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 It's good to see you all here. I'm glad you have joined us this morning. This morning as we

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 turn to God's Word, we're going to continue our series in the Lord's Prayer.

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 And if you want to turn with me there, it's in the Pew Bibles in page 761. We've been looking at

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 this prayer in detail, and we're going to continue to do that. If you remember the first part of the

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 Lord's Prayer, our three requests regarding God, that His name would be holy, that His kingdom would

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 come, and that His will would be done. And then in the second half of the prayer, Pastor Nick preached

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 about last week, praying for daily provision, for daily bread, for daily help, daily grace

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 from our Heavenly Father in our various circumstances. And today we come to the second

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 part of the prayer that is more us-centered, centered on our needs. And the prayer is,

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 forgive us our debts. And so that's what we're going to be looking at this morning. So let me go

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 ahead and read. I'm going to read the whole prayer and the two verses after because they're very relevant

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 for this morning's text. So I'll start in verse 9 of chapter 6. We'll read it. I'll pray for God's help,

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 and then we'll look at it together. Matthew 6, verse 9. Pray then like this, our Father in heaven,

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 hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

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 Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

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 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For if you forgive others their trespasses,

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 your Heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their trespasses,

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 neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. Please pray with me.

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 Oh, Lord, we come to your Word this morning, and this is both a glorious and an incredibly terrifying text.

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 Lord, to look at forgiveness, Lord, is not easy. And so, Lord, I ask for your help this morning.

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 Lord, I pray that you would be with me as I speak, that I would speak as I ought to.

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 And Lord, that you would be with each heart, each soul in this room, that we would be ready to receive

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 the truth of your Word. Lord, that our hearts would be willing to submit and recognize, Lord, the power of your Word.

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 Lord, that our minds would be able to understand your Word, that our wills would be moved to do

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 as you have asked us to. Lord, we thank you that as we ask for these things, we know that

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 your Holy Spirit is at work among us, and I pray that you would continue that work.

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 In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

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 Jesus tells us in this request to pray,

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 Father, forgive our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors.

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 And so, we're going to explore this prayer by asking three questions of it.

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 The first one is, what is forgiveness that we're asking for? What is it that we're actually asking for

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 when we ask this question, or when we pray this prayer?

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 The second question is, why? Why do we need this forgiveness?

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 And thirdly, it is, how do we understand our need to forgive others as well as to be forgiven?

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 What's the relationship between those ideas?

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 So, that's what we're going to look at this morning.

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 If you're a note taker, there's your outline.

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 And so, I always look at Amanda, because I know Amanda's a really, I don't even know if she takes notes,

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 but she's really organized.

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 So, I figured she might be.

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 Anyway, so those are your three points if you're looking for it.

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 So, the first question we're going to ask is,

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 what is this forgiveness that we are asking for?

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 And I just want to go back to the very basic idea of what is forgiveness?

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 It is when something is owed to another, and that thing that is owed is canceled.

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 That's a very simple definition of forgiveness.

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 So, for example, one of the easy ways to picture this is in a financial situation.

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 A bank loans me $10,000, right?

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 I owe them $10,000, right?

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 I incur a debt when I borrow that money, and until I pay it back, I owe them this thing, right?

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 But if that bank comes to me and says, we have chosen to forgive your debt, what does it mean?

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 It means the account is closed.

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 It means the debt is no longer needing to be repaid because they have erased it

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 or taken away the need for repayment.

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 And they will no longer pursue me for that money.

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 So, that's what fundamentally forgiveness is in a conceptual way.

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 So, what does Jesus mean here when he says, forgive us our debt?

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 Now, we might look at that word and think, does that mean that we owe God money?

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 No, that's not what it means.

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 This word debt is used regularly in the Bible to refer not to financial things,

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 although it does refer to that, but it also refers regularly to spiritual things.

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 We know this particularly because in parallel passages,

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 the Bible uses different words in the same thing.

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 So, in verse 14, if you look down just two verses later,

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 Jesus is clearly talking about the same topic, and he uses the word trespass.

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 Trespass is to transgress or to cross over a boundary, to break a law.

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 And this is what, this is the picture then of this spiritual debt that is incurred.

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 If I break the law, then I owe the law keepers something.

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 I owe society something.

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 In the parallel passage of this prayer in Luke, it says,

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 forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone who is indebted to us.

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 It's fascinating to see it there where you see both the word indebted,

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 then paralleled by the word sin, right?

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 And sin fundamentally means missing the mark,

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 but biblically it means not meeting God's righteous standards,

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 not being the people that God created us to be.

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 And we may think about sin as doing wrong things, right?

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 We cross a line.

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 We miss the mark.

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 We get a stain on our moral life because of something we do.

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 But in fact, the Bible has a much grander picture

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 of the problem of the debt that we owe to God.

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 Because in the storyline of the Bible,

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 we were created to know and have a relationship with our Creator.

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 And in that relationship, we are meant to love Him,

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 to obey Him as a Creator King,

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 to cherish and adore Him,

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 to recognize Him as a loving Heavenly Father

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 in all of those roles that we should then respond to Him

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 with worship, with obedience,

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 with joy, with love, and all these things.

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 So sin isn't merely slipping up,

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 but it's a much greater relational offense

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 because what the Bible then says is,

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 we have rejected that relationship with God.

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 We have said, no, thank you, God.

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 We want to go our own way.

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 This is exactly what Adam and Eve did in the garden.

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 God, thank you for all of these things,

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 but I'd rather do it my way.

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 I'd rather be co-equal with you

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 rather than being under you in relationship.

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 I would rather be independent

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 rather than dependent on you.

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 John Piper describes sin in this way.

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 Bear with me because it's a beautiful

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 but fairly long quote.

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 He says that sin is any word or deed

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 where the glory of God is not honored,

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 the greatness of God is not admired,

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 the wisdom of God is not esteemed,

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 the beauty of God is not treasured,

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 the goodness of God is not savored,

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 the promises of God are not believed,

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 the commandments of God are not obeyed,

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 the justice of God is not respected,

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 the wrath of God is not feared,

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 the grace of God is not cherished,

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 the presence of God is not prized,

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 and the person of God is not loved.

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 Who of us have not sinned?

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 If this is what sin is,

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 and it is,

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 it is what the Bible tells us.

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 And so the forgiveness that we are asking for

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 is of this great debt

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 that we owe to our Creator

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 of what we have done

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 in ways that are in rebellion against Him

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 and what we have not done

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 in ways that would be to glory

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 and honor and love and serve Him.

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 And that is true for all of us.

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 And so Jesus is assuming this

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 as He says,

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 forgive us our debts,

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 forgive us our trespasses,

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 forgive us our sins.

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 This is why we need to pray

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 for God's forgiveness.

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 But some of you might be thinking,

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 why?

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 Why does God need to forgive this?

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 Can't He just be like the bank

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 and say,

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 nah, it's okay.

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 No problem.

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 I'll just overlook it.

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 I'll just erase it.

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 No cost to you.

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 Can't He just do that for us?

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 Well,

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 we might think so.

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 And we might want that.

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 And of course,

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 humanly,

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 this is how we always think about it.

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 Because we think,

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 well,

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 God understands.

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 He knows what I meant.

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 He,

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 you know,

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 it wasn't that bad.

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 All of the excuses

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 that we come up with our own mind

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 to minimize our sin.

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 And then we think,

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 why can't God just overlook that?

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 But then we look out at the world

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 and we look at a sex trafficker

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 or a rapist

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 or a serial killer

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 or,

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 you know,

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 there are certain things

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 that we all in our society know

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 are heinous crimes.

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 They are terrible abuses

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 of other people.

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 Typically,

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 those are the ones

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 that capture our heart,

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 not tax evasion.

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 But it's all sin,

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 right?

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 But these are the ones

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 where we all have this sense,

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 that's wrong.

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 And it's not just

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 that's wrong,

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 but I want those people

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 to be punished.

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 I want them to have to pay

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 for their crime.

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 And do you know why

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 we have that instinct?

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 We have that instinct

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 because God put it in us.

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 Because the God of the universe

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 is a God of justice

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 and mercy.

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 And in His goodness,

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 He cannot let sin

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 stand in the world

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 and not be dealt with.

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 Justice demands a response

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 and there must be

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 some kind of response.

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 And so,

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 we have this problem

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 because we want God

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 to just erase

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 our little foibles,

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 but then other people

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 sin,

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 well,

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 we really want justice

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 for that.

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 And it can't be that.

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 God is either

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 the God of justice

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 everywhere

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 or He's not a God

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 of justice at all.

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 Right?

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 Imagine a state trooper

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 who pulls you over

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 and he says,

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 well,

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 did you see the sign?

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 The sign says 55.

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 And you said,

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 yeah,

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 but nobody's obeying it.

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 Why'd you pull me over?

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 And he's like,

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 oh,

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 you're right.

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 I'll just pass.

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 I'll just forget it.

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 Right?

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 And then he keeps doing this

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 over and over again.

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 Well,

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 you know what?

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 That means that there's no,

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 that sign no longer

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 has any value

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 and there is no more

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 functional speed limit

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 on that road.

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 And when we're asking God

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 to simply absolve sin

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 without justice,

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 we're asking Him to say,

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 actually,

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 there is no righteousness

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 and there is no way

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 to call good,

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 good and evil,

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 evil.

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 And friends,

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 that is a terrible world

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 and it is not the world

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 that the Bible shows us.

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 Instead,

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 we have a God

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 who is committed,

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 committed to justice.

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 justice.

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 So much so

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 that the rejection

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 of God,

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 who is the author of life,

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 results in,

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 according to Romans 6, 23,

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 death.

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 It says,

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 the wages of sin

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 is death.

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 What we earn,

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 right?

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 What we end up owing

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 is our very life.

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 God says that

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 when we sin,

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 we then put ourselves

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 under a condemnation

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 of death

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 and we are,

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 we are caught in that,

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 right?

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 Why is it so severe?

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 Well,

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 because God is so great.

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 If we sin against

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 our local public library

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 by not returning

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 the latest Tom Clancy novel,

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 right?

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 That's bad,

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 right?

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 But what will they do?

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 They'll fine us

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 $15 to replace the book

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 or $30

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 because of the restocking fee.

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 And that's what it'll be.

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 Because the public library

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 isn't a great thing,

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 right?

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 It's a small thing.

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 I mean,

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 it is a great thing.

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 Public libraries are wonderful.

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 They're important in the world.

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 But compare that

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 with like treason

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 against your country,

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 all right?

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 This is a great offense

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 against a much greater entity

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 and that offense is greater.

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 So imagine then

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 what the weight

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 of an offense is

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 against the creator

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 and sustainer

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 of the world itself.

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 This is why death

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 is the wages

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 of our sin

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 because it is

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 an infinite offense

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 against an infinite God.

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 So we need forgiveness.

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 All of us

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 need forgiveness

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 because we can't pay that back

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 except through death.

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 And our only hope

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 is that God

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 might in His mercy

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 forgive.

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 And of course,

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 this, friends,

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 is the very heart

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 of Christianity.

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 This is the very heart

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 of the gospel

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 because He has done this.

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 He has both satisfied

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 justice

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 and shown mercy.

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 And how has He done this?

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 He has sent

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 His Son, Jesus,

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 the sinless one,

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 the one who never

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 incurred any debt

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 against God

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 because He was without sin,

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 who came and lived

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 His life among us

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 and offered Himself up

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 on the cross

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 for the forgiveness

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 of our sins,

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 dying the death

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 that is the repayment

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 to satisfy God's justice

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 so that we

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 might receive

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 the benefit

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 of forgiveness.

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 Many of you know

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 the imagery.

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 It's like being

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 in a courtroom

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 and you've been found guilty

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 and you must pay

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 a fine that you can't pay.

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 And the judge

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 bangs his gavel

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 and says,

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 condemned,

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 you must pay this now.

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 But then He steps

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 out of the judgment seat,

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 comes down,

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 and He says,

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 and I will pay this

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 myself for you

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 so that you can go free.

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 This is what God did

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 by sending Jesus.

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 And so,

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 Paul can write

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 to Christians

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 in Colossae

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 in Colossians 2, 13,

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 and you who were dead

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 in your trespasses

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 and the uncircumcision

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 of your flesh,

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 God made alive

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 together with Him,

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 having forgiven us

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 all our trespasses

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 by canceling

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 the record of debt

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 that stood against us

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 with its legal demands.

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 This He set aside,

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 nailing it to the cross.

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 Friends,

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 this is

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 at the very heart

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 of what Christianity is,

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 that our God

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 has worked

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 to achieve

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 both justice

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 and mercy for us

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 so that we might

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 be forgiven

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 of our sin

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 because of Jesus.

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 What good news

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 this is,

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 friends,

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 this morning,

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 if you are here

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 and you don't know

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 the forgiveness

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 that comes

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 through faith

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 in Jesus Christ,

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 I implore you,

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 turn to Him,

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 repent of your sin,

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 confess that it's wrong,

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 confess that you can't

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 do anything

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 to save yourself

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 and trust in Jesus

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 what He has done

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 for you

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 and know

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 His forgiveness.

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 Now,

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 some of you

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 are sitting here

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 thinking,

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 okay,

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 but I've been a Christian

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 for a long time.

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 I've heard this story

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 before.

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 So,

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 why does Jesus

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 ask me

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 to keep praying

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 this prayer?

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 Haven't I already

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 been forgiven?

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 haven't I already

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 know that that's true?

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 And yes,

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 that's true

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 in a sense

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 that's very important.

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 But,

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 the short answer

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 to that question

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 is,

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 you have to keep

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 praying this prayer

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 because it is

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 right to do.

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 Because we need it.

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 We do need

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 to keep asking

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 for forgiveness.

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 That Christians

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 are to pray this

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 on a regular basis.

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 Why do I say this?

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 Well,

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 I'm going to turn

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 briefly to the gospel

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 or to the letter

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 of 1 John.

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 If you want to go

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 with where you can,

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 1 John chapter 1

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 verses 1,

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 5 through 9.

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 I want to read

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 this passage

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 to explain to you

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 why Christians

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 also need to continue

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 to pray this prayer.

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 John writes this,

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 starting in verse 5.

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 This is the message

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 we have heard from Him

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 and proclaimed to you,

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 that God is light

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 and in Him

00:19:24.120 --> 00:19:25.060
 is no darkness

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 at all.

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 If we say

00:19:27.220 --> 00:19:27.980
 we have fellowship

00:19:27.980 --> 00:19:28.480
 with Him

00:19:28.480 --> 00:19:29.120
 while we walk

00:19:29.120 --> 00:19:29.580
 in darkness,

00:19:29.860 --> 00:19:30.720
 we lie

00:19:30.720 --> 00:19:31.920
 and do not practice

00:19:31.920 --> 00:19:32.560
 the truth.

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 But if we walk

00:19:34.100 --> 00:19:34.600
 in the light

00:19:34.600 --> 00:19:35.600
 as He is in the light,

00:19:35.840 --> 00:19:36.680
 we have fellowship

00:19:36.680 --> 00:19:37.480
 with one another

00:19:37.480 --> 00:19:38.060
 and the blood

00:19:38.060 --> 00:19:39.080
 of Jesus His Son

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 cleanses us

00:19:40.120 --> 00:19:41.080
 from all sin.

00:19:42.120 --> 00:19:42.600
 If we say

00:19:42.600 --> 00:19:43.420
 we have no sin,

00:19:43.500 --> 00:19:44.680
 we deceive ourselves

00:19:44.680 --> 00:19:45.460
 and the truth

00:19:45.460 --> 00:19:46.519
 is not in us.

00:19:47.600 --> 00:19:48.640
 If we confess

00:19:48.640 --> 00:19:49.519
 our sins,

00:19:50.019 --> 00:19:51.000
 He is faithful

00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:51.799
 and just

00:19:51.799 --> 00:19:53.000
 to forgive us

00:19:53.000 --> 00:19:53.779
 our sins

00:19:53.779 --> 00:19:55.420
 and to cleanse us

00:19:55.420 --> 00:19:57.779
 from all unrighteousness.

00:20:00.980 --> 00:20:01.819
 Now friends,

00:20:01.940 --> 00:20:02.380
 this letter

00:20:02.380 --> 00:20:03.180
 was not written

00:20:03.180 --> 00:20:05.519
 to the whole world.

00:20:05.720 --> 00:20:06.279
 This letter

00:20:06.279 --> 00:20:06.799
 was written

00:20:06.799 --> 00:20:07.619
 to a church.

00:20:08.440 --> 00:20:08.960
 This letter

00:20:08.960 --> 00:20:09.519
 was written

00:20:09.519 --> 00:20:10.180
 to people

00:20:10.180 --> 00:20:11.420
 that the Apostle John

00:20:11.420 --> 00:20:12.279
 assumes

00:20:12.279 --> 00:20:13.859
 are followers

00:20:13.859 --> 00:20:14.500
 of Jesus

00:20:14.500 --> 00:20:15.759
 and understand

00:20:15.759 --> 00:20:17.220
 the fundamental

00:20:17.220 --> 00:20:18.980
 forgiveness

00:20:18.980 --> 00:20:20.200
 that God

00:20:20.200 --> 00:20:20.779
 has worked

00:20:20.779 --> 00:20:21.640
 in Christ.

00:20:22.579 --> 00:20:23.920
 But what He says

00:20:23.920 --> 00:20:25.420
 is we need

00:20:25.420 --> 00:20:25.960
 to continue

00:20:25.960 --> 00:20:26.559
 to pray

00:20:26.559 --> 00:20:27.940
 because this side

00:20:27.940 --> 00:20:28.599
 of eternity

00:20:28.599 --> 00:20:30.079
 we will continue

00:20:30.079 --> 00:20:30.700
 to sin

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 even as Christians.

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 We never excuse it.

00:20:34.480 --> 00:20:35.860
 We never encourage it.

00:20:36.220 --> 00:20:37.539
 We never coddle it.

00:20:38.660 --> 00:20:39.279
 But friends,

00:20:39.420 --> 00:20:40.740
 we will continue

00:20:40.740 --> 00:20:41.339
 to sin

00:20:41.339 --> 00:20:43.099
 this side of glory

00:20:43.099 --> 00:20:43.960
 when we will be

00:20:43.960 --> 00:20:44.500
 transformed

00:20:44.500 --> 00:20:45.279
 and become

00:20:45.279 --> 00:20:46.599
 without sin

00:20:46.599 --> 00:20:48.140
 once more.

00:20:48.980 --> 00:20:50.299
 many people

00:20:50.299 --> 00:20:51.200
 think that Christianity

00:20:51.200 --> 00:20:52.579
 is about being

00:20:52.579 --> 00:20:53.259
 good people

00:20:53.259 --> 00:20:54.720
 and that being

00:20:54.720 --> 00:20:55.839
 a good Christian

00:20:55.839 --> 00:20:56.839
 is being better

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 and better

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 and better

00:20:57.660 --> 00:20:58.620
 at not sinning.

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 And that leads

00:20:59.980 --> 00:21:00.960
 Christians to think

00:21:00.960 --> 00:21:01.740
 well I need to hide

00:21:01.740 --> 00:21:02.279
 my sin

00:21:02.279 --> 00:21:04.099
 because I can't show

00:21:04.099 --> 00:21:05.259
 that I've sinned

00:21:05.259 --> 00:21:06.519
 or else people think

00:21:06.519 --> 00:21:07.839
 I'm a bad Christian.

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 But what John says

00:21:10.000 --> 00:21:11.759
 is we all sin.

00:21:12.099 --> 00:21:12.799
 If we say

00:21:12.799 --> 00:21:14.059
 we have not sinned

00:21:14.059 --> 00:21:14.779
 we lie

00:21:14.779 --> 00:21:15.279
 and the truth

00:21:15.279 --> 00:21:16.059
 is not in us.

00:21:16.480 --> 00:21:17.200
 But we say

00:21:17.200 --> 00:21:17.960
 we have fellowship

00:21:17.960 --> 00:21:19.160
 with a holy God

00:21:19.160 --> 00:21:20.860
 who is without sin

00:21:20.860 --> 00:21:22.319
 and this is

00:21:22.319 --> 00:21:23.500
 an untenable situation.

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 So what's the solution?

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 Verse 9

00:21:26.319 --> 00:21:27.259
 is the solution.

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 If we confess

00:21:28.360 --> 00:21:29.200
 our sins

00:21:29.200 --> 00:21:30.340
 He is faithful

00:21:30.340 --> 00:21:30.960
 and just

00:21:30.960 --> 00:21:32.019
 to forgive us

00:21:32.019 --> 00:21:32.500
 our sins

00:21:32.500 --> 00:21:33.279
 and cleanse us

00:21:33.279 --> 00:21:35.240
 of all unrighteousness.

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 So for the Christian life

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 this is meant

00:21:38.400 --> 00:21:39.100
 to be not

00:21:39.100 --> 00:21:40.819
 merely an entrance

00:21:40.819 --> 00:21:41.299
 into

00:21:41.299 --> 00:21:43.120
 but an ongoing practice

00:21:43.120 --> 00:21:43.940
 of what Christians

00:21:43.940 --> 00:21:44.779
 should be like.

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 I've sinned

00:21:46.119 --> 00:21:46.839
 against you.

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 I'm sorry.

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 Will you forgive me?

00:21:50.980 --> 00:21:52.039
 I've sinned.

00:21:52.160 --> 00:21:53.460
 I repent of that sin.

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 I know it's wrong.

00:21:55.200 --> 00:21:56.460
 Will you forgive me?

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 And we say this

00:21:58.240 --> 00:21:59.059
 to God

00:21:59.059 --> 00:22:00.279
 every day

00:22:00.279 --> 00:22:02.019
 because we never meet

00:22:02.019 --> 00:22:03.180
 that perfect standard

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 that John

00:22:03.839 --> 00:22:04.980
 Piper

00:22:04.980 --> 00:22:06.180
 laid out for us

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 earlier

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 of doing everything

00:22:07.700 --> 00:22:09.099
 for the glory of God.

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 and we do it

00:22:11.039 --> 00:22:11.819
 with one another

00:22:11.819 --> 00:22:13.879
 because we regularly

00:22:13.879 --> 00:22:15.179
 sin

00:22:15.179 --> 00:22:16.299
 against one another.

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 We are selfish.

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 We are proud.

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 We are cruel.

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 And we are meant

00:22:27.319 --> 00:22:28.099
 to be people

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 who know

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 that in our sin

00:22:30.199 --> 00:22:31.579
 we have a Savior

00:22:31.579 --> 00:22:32.399
 who has

00:22:32.399 --> 00:22:33.619
 done all

00:22:33.619 --> 00:22:34.439
 that is necessary

00:22:34.439 --> 00:22:35.039
 for us

00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:35.799
 to be forgiven.

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 So we come back

00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:37.819
 again

00:22:37.819 --> 00:22:38.659
 and again

00:22:38.659 --> 00:22:39.299
 and again

00:22:39.299 --> 00:22:40.359
 to this practice.

00:22:41.259 --> 00:22:41.659
 And friends

00:22:41.659 --> 00:22:42.599
 that should make

00:22:42.599 --> 00:22:44.119
 a Christian community

00:22:44.119 --> 00:22:45.519
 who are not proud

00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:46.839
 and self-righteous

00:22:46.839 --> 00:22:47.700
 and condemning

00:22:47.700 --> 00:22:48.200
 of others

00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:49.220
 who don't do well

00:22:49.220 --> 00:22:50.220
 but instead

00:22:50.220 --> 00:22:50.919
 a community

00:22:50.919 --> 00:22:51.579
 of people

00:22:51.579 --> 00:22:52.439
 who are humble

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 and thankful

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 and gracious

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 and joyful

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 and kind.

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 God

00:22:58.979 --> 00:23:01.959
 because when we know

00:23:01.959 --> 00:23:02.719
 that we are sinners

00:23:02.719 --> 00:23:03.759
 saved by grace

00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:04.619
 when we know

00:23:04.619 --> 00:23:05.779
 that we regularly

00:23:05.779 --> 00:23:06.479
 practice

00:23:06.479 --> 00:23:07.879
 this prayer

00:23:07.879 --> 00:23:08.919
 forgive us

00:23:08.919 --> 00:23:09.619
 our sins

00:23:09.619 --> 00:23:10.159
 Lord

00:23:10.159 --> 00:23:13.059
 as we confess

00:23:13.059 --> 00:23:13.599
 and repent

00:23:13.599 --> 00:23:14.059
 of them

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 this makes

00:23:16.240 --> 00:23:17.279
 our hearts

00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:17.899
 the kind

00:23:17.899 --> 00:23:18.419
 of hearts

00:23:18.419 --> 00:23:19.719
 where the soil

00:23:19.719 --> 00:23:20.479
 of the grace

00:23:20.479 --> 00:23:21.059
 of God

00:23:21.059 --> 00:23:22.240
 can flourish

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 and grow.

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 So friends

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 this is why

00:23:30.200 --> 00:23:31.000
 we need to pray

00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:31.620
 this prayer

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 because if we

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 have not known

00:23:33.799 --> 00:23:34.720
 yet the initial

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 forgiveness

00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:36.740
 of Christ

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 we need it

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 desperately

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 and if we have

00:23:40.559 --> 00:23:41.539
 known that

00:23:41.539 --> 00:23:43.279
 initial forgiveness

00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:43.779
 of Christ

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 we need it

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 desperately

00:23:44.980 --> 00:23:46.240
 we need it

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 on an ongoing

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 basis

00:23:47.420 --> 00:23:48.360
 until glory

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 so we need

00:23:50.639 --> 00:23:51.299
 to be praying

00:23:51.299 --> 00:23:52.000
 this prayer

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 for all of us.

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 This then

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 raises

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 as we looked

00:24:00.500 --> 00:24:01.039
 at this then

00:24:01.039 --> 00:24:02.379
 we need to ask

00:24:02.379 --> 00:24:03.079
 the third question

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 because Jesus

00:24:03.679 --> 00:24:04.659
 didn't simply say

00:24:04.659 --> 00:24:05.599
 forgive us our debts

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 and then move on.

00:24:06.979 --> 00:24:07.399
 He said

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 forgive us our debts

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 as we forgive

00:24:10.500 --> 00:24:11.459
 our debtors.

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 How do we

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 understand

00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:16.019
 the relationship

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 between our need

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 for forgiving

00:24:18.299 --> 00:24:19.139
 others

00:24:19.139 --> 00:24:20.079
 and our

00:24:20.079 --> 00:24:22.119
 being forgiven

00:24:22.119 --> 00:24:23.639
 by God?

00:24:25.799 --> 00:24:26.619
 When you're

00:24:26.619 --> 00:24:27.000
 reading this

00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:27.359
 in the English

00:24:27.359 --> 00:24:27.819
 language

00:24:27.819 --> 00:24:29.139
 verse 12

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 verse 14

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 and 15

00:24:30.740 --> 00:24:31.379
 make it even

00:24:31.379 --> 00:24:32.619
 more explicit

00:24:32.619 --> 00:24:33.599
 there is a

00:24:33.599 --> 00:24:34.299
 very clear

00:24:34.299 --> 00:24:34.940
 relationship

00:24:34.940 --> 00:24:35.680
 between these

00:24:35.680 --> 00:24:36.419
 two things.

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 Basically

00:24:37.399 --> 00:24:38.579
 he's saying

00:24:38.579 --> 00:24:39.299
 you cannot

00:24:39.299 --> 00:24:40.000
 be forgiven

00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:40.659
 if you don't

00:24:40.659 --> 00:24:41.480
 forgive others.

00:24:42.799 --> 00:24:43.639
 That's what

00:24:43.639 --> 00:24:44.299
 he's saying.

00:24:44.639 --> 00:24:45.339
 But what's

00:24:45.339 --> 00:24:46.159
 the relationship

00:24:46.159 --> 00:24:46.539
 here?

00:24:46.700 --> 00:24:47.099
 Okay we're

00:24:47.099 --> 00:24:47.440
 going to get

00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:47.980
 into a little

00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:48.860
 grammar word

00:24:48.860 --> 00:24:49.500
 nerdery here

00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:49.980
 because we've

00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:50.460
 got to get

00:24:50.460 --> 00:24:50.900
 into this

00:24:50.900 --> 00:24:51.660
 to get it

00:24:51.660 --> 00:24:52.279
 right because

00:24:52.279 --> 00:24:53.059
 when we

00:24:53.059 --> 00:24:53.640
 read this

00:24:53.640 --> 00:24:54.319
 we typically

00:24:54.319 --> 00:24:54.980
 think this

00:24:54.980 --> 00:24:55.839
 is causal.

00:24:56.420 --> 00:24:56.920
 This is an

00:24:56.920 --> 00:24:57.640
 if then

00:24:57.640 --> 00:24:58.140
 statement.

00:24:58.539 --> 00:24:59.000
 If I

00:24:59.000 --> 00:25:00.039
 forgive others

00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:01.059
 then God

00:25:01.059 --> 00:25:01.759
 will forgive

00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:02.339
 me.

00:25:03.339 --> 00:25:03.660
 Right?

00:25:03.940 --> 00:25:05.000
 Because that's

00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:06.259
 often how we

00:25:06.259 --> 00:25:07.620
 read if then

00:25:07.620 --> 00:25:08.440
 statements.

00:25:08.860 --> 00:25:09.039
 Right?

00:25:09.500 --> 00:25:11.059
 But this is

00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:12.099
 not actually

00:25:12.099 --> 00:25:12.660
 in Greek.

00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:13.180
 There are like

00:25:13.180 --> 00:25:14.279
 four conditions

00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:14.980
 of Greek

00:25:14.980 --> 00:25:15.740
 if then

00:25:15.740 --> 00:25:17.460
 statements.

00:25:17.660 --> 00:25:18.299
 And you

00:25:18.299 --> 00:25:19.039
 can talk

00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:19.460
 to some

00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:19.839
 of our

00:25:19.839 --> 00:25:20.920
 Greek scholars

00:25:20.920 --> 00:25:21.639
 about all

00:25:21.639 --> 00:25:22.099
 of those.

00:25:22.099 --> 00:25:23.119
 But this

00:25:23.119 --> 00:25:23.819
 one in

00:25:23.819 --> 00:25:24.579
 particular

00:25:24.579 --> 00:25:25.859
 is not

00:25:25.859 --> 00:25:26.599
 I believe

00:25:26.599 --> 00:25:27.519
 a causal.

00:25:28.339 --> 00:25:29.139
 But instead

00:25:29.139 --> 00:25:30.160
 it is a

00:25:30.160 --> 00:25:30.579
 conditional

00:25:30.579 --> 00:25:31.079
 statement.

00:25:31.299 --> 00:25:31.619
 Here's a

00:25:31.619 --> 00:25:32.480
 quote from

00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:33.099
 a grammar.

00:25:33.440 --> 00:25:33.559
 Right?

00:25:35.059 --> 00:25:35.539
 The if

00:25:35.539 --> 00:25:35.899
 in verse

00:25:35.899 --> 00:25:36.920
 14 is used

00:25:36.920 --> 00:25:37.660
 in conditional

00:25:37.660 --> 00:25:38.519
 sentences to

00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:39.839
 designate what

00:25:39.839 --> 00:25:40.700
 is expected

00:25:40.700 --> 00:25:41.559
 to occur

00:25:41.559 --> 00:25:42.340
 under certain

00:25:42.340 --> 00:25:43.180
 circumstances

00:25:43.180 --> 00:25:44.319
 from a given

00:25:44.319 --> 00:25:45.559
 standpoint in

00:25:45.559 --> 00:25:46.160
 the present.

00:25:46.819 --> 00:25:47.400
 That is you

00:25:47.400 --> 00:25:47.920
 would read it

00:25:47.920 --> 00:25:48.940
 if as it is

00:25:48.940 --> 00:25:49.880
 to be expected

00:25:49.880 --> 00:25:51.120
 you forgive

00:25:51.120 --> 00:25:51.819
 one another

00:25:51.819 --> 00:25:52.720
 then God

00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:53.240
 will forgive

00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:53.759
 you.

00:25:54.980 --> 00:25:55.580
 Here's an

00:25:55.580 --> 00:25:56.380
 example to

00:25:56.380 --> 00:25:56.819
 try to

00:25:56.819 --> 00:25:57.700
 clarify this.

00:25:58.059 --> 00:25:58.640
 If I went

00:25:58.640 --> 00:25:59.340
 to my father

00:25:59.340 --> 00:25:59.840
 and I said

00:25:59.840 --> 00:26:00.640
 if I am

00:26:00.640 --> 00:26:01.299
 your son

00:26:01.299 --> 00:26:02.039
 I will

00:26:02.039 --> 00:26:02.420
 inherit

00:26:02.420 --> 00:26:03.680
 your I

00:26:03.680 --> 00:26:04.000
 will get

00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:04.600
 your inheritance.

00:26:04.860 --> 00:26:05.059
 Right?

00:26:05.660 --> 00:26:06.420
 There is an

00:26:06.420 --> 00:26:06.880
 assumption

00:26:06.880 --> 00:26:08.279
 because he

00:26:08.279 --> 00:26:08.940
 knows that I'm

00:26:08.940 --> 00:26:09.640
 his son and

00:26:09.640 --> 00:26:10.160
 I know that

00:26:10.160 --> 00:26:10.820
 I'm his son.

00:26:11.120 --> 00:26:12.040
 So it's not

00:26:12.040 --> 00:26:12.540
 that there's

00:26:12.540 --> 00:26:13.519
 this question

00:26:13.519 --> 00:26:14.980
 of whether

00:26:14.980 --> 00:26:15.620
 I am or

00:26:15.620 --> 00:26:16.180
 not and it's

00:26:16.180 --> 00:26:16.820
 not that my

00:26:16.820 --> 00:26:17.360
 sonship is

00:26:17.360 --> 00:26:18.920
 causing this

00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:19.700
 inheritance to

00:26:19.700 --> 00:26:21.080
 be triggered.

00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:22.700
 It is a

00:26:22.700 --> 00:26:24.160
 part of a

00:26:24.160 --> 00:26:25.340
 whole conditional

00:26:25.340 --> 00:26:26.759
 these things

00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:27.640
 go together

00:26:27.640 --> 00:26:28.300
 and cannot

00:26:28.300 --> 00:26:29.300
 be separated

00:26:29.300 --> 00:26:30.000
 out.

00:26:31.600 --> 00:26:32.340
 Does that

00:26:32.340 --> 00:26:32.800
 make sense

00:26:32.800 --> 00:26:33.420
 a little bit?

00:26:33.580 --> 00:26:34.240
 How it's a

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:34.860
 little different

00:26:34.860 --> 00:26:36.720
 from if a

00:26:36.720 --> 00:26:37.640
 stranger walked

00:26:37.640 --> 00:26:38.860
 in to the

00:26:38.860 --> 00:26:39.400
 reading of my

00:26:39.400 --> 00:26:40.019
 father's will

00:26:40.019 --> 00:26:40.359
 and said

00:26:40.359 --> 00:26:41.039
 well if I'm

00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:41.420
 a son

00:26:41.420 --> 00:26:41.960
 then I get

00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:42.559
 the inheritance

00:26:42.559 --> 00:26:43.079
 right?

00:26:43.879 --> 00:26:44.299
 Be like

00:26:44.299 --> 00:26:44.619
 well no

00:26:44.619 --> 00:26:45.039
 you gotta

00:26:45.039 --> 00:26:45.599
 prove that

00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:46.019
 you're the

00:26:46.019 --> 00:26:46.339
 son.

00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:46.900
 There's

00:26:46.900 --> 00:26:47.779
 a lot

00:26:47.779 --> 00:26:48.740
 I don't

00:26:48.740 --> 00:26:49.500
 assume that

00:26:49.500 --> 00:26:50.000
 this person

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:50.579
 walking in

00:26:50.579 --> 00:26:50.900
 from the

00:26:50.900 --> 00:26:51.339
 street is

00:26:51.339 --> 00:26:51.720
 a son

00:26:51.720 --> 00:26:52.139
 at all.

00:26:52.759 --> 00:26:52.940
 Right?

00:26:53.500 --> 00:26:54.559
 So there's

00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:55.420
 an assumption

00:26:55.420 --> 00:26:56.259
 that these

00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:57.619
 things go

00:26:57.619 --> 00:26:58.279
 together.

00:26:59.420 --> 00:26:59.819
 I might

00:26:59.819 --> 00:27:00.279
 say they're

00:27:00.279 --> 00:27:01.460
 more correlation

00:27:01.460 --> 00:27:02.740
 than causation.

00:27:03.240 --> 00:27:03.920
 They must

00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:04.599
 both be

00:27:04.599 --> 00:27:05.139
 true.

00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:06.559
 Because here's

00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:07.180
 the sting in

00:27:07.180 --> 00:27:07.240
 forgiveness.

00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:08.340
 One who

00:27:08.340 --> 00:27:09.240
 cannot forgive

00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:09.980
 others

00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:11.880
 cannot truly

00:27:11.880 --> 00:27:12.640
 know the

00:27:12.640 --> 00:27:13.320
 forgiveness of

00:27:13.320 --> 00:27:13.700
 God.

00:27:14.600 --> 00:27:15.400
 And one who

00:27:15.400 --> 00:27:16.400
 forgives can

00:27:16.400 --> 00:27:17.500
 only do so

00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:18.660
 because they

00:27:18.660 --> 00:27:19.680
 know truly

00:27:19.680 --> 00:27:20.380
 the forgiveness

00:27:20.380 --> 00:27:21.140
 of God.

00:27:23.140 --> 00:27:24.420
 Jesus tells us

00:27:24.420 --> 00:27:25.740
 a parable in

00:27:25.740 --> 00:27:26.500
 Matthew 18

00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:27.039
 and if you

00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:27.560
 want to turn

00:27:27.560 --> 00:27:28.940
 there we're

00:27:28.940 --> 00:27:29.200
 going to look

00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:29.620
 at this for

00:27:29.620 --> 00:27:30.240
 just a minute

00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:31.700
 just to flesh

00:27:31.700 --> 00:27:32.420
 this out a little

00:27:32.420 --> 00:27:32.759
 more.

00:27:33.360 --> 00:27:33.539
 Alright?

00:27:34.060 --> 00:27:35.000
 Matthew 18

00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:35.600
 starting in

00:27:35.600 --> 00:27:36.420
 verse 25.

00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:38.259
 It's the

00:27:38.259 --> 00:27:39.160
 parable called

00:27:39.160 --> 00:27:39.620
 the parable

00:27:39.620 --> 00:27:39.860
 of the

00:27:39.860 --> 00:27:40.340
 unforgiving

00:27:40.340 --> 00:27:41.680
 servant and

00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:42.080
 I'm going to

00:27:42.080 --> 00:27:42.800
 summarize a

00:27:42.800 --> 00:27:43.200
 bunch of it

00:27:43.200 --> 00:27:43.860
 and then read

00:27:43.860 --> 00:27:44.380
 a couple of

00:27:44.380 --> 00:27:45.580
 verses because

00:27:45.580 --> 00:27:46.039
 it's a bit

00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:46.420
 long.

00:27:46.960 --> 00:27:47.460
 A king

00:27:47.460 --> 00:27:48.160
 wanted to

00:27:48.160 --> 00:27:48.880
 settle the

00:27:48.880 --> 00:27:49.460
 accounts with

00:27:49.460 --> 00:27:49.920
 his servant

00:27:49.920 --> 00:27:50.600
 and he found

00:27:50.600 --> 00:27:51.300
 one servant

00:27:51.300 --> 00:27:51.900
 who owed

00:27:51.900 --> 00:27:53.320
 him 10,000

00:27:53.320 --> 00:27:53.740
 talents.

00:27:54.120 --> 00:27:54.700
 Now there's

00:27:54.700 --> 00:27:55.200
 a lot of

00:27:55.200 --> 00:27:55.920
 discussion about

00:27:55.920 --> 00:27:56.440
 how much

00:27:56.440 --> 00:27:57.019
 10,000

00:27:57.019 --> 00:27:58.220
 talents is but

00:27:58.220 --> 00:27:58.840
 the sum is

00:27:58.840 --> 00:27:59.580
 it's more

00:27:59.580 --> 00:28:00.039
 money than

00:28:00.039 --> 00:28:00.620
 anyone would

00:28:00.620 --> 00:28:01.580
 reasonably have

00:28:01.580 --> 00:28:02.220
 in a lifetime.

00:28:02.420 --> 00:28:03.960
 It is way

00:28:03.960 --> 00:28:05.120
 too much for

00:28:05.120 --> 00:28:05.700
 it to ever

00:28:05.700 --> 00:28:06.580
 be reasonably

00:28:06.580 --> 00:28:07.400
 paid back.

00:28:07.759 --> 00:28:08.080
 And this

00:28:08.080 --> 00:28:09.980
 servant fell

00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:10.720
 on his knees

00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:11.539
 before the

00:28:11.539 --> 00:28:12.220
 king and

00:28:12.220 --> 00:28:12.740
 begged,

00:28:13.140 --> 00:28:13.779
 please,

00:28:14.360 --> 00:28:15.140
 please be

00:28:15.140 --> 00:28:15.880
 patient with

00:28:15.880 --> 00:28:16.160
 me.

00:28:16.539 --> 00:28:17.800
 Don't cast

00:28:17.800 --> 00:28:18.279
 me into

00:28:18.279 --> 00:28:19.300
 prison because

00:28:19.300 --> 00:28:20.100
 I owe this

00:28:20.100 --> 00:28:20.500
 debt.

00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:22.300
 And verse

00:28:22.300 --> 00:28:23.380
 27 says,

00:28:23.519 --> 00:28:24.080
 out of pity

00:28:24.080 --> 00:28:24.660
 for him,

00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:25.840
 the master

00:28:25.840 --> 00:28:26.519
 of that servant

00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:27.560
 released him

00:28:27.560 --> 00:28:28.800
 and forgave

00:28:28.800 --> 00:28:29.880
 him the

00:28:29.880 --> 00:28:30.200
 debt.

00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:32.580
 So this

00:28:32.580 --> 00:28:33.220
 servant then

00:28:33.220 --> 00:28:33.940
 walks out

00:28:33.940 --> 00:28:34.740
 and he

00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:35.420
 finds his

00:28:35.420 --> 00:28:36.039
 buddy,

00:28:37.380 --> 00:28:37.779
 another

00:28:37.779 --> 00:28:38.220
 servant,

00:28:38.340 --> 00:28:38.700
 who owed

00:28:38.700 --> 00:28:39.319
 him money.

00:28:39.620 --> 00:28:40.059
 He still

00:28:40.059 --> 00:28:40.519
 owed him a

00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:41.180
 significant amount

00:28:41.180 --> 00:28:41.480
 of money,

00:28:41.860 --> 00:28:43.279
 100 denarii,

00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:44.140
 which is like

00:28:44.140 --> 00:28:45.140
 100 days wages.

00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:45.700
 You do the

00:28:45.700 --> 00:28:46.220
 math on what

00:28:46.220 --> 00:28:46.660
 that would be

00:28:46.660 --> 00:28:47.180
 like today.

00:28:47.519 --> 00:28:48.140
 It's a lot,

00:28:48.299 --> 00:28:48.500
 right?

00:28:48.900 --> 00:28:50.180
 So he owed

00:28:50.180 --> 00:28:50.640
 him a lot

00:28:50.640 --> 00:28:52.100
 of money and

00:28:52.100 --> 00:28:52.480
 he said,

00:28:52.740 --> 00:28:53.120
 you have to

00:28:53.120 --> 00:28:53.980
 pay me now.

00:28:54.480 --> 00:28:55.160
 You have to

00:28:55.160 --> 00:28:55.860
 pay me now or

00:28:55.860 --> 00:28:56.100
 I'm going to

00:28:56.100 --> 00:28:56.580
 put you in

00:28:56.580 --> 00:28:56.860
 jail.

00:28:56.859 --> 00:28:57.939
 And the

00:28:57.939 --> 00:28:58.339
 guy said,

00:28:58.500 --> 00:28:59.019
 please be

00:28:59.019 --> 00:28:59.579
 patient with

00:28:59.579 --> 00:28:59.819
 me.

00:28:59.939 --> 00:29:00.099
 The guy

00:29:00.099 --> 00:29:00.279
 said,

00:29:00.319 --> 00:29:00.779
 no way,

00:29:01.119 --> 00:29:01.759
 you're going

00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:02.240
 to jail.

00:29:04.659 --> 00:29:05.259
 And the

00:29:05.259 --> 00:29:05.699
 king found

00:29:05.699 --> 00:29:06.119
 out about

00:29:06.119 --> 00:29:06.359
 it.

00:29:09.439 --> 00:29:10.399
 Verse 32

00:29:10.399 --> 00:29:11.000
 is the

00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:11.579
 summary of

00:29:11.579 --> 00:29:12.199
 this parable

00:29:12.199 --> 00:29:13.439
 Jesus is

00:29:13.439 --> 00:29:13.759
 telling.

00:29:14.559 --> 00:29:14.959
 Then his

00:29:14.959 --> 00:29:15.740
 master summoned

00:29:15.740 --> 00:29:16.339
 him and said

00:29:16.339 --> 00:29:16.699
 to him,

00:29:16.879 --> 00:29:17.379
 you wicked

00:29:17.379 --> 00:29:17.779
 servant,

00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:19.579
 I forgave

00:29:19.579 --> 00:29:20.519
 you all

00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:21.119
 that debt

00:29:21.119 --> 00:29:22.299
 because you

00:29:22.299 --> 00:29:23.000
 pleaded with

00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:23.279
 me.

00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:25.500
 And should

00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:26.419
 not you have

00:29:26.420 --> 00:29:26.960
 had mercy

00:29:26.960 --> 00:29:27.320
 on your

00:29:27.320 --> 00:29:28.000
 fellow servant

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:28.820
 as I had

00:29:28.820 --> 00:29:29.420
 mercy on

00:29:29.420 --> 00:29:29.720
 you.

00:29:30.720 --> 00:29:31.240
 And in

00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:31.779
 anger his

00:29:31.779 --> 00:29:32.519
 mercy delivered

00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:32.940
 him to

00:29:32.940 --> 00:29:33.620
 the jailers

00:29:33.620 --> 00:29:34.840
 until he

00:29:34.840 --> 00:29:35.340
 should pay

00:29:35.340 --> 00:29:35.920
 all his

00:29:35.920 --> 00:29:36.200
 debt.

00:29:36.880 --> 00:29:37.640
 So also

00:29:37.640 --> 00:29:38.160
 my heavenly

00:29:38.160 --> 00:29:38.740
 father will

00:29:38.740 --> 00:29:39.100
 do to

00:29:39.100 --> 00:29:39.680
 every one

00:29:39.680 --> 00:29:40.080
 of you

00:29:40.080 --> 00:29:41.240
 if you

00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:41.720
 do not

00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:42.180
 forgive

00:29:42.180 --> 00:29:42.720
 your brother

00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:43.779
 from your

00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:44.120
 heart.

00:29:46.880 --> 00:29:47.660
 A couple

00:29:47.660 --> 00:29:48.420
 of observations

00:29:48.420 --> 00:29:49.340
 about this

00:29:49.340 --> 00:29:49.960
 parable.

00:29:50.200 --> 00:29:50.660
 First,

00:29:51.519 --> 00:29:51.940
 forgiveness

00:29:51.940 --> 00:29:52.820
 comes

00:29:52.820 --> 00:29:53.600
 initially

00:29:53.600 --> 00:29:54.420
 from

00:29:54.420 --> 00:29:55.640
 the

00:29:55.640 --> 00:29:55.960
 God

00:29:55.960 --> 00:29:56.380
 figure

00:29:56.380 --> 00:29:56.700
 in

00:29:56.700 --> 00:29:56.940
 this,

00:29:57.019 --> 00:29:57.140
 the

00:29:57.140 --> 00:29:57.500
 king,

00:29:58.039 --> 00:29:58.380
 right?

00:29:59.640 --> 00:30:00.180
 The debt

00:30:00.180 --> 00:30:00.480
 was

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:01.300
 unpayable

00:30:01.300 --> 00:30:02.480
 and owed

00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:04.560
 and God

00:30:04.560 --> 00:30:05.220
 forgave.

00:30:05.360 --> 00:30:05.779
 And so we

00:30:05.779 --> 00:30:06.160
 need to

00:30:06.160 --> 00:30:06.940
 recognize that

00:30:06.940 --> 00:30:07.680
 there is a

00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:08.120
 sense where

00:30:08.120 --> 00:30:08.880
 the first

00:30:08.880 --> 00:30:09.360
 forgiveness

00:30:09.360 --> 00:30:10.100
 is God

00:30:10.100 --> 00:30:10.980
 initiating this

00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:12.000
 towards us.

00:30:12.279 --> 00:30:13.039
 It is in

00:30:13.039 --> 00:30:13.860
 response to

00:30:13.860 --> 00:30:14.539
 God's forgiveness

00:30:14.539 --> 00:30:15.400
 that we can be

00:30:15.400 --> 00:30:16.320
 forgiving people.

00:30:16.860 --> 00:30:17.900
 But it is also

00:30:17.900 --> 00:30:19.259
 then a test.

00:30:19.259 --> 00:30:21.519
 If we

00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:22.359
 understand that

00:30:22.359 --> 00:30:23.839
 truly as we

00:30:23.839 --> 00:30:24.339
 relate to

00:30:24.339 --> 00:30:24.900
 other people,

00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:26.259
 how do we

00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:28.319
 view them?

00:30:29.059 --> 00:30:29.579
 Have we

00:30:29.579 --> 00:30:30.319
 allowed ourselves

00:30:30.319 --> 00:30:30.839
 to become

00:30:30.839 --> 00:30:31.420
 bitter,

00:30:32.559 --> 00:30:33.059
 hardened,

00:30:34.059 --> 00:30:34.740
 vengeful,

00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:36.539
 those who

00:30:36.539 --> 00:30:37.799
 hold on

00:30:37.799 --> 00:30:39.660
 to slights,

00:30:39.799 --> 00:30:40.299
 offenses,

00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:41.879
 or deep,

00:30:42.140 --> 00:30:43.059
 deep harm,

00:30:44.039 --> 00:30:45.200
 clinging to it

00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:46.140
 and holding it

00:30:46.140 --> 00:30:47.019
 against people?

00:30:47.019 --> 00:30:51.039
 Christians can

00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:51.960
 never say,

00:30:52.980 --> 00:30:53.519
 I will never

00:30:53.519 --> 00:30:54.440
 forgive that.

00:30:59.599 --> 00:31:00.559
 One of the

00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:01.139
 commentators,

00:31:01.599 --> 00:31:02.200
 can't remember

00:31:02.200 --> 00:31:02.619
 which one,

00:31:02.700 --> 00:31:03.299
 this is off the

00:31:03.299 --> 00:31:03.960
 top of my head,

00:31:04.319 --> 00:31:05.119
 said that the

00:31:05.119 --> 00:31:06.500
 reason why we

00:31:06.500 --> 00:31:07.240
 can forgive

00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:08.720
 incalculable sin

00:31:08.720 --> 00:31:10.160
 against us is

00:31:10.160 --> 00:31:11.200
 because we have

00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:11.900
 been forgiven

00:31:11.900 --> 00:31:13.339
 an incalculable

00:31:13.339 --> 00:31:15.160
 debt before God.

00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:18.099
 This is the

00:31:18.099 --> 00:31:19.259
 power of

00:31:19.259 --> 00:31:19.740
 forgiveness

00:31:19.740 --> 00:31:21.819
 in the life

00:31:21.819 --> 00:31:22.440
 of a Christian.

00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:23.980
 This parable

00:31:23.980 --> 00:31:24.900
 gives us a clue.

00:31:25.319 --> 00:31:26.119
 When we see

00:31:26.119 --> 00:31:26.680
 our sin

00:31:26.680 --> 00:31:27.139
 rightly,

00:31:27.900 --> 00:31:28.759
 when we see

00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:29.599
 how great

00:31:29.599 --> 00:31:30.139
 an offense

00:31:30.139 --> 00:31:30.660
 it is,

00:31:30.859 --> 00:31:31.259
 when we're

00:31:31.259 --> 00:31:31.859
 not playing

00:31:31.859 --> 00:31:32.259
 the game

00:31:32.259 --> 00:31:33.000
 of comparing

00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:33.500
 ourselves

00:31:33.500 --> 00:31:34.019
 and thinking,

00:31:34.440 --> 00:31:34.519
 well,

00:31:34.599 --> 00:31:35.000
 their sin

00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:35.480
 was worse

00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:36.200
 than my sin

00:31:36.200 --> 00:31:36.539
 and I don't

00:31:36.539 --> 00:31:36.879
 have to

00:31:36.879 --> 00:31:37.319
 forgive it

00:31:37.319 --> 00:31:37.619
 because it

00:31:37.619 --> 00:31:38.000
 was worse,

00:31:38.200 --> 00:31:38.859
 but when we

00:31:38.859 --> 00:31:39.740
 see our sin

00:31:39.740 --> 00:31:40.039
 as an

00:31:40.039 --> 00:31:40.720
 incalculable

00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:41.359
 debt before

00:31:41.359 --> 00:31:41.819
 God,

00:31:42.119 --> 00:31:42.680
 then when

00:31:42.680 --> 00:31:43.400
 others sin

00:31:43.400 --> 00:31:44.099
 against us,

00:31:44.099 --> 00:31:45.240
 we can still

00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:45.759
 say,

00:31:46.039 --> 00:31:46.919
 I forgive

00:31:46.919 --> 00:31:48.059
 you because

00:31:48.059 --> 00:31:49.579
 we have been

00:31:49.579 --> 00:31:50.939
 forgiven a

00:31:50.939 --> 00:31:51.319
 sin,

00:31:52.019 --> 00:31:53.299
 forgiven our

00:31:53.299 --> 00:31:54.500
 sin so

00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:55.179
 greatly.

00:31:57.740 --> 00:31:58.819
 It is through

00:31:58.819 --> 00:31:59.439
 the lens of

00:31:59.439 --> 00:31:59.980
 our own

00:31:59.980 --> 00:32:00.779
 forgiveness that

00:32:00.779 --> 00:32:01.519
 we are able

00:32:01.519 --> 00:32:03.139
 to be a

00:32:03.139 --> 00:32:04.019
 forgiving people.

00:32:05.059 --> 00:32:05.740
 Now,

00:32:05.919 --> 00:32:07.359
 there's a lot

00:32:07.359 --> 00:32:07.980
 of detail

00:32:07.980 --> 00:32:08.919
 for us to

00:32:08.919 --> 00:32:09.319
 work through

00:32:09.319 --> 00:32:09.759
 in what

00:32:09.759 --> 00:32:10.480
 interpersonal

00:32:10.480 --> 00:32:11.079
 forgiveness

00:32:11.079 --> 00:32:12.000
 looks like in

00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:12.519
 the human

00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:13.619
 realm,

00:32:13.940 --> 00:32:14.240
 right?

00:32:14.539 --> 00:32:15.259
 And I'm

00:32:15.259 --> 00:32:15.740
 going to

00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:16.440
 give a few

00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:17.839
 thoughts and

00:32:17.839 --> 00:32:18.099
 then I'm

00:32:18.099 --> 00:32:18.279
 going to

00:32:18.279 --> 00:32:18.680
 point to

00:32:18.680 --> 00:32:19.039
 this.

00:32:19.619 --> 00:32:20.039
 Tim Keller

00:32:20.039 --> 00:32:20.559
 wrote a book

00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:21.200
 on forgiveness.

00:32:22.079 --> 00:32:22.839
 It's awesome

00:32:22.839 --> 00:32:24.920
 and it will

00:32:24.920 --> 00:32:25.500
 be for the

00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:25.980
 first person

00:32:25.980 --> 00:32:26.480
 who comes up

00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:26.940
 and asks me

00:32:26.940 --> 00:32:27.480
 after the

00:32:27.480 --> 00:32:27.779
 service.

00:32:27.920 --> 00:32:28.139
 You can

00:32:28.139 --> 00:32:28.579
 have it,

00:32:28.720 --> 00:32:29.119
 take it

00:32:29.119 --> 00:32:29.420
 home and

00:32:29.420 --> 00:32:29.859
 read it,

00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:30.839
 but you

00:32:30.839 --> 00:32:31.200
 have to

00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:31.680
 promise to

00:32:31.680 --> 00:32:32.119
 read it and

00:32:32.119 --> 00:32:32.980
 then give

00:32:32.980 --> 00:32:33.180
 it to

00:32:33.180 --> 00:32:33.639
 someone else.

00:32:34.700 --> 00:32:37.420
 But what

00:32:37.420 --> 00:32:38.819
 happens when

00:32:38.819 --> 00:32:39.619
 we have to

00:32:39.619 --> 00:32:39.920
 forgive?

00:32:40.160 --> 00:32:40.559
 There are a

00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:41.059
 few things I

00:32:41.059 --> 00:32:41.639
 just want to

00:32:41.639 --> 00:32:42.000
 say to

00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:43.059
 clarify what

00:32:43.059 --> 00:32:43.779
 forgiveness of

00:32:43.779 --> 00:32:44.259
 sin is.

00:32:44.779 --> 00:32:45.740
 First is that

00:32:45.740 --> 00:32:46.359
 we have to

00:32:46.359 --> 00:32:47.839
 recognize that

00:32:47.839 --> 00:32:49.500
 sin is what

00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:50.059
 must be

00:32:50.059 --> 00:32:50.519
 forgiven.

00:32:51.660 --> 00:32:52.640
 If I make

00:32:52.640 --> 00:32:53.500
 a mistake,

00:32:56.759 --> 00:32:57.460
 if I have,

00:32:57.720 --> 00:32:58.519
 if I am

00:32:58.519 --> 00:32:59.660
 late because

00:32:59.660 --> 00:33:00.920
 95 was

00:33:00.920 --> 00:33:01.920
 closed down

00:33:01.920 --> 00:33:02.680
 and the

00:33:02.680 --> 00:33:03.299
 traffic was

00:33:03.299 --> 00:33:04.140
 stopped and

00:33:04.140 --> 00:33:04.720
 I was late

00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:05.660
 to, I have

00:33:05.660 --> 00:33:06.819
 not sinned

00:33:06.819 --> 00:33:07.960
 against those

00:33:07.960 --> 00:33:08.640
 that I came

00:33:08.640 --> 00:33:09.240
 late to

00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:11.519
 because truly

00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:12.339
 circumstances

00:33:12.339 --> 00:33:13.200
 outside of

00:33:13.200 --> 00:33:13.960
 my control,

00:33:14.759 --> 00:33:15.440
 there are

00:33:15.440 --> 00:33:15.980
 things that

00:33:15.980 --> 00:33:16.359
 are not

00:33:16.359 --> 00:33:17.079
 sin in

00:33:17.079 --> 00:33:17.599
 the world.

00:33:20.500 --> 00:33:21.339
 We wrestle

00:33:21.339 --> 00:33:22.099
 sometimes with

00:33:22.099 --> 00:33:22.440
 the word

00:33:22.440 --> 00:33:22.900
 sorry.

00:33:23.380 --> 00:33:24.180
 Sometimes when

00:33:24.180 --> 00:33:24.799
 you say I'm

00:33:24.799 --> 00:33:25.359
 sorry, it

00:33:25.359 --> 00:33:25.940
 means I

00:33:25.940 --> 00:33:26.779
 empathize with

00:33:26.779 --> 00:33:27.339
 the pain that

00:33:27.339 --> 00:33:27.839
 you're feeling.

00:33:28.400 --> 00:33:29.059
 Sometimes when

00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:29.680
 we say I'm

00:33:29.680 --> 00:33:30.720
 sorry, I'm

00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:31.420
 sorry because I

00:33:31.420 --> 00:33:32.120
 recognize this

00:33:32.120 --> 00:33:32.579
 has caused

00:33:32.579 --> 00:33:33.660
 inconvenience to

00:33:33.660 --> 00:33:33.880
 you.

00:33:34.180 --> 00:33:34.559
 These are

00:33:34.559 --> 00:33:35.640
 appropriate uses.

00:33:36.200 --> 00:33:36.440
 There are

00:33:36.440 --> 00:33:36.900
 other times

00:33:36.900 --> 00:33:37.320
 when we

00:33:37.320 --> 00:33:37.920
 say I'm

00:33:37.920 --> 00:33:39.000
 sorry, will

00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:39.620
 you forgive

00:33:39.620 --> 00:33:39.960
 me?

00:33:40.720 --> 00:33:41.600
 In fact, in

00:33:41.600 --> 00:33:42.120
 my relationship

00:33:42.120 --> 00:33:42.680
 with my wife,

00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:43.600
 we've learned we

00:33:43.600 --> 00:33:44.100
 have to be a

00:33:44.100 --> 00:33:44.440
 little more

00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:45.779
 specific to

00:33:45.779 --> 00:33:46.759
 say will you

00:33:46.759 --> 00:33:47.640
 forgive me

00:33:47.640 --> 00:33:48.779
 when we are

00:33:48.779 --> 00:33:49.620
 confessing I

00:33:49.620 --> 00:33:50.240
 have sinned

00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:50.900
 against you.

00:33:51.180 --> 00:33:51.759
 I have been

00:33:51.759 --> 00:33:52.259
 selfish.

00:33:52.660 --> 00:33:53.259
 I have been

00:33:53.259 --> 00:33:54.279
 uncaring.

00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:55.519
 I have been

00:33:55.519 --> 00:33:57.080
 cruel.

00:33:57.340 --> 00:33:57.840
 I have been

00:33:57.840 --> 00:33:58.900
 whatever it is

00:33:58.900 --> 00:33:59.779
 that we have

00:33:59.779 --> 00:34:00.100
 been.

00:34:01.840 --> 00:34:02.700
 So we need

00:34:02.700 --> 00:34:03.380
 to recognize

00:34:03.380 --> 00:34:04.279
 that it's not

00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:05.400
 just misunderstanding

00:34:05.400 --> 00:34:06.000
 or human

00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:06.759
 fallibility.

00:34:07.400 --> 00:34:07.820
 It's not

00:34:07.820 --> 00:34:08.860
 just…

00:34:08.860 --> 00:34:09.360
 And here's

00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:09.660
 the thing.

00:34:09.940 --> 00:34:11.000
 We can sin

00:34:11.000 --> 00:34:11.920
 and not mean

00:34:11.920 --> 00:34:12.380
 it too.

00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:13.800
 It is possible

00:34:13.800 --> 00:34:14.700
 for us to sin

00:34:14.700 --> 00:34:15.340
 against other

00:34:15.340 --> 00:34:17.119
 people unintentionally

00:34:17.119 --> 00:34:17.800
 because one of

00:34:17.800 --> 00:34:18.340
 the things we tend

00:34:18.340 --> 00:34:18.920
 to do is say,

00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:19.860
 but I didn't mean

00:34:19.860 --> 00:34:20.380
 it that way.

00:34:20.700 --> 00:34:21.559
 And that should

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:22.360
 be taken into

00:34:22.360 --> 00:34:22.800
 account.

00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:23.840
 That's a part of

00:34:23.840 --> 00:34:24.539
 the interaction.

00:34:24.740 --> 00:34:25.340
 Oh, well, if you

00:34:25.340 --> 00:34:25.980
 didn't mean it

00:34:25.980 --> 00:34:26.480
 that…

00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:27.139
 But it still

00:34:27.139 --> 00:34:28.460
 can be sin if

00:34:28.460 --> 00:34:29.579
 I'm living an

00:34:29.579 --> 00:34:30.500
 incredibly selfish

00:34:30.500 --> 00:34:33.160
 life and that

00:34:33.160 --> 00:34:33.860
 has all sorts of

00:34:33.860 --> 00:34:34.720
 consequences for

00:34:34.719 --> 00:34:35.959
 you like you're

00:34:35.959 --> 00:34:36.379
 abandoned.

00:34:36.619 --> 00:34:38.079
 I forgot you at…

00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:38.619
 You know, I forgot

00:34:38.619 --> 00:34:39.239
 to pick up my

00:34:39.239 --> 00:34:39.899
 kid at school

00:34:39.899 --> 00:34:41.619
 again because I'm…

00:34:41.619 --> 00:34:42.119
 I was working

00:34:42.119 --> 00:34:42.719
 out of the gym

00:34:42.719 --> 00:34:43.239
 and I was just

00:34:43.239 --> 00:34:44.419
 on a roll, you

00:34:44.419 --> 00:34:45.699
 know, and I…

00:34:45.699 --> 00:34:46.480
 Did I mean to?

00:34:46.599 --> 00:34:46.980
 No.

00:34:47.159 --> 00:34:47.980
 But did I sin

00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:48.459
 against them?

00:34:48.559 --> 00:34:49.699
 Well, if I did it

00:34:49.699 --> 00:34:50.659
 once, maybe it is

00:34:50.659 --> 00:34:51.379
 an honest mistake.

00:34:51.459 --> 00:34:52.099
 But if I do it

00:34:52.099 --> 00:34:52.659
 as a pattern,

00:34:53.019 --> 00:34:53.939
 then I have a

00:34:53.939 --> 00:34:55.299
 sinful heart that's

00:34:55.299 --> 00:34:56.159
 neglecting a

00:34:56.159 --> 00:34:57.919
 relationship and I

00:34:57.919 --> 00:34:58.639
 have a sinful

00:34:58.639 --> 00:34:59.859
 transgression where

00:34:59.859 --> 00:35:00.519
 I'm not keeping

00:35:00.519 --> 00:35:01.279
 my word.

00:35:01.839 --> 00:35:02.439
 And I need to

00:35:02.439 --> 00:35:03.059
 think through how

00:35:03.059 --> 00:35:04.119
 do I do that?

00:35:04.119 --> 00:35:04.839
 Right?

00:35:05.219 --> 00:35:06.099
 So forgiveness

00:35:06.099 --> 00:35:07.659
 needs to clarify

00:35:07.659 --> 00:35:09.000
 what the sin is.

00:35:09.599 --> 00:35:09.799
 Right?

00:35:11.559 --> 00:35:13.440
 Second thing is that

00:35:13.440 --> 00:35:14.519
 forgiving a sin

00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:15.579
 begins by pointing

00:35:15.579 --> 00:35:16.199
 out that it's

00:35:16.199 --> 00:35:16.739
 wrong.

00:35:17.199 --> 00:35:17.679
 Right?

00:35:18.039 --> 00:35:19.739
 What you did to

00:35:19.739 --> 00:35:20.880
 me was wrong.

00:35:22.179 --> 00:35:23.039
 Only when we

00:35:23.039 --> 00:35:24.339
 recognize that are

00:35:24.339 --> 00:35:25.460
 we able to then

00:35:25.460 --> 00:35:27.480
 say, but I

00:35:27.480 --> 00:35:28.239
 release you.

00:35:28.659 --> 00:35:30.339
 I forgive you of

00:35:30.339 --> 00:35:31.119
 that wrong.

00:35:31.119 --> 00:35:31.159
 wrong.

00:35:32.059 --> 00:35:32.980
 And I let go.

00:35:37.239 --> 00:35:38.460
 Tim Keller has

00:35:38.460 --> 00:35:39.199
 a great section

00:35:39.199 --> 00:35:40.719
 in his book about

00:35:40.719 --> 00:35:42.739
 what forgiving of

00:35:42.739 --> 00:35:43.679
 sin is not.

00:35:44.259 --> 00:35:44.839
 And I'm just

00:35:44.839 --> 00:35:45.799
 going to read

00:35:45.799 --> 00:35:46.279
 through a bunch

00:35:46.279 --> 00:35:47.319
 of this list.

00:35:47.659 --> 00:35:48.159
 It is not

00:35:48.159 --> 00:35:49.539
 excusing other

00:35:49.539 --> 00:35:50.339
 people saying,

00:35:50.819 --> 00:35:51.460
 well, you know,

00:35:51.519 --> 00:35:52.239
 it's okay because

00:35:52.239 --> 00:35:52.839
 I understand there

00:35:52.839 --> 00:35:53.239
 are lots of

00:35:53.239 --> 00:35:53.519
 reasons.

00:35:53.639 --> 00:35:53.960
 That's not

00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:54.319
 forgiveness.

00:35:54.480 --> 00:35:54.799
 That's just

00:35:54.799 --> 00:35:55.599
 recognizing there's

00:35:55.599 --> 00:35:56.339
 a legitimate

00:35:56.339 --> 00:35:56.980
 excuse.

00:35:57.380 --> 00:35:58.179
 And that's okay.

00:35:58.179 --> 00:36:00.519
 forgiveness is

00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:01.940
 not denying or

00:36:01.940 --> 00:36:03.039
 whitewashing.

00:36:03.179 --> 00:36:04.619
 That is, oh,

00:36:04.759 --> 00:36:06.179
 yeah, it didn't

00:36:06.179 --> 00:36:07.139
 really hurt or it

00:36:07.139 --> 00:36:07.719
 didn't really cut.

00:36:07.799 --> 00:36:08.599
 It's no problem.

00:36:08.679 --> 00:36:09.279
 No big deal.

00:36:09.539 --> 00:36:10.399
 We like to say,

00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:11.000
 but that's not

00:36:11.000 --> 00:36:11.500
 forgiveness.

00:36:12.679 --> 00:36:13.159
 That's just

00:36:13.159 --> 00:36:14.039
 whitewashing it.

00:36:15.879 --> 00:36:16.699
 Forgiveness is

00:36:16.699 --> 00:36:17.539
 not merely

00:36:17.539 --> 00:36:18.359
 refraining from

00:36:18.359 --> 00:36:19.119
 revenge while

00:36:19.119 --> 00:36:19.839
 holding on to

00:36:19.839 --> 00:36:20.559
 bitter resentment

00:36:20.559 --> 00:36:21.859
 or suspending

00:36:21.859 --> 00:36:22.739
 judgment saying,

00:36:23.299 --> 00:36:23.839
 this time I'll

00:36:23.839 --> 00:36:24.719
 forgive, but next

00:36:24.719 --> 00:36:25.699
 time you're done.

00:36:25.699 --> 00:36:25.759
 You're done.

00:36:28.179 --> 00:36:30.419
 forgiveness is

00:36:30.419 --> 00:36:31.659
 truly releasing

00:36:31.659 --> 00:36:33.259
 from the debt

00:36:33.259 --> 00:36:33.899
 that is owed.

00:36:38.159 --> 00:36:39.079
 Forgiveness is

00:36:39.079 --> 00:36:39.879
 not proud

00:36:39.879 --> 00:36:40.879
 condescension,

00:36:41.799 --> 00:36:42.480
 forgiving others

00:36:42.480 --> 00:36:44.000
 as if we also

00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:44.859
 don't need

00:36:44.859 --> 00:36:45.399
 forgiveness.

00:36:49.500 --> 00:36:50.419
 Forgiveness is

00:36:50.419 --> 00:36:51.480
 not also

00:36:51.480 --> 00:36:52.259
 abandoning

00:36:52.259 --> 00:36:52.899
 justice

00:36:52.899 --> 00:36:54.619
 by seeking

00:36:54.619 --> 00:36:55.379
 revenge

00:36:55.379 --> 00:36:56.059
 or simply

00:36:56.059 --> 00:36:56.579
 avoiding

00:36:56.579 --> 00:36:57.359
 confrontation.

00:36:57.360 --> 00:36:58.400
 We might have

00:36:58.400 --> 00:36:59.079
 different ways

00:36:59.079 --> 00:36:59.780
 in which we

00:36:59.780 --> 00:37:00.720
 seek to

00:37:00.720 --> 00:37:01.420
 forgive in a

00:37:01.420 --> 00:37:02.180
 way where

00:37:02.180 --> 00:37:04.380
 we want to

00:37:04.380 --> 00:37:05.180
 inflict on

00:37:05.180 --> 00:37:05.900
 other people

00:37:05.900 --> 00:37:07.059
 something terrible.

00:37:08.860 --> 00:37:09.980
 And finally,

00:37:11.019 --> 00:37:11.340
 forgiveness

00:37:11.340 --> 00:37:12.280
 doesn't mean

00:37:12.280 --> 00:37:12.599
 that we

00:37:12.599 --> 00:37:13.300
 restore

00:37:13.300 --> 00:37:13.880
 immediate

00:37:13.880 --> 00:37:14.559
 trust

00:37:14.559 --> 00:37:16.940
 or prevent

00:37:16.940 --> 00:37:18.140
 reasonable

00:37:18.140 --> 00:37:18.900
 consequences.

00:37:19.840 --> 00:37:20.960
 So this is

00:37:20.960 --> 00:37:21.240
 tricky.

00:37:21.700 --> 00:37:22.320
 This is where

00:37:22.320 --> 00:37:22.840
 we realize

00:37:22.840 --> 00:37:23.720
 forgiveness is a

00:37:23.720 --> 00:37:24.539
 heart attitude.

00:37:25.440 --> 00:37:25.740
 Right?

00:37:25.739 --> 00:37:26.779
 I might

00:37:26.779 --> 00:37:27.579
 forgive my

00:37:27.579 --> 00:37:28.539
 son

00:37:28.539 --> 00:37:29.679
 of

00:37:29.679 --> 00:37:30.919
 being late

00:37:30.919 --> 00:37:32.179
 coming home

00:37:32.179 --> 00:37:32.799
 from curfew.

00:37:32.879 --> 00:37:33.339
 This is a

00:37:33.339 --> 00:37:33.819
 hypothetical.

00:37:34.119 --> 00:37:34.579
 This has not

00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.839
 happened.

00:37:34.979 --> 00:37:35.839
 But if he came

00:37:35.839 --> 00:37:36.439
 home from a

00:37:36.439 --> 00:37:37.279
 curfew, right,

00:37:37.339 --> 00:37:38.299
 I might forgive

00:37:38.299 --> 00:37:39.139
 my son

00:37:39.139 --> 00:37:40.739
 because he said,

00:37:40.819 --> 00:37:41.659
 Dad, I just

00:37:41.659 --> 00:37:42.479
 disobeyed you

00:37:42.479 --> 00:37:43.319
 and I recognize

00:37:43.319 --> 00:37:44.219
 that and I'm

00:37:44.219 --> 00:37:44.539
 sorry.

00:37:44.639 --> 00:37:44.899
 Will you

00:37:44.899 --> 00:37:45.459
 forgive me?

00:37:45.979 --> 00:37:46.759
 Son, I forgive

00:37:46.759 --> 00:37:47.179
 you that.

00:37:47.379 --> 00:37:47.819
 You're still

00:37:47.819 --> 00:37:48.579
 grounded for a

00:37:48.579 --> 00:37:49.859
 week because you

00:37:49.859 --> 00:37:50.439
 need to learn.

00:37:51.919 --> 00:37:52.439
 Right?

00:37:52.440 --> 00:37:53.340
 Now, if I do

00:37:53.340 --> 00:37:54.240
 that vengefully,

00:37:54.400 --> 00:37:55.159
 if I do that

00:37:55.159 --> 00:37:55.960
 with bitterness

00:37:55.960 --> 00:37:56.740
 in my heart,

00:37:56.880 --> 00:37:57.760
 if I do that

00:37:57.760 --> 00:37:58.300
 with my heart

00:37:58.300 --> 00:37:59.099
 hardened towards

00:37:59.099 --> 00:37:59.639
 my son,

00:37:59.800 --> 00:38:00.539
 then I'm not

00:38:00.539 --> 00:38:01.320
 really forgiving

00:38:01.320 --> 00:38:01.599
 him.

00:38:02.800 --> 00:38:03.659
 But he may

00:38:03.659 --> 00:38:04.280
 still bear the

00:38:04.280 --> 00:38:04.940
 consequences.

00:38:06.880 --> 00:38:07.360
 Right?

00:38:07.760 --> 00:38:08.579
 Someone you

00:38:08.579 --> 00:38:09.340
 might forgive,

00:38:09.480 --> 00:38:09.639
 you know,

00:38:09.700 --> 00:38:10.159
 there's this

00:38:10.159 --> 00:38:12.780
 amazing story

00:38:12.780 --> 00:38:13.539
 and you all

00:38:13.539 --> 00:38:13.840
 know it,

00:38:13.880 --> 00:38:14.820
 Rachel Denhollander

00:38:14.820 --> 00:38:16.200
 and the story

00:38:16.200 --> 00:38:16.980
 of the sexual

00:38:16.980 --> 00:38:17.639
 abuse in the

00:38:17.639 --> 00:38:18.700
 gymnastics community.

00:38:18.699 --> 00:38:20.679
 If you want

00:38:20.679 --> 00:38:21.059
 to go see,

00:38:21.139 --> 00:38:21.639
 she has some

00:38:21.639 --> 00:38:22.179
 really good

00:38:22.179 --> 00:38:22.679
 stuff written

00:38:22.679 --> 00:38:23.079
 on this.

00:38:23.179 --> 00:38:23.899
 But she

00:38:23.899 --> 00:38:24.799
 writes about

00:38:24.799 --> 00:38:27.219
 saying to

00:38:27.219 --> 00:38:28.079
 the abuser,

00:38:28.839 --> 00:38:29.359
 I forgive

00:38:29.359 --> 00:38:29.899
 you,

00:38:30.899 --> 00:38:31.980
 but you

00:38:31.980 --> 00:38:33.359
 need God's

00:38:33.359 --> 00:38:33.759
 forgiveness

00:38:33.759 --> 00:38:34.859
 and you

00:38:34.859 --> 00:38:35.759
 need the

00:38:35.759 --> 00:38:36.399
 consequences.

00:38:36.980 --> 00:38:37.500
 You need to

00:38:37.500 --> 00:38:37.859
 bear the

00:38:37.859 --> 00:38:39.299
 consequences of

00:38:39.299 --> 00:38:39.899
 your sin.

00:38:43.239 --> 00:38:43.939
 These are

00:38:43.939 --> 00:38:44.419
 right and

00:38:44.419 --> 00:38:45.139
 true and we

00:38:45.139 --> 00:38:45.419
 need to

00:38:45.419 --> 00:38:46.039
 recognize that

00:38:46.039 --> 00:38:46.679
 happens on a

00:38:46.679 --> 00:38:47.259
 global scale.

00:38:47.379 --> 00:38:47.739
 It happens

00:38:47.739 --> 00:38:48.659
 interpersonally.

00:38:48.699 --> 00:38:49.919
 where forgiveness

00:38:49.919 --> 00:38:51.039
 doesn't mean

00:38:51.039 --> 00:38:51.919
 now I'm going

00:38:51.919 --> 00:38:52.480
 to completely

00:38:52.480 --> 00:38:53.139
 trust you in

00:38:53.139 --> 00:38:54.299
 everything at

00:38:54.299 --> 00:38:55.519
 all times.

00:38:55.919 --> 00:38:56.639
 That trust may

00:38:56.639 --> 00:38:57.059
 need to be

00:38:57.059 --> 00:38:57.819
 rebuilt over

00:38:57.819 --> 00:38:58.219
 time.

00:39:00.939 --> 00:39:02.039
 Final thought

00:39:02.039 --> 00:39:03.399
 just on the

00:39:03.399 --> 00:39:04.159
 nature of

00:39:04.159 --> 00:39:04.879
 forgiveness

00:39:04.879 --> 00:39:06.519
 interpersonally

00:39:06.519 --> 00:39:06.980
 is that we

00:39:06.980 --> 00:39:07.319
 need to

00:39:07.319 --> 00:39:08.099
 recognize that

00:39:08.099 --> 00:39:08.659
 it is both

00:39:08.659 --> 00:39:09.239
 a decision

00:39:09.239 --> 00:39:09.759
 and a

00:39:09.759 --> 00:39:10.139
 process.

00:39:11.619 --> 00:39:12.039
 And it's

00:39:12.039 --> 00:39:12.319
 not.

00:39:14.279 --> 00:39:15.139
 There are

00:39:15.139 --> 00:39:16.299
 times when

00:39:16.300 --> 00:39:19.280
 when we

00:39:19.280 --> 00:39:19.780
 are needing

00:39:19.780 --> 00:39:20.580
 to process

00:39:20.580 --> 00:39:21.320
 through with

00:39:21.320 --> 00:39:21.800
 the Lord

00:39:21.800 --> 00:39:22.380
 the hurt

00:39:22.380 --> 00:39:22.720
 that we

00:39:22.720 --> 00:39:23.200
 feel,

00:39:23.660 --> 00:39:24.200
 the offense

00:39:24.200 --> 00:39:24.539
 that we

00:39:24.539 --> 00:39:24.960
 feel,

00:39:25.340 --> 00:39:26.000
 those sorts

00:39:26.000 --> 00:39:26.620
 of things.

00:39:27.519 --> 00:39:28.440
 But it is

00:39:28.440 --> 00:39:28.980
 good and

00:39:28.980 --> 00:39:29.620
 right to

00:39:29.620 --> 00:39:31.260
 decide I

00:39:31.260 --> 00:39:31.840
 am going to

00:39:31.840 --> 00:39:32.440
 forgive this

00:39:32.440 --> 00:39:35.360
 person and

00:39:35.360 --> 00:39:36.080
 to allow our

00:39:36.080 --> 00:39:37.280
 heart to

00:39:37.280 --> 00:39:37.920
 catch up with

00:39:37.920 --> 00:39:38.560
 our decision.

00:39:38.559 --> 00:39:40.440
 it is good

00:39:40.440 --> 00:39:41.799
 to decide I

00:39:41.799 --> 00:39:43.500
 will do

00:39:43.500 --> 00:39:44.539
 this and

00:39:44.539 --> 00:39:44.980
 then I will

00:39:44.980 --> 00:39:45.679
 continue to

00:39:45.679 --> 00:39:46.900
 act as if

00:39:46.900 --> 00:39:47.279
 that were

00:39:47.279 --> 00:39:48.239
 true and I

00:39:48.239 --> 00:39:48.739
 will continue

00:39:48.739 --> 00:39:49.779
 to think about

00:39:49.779 --> 00:39:50.779
 that person as

00:39:50.779 --> 00:39:51.460
 if I have

00:39:51.460 --> 00:39:52.239
 forgiven them

00:39:52.239 --> 00:39:53.199
 while my

00:39:53.199 --> 00:39:54.299
 heart emotions

00:39:54.299 --> 00:39:55.420
 which we know

00:39:55.420 --> 00:39:56.119
 don't always

00:39:56.119 --> 00:39:57.380
 follow as

00:39:57.380 --> 00:39:58.079
 quickly to our

00:39:58.079 --> 00:39:58.599
 will as we

00:39:58.599 --> 00:39:59.299
 want them to

00:39:59.299 --> 00:40:01.179
 work through

00:40:01.179 --> 00:40:01.980
 with the Lord

00:40:01.980 --> 00:40:02.420
 and with

00:40:02.420 --> 00:40:03.619
 others the

00:40:03.619 --> 00:40:04.759
 feelings of

00:40:04.759 --> 00:40:05.539
 hurt, the

00:40:05.539 --> 00:40:06.420
 feelings of

00:40:06.420 --> 00:40:07.880
 desire for

00:40:07.880 --> 00:40:09.559
 revenge that

00:40:09.559 --> 00:40:10.180
 we often

00:40:10.180 --> 00:40:10.740
 have.

00:40:12.740 --> 00:40:13.400
 And so we

00:40:13.400 --> 00:40:13.660
 need to

00:40:13.660 --> 00:40:14.340
 recognize that

00:40:14.340 --> 00:40:15.559
 it may be a

00:40:15.559 --> 00:40:17.619
 process but I

00:40:17.619 --> 00:40:18.800
 think the

00:40:18.800 --> 00:40:19.640
 Bible is telling

00:40:19.640 --> 00:40:20.460
 us we can't

00:40:20.460 --> 00:40:21.200
 withhold it

00:40:21.200 --> 00:40:22.240
 while I get

00:40:22.240 --> 00:40:22.720
 to the point

00:40:22.720 --> 00:40:23.079
 where I'm

00:40:23.079 --> 00:40:23.780
 feeling good

00:40:23.780 --> 00:40:24.460
 about this.

00:40:24.900 --> 00:40:25.660
 Sometimes we

00:40:25.660 --> 00:40:26.300
 need to say I

00:40:26.300 --> 00:40:27.000
 don't feel good

00:40:27.000 --> 00:40:28.119
 about this but

00:40:28.119 --> 00:40:28.880
 because of

00:40:28.880 --> 00:40:30.200
 Christ I say

00:40:30.200 --> 00:40:30.820
 to you I

00:40:30.820 --> 00:40:32.000
 forgive you and

00:40:32.000 --> 00:40:32.860
 I ask for your

00:40:32.860 --> 00:40:33.680
 prayers to help

00:40:33.680 --> 00:40:34.539
 me really mean

00:40:34.539 --> 00:40:34.940
 that.

00:40:37.880 --> 00:40:41.619
 So that's

00:40:41.619 --> 00:40:42.240
 just a

00:40:42.240 --> 00:40:44.019
 beginning because

00:40:44.019 --> 00:40:44.740
 I know because

00:40:44.740 --> 00:40:45.300
 I've walked with

00:40:45.300 --> 00:40:45.880
 some of you

00:40:45.880 --> 00:40:47.260
 through hard

00:40:47.260 --> 00:40:48.340
 things and the

00:40:48.340 --> 00:40:48.960
 process of

00:40:48.960 --> 00:40:49.660
 forgiveness is

00:40:49.660 --> 00:40:50.880
 long and

00:40:50.880 --> 00:40:51.500
 difficult and

00:40:51.500 --> 00:40:52.440
 weighing out

00:40:52.440 --> 00:40:53.480
 some of these

00:40:53.480 --> 00:40:54.420
 things about how

00:40:54.420 --> 00:40:55.059
 do you restore

00:40:55.059 --> 00:40:55.700
 a relationship

00:40:55.700 --> 00:40:58.559
 or how do you

00:40:58.559 --> 00:40:59.320
 deal with the

00:40:59.320 --> 00:41:00.000
 issues of trust

00:41:00.000 --> 00:41:00.900
 how do you work

00:41:00.900 --> 00:41:01.400
 through these

00:41:01.400 --> 00:41:03.900
 things is tricky

00:41:03.900 --> 00:41:05.340
 and so I just

00:41:05.340 --> 00:41:06.220
 want to acknowledge

00:41:06.219 --> 00:41:07.099
 all of those

00:41:07.099 --> 00:41:08.259
 things but then

00:41:08.259 --> 00:41:09.059
 to come back to

00:41:09.059 --> 00:41:09.719
 the weight of

00:41:09.719 --> 00:41:10.839
 what Jesus said

00:41:10.839 --> 00:41:13.539
 he says we

00:41:13.539 --> 00:41:15.299
 are to ask

00:41:15.299 --> 00:41:16.579
 God for

00:41:16.579 --> 00:41:18.079
 forgiveness as

00:41:18.079 --> 00:41:19.199
 we forgive those

00:41:19.199 --> 00:41:20.500
 who have sinned

00:41:20.500 --> 00:41:22.599
 against us and

00:41:22.599 --> 00:41:23.500
 this means we

00:41:23.500 --> 00:41:24.480
 recognize that

00:41:24.480 --> 00:41:25.219
 forgiveness is

00:41:25.219 --> 00:41:26.859
 always costly.

00:41:28.219 --> 00:41:29.779
 The bank when

00:41:29.779 --> 00:41:30.939
 it cancels the

00:41:30.939 --> 00:41:32.199
 debt it eats

00:41:32.199 --> 00:41:32.739
 ten thousand

00:41:32.739 --> 00:41:34.079
 dollars it

00:41:34.079 --> 00:41:34.859
 doesn't get back

00:41:34.860 --> 00:41:35.579
 the ten thousand

00:41:35.579 --> 00:41:36.320
 dollars that it

00:41:36.320 --> 00:41:37.220
 loaned me if it

00:41:37.220 --> 00:41:38.380
 forgives my debt

00:41:38.380 --> 00:41:40.260
 it just says I've

00:41:40.260 --> 00:41:41.099
 lost ten thousand

00:41:41.099 --> 00:41:42.360
 dollars that's the

00:41:42.360 --> 00:41:42.940
 cost.

00:41:43.940 --> 00:41:45.280
 If someone sins

00:41:45.280 --> 00:41:46.680
 against us we

00:41:46.680 --> 00:41:48.640
 bear the pain of

00:41:48.640 --> 00:41:49.760
 the offense and

00:41:49.760 --> 00:41:51.599
 we give up the

00:41:51.599 --> 00:41:52.720
 satisfaction of

00:41:52.720 --> 00:41:54.160
 seeing punishment

00:41:54.160 --> 00:41:55.099
 happening of

00:41:55.099 --> 00:41:58.000
 revenge we give up

00:41:58.000 --> 00:41:59.039
 those things.

00:41:59.039 --> 00:42:03.559
 when we forgive

00:42:03.559 --> 00:42:05.059
 others it is

00:42:05.059 --> 00:42:07.360
 costly to let

00:42:07.360 --> 00:42:10.480
 go of an

00:42:10.480 --> 00:42:11.699
 expectation of

00:42:11.699 --> 00:42:12.539
 repayment.

00:42:17.039 --> 00:42:18.519
 The cost for you

00:42:18.519 --> 00:42:19.579
 to forgive ones

00:42:19.579 --> 00:42:20.079
 who have sinned

00:42:20.079 --> 00:42:21.460
 against you may be

00:42:21.460 --> 00:42:21.840
 great.

00:42:22.759 --> 00:42:23.719
 I don't know all

00:42:23.719 --> 00:42:24.440
 of your stories.

00:42:25.139 --> 00:42:26.119
 Some of you may be

00:42:26.119 --> 00:42:27.079
 thinking this morning

00:42:27.079 --> 00:42:28.559
 this is too much.

00:42:28.900 --> 00:42:29.920
 He's asking me for

00:42:29.920 --> 00:42:30.980
 more than he knows

00:42:30.980 --> 00:42:32.380
 and I just want to

00:42:32.380 --> 00:42:33.199
 acknowledge that.

00:42:33.799 --> 00:42:34.719
 I know that some of

00:42:34.719 --> 00:42:35.539
 you have been very

00:42:35.539 --> 00:42:36.880
 very deeply sinned

00:42:36.880 --> 00:42:38.380
 against and you

00:42:38.380 --> 00:42:39.579
 bear scars and

00:42:39.579 --> 00:42:39.980
 hurts.

00:42:44.920 --> 00:42:46.440
 And my prayer for

00:42:46.440 --> 00:42:48.059
 you is that as

00:42:48.059 --> 00:42:50.659
 you recognize that

00:42:50.659 --> 00:42:52.179
 that it will drive

00:42:52.179 --> 00:42:54.380
 you back to the

00:42:54.380 --> 00:42:55.119
 gospel that we

00:42:55.119 --> 00:42:55.880
 begin with.

00:42:57.199 --> 00:42:59.239
 Because what

00:42:59.239 --> 00:43:01.400
 great cost did

00:43:01.400 --> 00:43:03.599
 God bear for

00:43:03.599 --> 00:43:04.559
 your forgiveness?

00:43:06.619 --> 00:43:08.239
 He sent his very

00:43:08.239 --> 00:43:11.000
 own son who did

00:43:11.000 --> 00:43:12.139
 nothing but obey

00:43:12.139 --> 00:43:13.339
 and love and

00:43:13.339 --> 00:43:14.239
 bring glory to

00:43:14.239 --> 00:43:15.139
 him in all that

00:43:15.139 --> 00:43:15.719
 he did.

00:43:16.440 --> 00:43:17.339
 Who came

00:43:17.339 --> 00:43:18.440
 proclaiming his

00:43:18.440 --> 00:43:18.960
 kingdom,

00:43:19.819 --> 00:43:21.000
 exhibiting it by

00:43:21.000 --> 00:43:22.119
 all that he did

00:43:22.119 --> 00:43:23.000
 in all of his

00:43:23.000 --> 00:43:23.659
 interactions,

00:43:24.460 --> 00:43:25.699
 seeking to help

00:43:25.699 --> 00:43:27.320
 humanity come

00:43:27.320 --> 00:43:29.280
 to know the

00:43:29.280 --> 00:43:30.219
 greatness of God

00:43:30.219 --> 00:43:30.659
 again.

00:43:32.820 --> 00:43:33.780
 But at the end

00:43:33.780 --> 00:43:34.440
 of the day he

00:43:34.440 --> 00:43:34.820
 knew.

00:43:36.539 --> 00:43:37.880
 He came to die

00:43:37.880 --> 00:43:38.480
 for us.

00:43:39.059 --> 00:43:40.380
 He came to free

00:43:40.380 --> 00:43:42.380
 us from the debt

00:43:42.380 --> 00:43:43.380
 that we owe to

00:43:43.380 --> 00:43:46.059
 God by dying in

00:43:46.059 --> 00:43:46.739
 our place,

00:43:47.360 --> 00:43:48.300
 paying the penalty

00:43:48.300 --> 00:43:50.519
 of death for us

00:43:50.519 --> 00:43:51.420
 so that we

00:43:51.420 --> 00:43:52.400
 might not die

00:43:52.400 --> 00:43:53.420
 because of our

00:43:53.420 --> 00:43:54.380
 sin but so

00:43:54.380 --> 00:43:55.199
 that we might

00:43:55.199 --> 00:43:55.639
 live.

00:43:57.739 --> 00:43:58.559
 The second

00:43:58.559 --> 00:43:59.320
 person of the

00:43:59.320 --> 00:44:00.440
 Trinity, the

00:44:00.440 --> 00:44:01.039
 one who was

00:44:01.039 --> 00:44:01.739
 there in

00:44:01.739 --> 00:44:03.039
 creation, the

00:44:03.039 --> 00:44:03.559
 one who will

00:44:03.559 --> 00:44:04.239
 sit on the

00:44:04.239 --> 00:44:05.639
 throne forever

00:44:05.639 --> 00:44:06.599
 and ever in

00:44:06.599 --> 00:44:07.480
 the new heavens

00:44:07.480 --> 00:44:08.159
 and the earth,

00:44:08.759 --> 00:44:09.960
 he was a

00:44:09.960 --> 00:44:11.159
 lamb slain

00:44:11.159 --> 00:44:14.840
 from the

00:44:14.840 --> 00:44:15.579
 foundations of

00:44:15.579 --> 00:44:16.019
 the earth

00:44:16.019 --> 00:44:17.699
 for us,

00:44:17.860 --> 00:44:18.559
 for our

00:44:18.559 --> 00:44:19.099
 forgiveness.

00:44:19.099 --> 00:44:19.279
 forgiveness.

00:44:20.440 --> 00:44:21.339
 Oh, friends,

00:44:21.819 --> 00:44:23.339
 what great

00:44:23.339 --> 00:44:25.360
 mercy that

00:44:25.360 --> 00:44:26.579
 has God

00:44:26.579 --> 00:44:27.159
 shown us.

00:44:27.299 --> 00:44:27.839
 What great

00:44:27.839 --> 00:44:29.039
 cost has

00:44:29.039 --> 00:44:29.799
 he paid

00:44:29.799 --> 00:44:30.619
 for us

00:44:30.619 --> 00:44:31.500
 and for our

00:44:31.500 --> 00:44:32.519
 forgiveness?

00:44:32.519 --> 00:44:32.739
 forgiveness.

00:44:42.860 --> 00:44:43.719
 Kim read

00:44:43.719 --> 00:44:44.360
 earlier,

00:44:44.679 --> 00:44:45.440
 Psalm 32,

00:44:46.360 --> 00:44:47.259
 David, a

00:44:47.259 --> 00:44:47.759
 man who

00:44:47.759 --> 00:44:48.840
 knew the

00:44:48.840 --> 00:44:50.480
 joy of

00:44:50.480 --> 00:44:51.000
 his sins

00:44:51.000 --> 00:44:51.840
 being forgiven.

00:44:52.759 --> 00:44:53.559
 Blessed is

00:44:53.559 --> 00:44:54.119
 the one whose

00:44:54.119 --> 00:44:55.340
 transgressions is

00:44:55.340 --> 00:44:55.759
 forgiven,

00:44:56.400 --> 00:44:57.739
 whose sin is

00:44:57.739 --> 00:44:58.300
 covered.

00:44:59.019 --> 00:44:59.800
 Blessed is the

00:44:59.800 --> 00:45:00.780
 one against

00:45:00.780 --> 00:45:01.239
 whom the

00:45:01.239 --> 00:45:02.339
 Lord counts

00:45:02.339 --> 00:45:03.419
 no iniquity

00:45:03.419 --> 00:45:04.459
 and in

00:45:04.459 --> 00:45:05.299
 whose spirit

00:45:05.299 --> 00:45:06.539
 there is no

00:45:06.539 --> 00:45:07.159
 deceit.

00:45:08.319 --> 00:45:09.079
 Friends, do

00:45:09.079 --> 00:45:09.699
 you not hear

00:45:09.699 --> 00:45:10.179
 the call?

00:45:10.359 --> 00:45:11.299
 Come and see.

00:45:12.119 --> 00:45:12.659
 Come and

00:45:12.659 --> 00:45:13.459
 confess your

00:45:13.459 --> 00:45:13.899
 sin.

00:45:14.539 --> 00:45:15.139
 Come and

00:45:15.139 --> 00:45:16.139
 know the

00:45:16.139 --> 00:45:17.359
 great joy

00:45:17.359 --> 00:45:18.639
 that we

00:45:18.639 --> 00:45:19.219
 have.

00:45:20.219 --> 00:45:20.839
 The forgiven

00:45:20.839 --> 00:45:21.679
 heart is a

00:45:21.679 --> 00:45:22.519
 free heart.

00:45:23.219 --> 00:45:24.019
 It means no

00:45:24.019 --> 00:45:24.599
 more hiding,

00:45:24.739 --> 00:45:25.339
 no more shame,

00:45:25.419 --> 00:45:25.959
 no more guilt,

00:45:26.039 --> 00:45:26.359
 no more

00:45:26.359 --> 00:45:26.779
 bitterness.

00:45:26.780 --> 00:45:27.019
 forgiveness.

00:45:28.400 --> 00:45:28.720
 There is

00:45:28.720 --> 00:45:29.220
 freedom in

00:45:29.220 --> 00:45:30.060
 our relationships

00:45:30.060 --> 00:45:31.060
 to confess to

00:45:31.060 --> 00:45:31.540
 one another

00:45:31.540 --> 00:45:32.019
 because we

00:45:32.019 --> 00:45:32.420
 don't have to

00:45:32.420 --> 00:45:33.220
 hide ourselves

00:45:33.220 --> 00:45:34.120
 because we

00:45:34.120 --> 00:45:34.860
 know who we

00:45:34.860 --> 00:45:35.300
 are.

00:45:35.940 --> 00:45:36.480
 We can have

00:45:36.480 --> 00:45:37.160
 empathy and

00:45:37.160 --> 00:45:37.920
 sympathy towards

00:45:37.920 --> 00:45:38.580
 others who

00:45:38.580 --> 00:45:39.400
 sin, have

00:45:39.400 --> 00:45:40.600
 mercy on one

00:45:40.600 --> 00:45:41.560
 another, and

00:45:41.560 --> 00:45:43.019
 forgive when

00:45:43.019 --> 00:45:43.480
 we have been

00:45:43.480 --> 00:45:44.220
 sinned against.

00:45:44.740 --> 00:45:45.180
 There is

00:45:45.180 --> 00:45:46.140
 freedom for us

00:45:46.140 --> 00:45:47.480
 to obey God

00:45:47.480 --> 00:45:48.820
 because we are

00:45:48.820 --> 00:45:49.700
 not running on

00:45:49.700 --> 00:45:50.180
 the treadmill

00:45:50.180 --> 00:45:51.000
 trying to

00:45:51.000 --> 00:45:52.240
 repay God by

00:45:52.240 --> 00:45:52.800
 doing enough

00:45:52.800 --> 00:45:53.519
 good things,

00:45:53.700 --> 00:45:54.480
 but instead

00:45:54.480 --> 00:45:55.640
 knowing that we

00:45:55.639 --> 00:45:56.239
 are forgiven,

00:45:56.500 --> 00:45:57.639
 we joyfully

00:45:57.639 --> 00:45:59.000
 say, God, my

00:45:59.000 --> 00:45:59.779
 life is all

00:45:59.779 --> 00:46:00.139
 yours.

00:46:00.420 --> 00:46:01.039
 What can I

00:46:01.039 --> 00:46:02.900
 do to bring

00:46:02.900 --> 00:46:03.739
 glory to you?

00:46:04.659 --> 00:46:05.219
 And there is

00:46:05.219 --> 00:46:05.879
 freedom in our

00:46:05.879 --> 00:46:09.279
 worship because

00:46:09.279 --> 00:46:10.099
 we worship a

00:46:10.099 --> 00:46:11.000
 God who knows

00:46:11.000 --> 00:46:11.940
 all of our

00:46:11.940 --> 00:46:12.299
 sin.

00:46:12.920 --> 00:46:13.519
 There is

00:46:13.519 --> 00:46:14.359
 nothing that

00:46:14.359 --> 00:46:15.059
 is hidden from

00:46:15.059 --> 00:46:15.659
 his sight,

00:46:16.779 --> 00:46:19.539
 and yet he

00:46:19.539 --> 00:46:20.259
 loved this

00:46:20.259 --> 00:46:21.159
 world so much

00:46:21.159 --> 00:46:21.779
 that he sent

00:46:21.779 --> 00:46:23.119
 his son so

00:46:23.119 --> 00:46:23.659
 that whoever

00:46:23.659 --> 00:46:24.400
 believes in

00:46:24.400 --> 00:46:25.500
 him would not

00:46:25.500 --> 00:46:26.639
 perish but

00:46:26.639 --> 00:46:27.280
 have eternal

00:46:27.280 --> 00:46:27.780
 life.

00:46:28.639 --> 00:46:29.199
 They would

00:46:29.199 --> 00:46:29.659
 not be

00:46:29.659 --> 00:46:30.420
 condemned for

00:46:30.420 --> 00:46:30.960
 their sin,

00:46:31.159 --> 00:46:31.599
 but they

00:46:31.599 --> 00:46:32.000
 would be

00:46:32.000 --> 00:46:33.199
 forgiven through

00:46:33.199 --> 00:46:34.179
 faith in

00:46:34.179 --> 00:46:34.519
 Jesus.

00:46:37.659 --> 00:46:38.400
 This is a

00:46:38.400 --> 00:46:38.840
 God worth

00:46:38.840 --> 00:46:39.360
 worshiping.

00:46:40.159 --> 00:46:40.940
 And this is

00:46:40.940 --> 00:46:41.360
 what we are

00:46:41.360 --> 00:46:41.880
 going to do.