Well, what a joy it's been once again to preach through eight Psalms this summer.
! Psalm 32 will be our last one.
We'll take a break from the Psalms until next summer.
And at this pace, in about 25 more years, we'll have covered the entire Psalter, 150 Psalms.
It seems like each one is just more fitting and more timely than the last.
As you hear Psalm 32, think of God's providence and His timing.
This was not planned, but this is where He has us for this open-air evangelistic service.
Psalm 32 says, a maskel of David.
A maskel could mean three different things.
It could be a musical notation.
It can mean contemplation.
Or it can mean instruction.
Or to just make it matters easy for us, it probably means all three.
So we'll go with that.
And as I read Psalm 32, I do it trusting that it's God's inspired, inerrant, infallible,
clear, sufficient, powerful word for you and me.
Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven,
whose sin is covered.
Blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity,
and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
When I kept silent, my bones grew old,
through my groaning all the day long.
For day and night,
your hand was heavy upon me.
My vitality was turned into the drought of summer.
I acknowledged my sin to you,
and my iniquity I have not hidden.
I said, I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,
and you forgave the iniquity of my sin.
Selah.
For this cause,
everyone who is godly
shall pray to you in a time when you may be found.
Surely in a flood of great waters,
they shall not come near him.
You are my hiding place.
You shall preserve me from trouble.
You shall surround me with songs of deliverance.
Selah.
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go.
I will guide you with my eye.
Do not be like the horse or the mule,
which have no understanding,
which must be harnessed with bit and bridle,
else they will not come near you.
Many sorrows shall be to the wicked,
but he who trusts in the Lord,
mercy shall surround him.
Be glad in the Lord,
and rejoice, you righteous,
and shout for joy,
you upright in heart.
The word of God for the people of God.
Thanks be to God.
Please be seated.
The grass withers, the flower fades,
but the word of the Lord stands forever.
Let's pray.
Oh, Lord, please cause your people to rejoice by going to Jesus
and by confessing our sin,
confessing who you are and who we are before you
and our great need of you to be our Savior.
Please minister, Lord, this forgiveness one more time today
that we can truly know with assurance
that you have pardoned our sin
and that all who will go and confess unto you
can receive your forgiveness and know true blessedness
and truly rejoice in the presence of you, the holy God.
Please do this, Lord, for your glory
and for Christ's sake we pray.
Amen.
The English word for happiness,
I didn't know where it came from, so I looked it up
and it came from those old Viking settlers
that went to the northern part of North America.
So some of the words from their vocabulary
have stayed in our own culture
and in that old Viking language, the word was hap.
And so that same root, hap, is where we get the word haphazard.
And so when we speak of happiness,
we're really using a word that means exactly what we're saying.
The idea of something being haphazard means it's,
it has no order and no direction to it.
So when we speak of happiness, we really are saying,
I might feel something, but it's based on luck or random chance.
Psalm 32 uses a very different word
with a different origin and a different meaning.
The word is blessed.
It's a wonderful English word that we need to,
to make sure we're grasping the right meaning of this.
To be blessed is to be on a straight path
or to go forward in the right direction.
So where happiness is fleeting,
happiness is conditioned by our circumstances,
happiness, we can agree with the Vikings,
it's only possible if you're lucky.
It's haphazard.
By contrast, true blessedness,
it fixes your joy and mine
into our lives being well-ordered
and going in the right direction.
And we only know this from God, our Creator.
He designed us for this.
So my word of encouragement for us today,
this is our sermon title, is this.
You can know true blessedness.
You and I can know true blessedness.
Psalm 32 is instruction from King David,
teaching the nation of Israel.
So as we walk through this psalm,
I would like to point out five lessons
from David as a saved repenter.
Five lessons on true blessedness.
Number one,
only the Lord can give you and me true blessedness.
Only the Lord can give you and me true blessedness.
The kings of the world,
they take whatever they want,
whenever they want it.
That's the pattern of the world,
and that's what the world continues to
tell you and me happiness is.
They don't wait.
They don't obey any rules.
Think of David's life.
He tried that,
and it was miserable.
And now in response,
in Psalm 32,
he teaches what the Holy Spirit revealed to him.
This is true blessedness,
not that.
Look at verse one.
Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven.
See, you and I,
in our sin,
we deserve God's just punishment
for our transgressions.
What does that word mean,
transgression?
It means we have rebelled.
We have seen that no trespassing sign,
and we went there anyway.
We've revolted against God.
But instead of that just punishment
that you and I deserve,
sinners like us can know true blessedness
because verse one says
it's blessed to be forgiven by God.
You and I deserve to be
cast away,
carried far away from here.
But instead,
God has taken our sin
and carried that away
and kept us in his presence.
He spared our life.
He's pardoned us
instead of being declared guilty
and condemned
and sent away to prison.
He says,
I pay that debt.
I pronounce you pardoned,
fully pardoned.
That's what it is to be blessed.
Blessed is the one
whose transgression
is forgiven.
And he repeats this same truth
in two other ways.
He says next,
whose sin is covered.
You and I deserve God's righteous wrath
for our sin.
Sin is similar to the word trespass,
but sin carries other meanings.
Sin refers to our offense against God,
falling short of his glory
by our lives.
We've dug ourselves into a hole
and we owe to God
what we hollowed out.
This pit that we're in,
everything in this pit
that used to belong there,
we dug out by our sin
and we keep digging ourselves
deeper and deeper into a hole.
Instead of the righteous wrath of God
being poured out on us
in our sin,
which is what we deserve,
the promise held forth to us
in Psalm 32
is that we can experience
true blessedness.
We can be covered by God.
Blessed is he whose sin is covered.
That word covered means
that that hole that we dug ourselves into,
God has filled it up completely
for us.
God has covered our sin.
He's hidden our shame.
We were there exposed,
humiliated,
and instead he's come
and he's clothed us.
He's robed us.
That's what a blessed life is,
to know that,
to be covered by God.
Verse 2 continues,
Blessed is the man
to whom the Lord
does not impute iniquity.
You and I deserve
to be eternally cursed
for our iniquity.
But we're blessed
if we receive from the Lord
that punishment,
that pouring out of wrath on us
being instead not imputed,
not put on us anymore.
Iniquity means perversity.
It means being morally deviated,
being twisted.
And that's what we would deserve
in our sin,
but instead of that eternal curse,
sinners like us
can know true blessedness
because the Lord
no longer will impute to us
what we deserve.
The curse of our sin
has been imputed to us.
That means our account
has been charged this great debt.
But to not impute it
means that the Lord
has put the debt we owe
that's on our account
onto the account of another.
From God's perspective,
when He looks at us,
He no longer views us
that way as a debtor.
He no longer measures us up
as one who is indebted to Him.
It's no longer on our account.
And He says,
in whose spirit there is no deceit.
In whose spirit there is no deceit.
The word for spirit
can be translated spirit,
but it can also be an exhaling.
It can mean a person
whose breath is not telling a lie.
Your words or your spirit.
Think of out of the overflow
of the spirit or the heart,
the mouth speaks.
So there's a tie between
the inner man and the outer man
through our words.
He says later,
when I was silent,
when I was not confessing,
not breathing out the truth,
I was not blessed.
But He's saying,
blessed is the one
in whose spirit there is no deceit.
You have put it before the Lord
with your words.
There's no more guile,
no more falsehood,
no more hypocrisy.
Let me ask you today,
have you believed a lie
about happiness?
Our hearts are right
to want to be glad,
want to rejoice.
But when we slip in
and pursue worldly happiness
instead of true blessedness,
we will always get disappointment.
The world lies
and wants to tell us
that blessedness
is getting what you want
when you want it.
And the devil comes in
and whispers to you and me
that we'll be happier,
we'll be more blessed
without God.
That His law
will restrict your happiness.
That you don't really
owe God anything.
That you're not that bad.
You're better than most.
The real problem is that
our own twisted minds
want to believe
those lies from the world
and those lies from the devil.
You know why?
It's because the Bible says
our heart is more deceitful
and desperately wicked
than anything else.
Brothers and sisters,
if we believe the lies
of the world about happiness,
we will never know
true blessedness.
We'll miss out
on the greatest blessings possible.
The only true source of joy
and happiness
and gladness
that comes from God.
We'll miss out
because He's the Creator.
And our Creator knows
what we are designed for.
The catechism question,
we are made
to glorify God
and enjoy Him forever.
The good news
from Psalm 32
is that you and I
can know
true blessedness.
We can.
So here's the second lesson.
When you and I
refuse to confess
our sins to the Lord,
we will experience
misery instead.
That's the next lesson
from David's own testimony.
When you and I
refuse to confess
our sins to the Lord,
instead of knowing
true blessedness
of being forgiven,
we experience
misery.
David is bearing testimony
in Psalm 32.
He puts himself
as an expert witness
for what it's like
to act
as the king
of your own life
in God's place.
Look at verse 3.
David testifies,
when I kept silent,
my bones,
meaning my body,
my strength
grew old.
It was waxing away
through my groaning
all the day long.
That word for groaning,
it can mean
howling
or grumbling.
A man that's,
he's like a tortured dog.
That's what it's like
to not confess
sin to God.
When I was concealing
my sin,
secretively devising
my own ways,
neglecting
to tell God
the truth
about myself,
he says,
I was miserable.
My whole body
was like
it was going to die.
We don't know
for sure
the context
of Psalm 32,
but the language
points very strongly
that this comes
right after
his great sin
and his confession
in Psalm 51.
Most likely,
Psalm 51
was first
because it's raw.
He's confessing
in the moment
his weakness
and asking God
to clean his heart.
Then at the end
of Psalm 51,
he says,
Lord,
I will teach
transgressors
your ways.
I will bear witness.
And so here comes
Psalm 32
where he's doing
just that.
And this great
series of sins
that he concealed,
he kept it back,
was slow to
recognize it
even when confronted
by Nathan,
had to tell him
a parable.
He committed adultery
with Bathsheba,
murdered Uriah,
and did not confess
this to the Lord,
tried to go on
acting as if
he were his own king,
a king like
all the other nations.
And in Psalm 51,
he describes
his bones
as having been
broken by the
Lord himself.
Remember,
he prays,
Lord,
let the bones
that you have
broken rejoice
again.
And see the tie
here with
verse 3,
when I kept silent,
this is what
my bones were like.
It's the bones
that the Lord
had broken
through the heavy
conviction of sin.
What was that
like,
David?
What was it like
to hold that back
from the Lord?
Look at verse 4.
He said,
day and night,
he's telling God,
your hand
was heavy
upon me.
The hand
of the Lord.
The hand
stands for that
part of a person
that action
is carried out
through.
It's the instrument
of God's strength,
His power.
And it was
heavy upon me,
pushing down
my sin
and your conviction.
It was such a burden,
it was crushing me.
He says in
verse 4,
my vitality
was turned
into the drought
of summer.
The word there
is sap.
Like,
maybe he's looking
at a tree
and he sees
the sap of a tree
represents the life
of the tree.
But it was dried up.
There was nothing
left inside.
And then the marker,
Selah,
reflect on this.
Take a deep
pause
and let this
truth sink
into your soul.
To be as
dried up
as the summer
of Israel
where I'm told
from May to September
there is
no rain.
We've had
some dry
days and weeks
here in Colorado,
some wildfires,
but we've also
had rain
almost every week,
every other week.
Can you imagine
May through September
with no rain?
And yet there's
some parts
that it's
incredibly humid
at the same time.
113 degree
temperature.
You step outside,
you're instantly
sweating.
You breathe
through your mouth
once,
you make the mistake
of doing that
without a cloth
covering it,
and it's like
someone shoved
a handful of
cotton in your mouth.
That's what it's
like to not
confess your sin,
David says.
A blessed man
is strong,
but David
says,
the longer I
fought against
God's conviction
and my pride,
the weaker I
became.
A joyful man
is welcomed
and refreshed
in the presence
of God,
but David's
confessing,
because I
refused to
confess my
sin,
God put this
heavy burden
on me.
It was
weighty,
it was crushing
me.
I was uneasy
and restless
and troubled.
I couldn't get
away from it
day or night.
it's blessed
to have
energy,
to feel
full of
life,
but to be
rejuvenated
was something
David had
forgotten what
he was even
like.
Because of his
pride,
he didn't want
to admit
his sin
to God.
His whole
existence
became parched,
dried up,
and lifeless.
Without God,
this is what
life now
and eternity
is like.
You and I
know this
feeling.
None of us
were born
believers,
and the Lord
saved each
one of us
at different
moments of
our lives.
And even
as a believer,
we know
what it's
like.
David,
in this
context,
already knew
of God's
grace and
salvation,
and yet the
Lord allowed
David to
fall into
great sins
that he
pretended for
too long
he had not
committed.
Without God,
life is
miserable.
When we
refuse to
confess our
sins,
we will
experience a
torturous
existence.
Maybe there's
someone within
earshot,
maybe someone
even in our
group here
today,
that needs
this caution
from Psalm
32.
How will
you spend
your days
on earth
and for
all eternity?
will you
hold on to
your pride?
Will you
stay far
from the
Lord?
Will you
pretend like
he doesn't
know our
hearts and
doesn't know
all things?
Where God
is graciously
offering to
you true
blessedness?
And that's
the third
lesson from
Psalm 32
that David
teaches us.
Here's what
you and I
must do to
experience true
blessedness in
the Lord.
Look at
verse 5.
David says,
I acknowledged
my sin to
you and
my iniquity I
have not
hidden.
I said,
I will
confess my
transgressions
to the
Lord and
you forgave
the iniquity
of my
sin.
This is
such great
news.
To
acknowledge
your sin,
it means
to see it
correctly,
to agree
after observing
a thing.
David is
reflecting back
looking at
his own
life and
then owning
it finally.
A proud
king would
look at his
reflection in
the mirror
and he'd
see a
smudge on
his forehead
and then
respond by
shattering the
mirror into
a thousand
pieces,
blaming the
mirror,
where the
problem is
he's got
mud on his
own forehead.
God's
word says
in Romans
420,
we just
read this
today,
receive God's
promise.
Don't
waver in
unbelief.
God
promises
acknowledge
your sin
and God
will forgive
the iniquity
of your
sin.
Don't
waver in
unbelief
but be
strengthened in
your faith in
the Lord,
giving glory
to God.
Be fully
convinced that
what God
had promised
in his
word,
he is able
to perform
in the
life,
death,
and
resurrection
of Jesus
Christ.
Receive
Jesus Christ
humbly
and know
that you
are saved
in him.
Why can
this be
true?
Well,
for David
it would
mean going
through the
ceremonial steps
that God
had ordered.
It would
mean going
to a priest
a mediator
between God
and man.
And it
would mean
bringing along
a sacrifice
that would
take the
punishment
of the
sin you
deserve.
And the
priest
putting his
hand on
that sacrifice
and laying
your sin
on this
substitute
instead.
And watching
that substitute
be slain
and bleed
and having
that blood
cover you.
And then
that aroma
goes up to
the Lord
and you
receive
by faith
all that
this
sacrificial
system
pointed
to.
And it's
fulfilled
in the
person
and work
of Jesus
Christ.
Jesus
Christ
is the
Lamb
of God.
God
himself
provides
that
substitute
for you
and me.
Jesus
Christ
is also
the priest.
He's the
one who
welcomes
a sinner
like David
or like
you and
me.
And he's
the one
who says
your sin
is put
on the
substitute
on Jesus
Christ
himself
the Lamb
of God.
And it's
Jesus
who is
slain
for the
sins
of his
people.
And it's
the blood
of Jesus
that flows
to cover
our sin.
And it's
a double
exchange.
Not only
is the
sin of
the sinner
paid by
Jesus
the Lamb
of God
but the
righteousness
of Jesus
the second
Adam
the keeper
of the
law.
His
righteousness
his good
life
his meritorious
obedience
to the
Father
is also
given
to the
people
that he
saved.
This is
the gospel.
Our Lord
Jesus
takes
your
trespass
your
iniquity
your
sin
and mine
that deserve
God's
punishment
and in
exchange
he gives
us the
forgiveness
and the
life
and the
grace
of his
perfect
life.
For all
who trust
in Christ
Jesus
as Lord
his death
on the
cross
has fully
paid
for the
debt
that
you
and I
owe
God.
It's
his
flawless
holiness
that
secures
eternal
life
for you
and me
now
and
forever
more.
This is
why we
humble
ourselves
before
God.
His
word
convicts
us.
We
know
the
problem
is
in
us
not
in
his
law.
We
confess
our
sin
to
him
and
we
can
know
true
blessedness
in
Jesus
Christ.
Christ
that's
what
you
and
I
must
do
to
experience
it.
We
must
confess
our
sin
to
the
Lord
and
trust
that
in
Jesus
Christ
he
is
able
to
save
and
forgive
our
sin.
the
fourth
lesson
from
David
in
Psalm
32
is
this
you've
heard
the
good
news
of
salvation
that
God
has
provided
the
lesson
is
this
don't
put
it
off
now
is
the
time
for
you
to
know
this
true
blessedness
in
the
Lord
now
is
the
time
that's
what
he
says
in
verse
six
for
this
cause
look
there
with
me
for
this
cause
everyone
who
is
godly
shall
pray
to
you
in
a
time
when
you
may
be
found
now
is
the
time
of
finding
he
says
surely
in
a
flood
of
great
waters
they
shall
not
come
near
the
one
that
has
confessed
his
sin
to
you
in
Psalm
51
David
makes
a
specific
vow
I
will
teach
transgressors
your
ways
and
sinners
shall
be
converted
to
you
and
now
in
Psalm
32
David
looks
back
and
he
knows
this
was
true
for
him
the
Lord
had
preserved
him
he
saw
like
a
flood
of
great
waters
the
coming
judgment
of
God
the
wrath
of
God
that
the
Lord
patiently
holds
back
David
deserved
to receive
every bit
of that
but the
Lord
pardoned
the Lord
held back
his own
flood
of judgment
from
David
but his
reflection
in verses
6 and 7
is urgency
pray to
God
now
he says
in a
time
when
God
may
be
found
see
the
warning
is
that
there
is
a
time
of
judgment
coming
and
he's
alluding
here
to a
flood
of
great
waters
David
is now
repeating
like
a
prophet
the
warnings
of
Noah
stood
and said
turn
to
the
Lord
believe
in
God
the
door
is
still
open
come
inside
the
flood
of
judgment
is
coming
and
Psalm
32
still
preaches
to me
and you
today
come
to
Jesus
before
he
comes
in
his
judgment
come
now
while
the
door
is
open
the
arms
of
Jesus
are
open
now
but
soon
he's
coming
in wrath
he will
judge
the
living
and
the
dead
David
could
testify
of
God's
steadfast
love
if
you
come
to
him
now
you
will
be
preserved
look
at
verse
7
you
are
my
hiding
place
Lord
you
shall
preserve
me
from
trouble
and
look
at
how
the
Lord
receives
you
sinner
in
me
who
run
to
him
now
while
the
time
of
finding
is
at
hand
in
verse
7
he
says
the
Lord
surrounds
save
sinners
like
you
and
me
with
songs
of
deliverance
the
door
will
close
one
day
those
who
ignore
the
warnings
to
run
to
Jesus
now
will
run
out
of
time
!
they
will
drown
in
a
flood
of
God's
wrath
that
will
cover
the
whole
earth
there
will
be
nowhere
to
hide
you
will
be
surrounded
by
screams
of
death
if
you
reject
God's
call
to
enter
that
vessel
that
he
has
prepared
you
will
soon
face
his
judgment
for
all
eternity
but
here's
the
good
news
here's
the
time
this
is
the
hour
here's
the
good
news
all
who
are
hidden
inside
Jesus
Christ
God
will
preserve
to
the
very
end
you
will
be
delivered
you
will
be
hidden
in
Christ
and
God
will
surround
you
with
songs
of
deliverance
this
is
not
a
time
to
keep
silent
do
not
push
God
off
any
longer
now
is
the
time
to
confess
our
sin
to
the
Lord
and
to
pray
that
he
will
forgive
us
we
run
to
him
to
Jesus
Christ
with
his
arms
wide
open
to
receive
you
to
surround
you
with
songs
of
deliverance
we
hide
in
him
we
trust
by
faith
that
he
will
be
our
hiding
place
he
will
preserve
us
in
times
of
trouble
!
verse
the
fifth
and
final
lesson
from
psalm
32
and
David
today
the
Lord
himself
is
the
source
of
all
blessedness
the
Lord
himself
is
the
source
of
all
blessedness
if
we
look
for
happiness
or
gladness
or
joy
anywhere
else
we
will
be
disappointed
we
will
come
up
short
we
find
true
blessedness
in
the
Lord
look
at
verse
8
verse
8
I
believe
is
the
only
verse
where
the
speaker
changes
look
at
who
is
speaking
in
verse
8
I
will
instruct
you
and
teach
you
in
the
way
you
should
go
I
will
guide
you
with
my
eye
upon
you
only
God
can
speak
this
way
it's
the
Lord
himself
who
guides
us
in
true
blessedness
remember
it
means
to
have
a
life
that's
correctly
ordered
and in
the
proper
direction
that
we
are
designed
for
the
Lord
himself
will
do
this
I
will
guide
you
with
my
eye
I
love
that
imagery
God
says
I
will
come
at
your
level
I
will
come
close
to
you
eye
to
eye
with
you
whom
I
have
saved
my
countenance
my
face
my
approval
or
displeasure
will
guide
you
will
know
me
it
will
be
our
relationship
that
will
keep
you
walking
in
my
path
I'll
be
close
to
you
and
you
will
walk
with
me
because
I
am
near
you
this
was
promised
throughout
all
of
the
scriptures
it
was
promised
in
Jeremiah
31
and
we
see
this
fulfillment
quoted
by
Hebrews
8
God
promised
I
will
put
my
laws
into
the
minds
of
my
people
I
will
write
them
on
their
hearts
I
will
be
their
God
and
they
shall
be
my
people
and
they
shall
all
know
me
the
Lord
has
promised
to be
near
his
people
to teach
every
single
one
with
his
countenance
with
his
close
relationship
think
of
how
this
is
fulfilled
in
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
in
Matthew
11
starting
at
verse
28
Jesus
says
come
to
me
all
who
labor
and
are
heavy
laden
and
I
will
give
you
rest
take
my
yoke
upon
you
my
yoke
is
easy
my
burden
is
light
and
learn
from
me
I
am
gentle
and
lowly
in
heart
come
to
me
and
you
will
find
rest
for
your
souls
it's
the
Lord
himself
teaching
his
people
guiding
his
people
walking
with
his
people
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
fulfills
this
then I
believe
in
verse
9
the
voice
the
person
speaking
changes
again
I
think
it's
back
to
David
the
Lord
is
so
kind
and
patient
and
gentle
promising
his
presence
and
now
David
commands
like
a
king
do
not
be
like
the
horse
or
the
mule
which
have
no
understanding
which
must
be
harnessed
with
bit
and
bridle
or
else
they
will
not
come
near
to
you
it's
not
the
Lord
saying
you
won't
come
near
to
me
it's
David
saying
if
you're
!
like
that
they
won't
even
like
a
horse
tends
to
do
and
if
the
Lord
gives
you
an
understanding
faith
to
know
who
he
truly
is
you
won't
fight
against
walking
toward
him
like
a
mule
verse
10
sets
up
a
contrast
don't
be
this
way
do
be
this
way
look
at
verse
10
many
sorrows
shall
be
to
the
wicked
but
he
who
trusts
in
the
Lord
mercy
shall
surround
him
come
near
to
the
Lord
if
you
want
many
sorrows
if
you
want
to
be
miserable
go
the
way
of
the
wicked
ignore
the
Lord
pretend
like
you're
your
own
king
a
little
bit
longer
let
your
bones
waste
away
let
your
mouth
dry
up
but
if
you
want
to
be
blessed
if
you
want
to
know
what
you
were
created
for
in
the
right
way
to
live
that
the
Lord
is
just
pleased
to
bless
you
with
and
pour
upon
you
his
mercy
then
you
go
to
him
trust
in
the
Lord
that's
the
command
it's
not
anything
else
it's
the
one
who
trusts
in
the
Lord
mercy
shall
surround
him
trust
in
the
Lord
and
don't
trust
in
yourself
brothers
and
sisters
we see
this
clearly
with
our
eyes
and
maybe
even
we
accept
it
with
our
minds
but
the
truth
of
this
command
that
trust
in
the
Lord
we
need
to
be
persuaded
over
and
over
don't
we
our
flesh
our
pride
fight
against
it
our
deceitful
hearts
want
to
push
God
away
so
David's
problem
I
believe
is
wanting
to
be
king
!
like
the
world
and
that's
our
exact
same
problem
our
hearts
are
idol
factories
we
want
to
live
as
though
we're
our
own
kings
and
queens
but
we
need
a
greater
king
we
need
the
only
king
who's
able
to
persuade
us
and
to
keep
us
near
God
to
keep
us
trusting
in
God
we
need
Jesus
Christ
to
be
our
king
amen
we
need
Jesus
Christ
to
be
our
king
because
our
hearts
are
hostile
toward
God
we
are
utterly
!
unable
!
to
turn
ourselves
to
God
on
our
own
we
need
Jesus
Christ
to
be
the
king
because
he's
the
one
that's
powerful
enough
to
break
us
of
our
stubborn
pride
to
lead
us
to
confess
our
sin
again
to
God
and
to
draw
us
to
receive
God's
grace
we
need
Jesus
Christ
to
be
the
king
because
only
he
can
rescue
and
secure
us
from
all
of
our
spiritual
enemies
from
sin
and
Satan
worldliness
and
woes
that
want
to
devour
us
we
need
Jesus
to
be
our
protector
we
need
Jesus
Christ
as
our
king
because
only
he
is
powerful
enough
to
convince
our
minds
to
subdue
our
rebellion
and
to
sustain
our
faith
amen
above
all
we
need
Jesus
Christ
to
be
our
king
because
only
he
can
deliver
us
from
death
and
preserve
us
all
the
way
to
his
heavenly
kingdom
we
need
Jesus
Christ
to
be
our
king
he
will
preserve
you
will
be
surrounded
with
mercy
in
just
that
one
line
psalm
32
is
just
cracking
the
door
open
inviting
us
into
all
of
the
scriptures
what
is
it
like
well
God
fulfills
this
what's
it
like
to
be
surrounded
by
his
mercy
listen
to
just
a
small
sampling
of
what
the
Bible
says
about
this
truth
that
you
in
Christ
are
surrounded
by
God's
mercy
Jesus
himself
said
in
John
5
24
truly
I
say
to
you
he
who
hears
my
word
and
believes
him
who
sent
me
has
eternal
life
listen
carefully
and
you
will
not
come
into
judgment
you'll
be
surrounded
by
my
mercy
according
to
Isaiah
43
42
if
you
are
in
Christ
God
has
blotted
out
erased
completely
your
record
of
sin
against
God
you're
surrounded
by
his
mercy
according
to
Hebrews
10
17
if
you
are
in
Jesus
Christ
God
remembers
your
sin
no
more
God
who
is
omniscient
surrounds
you
with
so
much
mercy
he
can
be
described
as
remembering
your
sin
no
more
according
to
Micah
7
18
Jesus
Christ
has
taken
away
your
sins
He
has
cast
them
into
the
deep
and
all
of
the
sins
of
his
people
are
so
far
buried
under
the
oceans
they
can
never
be
found
again
and
never
be
brought
back
up
and
used
to
accuse
you
by
Satan
if
you
are
in
Christ
God
promises
that
he
has
cast
your
sin
behind
his
back
so
to
speak
according
to
Jeremiah
33
8
if
you
are
in
Jesus
Christ
God
has
pardoned
your
sin
and
he
sees
it
no
more
that's
blessed
happiness
in the
Lord
Psalm 32
teaches
this is
the only
place
where you
can have
true
gladness
look at
verse 11
be glad
where
in
the
Lord
you
can
only
know
true
blessedness
if
your
gladness
your
contentment
your
happiness
your
joy
in
life
is
in
the
Lord
and
who
is
this
offered
to
who
can
truly
rejoice
in
this
way
he
says
rejoice
you
righteous
shout
for
joy
you
upright
in
heart
we
just
confess
that
none
of
our
hearts
stay
upright
on
their
own
to
be
righteous
means
you
are
right
with
God
and
none
of
us
can
be
right
with
God
on
our
own
when
Jesus
Christ
rules
over
you
as
the
king
of
your
life
he
keeps
your
heart
upright
before
the
Lord
our
hearts
keep
wanting
to
slag
and
tip
over
he
keeps
us
right
with
God
when
Jesus
Christ
is
your
Lord
and
your
Savior
you
are
clothed
in
his
righteousness
God
sees
you
as
being
just
as
righteous
as
Jesus
himself
you
are
righteous
if
you
are
in
Jesus
Christ
and
that's
the
only
place
where
true
gladness
can be
found
it's
in
the
Lord
any
and all
who
are
covered
by
Jesus
Christ
are
blessed
come
near
to
God
who
first
came
near
to
you
and
me
in
Jesus
Christ
confess
who
you
are
and
your
great
need
of
him
confess
a
sin
if
he's
convicting
you
and
trust
in
the
Lord
and
his
full
righteousness
know
that
you
receive
his
pardon
he
pronounces
this
over
you
are
forgiven
and
no
true
blessedness
in
Jesus
Christ
let's
pray
Lord
we
thank you
for your
faithfulness
to us
we
praise you
for your
kindness
for your
love
we
pray
that
you'll
teach us
by the
mercy
of
Jesus
to
receive
your
gospel
truth
today
Lord
to rest
in
the
pardon
that
Jesus
secured
for
us
we
ask
this
for
your
glory
and
for
his
name's
sake
amen