WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:29.980 Thank you. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:59.980 Thank you. 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:02.000 Thank you. 00:01:02.000 --> 00:01:04.000 Thank you. 00:01:04.000 --> 00:01:06.000 Thank you. 00:01:06.000 --> 00:01:15.719 And though he had never met and knew nothing about any of these men, on this intuition he sent to 12 men the following telegram anonymously. 00:01:15.719 --> 00:01:45.700 Thank you. 00:01:45.719 --> 00:01:48.179 So let's not do that. 00:01:50.060 --> 00:01:51.659 What are you hiding? 00:01:51.659 --> 00:01:56.840 What are you hiding? 00:01:56.840 --> 00:01:58.520 Right now. 00:01:58.520 --> 00:02:04.960 Sitting politely and publicly in this congregation. 00:02:04.959 --> 00:02:07.899 What are you hiding? 00:02:07.900 --> 00:02:13.580 The knowledge of which would shame you. 00:02:13.580 --> 00:02:22.260 What is it that shames you even now to think of it in your mind? 00:02:22.260 --> 00:02:22.580 What? 00:02:22.580 --> 00:02:36.040 What grave and heinous sins have you done that you were not thinking of until this moment? 00:02:36.039 --> 00:02:40.780 And now what does your conscience say to you? 00:02:40.780 --> 00:02:45.360 Does it accuse you of some guilt? 00:02:45.360 --> 00:02:50.860 Does it tell you still to hide? 00:02:50.860 --> 00:02:55.260 To maintain a perfect posture to avoid all eye contact with anybody? 00:02:55.480 --> 00:02:56.340 With me? 00:02:57.780 --> 00:02:59.700 For fear of incriminating yourself? 00:02:59.699 --> 00:03:04.839 I have for you this evening horrifying news. 00:03:05.839 --> 00:03:06.939 All is discovered. 00:03:07.879 --> 00:03:09.039 The jig is up. 00:03:10.079 --> 00:03:11.000 You are found out. 00:03:11.000 --> 00:03:15.740 And if you let it. 00:03:15.740 --> 00:03:21.759 This discovery of your great evil will be to you a great mercy. 00:03:21.759 --> 00:03:34.560 On whether you will evade, deny, plead your own innocence, or instead confess, I am guilty, Lord have mercy. 00:03:34.819 --> 00:03:37.639 On that choice depends everything. 00:03:37.639 --> 00:03:49.000 In Shakespeare's Lady Macbeth, after organizing the murder of one who stood in the way of her husband's ascent to the kingship, 00:03:50.299 --> 00:03:58.359 she's found sleepwalking, rubbing her hands together feverishly, incessantly, before she yells out in despair, 00:03:58.359 --> 00:04:01.459 Out, damned spot, out, I say. 00:04:01.759 --> 00:04:06.359 Who would have thought the old man to have so much blood in him? 00:04:07.639 --> 00:04:10.439 Will these hands never be clean? 00:04:11.239 --> 00:04:13.479 Here is the smell of blood still. 00:04:14.559 --> 00:04:18.939 All of the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. 00:04:19.719 --> 00:04:22.719 The hand with which she murdered King Duncan. 00:04:24.479 --> 00:04:28.620 And if all the perfumes of Arabia could not conceal the blood of this one man, 00:04:28.899 --> 00:04:32.639 what, I beg you, will conceal the blood on your hands. 00:04:32.639 --> 00:04:39.099 Our text tonight will answer for you this question. 00:04:40.740 --> 00:04:42.180 But only if you let it. 00:04:43.759 --> 00:04:50.599 Only if you decide now, at this very moment, to permit this word from the Lord to read your soul. 00:04:51.879 --> 00:04:56.680 Will it have anything to say to that shame, guilt that you conceal so well? 00:04:56.680 --> 00:05:06.100 You must decide now, at this very moment, that the word of the Lord tonight is aimed directly at you. 00:05:07.220 --> 00:05:12.040 Forget for these moments a friend you came with, a neighbor to whom you are witnessing. 00:05:13.160 --> 00:05:17.379 This medicine will only heal you if you receive it. 00:05:17.379 --> 00:05:23.180 Our text for this evening is 2 Samuel chapter 12. 00:05:23.680 --> 00:05:25.060 Turn with me there, if you will. 00:05:26.920 --> 00:05:30.879 If you've been coming to these evening services now, you recognize the context. 00:05:31.100 --> 00:05:34.500 David is well ensconced in his throne in Jerusalem. 00:05:35.560 --> 00:05:42.259 And as his armies go out to war in the previous chapter, he sees a woman bathing on her rooftop. 00:05:42.259 --> 00:05:48.339 He knows her husband to be off at war, and therefore he invites her in. 00:05:48.480 --> 00:05:49.420 He sleeps with her. 00:05:49.860 --> 00:05:50.779 They have a child. 00:05:52.680 --> 00:05:55.079 He brings back her husband from war. 00:05:55.860 --> 00:05:57.959 Try to cover up his tracks. 00:05:58.139 --> 00:06:01.620 And when the husband won't do so, he has him killed. 00:06:03.180 --> 00:06:04.199 That's the context. 00:06:04.860 --> 00:06:07.399 And that brings us to our text this evening. 00:06:07.399 --> 00:06:12.679 We're focusing on verses 1 through 25. 00:06:15.539 --> 00:06:16.519 Let's read those together. 00:06:18.579 --> 00:06:20.560 2 Samuel 12, verse 1. 00:06:20.560 --> 00:06:23.439 And the Lord sent Nathan to David. 00:06:24.519 --> 00:06:25.939 He came to him and said to him, 00:06:26.879 --> 00:06:28.939 There were two men in a certain city, 00:06:29.659 --> 00:06:31.299 the one rich and the other poor. 00:06:31.300 --> 00:06:35.259 The rich man had very many flocks and herds, 00:06:35.340 --> 00:06:38.939 but the poor man had nothing but one little ewe lamb, 00:06:39.560 --> 00:06:40.840 which he had bought. 00:06:41.680 --> 00:06:43.020 And he brought it up. 00:06:43.540 --> 00:06:45.819 And it grew up with him and with his children. 00:06:46.259 --> 00:06:51.540 It used to eat of his morsel and drink from his cup and lie in his arms. 00:06:51.960 --> 00:06:53.800 And it was like a daughter to him. 00:06:56.139 --> 00:06:57.920 Now there came a traveler to the rich man, 00:06:57.920 --> 00:07:01.120 and he was unwilling to take one of his own flock or herd 00:07:01.120 --> 00:07:03.420 to prepare for the guests who had come to him. 00:07:03.980 --> 00:07:05.900 But he took the poor man's lamb 00:07:05.900 --> 00:07:08.640 and prepared it for the man who had come to him. 00:07:10.400 --> 00:07:13.120 Then David's anger was greatly kindled against the man. 00:07:13.780 --> 00:07:14.900 And he said to Nathan, 00:07:15.620 --> 00:07:19.460 As the Lord lives, the man who has done this deserves to die. 00:07:19.860 --> 00:07:22.379 And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, 00:07:22.520 --> 00:07:25.580 because he did this thing and because he had no pity. 00:07:27.920 --> 00:07:29.500 Nathan said to David, 00:07:30.120 --> 00:07:32.000 You are the man. 00:07:33.300 --> 00:07:35.480 Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, 00:07:35.920 --> 00:07:38.259 I anointed you king over Israel, 00:07:38.259 --> 00:07:40.840 and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul. 00:07:41.360 --> 00:07:43.300 And I gave you your master's house 00:07:43.300 --> 00:07:45.879 and your master's wives into your arms 00:07:45.879 --> 00:07:48.500 and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah. 00:07:48.939 --> 00:07:50.240 And if this were too little, 00:07:50.340 --> 00:07:52.580 I would add to you as much more. 00:07:52.579 --> 00:07:56.939 Why have you despised the word of the Lord 00:07:56.939 --> 00:07:59.459 to do what is evil in his sight? 00:08:00.819 --> 00:08:03.479 You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword 00:08:03.479 --> 00:08:05.539 and have taken his wife to be your wife 00:08:05.539 --> 00:08:08.379 and have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites. 00:08:09.479 --> 00:08:10.240 Now therefore, 00:08:10.680 --> 00:08:13.339 the sword shall never depart from your house 00:08:13.339 --> 00:08:15.539 because you have despised me 00:08:15.539 --> 00:08:17.839 and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite 00:08:17.839 --> 00:08:18.839 to be your wife. 00:08:19.579 --> 00:08:20.439 Thus says the Lord, 00:08:20.439 --> 00:08:22.959 behold, I will raise up evil against you 00:08:22.959 --> 00:08:24.300 out of your own house. 00:08:24.779 --> 00:08:27.279 And I will take your wives before your eyes 00:08:27.279 --> 00:08:28.819 and give them to your neighbor. 00:08:29.319 --> 00:08:30.899 And he shall lie with your wives 00:08:30.899 --> 00:08:32.379 in the sight of this son. 00:08:32.960 --> 00:08:34.279 For you did it secretly. 00:08:34.919 --> 00:08:37.320 But I will do this thing before all Israel 00:08:37.320 --> 00:08:38.500 and before the son. 00:08:40.700 --> 00:08:42.299 David said to Nathan, 00:08:43.100 --> 00:08:45.700 I have sinned against the Lord. 00:08:48.860 --> 00:08:50.240 And Nathan said to David, 00:08:50.440 --> 00:08:54.700 The Lord also has put away your sin. 00:08:55.860 --> 00:08:57.540 You shall not die. 00:08:59.080 --> 00:08:59.520 Nevertheless, 00:09:00.040 --> 00:09:02.040 because by this deed 00:09:02.040 --> 00:09:04.560 you have utterly scorned the Lord, 00:09:06.000 --> 00:09:07.740 the child who is born to you 00:09:07.740 --> 00:09:09.360 shall die. 00:09:11.420 --> 00:09:12.840 And Nathan went to his house. 00:09:15.180 --> 00:09:16.720 And the Lord afflicted the child 00:09:16.720 --> 00:09:18.220 that Uriah's wife bore to David 00:09:18.220 --> 00:09:19.120 and he became sick. 00:09:20.360 --> 00:09:22.040 David therefore sought God 00:09:22.040 --> 00:09:23.240 on behalf of the child. 00:09:24.320 --> 00:09:25.940 David fasted and went in 00:09:25.940 --> 00:09:27.840 and lay all night on the ground. 00:09:29.100 --> 00:09:30.600 And the elders of his house 00:09:30.600 --> 00:09:31.600 stood beside him 00:09:31.600 --> 00:09:32.700 to raise him from the ground, 00:09:32.779 --> 00:09:33.500 but he would not. 00:09:34.139 --> 00:09:35.639 Nor did he eat food with them. 00:09:35.639 --> 00:09:38.500 On the seventh day, 00:09:38.539 --> 00:09:39.220 the child died. 00:09:40.480 --> 00:09:41.500 And the servants of David 00:09:41.500 --> 00:09:42.620 were afraid to tell him 00:09:42.620 --> 00:09:43.379 that the child was dead. 00:09:43.819 --> 00:09:44.360 For they said, 00:09:44.439 --> 00:09:44.759 Behold, 00:09:45.120 --> 00:09:46.559 while the child was yet alive, 00:09:46.659 --> 00:09:47.419 we spoke to him 00:09:47.419 --> 00:09:48.720 and he did not listen to us. 00:09:49.000 --> 00:09:50.620 How then can we say to him 00:09:50.620 --> 00:09:51.600 the child is dead? 00:09:52.299 --> 00:09:53.840 He may do himself some harm. 00:09:53.840 --> 00:09:57.220 But when David saw 00:09:57.220 --> 00:09:57.700 that his servants 00:09:57.700 --> 00:09:58.500 were whispering together, 00:09:58.600 --> 00:09:59.080 David understood 00:09:59.080 --> 00:10:00.420 that the child was dead. 00:10:00.960 --> 00:10:02.040 And David said to his servants, 00:10:02.220 --> 00:10:03.060 Is the child dead? 00:10:03.639 --> 00:10:04.200 They said, 00:10:04.560 --> 00:10:05.180 He is dead. 00:10:06.320 --> 00:10:07.379 Then David arose 00:10:07.379 --> 00:10:08.019 from the earth 00:10:08.019 --> 00:10:08.639 and washed 00:10:08.639 --> 00:10:09.519 and anointed himself 00:10:09.519 --> 00:10:10.399 and changed his clothes. 00:10:10.980 --> 00:10:11.759 And he went 00:10:11.759 --> 00:10:12.379 into the house 00:10:12.379 --> 00:10:12.920 of the Lord 00:10:12.920 --> 00:10:14.560 and worshipped. 00:10:16.100 --> 00:10:16.980 He then went 00:10:16.980 --> 00:10:17.740 to his own house. 00:10:19.160 --> 00:10:20.500 And when he asked, 00:10:20.660 --> 00:10:21.660 they set food before him 00:10:21.660 --> 00:10:22.160 and he ate. 00:10:22.159 --> 00:10:23.860 Then his servants 00:10:23.860 --> 00:10:24.399 said to him, 00:10:24.459 --> 00:10:25.519 What is this thing 00:10:25.519 --> 00:10:26.699 that you have done? 00:10:27.419 --> 00:10:28.360 You fasted 00:10:28.360 --> 00:10:29.360 and wept for the child 00:10:29.360 --> 00:10:30.199 when he was alive, 00:10:30.259 --> 00:10:31.459 but when the child died, 00:10:31.559 --> 00:10:32.459 you arose and ate food. 00:10:33.600 --> 00:10:34.219 He said, 00:10:34.579 --> 00:10:35.199 While the child 00:10:35.199 --> 00:10:35.959 was still alive, 00:10:36.059 --> 00:10:37.240 I fasted and wept, 00:10:37.360 --> 00:10:38.019 for I said, 00:10:38.100 --> 00:10:38.639 Who knows 00:10:38.639 --> 00:10:39.279 whether the Lord 00:10:39.279 --> 00:10:40.360 will be gracious to me 00:10:40.360 --> 00:10:41.879 and the child may live. 00:10:43.059 --> 00:10:43.919 But now he's dead. 00:10:45.279 --> 00:10:46.919 Why should I fast? 00:10:47.860 --> 00:10:49.279 Can I bring him back again? 00:10:50.220 --> 00:10:51.179 I shall go to him, 00:10:51.259 --> 00:10:52.039 but he will not return 00:10:52.039 --> 00:10:52.399 to me. 00:10:54.860 --> 00:10:56.319 Then David comforted 00:10:56.319 --> 00:10:56.899 his wife, 00:10:57.319 --> 00:10:57.699 Bathsheba, 00:10:58.099 --> 00:10:59.199 and went into her 00:10:59.199 --> 00:11:00.019 and lay with her 00:11:00.019 --> 00:11:01.039 and she bore a son 00:11:01.039 --> 00:11:02.419 and he called his name 00:11:02.419 --> 00:11:03.419 Solomon. 00:11:04.699 --> 00:11:06.139 And the Lord loved him 00:11:06.139 --> 00:11:07.679 and sent a message 00:11:07.679 --> 00:11:08.740 by Nathan the prophet. 00:11:09.559 --> 00:11:10.919 So he called his name 00:11:10.919 --> 00:11:12.079 Jedidiah 00:11:12.079 --> 00:11:13.579 because of the Lord. 00:11:16.279 --> 00:11:17.019 This evening, 00:11:17.219 --> 00:11:17.980 I want to note 00:11:17.980 --> 00:11:18.879 two things together 00:11:18.879 --> 00:11:19.639 from this text. 00:11:20.319 --> 00:11:21.600 The first 00:11:21.600 --> 00:11:23.100 is that sin 00:11:23.100 --> 00:11:23.919 brings 00:11:23.919 --> 00:11:25.659 sure consequences 00:11:25.659 --> 00:11:27.600 and condemnation. 00:11:28.080 --> 00:11:29.439 Sin brings 00:11:29.439 --> 00:11:30.340 sure consequences 00:11:30.340 --> 00:11:31.299 and condemnation. 00:11:31.399 --> 00:11:31.779 Secondly, 00:11:32.919 --> 00:11:34.199 fleeing from sin 00:11:34.199 --> 00:11:35.199 brings 00:11:35.199 --> 00:11:35.480 sure 00:11:35.480 --> 00:11:36.740 consolation. 00:11:37.879 --> 00:11:39.240 Fleeing from sin 00:11:39.240 --> 00:11:39.620 brings 00:11:39.620 --> 00:11:40.480 sure consolation. 00:11:40.620 --> 00:11:41.019 First then, 00:11:41.080 --> 00:11:41.559 number one, 00:11:42.319 --> 00:11:42.659 sin 00:11:42.659 --> 00:11:43.279 brings 00:11:43.279 --> 00:11:44.319 sure consequences 00:11:44.319 --> 00:11:45.519 and condemnation. 00:11:45.519 --> 00:11:53.600 in chapter 11 the chapter previous to this one we see david comfortably ensconced on his jerusalem 00:11:53.600 --> 00:11:59.079 throne where instead of going out to fight battles on behalf of his people he sends others to do his 00:11:59.079 --> 00:12:07.120 bidding this is the operative word david sends six times in previous chapters he would go out 00:12:07.120 --> 00:12:14.600 and come in he would wage the wars but in this chapter he sends he has you see all the authority 00:12:14.600 --> 00:12:21.279 to move men and women around like pawns he sends this one and he sends that one and they go wherever 00:12:21.279 --> 00:12:27.480 he wills but in verse one of this passage in our chapter tonight we see there is another authority 00:12:27.480 --> 00:12:34.860 sending someone to david the lord sent nathan to david 00:12:34.860 --> 00:12:43.220 and with what tidings does nathan the prophet come but with a pressing legal question demanding 00:12:43.220 --> 00:12:49.879 immediate adjudication nathan tells a beautifully crafted story that could not help but appeal 00:12:49.879 --> 00:12:56.580 both to david's poetic soul after all this was the king who wrote all those glorious psalms 00:12:56.580 --> 00:13:04.379 and also to his kingly sense of justice and when presented with this heinous evil this rich man has 00:13:04.379 --> 00:13:12.939 done to this poor man david responds precisely as he should verse five his anger was greatly kindled 00:13:12.939 --> 00:13:17.600 against the men he said to nathan as the lord lives the man who has done this deserves to die and he 00:13:17.600 --> 00:13:25.320 shall restore the lamb fourfold because he did this thing and because he had no pity david's moral calculus 00:13:25.320 --> 00:13:30.260 is spot on in the abstract 00:13:30.260 --> 00:13:37.760 to this strange thought experiment david declares an unequivocal verdict 00:13:37.760 --> 00:13:38.860 condemnation 00:13:38.860 --> 00:13:46.000 and that's the right answer david knows his law david knows his law perfectly 00:13:46.000 --> 00:13:50.740 and in that perfect knowledge of the law he hides himself 00:13:50.740 --> 00:14:00.840 he hides himself even while he condemns himself without knowing 00:14:00.840 --> 00:14:07.700 he does not yet know that he has condemned himself until nathan delivers it to him straight 00:14:07.700 --> 00:14:10.560 you are the man 00:14:10.560 --> 00:14:14.360 you are the man 00:14:14.360 --> 00:14:20.780 you are the man who has trampled on the joys of those in your control 00:14:20.780 --> 00:14:25.680 you are the man that has abused your authority for murder 00:14:25.680 --> 00:14:32.020 you are the man that has stolen the precious possession of another simply to be your own plaything 00:14:32.020 --> 00:14:36.420 you david you are the man who must make restitution 00:14:36.419 --> 00:14:39.299 you are the man who must die 00:14:39.299 --> 00:14:41.759 you are the man 00:14:41.759 --> 00:14:45.279 and all at once 00:14:45.279 --> 00:14:52.879 david realizes that his sin is not concealed from god though it is concealed from every other person in the world 00:14:52.879 --> 00:14:56.120 and now he will die 00:14:56.120 --> 00:14:57.639 as saul died 00:14:57.639 --> 00:15:00.299 he has delivered the condemnation himself 00:15:00.299 --> 00:15:01.980 he deserves to die 00:15:01.980 --> 00:15:05.259 the kingdom must surely go to another 00:15:05.259 --> 00:15:08.700 sin brings sure condemnation 00:15:08.700 --> 00:15:12.240 david sees his sin for what it is 00:15:12.240 --> 00:15:14.120 for the first time 00:15:14.120 --> 00:15:16.939 not a simple lack of sexual self-control 00:15:16.939 --> 00:15:22.519 but the presumption that he the king can perform whatever he pleases with the pawns in his power 00:15:22.519 --> 00:15:25.600 he had ample wives to entertain himself 00:15:25.600 --> 00:15:27.759 this was not about that 00:15:27.759 --> 00:15:29.299 this was about him 00:15:29.299 --> 00:15:33.139 believing that he was the highest law of the land 00:15:33.139 --> 00:15:39.039 what did david lack 00:15:39.039 --> 00:15:42.679 that caused him to flee outside of god's direction for him 00:15:42.679 --> 00:15:47.559 several centuries later god will ask through his mouthpiece jeremiah 00:15:47.559 --> 00:15:51.779 what fault did your fathers find in me that they went far from me 00:15:51.779 --> 00:15:53.659 and it went after worthlessness 00:15:53.659 --> 00:15:55.319 and they became worthless 00:15:55.319 --> 00:15:58.179 and the answer here is simple 00:15:58.179 --> 00:16:00.299 david found no fault in god 00:16:00.299 --> 00:16:03.099 nathan opened up the royal histories 00:16:03.099 --> 00:16:06.459 and regales david with all the blessings that god had showered upon him 00:16:06.459 --> 00:16:08.699 like a very flood of grace 00:16:08.699 --> 00:16:11.919 i anointed you king over israel god says 00:16:11.919 --> 00:16:14.319 i delivered you out of the hand of saul 00:16:14.319 --> 00:16:18.539 i gave you your master's house and your master's wives into your arms 00:16:18.539 --> 00:16:20.859 and i gave you the house of israel of judah 00:16:20.859 --> 00:16:22.339 and if this were not enough 00:16:22.339 --> 00:16:24.479 i would add to you much more 00:16:24.480 --> 00:16:28.620 there was no fault in god's provision for david 00:16:28.620 --> 00:16:32.240 he simply looked grace right in the face and said 00:16:32.240 --> 00:16:33.879 i am bored with this 00:16:33.879 --> 00:16:38.659 david felt the smiling face of god upon his soul 00:16:38.659 --> 00:16:39.920 and said in response 00:16:39.920 --> 00:16:42.440 i do not love you 00:16:42.440 --> 00:16:45.240 as we sang in the song 00:16:45.240 --> 00:16:46.980 in the hymn just now 00:16:46.980 --> 00:16:49.759 i have sinned against thy grace 00:16:49.759 --> 00:16:51.220 and provoked thee 00:16:51.220 --> 00:16:53.580 to thy face 00:16:53.580 --> 00:16:59.860 and now death must ensue 00:16:59.860 --> 00:17:03.900 the sword shall never depart from your house 00:17:03.900 --> 00:17:04.819 says nathan 00:17:04.819 --> 00:17:06.640 prophesying about the civil war 00:17:06.640 --> 00:17:08.319 into which israel will soon be thrown 00:17:08.319 --> 00:17:09.600 after absalom's rebellion 00:17:09.600 --> 00:17:12.660 i will take your wives before your eyes 00:17:12.660 --> 00:17:13.740 and give them to your neighbor 00:17:13.740 --> 00:17:15.100 and he shall lie with your wives 00:17:15.100 --> 00:17:16.160 in the sight of the sun 00:17:16.160 --> 00:17:17.180 says nathan 00:17:17.180 --> 00:17:18.700 foreseeing that absalom 00:17:18.700 --> 00:17:20.360 david's rebellious son 00:17:20.360 --> 00:17:22.680 will soon drive david out of the city 00:17:22.680 --> 00:17:23.380 into hiding 00:17:23.380 --> 00:17:25.840 and he himself will go into the palace 00:17:25.840 --> 00:17:28.180 and sleep with all of david's concubines 00:17:28.180 --> 00:17:28.900 and wives 00:17:28.900 --> 00:17:29.860 in a tent 00:17:29.860 --> 00:17:30.740 on the roof 00:17:30.740 --> 00:17:31.820 of the palace 00:17:31.820 --> 00:17:33.760 in the sight of the sun 00:17:33.759 --> 00:17:39.160 for all of the sun 00:17:39.160 --> 00:17:39.980 and he has learned well 00:17:39.980 --> 00:17:40.920 from his father 00:17:40.920 --> 00:17:44.220 the sins of the fathers 00:17:44.220 --> 00:17:45.700 are visited upon the children 00:17:45.700 --> 00:17:48.240 the fathers have eaten sour grapes 00:17:48.240 --> 00:17:49.539 and the children's teeth 00:17:49.539 --> 00:17:50.619 are set on edge 00:17:50.619 --> 00:17:52.400 absalom 00:17:52.400 --> 00:17:54.660 looks just like his father 00:17:54.660 --> 00:18:00.400 and though david will escape this sin 00:18:00.400 --> 00:18:01.279 with his very life 00:18:01.279 --> 00:18:01.920 as we will see 00:18:01.920 --> 00:18:04.480 by only the pure grace of god 00:18:04.480 --> 00:18:06.460 he will lose the life of his son 00:18:06.460 --> 00:18:09.360 the heart of bathsheba will be shattered 00:18:09.360 --> 00:18:10.820 as her son dies 00:18:10.820 --> 00:18:14.120 the kingdom will shortly be thrown into disarray 00:18:14.120 --> 00:18:17.000 all because david did not apply to himself 00:18:17.000 --> 00:18:19.300 all his knowledge of the law 00:18:19.299 --> 00:18:21.379 he did not think 00:18:21.379 --> 00:18:22.839 it applied to him 00:18:22.839 --> 00:18:27.299 what then will we make of this 00:18:27.299 --> 00:18:30.839 will we do with david 00:18:30.839 --> 00:18:33.639 will you do with david 00:18:33.639 --> 00:18:35.319 what david did 00:18:35.319 --> 00:18:37.279 with this rich man 00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:38.839 and poor man 00:18:38.839 --> 00:18:42.359 will you think of this as a thought experiment 00:18:42.359 --> 00:18:45.539 or will you hear nathan's voice 00:18:45.539 --> 00:18:46.379 saying to you 00:18:46.379 --> 00:18:47.039 even now 00:18:47.039 --> 00:18:47.859 you 00:18:47.859 --> 00:18:49.179 are the man 00:18:49.179 --> 00:18:51.759 you have done this 00:18:51.759 --> 00:18:56.679 do you see yourself in david 00:18:56.679 --> 00:19:00.740 with that shameful sin you committed 00:19:00.740 --> 00:19:01.939 that i made you think of 00:19:01.939 --> 00:19:02.979 at the beginning of this sermon 00:19:02.979 --> 00:19:04.379 do you see yourself in david 00:19:04.379 --> 00:19:06.639 do you recall how your conscience 00:19:06.639 --> 00:19:08.219 speaks against you 00:19:08.219 --> 00:19:10.099 while you did that sin 00:19:10.099 --> 00:19:12.779 do you remember how you are recognized 00:19:12.779 --> 00:19:15.419 you recognize and admitted in the abstract 00:19:15.419 --> 00:19:17.240 that this is a sin 00:19:17.240 --> 00:19:19.240 but you somehow are exceptional 00:19:19.240 --> 00:19:21.219 doesn't apply to you 00:19:21.219 --> 00:19:22.619 you are not the man 00:19:22.619 --> 00:19:24.759 this is a mere thought experiment 00:19:24.759 --> 00:19:28.119 did you think you would not be found out 00:19:28.119 --> 00:19:31.699 sin this passage tells us 00:19:31.699 --> 00:19:33.699 brings sure consequences 00:19:33.699 --> 00:19:36.480 and certain condemnation 00:19:36.480 --> 00:19:42.000 and the harrowing thing about our text 00:19:42.000 --> 00:19:43.500 is that that condemnation 00:19:43.500 --> 00:19:44.860 and those consequences 00:19:44.860 --> 00:19:47.160 might fall on those around you 00:19:47.160 --> 00:19:48.660 more than they fall on you 00:19:48.660 --> 00:19:53.799 do you consider that those who pay the penalty 00:19:53.799 --> 00:19:54.559 for your sins 00:19:54.559 --> 00:19:55.620 may be your children 00:19:55.620 --> 00:19:56.980 your friends 00:19:56.980 --> 00:19:57.980 your parents 00:19:57.980 --> 00:20:01.019 while you get off with a minor sentence 00:20:01.019 --> 00:20:05.559 do you realize the very real possibility 00:20:05.559 --> 00:20:07.539 of leading a child of god astray 00:20:07.539 --> 00:20:08.639 you 00:20:08.639 --> 00:20:12.559 do you hear nathan saying 00:20:12.559 --> 00:20:13.039 that you 00:20:13.039 --> 00:20:14.680 you are the man 00:20:14.680 --> 00:20:18.400 you must hear it that way 00:20:18.400 --> 00:20:19.900 if you are to hear that sin 00:20:19.900 --> 00:20:21.139 brings consequences 00:20:21.139 --> 00:20:22.519 and condemnation 00:20:22.519 --> 00:20:24.240 i do not mean sin in the abstract 00:20:24.240 --> 00:20:26.180 i mean your sin 00:20:26.180 --> 00:20:28.059 brings consequences 00:20:28.059 --> 00:20:30.059 brings condemnation 00:20:30.059 --> 00:20:33.460 that's my first point 00:20:33.460 --> 00:20:34.440 of the evening 00:20:34.440 --> 00:20:37.019 sin brings sure consequences 00:20:37.019 --> 00:20:38.079 and condemnation 00:20:38.079 --> 00:20:41.879 secondly 00:20:41.879 --> 00:20:44.379 fleeing from sin 00:20:44.379 --> 00:20:45.879 brings sure 00:20:45.879 --> 00:20:47.339 consolation 00:20:47.339 --> 00:20:50.440 david 00:20:50.440 --> 00:20:52.519 knows himself 00:20:52.519 --> 00:20:53.440 to be found out 00:20:53.440 --> 00:20:55.379 the jig is up 00:20:55.379 --> 00:20:56.720 all is discovered 00:20:56.720 --> 00:20:58.599 he must flee 00:20:58.599 --> 00:21:00.399 he makes 00:21:00.399 --> 00:21:01.319 not a shade 00:21:01.319 --> 00:21:02.079 of an excuse 00:21:02.079 --> 00:21:03.699 plainly 00:21:03.699 --> 00:21:04.539 simply 00:21:04.539 --> 00:21:05.299 unequivocally 00:21:05.299 --> 00:21:06.079 he states 00:21:06.079 --> 00:21:07.859 i have sinned 00:21:07.859 --> 00:21:08.859 against the lord 00:21:08.859 --> 00:21:12.839 where 00:21:12.839 --> 00:21:13.579 first 00:21:13.579 --> 00:21:14.759 in nathan's story 00:21:14.759 --> 00:21:15.539 he may have said that 00:21:15.539 --> 00:21:16.899 such and such a man 00:21:16.899 --> 00:21:17.939 sinned against the lord 00:21:17.939 --> 00:21:18.819 now he says 00:21:18.819 --> 00:21:20.079 i have sinned 00:21:20.079 --> 00:21:20.819 against the lord 00:21:20.819 --> 00:21:22.759 and between those two 00:21:22.759 --> 00:21:23.579 is a world 00:21:23.579 --> 00:21:24.339 of difference 00:21:24.339 --> 00:21:26.119 between those two 00:21:26.119 --> 00:21:26.419 is 00:21:26.420 --> 00:21:27.240 the knowledge 00:21:27.240 --> 00:21:27.980 of the law 00:21:27.980 --> 00:21:29.039 the knowledge 00:21:29.039 --> 00:21:30.080 of what god demands 00:21:30.080 --> 00:21:30.660 the knowledge 00:21:30.660 --> 00:21:31.320 of sin 00:21:31.320 --> 00:21:32.920 the knowledge 00:21:32.920 --> 00:21:34.500 that i am a sinner 00:21:34.500 --> 00:21:36.039 the knowledge 00:21:36.039 --> 00:21:37.360 that i have sinned 00:21:37.360 --> 00:21:41.960 in fact 00:21:41.960 --> 00:21:43.200 in the 51st psalm 00:21:43.200 --> 00:21:44.000 that david writes 00:21:44.000 --> 00:21:45.140 after this whole affair 00:21:45.140 --> 00:21:46.380 he will confess 00:21:46.380 --> 00:21:47.000 to god 00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:48.440 that against you 00:21:48.440 --> 00:21:49.480 and you alone 00:21:49.480 --> 00:21:50.400 have i sinned 00:21:50.400 --> 00:21:52.080 you and you alone 00:21:52.079 --> 00:21:54.859 he's not trying 00:21:54.859 --> 00:21:55.859 to hide it 00:21:55.859 --> 00:22:00.279 and this 00:22:00.279 --> 00:22:00.899 i think 00:22:00.899 --> 00:22:02.000 is why david 00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:03.199 keeps his life 00:22:03.199 --> 00:22:04.359 while saul 00:22:04.359 --> 00:22:04.899 didn't 00:22:04.899 --> 00:22:07.419 this i think 00:22:07.419 --> 00:22:07.980 is why 00:22:07.980 --> 00:22:08.819 there is a note 00:22:08.819 --> 00:22:09.679 of consolation 00:22:09.679 --> 00:22:09.980 here 00:22:09.980 --> 00:22:11.659 in the middle 00:22:11.659 --> 00:22:12.599 of the consequences 00:22:12.599 --> 00:22:14.000 and calamities 00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:14.559 that are caused 00:22:14.559 --> 00:22:15.099 by sin 00:22:15.099 --> 00:22:15.839 there is still 00:22:15.839 --> 00:22:16.879 some consolation 00:22:16.879 --> 00:22:17.859 you david 00:22:17.859 --> 00:22:18.500 will not 00:22:18.500 --> 00:22:19.179 die 00:22:19.179 --> 00:22:20.379 the kingdom 00:22:20.379 --> 00:22:21.079 will not 00:22:21.079 --> 00:22:21.899 go to another 00:22:21.900 --> 00:22:22.740 it will remain 00:22:22.740 --> 00:22:23.460 with your house 00:22:23.460 --> 00:22:24.100 even though 00:22:24.100 --> 00:22:24.480 there will be 00:22:24.480 --> 00:22:24.980 a sword 00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:25.780 in your house 00:22:25.780 --> 00:22:29.259 so nathan 00:22:29.259 --> 00:22:30.240 can say to david 00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:31.019 a sword 00:22:31.019 --> 00:22:31.620 will never 00:22:31.620 --> 00:22:32.700 leave your house 00:22:32.700 --> 00:22:34.259 and still david 00:22:34.259 --> 00:22:35.380 can have another son 00:22:35.380 --> 00:22:36.320 and name him 00:22:36.320 --> 00:22:37.320 solomon 00:22:37.320 --> 00:22:38.720 which is derived 00:22:38.720 --> 00:22:40.300 from the hebrew word 00:22:40.300 --> 00:22:41.800 salem 00:22:41.800 --> 00:22:42.540 shalom 00:22:42.540 --> 00:22:43.580 peace 00:22:43.580 --> 00:22:46.900 the sword 00:22:46.900 --> 00:22:47.120 will never 00:22:47.120 --> 00:22:48.019 depart from your house 00:22:48.019 --> 00:22:49.019 and you shall 00:22:49.019 --> 00:22:49.519 name your son 00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:49.980 peace 00:22:49.980 --> 00:22:52.759 there is a note 00:22:52.759 --> 00:22:53.720 of consolation 00:22:53.720 --> 00:22:55.860 how 00:22:55.860 --> 00:22:57.299 does david 00:22:57.299 --> 00:22:58.940 have access 00:22:58.940 --> 00:22:59.319 to this 00:22:59.319 --> 00:22:59.940 consolation 00:22:59.940 --> 00:23:01.700 how might 00:23:01.700 --> 00:23:02.559 you have 00:23:02.559 --> 00:23:03.099 access 00:23:03.099 --> 00:23:03.759 to this 00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:04.660 consolation 00:23:04.660 --> 00:23:06.539 i have 00:23:06.539 --> 00:23:07.180 three 00:23:07.180 --> 00:23:08.400 suggestions 00:23:08.400 --> 00:23:09.140 for you 00:23:09.140 --> 00:23:10.400 first 00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:13.259 see yourself 00:23:13.259 --> 00:23:15.019 in the mirror 00:23:15.019 --> 00:23:15.839 of the word 00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:18.220 see yourself 00:23:18.220 --> 00:23:19.379 when the word 00:23:19.379 --> 00:23:20.339 comes to you 00:23:20.339 --> 00:23:21.879 condemningly 00:23:21.879 --> 00:23:23.819 see yourself 00:23:23.819 --> 00:23:27.039 when the bible 00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:27.640 says 00:23:27.640 --> 00:23:30.099 what can a man 00:23:30.099 --> 00:23:30.740 gain 00:23:30.740 --> 00:23:31.359 if he loses 00:23:31.359 --> 00:23:32.599 his soul 00:23:32.599 --> 00:23:35.220 ask yourself 00:23:35.220 --> 00:23:36.319 not in the 00:23:36.319 --> 00:23:36.759 abstract 00:23:36.759 --> 00:23:37.480 what can a 00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:37.819 president 00:23:37.819 --> 00:23:38.619 or world leader 00:23:38.619 --> 00:23:39.240 or senator 00:23:39.240 --> 00:23:40.240 gain 00:23:40.240 --> 00:23:40.900 if he gets 00:23:40.900 --> 00:23:41.299 the whole 00:23:41.299 --> 00:23:41.579 world 00:23:41.579 --> 00:23:42.039 but loses 00:23:42.039 --> 00:23:42.640 his soul 00:23:42.640 --> 00:23:43.599 ask yourself 00:23:43.599 --> 00:23:44.720 what can 00:23:44.720 --> 00:23:46.160 i gain 00:23:46.160 --> 00:23:47.000 if i gain 00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:47.319 the world 00:23:47.319 --> 00:23:47.620 and lose 00:23:47.620 --> 00:23:47.960 my own 00:23:47.960 --> 00:23:48.240 soul 00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:48.819 what does 00:23:48.819 --> 00:23:49.259 it profit 00:23:49.259 --> 00:23:49.819 me 00:23:49.819 --> 00:23:50.640 if i gain 00:23:50.640 --> 00:23:51.039 the world 00:23:51.039 --> 00:23:51.660 and lose 00:23:51.660 --> 00:23:52.240 my soul 00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:53.759 you must 00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:54.740 see yourself 00:23:54.740 --> 00:23:56.359 in the word 00:23:56.359 --> 00:23:59.480 the sin of the king 00:23:59.480 --> 00:24:00.180 is not hidden 00:24:00.180 --> 00:24:00.680 from the eyes 00:24:00.680 --> 00:24:01.099 of the lord 00:24:01.099 --> 00:24:02.039 he thought it 00:24:02.039 --> 00:24:02.319 was 00:24:02.319 --> 00:24:03.099 it wasn't 00:24:03.099 --> 00:24:04.160 the new 00:24:04.160 --> 00:24:04.539 testament 00:24:04.539 --> 00:24:05.019 says 00:24:05.019 --> 00:24:05.680 everything 00:24:05.680 --> 00:24:07.099 that is done 00:24:07.099 --> 00:24:07.660 in secret 00:24:07.660 --> 00:24:09.039 will be revealed 00:24:09.039 --> 00:24:10.259 on that day 00:24:10.259 --> 00:24:12.279 the lord 00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:13.019 is already 00:24:13.019 --> 00:24:14.039 keeping a catalog 00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:15.299 of every 00:24:15.299 --> 00:24:16.119 sin 00:24:16.119 --> 00:24:17.099 we've done 00:24:17.099 --> 00:24:19.339 all will be 00:24:19.339 --> 00:24:19.799 revealed 00:24:19.799 --> 00:24:21.619 everything is 00:24:21.619 --> 00:24:22.259 found out 00:24:22.259 --> 00:24:24.019 fully at once 00:24:24.019 --> 00:24:29.740 to receive 00:24:29.740 --> 00:24:30.680 some consolation 00:24:30.680 --> 00:24:31.759 you must 00:24:31.759 --> 00:24:32.599 not hear 00:24:32.599 --> 00:24:33.039 nathan 00:24:33.039 --> 00:24:33.720 saying only 00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:34.139 to david 00:24:34.139 --> 00:24:34.740 that he is 00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:35.139 the man 00:24:35.139 --> 00:24:35.740 you must 00:24:35.740 --> 00:24:36.960 instead hear 00:24:36.960 --> 00:24:37.619 that you 00:24:37.619 --> 00:24:38.399 are the man 00:24:38.400 --> 00:24:39.519 it is 00:24:39.519 --> 00:24:39.960 you 00:24:39.960 --> 00:24:40.460 to whom 00:24:40.460 --> 00:24:40.900 every 00:24:40.900 --> 00:24:41.300 command 00:24:41.300 --> 00:24:41.740 in scripture 00:24:41.740 --> 00:24:42.540 is addressed 00:24:42.540 --> 00:24:44.200 kirk 00:24:44.200 --> 00:24:44.580 guard 00:24:44.580 --> 00:24:45.380 soren kirk 00:24:45.380 --> 00:24:45.620 guard 00:24:45.620 --> 00:24:46.040 has a 00:24:46.040 --> 00:24:46.780 glorious 00:24:46.780 --> 00:24:47.720 sermon 00:24:47.720 --> 00:24:48.240 called 00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:48.680 what is 00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:49.380 required 00:24:49.380 --> 00:24:50.400 to see 00:24:50.400 --> 00:24:51.019 oneself 00:24:51.019 --> 00:24:51.440 in the 00:24:51.440 --> 00:24:51.680 mirror 00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:52.000 of the 00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:52.340 word 00:24:52.340 --> 00:24:53.080 and his 00:24:53.080 --> 00:24:53.340 second 00:24:53.340 --> 00:24:53.860 requirement 00:24:53.860 --> 00:24:54.160 is 00:24:54.160 --> 00:24:54.620 you must 00:24:54.620 --> 00:24:55.000 remember 00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:55.460 to say 00:24:55.460 --> 00:24:56.060 to yourself 00:24:56.060 --> 00:24:56.940 incessantly 00:24:56.940 --> 00:24:57.740 it is 00:24:57.740 --> 00:24:58.620 i to whom 00:24:58.620 --> 00:24:58.860 it is 00:24:58.860 --> 00:24:59.200 speaking 00:24:59.200 --> 00:24:59.880 it is 00:24:59.880 --> 00:25:00.960 i about 00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:01.380 whom 00:25:01.380 --> 00:25:01.720 it is 00:25:01.720 --> 00:25:02.060 speaking 00:25:02.060 --> 00:25:03.440 when you 00:25:03.440 --> 00:25:04.000 read the 00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:04.400 bible 00:25:04.400 --> 00:25:05.420 is it 00:25:05.420 --> 00:25:05.820 for you 00:25:05.820 --> 00:25:06.180 a set 00:25:06.180 --> 00:25:06.840 of morality 00:25:06.840 --> 00:25:07.320 tales 00:25:07.320 --> 00:25:07.580 about 00:25:07.580 --> 00:25:07.880 other 00:25:07.880 --> 00:25:08.320 people 00:25:08.320 --> 00:25:09.120 but is 00:25:09.120 --> 00:25:09.240 it 00:25:09.240 --> 00:25:09.660 reading 00:25:09.660 --> 00:25:10.200 your 00:25:10.200 --> 00:25:11.180 soul 00:25:11.180 --> 00:25:13.460 in order 00:25:13.460 --> 00:25:14.480 to receive 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00:25:34.400 --> 00:25:35.140 branford 00:25:35.140 --> 00:25:36.259 when he 00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:36.680 saw a 00:25:36.680 --> 00:25:37.100 cart full 00:25:37.100 --> 00:25:37.500 of men 00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:37.940 going off 00:25:37.940 --> 00:25:38.500 to tyburn 00:25:38.500 --> 00:25:38.800 to be 00:25:38.800 --> 00:25:39.160 hanged 00:25:39.160 --> 00:25:39.400 he said 00:25:39.400 --> 00:25:39.820 to himself 00:25:39.820 --> 00:25:40.480 there goes 00:25:40.480 --> 00:25:40.880 john 00:25:40.880 --> 00:25:41.460 branford 00:25:41.460 --> 00:25:42.000 me 00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:42.780 but for 00:25:42.780 --> 00:25:43.060 the grace 00:25:43.060 --> 00:25:43.440 of god 00:25:43.440 --> 00:25:44.940 when you 00:25:44.940 --> 00:25:45.259 see the 00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:45.820 swearer in 00:25:45.820 --> 00:25:46.240 the street 00:25:46.240 --> 00:25:46.520 or the 00:25:46.520 --> 00:25:46.960 drunkard 00:25:46.960 --> 00:25:47.620 rolling home 00:25:47.620 --> 00:25:48.000 at night 00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:48.780 there are 00:25:48.780 --> 00:25:49.200 you 00:25:49.200 --> 00:25:50.140 there am 00:25:50.140 --> 00:25:50.420 i 00:25:50.420 --> 00:25:51.180 but for 00:25:51.180 --> 00:25:51.440 the grace 00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:51.800 of god 00:25:51.800 --> 00:25:53.520 who am 00:25:53.520 --> 00:25:54.300 i and 00:25:54.300 --> 00:25:54.900 what should 00:25:54.900 --> 00:25:55.360 i have 00:25:55.360 --> 00:25:55.920 been if 00:25:55.920 --> 00:25:56.440 the lord 00:25:56.440 --> 00:25:56.900 in his 00:25:56.900 --> 00:25:57.300 mercy 00:25:57.300 --> 00:25:57.880 had not 00:25:57.880 --> 00:25:58.420 stopped 00:25:58.420 --> 00:25:58.880 me in 00:25:58.880 --> 00:25:59.600 my mad 00:25:59.600 --> 00:26:00.360 career 00:26:00.359 --> 00:26:02.279 i know 00:26:02.279 --> 00:26:02.579 there are 00:26:02.579 --> 00:26:02.879 some of 00:26:02.879 --> 00:26:03.119 us who 00:26:03.119 --> 00:26:03.559 can remember 00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:03.939 the old 00:26:03.939 --> 00:26:04.459 story of 00:26:04.459 --> 00:26:05.159 roland hill 00:26:05.159 --> 00:26:05.459 when a 00:26:05.459 --> 00:26:06.199 good scotchman 00:26:06.199 --> 00:26:06.779 called to 00:26:06.779 --> 00:26:07.179 see him 00:26:07.179 --> 00:26:07.759 and without 00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:08.219 saying a 00:26:08.219 --> 00:26:08.759 word sat 00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:09.219 still for 00:26:09.219 --> 00:26:09.859 some five 00:26:09.859 --> 00:26:10.179 minutes 00:26:10.179 --> 00:26:10.939 looking into 00:26:10.939 --> 00:26:11.359 the old 00:26:11.359 --> 00:26:11.859 gentleman's 00:26:11.859 --> 00:26:12.219 face 00:26:12.219 --> 00:26:13.019 roland hill 00:26:13.019 --> 00:26:13.379 is a 00:26:13.379 --> 00:26:13.740 is a 00:26:13.740 --> 00:26:14.619 preacher 00:26:14.619 --> 00:26:15.119 famous 00:26:15.119 --> 00:26:16.019 evangelical 00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:16.519 preacher 00:26:16.519 --> 00:26:17.299 advocate of 00:26:17.299 --> 00:26:18.319 the smallpox 00:26:18.319 --> 00:26:18.899 vaccination 00:26:18.899 --> 00:26:20.399 at last 00:26:20.399 --> 00:26:20.839 roland hill 00:26:20.839 --> 00:26:21.479 asked him 00:26:21.479 --> 00:26:22.339 what engaged 00:26:22.339 --> 00:26:22.859 his attention 00:26:22.859 --> 00:26:23.639 so much 00:26:23.639 --> 00:26:25.119 and the 00:26:25.119 --> 00:26:25.559 scotchman 00:26:25.559 --> 00:26:25.939 said to 00:26:25.939 --> 00:26:26.159 him 00:26:26.159 --> 00:26:26.559 i was 00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:26.959 looking at 00:26:26.959 --> 00:26:27.339 the lines 00:26:27.339 --> 00:26:27.619 of your 00:26:27.619 --> 00:26:28.000 face 00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:29.839 well what 00:26:29.839 --> 00:26:29.980 do you 00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:30.240 make of 00:26:30.240 --> 00:26:30.399 them 00:26:30.399 --> 00:26:32.379 i make 00:26:32.379 --> 00:26:32.500 of 00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:32.639 them 00:26:32.639 --> 00:26:32.919 this 00:26:32.919 --> 00:26:33.939 that if 00:26:33.939 --> 00:26:34.419 the grace 00:26:34.419 --> 00:26:34.899 of god 00:26:34.899 --> 00:26:35.339 had not 00:26:35.339 --> 00:26:35.740 been in 00:26:35.740 --> 00:26:35.980 you 00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:37.079 you would 00:26:37.079 --> 00:26:37.419 be the 00:26:37.419 --> 00:26:37.779 biggest 00:26:37.779 --> 00:26:38.599 scoundrel 00:26:38.599 --> 00:26:39.079 living 00:26:39.079 --> 00:26:42.459 spurgeon 00:26:42.459 --> 00:26:43.000 says and 00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:43.319 some of 00:26:43.319 --> 00:26:43.859 us feel 00:26:43.859 --> 00:26:44.899 just that 00:26:44.899 --> 00:26:46.480 that if 00:26:46.480 --> 00:26:47.039 it had not 00:26:47.039 --> 00:26:47.419 been for 00:26:47.419 --> 00:26:47.799 the grace 00:26:47.799 --> 00:26:48.259 of god 00:26:48.259 --> 00:26:48.679 we should 00:26:48.679 --> 00:26:49.240 have been 00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:49.980 out and 00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:50.779 out ring 00:26:50.779 --> 00:26:51.539 leaders in 00:26:51.539 --> 00:26:52.399 every kind 00:26:52.399 --> 00:26:53.099 of infamy 00:26:53.099 --> 00:26:54.139 and sin 00:26:54.139 --> 00:26:55.819 i know for 00:26:55.819 --> 00:26:56.480 myself i can 00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:56.839 never do 00:26:56.839 --> 00:26:57.359 things by 00:26:57.359 --> 00:26:57.839 halves 00:26:57.839 --> 00:26:58.740 if i had 00:26:58.740 --> 00:26:59.500 served bail 00:26:59.500 --> 00:26:59.819 i would 00:26:59.819 --> 00:27:00.240 have built 00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:00.579 him an 00:27:00.579 --> 00:27:01.200 altar and 00:27:01.200 --> 00:27:01.920 made victims 00:27:01.920 --> 00:27:02.660 smoke upon 00:27:02.660 --> 00:27:03.279 it day 00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:04.019 and night 00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:05.819 and if 00:27:05.819 --> 00:27:06.240 we serve 00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:06.599 god 00:27:06.599 --> 00:27:07.119 zealously 00:27:07.119 --> 00:27:07.720 and earnestly 00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:08.220 we have 00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:08.579 the more 00:27:08.579 --> 00:27:09.079 reason to 00:27:09.079 --> 00:27:09.539 be humble 00:27:09.539 --> 00:27:10.160 and to 00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:10.720 lay low 00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:11.160 in the 00:27:11.160 --> 00:27:11.559 dust 00:27:11.559 --> 00:27:12.819 for that 00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:13.559 very zeal 00:27:13.559 --> 00:27:14.039 of spirit 00:27:14.039 --> 00:27:14.519 would have 00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:15.140 been turned 00:27:15.140 --> 00:27:15.500 to the 00:27:15.500 --> 00:27:16.160 very worst 00:27:16.160 --> 00:27:16.640 account 00:27:16.640 --> 00:27:17.779 unless divine 00:27:17.779 --> 00:27:18.740 grace had 00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:19.259 been pleased 00:27:19.259 --> 00:27:20.099 to transform 00:27:20.099 --> 00:27:20.660 us 00:27:20.660 --> 00:27:24.000 do you 00:27:24.000 --> 00:27:24.700 recognize in 00:27:24.700 --> 00:27:25.359 yourself the 00:27:25.359 --> 00:27:26.160 possibility of 00:27:26.160 --> 00:27:26.720 great sin 00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:29.400 the reality 00:27:29.400 --> 00:27:29.819 of great 00:27:29.819 --> 00:27:30.120 sin 00:27:30.120 --> 00:27:30.839 and the 00:27:30.839 --> 00:27:31.579 possibility of 00:27:31.579 --> 00:27:32.019 even greater 00:27:32.019 --> 00:27:32.360 sin 00:27:32.360 --> 00:27:37.680 it is 00:27:37.680 --> 00:27:38.180 necessary 00:27:38.180 --> 00:27:39.220 before you 00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:39.519 receive 00:27:39.519 --> 00:27:40.220 consolation 00:27:40.220 --> 00:27:41.600 to hear 00:27:41.600 --> 00:27:42.120 this word 00:27:42.120 --> 00:27:43.559 to you 00:27:43.559 --> 00:27:46.380 secondly 00:27:46.380 --> 00:27:47.559 how can we 00:27:47.559 --> 00:27:48.140 receive 00:27:48.140 --> 00:27:49.240 consolation 00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:52.240 seek out 00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:52.799 a nathan 00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:55.180 seek out 00:27:55.180 --> 00:27:55.659 a nathan 00:27:55.659 --> 00:27:58.519 nathan 00:27:58.519 --> 00:27:59.119 you see 00:27:59.119 --> 00:28:00.139 has the 00:28:00.139 --> 00:28:00.980 king's 00:28:00.980 --> 00:28:01.259 ear 00:28:01.259 --> 00:28:02.759 and he 00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:03.259 comes into 00:28:03.259 --> 00:28:03.919 the king's 00:28:03.919 --> 00:28:04.440 court 00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:05.000 and the 00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:05.399 court and 00:28:05.399 --> 00:28:05.700 the king 00:28:05.700 --> 00:28:06.519 listens to 00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:06.779 him 00:28:06.779 --> 00:28:10.240 there is 00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:10.700 nothing that 00:28:10.700 --> 00:28:11.259 keeps david 00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:11.759 from killing 00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:12.279 nathan right 00:28:12.279 --> 00:28:12.599 there on the 00:28:12.599 --> 00:28:12.879 spot 00:28:12.879 --> 00:28:14.700 always revealed 00:28:14.700 --> 00:28:15.960 he can kill 00:28:15.960 --> 00:28:16.440 nathan right 00:28:16.440 --> 00:28:16.740 there 00:28:16.740 --> 00:28:18.599 he doesn't 00:28:18.599 --> 00:28:21.240 david 00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:23.359 had at least 00:28:23.359 --> 00:28:23.879 one person 00:28:23.879 --> 00:28:24.459 around him 00:28:24.459 --> 00:28:26.199 to whom he 00:28:26.199 --> 00:28:26.759 gave permission 00:28:26.759 --> 00:28:27.619 to be lovingly 00:28:27.619 --> 00:28:28.179 intrusive 00:28:28.179 --> 00:28:28.959 in his life 00:28:28.959 --> 00:28:30.279 david 00:28:30.279 --> 00:28:31.639 willed himself 00:28:31.639 --> 00:28:32.379 not to see 00:28:32.379 --> 00:28:33.139 his own sin 00:28:33.139 --> 00:28:35.240 and we 00:28:35.240 --> 00:28:36.159 are very 00:28:36.159 --> 00:28:36.919 liable to 00:28:36.919 --> 00:28:37.579 the same 00:28:37.579 --> 00:28:38.299 blindness 00:28:38.299 --> 00:28:40.740 therefore find 00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.539 for yourself 00:28:41.539 --> 00:28:42.279 a person 00:28:42.279 --> 00:28:43.579 several people 00:28:43.579 --> 00:28:44.159 perhaps 00:28:44.159 --> 00:28:45.359 who are to be 00:28:45.359 --> 00:28:46.579 lovingly intrusive 00:28:46.579 --> 00:28:47.299 in your life 00:28:47.299 --> 00:28:48.799 this is one of 00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:49.220 the functions 00:28:49.220 --> 00:28:49.799 of the local 00:28:49.799 --> 00:28:50.220 church 00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:52.059 you give to 00:28:52.059 --> 00:28:52.460 the people 00:28:52.460 --> 00:28:53.259 around you 00:28:53.259 --> 00:28:53.980 the permission 00:28:53.980 --> 00:28:55.720 to hold you 00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:56.480 accountable to 00:28:56.480 --> 00:28:57.079 the standards 00:28:57.079 --> 00:28:57.720 of the faith 00:28:57.720 --> 00:28:58.039 that you 00:28:58.039 --> 00:28:58.579 profess 00:28:58.579 --> 00:29:00.779 you have 00:29:00.779 --> 00:29:01.319 given them 00:29:01.319 --> 00:29:01.919 the opportunity 00:29:01.919 --> 00:29:02.759 to be lovingly 00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:03.419 intrusive 00:29:03.419 --> 00:29:04.119 in your life 00:29:04.119 --> 00:29:05.299 and the reason 00:29:05.299 --> 00:29:06.019 for this 00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:06.539 is that 00:29:06.539 --> 00:29:08.059 this word 00:29:08.059 --> 00:29:08.879 you are the 00:29:08.879 --> 00:29:09.299 man 00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:10.799 is a word 00:29:10.799 --> 00:29:11.399 of mercy 00:29:11.399 --> 00:29:12.579 if you will 00:29:12.579 --> 00:29:13.159 hear it 00:29:13.159 --> 00:29:14.099 before the 00:29:14.099 --> 00:29:14.379 judgment 00:29:14.379 --> 00:29:14.919 comes 00:29:14.920 --> 00:29:17.720 faithful 00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:18.560 says the 00:29:18.560 --> 00:29:19.080 proverbs 00:29:19.080 --> 00:29:19.940 are the 00:29:19.940 --> 00:29:20.580 wounds 00:29:20.580 --> 00:29:21.060 of a 00:29:21.060 --> 00:29:21.460 friend 00:29:21.460 --> 00:29:23.000 but the 00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:23.220 kisses 00:29:23.220 --> 00:29:23.519 of an 00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:23.740 enemy 00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:24.460 are deceitful 00:29:24.460 --> 00:29:26.080 if all 00:29:26.080 --> 00:29:26.360 the people 00:29:26.360 --> 00:29:27.039 around you 00:29:27.039 --> 00:29:27.940 are those 00:29:27.940 --> 00:29:28.440 who flatter 00:29:28.440 --> 00:29:28.779 you 00:29:28.779 --> 00:29:29.800 beware 00:29:29.800 --> 00:29:32.240 find some 00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:32.700 at least 00:29:32.700 --> 00:29:33.039 one 00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:33.400 who will 00:29:33.400 --> 00:29:33.820 say the 00:29:33.820 --> 00:29:34.420 true things 00:29:34.420 --> 00:29:34.840 to you 00:29:34.840 --> 00:29:35.860 will hold 00:29:35.860 --> 00:29:36.340 you accountable 00:29:36.340 --> 00:29:36.700 to the 00:29:36.700 --> 00:29:36.940 faith 00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:37.080 you 00:29:37.080 --> 00:29:37.480 profess 00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:40.140 this 00:29:40.140 --> 00:29:41.259 finding 00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:41.820 for yourself 00:29:41.820 --> 00:29:42.279 a Nathan 00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:43.120 is required 00:29:43.119 --> 00:29:43.759 for you 00:29:43.759 --> 00:29:44.879 to feel 00:29:44.879 --> 00:29:45.799 the consolation 00:29:45.799 --> 00:29:46.259 that comes 00:29:46.259 --> 00:29:46.939 from fleeing 00:29:46.939 --> 00:29:47.679 from sin 00:29:47.679 --> 00:29:49.259 thirdly 00:29:49.259 --> 00:29:49.779 and finally 00:29:49.779 --> 00:29:50.839 simply put 00:29:50.839 --> 00:29:52.099 flee 00:29:52.099 --> 00:29:54.000 in order 00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:54.859 to feel 00:29:54.859 --> 00:29:55.739 the consolation 00:29:55.739 --> 00:29:56.159 to have 00:29:56.159 --> 00:29:56.919 the consolation 00:29:56.919 --> 00:29:57.399 that comes 00:29:57.399 --> 00:29:57.959 from fleeing 00:29:57.959 --> 00:29:58.519 from sin 00:29:58.519 --> 00:29:59.439 you must 00:29:59.439 --> 00:30:00.059 simply 00:30:00.059 --> 00:30:00.859 flee 00:30:00.859 --> 00:30:02.099 flee 00:30:02.099 --> 00:30:02.500 from your 00:30:02.500 --> 00:30:02.819 sin 00:30:02.819 --> 00:30:04.459 flee 00:30:04.459 --> 00:30:05.119 with everything 00:30:05.119 --> 00:30:05.759 in you 00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:06.359 from that 00:30:06.359 --> 00:30:06.679 sin 00:30:06.679 --> 00:30:08.559 do you 00:30:08.559 --> 00:30:09.199 not know 00:30:09.199 --> 00:30:10.559 that the 00:30:10.559 --> 00:30:11.239 living God 00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:13.319 the head 00:30:13.319 --> 00:30:13.559 of the 00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:13.880 armies 00:30:13.880 --> 00:30:14.259 of heaven 00:30:14.259 --> 00:30:16.620 has sworn 00:30:16.620 --> 00:30:17.420 eternal 00:30:17.420 --> 00:30:18.099 hatred 00:30:18.099 --> 00:30:19.019 toward all 00:30:19.019 --> 00:30:19.440 sin 00:30:19.440 --> 00:30:20.299 and evil 00:30:20.299 --> 00:30:20.680 in this 00:30:20.680 --> 00:30:20.940 world 00:30:20.940 --> 00:30:24.160 and he 00:30:24.160 --> 00:30:24.559 is coming 00:30:24.559 --> 00:30:26.900 revelation 00:30:26.900 --> 00:30:27.519 19 00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:28.079 depicts him 00:30:28.079 --> 00:30:28.680 like this 00:30:28.680 --> 00:30:29.880 i saw 00:30:29.880 --> 00:30:30.220 heaven 00:30:30.220 --> 00:30:30.620 opened 00:30:30.620 --> 00:30:31.220 and behold 00:30:31.220 --> 00:30:31.779 a white 00:30:31.779 --> 00:30:32.400 horse 00:30:32.400 --> 00:30:33.460 the one 00:30:33.460 --> 00:30:33.759 sitting 00:30:33.759 --> 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00:36:57.339 --> 00:36:59.779 recognize yourself to be a sinner 00:36:59.779 --> 00:37:01.759 flee to Christ 00:37:01.759 --> 00:37:03.579 believe in him 00:37:03.579 --> 00:37:06.399 despair of any possibility you have 00:37:06.399 --> 00:37:07.599 of earning your salvation 00:37:07.599 --> 00:37:08.939 through the work that you do 00:37:08.939 --> 00:37:12.379 and cling only to the goodness of Christ 00:37:12.379 --> 00:37:14.879 then you will hear the words 00:37:14.879 --> 00:37:16.899 your sin is put away 00:37:16.899 --> 00:37:18.480 you shall not die 00:37:18.480 --> 00:37:20.439 then you can sing truly 00:37:20.439 --> 00:37:22.539 Jesus paid it all 00:37:22.539 --> 00:37:24.679 all to him I owe 00:37:24.679 --> 00:37:27.239 sin had left a crimson stain 00:37:27.239 --> 00:37:30.840 but he washed my crimson stain 00:37:30.840 --> 00:37:32.719 white as snow 00:37:32.719 --> 00:37:35.159 let's pray 00:37:35.159 --> 00:37:40.960 I thank you for these words Lord 00:37:40.960 --> 00:37:44.699 I thank you for the way your word reads us 00:37:44.699 --> 00:37:47.300 I pray that you would apply your Holy Spirit 00:37:47.300 --> 00:37:50.300 to open up our souls and not be defensive 00:37:50.300 --> 00:37:52.500 but open up the wound 00:37:52.500 --> 00:37:54.060 to the great physician 00:37:54.060 --> 00:37:56.740 who will cut out 00:37:56.740 --> 00:37:57.780 the tumor 00:37:57.780 --> 00:38:00.019 and replace it with health 00:38:00.019 --> 00:38:02.440 thank you Lord that you have given us 00:38:02.440 --> 00:38:04.220 the opportunity to hear from you 00:38:04.220 --> 00:38:05.580 from you Lord 00:38:05.580 --> 00:38:07.680 your sin is put away 00:38:07.680 --> 00:38:08.900 you shall not die 00:38:08.900 --> 00:38:12.120 I pray that we would revel in these things 00:38:12.120 --> 00:38:12.680 this week 00:38:12.680 --> 00:38:14.800 that just as we hear from the Bible 00:38:14.800 --> 00:38:15.820 that we are sinners 00:38:15.820 --> 00:38:18.140 we would hear in even greater tones 00:38:18.140 --> 00:38:19.340 that we are forgiven 00:38:19.340 --> 00:38:21.039 that we are redeemed 00:38:21.039 --> 00:38:22.780 that I am saved 00:38:22.780 --> 00:38:24.380 that my sins put away 00:38:24.380 --> 00:38:26.539 that I shall not die 00:38:26.539 --> 00:38:29.539 because Christ died for me 00:38:29.539 --> 00:38:32.640 thank you for these glorious words 00:38:32.640 --> 00:38:33.580 of consolation 00:38:33.580 --> 00:38:34.519 and hope 00:38:34.519 --> 00:38:35.680 and comfort Lord 00:38:35.680 --> 00:38:38.080 work them deep into our hearts 00:38:38.080 --> 00:38:38.860 even tonight 00:38:38.860 --> 00:38:40.640 in the name of Jesus I pray 00:38:40.640 --> 00:38:41.360 Amen 00:38:41.360 --> 00:38:43.360 Amen