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 The superscription calls this a maskil of David.

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! A maskil is a bit ambiguous,

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 What does that tell us about Psalm 32?

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 Well, it tells us that though it may be categorized

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 as a penitential psalm

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 or categorized in some sense maybe as a lament,

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 though I don't think this is a lament,

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 in some sense as a praise,

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 just fundamentally based on what David has given us

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 here at the beginning,

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 Psalm 32, the king calls the worshipers

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 to meditate on the nature and the joy

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 of being forgiven by God

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 and then he instructs us on how to receive

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 and continue in that joy of being forgiven.

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 That's essentially what this Psalm's about.

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 David says, here's what it means to be forgiven by God.

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 Here's how you need to meditate on this great truth.

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 Here's how you can receive this great forgiveness

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 and continue in it.

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 It's a psalm of instruction.

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 It's a psalm of contemplation

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 and impartation of wisdom from the king.

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 And how is it that he accomplishes this?

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 Well, first he gives us something

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 of his doctrine of forgiveness

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 and this is born of his own experience.

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 We see that in verses one to five

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 and then he takes that doctrine,

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 that experience of forgiveness

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 and what he knows to be true of God

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 and of God's mercy

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 and then he applies it to us.

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 First in a praise

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 and then in explicit exhortations.

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 Now Psalm 32, it doesn't speak

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 of the joy of forgiveness in abstract.

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 It's not forgiveness and mercy in theory.

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 It's actually quite real.

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 It's very personal as we read it here.

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 Even more, it's offered to each and every one of us

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 in the gospel.

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 This great joy and gladness and excitement

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 that we've said cannot compare to anything else

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 is offered to you.

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 It's offered to me in the person,

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 in the work of Jesus Christ

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 and we can get there from Psalm 32.

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 And no matter how great your debt is,

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 no matter how great your sin has been,

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 we learn in Psalm 32 that you can have forgiveness

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 from God, full forgiveness,

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 and you can live in a blessed state of joy

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 that David describes here.

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 This can be your song

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 because of what we learn here in Psalm 32.

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 Let's look first at David's experience

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 of being forgiven.

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 We find this experience explained

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 and expressed in verses one to five.

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 We might think of this, as I said,

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 as the doctrinal statement of forgiveness

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 in David's life and in this Psalm.

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 He is the blessed man

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 who has received this forgiveness from God.

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 And that's why we say it's more than a theory.

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 He's telling us something

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 that he has actually personally experienced himself.

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 And it's through that experience

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 that we're instructed on the nature

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 and receipt of God's forgiveness.

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 Let's just break it down.

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 Three things I think are worth noting here

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 in this doctrinal statement of forgiveness.

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 First, we find that true happiness

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 comes from complete forgiveness.

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 True happiness comes from complete forgiveness.

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 Look at verses one and two.

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 Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven,

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 whose sin is covered.

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 Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts

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 no iniquity,

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 and in whose spirit there is no deceit.

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 Now, we're familiar with this term blessed,

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 but as it comes to the Psalms,

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 we haven't seen it since the very beginning.

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 We haven't seen it since Psalm number one.

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 And there in Psalm number one,

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 true happiness belongs to the one who does not sin,

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 but instead delights himself in the law of God,

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 in the word of God.

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 You remember, perhaps you memorized it growing up.

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 The blessed man, the happy man,

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 all the happiness of the one

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 who does not follow in the way of sinners,

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 but whose delight is in the law of the Lord.

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 He's like a tree planted by the rivers of water.

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 He gives us fruit in his season.

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 It's a beautiful picture of the blessing of God

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 on the righteous.

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 In Psalm one, we have a target at which to aim,

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 but the problem with Psalm one

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 is that none of us hit that target.

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 It's a picture of sinlessness,

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 a picture of perfect righteousness

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 that each and every one of us have failed to hit.

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 So none of us then, in the context of Psalm one

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 and the blessed man of Psalm one,

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 none of us then can be truly happy

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 because none of us is truly holy.

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 That's the problem.

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 So it's of tremendous importance.

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 It's of tremendous help

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 that we discover another means

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 of obtaining true happiness in Psalm 32.

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 And what we find is that the blessing,

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 the happiness of the righteous one in Psalm one

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 is freely given now to the forgiven one in Psalm 32.

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 Do you see they link there?

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 The blessing of the righteous one in Psalm one

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 is now given freely to the forgiven one in this Psalm.

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 And I want you to notice the nature of this forgiveness

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 that brings this happiness and joy.

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 It's not simply the pardon of a particular act.

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 That's not what David is describing here.

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 It's a full pardon.

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 A full pardon such that the transgressor

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 now stands before God as if he's truly righteous.

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 As if he had actually met the conditions of someone.

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 That's what David seems to be describing here.

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 It's not just the Lord forgives you for this one thing.

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 No, it's he just forgives you.

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 It's all clean.

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 It's all wiped away.

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 It's as if you had actually done what Psalm one demands.

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 And that comes through here in the three terms

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 that David uses for his own moral failure.

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 Notice the three.

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 First, there's transgression.

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 Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven.

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 Transgression, each of these terms

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 has a particular nuance that's worth considering.

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 Transgression is explicit rebellion

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 against God and his law.

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 It is a brazen crossing of a boundary.

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 Transgression is when we say,

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 this is what God says.

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 This is what God's word says.

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 And I just don't care.

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 Or I don't believe that it's good and that it's right.

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 Or I don't believe that God actually said it.

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 I'm gonna do this instead.

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 It's a brazen crossing of a boundary.

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 Something each and every one of us has done.

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 We have transgressions.

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 We have rebellion against our God.

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 Well, then he uses another term in verse one.

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 Not only is he blessed the one

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 whose transgression is forgiven,

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 but also whose sin is covered.

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 Well, what is the nuance of sin here?

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 Sin is a wandering away from

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 or a falling short of God's moral desires.

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 We see this maybe most clearly in Romans three, don't we?

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 For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.

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 All have sinned, meaning all have fallen short

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 of God's standard.

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 We have missed the mark of Psalm one.

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 And yet we get to Psalm 32

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 and there's this blessing offered

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 for having that failure covered, made clean.

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 Then there's this third term, iniquity in verse two.

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 Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity.

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 Iniquity refers to an inner distortion

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 or depravity that marks the sinner's nature.

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 It's moral corruption.

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 It's transgression, an explicit rebellion against God.

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 It's sin.

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 It's a falling short of God's demands.

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 It's failing to hit the mark of God's desire.

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 And then there's the iniquity.

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 That's the part of you

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 that's not so much based on action,

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 but actually causes the action.

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 And it's the corruption of your nature.

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 This iniquity that seems to be pervading your flesh.

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 David says, all of this is forgiven.

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 It's covered.

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 It's not counted against me.

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 And therefore I am happy and blessed.

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 And I have the joy of the Lord.

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 It's not just the pardon of an act.

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 It's the forgiveness of the whole person.

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 That's amazing.

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 True happiness comes from complete forgiveness.

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 But then there's this other phrase here

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 at the end of verse two.

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 Just look at it.

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 He gets to the end of the blessing and he said,

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 this person, this blessed man,

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 there is no deceit in his spirit

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 in whose spirit there is no deceit.

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 What is this deceit?

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 It's not a deception of God.

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 It's not as if, not yet at least.

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 It's not as if he is denying before God

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 that he has done wrong.

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 It's not as if he's trying to deceive God.

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 No, this is self-deception.

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 This is self-deception that says,

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 no, I don't actually have that kind of transgression

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 that needs to be forgiven.

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 I don't have that kind of sin

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 that really demands this kind of concern.

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 Iniquity, moral corruption.

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 No, I'm morally good.

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 Basically good.

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 Good person.

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 Self-deception.

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 John says in his letter in 1 John 1.8,

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 if we say we have no sin,

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 we deceive ourselves

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 and the truth isn't in us.

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 You see, there's a kind of person

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 that will come to a passage like this

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 and they just, they cannot relate whatsoever.

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 They can't relate really to the blessing

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 and to the joy that David describes

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 in these first two verses.

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 They can't relate to the grief

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 that we'll eventually get to

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 in the next few verses.

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 They come to this and this whole psalm

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 is basically a non-starter.

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 I have a friend a few years ago,

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 a good friend,

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 professing Christian friend,

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 a few years ago finally told me,

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 she said,

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 I just don't,

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 I don't think I've done anything

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 that really deserves the kind of judgment

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 that we keep talking about in church.

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 it's just not that bad.

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 Grown up in church,

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 says I'm a Christian,

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 I follow Christ.

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 I just,

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 I don't know that I've really done anything

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 that bad to deserve this,

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 this kind of judgment.

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 There's a prevailing thought in our culture

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 that if there is a God

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 and if he's good,

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 he will reward those

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 who do their best

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 and try their hardest.

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 Those who are good people,

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 the Lord will be kind to them.

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 He will reward them in the end

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 if he's there and if he's good,

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 that's how it will play out.

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 And what they end up doing is

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 rather than judging themselves

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 by God's standard,

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 they judge themselves

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 by the standard of other people around them.

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 They say,

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 well, I'm not this bad

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 and I haven't done this thing.

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 And maybe you would say

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 there's some things

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 that I haven't done well

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 or certainly I'm not perfect,

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 but it's not this kind of corruption,

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 not this kind of transgression

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 that deserves God's hand

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 to be heavy upon me.

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 I mean, look,

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 I'm not like these other people.

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 I'm a good guy

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 doing good things.

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 Surely God will be pleased.

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 Surely God will reward me

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 in the end.

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 The problem is

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 there's a fundamental flaw

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 in their understanding

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 of God's nature.

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 let's try to correct

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 that prevailing thought

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 for just a moment.

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 Rather than saying,

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 if there's a God

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 and if he's good,

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 he will reward those

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 who do their best

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 and live a good life.

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 Maybe we shift that

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 and say,

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 okay,

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 something more logical

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 would go like this.

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 If there's a God

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 and if he's good,

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 he will make sure

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 that every wrong

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 is punished justly.

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 doesn't that make

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 more logical sense?

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 Doesn't it make

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 more logical sense

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 that if there's

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 a divine being

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 and if he is perfect

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 in his divinity

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 and if he's good,

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 meaning he's righteous

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 and he always does

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 the right thing

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 and he always does

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 the good thing,

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 doesn't it follow logically

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 that not that he will just

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 let things go

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 and reward those

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 who really just work hard at it?

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 Doesn't it follow

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 more logically

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 that in his goodness,

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 he would never

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 let any wrong

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 go unpunished

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 because that would make him

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 unjust,

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 wouldn't it?

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 And we get to a passage

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 like this

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 and we see

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 and we think about

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 people in our lives

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 and people that are around us

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 and what is it that we find?

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 We find that

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 they've never really experienced

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 the blessing of forgiveness

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 because they've never actually

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 come to terms with the fact

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 that they need it.

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 they're self-deceived.

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 But this blessing,

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 this happiness,

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 it only comes to the one

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 in whose spirit

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 there is no deceit.

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 They're not lying to themselves.

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 Now David uses

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 all of these terms here

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 so that we might understand this,

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 that this forgiveness

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 from God

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 is full

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 and complete.

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 The truly happy man

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 is the one who,

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 though actually guilty,

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 receives from God

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 a full

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 and complete

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 pardon.

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 God counts

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 none of his sins

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 against him

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 but credits him

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 as if he were

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 actually

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 righteous.

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 and then that begs

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 another question

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 and says,

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 but doesn't that

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 also make God unjust?

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 Isn't that saying

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 that God just looks

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 at our sin

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 and just turns

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 a blind eye to it?

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 Well, no,

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 that's not at all

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 what God does.

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 That's not at all

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 what this forgiveness is.

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 No,

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 it comes at a great cost.

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 David's confidence

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 here in this forgiveness.

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 It comes from

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 trusting God's promise

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 to show mercy

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 to those who believe.

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 But there's mystery

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 here for David,

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 isn't there?

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 David is trusting

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 a promise

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 that's yet to be fulfilled.

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 When we get

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 to the New Testament,

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 the mystery

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 of God's mercy

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 is revealed to us.

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 It's revealed to us

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 in the person

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 and the work

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 of Jesus Christ

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 who is the truly

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 righteous one

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 of someone.

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 Now I want you

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 to consider this.

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 The Apostle Paul

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 quotes these two verses

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 directly

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 in Romans chapter 4.

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 You don't have to turn there

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 but you'll remember

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 Romans chapter 4.

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 Do you remember

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 the argument

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 that he's making there?

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 He's arguing

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 that we are justified

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 and we stand

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 righteous before God

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 not on the basis

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 of our works

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 but on the basis

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 of faith.

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 That we are justified

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 by faith alone.

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 That God counts faith

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 as righteousness

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 when we're trusting

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 in him

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 and trusting his promises.

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 Now that's the argument

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 Paul's making there

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 and he's making it

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 by saying

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 that's not only true now

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 but that's how

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 it's always been

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 and he goes all the way

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 back to Abraham

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 and he says

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 consider Abraham

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 before the law

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 ever even comes

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 Abraham is justified

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 by God

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 on the basis

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 of his faith.

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 That's the argument

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 that Paul's making there

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 and in the middle

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 of that argument

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 he quotes these verses

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 directly

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 and he says

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 just as David said

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 blessed is the one

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 whose transgression

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 is forgiven

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 and whose sin is covered

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 and against whom

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 the Lord does not count

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 his iniquity.

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 Quotes it directly.

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 Why?

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 To say that David

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 was saying in Psalm 32

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 the same thing

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 that he saw was true

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 in Abraham's life

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 and now he's applying

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 in this doctrinal statement

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 in Romans 4.

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 So that's the argument

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 that he's making

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 but that doesn't answer

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 the question of how

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 does that actually work.

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 We get to the end

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 of Romans chapter 4

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 and that's where Paul

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 tells us how that

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 actually works.

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 Let me read it to you.

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 Romans 4 24 and 25

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 Paul says

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 righteousness

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 will be counted

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 to us who believe

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 in him

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 who raised from the dead

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 Jesus our Lord

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 who was delivered up

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 for our trespasses

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 and raised

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 for our justification.

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 righteousness

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 will be counted

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 to those who believe.

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 That's justification

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 by faith

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 apart from any works

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 but believe in what?

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 In the God

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 who raised Jesus

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 our Lord

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 from the dead.

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 Well what's so significant

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 about that?

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 He continues

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 because this Jesus

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 was delivered up

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 first

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 for our

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 trespasses.

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 Now we can begin

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 to see the shape

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 of how this works.

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 How is it

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 that we can go

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 to Psalm 32

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 and see the blessedness

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 of complete pardon

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 and full forgiveness

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 and not say

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 God is unjust in this

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 because he's just

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 letting things go

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 because he didn't

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 let it go.

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 He just punished

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 someone else for it.

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 Jesus

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 God's son

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 perfectly fulfills

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 the law

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 that we've all broken.

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 and he is

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 the righteous one

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 of Psalm 1.

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 He is the fulfillment

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 of that blessed man

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 and on the cross

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 he bore the guilt

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 of sinners

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 in their place.

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 And God the Father

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 credits our sin

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 to Jesus

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 so that he might

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 take the righteousness

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 of Jesus

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 the perfect righteousness

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 of Christ

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 and credit it then

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 to all who will believe.

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 But he doesn't

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 stop there.

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 He raises him

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 from the dead.

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 Why?

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 To show his victory

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 over death.

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 Death had no claim

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 on him.

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 He was truly righteous.

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 And to prove

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 the sufficiency

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 of Christ's atonement

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 on the cross

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 to prove

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 that what he did

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 on the cross

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 is actually enough

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 for you.

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 And it's in this way

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 that God

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 can justly

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 deal with sin

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 while completely

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 forgiving the sinner.

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 Again Paul tells us

00:20:41.920 --> 00:20:42.859
 this in Romans 3.

00:20:43.220 --> 00:20:44.059
 All have sinned

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 and fall short

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 of the glory of God

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 and they're justified

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 by his grace

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 as a gift

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 through the redemption

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 that's in Christ Jesus

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 whom God put forward

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 as a propitiation

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 by his blood.

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 That's such an important

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 word isn't it?

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 Those of you

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 who have been Christians

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 very long at all

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 you know that's

00:21:03.579 --> 00:21:04.299
 an important word.

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 What does it mean?

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 The satisfaction

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 of God's wrath.

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 God puts his own son

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 forward

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 to satisfy

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 his wrath

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 by the shedding

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 of his blood

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 on the cross.

00:21:16.640 --> 00:21:16.960
 Paul continues

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 and this is what

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 is to be received

00:21:20.000 --> 00:21:20.759
 by faith.

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 The forgiveness

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 and justification

00:21:22.579 --> 00:21:23.880
 comes by believing

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 in this

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 trusting in this

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 and then he says

00:21:26.559 --> 00:21:28.139
 this was to show

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 God's righteousness

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 that God isn't unjust.

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 It is to show

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 God's righteousness

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 so that he might be

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 just

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 in punishing sin

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 and also

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 the justifier

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 of those

00:21:41.480 --> 00:21:42.980
 who have faith

00:21:42.980 --> 00:21:43.559
 in Jesus.

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 Isn't that amazing?

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 We've sung about it

00:21:48.799 --> 00:21:49.619
 again and again

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 this morning already.

00:21:52.339 --> 00:21:53.679
 Oh what a glorious

00:21:53.679 --> 00:21:55.000
 exchange we sang

00:21:55.000 --> 00:21:56.720
 just a few minutes ago.

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 He bore my sin

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 I bear his righteousness.

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 Oh what a glorious

00:22:01.160 --> 00:22:02.059
 exchange.

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 This is true

00:22:07.160 --> 00:22:07.599
 happiness.

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 This is true

00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:12.200
 happiness.

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 It is to know

00:22:13.059 --> 00:22:13.640
 that you are

00:22:13.640 --> 00:22:14.519
 forgiven

00:22:14.519 --> 00:22:16.000
 in Christ.

00:22:17.579 --> 00:22:18.059
 David

00:22:18.059 --> 00:22:19.359
 experiences this

00:22:19.359 --> 00:22:20.220
 by looking

00:22:20.220 --> 00:22:20.960
 forward

00:22:20.960 --> 00:22:22.000
 in faith

00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:23.440
 to God's promise

00:22:23.440 --> 00:22:24.460
 being fulfilled

00:22:24.460 --> 00:22:25.839
 in the coming

00:22:25.839 --> 00:22:26.339
 king.

00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:28.960
 And he discovered

00:22:28.960 --> 00:22:29.940
 that through faith

00:22:29.940 --> 00:22:31.000
 he received

00:22:31.000 --> 00:22:31.799
 complete forgiveness.

00:22:32.299 --> 00:22:32.700
 Amazing.

00:22:34.000 --> 00:22:34.799
 Now that was a long

00:22:34.799 --> 00:22:35.559
 way to say

00:22:35.559 --> 00:22:36.660
 true happiness

00:22:36.660 --> 00:22:37.220
 comes from

00:22:37.220 --> 00:22:37.960
 complete forgiveness.

00:22:38.279 --> 00:22:38.799
 That's what we're

00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:39.420
 dealing with here.

00:22:39.619 --> 00:22:40.180
 It's not just the

00:22:40.180 --> 00:22:41.019
 pardon of a particular

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 sin.

00:22:41.599 --> 00:22:42.299
 It is the part

00:22:42.299 --> 00:22:43.140
 of the whole person.

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 That's what we're

00:22:43.940 --> 00:22:44.599
 dealing with in this

00:22:44.599 --> 00:22:44.859
 psalm.

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 There's another thing

00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:46.579
 we find here

00:22:46.579 --> 00:22:47.400
 in verses 3 and 4

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 is this.

00:22:47.819 --> 00:22:48.759
 The blessing

00:22:48.759 --> 00:22:49.439
 of forgiveness

00:22:49.439 --> 00:22:52.119
 follows

00:22:52.119 --> 00:22:54.079
 grief

00:22:54.079 --> 00:22:55.700
 of guilt.

00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:57.859
 The blessing

00:22:57.859 --> 00:22:58.519
 of forgiveness

00:22:58.519 --> 00:23:00.319
 it doesn't

00:23:00.319 --> 00:23:01.460
 come in a vacuum.

00:23:02.119 --> 00:23:02.879
 It follows

00:23:02.879 --> 00:23:03.439
 a pattern.

00:23:04.460 --> 00:23:05.259
 It follows

00:23:05.259 --> 00:23:05.839
 grief.

00:23:06.579 --> 00:23:07.539
 Grief that comes

00:23:07.539 --> 00:23:08.259
 from acknowledging

00:23:08.259 --> 00:23:08.619
 our guilt.

00:23:08.700 --> 00:23:09.500
 Look at 3 and 4.

00:23:10.799 --> 00:23:11.879
 4 is a key word

00:23:11.879 --> 00:23:12.079
 here.

00:23:12.159 --> 00:23:12.599
 It's a grounding

00:23:12.599 --> 00:23:13.019
 statement.

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 It means that David

00:23:13.859 --> 00:23:14.919
 knows this is true

00:23:14.919 --> 00:23:15.819
 in verses 1 and 2

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 because he's

00:23:16.519 --> 00:23:17.220
 experienced

00:23:17.220 --> 00:23:18.200
 this other thing

00:23:18.200 --> 00:23:19.160
 in verses 3 and 4.

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 Notice what he says.

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 For when I kept

00:23:21.259 --> 00:23:21.880
 silent

00:23:21.880 --> 00:23:23.240
 that is when I

00:23:23.240 --> 00:23:24.200
 would not confess

00:23:24.200 --> 00:23:24.940
 when I would not

00:23:24.940 --> 00:23:26.220
 acknowledge my sin

00:23:26.220 --> 00:23:27.660
 my bones wasted

00:23:27.660 --> 00:23:28.140
 away

00:23:28.140 --> 00:23:29.779
 through my groaning

00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:30.660
 all day long.

00:23:31.079 --> 00:23:31.360
 Why?

00:23:31.759 --> 00:23:33.100
 For day and night

00:23:33.100 --> 00:23:34.319
 your hand

00:23:34.319 --> 00:23:35.319
 God's hand

00:23:35.319 --> 00:23:36.519
 was heavy

00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:37.279
 upon me

00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:39.240
 so that my

00:23:39.240 --> 00:23:40.420
 strength was dried

00:23:40.420 --> 00:23:41.019
 up as

00:23:41.019 --> 00:23:42.400
 by the heat

00:23:42.400 --> 00:23:42.940
 of summer.

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 If you were to

00:23:44.180 --> 00:23:44.799
 come to my house

00:23:44.799 --> 00:23:45.220
 right now

00:23:45.220 --> 00:23:45.720
 you'd look out

00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:46.519
 in my front yard

00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:47.700
 and you would

00:23:47.700 --> 00:23:48.539
 not be impressed.

00:23:50.019 --> 00:23:50.759
 It's just

00:23:50.759 --> 00:23:51.500
 all dead.

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 Significant

00:23:53.460 --> 00:23:53.980
 drought

00:23:53.980 --> 00:23:54.500
 significant

00:23:54.500 --> 00:23:55.160
 heat

00:23:55.160 --> 00:23:56.099
 very little

00:23:56.099 --> 00:23:56.519
 water

00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:57.079
 it's dried

00:23:57.079 --> 00:23:57.440
 up

00:23:57.440 --> 00:23:59.079
 strength

00:23:59.079 --> 00:23:59.720
 is gone

00:23:59.720 --> 00:24:00.819
 its color

00:24:00.819 --> 00:24:01.539
 is gone

00:24:01.539 --> 00:24:03.500
 David says

00:24:03.500 --> 00:24:04.440
 that's what

00:24:04.440 --> 00:24:05.059
 this was like

00:24:05.059 --> 00:24:05.680
 for me

00:24:05.680 --> 00:24:07.839
 during this

00:24:07.839 --> 00:24:08.859
 period of time

00:24:08.859 --> 00:24:09.460
 when I was not

00:24:09.460 --> 00:24:10.240
 acknowledging my

00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:11.019
 sin and I was not

00:24:11.019 --> 00:24:12.440
 acknowledging my

00:24:12.440 --> 00:24:14.319
 failure before God

00:24:14.319 --> 00:24:15.039
 his hand was

00:24:15.039 --> 00:24:15.819
 heavy upon me

00:24:15.819 --> 00:24:17.139
 my soul

00:24:17.139 --> 00:24:18.920
 felt like

00:24:18.920 --> 00:24:20.500
 the summer grass

00:24:20.500 --> 00:24:21.680
 was hot

00:24:21.680 --> 00:24:22.619
 it was dried up

00:24:22.619 --> 00:24:23.039
 it had no

00:24:23.039 --> 00:24:23.700
 strength

00:24:23.700 --> 00:24:24.599
 it was weak

00:24:24.599 --> 00:24:26.980
 and it's here

00:24:26.980 --> 00:24:27.519
 that David

00:24:27.519 --> 00:24:28.420
 describes how he

00:24:28.420 --> 00:24:29.139
 came to

00:24:29.139 --> 00:24:30.180
 understand the

00:24:30.180 --> 00:24:30.740
 joy of being

00:24:30.740 --> 00:24:31.500
 forgiven

00:24:31.500 --> 00:24:32.259
 it begins with

00:24:32.259 --> 00:24:33.440
 this tremendous

00:24:33.440 --> 00:24:34.119
 grief

00:24:34.119 --> 00:24:36.000
 we learn that

00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:36.680
 you cannot

00:24:36.680 --> 00:24:37.740
 experience the

00:24:37.740 --> 00:24:38.740
 immense blessing

00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:40.119
 of being forgiven

00:24:40.119 --> 00:24:40.899
 until you have

00:24:40.899 --> 00:24:42.480
 felt the grief

00:24:42.480 --> 00:24:44.339
 of being convinced

00:24:44.339 --> 00:24:45.500
 of your own

00:24:45.500 --> 00:24:45.960
 guilt

00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:48.500
 there was a

00:24:48.500 --> 00:24:49.339
 time in David's

00:24:49.339 --> 00:24:49.980
 life when he

00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:50.740
 would not

00:24:50.740 --> 00:24:51.500
 acknowledge this

00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:51.720
 sin

00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:52.720
 perhaps this is a

00:24:52.720 --> 00:24:53.960
 reflection on the

00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:54.759
 period of time

00:24:54.759 --> 00:24:55.779
 after his great

00:24:55.779 --> 00:24:56.740
 sin with Bathsheba

00:24:56.740 --> 00:24:57.799
 perhaps some other

00:24:57.799 --> 00:24:58.700
 sin we don't know

00:24:58.700 --> 00:24:59.539
 he doesn't tell us

00:24:59.539 --> 00:25:00.039
 that

00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:01.860
 whatever it was

00:25:01.860 --> 00:25:02.579
 there was a time

00:25:02.579 --> 00:25:03.220
 when he would not

00:25:03.220 --> 00:25:03.539
 confess

00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:04.180
 he would not

00:25:04.180 --> 00:25:04.700
 acknowledge

00:25:04.700 --> 00:25:05.599
 and God

00:25:05.599 --> 00:25:06.339
 caused him to

00:25:06.339 --> 00:25:06.940
 feel

00:25:06.940 --> 00:25:08.740
 miserable

00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:11.940
 emotionally

00:25:11.940 --> 00:25:13.200
 distraught

00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:14.140
 this was a

00:25:14.140 --> 00:25:15.019
 divinely

00:25:15.019 --> 00:25:16.279
 purposed

00:25:16.279 --> 00:25:17.400
 depression

00:25:17.400 --> 00:25:19.779
 that came

00:25:19.779 --> 00:25:20.420
 as a result

00:25:20.420 --> 00:25:21.140
 of his sin

00:25:21.140 --> 00:25:23.000
 God's

00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:23.980
 hand was

00:25:23.980 --> 00:25:24.660
 heavy upon

00:25:24.660 --> 00:25:25.120
 him so that

00:25:25.120 --> 00:25:26.120
 his guilt

00:25:26.120 --> 00:25:26.599
 was always

00:25:26.599 --> 00:25:27.140
 before him

00:25:27.140 --> 00:25:27.720
 it was eating

00:25:27.720 --> 00:25:28.620
 away at his

00:25:28.620 --> 00:25:29.059
 soul

00:25:29.059 --> 00:25:30.259
 and here's the

00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:30.579
 thing

00:25:30.579 --> 00:25:32.059
 this was a

00:25:32.059 --> 00:25:32.940
 great mercy

00:25:32.940 --> 00:25:33.680
 from God

00:25:33.680 --> 00:25:36.940
 it's a

00:25:36.940 --> 00:25:37.720
 great mercy

00:25:37.720 --> 00:25:38.200
 of God

00:25:38.200 --> 00:25:38.880
 because it is

00:25:38.880 --> 00:25:40.059
 in convicting

00:25:40.059 --> 00:25:40.840
 us of our

00:25:40.840 --> 00:25:41.259
 guilt

00:25:41.259 --> 00:25:43.120
 that God

00:25:43.120 --> 00:25:43.819
 graciously

00:25:43.819 --> 00:25:44.799
 leads us

00:25:44.799 --> 00:25:46.720
 to repentance

00:25:46.720 --> 00:25:50.720
 this real

00:25:50.720 --> 00:25:51.319
 sense of

00:25:51.319 --> 00:25:51.740
 guilt is

00:25:51.740 --> 00:25:52.180
 essential

00:25:52.180 --> 00:25:52.680
 isn't it

00:25:52.680 --> 00:25:54.720
 without it

00:25:54.720 --> 00:25:55.759
 we will

00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:56.480
 either refuse

00:25:56.480 --> 00:25:57.039
 to confess

00:25:57.039 --> 00:25:57.819
 our sins

00:25:57.819 --> 00:25:58.700
 or our

00:25:58.700 --> 00:25:59.279
 confession

00:25:59.279 --> 00:25:59.700
 will be

00:25:59.700 --> 00:26:00.319
 superficial

00:26:00.319 --> 00:26:01.519
 reflecting

00:26:01.519 --> 00:26:02.759
 mere remorse

00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:03.319
 rather than

00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:04.640
 true repentance

00:26:04.640 --> 00:26:05.080
 just think of

00:26:05.080 --> 00:26:05.420
 my friend

00:26:05.420 --> 00:26:05.840
 I told you

00:26:05.840 --> 00:26:06.140
 about

00:26:06.140 --> 00:26:08.720
 here they

00:26:08.720 --> 00:26:09.060
 are as an

00:26:09.060 --> 00:26:09.500
 adult

00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:11.200
 they grew

00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:11.540
 up in the

00:26:11.540 --> 00:26:11.920
 church

00:26:11.920 --> 00:26:13.180
 as a kid

00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:13.600
 they raised

00:26:13.600 --> 00:26:13.960
 their hand

00:26:13.960 --> 00:26:14.300
 they walked

00:26:14.300 --> 00:26:14.620
 the aisle

00:26:14.620 --> 00:26:14.940
 they filled

00:26:14.940 --> 00:26:15.200
 out the

00:26:15.200 --> 00:26:15.420
 card

00:26:15.420 --> 00:26:15.740
 they got

00:26:15.740 --> 00:26:16.120
 baptized

00:26:16.120 --> 00:26:16.759
 said yeah

00:26:16.759 --> 00:26:17.660
 I know

00:26:17.660 --> 00:26:18.040
 Jesus

00:26:18.040 --> 00:26:19.000
 I believe

00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:19.560
 in Jesus

00:26:19.560 --> 00:26:21.200
 I'm not

00:26:21.200 --> 00:26:21.560
 sure why

00:26:21.560 --> 00:26:21.860
 I believe

00:26:21.860 --> 00:26:22.280
 in Jesus

00:26:22.280 --> 00:26:22.640
 because I

00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:23.000
 never really

00:26:23.000 --> 00:26:23.400
 felt like

00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:23.660
 there was

00:26:23.660 --> 00:26:24.140
 a need

00:26:24.140 --> 00:26:24.560
 for me

00:26:24.560 --> 00:26:25.880
 to have

00:26:25.880 --> 00:26:26.400
 him do

00:26:26.400 --> 00:26:26.820
 what he

00:26:26.820 --> 00:26:27.040
 did

00:26:27.040 --> 00:26:27.280
 that's

00:26:27.280 --> 00:26:27.480
 really

00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:27.940
 for the

00:26:27.940 --> 00:26:28.640
 really

00:26:28.640 --> 00:26:28.960
 bad

00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:29.259
 people

00:26:29.259 --> 00:26:29.500
 and I'm

00:26:29.500 --> 00:26:29.780
 not really

00:26:29.780 --> 00:26:30.100
 all that

00:26:30.100 --> 00:26:30.360
 bad

00:26:30.360 --> 00:26:30.780
 but I

00:26:30.780 --> 00:26:31.040
 follow

00:26:31.040 --> 00:26:31.440
 Jesus

00:26:31.440 --> 00:26:32.100
 whatever

00:26:32.100 --> 00:26:33.860
 whatever

00:26:33.860 --> 00:26:37.460
 they can't

00:26:37.460 --> 00:26:38.019
 possibly

00:26:38.019 --> 00:26:38.799
 understand

00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:39.279
 the true

00:26:39.279 --> 00:26:39.759
 joy

00:26:39.759 --> 00:26:40.220
 of the

00:26:40.220 --> 00:26:40.559
 Christian

00:26:40.559 --> 00:26:41.180
 life

00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:42.320
 because

00:26:42.320 --> 00:26:42.600
 they've

00:26:42.600 --> 00:26:42.779
 never

00:26:42.779 --> 00:26:43.180
 come to

00:26:43.180 --> 00:26:43.500
 terms

00:26:43.500 --> 00:26:43.840
 with the

00:26:43.840 --> 00:26:44.160
 fact

00:26:44.160 --> 00:26:44.900
 that they

00:26:44.900 --> 00:26:45.380
 are actually

00:26:45.380 --> 00:26:46.080
 truly guilty

00:26:46.080 --> 00:26:46.600
 they've

00:26:46.600 --> 00:26:47.259
 never felt

00:26:47.259 --> 00:26:48.059
 that sense

00:26:48.059 --> 00:26:48.660
 of God's

00:26:48.660 --> 00:26:49.100
 hand

00:26:49.100 --> 00:26:50.160
 being heavy

00:26:50.160 --> 00:26:51.420
 upon them

00:26:51.420 --> 00:26:54.420
 so their

00:26:54.420 --> 00:26:55.100
 confession

00:26:55.100 --> 00:26:55.860
 either doesn't

00:26:55.860 --> 00:26:56.240
 happen

00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:56.660
 because they

00:26:56.660 --> 00:26:57.080
 just don't

00:26:57.080 --> 00:26:57.559
 recognize

00:26:57.559 --> 00:26:58.000
 that

00:26:58.000 --> 00:26:59.220
 that they

00:26:59.220 --> 00:26:59.660
 have real

00:26:59.660 --> 00:27:00.400
 sin against

00:27:00.400 --> 00:27:00.779
 God that

00:27:00.779 --> 00:27:01.059
 needs to

00:27:01.059 --> 00:27:01.339
 be dealt

00:27:01.339 --> 00:27:01.559
 with

00:27:01.559 --> 00:27:02.079
 or it's

00:27:02.079 --> 00:27:02.259
 just

00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:02.779
 superficial

00:27:02.779 --> 00:27:04.559
 it's

00:27:04.559 --> 00:27:05.079
 superficial

00:27:05.079 --> 00:27:06.139
 it's

00:27:06.139 --> 00:27:06.960
 yeah I'm

00:27:06.960 --> 00:27:07.379
 supposed to

00:27:07.379 --> 00:27:07.700
 feel bad

00:27:07.700 --> 00:27:08.160
 about this

00:27:08.160 --> 00:27:08.799
 so I'll

00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:09.740
 I'll confess

00:27:09.740 --> 00:27:10.240
 it to the

00:27:10.240 --> 00:27:10.440
 Lord but

00:27:10.440 --> 00:27:10.819
 there's no

00:27:10.819 --> 00:27:11.359
 there's no

00:27:11.359 --> 00:27:12.079
 real repentance

00:27:12.079 --> 00:27:12.859
 that's happening

00:27:12.859 --> 00:27:13.160
 in their

00:27:13.160 --> 00:27:13.660
 lives

00:27:13.660 --> 00:27:16.660
 what a

00:27:16.660 --> 00:27:17.259
 terrible place

00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:17.579
 to be

00:27:17.579 --> 00:27:20.960
 it sounds

00:27:20.960 --> 00:27:21.500
 a lot like

00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:22.279
 Romans 1

00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:23.019
 where over

00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:23.500
 and over

00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:24.160
 Paul tells

00:27:24.160 --> 00:27:24.460
 us that

00:27:24.460 --> 00:27:25.299
 there there

00:27:25.299 --> 00:27:25.639
 were these

00:27:25.639 --> 00:27:26.279
 people who

00:27:26.279 --> 00:27:26.899
 were so

00:27:26.899 --> 00:27:27.740
 dedicated to

00:27:27.740 --> 00:27:28.200
 their sin

00:27:28.200 --> 00:27:28.579
 that God

00:27:28.579 --> 00:27:29.039
 just gives

00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:29.440
 them over

00:27:29.440 --> 00:27:29.920
 to it

00:27:29.920 --> 00:27:31.940
 just gives

00:27:31.940 --> 00:27:32.320
 them over

00:27:32.320 --> 00:27:32.920
 to it

00:27:32.920 --> 00:27:34.840
 we have a

00:27:34.840 --> 00:27:35.259
 different thing

00:27:35.259 --> 00:27:35.580
 here with

00:27:35.580 --> 00:27:35.900
 David

00:27:35.900 --> 00:27:38.080
 David has

00:27:38.080 --> 00:27:38.580
 the mercy

00:27:38.580 --> 00:27:39.080
 of God

00:27:39.080 --> 00:27:39.380
 on his

00:27:39.380 --> 00:27:39.840
 life

00:27:39.840 --> 00:27:41.900
 through the

00:27:41.900 --> 00:27:42.500
 heavy hand

00:27:42.500 --> 00:27:43.039
 of God

00:27:43.039 --> 00:27:43.880
 on his

00:27:43.880 --> 00:27:44.279
 guilt

00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:47.039
 you cannot

00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:48.060
 truly repent

00:27:48.060 --> 00:27:49.259
 until you've

00:27:49.259 --> 00:27:49.820
 acknowledged

00:27:49.820 --> 00:27:50.519
 your guilt

00:27:50.519 --> 00:27:52.660
 and if you're

00:27:52.660 --> 00:27:53.240
 unsure about

00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:53.700
 that

00:27:53.700 --> 00:27:56.240
 you should

00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:56.759
 pray

00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:59.200
 you should

00:27:59.200 --> 00:27:59.880
 beg God

00:27:59.880 --> 00:28:02.160
 help me

00:28:02.160 --> 00:28:02.539
 know the

00:28:02.539 --> 00:28:02.900
 guilt

00:28:02.900 --> 00:28:03.920
 of my

00:28:03.920 --> 00:28:04.360
 life

00:28:04.360 --> 00:28:06.920
 help me

00:28:06.920 --> 00:28:07.420
 know the

00:28:07.420 --> 00:28:07.840
 sin

00:28:07.840 --> 00:28:09.319
 that I've

00:28:09.319 --> 00:28:09.700
 covered

00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:10.940
 that's

00:28:10.940 --> 00:28:11.319
 buried

00:28:11.319 --> 00:28:13.860
 if it

00:28:13.860 --> 00:28:14.319
 takes you

00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:14.740
 putting your

00:28:14.740 --> 00:28:15.360
 hand heavy

00:28:15.360 --> 00:28:15.660
 on my

00:28:15.660 --> 00:28:16.140
 life in

00:28:16.140 --> 00:28:16.480
 order for

00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:16.700
 me to

00:28:16.700 --> 00:28:17.019
 know the

00:28:17.019 --> 00:28:17.620
 true joy

00:28:17.620 --> 00:28:18.480
 of knowing

00:28:18.480 --> 00:28:19.100
 your forgiveness

00:28:19.100 --> 00:28:19.680
 then Lord

00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:20.840
 put your

00:28:20.840 --> 00:28:21.460
 hand heavy

00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:22.019
 on me

00:28:22.019 --> 00:28:23.620
 bring me

00:28:23.620 --> 00:28:24.000
 to this

00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:24.539
 place

00:28:24.539 --> 00:28:27.579
 have you

00:28:27.579 --> 00:28:27.759
 ever

00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:28.319
 experienced

00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:28.839
 that sense

00:28:28.839 --> 00:28:29.159
 of guilt

00:28:29.159 --> 00:28:29.779
 before God

00:28:29.779 --> 00:28:33.339
 that brings

00:28:33.339 --> 00:28:33.759
 us to the

00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:34.240
 third thing

00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:34.579
 here

00:28:34.579 --> 00:28:36.599
 true

00:28:36.599 --> 00:28:37.079
 forgiveness

00:28:37.079 --> 00:28:37.839
 is received

00:28:37.839 --> 00:28:38.359
 through true

00:28:38.359 --> 00:28:38.839
 repentance

00:28:38.839 --> 00:28:41.379
 true forgiveness

00:28:41.379 --> 00:28:42.059
 is received

00:28:42.059 --> 00:28:42.440
 through true

00:28:42.440 --> 00:28:42.759
 repentance

00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:43.200
 so track

00:28:43.200 --> 00:28:43.480
 with me

00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:43.839
 here what

00:28:43.839 --> 00:28:44.220
 David's

00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:44.519
 saying in

00:28:44.519 --> 00:28:44.839
 these first

00:28:44.839 --> 00:28:45.379
 five verses

00:28:45.379 --> 00:28:46.079
 we're spending

00:28:46.079 --> 00:28:46.399
 most of our

00:28:46.399 --> 00:28:46.740
 time there

00:28:46.740 --> 00:28:46.980
 we're gonna

00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:47.639
 go quick

00:28:47.639 --> 00:28:47.859
 through the

00:28:47.859 --> 00:28:48.299
 second half

00:28:48.299 --> 00:28:48.539
 but

00:28:48.539 --> 00:28:50.779
 the truly

00:28:50.779 --> 00:28:51.500
 happy person

00:28:51.500 --> 00:28:52.019
 is the one

00:28:52.019 --> 00:28:52.819
 who has been

00:28:52.819 --> 00:28:53.659
 completely forgiven

00:28:53.660 --> 00:28:55.400
 you can't

00:28:55.400 --> 00:28:56.759
 understand the

00:28:56.759 --> 00:28:57.560
 joy of that

00:28:57.560 --> 00:28:58.040
 until you've

00:28:58.040 --> 00:28:58.540
 been fully

00:28:58.540 --> 00:28:59.380
 convinced of

00:28:59.380 --> 00:28:59.920
 your guilt

00:28:59.920 --> 00:29:00.580
 that's a

00:29:00.580 --> 00:29:01.759
 divine work

00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:02.480
 that happens

00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:03.779
 God convicts

00:29:03.779 --> 00:29:04.300
 us and he

00:29:04.300 --> 00:29:04.980
 leads us

00:29:04.980 --> 00:29:06.100
 to repentance

00:29:06.100 --> 00:29:06.620
 and that's

00:29:06.620 --> 00:29:06.920
 where we get

00:29:06.920 --> 00:29:07.220
 to this

00:29:07.220 --> 00:29:07.880
 point that

00:29:07.880 --> 00:29:08.540
 that this

00:29:08.540 --> 00:29:08.940
 forgiveness

00:29:08.940 --> 00:29:09.820
 is received

00:29:09.820 --> 00:29:10.700
 through true

00:29:10.700 --> 00:29:11.000
 repentance

00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:11.300
 look at

00:29:11.300 --> 00:29:11.920
 verse five

00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:12.920
 David says

00:29:12.920 --> 00:29:13.580
 I acknowledged

00:29:13.580 --> 00:29:14.300
 my sin to

00:29:14.300 --> 00:29:14.519
 you

00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:15.640
 I did not

00:29:15.640 --> 00:29:16.220
 cover my

00:29:16.220 --> 00:29:16.680
 iniquity

00:29:16.680 --> 00:29:17.519
 I said I

00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:18.220
 will confess

00:29:18.220 --> 00:29:19.279
 my transgressions

00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:19.920
 to the Lord

00:29:19.920 --> 00:29:22.140
 and you forgave

00:29:22.140 --> 00:29:22.720
 the iniquity

00:29:22.720 --> 00:29:23.420
 of my sin

00:29:23.420 --> 00:29:24.700
 now a sense

00:29:24.700 --> 00:29:25.019
 of guilt

00:29:25.019 --> 00:29:25.400
 it doesn't

00:29:25.400 --> 00:29:25.820
 make any

00:29:25.820 --> 00:29:26.279
 difference

00:29:26.279 --> 00:29:26.759
 unless it

00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:27.340
 drives you

00:29:27.340 --> 00:29:28.420
 to repent

00:29:28.420 --> 00:29:29.000
 in faith

00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:29.580
 and that's

00:29:29.580 --> 00:29:29.980
 what David

00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:30.560
 shows us

00:29:30.560 --> 00:29:30.800
 here

00:29:30.800 --> 00:29:31.500
 now I want

00:29:31.500 --> 00:29:31.660
 you to

00:29:31.660 --> 00:29:32.180
 notice the

00:29:32.180 --> 00:29:32.600
 terms he's

00:29:32.600 --> 00:29:33.000
 using in

00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:33.620
 verse five

00:29:33.620 --> 00:29:35.860
 it's the same

00:29:35.860 --> 00:29:36.440
 three terms

00:29:36.440 --> 00:29:36.980
 that he uses

00:29:36.980 --> 00:29:37.500
 in verses

00:29:37.500 --> 00:29:38.240
 one and two

00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:38.720
 isn't it

00:29:38.720 --> 00:29:40.600
 he acknowledged

00:29:40.600 --> 00:29:42.200
 his sin

00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:43.019
 he uncovered

00:29:43.019 --> 00:29:44.779
 his iniquity

00:29:44.779 --> 00:29:45.680
 he confessed

00:29:45.680 --> 00:29:47.420
 his transgression

00:29:47.420 --> 00:29:48.720
 and why does

00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:49.279
 he do that

00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:51.060
 his point is

00:29:51.060 --> 00:29:51.820
 that full

00:29:51.819 --> 00:29:52.399
 forgiveness

00:29:52.399 --> 00:29:53.339
 comes through

00:29:53.339 --> 00:29:54.559
 full

00:29:54.559 --> 00:29:55.759
 repentance

00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:58.279
 David holds

00:29:58.279 --> 00:29:59.319
 nothing back

00:29:59.319 --> 00:29:59.579
 in his

00:29:59.579 --> 00:30:00.179
 confession

00:30:00.179 --> 00:30:02.939
 and God

00:30:02.939 --> 00:30:03.819
 holds nothing

00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:04.379
 back

00:30:04.379 --> 00:30:05.359
 in his

00:30:05.359 --> 00:30:05.819
 forgiveness

00:30:05.819 --> 00:30:08.419
 true forgiveness

00:30:08.419 --> 00:30:09.359
 comes through

00:30:09.359 --> 00:30:10.480
 true

00:30:10.480 --> 00:30:11.759
 repentance

00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:13.819
 now let's

00:30:13.819 --> 00:30:14.259
 make sure we

00:30:14.259 --> 00:30:14.899
 understand this

00:30:14.899 --> 00:30:15.659
 the right way

00:30:15.659 --> 00:30:17.099
 it doesn't

00:30:17.099 --> 00:30:17.919
 mean that

00:30:17.920 --> 00:30:19.320
 our aim

00:30:19.320 --> 00:30:20.080
 is to be

00:30:20.080 --> 00:30:21.240
 precise

00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:21.640
 in our

00:30:21.640 --> 00:30:22.120
 confession

00:30:22.120 --> 00:30:22.700
 of sin

00:30:22.700 --> 00:30:23.259
 as if

00:30:23.259 --> 00:30:24.340
 failing

00:30:24.340 --> 00:30:25.240
 to name

00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:25.900
 them all

00:30:25.900 --> 00:30:26.539
 will result

00:30:26.539 --> 00:30:26.920
 in us

00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:27.420
 remaining

00:30:27.420 --> 00:30:27.920
 in a state

00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:29.000
 of condemnation

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:29.900
 do you understand

00:30:29.900 --> 00:30:30.279
 what I mean

00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:30.680
 by that

00:30:30.680 --> 00:30:32.140
 David isn't

00:30:32.140 --> 00:30:32.660
 teaching us

00:30:32.660 --> 00:30:33.279
 here to have

00:30:33.279 --> 00:30:33.759
 a list

00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:34.180
 of all of

00:30:34.180 --> 00:30:34.720
 our sins

00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:35.620
 and just

00:30:35.620 --> 00:30:36.160
 work through

00:30:36.160 --> 00:30:36.480
 the list

00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:36.980
 in a prayer

00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:37.620
 he says

00:30:37.620 --> 00:30:38.019
 Lord I did

00:30:38.019 --> 00:30:38.340
 this

00:30:38.340 --> 00:30:38.680
 and I did

00:30:38.680 --> 00:30:38.940
 this

00:30:38.940 --> 00:30:39.279
 and I did

00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:39.560
 this

00:30:39.560 --> 00:30:39.880
 and I did

00:30:39.880 --> 00:30:40.220
 this

00:30:40.220 --> 00:30:40.400
 and you

00:30:40.400 --> 00:30:40.920
 just check

00:30:40.920 --> 00:30:41.180
 them off

00:30:41.180 --> 00:30:41.640
 and as long

00:30:41.640 --> 00:30:41.880
 as you

00:30:41.880 --> 00:30:42.220
 hit all

00:30:42.220 --> 00:30:42.880
 the things

00:30:42.880 --> 00:30:43.800
 then God

00:30:43.800 --> 00:30:44.380
 will forgive

00:30:44.380 --> 00:30:45.019
 all the things

00:30:45.019 --> 00:30:45.759
 but only forgive

00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:46.100
 the things

00:30:46.100 --> 00:30:46.460
 that you know

00:30:46.460 --> 00:30:47.279
 that's not

00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:47.599
 what David

00:30:47.599 --> 00:30:48.000
 is teaching

00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:48.299
 us here

00:30:48.299 --> 00:30:48.899
 we need

00:30:48.899 --> 00:30:49.099
 to get

00:30:49.099 --> 00:30:49.660
 that right

00:30:49.660 --> 00:30:50.899
 repentance

00:30:50.899 --> 00:30:51.599
 isn't naming

00:30:51.599 --> 00:30:52.399
 your sins

00:30:52.399 --> 00:30:54.680
 it's acknowledging

00:30:54.680 --> 00:30:55.299
 your guilt

00:30:55.299 --> 00:30:56.160
 before God

00:30:56.160 --> 00:30:58.019
 and trusting

00:30:58.019 --> 00:30:58.819
 his mercy

00:30:58.819 --> 00:30:59.460
 as you turn

00:30:59.460 --> 00:30:59.920
 to obey

00:30:59.920 --> 00:31:00.240
 him

00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:02.680
 it's not

00:31:02.680 --> 00:31:03.339
 about naming

00:31:03.339 --> 00:31:03.940
 all the things

00:31:03.940 --> 00:31:04.259
 you've ever

00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:04.740
 done wrong

00:31:04.740 --> 00:31:05.160
 and all the

00:31:05.160 --> 00:31:05.660
 bad thoughts

00:31:05.660 --> 00:31:05.980
 you've ever

00:31:05.980 --> 00:31:06.379
 had

00:31:06.379 --> 00:31:07.619
 and it's

00:31:07.619 --> 00:31:08.019
 not about

00:31:08.019 --> 00:31:08.440
 that

00:31:08.440 --> 00:31:09.940
 it's about

00:31:09.940 --> 00:31:10.940
 just recognizing

00:31:10.940 --> 00:31:12.720
 that I'm

00:31:12.720 --> 00:31:13.139
 a sinner

00:31:13.139 --> 00:31:15.160
 I am

00:31:15.160 --> 00:31:15.680
 unworthy

00:31:15.680 --> 00:31:17.160
 and I

00:31:17.160 --> 00:31:17.400
 am

00:31:17.400 --> 00:31:17.860
 guilty

00:31:17.860 --> 00:31:19.960
 but I

00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:20.360
 trust

00:31:20.360 --> 00:31:20.740
 that God

00:31:20.740 --> 00:31:20.900
 is

00:31:20.900 --> 00:31:21.460
 merciful

00:31:21.460 --> 00:31:23.240
 and I'm

00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:23.400
 going to

00:31:23.400 --> 00:31:23.700
 cling

00:31:23.700 --> 00:31:24.080
 to his

00:31:24.080 --> 00:31:24.620
 mercy

00:31:24.620 --> 00:31:25.660
 and I'm

00:31:25.660 --> 00:31:25.779
 going to

00:31:25.779 --> 00:31:26.180
 trust

00:31:26.180 --> 00:31:26.440
 his

00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:26.920
 mercy

00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:27.940
 and I'm

00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:28.060
 going to

00:31:28.060 --> 00:31:28.460
 turn to

00:31:28.460 --> 00:31:28.799
 follow

00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:29.160
 him

00:31:29.160 --> 00:31:29.620
 and obey

00:31:29.620 --> 00:31:29.880
 him

00:31:29.880 --> 00:31:30.160
 with my

00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:30.680
 life

00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:31.759
 to love

00:31:31.759 --> 00:31:31.960
 him

00:31:31.960 --> 00:31:32.200
 as I

00:31:32.200 --> 00:31:32.299
 ought

00:31:32.299 --> 00:31:32.799
 to love

00:31:32.799 --> 00:31:33.100
 him

00:31:33.100 --> 00:31:33.920
 that's

00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:34.140
 what

00:31:34.140 --> 00:31:34.500
 David

00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:34.700
 is

00:31:34.700 --> 00:31:35.240
 describing

00:31:35.240 --> 00:31:35.560
 here

00:31:35.560 --> 00:31:36.380
 Christopher

00:31:36.380 --> 00:31:36.779
 Ash

00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:37.160
 says it

00:31:37.160 --> 00:31:37.560
 this way

00:31:37.560 --> 00:31:37.880
 I think

00:31:37.880 --> 00:31:38.180
 this is

00:31:38.180 --> 00:31:38.560
 helpful

00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:39.879
 this is

00:31:39.879 --> 00:31:40.220
 not

00:31:40.220 --> 00:31:40.899
 confession

00:31:40.899 --> 00:31:42.039
 in order

00:31:42.039 --> 00:31:42.759
 to earn

00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:43.319
 forgiveness

00:31:43.319 --> 00:31:45.159
 as if

00:31:45.159 --> 00:31:46.159
 by sufficient

00:31:46.159 --> 00:31:46.899
 contrition

00:31:46.899 --> 00:31:47.899
 we might

00:31:47.899 --> 00:31:48.619
 earn God's

00:31:48.619 --> 00:31:48.980
 mercy

00:31:48.980 --> 00:31:49.700
 it's not

00:31:49.700 --> 00:31:50.059
 what this

00:31:50.059 --> 00:31:50.379
 is

00:31:50.379 --> 00:31:51.740
 it is

00:31:51.740 --> 00:31:51.980
 the

00:31:51.980 --> 00:31:52.759
 outflow

00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:53.839
 of faith

00:31:53.839 --> 00:31:54.740
 in the

00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:55.079
 God

00:31:55.079 --> 00:31:56.059
 who justifies

00:31:56.059 --> 00:31:56.879
 the ungodly

00:31:56.879 --> 00:31:58.079
 it's a

00:31:58.079 --> 00:31:58.519
 recognition

00:31:58.519 --> 00:31:59.200
 that you

00:31:59.200 --> 00:31:59.879
 are guilty

00:31:59.879 --> 00:32:01.519
 but that

00:32:01.519 --> 00:32:01.940
 he is

00:32:01.940 --> 00:32:02.440
 kind

00:32:02.440 --> 00:32:05.240
 and that

00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:05.679
 he will

00:32:05.679 --> 00:32:06.440
 show mercy

00:32:06.440 --> 00:32:08.220
 to whomever

00:32:08.220 --> 00:32:08.620
 will come

00:32:08.620 --> 00:32:08.920
 to him

00:32:08.920 --> 00:32:09.420
 for it

00:32:09.420 --> 00:32:11.240
 now the

00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:11.900
 astonishing

00:32:11.900 --> 00:32:12.500
 thing about

00:32:12.500 --> 00:32:13.100
 this verse

00:32:13.100 --> 00:32:14.019
 is the

00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:14.640
 last phrase

00:32:14.640 --> 00:32:18.140
 and you

00:32:18.140 --> 00:32:18.779
 forgave the

00:32:18.779 --> 00:32:19.160
 iniquity

00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:19.519
 of my

00:32:19.519 --> 00:32:19.820
 sin

00:32:19.820 --> 00:32:22.259
 that's

00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:22.759
 quite simple

00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:23.220
 isn't it

00:32:23.220 --> 00:32:24.160
 but isn't

00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:24.279
 it

00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:25.220
 astonishingly

00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:25.600
 simple

00:32:25.600 --> 00:32:30.299
 in David's

00:32:30.299 --> 00:32:30.980
 experience

00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:31.920
 God

00:32:31.920 --> 00:32:32.440
 just

00:32:32.440 --> 00:32:34.420
 forgave

00:32:34.420 --> 00:32:34.600
 him

00:32:34.599 --> 00:32:37.980
 no

00:32:37.980 --> 00:32:38.539
 penance

00:32:38.539 --> 00:32:41.839
 no

00:32:41.839 --> 00:32:42.279
 place

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:42.439
 of

00:32:42.439 --> 00:32:43.000
 purgatory

00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:43.519
 that he

00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:43.879
 will have

00:32:43.879 --> 00:32:44.159
 to go

00:32:44.159 --> 00:32:44.399
 to

00:32:44.399 --> 00:32:44.779
 in order

00:32:44.779 --> 00:32:45.240
 that

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:45.980
 whatever

00:32:45.980 --> 00:32:46.459
 is left

00:32:46.459 --> 00:32:46.819
 over

00:32:46.819 --> 00:32:47.179
 in his

00:32:47.179 --> 00:32:47.939
 unrighteousness

00:32:47.939 --> 00:32:48.500
 will finally

00:32:48.500 --> 00:32:49.000
 be fully

00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:49.659
 sanctified

00:32:49.659 --> 00:32:50.059
 so that he

00:32:50.059 --> 00:32:50.219
 can go

00:32:50.219 --> 00:32:50.319
 to

00:32:50.319 --> 00:32:50.859
 there's

00:32:50.859 --> 00:32:50.980
 no

00:32:50.980 --> 00:32:51.339
 purgatory

00:32:51.339 --> 00:32:51.679
 here

00:32:51.679 --> 00:32:53.379
 there's

00:32:53.379 --> 00:32:53.519
 no

00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:54.359
 stipulation

00:32:54.359 --> 00:32:56.639
 we confess

00:32:56.639 --> 00:32:57.179
 your sin

00:32:57.179 --> 00:32:57.779
 but then

00:32:57.779 --> 00:32:58.419
 make sure

00:32:58.419 --> 00:32:58.759
 you kiss

00:32:58.759 --> 00:32:59.219
 the icon

00:32:59.219 --> 00:32:59.799
 as well

00:32:59.799 --> 00:33:00.659
 it's not

00:33:00.659 --> 00:33:00.980
 here

00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:03.940
 no

00:33:03.940 --> 00:33:04.420
 let's

00:33:04.420 --> 00:33:04.640
 wait

00:33:04.640 --> 00:33:05.039
 and see

00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:05.360
 if you

00:33:05.360 --> 00:33:05.579
 really

00:33:05.579 --> 00:33:05.839
 mean

00:33:05.839 --> 00:33:06.059
 it

00:33:06.059 --> 00:33:09.660
 God's

00:33:09.660 --> 00:33:09.960
 forgiveness

00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:10.299
 was

00:33:10.299 --> 00:33:10.720
 immediate

00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:12.819
 it was

00:33:12.819 --> 00:33:13.420
 complete

00:33:13.420 --> 00:33:16.000
 it was

00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:16.500
 permanent

00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:18.960
 is that

00:33:18.960 --> 00:33:19.579
 not amazing

00:33:19.579 --> 00:33:22.339
 you come

00:33:22.339 --> 00:33:22.680
 to him

00:33:22.680 --> 00:33:22.880
 and he

00:33:22.880 --> 00:33:23.180
 just

00:33:23.180 --> 00:33:25.759
 gives it

00:33:25.759 --> 00:33:26.140
 to you

00:33:26.140 --> 00:33:29.680
 it's not

00:33:29.680 --> 00:33:30.080
 until we

00:33:30.080 --> 00:33:30.400
 look at

00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:31.020
 the cross

00:33:31.020 --> 00:33:32.440
 that we

00:33:32.440 --> 00:33:32.860
 can see

00:33:32.860 --> 00:33:33.300
 what this

00:33:33.300 --> 00:33:33.660
 forgiveness

00:33:33.660 --> 00:33:34.400
 cost

00:33:34.400 --> 00:33:38.340
 Christ

00:33:38.340 --> 00:33:39.040
 righteousness

00:33:39.040 --> 00:33:41.060
 was so

00:33:41.060 --> 00:33:41.600
 perfect

00:33:41.600 --> 00:33:44.440
 his

00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:45.120
 death

00:33:45.120 --> 00:33:46.600
 so

00:33:46.600 --> 00:33:47.259
 sufficient

00:33:47.259 --> 00:33:49.580
 that

00:33:49.580 --> 00:33:50.020
 God

00:33:50.020 --> 00:33:50.560
 offers

00:33:50.560 --> 00:33:51.020
 us

00:33:51.020 --> 00:33:52.040
 full

00:33:52.040 --> 00:33:52.980
 and

00:33:52.980 --> 00:33:53.500
 complete

00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:54.080
 forgiveness

00:33:54.079 --> 00:33:56.699
 to all

00:33:56.699 --> 00:33:57.039
 who will

00:33:57.039 --> 00:33:57.399
 come and

00:33:57.399 --> 00:33:57.859
 receive it

00:33:57.859 --> 00:33:58.379
 by faith

00:33:58.379 --> 00:33:59.240
 and that's

00:33:59.240 --> 00:33:59.419
 it

00:33:59.419 --> 00:34:01.419
 he

00:34:01.419 --> 00:34:02.159
 requires

00:34:02.159 --> 00:34:02.659
 nothing

00:34:02.659 --> 00:34:03.039
 more

00:34:03.039 --> 00:34:03.599
 of us

00:34:03.599 --> 00:34:04.980
 because

00:34:04.980 --> 00:34:05.539
 in

00:34:05.539 --> 00:34:06.099
 Christ

00:34:06.099 --> 00:34:07.720
 it

00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:08.159
 truly

00:34:08.159 --> 00:34:08.480
 is

00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:08.880
 finished

00:34:08.880 --> 00:34:11.179
 there

00:34:11.179 --> 00:34:11.340
 is

00:34:11.340 --> 00:34:11.659
 more

00:34:11.659 --> 00:34:12.360
 significance

00:34:12.360 --> 00:34:13.619
 in those

00:34:13.619 --> 00:34:13.920
 three

00:34:13.920 --> 00:34:14.539
 words

00:34:14.539 --> 00:34:15.420
 cried

00:34:15.420 --> 00:34:15.719
 out

00:34:15.719 --> 00:34:16.199
 by our

00:34:16.199 --> 00:34:16.440
 savior

00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:16.880
 from the

00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:17.159
 cross

00:34:17.159 --> 00:34:17.519
 than we

00:34:17.519 --> 00:34:17.699
 ever

00:34:17.699 --> 00:34:17.920
 dare

00:34:17.920 --> 00:34:18.340
 imagine

00:34:18.340 --> 00:34:20.460
 it

00:34:20.460 --> 00:34:20.799
 really

00:34:20.799 --> 00:34:21.079
 is

00:34:21.079 --> 00:34:21.480
 finished

00:34:21.480 --> 00:34:22.559
 there's

00:34:22.559 --> 00:34:22.860
 nothing

00:34:22.860 --> 00:34:23.139
 left

00:34:23.139 --> 00:34:23.380
 for you

00:34:23.380 --> 00:34:23.819
 to do

00:34:23.820 --> 00:34:25.160
 he's

00:34:25.160 --> 00:34:25.380
 done

00:34:25.380 --> 00:34:25.519
 it

00:34:25.519 --> 00:34:25.860
 all

00:34:25.860 --> 00:34:27.320
 he

00:34:27.320 --> 00:34:27.539
 is

00:34:27.539 --> 00:34:28.120
 sufficient

00:34:28.120 --> 00:34:30.400
 and

00:34:30.400 --> 00:34:30.559
 he

00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:30.780
 will

00:34:30.780 --> 00:34:31.140
 forgive

00:34:31.140 --> 00:34:32.740
 if

00:34:32.740 --> 00:34:32.920
 you

00:34:32.920 --> 00:34:33.080
 will

00:34:33.080 --> 00:34:33.320
 just

00:34:33.320 --> 00:34:33.740
 come

00:34:33.740 --> 00:34:35.240
 and

00:34:35.240 --> 00:34:35.640
 believe

00:34:35.640 --> 00:34:36.059
 that

00:34:36.059 --> 00:34:38.220
 he'll

00:34:38.220 --> 00:34:38.500
 forgive

00:34:38.500 --> 00:34:38.880
 you

00:34:38.880 --> 00:34:40.780
 it's

00:34:40.780 --> 00:34:41.180
 amazing

00:34:41.180 --> 00:34:41.820
 well

00:34:41.820 --> 00:34:42.140
 that's

00:34:42.140 --> 00:34:42.460
 David's

00:34:42.460 --> 00:34:43.000
 experience

00:34:43.000 --> 00:34:43.240
 it's

00:34:43.240 --> 00:34:43.460
 his

00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:44.760
 we might

00:34:44.760 --> 00:34:44.920
 say

00:34:44.920 --> 00:34:45.140
 his

00:34:45.140 --> 00:34:45.620
 doctrine

00:34:45.620 --> 00:34:45.840
 of

00:34:45.840 --> 00:34:46.220
 forgiveness

00:34:46.220 --> 00:34:46.640
 here

00:34:46.640 --> 00:34:47.600
 he

00:34:47.600 --> 00:34:47.760
 then

00:34:47.760 --> 00:34:48.000
 takes

00:34:48.000 --> 00:34:48.340
 the rest

00:34:48.340 --> 00:34:48.460
 of

00:34:48.460 --> 00:34:48.600
 the

00:34:48.600 --> 00:34:48.840
 psalm

00:34:48.840 --> 00:34:49.000
 and he

00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:49.500
 applies

00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:49.760
 all

00:34:49.760 --> 00:34:49.880
 of

00:34:49.880 --> 00:34:50.080
 that

00:34:50.080 --> 00:34:50.340
 we'll

00:34:50.340 --> 00:34:50.760
 go

00:34:50.760 --> 00:34:50.920
 through

00:34:50.920 --> 00:34:51.039
 it

00:34:51.039 --> 00:34:51.300
 quickly

00:34:51.300 --> 00:34:51.580
 but

00:34:51.580 --> 00:34:52.840
 want

00:34:52.840 --> 00:34:53.059
 to make

00:34:53.059 --> 00:34:53.200
 sure

00:34:53.199 --> 00:34:53.519
 we give

00:34:53.519 --> 00:34:53.619
 it

00:34:53.619 --> 00:34:53.960
 the time

00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:54.219
 that it

00:34:54.219 --> 00:34:54.519
 needs

00:34:54.519 --> 00:34:54.980
 at least

00:34:54.980 --> 00:34:55.619
 the second

00:34:55.619 --> 00:34:55.819
 thing

00:34:55.819 --> 00:34:56.059
 that we

00:34:56.059 --> 00:34:56.519
 see here

00:34:56.519 --> 00:34:56.939
 in this

00:34:56.939 --> 00:34:58.019
 application

00:34:58.019 --> 00:34:58.799
 of these

00:34:58.799 --> 00:34:59.159
 truths

00:34:59.159 --> 00:34:59.679
 is we

00:34:59.679 --> 00:35:00.159
 find in

00:35:00.159 --> 00:35:00.759
 a praise

00:35:00.759 --> 00:35:01.179
 in verse

00:35:01.179 --> 00:35:01.559
 six and

00:35:01.559 --> 00:35:01.939
 seven

00:35:01.939 --> 00:35:03.659
 therefore let

00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:04.480
 everyone who

00:35:04.480 --> 00:35:05.199
 is godly

00:35:05.199 --> 00:35:06.279
 offer prayer

00:35:06.279 --> 00:35:06.599
 to you

00:35:06.599 --> 00:35:07.039
 at a time

00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:07.279
 when you

00:35:07.279 --> 00:35:07.579
 may be

00:35:07.579 --> 00:35:07.939
 found

00:35:07.939 --> 00:35:09.419
 surely

00:35:09.419 --> 00:35:10.079
 in the rush

00:35:10.079 --> 00:35:10.480
 of great

00:35:10.480 --> 00:35:10.899
 waters

00:35:10.899 --> 00:35:11.980
 they shall

00:35:11.980 --> 00:35:12.419
 not reach

00:35:12.419 --> 00:35:12.599
 him

00:35:12.599 --> 00:35:13.980
 you are

00:35:13.980 --> 00:35:14.219
 my

00:35:14.219 --> 00:35:15.079
 hiding

00:35:15.079 --> 00:35:15.539
 place

00:35:15.539 --> 00:35:16.199
 you preserve

00:35:16.199 --> 00:35:16.619
 me from

00:35:16.619 --> 00:35:17.019
 trouble

00:35:17.019 --> 00:35:17.599
 you surround

00:35:17.599 --> 00:35:17.879
 me

00:35:17.879 --> 00:35:18.899
 with shouts

00:35:18.899 --> 00:35:19.839
 of deliverance

00:35:19.840 --> 00:35:21.340
 and what's

00:35:21.340 --> 00:35:21.680
 interesting

00:35:21.680 --> 00:35:22.480
 about this

00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:22.840
 is

00:35:22.840 --> 00:35:23.900
 these verses

00:35:23.900 --> 00:35:24.440
 are not

00:35:24.440 --> 00:35:24.880
 addressed

00:35:24.880 --> 00:35:25.440
 to us

00:35:25.440 --> 00:35:26.039
 these verses

00:35:26.039 --> 00:35:26.480
 are addressed

00:35:26.480 --> 00:35:27.000
 to god

00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:29.340
 this sounds

00:35:29.340 --> 00:35:29.720
 like an

00:35:29.720 --> 00:35:30.300
 exhortation

00:35:30.300 --> 00:35:30.720
 it's not

00:35:30.720 --> 00:35:31.460
 an exhortation

00:35:31.460 --> 00:35:31.700
 yet

00:35:31.700 --> 00:35:32.400
 this is a

00:35:32.400 --> 00:35:32.920
 praise

00:35:32.920 --> 00:35:34.960
 he's praising

00:35:34.960 --> 00:35:35.519
 god for

00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:36.579
 bringing salvation

00:35:36.579 --> 00:35:37.600
 and refuge

00:35:37.600 --> 00:35:38.539
 to his soul

00:35:38.539 --> 00:35:39.800
 in the context

00:35:39.800 --> 00:35:40.519
 of this psalm

00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:41.059
 we would

00:35:41.059 --> 00:35:41.480
 understand

00:35:41.480 --> 00:35:42.440
 great waters

00:35:42.440 --> 00:35:43.340
 in verse

00:35:43.340 --> 00:35:44.140
 six and the

00:35:44.140 --> 00:35:44.579
 troubles

00:35:44.579 --> 00:35:45.440
 of verse

00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:45.900
 seven

00:35:45.900 --> 00:35:46.619
 to be

00:35:46.619 --> 00:35:47.340
 the judgments

00:35:47.340 --> 00:35:48.160
 of sin

00:35:48.160 --> 00:35:49.420
 god has

00:35:49.420 --> 00:35:50.539
 not let

00:35:50.539 --> 00:35:51.480
 the judgments

00:35:51.480 --> 00:35:52.559
 of his sin

00:35:52.559 --> 00:35:53.340
 touch him

00:35:53.340 --> 00:35:54.039
 because he's

00:35:54.039 --> 00:35:54.539
 been forgiven

00:35:54.539 --> 00:35:55.720
 he's preserved

00:35:55.720 --> 00:35:57.119
 him from the

00:35:57.119 --> 00:35:57.760
 consequences

00:35:57.760 --> 00:35:58.579
 and punishment

00:35:58.579 --> 00:35:59.980
 of his sin

00:35:59.980 --> 00:36:00.840
 from that

00:36:00.840 --> 00:36:01.280
 trouble

00:36:01.280 --> 00:36:02.500
 being his

00:36:02.500 --> 00:36:03.720
 hiding place

00:36:03.720 --> 00:36:04.539
 so all of

00:36:04.539 --> 00:36:05.300
 david's assurance

00:36:05.300 --> 00:36:06.240
 here rest on

00:36:06.240 --> 00:36:06.700
 the fact that

00:36:06.700 --> 00:36:07.420
 god is merciful

00:36:07.420 --> 00:36:08.660
 nowhere does

00:36:08.660 --> 00:36:09.119
 he say

00:36:09.119 --> 00:36:09.720
 i'm convinced

00:36:09.720 --> 00:36:10.099
 of this

00:36:10.099 --> 00:36:10.660
 because i

00:36:10.660 --> 00:36:11.559
 i followed

00:36:11.559 --> 00:36:12.539
 this this

00:36:12.539 --> 00:36:13.400
 kind of ritual

00:36:13.400 --> 00:36:14.639
 confession

00:36:14.639 --> 00:36:15.280
 he doesn't say

00:36:15.280 --> 00:36:15.840
 that it's all

00:36:15.840 --> 00:36:16.579
 resting on the

00:36:16.579 --> 00:36:17.200
 goodness of god

00:36:17.200 --> 00:36:18.220
 here it's all

00:36:18.220 --> 00:36:18.920
 resting on the

00:36:18.920 --> 00:36:20.420
 character of

00:36:20.420 --> 00:36:21.460
 god god is his

00:36:21.460 --> 00:36:22.240
 hiding place

00:36:22.240 --> 00:36:22.920
 he is his

00:36:22.920 --> 00:36:24.500
 deliverer

00:36:24.500 --> 00:36:25.320
 now what seems

00:36:25.320 --> 00:36:26.320
 like an exhortation

00:36:26.320 --> 00:36:26.880
 then in verse

00:36:26.880 --> 00:36:28.120
 six is actually

00:36:28.120 --> 00:36:28.800
 a praise

00:36:28.800 --> 00:36:30.360
 david isn't

00:36:30.360 --> 00:36:31.460
 actually necessarily

00:36:31.460 --> 00:36:32.760
 commanding us

00:36:32.760 --> 00:36:34.039
 to confess

00:36:34.039 --> 00:36:34.680
 to god

00:36:34.680 --> 00:36:37.519
 indeed he

00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:38.140
 wants us to

00:36:38.140 --> 00:36:38.480
 do that

00:36:38.480 --> 00:36:39.180
 but in this

00:36:39.180 --> 00:36:39.820
 phrase that's

00:36:39.820 --> 00:36:40.400
 not that's

00:36:40.400 --> 00:36:40.840
 not the

00:36:40.840 --> 00:36:41.960
 the grammatical

00:36:41.960 --> 00:36:43.300
 framework of

00:36:43.300 --> 00:36:43.800
 this sentence

00:36:43.800 --> 00:36:45.059
 he's not saying

00:36:45.059 --> 00:36:46.059
 you must

00:36:46.059 --> 00:36:46.659
 confess to

00:36:46.659 --> 00:36:46.880
 god

00:36:46.880 --> 00:36:47.340
 he's saying

00:36:47.340 --> 00:36:48.179
 you can

00:36:48.179 --> 00:36:48.960
 confess to

00:36:48.960 --> 00:36:49.360
 god

00:36:49.360 --> 00:36:50.460
 that's what's

00:36:50.460 --> 00:36:51.179
 amazing about

00:36:51.179 --> 00:36:51.420
 it

00:36:51.420 --> 00:36:52.219
 it's an

00:36:52.219 --> 00:36:53.440
 open invitation

00:36:53.440 --> 00:36:54.900
 to receive

00:36:54.900 --> 00:36:55.739
 this forgiveness

00:36:55.739 --> 00:36:58.299
 this praise

00:36:58.299 --> 00:36:59.119
 that tells us

00:36:59.119 --> 00:36:59.659
 that verses

00:36:59.659 --> 00:37:00.619
 one to five

00:37:00.619 --> 00:37:01.019
 are not

00:37:01.019 --> 00:37:01.799
 exclusive to

00:37:01.799 --> 00:37:02.159
 david

00:37:02.159 --> 00:37:03.039
 it's for

00:37:03.039 --> 00:37:03.880
 all the

00:37:03.880 --> 00:37:04.860
 godly

00:37:04.860 --> 00:37:05.539
 he says

00:37:05.539 --> 00:37:05.940
 in verse

00:37:05.940 --> 00:37:06.299
 six

00:37:06.299 --> 00:37:07.139
 godly

00:37:07.139 --> 00:37:07.679
 here meaning

00:37:07.679 --> 00:37:08.320
 those who

00:37:08.320 --> 00:37:08.880
 will seek

00:37:08.880 --> 00:37:09.380
 god in

00:37:09.380 --> 00:37:09.759
 repentance

00:37:09.760 --> 00:37:10.480
 and faith

00:37:10.480 --> 00:37:12.500
 and he

00:37:12.500 --> 00:37:12.800
 says

00:37:12.800 --> 00:37:13.300
 let all

00:37:13.300 --> 00:37:13.880
 the godly

00:37:13.880 --> 00:37:14.420
 then because

00:37:14.420 --> 00:37:14.920
 you are

00:37:14.920 --> 00:37:15.460
 good and

00:37:15.460 --> 00:37:16.300
 merciful and

00:37:16.300 --> 00:37:17.040
 you offer

00:37:17.040 --> 00:37:18.040
 complete forgiveness

00:37:18.040 --> 00:37:18.980
 let all those

00:37:18.980 --> 00:37:19.580
 who seek it

00:37:19.580 --> 00:37:20.240
 come to you

00:37:20.240 --> 00:37:21.420
 and find it

00:37:21.420 --> 00:37:22.620
 while you

00:37:22.620 --> 00:37:23.580
 may be found

00:37:23.580 --> 00:37:25.400
 because you

00:37:25.400 --> 00:37:26.160
 are the hiding

00:37:26.160 --> 00:37:26.860
 place you

00:37:26.860 --> 00:37:27.700
 preserve us

00:37:27.700 --> 00:37:28.300
 from trouble

00:37:28.300 --> 00:37:30.160
 you surround

00:37:30.160 --> 00:37:31.080
 us with shouts

00:37:31.080 --> 00:37:31.880
 of deliverance

00:37:31.880 --> 00:37:32.420
 amazing

00:37:32.420 --> 00:37:34.840
 now is the

00:37:34.840 --> 00:37:35.620
 time that god

00:37:35.620 --> 00:37:36.360
 can be found

00:37:36.360 --> 00:37:37.519
 and david hopes

00:37:37.519 --> 00:37:38.160
 that more

00:37:38.160 --> 00:37:38.960
 will confess

00:37:38.960 --> 00:37:39.780
 and receive

00:37:39.780 --> 00:37:40.440
 this forgiveness

00:37:40.440 --> 00:37:41.559
 and indeed

00:37:41.559 --> 00:37:42.300
 more and more

00:37:42.300 --> 00:37:43.760
 do confess

00:37:43.760 --> 00:37:44.360
 and receive

00:37:44.360 --> 00:37:45.039
 this forgiveness

00:37:45.039 --> 00:37:46.099
 because he

00:37:46.099 --> 00:37:46.680
 says god

00:37:46.680 --> 00:37:47.920
 surrounds him

00:37:47.920 --> 00:37:49.059
 with shouts

00:37:49.059 --> 00:37:50.019
 of deliverance

00:37:50.019 --> 00:37:51.880
 it's a picture

00:37:51.880 --> 00:37:52.559
 of war

00:37:52.559 --> 00:37:53.620
 victory

00:37:53.620 --> 00:37:54.380
 in a battle

00:37:54.380 --> 00:37:55.500
 except david

00:37:55.500 --> 00:37:56.039
 isn't in a

00:37:56.039 --> 00:37:56.820
 physical battle

00:37:56.820 --> 00:37:57.260
 here

00:37:57.260 --> 00:37:59.720
 he's surrounding

00:37:59.720 --> 00:38:00.280
 him with other

00:38:00.280 --> 00:38:01.039
 people who are

00:38:01.039 --> 00:38:02.160
 shouting because

00:38:02.160 --> 00:38:02.780
 they are the

00:38:02.780 --> 00:38:03.300
 blessed

00:38:03.300 --> 00:38:04.980
 forgiven ones

00:38:04.980 --> 00:38:06.260
 god has

00:38:06.260 --> 00:38:06.880
 delivered them

00:38:06.880 --> 00:38:07.659
 from sin

00:38:07.659 --> 00:38:08.940
 and from its

00:38:08.940 --> 00:38:09.480
 punishment

00:38:09.480 --> 00:38:10.599
 and he's

00:38:10.599 --> 00:38:11.340
 glorying in

00:38:11.340 --> 00:38:11.619
 that

00:38:11.619 --> 00:38:12.480
 now here's

00:38:12.480 --> 00:38:12.920
 my point

00:38:12.920 --> 00:38:13.240
 in this

00:38:13.240 --> 00:38:13.599
 section

00:38:13.599 --> 00:38:16.300
 the joy

00:38:16.300 --> 00:38:16.760
 of being

00:38:16.760 --> 00:38:17.240
 forgiven

00:38:17.240 --> 00:38:18.960
 is for

00:38:18.960 --> 00:38:19.480
 you

00:38:19.480 --> 00:38:21.300
 it's for

00:38:21.300 --> 00:38:21.659
 you

00:38:21.659 --> 00:38:22.440
 it's for

00:38:22.440 --> 00:38:22.780
 me

00:38:22.780 --> 00:38:24.240
 god is

00:38:24.240 --> 00:38:24.760
 merciful

00:38:24.760 --> 00:38:25.760
 he will

00:38:25.760 --> 00:38:26.360
 be your

00:38:26.360 --> 00:38:27.280
 deliverer

00:38:27.280 --> 00:38:28.639
 and through

00:38:28.639 --> 00:38:29.320
 christ

00:38:29.320 --> 00:38:31.179
 he invites

00:38:31.179 --> 00:38:31.480
 you to

00:38:31.480 --> 00:38:32.219
 receive it

00:38:32.219 --> 00:38:33.659
 and it

00:38:33.659 --> 00:38:34.000
 is his

00:38:34.000 --> 00:38:34.859
 great delight

00:38:34.859 --> 00:38:36.799
 to provide

00:38:36.799 --> 00:38:37.279
 it

00:38:37.279 --> 00:38:39.559
 he does

00:38:39.559 --> 00:38:40.199
 not delight

00:38:40.199 --> 00:38:40.500
 in the

00:38:40.500 --> 00:38:40.919
 destruction

00:38:40.919 --> 00:38:41.319
 of the

00:38:41.319 --> 00:38:41.539
 wicked

00:38:41.539 --> 00:38:41.859
 but he

00:38:41.859 --> 00:38:42.279
 delights

00:38:42.279 --> 00:38:42.659
 himself

00:38:42.659 --> 00:38:43.439
 in mercy

00:38:43.439 --> 00:38:44.659
 the scripture

00:38:44.659 --> 00:38:45.339
 says

00:38:45.339 --> 00:38:47.199
 but the

00:38:47.199 --> 00:38:47.859
 implication

00:38:47.859 --> 00:38:48.439
 of verse

00:38:48.439 --> 00:38:49.000
 six

00:38:49.000 --> 00:38:50.480
 is that

00:38:50.480 --> 00:38:50.939
 there will

00:38:50.939 --> 00:38:51.379
 come a

00:38:51.379 --> 00:38:51.899
 time

00:38:51.899 --> 00:38:53.119
 when his

00:38:53.119 --> 00:38:53.539
 forgiveness

00:38:53.539 --> 00:38:54.359
 cannot be

00:38:54.359 --> 00:38:54.719
 found

00:38:54.719 --> 00:38:57.959
 therefore

00:38:57.959 --> 00:38:58.379
 let all

00:38:58.379 --> 00:38:58.939
 the godly

00:38:58.939 --> 00:38:59.359
 offer

00:38:59.359 --> 00:39:00.299
 prayer to

00:39:00.299 --> 00:39:00.579
 you at a

00:39:00.579 --> 00:39:01.079
 time when

00:39:01.079 --> 00:39:01.779
 you can be

00:39:01.779 --> 00:39:02.239
 found

00:39:02.239 --> 00:39:02.880
 meaning there

00:39:02.880 --> 00:39:03.440
 will be a

00:39:03.440 --> 00:39:03.980
 time when

00:39:03.980 --> 00:39:04.679
 he can't

00:39:04.679 --> 00:39:05.980
 be found

00:39:05.980 --> 00:39:08.440
 so don't

00:39:08.440 --> 00:39:08.840
 delay

00:39:08.840 --> 00:39:10.840
 now is the

00:39:10.840 --> 00:39:11.279
 time

00:39:11.279 --> 00:39:11.719
 that's what

00:39:11.719 --> 00:39:12.380
 paul says

00:39:12.380 --> 00:39:13.519
 now is the

00:39:13.519 --> 00:39:14.179
 time today

00:39:14.179 --> 00:39:14.900
 is the day

00:39:14.900 --> 00:39:15.659
 of salvation

00:39:15.659 --> 00:39:17.579
 and god

00:39:17.579 --> 00:39:18.319
 stands ready

00:39:18.319 --> 00:39:19.639
 to forgive

00:39:19.639 --> 00:39:20.179
 you if you

00:39:20.179 --> 00:39:20.519
 will just

00:39:20.519 --> 00:39:21.699
 come and

00:39:21.699 --> 00:39:22.299
 receive it

00:39:22.299 --> 00:39:24.079
 and then we

00:39:24.079 --> 00:39:24.500
 get to the

00:39:24.500 --> 00:39:25.219
 final section

00:39:25.219 --> 00:39:25.699
 here where we

00:39:25.699 --> 00:39:26.159
 actually do

00:39:26.159 --> 00:39:26.759
 get to

00:39:26.759 --> 00:39:27.659
 explicit

00:39:27.659 --> 00:39:28.739
 exhortations

00:39:28.739 --> 00:39:29.099
 in this

00:39:29.099 --> 00:39:30.440
 application of

00:39:30.440 --> 00:39:30.880
 truth

00:39:30.880 --> 00:39:32.039
 we see

00:39:32.039 --> 00:39:32.240
 the

00:39:32.240 --> 00:39:33.019
 exhortation

00:39:33.019 --> 00:39:33.480
 to those

00:39:33.480 --> 00:39:33.740
 who are

00:39:33.740 --> 00:39:34.099
 forgiven

00:39:34.099 --> 00:39:35.420
 in verses

00:39:35.420 --> 00:39:36.079
 8 and

00:39:36.079 --> 00:39:36.400
 11

00:39:36.400 --> 00:39:36.740
 what's

00:39:36.740 --> 00:39:37.140
 interesting

00:39:37.140 --> 00:39:37.460
 here

00:39:37.460 --> 00:39:38.460
 is that

00:39:38.460 --> 00:39:39.200
 8 to

00:39:39.200 --> 00:39:39.700
 11

00:39:39.700 --> 00:39:41.079
 mirror

00:39:41.079 --> 00:39:42.280
 1 to

00:39:42.280 --> 00:39:42.860
 5

00:39:42.860 --> 00:39:45.240
 so that

00:39:45.240 --> 00:39:45.599
 in verse

00:39:45.599 --> 00:39:46.180
 5

00:39:46.180 --> 00:39:46.640
 David

00:39:46.640 --> 00:39:47.660
 repented

00:39:47.660 --> 00:39:48.420
 to receive

00:39:48.420 --> 00:39:48.860
 forgiveness

00:39:48.860 --> 00:39:49.680
 but notice

00:39:49.680 --> 00:39:50.240
 what he does

00:39:50.240 --> 00:39:50.720
 in 8 and

00:39:50.720 --> 00:39:51.099
 9

00:39:51.099 --> 00:39:52.820
 he counsels

00:39:52.820 --> 00:39:53.320
 us to

00:39:53.320 --> 00:39:53.800
 continue

00:39:53.800 --> 00:39:54.240
 in that

00:39:54.240 --> 00:39:54.539
 same

00:39:54.539 --> 00:39:54.960
 pattern

00:39:54.960 --> 00:39:56.380
 verse

00:39:56.380 --> 00:39:56.640
 8

00:39:56.639 --> 00:39:57.319
 I

00:39:57.319 --> 00:39:57.480
 will

00:39:57.480 --> 00:39:57.980
 instruct

00:39:57.980 --> 00:39:58.159
 you

00:39:58.159 --> 00:39:58.559
 and teach

00:39:58.559 --> 00:39:58.699
 you

00:39:58.699 --> 00:39:58.900
 in the

00:39:58.900 --> 00:39:59.059
 way

00:39:59.059 --> 00:39:59.219
 that

00:39:59.219 --> 00:39:59.339
 you

00:39:59.339 --> 00:39:59.539
 should

00:39:59.539 --> 00:39:59.819
 go

00:39:59.819 --> 00:40:00.219
 I

00:40:00.219 --> 00:40:00.400
 will

00:40:00.400 --> 00:40:00.859
 counsel

00:40:00.859 --> 00:40:01.079
 you

00:40:01.079 --> 00:40:01.239
 with

00:40:01.239 --> 00:40:01.440
 my

00:40:01.440 --> 00:40:01.679
 eye

00:40:01.679 --> 00:40:02.039
 upon

00:40:02.039 --> 00:40:02.299
 you

00:40:02.299 --> 00:40:03.319
 don't

00:40:03.319 --> 00:40:03.619
 be

00:40:03.619 --> 00:40:04.099
 like

00:40:04.099 --> 00:40:04.319
 a

00:40:04.319 --> 00:40:04.699
 stubborn

00:40:04.699 --> 00:40:05.259
 mule

00:40:05.259 --> 00:40:06.879
 don't be

00:40:06.879 --> 00:40:07.199
 like the

00:40:07.199 --> 00:40:07.619
 horse or

00:40:07.619 --> 00:40:07.920
 mule

00:40:07.920 --> 00:40:08.799
 who does

00:40:08.799 --> 00:40:09.139
 not have

00:40:09.139 --> 00:40:09.779
 understanding

00:40:09.779 --> 00:40:10.279
 and has

00:40:10.279 --> 00:40:10.579
 to be

00:40:10.579 --> 00:40:10.859
 curbed

00:40:10.859 --> 00:40:11.139
 about

00:40:11.139 --> 00:40:11.460
 with a

00:40:11.460 --> 00:40:11.759
 bit and

00:40:11.759 --> 00:40:12.239
 bridle

00:40:12.239 --> 00:40:12.900
 or it

00:40:12.900 --> 00:40:13.079
 won't

00:40:13.079 --> 00:40:13.339
 stay

00:40:13.339 --> 00:40:13.879
 near you

00:40:13.880 --> 00:40:15.099
 here

00:40:15.099 --> 00:40:15.119
 here

00:40:15.119 --> 00:40:15.400
 he has

00:40:15.400 --> 00:40:15.720
 in verse

00:40:15.720 --> 00:40:16.059
 5

00:40:16.059 --> 00:40:16.599
 he said

00:40:16.599 --> 00:40:16.980
 I

00:40:16.980 --> 00:40:17.660
 confessed

00:40:17.660 --> 00:40:17.920
 my

00:40:17.920 --> 00:40:18.119
 sin

00:40:18.119 --> 00:40:18.240
 to

00:40:18.240 --> 00:40:18.400
 the

00:40:18.400 --> 00:40:18.599
 Lord

00:40:18.599 --> 00:40:18.720
 and

00:40:18.720 --> 00:40:18.840
 the

00:40:18.840 --> 00:40:19.000
 Lord

00:40:19.000 --> 00:40:19.400
 forgave

00:40:19.400 --> 00:40:19.579
 me

00:40:19.579 --> 00:40:19.920
 and

00:40:19.920 --> 00:40:20.240
 now

00:40:20.240 --> 00:40:20.480
 he's

00:40:20.480 --> 00:40:21.039
 practically

00:40:21.039 --> 00:40:21.720
 applying

00:40:21.720 --> 00:40:22.000
 that

00:40:22.000 --> 00:40:22.160
 to

00:40:22.160 --> 00:40:22.420
 us

00:40:22.420 --> 00:40:22.519
 and

00:40:22.519 --> 00:40:22.680
 he's

00:40:22.680 --> 00:40:22.820
 saying

00:40:22.820 --> 00:40:23.160
 let me

00:40:23.160 --> 00:40:23.539
 instruct

00:40:23.539 --> 00:40:23.680
 you

00:40:23.680 --> 00:40:23.820
 on

00:40:23.820 --> 00:40:24.240
 something

00:40:24.240 --> 00:40:25.320
 confess

00:40:25.320 --> 00:40:25.720
 your

00:40:25.720 --> 00:40:26.119
 sin

00:40:26.119 --> 00:40:27.119
 continue

00:40:27.119 --> 00:40:27.440
 in

00:40:27.440 --> 00:40:27.740
 this

00:40:27.740 --> 00:40:28.119
 don't

00:40:28.119 --> 00:40:28.320
 be

00:40:28.320 --> 00:40:28.860
 stubborn

00:40:28.860 --> 00:40:29.800
 obey

00:40:29.800 --> 00:40:30.119
 the

00:40:30.119 --> 00:40:30.460
 Lord

00:40:30.460 --> 00:40:31.019
 quickly

00:40:31.019 --> 00:40:31.760
 confess

00:40:31.760 --> 00:40:32.800
 when

00:40:32.800 --> 00:40:32.980
 you

00:40:32.980 --> 00:40:33.420
 fail

00:40:33.420 --> 00:40:35.079
 in

00:40:35.079 --> 00:40:35.320
 verses

00:40:35.320 --> 00:40:35.660
 3

00:40:35.660 --> 00:40:35.800
 and

00:40:35.800 --> 00:40:36.059
 4

00:40:36.059 --> 00:40:36.460
 remember

00:40:36.460 --> 00:40:36.800
 David

00:40:36.800 --> 00:40:37.340
 described

00:40:37.340 --> 00:40:37.660
 the

00:40:37.660 --> 00:40:38.360
 misery

00:40:38.360 --> 00:40:38.720
 of his

00:40:38.720 --> 00:40:39.000
 guilt

00:40:39.000 --> 00:40:39.579
 but notice

00:40:39.579 --> 00:40:39.880
 what he

00:40:39.880 --> 00:40:40.119
 does

00:40:40.119 --> 00:40:40.559
 to mirror

00:40:40.559 --> 00:40:40.880
 that

00:40:40.880 --> 00:40:41.019
 in

00:40:41.019 --> 00:40:41.220
 verse

00:40:43.880 --> 00:40:43.880


00:40:43.880 --> 00:40:44.220
 sorrows

00:40:44.220 --> 00:40:44.380
 of

00:40:44.380 --> 00:40:44.519
 the

00:40:44.519 --> 00:40:44.760
 wicked

00:40:44.760 --> 00:40:44.960
 he

00:40:44.960 --> 00:40:45.360
 reminds

00:40:45.360 --> 00:40:45.559
 us

00:40:45.559 --> 00:40:45.720
 but

00:40:45.720 --> 00:40:45.840
 he

00:40:45.840 --> 00:40:46.059
 sets

00:40:46.059 --> 00:40:46.240
 that

00:40:46.240 --> 00:40:46.420
 in

00:40:46.420 --> 00:40:47.019
 contrast

00:40:47.019 --> 00:40:47.740
 but

00:40:47.740 --> 00:40:48.720
 steadfast

00:40:48.720 --> 00:40:49.519
 love

00:40:49.519 --> 00:40:51.059
 surrounds

00:40:51.059 --> 00:40:51.300
 the

00:40:51.300 --> 00:40:51.640
 one

00:40:51.640 --> 00:40:51.840
 who

00:40:51.840 --> 00:40:52.180
 trusts

00:40:52.180 --> 00:40:52.320
 in

00:40:52.320 --> 00:40:52.460
 the

00:40:52.460 --> 00:40:52.800
 Lord

00:40:52.800 --> 00:40:55.800
 he

00:40:55.800 --> 00:40:56.180
 reminds

00:40:56.180 --> 00:40:56.360
 us

00:40:56.360 --> 00:40:56.480
 of

00:40:56.480 --> 00:40:56.640
 the

00:40:56.640 --> 00:40:57.039
 sorrows

00:40:57.039 --> 00:40:57.240
 of

00:40:57.240 --> 00:40:57.619
 sinners

00:40:57.619 --> 00:40:57.900
 but

00:40:57.900 --> 00:40:58.099
 the

00:40:58.099 --> 00:40:58.640
 steadfast

00:40:58.640 --> 00:40:59.079
 love

00:40:59.079 --> 00:40:59.579
 of

00:40:59.579 --> 00:40:59.800
 God

00:40:59.800 --> 00:41:00.019
 that

00:41:00.019 --> 00:41:00.460
 surrounds

00:41:00.460 --> 00:41:00.660
 the

00:41:00.660 --> 00:41:01.000
 faithful

00:41:01.000 --> 00:41:01.240
 is

00:41:01.240 --> 00:41:01.740
 amazing

00:41:01.740 --> 00:41:02.880
 we

00:41:02.880 --> 00:41:03.119
 often

00:41:03.119 --> 00:41:03.400
 think

00:41:03.400 --> 00:41:03.519
 of

00:41:03.519 --> 00:41:03.780
 God's

00:41:03.780 --> 00:41:04.180
 mercy

00:41:04.180 --> 00:41:04.380
 and

00:41:04.380 --> 00:41:04.860
 steadfast

00:41:04.860 --> 00:41:05.240
 love

00:41:05.240 --> 00:41:05.480
 as

00:41:05.480 --> 00:41:05.760
 the

00:41:05.760 --> 00:41:06.280
 end

00:41:06.280 --> 00:41:06.440
 of

00:41:06.440 --> 00:41:06.559
 a

00:41:06.559 --> 00:41:06.840
 logical

00:41:06.840 --> 00:41:07.460
 sequence

00:41:07.460 --> 00:41:08.260
 I

00:41:08.260 --> 00:41:08.500
 like

00:41:08.500 --> 00:41:08.680
 the

00:41:08.680 --> 00:41:08.980
 picture

00:41:08.980 --> 00:41:09.200
 of

00:41:09.200 --> 00:41:09.519
 this

00:41:09.519 --> 00:41:10.000
 the

00:41:10.000 --> 00:41:10.720
 surrounding

00:41:10.720 --> 00:41:11.039
 of

00:41:11.039 --> 00:41:11.640
 steadfast

00:41:11.639 --> 00:41:12.059
 love

00:41:12.059 --> 00:41:13.940
 it's

00:41:13.940 --> 00:41:14.179
 not

00:41:14.179 --> 00:41:14.400
 that

00:41:14.400 --> 00:41:15.079
 steadfast

00:41:15.079 --> 00:41:15.679
 love

00:41:15.679 --> 00:41:15.879
 the

00:41:15.879 --> 00:41:16.339
 steadfast

00:41:16.339 --> 00:41:16.539
 love

00:41:16.539 --> 00:41:16.679
 of

00:41:16.679 --> 00:41:16.879
 God

00:41:16.879 --> 00:41:17.000
 is

00:41:17.000 --> 00:41:17.119
 at

00:41:17.119 --> 00:41:17.279
 the

00:41:17.279 --> 00:41:17.460
 end

00:41:17.460 --> 00:41:17.559
 of

00:41:17.559 --> 00:41:17.679
 the

00:41:17.679 --> 00:41:18.000
 road

00:41:18.000 --> 00:41:18.480
 and

00:41:18.480 --> 00:41:18.619
 if

00:41:18.619 --> 00:41:18.759
 you

00:41:18.759 --> 00:41:19.079
 walk

00:41:19.079 --> 00:41:19.279
 the

00:41:19.279 --> 00:41:19.519
 right

00:41:19.519 --> 00:41:19.920
 path

00:41:19.920 --> 00:41:20.219
 down

00:41:20.219 --> 00:41:20.500
 that

00:41:20.500 --> 00:41:20.960
 road

00:41:20.960 --> 00:41:21.559
 he

00:41:21.559 --> 00:41:21.759
 will

00:41:21.759 --> 00:41:22.159
 reward

00:41:22.159 --> 00:41:22.339
 you

00:41:22.339 --> 00:41:22.559
 with

00:41:22.559 --> 00:41:22.739
 it

00:41:22.739 --> 00:41:23.879
 it's

00:41:23.879 --> 00:41:24.139
 more

00:41:24.139 --> 00:41:24.579
 like

00:41:24.579 --> 00:41:25.279
 here

00:41:25.279 --> 00:41:25.699
 is

00:41:25.699 --> 00:41:25.960
 an

00:41:25.960 --> 00:41:26.400
 ocean

00:41:26.400 --> 00:41:27.019
 of

00:41:27.019 --> 00:41:27.659
 steadfast

00:41:27.659 --> 00:41:28.059
 love

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 and

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 he

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 just

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 invites

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 you

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 to

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 jump

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 in

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 I

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 love

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 that

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 it

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 surrounds

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 us

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 many

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 are

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 the

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 sorrows

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 of

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 the

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 wicked

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 of

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 those

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 who

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 are

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 like

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 their

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 guilt

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 but

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 to

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 the

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 faithful

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 the

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 ones

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 who

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 do

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 acknowledge

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 their

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 guilt

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 and

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 trust

00:41:46.739 --> 00:41:46.879
 in

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 the

00:41:47.019 --> 00:41:47.259
 Lord

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 it's

00:41:47.679 --> 00:41:47.799
 like

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 stepping

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 into

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 an

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 ocean

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 of

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 his

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 steadfast

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 love

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 it's

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 everywhere

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 they

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 can't

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 get

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 away

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 from

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 it

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 it's

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 everywhere

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 and

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 then

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 finally

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 we

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 see

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 in

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 verse

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 11

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 that

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 the

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 blessing

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 of

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 the

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 forgiven

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 one

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 in

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 verses

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 one

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 and

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 two

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 is

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 now

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 met

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 with

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 a

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 call

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 to

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 worship

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 for

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 the

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 forgiven

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 ones

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 in

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 verse

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 11

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 be

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 glad

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 in

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 the

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 Lord

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 he

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 says

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 rejoice

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 so

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 righteous

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 shout

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 for

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 joy

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 all

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 you

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 upright

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 in

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 heart

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 if

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 nothing

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 else

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 perhaps

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 this

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 psalm

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 is

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 just

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 a

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 reminder

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 that

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 you

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 have

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 a

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 reason

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 to

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 be

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 glad

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 and

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 to

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 shout

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 for

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 joy

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 you

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 are

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 forgiven

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 not

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 just

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 in

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 part

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 in

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 full

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 everything

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 you

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 have

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 done

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 everything

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 you

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 are

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 doing

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 everything

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 you

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 will

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 do

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 wiped

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 clean

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 by

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 the

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 blood

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 of

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 Jesus

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 that's

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 a

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 reason

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 to

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 shout

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 for

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 joy

00:42:43.699 --> 00:42:44.280
 and

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 to

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 be

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 glad

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 in

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 the

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 Lord

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 that's

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 why

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 we

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 say

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 the

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 blessing

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 and

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 the

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 happiness

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 of

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 this

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 psalm

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 it

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 can

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 even

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 compare

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 to

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 anything

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 else

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 that

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 we

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 might

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 experience

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 in

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 this

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 life

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 and

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 there

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 is

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 so

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 much

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 joy

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 that

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 the

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 Lord

00:42:55.800 --> 00:42:56.199
 allows

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 us

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 to

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 experience

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 in

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 this

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 life

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 even

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 on

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 a

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 day

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 like

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 today

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 on

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 Father's

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 Day

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 you

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 fathers

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 know

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 the

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 joy

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 of

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 your

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 children

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 in incredible ways.

00:43:08.940 --> 00:43:12.019
 And that's nothing compared to this.

00:43:12.699 --> 00:43:15.759
 It's nothing compared to the mercy of God.

00:43:17.259 --> 00:43:18.179
 You're forgiven.

00:43:19.839 --> 00:43:22.699
 That should affect the way you worship Sunday by Sunday

00:43:22.699 --> 00:43:23.359
 when you come in.

00:43:24.819 --> 00:43:28.139
 When you come in and sing a song like,

00:43:28.599 --> 00:43:30.059
 but for the cross of Christ,

00:43:30.139 --> 00:43:31.839
 or the battle and the blessing,

00:43:32.239 --> 00:43:33.899
 or as we will hear in just a moment,

00:43:34.440 --> 00:43:35.599
 bless the Lord, O my soul.

00:43:36.539 --> 00:43:39.579
 The way you sing that should be affected by this,

00:43:40.420 --> 00:43:41.360
 that you're forgiven.

00:43:43.139 --> 00:43:44.940
 The way you carry your life,

00:43:44.980 --> 00:43:46.920
 even in hardships and in discouragement,

00:43:47.039 --> 00:43:48.460
 ought to be affected by this,

00:43:48.539 --> 00:43:50.480
 the fact that you're forgiven.

00:43:52.619 --> 00:43:54.940
 That God's mercy has been handed to you.

00:43:56.400 --> 00:43:58.639
 Martin Lloyd-Jones, many of you know who that is.

00:43:58.639 --> 00:44:02.840
 He used to say that a person could not understand the gospel

00:44:02.840 --> 00:44:05.840
 until he understood the magnitude of his debt

00:44:05.840 --> 00:44:09.400
 and the measure of the payment to satisfy it.

00:44:11.640 --> 00:44:13.180
 Meaning that if you came to my house,

00:44:13.280 --> 00:44:14.780
 let's say you came to my house today

00:44:14.780 --> 00:44:16.300
 and you got in my mailbox and you found a bill.

00:44:16.400 --> 00:44:17.900
 I don't even know if bills come in the mail anymore,

00:44:18.019 --> 00:44:20.320
 but if you found a bill there and you said,

00:44:20.400 --> 00:44:20.559
 you know what,

00:44:20.559 --> 00:44:21.440
 I'm gonna do Jared a favor,

00:44:21.480 --> 00:44:23.360
 I'm gonna pay this bill for it.

00:44:23.360 --> 00:44:27.120
 Well, that would be great.

00:44:27.380 --> 00:44:30.980
 But my reaction to that is really just based

00:44:30.980 --> 00:44:32.320
 on the magnitude of the debt

00:44:32.320 --> 00:44:33.940
 and what it costs you to pay it.

00:44:35.559 --> 00:44:36.940
 Maybe it's just a streaming bill,

00:44:37.019 --> 00:44:37.760
 just a few dollars.

00:44:38.019 --> 00:44:40.820
 And I might say, wow, that's very kind of you.

00:44:40.860 --> 00:44:41.740
 You didn't have to do that

00:44:41.740 --> 00:44:43.820
 and acknowledge it and move on.

00:44:43.960 --> 00:44:44.740
 Be great, right?

00:44:45.039 --> 00:44:46.539
 Probably won't think much about it thereafter,

00:44:46.700 --> 00:44:47.500
 except it's kind of weird

00:44:47.500 --> 00:44:49.260
 that you went through my mailbox and found my bills.

00:44:49.260 --> 00:44:53.280
 What if it's that crippling debt

00:44:53.280 --> 00:44:57.220
 that I'm never gonna be able to get out of,

00:44:57.560 --> 00:44:59.420
 no matter how hard I work,

00:45:00.840 --> 00:45:03.220
 no matter how many changes I make in my life,

00:45:03.240 --> 00:45:04.240
 it's just never gonna happen.

00:45:06.360 --> 00:45:07.640
 And you pay that one,

00:45:07.720 --> 00:45:09.840
 but it's not because you've just got some spare change

00:45:09.840 --> 00:45:11.080
 that you could deal with it,

00:45:11.120 --> 00:45:13.480
 but it costs you everything to do it.

00:45:15.900 --> 00:45:17.300
 That's a different kind of reaction

00:45:17.300 --> 00:45:18.800
 you're gonna get from Jared on that day.

00:45:19.260 --> 00:45:23.960
 If you're struggling today, like my friend,

00:45:24.560 --> 00:45:27.580
 to really understand the weight of your guilt

00:45:27.580 --> 00:45:29.060
 and the weight of your sin,

00:45:29.160 --> 00:45:30.540
 I think probably the problem

00:45:30.540 --> 00:45:33.300
 is that you're spending too much time

00:45:33.300 --> 00:45:34.940
 comparing yourself to other sinners.

00:45:36.760 --> 00:45:38.060
 That's not gonna help you.

00:45:40.160 --> 00:45:42.180
 What you need to do is look at the cross

00:45:42.180 --> 00:45:44.040
 and just ask,

00:45:44.039 --> 00:45:47.779
 how great is my guilt

00:45:47.779 --> 00:45:50.139
 to require that?

00:45:52.360 --> 00:45:53.739
 That God himself

00:45:53.739 --> 00:45:57.340
 would have to take on flesh

00:45:57.340 --> 00:46:00.239
 and suffer in that way

00:46:00.239 --> 00:46:03.179
 so that I could be forgiven.

00:46:03.179 --> 00:46:06.799
 It's only then

00:46:06.799 --> 00:46:09.139
 that we'll really begin to understand

00:46:09.139 --> 00:46:10.419
 what's at the heart of the gospel.

00:46:11.500 --> 00:46:14.319
 What God's steadfast love really is like.

00:46:15.599 --> 00:46:17.119
 What it cost Christ

00:46:17.119 --> 00:46:18.639
 to provide this forgiveness

00:46:18.639 --> 00:46:21.039
 and the fullness of this forgiveness

00:46:21.039 --> 00:46:23.039
 that he now offers.

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 If we just look at the cross,

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 the answers are there.

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 The good news is that

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 Christ has indeed

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 paid all our debt

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 and God offers this

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 complete forgiveness to us

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 and

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 I know most of you know that.

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 you're a blessed man today

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 if you stand forgiven

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 and you ought to be glad in the Lord

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 and shout for joy

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 and then maybe go tell somebody else

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 that they can be blessed too

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 because now is the time

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 and whoever will come to him

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 he will not cast away.

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 Let's pray.