> 00:31:28.579
 create?

00:31:28.579 --> 00:31:32.279
 about Genesis 1-1.

00:31:33.319 --> 00:31:34.000
 In the heavens

00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:34.480
 God,

00:31:34.899 --> 00:31:35.799
 or in the beginning,

00:31:35.980 --> 00:31:36.879
 God created

00:31:36.879 --> 00:31:38.159
 the heavens

00:31:38.159 --> 00:31:39.220
 and the earth.

00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:41.559
 Does that encourage you?

00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:42.199
 Like God is,

00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:43.559
 David is calling upon

00:31:43.559 --> 00:31:44.899
 that same power

00:31:44.899 --> 00:31:47.079
 that created the universe,

00:31:47.319 --> 00:31:48.279
 visible and invisible,

00:31:48.579 --> 00:31:49.500
 spiritual and physical,

00:31:50.179 --> 00:31:51.439
 to give him a new heart.

00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:52.019
 Like so,

00:31:52.139 --> 00:31:52.960
 the same God

00:31:52.960 --> 00:31:54.039
 that made all things

00:31:54.039 --> 00:31:55.799
 can speak new life

00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:56.539
 into you and me

00:31:56.539 --> 00:31:58.119
 and give us new hearts.

00:31:58.579 --> 00:32:00.539
 So that's a huge power

00:32:00.539 --> 00:32:01.599
 behind that ability

00:32:01.599 --> 00:32:02.339
 to change you.

00:32:03.199 --> 00:32:04.699
 So God's hand

00:32:04.699 --> 00:32:05.819
 is not so short

00:32:05.819 --> 00:32:06.980
 that He cannot save

00:32:06.980 --> 00:32:08.679
 and that He cannot change.

00:32:10.259 --> 00:32:10.899
 And thirdly,

00:32:12.339 --> 00:32:13.259
 third question,

00:32:13.419 --> 00:32:14.299
 what is the response?

00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:15.119
 In Christ,

00:32:15.619 --> 00:32:16.500
 what is our response?

00:32:16.639 --> 00:32:17.559
 Look at verse 13.

00:32:19.659 --> 00:32:20.480
 He says,

00:32:20.579 --> 00:32:21.720
 then I will teach

00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:23.240
 transgressors your ways

00:32:23.240 --> 00:32:24.460
 and sinners

00:32:24.460 --> 00:32:25.960
 will return to you.

00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:27.480
 Deliver me

00:32:27.480 --> 00:32:28.620
 from blood guiltiness,

00:32:28.720 --> 00:32:29.200
 O God.

00:32:29.519 --> 00:32:30.960
 O God of my salvation

00:32:30.960 --> 00:32:31.779
 and my tongue

00:32:31.779 --> 00:32:32.599
 will sing aloud

00:32:32.599 --> 00:32:33.599
 of your righteousness.

00:32:34.660 --> 00:32:35.360
 O Lord,

00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:36.259
 open my lips

00:32:36.259 --> 00:32:37.099
 and my mouth

00:32:37.099 --> 00:32:38.480
 to declare your praise.

00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:40.299
 For you will not

00:32:40.299 --> 00:32:41.620
 delight in sacrifice

00:32:41.620 --> 00:32:42.380
 or otherwise

00:32:42.380 --> 00:32:43.200
 I would give it.

00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:45.339
 You will not be pleased

00:32:45.339 --> 00:32:46.259
 with burnt offering.

00:32:47.140 --> 00:32:48.660
 The sacrifices of God

00:32:48.660 --> 00:32:50.099
 are a broken spirit,

00:32:50.819 --> 00:32:51.440
 a broken

00:32:51.440 --> 00:32:52.819
 and contrite heart.

00:32:53.420 --> 00:32:54.000
 O God,

00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:55.200
 you will not despise.

00:32:56.339 --> 00:32:57.380
 Do good to Zion

00:32:57.380 --> 00:32:58.599
 in your good pleasure.

00:32:59.240 --> 00:33:00.099
 Build up the walls

00:33:00.099 --> 00:33:00.819
 of Jerusalem.

00:33:01.819 --> 00:33:03.119
 Then you will delight

00:33:03.119 --> 00:33:04.279
 in right sacrifices

00:33:04.279 --> 00:33:05.980
 and burnt offerings

00:33:05.980 --> 00:33:07.200
 and whole burnt offerings.

00:33:07.799 --> 00:33:09.059
 Then bulls will be offered

00:33:09.059 --> 00:33:09.779
 on your altar.

00:33:10.980 --> 00:33:11.380
 So,

00:33:12.019 --> 00:33:13.119
 while this is important

00:33:13.119 --> 00:33:14.359
 is there's,

00:33:14.940 --> 00:33:15.779
 whenever we sin,

00:33:15.859 --> 00:33:16.920
 we kind of jump to,

00:33:17.220 --> 00:33:18.700
 by our nature sometimes,

00:33:18.839 --> 00:33:19.400
 jump to

00:33:19.400 --> 00:33:20.460
 the side of just

00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:21.440
 vain offerings.

00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:21.519
 Catholics.

00:33:22.200 --> 00:33:22.259
 And,

00:33:22.980 --> 00:33:23.720
 so back then,

00:33:23.860 --> 00:33:24.100
 right,

00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:24.519
 like,

00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:25.759
 people could just live

00:33:25.759 --> 00:33:26.360
 a very open,

00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:27.360
 sinful lifestyle,

00:33:27.500 --> 00:33:28.019
 they thought,

00:33:28.539 --> 00:33:29.019
 and then,

00:33:29.100 --> 00:33:29.299
 you know,

00:33:29.299 --> 00:33:29.960
 just center it up

00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:30.799
 and do a bunch of stuff

00:33:30.799 --> 00:33:31.820
 and then go to the temple,

00:33:32.500 --> 00:33:33.500
 make a sacrifice

00:33:33.500 --> 00:33:34.180
 and then like,

00:33:34.940 --> 00:33:35.500
 we're good.

00:33:35.680 --> 00:33:36.720
 And then go back

00:33:36.720 --> 00:33:38.400
 to the same lifestyle.

00:33:39.380 --> 00:33:39.779
 Today,

00:33:40.019 --> 00:33:40.840
 some of you may think,

00:33:40.920 --> 00:33:41.120
 well,

00:33:42.160 --> 00:33:43.420
 I sin against God

00:33:43.420 --> 00:33:44.580
 so I'll just go to church more.

00:33:44.720 --> 00:33:45.160
 I'll make sure

00:33:45.160 --> 00:33:46.220
 I take the Lord's Supper.

00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:48.019
 I read my Bible

00:33:48.019 --> 00:33:48.740
 a little longer.

00:33:49.160 --> 00:33:50.519
 I'll talk about Jesus

00:33:50.519 --> 00:33:51.220
 with somebody

00:33:51.220 --> 00:33:53.779
 and not really repentance.

00:33:54.139 --> 00:33:55.740
 That's not what repentance is.

00:33:56.680 --> 00:33:57.680
 It's spitting in the face

00:33:57.680 --> 00:33:58.539
 of Christ

00:33:58.539 --> 00:33:59.319
 is what it is.

00:33:59.960 --> 00:34:01.119
 And it's penance.

00:34:01.240 --> 00:34:02.619
 It's like trying to make amends,

00:34:02.720 --> 00:34:02.960
 right,

00:34:03.079 --> 00:34:04.299
 for in your own way

00:34:04.299 --> 00:34:06.259
 to make yourself right with God

00:34:06.259 --> 00:34:07.879
 for what you did.

00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:09.460
 And true repentance

00:34:09.460 --> 00:34:10.679
 doesn't involve that at all.

00:34:11.539 --> 00:34:11.840
 Right?

00:34:11.940 --> 00:34:13.559
 And David recognizes that.

00:34:13.659 --> 00:34:13.940
 He goes,

00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:15.639
 if all you wanted

00:34:15.639 --> 00:34:16.780
 was just a burnt offering,

00:34:16.860 --> 00:34:17.739
 I would go and do it.

00:34:17.739 --> 00:34:19.579
 But that's not what you want.

00:34:20.359 --> 00:34:21.559
 You want my heart.

00:34:21.659 --> 00:34:22.699
 You want my broken,

00:34:23.859 --> 00:34:24.399
 sincere,

00:34:24.599 --> 00:34:25.879
 and contrite heart.

00:34:26.539 --> 00:34:27.899
 You want me.

00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:29.359
 And so,

00:34:29.439 --> 00:34:30.239
 that's why he says,

00:34:30.319 --> 00:34:31.219
 for you will not

00:34:31.219 --> 00:34:32.500
 delight in sacrifice,

00:34:32.699 --> 00:34:33.819
 otherwise I would give it.

00:34:34.619 --> 00:34:35.619
 And you won't be pleased

00:34:35.619 --> 00:34:36.500
 with burnt offerings.

00:34:37.599 --> 00:34:37.919
 And so,

00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:38.639
 just think about how

00:34:38.639 --> 00:34:40.039
 insulting that is to God,

00:34:40.119 --> 00:34:40.299
 though,

00:34:40.339 --> 00:34:41.399
 like how we tend to do

00:34:41.399 --> 00:34:42.259
 those sort of things.

00:34:42.260 --> 00:34:45.280
 it's like treating

00:34:45.280 --> 00:34:46.340
 your wife horribly

00:34:46.340 --> 00:34:49.600
 and abusing her

00:34:49.600 --> 00:34:50.540
 and then like saying,

00:34:50.660 --> 00:34:50.760
 hey,

00:34:50.780 --> 00:34:51.560
 I'll wash the dishes

00:34:51.560 --> 00:34:52.320
 and it'll be okay.

00:34:53.280 --> 00:34:53.780
 Just,

00:34:53.980 --> 00:34:54.260
 no,

00:34:54.540 --> 00:34:55.440
 that's not what God

00:34:55.440 --> 00:34:56.840
 desires.

00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:57.780
 And he is insulted

00:34:57.780 --> 00:34:58.660
 by attempts

00:34:58.660 --> 00:34:59.940
 to make amends

00:34:59.940 --> 00:35:01.180
 through our own works.

00:35:02.120 --> 00:35:03.320
 He really wants

00:35:03.320 --> 00:35:05.160
 the heart of the worshiper.

00:35:05.380 --> 00:35:06.560
 He wants the motive

00:35:06.560 --> 00:35:08.400
 behind what we do.

00:35:09.460 --> 00:35:09.760
 And so,

00:35:09.880 --> 00:35:11.120
 what God truly desires,

00:35:11.240 --> 00:35:12.000
 verse 17,

00:35:12.260 --> 00:35:13.980
 the sacrifices of God

00:35:13.980 --> 00:35:15.000
 are a broken spirit,

00:35:15.120 --> 00:35:16.800
 a broken and contrite heart.

00:35:17.920 --> 00:35:18.160
 So,

00:35:18.240 --> 00:35:18.960
 that is humble,

00:35:19.300 --> 00:35:20.540
 broken-hearted joy

00:35:20.540 --> 00:35:21.380
 in God.

00:35:22.100 --> 00:35:22.920
 He wants us to be

00:35:22.920 --> 00:35:24.380
 shattered over our sin

00:35:24.380 --> 00:35:26.220
 and to come to Him

00:35:26.220 --> 00:35:27.460
 for mercy.

00:35:28.360 --> 00:35:28.580
 So,

00:35:28.680 --> 00:35:29.920
 if God truly rules

00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:30.660
 our hearts,

00:35:30.800 --> 00:35:30.860
 He,

00:35:30.980 --> 00:35:32.460
 repentance is this change

00:35:32.460 --> 00:35:33.780
 in our minds,

00:35:33.820 --> 00:35:34.880
 which leads to a change

00:35:34.880 --> 00:35:36.180
 of action outwardly.

00:35:36.380 --> 00:35:36.660
 Right?

00:35:36.740 --> 00:35:37.980
 It's a changing

00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:39.380
 from the inside out.

00:35:40.080 --> 00:35:40.900
 The danger is

00:35:40.900 --> 00:35:41.480
 a lot of us

00:35:41.480 --> 00:35:42.120
 focus on

00:35:42.119 --> 00:35:43.279
 mending our

00:35:43.279 --> 00:35:44.019
 hour behavior,

00:35:44.019 --> 00:35:44.839
 but the whole time

00:35:44.839 --> 00:35:45.420
 our hearts

00:35:45.420 --> 00:35:46.779
 are not close to God.

00:35:47.559 --> 00:35:47.960
 We just think,

00:35:48.019 --> 00:35:49.079
 if I just stop doing that

00:35:49.079 --> 00:35:49.920
 and stop doing that

00:35:49.920 --> 00:35:50.920
 and I start doing this,

00:35:50.960 --> 00:35:51.480
 it'll be good.

00:35:51.579 --> 00:35:52.139
 And God's like,

00:35:52.199 --> 00:35:52.359
 no,

00:35:52.480 --> 00:35:52.719
 like,

00:35:53.880 --> 00:35:55.420
 your heart first

00:35:55.420 --> 00:35:56.359
 and then your actions

00:35:56.359 --> 00:35:57.000
 will follow.

00:35:57.839 --> 00:35:58.779
 God doesn't just care

00:35:58.779 --> 00:35:59.880
 about what we do,

00:36:00.099 --> 00:36:01.359
 but why we do it.

00:36:02.359 --> 00:36:03.239
 Very important.

00:36:03.500 --> 00:36:04.579
 He desires our hearts

00:36:04.579 --> 00:36:05.380
 and our affections

00:36:05.380 --> 00:36:06.639
 to be fully His.

00:36:06.639 --> 00:36:08.179
 He wants

00:36:08.179 --> 00:36:10.059
 right actions

00:36:10.059 --> 00:36:11.679
 from right motives.

00:36:12.799 --> 00:36:13.920
 Look at the next verse,

00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:14.659
 verse 13.

00:36:15.440 --> 00:36:15.639
 He goes,

00:36:15.699 --> 00:36:16.179
 then I'll teach

00:36:16.179 --> 00:36:17.519
 transgressors your ways

00:36:17.519 --> 00:36:18.559
 and sinners

00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:19.659
 will return to you.

00:36:20.480 --> 00:36:21.019
 In other words,

00:36:21.079 --> 00:36:21.179
 like,

00:36:21.239 --> 00:36:22.480
 I will tell others

00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:23.259
 of the danger

00:36:23.259 --> 00:36:24.420
 that sin causes

00:36:24.420 --> 00:36:26.039
 and then I'll also

00:36:26.039 --> 00:36:26.539
 tell them

00:36:26.539 --> 00:36:27.420
 of how merciful

00:36:27.420 --> 00:36:28.139
 and forgiving

00:36:28.139 --> 00:36:28.879
 you are.

00:36:29.579 --> 00:36:30.059
 Right?

00:36:31.059 --> 00:36:31.519
 Then he,

00:36:31.920 --> 00:36:33.119
 verse 14 and 15,

00:36:33.119 --> 00:36:34.679
 he talks about

00:36:34.679 --> 00:36:35.719
 delivering him

00:36:35.719 --> 00:36:36.639
 from the guilt

00:36:36.639 --> 00:36:37.339
 that he has

00:36:37.339 --> 00:36:38.779
 of committing murder,

00:36:39.619 --> 00:36:40.179
 essentially.

00:36:40.980 --> 00:36:42.420
 Blood is on my hands,

00:36:42.559 --> 00:36:43.299
 is what he's saying.

00:36:44.119 --> 00:36:45.299
 You have the power

00:36:45.299 --> 00:36:46.139
 to do this,

00:36:46.259 --> 00:36:46.759
 O Lord,

00:36:47.440 --> 00:36:49.440
 and I will make known

00:36:49.440 --> 00:36:50.359
 your salvation

00:36:50.359 --> 00:36:51.259
 to other people

00:36:51.259 --> 00:36:51.799
 like me

00:36:51.799 --> 00:36:53.099
 that are lost

00:36:53.099 --> 00:36:53.839
 and that are broken

00:36:53.839 --> 00:36:55.219
 and sinning against you.

00:36:56.039 --> 00:36:56.339
 So,

00:36:56.500 --> 00:36:57.420
 I love that though

00:36:57.420 --> 00:36:57.819
 because,

00:36:58.099 --> 00:36:58.339
 again,

00:36:58.420 --> 00:37:00.039
 he's not trying

00:37:00.039 --> 00:37:00.940
 to just make amends

00:37:00.940 --> 00:37:01.619
 through his actions.

00:37:01.739 --> 00:37:01.940
 He's saying,

00:37:02.059 --> 00:37:02.119
 like,

00:37:02.139 --> 00:37:03.099
 these things will follow,

00:37:03.119 --> 00:37:05.420
 these actions will follow

00:37:05.420 --> 00:37:07.380
 once I am restored to you.

00:37:07.679 --> 00:37:08.639
 I'm not going to do

00:37:08.639 --> 00:37:09.440
 these things first.

00:37:09.539 --> 00:37:09.639
 Like,

00:37:09.659 --> 00:37:11.039
 I want you first.

00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:12.400
 And then,

00:37:12.559 --> 00:37:13.480
 verse 19,

00:37:14.460 --> 00:37:16.359
 then you will delight

00:37:16.359 --> 00:37:17.420
 in right sacrifices

00:37:17.420 --> 00:37:19.079
 and burnt offerings

00:37:19.079 --> 00:37:20.139
 and whole burnt offerings

00:37:20.139 --> 00:37:21.299
 and bulls will be offered

00:37:21.299 --> 00:37:22.699
 on the altar.

00:37:23.839 --> 00:37:24.519
 And then he ends

00:37:24.519 --> 00:37:25.119
 this prayer

00:37:25.119 --> 00:37:27.380
 with a blessing

00:37:27.380 --> 00:37:28.319
 for the nation,

00:37:29.299 --> 00:37:30.259
 a blessing

00:37:30.259 --> 00:37:31.039
 for the people

00:37:31.039 --> 00:37:31.679
 that he's supposed

00:37:31.679 --> 00:37:32.679
 to be the king over.

00:37:33.119 --> 00:37:34.159
 Do good to us,

00:37:34.279 --> 00:37:34.460
 Lord.

00:37:35.299 --> 00:37:36.480
 I'm realizing that

00:37:36.480 --> 00:37:37.299
 a lot of the stuff

00:37:37.299 --> 00:37:37.779
 that will happen

00:37:37.779 --> 00:37:38.400
 to the nation

00:37:38.400 --> 00:37:39.219
 is because of

00:37:39.219 --> 00:37:40.079
 what he does,

00:37:40.579 --> 00:37:41.359
 his actions.

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 So,

00:37:42.139 --> 00:37:43.519
 he prays for blessing

00:37:43.519 --> 00:37:44.859
 over the nation.

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 And so,

00:37:46.920 --> 00:37:48.460
 landing the plane here,

00:37:49.000 --> 00:37:49.719
 I just want you

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 to turn

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 to Romans chapter 3.

00:37:52.500 --> 00:37:52.739
 Yep,

00:37:52.739 --> 00:37:53.339
 back in Romans.

00:37:54.519 --> 00:37:55.000
 So,

00:37:55.559 --> 00:37:56.500
 a quick question.

00:37:56.599 --> 00:37:57.039
 Some of you,

00:37:57.159 --> 00:37:57.980
 maybe not all of you,

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 but some of you

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 are thinking a question

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 that bears answering.

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 And that is,

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 how could a holy

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 and just God

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 just pardon David

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 for such awful things?

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 Like,

00:38:11.079 --> 00:38:11.519
 can you imagine

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 a human judge

00:38:12.319 --> 00:38:12.899
 doing that?

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 Like,

00:38:14.440 --> 00:38:15.279
 being committed

00:38:15.279 --> 00:38:15.919
 of some kind

00:38:15.919 --> 00:38:16.819
 of awful crime

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 of murder

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 and adultery,

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 and the judge just says,

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 hey,

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 you're forgiven,

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 go home.

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 You would not put up

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 with that.

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 And,

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 so what's going on?

00:38:27.860 --> 00:38:27.960
 Like,

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 can you put yourself

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 in the position

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 of a family member

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 or a friend

00:38:33.739 --> 00:38:35.400
 of Bathsheba or Uriah,

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 and all they hear

00:38:37.059 --> 00:38:37.880
 from God is,

00:38:38.000 --> 00:38:38.759
 the Lord has taken

00:38:38.759 --> 00:38:39.539
 away your sin?

00:38:40.679 --> 00:38:41.079
 Like,

00:38:41.119 --> 00:38:42.420
 how angry you would feel?

00:38:42.480 --> 00:38:43.599
 You'd feel outraged?

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 Like,

00:38:44.779 --> 00:38:45.639
 just turn them back

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 into society

00:38:46.420 --> 00:38:47.239
 and slap them

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 on the hand

00:38:47.880 --> 00:38:48.800
 for such an awful,

00:38:49.659 --> 00:38:50.019
 wicked,

00:38:50.259 --> 00:38:51.039
 heinous sin

00:38:51.039 --> 00:38:51.719
 that was committed?

00:38:53.400 --> 00:38:53.860
 So,

00:38:53.980 --> 00:38:54.400
 how,

00:38:54.539 --> 00:38:55.779
 as a righteous

00:38:55.779 --> 00:38:56.800
 and holy God,

00:38:57.480 --> 00:38:58.719
 how can that God

00:38:58.719 --> 00:39:00.400
 pardon sin?

00:39:01.340 --> 00:39:01.679
 Right?

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 Because by nature,

00:39:04.179 --> 00:39:04.820
 His holiness

00:39:04.820 --> 00:39:06.460
 demands punishment

00:39:06.460 --> 00:39:07.739
 for sin.

00:39:08.659 --> 00:39:09.820
 And we get the answer.

00:39:10.360 --> 00:39:11.019
 Romans 3,

00:39:11.579 --> 00:39:12.500
 verse 22.

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 It talks about

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 the righteousness

00:39:15.679 --> 00:39:16.480
 of God

00:39:16.480 --> 00:39:17.219
 through faith

00:39:17.219 --> 00:39:18.300
 in Jesus Christ

00:39:18.300 --> 00:39:20.159
 for all who believe.

00:39:20.380 --> 00:39:20.599
 Alright?

00:39:20.679 --> 00:39:21.219
 So we can have

00:39:21.219 --> 00:39:21.800
 righteousness

00:39:21.800 --> 00:39:22.820
 through faith

00:39:22.820 --> 00:39:24.179
 in Christ

00:39:24.179 --> 00:39:24.679
 for there is

00:39:24.679 --> 00:39:25.440
 no distinction

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 for all have

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 sinned

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 and fall short

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 of the glory

00:39:28.839 --> 00:39:29.419
 of God

00:39:29.419 --> 00:39:30.980
 and are justified

00:39:30.980 --> 00:39:32.159
 by His grace

00:39:32.159 --> 00:39:32.859
 as a gift

00:39:32.859 --> 00:39:33.779
 through the redemption

00:39:33.779 --> 00:39:34.819
 that is in Christ

00:39:34.819 --> 00:39:35.319
 Jesus

00:39:35.319 --> 00:39:37.460
 whom God put forward

00:39:37.460 --> 00:39:38.460
 as a propitiation

00:39:38.460 --> 00:39:39.619
 by His blood

00:39:39.619 --> 00:39:41.000
 to be received

00:39:41.000 --> 00:39:41.659
 with faith.

00:39:42.299 --> 00:39:42.699
 Alright,

00:39:42.699 --> 00:39:43.559
 we know that.

00:39:43.559 --> 00:39:44.379
 That is the gospel.

00:39:44.500 --> 00:39:45.219
 We put our faith

00:39:45.219 --> 00:39:45.899
 in Christ.

00:39:46.739 --> 00:39:48.019
 We throw ourselves

00:39:48.019 --> 00:39:49.719
 completely at His mercy.

00:39:49.980 --> 00:39:51.159
 We are saved

00:39:51.159 --> 00:39:52.219
 because of His grace

00:39:52.219 --> 00:39:53.219
 and we are redeemed

00:39:53.219 --> 00:39:54.939
 in Jesus Christ.

00:39:55.559 --> 00:39:56.559
 So here's the connection

00:39:56.559 --> 00:39:57.519
 to David though.

00:39:58.579 --> 00:39:58.899
 Alright?

00:39:58.900 --> 00:40:00.240
 This was to show

00:40:00.240 --> 00:40:01.340
 God's righteousness

00:40:01.340 --> 00:40:02.980
 because in His

00:40:02.980 --> 00:40:04.240
 divine forbearance

00:40:04.240 --> 00:40:04.860
 He had passed

00:40:04.860 --> 00:40:06.500
 over former sins.

00:40:07.340 --> 00:40:08.320
 It was to show

00:40:08.320 --> 00:40:09.099
 His righteousness

00:40:09.099 --> 00:40:10.380
 at the present time

00:40:10.380 --> 00:40:11.860
 so that He might be

00:40:11.860 --> 00:40:12.300
 just

00:40:12.300 --> 00:40:13.360
 and the justifier

00:40:13.360 --> 00:40:13.880
 of the one

00:40:13.880 --> 00:40:14.599
 who has faith

00:40:14.599 --> 00:40:15.160
 in Jesus.

00:40:16.160 --> 00:40:16.599
 So,

00:40:16.840 --> 00:40:17.800
 how was God

00:40:17.800 --> 00:40:18.800
 able to pardon David?

00:40:19.539 --> 00:40:20.400
 Because He knew

00:40:20.400 --> 00:40:21.320
 that one day

00:40:21.320 --> 00:40:23.639
 He would slay

00:40:23.639 --> 00:40:24.480
 His own son

00:40:24.480 --> 00:40:25.680
 in David's place.

00:40:26.619 --> 00:40:27.559
 That His wrath

00:40:27.559 --> 00:40:29.559
 and judgment

00:40:29.559 --> 00:40:30.940
 that David deserved

00:40:30.940 --> 00:40:32.199
 was going to be

00:40:32.199 --> 00:40:33.539
 justly poured out

00:40:33.539 --> 00:40:34.440
 on His own son.

00:40:35.619 --> 00:40:35.980
 So,

00:40:36.739 --> 00:40:37.739
 David's sin

00:40:37.739 --> 00:40:38.559
 was punished

00:40:38.559 --> 00:40:39.899
 in Jesus Christ.

00:40:41.019 --> 00:40:42.359
 And Christ's righteousness

00:40:42.359 --> 00:40:44.699
 became David's righteousness.

00:40:44.940 --> 00:40:45.639
 The same thing

00:40:45.639 --> 00:40:47.139
 that happens to us

00:40:47.139 --> 00:40:47.819
 when we are saved.

00:40:48.039 --> 00:40:49.460
 That old question

00:40:49.460 --> 00:40:50.159
 that used to bother

00:40:50.159 --> 00:40:50.759
 so many people.

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 How are people

00:40:51.199 --> 00:40:51.779
 in the Old Testament

00:40:51.779 --> 00:40:52.139
 saved?

00:40:52.239 --> 00:40:52.379
 Like,

00:40:52.739 --> 00:40:53.559
 the same way.

00:40:53.719 --> 00:40:53.960
 Like,

00:40:54.000 --> 00:40:54.579
 they are saved

00:40:54.579 --> 00:40:55.279
 through faith.

00:40:55.679 --> 00:40:57.139
 in the coming Messiah.

00:40:57.259 --> 00:40:58.000
 They look forward

00:40:58.000 --> 00:40:58.919
 and we look back

00:40:58.919 --> 00:41:00.339
 to Christ.

00:41:01.239 --> 00:41:01.460
 So,

00:41:01.819 --> 00:41:03.299
 forgiveness of sin

00:41:03.299 --> 00:41:04.139
 in the Old Testament

00:41:04.139 --> 00:41:05.139
 anticipates

00:41:05.139 --> 00:41:05.879
 the sacrifice

00:41:05.879 --> 00:41:07.279
 of Christ

00:41:07.279 --> 00:41:08.139
 as the ultimate

00:41:08.139 --> 00:41:09.179
 sacrifice

00:41:09.179 --> 00:41:10.279
 for our sins.

00:41:11.039 --> 00:41:11.419
 So,

00:41:11.679 --> 00:41:12.559
 that wrath

00:41:12.559 --> 00:41:13.739
 that He justly deserved

00:41:13.739 --> 00:41:14.739
 was all poured out

00:41:14.739 --> 00:41:15.539
 on the perfect

00:41:15.539 --> 00:41:16.960
 Son of God.

00:41:17.460 --> 00:41:17.879
 So,

00:41:17.960 --> 00:41:18.759
 God could say,

00:41:18.859 --> 00:41:18.980
 hey,

00:41:19.039 --> 00:41:20.039
 I am a holy

00:41:20.039 --> 00:41:20.960
 and just God.

00:41:21.019 --> 00:41:21.599
 I did not

00:41:21.599 --> 00:41:22.739
 just let that sin go.

00:41:23.279 --> 00:41:24.339
 I punished it

00:41:24.340 --> 00:41:26.039
 in my Son.

00:41:26.760 --> 00:41:27.420
 And so,

00:41:27.519 --> 00:41:28.360
 it was to show

00:41:28.360 --> 00:41:29.440
 His righteousness

00:41:29.440 --> 00:41:30.579
 because He had

00:41:30.579 --> 00:41:31.400
 passed it over

00:41:31.400 --> 00:41:31.980
 before.

00:41:32.700 --> 00:41:33.059
 So,

00:41:33.140 --> 00:41:34.200
 wherever we are today,

00:41:34.980 --> 00:41:36.100
 Jesus Christ

00:41:36.100 --> 00:41:37.019
 is the only way

00:41:37.019 --> 00:41:38.720
 for us to be forgiven,

00:41:39.660 --> 00:41:40.400
 made right,

00:41:40.539 --> 00:41:41.480
 and be reconciled

00:41:41.480 --> 00:41:42.039
 in a fellowship

00:41:42.039 --> 00:41:42.740
 with God.

00:41:43.460 --> 00:41:44.440
 And what a blessing

00:41:44.440 --> 00:41:45.160
 we have

00:41:45.160 --> 00:41:46.019
 to know

00:41:46.019 --> 00:41:47.660
 that Jesus

00:41:47.660 --> 00:41:48.400
 has died

00:41:48.400 --> 00:41:49.140
 in our place

00:41:49.140 --> 00:41:49.820
 in the same way

00:41:49.820 --> 00:41:50.840
 that He did

00:41:50.840 --> 00:41:51.340
 for David.

00:41:51.340 --> 00:41:52.500
 and I pray

00:41:52.500 --> 00:41:53.079
 that wherever

00:41:53.079 --> 00:41:53.519
 you're at,

00:41:53.539 --> 00:41:54.100
 whatever sin

00:41:54.100 --> 00:41:55.539
 you have committed,

00:41:55.940 --> 00:41:57.780
 are committing,

00:41:58.000 --> 00:41:58.720
 or will commit,

00:41:59.460 --> 00:42:00.420
 you will turn

00:42:00.420 --> 00:42:01.059
 to faith

00:42:01.059 --> 00:42:01.700
 in Jesus

00:42:01.700 --> 00:42:02.720
 and repent

00:42:02.720 --> 00:42:03.660
 of that sin

00:42:03.660 --> 00:42:04.460
 and continue

00:42:04.460 --> 00:42:06.240
 to live life

00:42:06.240 --> 00:42:07.220
 as a believer,

00:42:07.500 --> 00:42:08.559
 following and trusting

00:42:08.559 --> 00:42:09.660
 in the perfect work

00:42:09.660 --> 00:42:10.160
 of Jesus.

00:42:10.400 --> 00:42:10.559
 So,

00:42:11.280 --> 00:42:12.579
 let's pray together

00:42:12.579 --> 00:42:14.420
 and we'll sing

00:42:14.420 --> 00:42:15.019
 some songs

00:42:15.019 --> 00:42:15.960
 in response.

00:42:16.400 --> 00:42:16.539
 Let's pray together

00:42:16.539 --> 00:42:17.800
 and we'll sing

00:42:17.800 --> 00:42:18.079
 a little bit

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00:42:18.079 --> 00:42:18.760
 a little bit

00:42:18.760 --> 00:42:19.199
 of that sin

00:42:19.199 --> 00:42:20.260
 and ending

00:42:20.260 --> 00:42:20.880
 of that sin.

00:42:20.880 --> 00:42:21.619
 Let's pray together

00:42:21.619 --> 00:42:22.039
 and ending

00:42:22.039 --> 00:42:22.579
 a little bit

00:42:22.579 --> 00:42:22.579


00:42:22.579 --> 00:42:23.980
 and ending

00:42:23.980 --> 00:42:25.059
 of that sin.

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