WEBVTT 00:00:00.540 --> 00:00:09.820 Well, if you would open up your Bibles to Matthew chapter 5, we have begun a series in the Sermon on the Mount we're calling Kingdom Citizens. 00:00:11.700 --> 00:00:15.679 This morning we're going to be camping out on one verse, Matthew 5, 4. 00:00:16.260 --> 00:00:19.580 Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. 00:00:19.620 --> 00:00:24.760 But I just want to remind you, the Sermon on the Mount is the manifesto of King Jesus. 00:00:24.760 --> 00:00:34.500 Our King is publicly declaring to His citizens who we are and how we are to live. 00:00:36.939 --> 00:00:43.100 And so, becoming a citizen of the Kingdom begins with coming to terms with your spiritual bankruptcy. 00:00:43.380 --> 00:00:47.500 Blessed are those who are poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. 00:00:47.500 --> 00:00:54.680 And so when we come to terms with our spiritual bankruptcy before God, our sinfulness, our debt, 00:00:54.759 --> 00:01:07.560 spiritual debt before God, we realize that the only way to have this debt paid off is if God Himself is generous and pays our debt for us. 00:01:08.560 --> 00:01:16.000 And as we know that God's debt relief program is not a program in which we kind of work our way out of debt. 00:01:16.000 --> 00:01:24.400 His debt relief program is a person, Jesus, who paid our debt in full. 00:01:24.760 --> 00:01:27.180 We are a forgiven people. 00:01:27.440 --> 00:01:33.560 We were poor, but because Jesus, who was rich, became poor, He makes us rich. 00:01:33.880 --> 00:01:36.640 He makes us rich in Christ. 00:01:37.980 --> 00:01:41.880 Our spiritual poverty is the starting point of everything. 00:01:42.120 --> 00:01:49.320 So if you think about the Beatitudes, all these blessings as progressive, as sequential, 00:01:49.319 --> 00:01:53.959 what you'll realize is this, it all starts with being poor in spirit. 00:01:55.000 --> 00:01:56.719 Recognizing our poverty. 00:01:57.159 --> 00:02:01.019 And what flows out of that is mourning. 00:02:02.239 --> 00:02:05.259 When you realize your spiritual bankruptcy, 00:02:06.000 --> 00:02:09.639 it's not long after that, you begin to mourn it. 00:02:09.639 --> 00:02:14.079 To be sorrowful over it. 00:02:15.899 --> 00:02:20.079 Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. 00:02:20.179 --> 00:02:23.819 My wife and I, we met in college. 00:02:24.939 --> 00:02:26.219 We fell in love in college. 00:02:27.519 --> 00:02:29.099 It was almost love at first sight. 00:02:29.099 --> 00:02:34.579 But when Jenny and I were in college, we were both believers arriving. 00:02:35.740 --> 00:02:38.500 But there was a young woman there whose name was Diane. 00:02:39.459 --> 00:02:41.919 And she became a Christian while there. 00:02:42.879 --> 00:02:44.319 And she was a bit eccentric. 00:02:45.000 --> 00:02:46.959 She was, after all, an art major. 00:02:50.840 --> 00:02:55.620 But what you can't deny is the work that God did in her. 00:02:55.620 --> 00:02:58.280 It was a radical change in her life. 00:02:59.740 --> 00:03:01.400 And I remember something. 00:03:01.520 --> 00:03:02.539 I'll never forget it. 00:03:03.219 --> 00:03:09.000 Every year at about the same time, Diane would remember her conversion. 00:03:10.240 --> 00:03:13.259 And she would wear all black on that day. 00:03:14.400 --> 00:03:17.180 And so you'd see her walking around campus dressed in black. 00:03:18.640 --> 00:03:22.960 And it was her way of mourning her sins against God. 00:03:22.960 --> 00:03:28.080 And remembering the great forgiveness she had received in Christ. 00:03:29.640 --> 00:03:34.240 Her mourning, her sin against God was the starting point. 00:03:35.140 --> 00:03:41.360 But it always ended with her being comforted in Christ. 00:03:42.920 --> 00:03:46.360 We're going to take our cues from Diane, but more so from Jesus. 00:03:46.360 --> 00:03:52.620 If you're a Christian, if you're a citizen of the kingdom of heaven, 00:03:53.380 --> 00:03:56.000 you're going to mourn your sin regularly. 00:03:57.860 --> 00:03:59.440 Because God is still holy. 00:04:00.320 --> 00:04:04.120 And even though you've been justified by His grace, He's still sin. 00:04:05.280 --> 00:04:11.780 And so we're going to be dealing with our sin all the way until we die or until Jesus returns. 00:04:11.780 --> 00:04:17.199 And part of that, for a Christian, is mourning our sin. 00:04:18.439 --> 00:04:22.319 Seeing it and responding to it as God would have us. 00:04:23.360 --> 00:04:29.540 Our godly sorrow over our sin will lead us to the blessed comfort offered to us in Christ alone. 00:04:30.019 --> 00:04:36.959 So this morning, make no question, I'm going to call you by God's Word to mourn over your sin. 00:04:36.959 --> 00:04:45.939 But, ultimately, the call will be to find your comfort in Christ. 00:04:46.959 --> 00:04:52.120 The way to find comfort in Christ is to go through mourning your sin. 00:04:52.939 --> 00:04:55.899 So this morning, I'm going to have two main points. 00:04:56.159 --> 00:04:58.759 First is, mourn your sin against God. 00:04:59.659 --> 00:05:04.259 And then second, find your comfort in Christ alone. 00:05:04.259 --> 00:05:11.719 The call to mourn your sin is ultimately a call to find your comfort in Christ. 00:05:13.159 --> 00:05:17.659 So would you now look back at Matthew 5, verse 4. 00:05:19.279 --> 00:05:22.839 Blessed are those who mourn. 00:05:24.599 --> 00:05:26.959 The first thing you need to realize about this, 00:05:27.319 --> 00:05:30.819 blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. 00:05:30.819 --> 00:05:43.040 The call to mourn is a condition to experience the blessing Jesus is talking about. 00:05:44.120 --> 00:05:46.759 Now, when you read this, blessed are those who mourn, 00:05:46.819 --> 00:05:49.100 I don't know about you, but it sounds a bit odd. 00:05:49.300 --> 00:05:52.039 It sounds a bit paradoxical. 00:05:52.199 --> 00:05:53.920 It's kind of upside down. 00:05:54.139 --> 00:05:57.740 You could translate it this way, happy are the unhappy. 00:05:57.740 --> 00:06:00.620 Seems a little weird. 00:06:01.819 --> 00:06:04.000 But what you need to understand is, 00:06:04.620 --> 00:06:08.800 it's the entire verse we need to understand this mourning in. 00:06:09.759 --> 00:06:14.740 Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. 00:06:15.740 --> 00:06:21.060 Mourning is a condition that must be met in order to receive God's comfort. 00:06:21.060 --> 00:06:25.839 So what I'm trying to tell you is this. 00:06:26.939 --> 00:06:32.139 The mourning Jesus is talking about, the grief, that's not the blessing. 00:06:33.160 --> 00:06:37.379 But it's necessary in order to experience God's blessing. 00:06:38.220 --> 00:06:45.519 In order to be comforted by God, we must mourn our sin. 00:06:45.519 --> 00:06:49.079 So mourning is a condition to this blessing. 00:06:49.279 --> 00:06:50.259 The second thing is this. 00:06:50.419 --> 00:06:52.620 I want you to see under mourn your sin against God. 00:06:54.039 --> 00:06:56.919 It's the kind of mourning Jesus is talking about. 00:06:58.459 --> 00:06:59.899 He's talking about a sadness. 00:07:01.500 --> 00:07:03.240 He's talking about a grief. 00:07:04.379 --> 00:07:06.659 One commentator talked about it this way. 00:07:07.379 --> 00:07:11.899 That this mourning is the emotional counterpart to being poor in spirit. 00:07:11.899 --> 00:07:14.419 It's something that we feel. 00:07:18.439 --> 00:07:22.599 When we think about mourning, I'm guessing you think about what I think about, 00:07:22.699 --> 00:07:23.479 someone dying. 00:07:24.839 --> 00:07:26.719 Mourning the death of a loved one. 00:07:27.879 --> 00:07:29.919 And I'll never forget the day my grandfather died. 00:07:30.500 --> 00:07:31.379 Never forget it. 00:07:31.819 --> 00:07:33.459 It was back in 2000. 00:07:34.620 --> 00:07:38.959 And what I'll never forget about it is how my grandmother responded. 00:07:38.959 --> 00:07:43.719 My grandparents had been married over 50 years. 00:07:45.139 --> 00:07:50.279 And the moment my grandfather died, they moved him to a gurney. 00:07:51.060 --> 00:07:52.219 He was in his home. 00:07:53.539 --> 00:07:58.419 And what I'll never forget is watching my grandmother bathe my grandfather's body. 00:07:58.420 --> 00:08:06.180 And what was amazing and striking was how she was touching his body. 00:08:07.340 --> 00:08:09.220 I was down the hall watching. 00:08:10.379 --> 00:08:16.240 And as she was touching his body, a body she had known for 50 years, 00:08:17.860 --> 00:08:19.460 she was mumbling, 00:08:20.460 --> 00:08:22.020 I love you. 00:08:22.019 --> 00:08:28.899 And what I remember most is a teardrop at the end of her nose 00:08:28.899 --> 00:08:35.740 as she tenderly touched her dead husband's body. 00:08:39.500 --> 00:08:41.759 Her mourning, my grandmother's mourning, 00:08:42.500 --> 00:08:44.299 was an all-consuming mourning. 00:08:45.360 --> 00:08:46.419 It took over. 00:08:46.419 --> 00:08:50.299 The reason why I tell you that story is this. 00:08:51.199 --> 00:08:53.679 The mourning that Jesus is talking about, 00:08:54.439 --> 00:08:56.759 that word translated mourn 00:08:56.759 --> 00:09:02.399 is the strongest Greek word for grief. 00:09:03.219 --> 00:09:04.120 The strongest. 00:09:06.259 --> 00:09:07.979 It's a grief that takes over. 00:09:09.839 --> 00:09:12.360 It's a grief that says all things stop. 00:09:12.620 --> 00:09:13.879 This has got to be dealt with. 00:09:13.879 --> 00:09:21.519 Jesus chose this word for a reason. 00:09:23.860 --> 00:09:26.460 When we mourn a loved one, it's serious. 00:09:28.580 --> 00:09:32.200 When we sin against God, it is serious. 00:09:34.580 --> 00:09:36.879 So this mourning that Jesus is talking about, 00:09:37.000 --> 00:09:41.379 he's not talking about bereavement of someone's loss. 00:09:41.379 --> 00:09:46.720 What he's talking about is an intense grief 00:09:46.720 --> 00:09:50.519 over sinning against God. 00:09:52.539 --> 00:09:54.759 John Stott said it this way, 00:09:54.860 --> 00:09:56.879 this is not the sorrow of bereavement, 00:09:57.259 --> 00:09:59.460 but the sorrow of repentance. 00:10:02.500 --> 00:10:04.019 Last week I shared with you 00:10:04.019 --> 00:10:06.279 the opening words of the ministries 00:10:06.279 --> 00:10:08.419 of both John the Baptist and Jesus 00:10:08.419 --> 00:10:10.039 when they went public with their ministries. 00:10:10.120 --> 00:10:10.879 Do you remember what it was? 00:10:10.879 --> 00:10:15.320 Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 00:10:17.620 --> 00:10:20.019 The mourning of Matthew 5.4 00:10:20.019 --> 00:10:22.220 is an intense grief 00:10:22.220 --> 00:10:27.100 over our sin against God. 00:10:29.659 --> 00:10:31.399 Feeling deep sadness 00:10:31.399 --> 00:10:34.480 for sinning against our holy God. 00:10:34.539 --> 00:10:36.960 Now, think about it directionally. 00:10:36.960 --> 00:10:37.960 This is a God word sorrow. 00:10:37.960 --> 00:10:40.960 This is a God word sorrow. 00:10:44.960 --> 00:10:47.440 The Apostle Paul talks about this 00:10:47.440 --> 00:10:49.860 as a godly sorrow. 00:10:50.920 --> 00:10:52.100 A godly grief. 00:10:52.240 --> 00:10:53.600 In 2 Corinthians 7, 00:10:54.040 --> 00:10:55.360 in this godly sorrow, 00:10:55.500 --> 00:10:56.519 this godly grief 00:10:56.519 --> 00:10:58.320 leads to repentance. 00:11:01.320 --> 00:11:03.460 He talks about a different kind of grief 00:11:03.460 --> 00:11:04.540 in that passage as well. 00:11:04.539 --> 00:11:06.699 a worldly sorrow. 00:11:06.699 --> 00:11:10.059 And it doesn't lead to repentance. 00:11:10.419 --> 00:11:11.279 It leads to death. 00:11:12.120 --> 00:11:12.980 What's the difference? 00:11:14.799 --> 00:11:17.039 Godly sorrow is God word. 00:11:17.879 --> 00:11:19.919 It's concern about what God thinks. 00:11:20.899 --> 00:11:22.319 Worldly sorrow doesn't care. 00:11:23.599 --> 00:11:25.139 It's more concern about getting caught. 00:11:25.139 --> 00:11:28.740 When we mourn the loss of a loved one, 00:11:28.840 --> 00:11:30.480 we are acutely aware 00:11:30.480 --> 00:11:32.120 of the one we've lost. 00:11:32.199 --> 00:11:33.519 It leaves a hole, doesn't it? 00:11:34.620 --> 00:11:35.799 There's a great emptiness. 00:11:36.679 --> 00:11:37.699 It can become surreal. 00:11:38.500 --> 00:11:40.199 When we mourn our sins, 00:11:40.360 --> 00:11:42.059 we are acutely aware 00:11:42.059 --> 00:11:45.580 of how offensive our sin is 00:11:45.580 --> 00:11:47.639 to our holy God. 00:11:47.639 --> 00:11:54.740 At the heart of godly mourning 00:11:54.740 --> 00:11:58.139 is an awareness of God's holiness. 00:12:00.799 --> 00:12:02.899 Do you remember Isaiah chapter 6? 00:12:04.379 --> 00:12:07.460 God gives Isaiah a vision of himself 00:12:07.460 --> 00:12:08.960 high and lifted up in the temple. 00:12:09.559 --> 00:12:12.100 There are seraphim flying around. 00:12:12.240 --> 00:12:14.519 God, they are the six winged angels. 00:12:14.740 --> 00:12:16.039 Two, they cover their eyes. 00:12:16.039 --> 00:12:17.779 Two, they cover their feet. 00:12:18.199 --> 00:12:19.219 Two, they fly. 00:12:19.679 --> 00:12:22.059 And they are calling out to one another, 00:12:22.579 --> 00:12:26.139 Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts. 00:12:26.259 --> 00:12:29.240 The whole earth is filled with His glory. 00:12:32.000 --> 00:12:34.120 Holy, holy, holy. 00:12:35.240 --> 00:12:37.019 There's no other word in your Bible 00:12:37.019 --> 00:12:39.379 that describes God three times in a row. 00:12:40.659 --> 00:12:42.240 Holy, holy, holy. 00:12:43.360 --> 00:12:45.959 God isn't described as loving, loving, loving. 00:12:46.039 --> 00:12:48.360 He's not described as just, just, just. 00:12:48.439 --> 00:12:51.620 He's described as holy, holy, holy. 00:12:52.299 --> 00:12:54.899 Utterly set apart in who He is. 00:12:56.740 --> 00:12:58.819 Perfect in all things. 00:13:00.399 --> 00:13:01.779 The foundation shakes. 00:13:01.980 --> 00:13:03.419 Smoke fills the temple. 00:13:03.980 --> 00:13:05.199 This is a theophany. 00:13:05.599 --> 00:13:07.339 God revealing Himself to Isaiah. 00:13:07.339 --> 00:13:09.159 And what does Isaiah do? 00:13:09.559 --> 00:13:10.539 Oh, yes! 00:13:10.980 --> 00:13:12.019 Happy day! 00:13:12.019 --> 00:13:12.099 Happy day! 00:13:12.099 --> 00:13:12.179 Happy day! 00:13:16.039 --> 00:13:17.319 Woe is me. 00:13:17.319 --> 00:13:17.379 Woe is me. 00:13:19.039 --> 00:13:20.959 For I am a man of unclean lips. 00:13:23.259 --> 00:13:25.699 He's utterly aware of his sinfulness. 00:13:27.099 --> 00:13:29.799 He comes into the presence of a holy God 00:13:29.799 --> 00:13:33.539 and he becomes very aware of his uncleanliness. 00:13:34.259 --> 00:13:37.259 He's acutely aware of his sinfulness 00:13:37.259 --> 00:13:39.559 and he's grieved by it. 00:13:40.219 --> 00:13:41.240 It doesn't say it, 00:13:41.240 --> 00:13:45.519 but what Isaiah is experiencing is a godly sorrow. 00:13:48.960 --> 00:13:52.519 Thank God that he sent an angel with a hot coal to cleanse him. 00:13:53.440 --> 00:13:55.080 What a picture of grace and mercy. 00:13:57.159 --> 00:14:00.659 Do you recall David's adultery with Bathsheba, 2 Samuel 12? 00:14:02.139 --> 00:14:03.299 Starts with adultery, 00:14:04.299 --> 00:14:06.180 leads to cover up, 00:14:06.360 --> 00:14:07.720 followed by abuse of power, 00:14:07.879 --> 00:14:09.000 followed by murder. 00:14:09.000 --> 00:14:11.580 David had Uriah killed. 00:14:12.840 --> 00:14:14.159 And David didn't see it. 00:14:14.980 --> 00:14:15.799 So you know what God did? 00:14:15.940 --> 00:14:17.039 He sent Nathan the prophet. 00:14:17.539 --> 00:14:18.919 Nathan goes to David, 00:14:19.220 --> 00:14:20.559 shares with him a little parable. 00:14:21.019 --> 00:14:23.419 There's this poor guy who raised the sheep. 00:14:23.759 --> 00:14:24.500 This rich guy, 00:14:24.600 --> 00:14:25.379 someone come over, 00:14:25.500 --> 00:14:26.799 the rich guy steals the sheep. 00:14:27.279 --> 00:14:27.919 David's like, 00:14:28.620 --> 00:14:29.899 how can that be? 00:14:32.940 --> 00:14:33.840 And Nathan says, 00:14:33.899 --> 00:14:34.419 you're the man. 00:14:35.460 --> 00:14:37.279 You're the rich man who stole the sheep, buddy. 00:14:37.279 --> 00:14:41.199 Cut David to the quick. 00:14:41.360 --> 00:14:42.399 And what does David say? 00:14:43.799 --> 00:14:45.139 2 Samuel 12, 13, 00:14:45.259 --> 00:14:48.079 I have sinned against the Lord. 00:14:49.860 --> 00:14:52.039 I have sinned against the Lord. 00:14:54.159 --> 00:14:56.279 Psalm 51 is a psalm that David wrote 00:14:56.279 --> 00:14:58.939 in response to this confrontation. 00:14:58.940 --> 00:15:01.520 It's a beautiful psalm. 00:15:01.600 --> 00:15:02.960 It's a psalm of contrition. 00:15:03.760 --> 00:15:06.400 It's a psalm of godly sorrow, 00:15:07.180 --> 00:15:09.120 of recognizing not only sin, 00:15:09.200 --> 00:15:10.980 but need for the forgiveness of that sin. 00:15:12.100 --> 00:15:14.020 And what's striking about Psalm 51 00:15:14.020 --> 00:15:15.000 is verse 4, 00:15:15.140 --> 00:15:18.520 against you and you alone have I sinned. 00:15:19.020 --> 00:15:20.880 I mean, he sinned against at least 00:15:20.880 --> 00:15:22.120 three or four other people. 00:15:22.120 --> 00:15:24.279 But what he's saying is there 00:15:24.279 --> 00:15:25.480 is first and foremost, 00:15:25.679 --> 00:15:27.560 I have sinned against the holy God. 00:15:32.980 --> 00:15:35.360 In 2 Samuel 12, 14, 00:15:35.440 --> 00:15:36.539 God again is merciful. 00:15:36.759 --> 00:15:40.080 The Lord also has put away your sin. 00:15:40.980 --> 00:15:42.139 You will not die, 00:15:42.639 --> 00:15:44.100 Nathan says to David. 00:15:45.539 --> 00:15:47.480 Some people think that Psalm 32 00:15:47.480 --> 00:15:48.680 is written in response 00:15:48.680 --> 00:15:50.100 to this episode as well. 00:15:50.100 --> 00:15:52.540 Blessed is the one whose transgression 00:15:52.540 --> 00:15:53.779 is not held against them. 00:15:58.180 --> 00:16:00.139 These are just examples of 00:16:00.139 --> 00:16:03.560 godly sorrow 00:16:03.560 --> 00:16:07.879 coming into being confronted by sin, 00:16:07.980 --> 00:16:09.300 being aware of God's holiness 00:16:09.300 --> 00:16:11.159 and responding in mourning. 00:16:14.620 --> 00:16:15.980 Jesus is talking about 00:16:15.980 --> 00:16:21.080 an acute awareness of your sin 00:16:21.080 --> 00:16:24.440 and a corresponding sadness over it 00:16:24.440 --> 00:16:25.920 because you know 00:16:25.920 --> 00:16:29.300 you have sinned against a holy God. 00:16:31.200 --> 00:16:34.019 The most glorious and wonderful person 00:16:34.019 --> 00:16:35.580 in the universe. 00:16:37.180 --> 00:16:39.039 At the heart of this mourning 00:16:39.039 --> 00:16:40.480 that Jesus is talking about 00:16:40.480 --> 00:16:41.560 is a heart, 00:16:41.740 --> 00:16:43.639 is an awareness of the holiness 00:16:43.639 --> 00:16:45.379 of God. 00:16:46.439 --> 00:16:47.879 Mourn your sin, 00:16:48.220 --> 00:16:48.980 brother and sister. 00:16:50.379 --> 00:16:51.980 Sin is against a holy God. 00:16:53.159 --> 00:16:54.059 But you may be thinking, 00:16:54.620 --> 00:16:55.860 wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, 00:16:55.860 --> 00:16:56.879 I'm justified. 00:16:59.279 --> 00:17:00.879 I'm in right standing with God. 00:17:02.500 --> 00:17:03.580 I don't have to fear. 00:17:03.740 --> 00:17:04.779 You don't have to fear. 00:17:05.720 --> 00:17:06.539 There is therefore now 00:17:06.539 --> 00:17:08.220 no condemnation for those of us 00:17:08.220 --> 00:17:09.259 who are in Christ Jesus. 00:17:09.259 --> 00:17:11.920 But you know what? 00:17:12.460 --> 00:17:13.480 God is still holy 00:17:13.480 --> 00:17:14.500 and you still sin. 00:17:16.339 --> 00:17:18.140 Martin Luther put it this way. 00:17:19.740 --> 00:17:20.440 This is Latin. 00:17:20.920 --> 00:17:22.920 This is like the only four Latin words I know. 00:17:25.279 --> 00:17:28.819 Simul eustus et peccator. 00:17:30.339 --> 00:17:33.359 Simultaneously just and sinful. 00:17:33.359 --> 00:17:36.439 That's what he describes 00:17:36.439 --> 00:17:37.699 those of us who are righteous 00:17:37.699 --> 00:17:38.799 in God's sight. 00:17:38.899 --> 00:17:40.099 Those of us who've been justified. 00:17:40.779 --> 00:17:42.679 We are in right standing with God legally 00:17:42.679 --> 00:17:44.199 and yet we still sin. 00:17:45.779 --> 00:17:46.599 And so even though 00:17:46.599 --> 00:17:49.000 that we've been forgiven of our sin, 00:17:49.719 --> 00:17:52.379 God is still aware of our sin 00:17:52.379 --> 00:17:53.139 when we sin. 00:17:53.219 --> 00:17:54.679 He doesn't hold us against us. 00:17:56.139 --> 00:17:57.299 But he's aware of it. 00:17:57.299 --> 00:18:02.559 There are warnings all over the New Testament 00:18:02.559 --> 00:18:04.339 about people who persist in their sin 00:18:04.339 --> 00:18:05.460 who are not aware of their sin. 00:18:11.159 --> 00:18:12.500 Brother and sister in Christ, 00:18:12.619 --> 00:18:13.859 do you grieve over your sin? 00:18:16.039 --> 00:18:17.500 Do you mourn over it? 00:18:19.220 --> 00:18:21.220 And do you mourn over it 00:18:21.220 --> 00:18:22.899 because you know you're sinning against God? 00:18:22.900 --> 00:18:26.580 I have three questions 00:18:26.580 --> 00:18:28.320 to help you mourn your sin. 00:18:30.600 --> 00:18:31.600 First one is this. 00:18:32.780 --> 00:18:34.100 Are you willing to go there? 00:18:36.040 --> 00:18:38.180 Are you willing to open yourself up 00:18:38.180 --> 00:18:39.140 to the holiness of God? 00:18:39.680 --> 00:18:40.940 Are you willing to go there? 00:18:42.019 --> 00:18:44.100 When I was a youth pastor years back, 00:18:44.160 --> 00:18:47.720 I would take groups of students up north 00:18:47.720 --> 00:18:48.940 and we would go camping. 00:18:49.180 --> 00:18:50.100 For many of them, 00:18:50.180 --> 00:18:51.240 it was the first time 00:18:51.240 --> 00:18:53.519 that they were living out of doors. 00:18:54.460 --> 00:18:56.680 No longer with shingles, 00:18:56.900 --> 00:18:57.799 two by sixes, 00:18:57.859 --> 00:18:58.940 and plywood over their head. 00:18:59.079 --> 00:19:00.839 The only thing separating them 00:19:00.839 --> 00:19:02.859 from thunderstorms, 00:19:02.940 --> 00:19:05.259 50 mile an hour gusts of wind, 00:19:05.440 --> 00:19:07.740 potential bears and whatnot, 00:19:08.740 --> 00:19:11.500 was this really thin nylon tent. 00:19:13.819 --> 00:19:15.779 And man, they would feel exposed. 00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:18.940 They would feel real small real quick. 00:19:18.940 --> 00:19:21.240 They were hearing things 00:19:21.240 --> 00:19:22.519 and experiencing things 00:19:22.519 --> 00:19:24.100 that they just didn't realize 00:19:24.100 --> 00:19:24.700 was out there. 00:19:27.779 --> 00:19:31.620 When we come into the holy presence of God, 00:19:32.160 --> 00:19:35.360 it's like living without your roof. 00:19:36.640 --> 00:19:37.940 You're exposed. 00:19:39.600 --> 00:19:40.759 You feel small. 00:19:41.740 --> 00:19:43.140 You'll be aware of your sin. 00:19:43.140 --> 00:19:45.420 Just like Isaiah. 00:19:48.120 --> 00:19:48.820 The thing is, 00:19:48.880 --> 00:19:49.580 we have a tendency 00:19:49.580 --> 00:19:51.400 of trying to insulate ourselves 00:19:51.400 --> 00:19:52.480 from God's holiness. 00:19:55.120 --> 00:19:56.759 Do you make a joke out of your sin? 00:19:59.400 --> 00:20:00.700 Do you minimize your sin? 00:20:00.780 --> 00:20:01.700 Do you hide your sin? 00:20:01.800 --> 00:20:02.700 Do you avoid your sin? 00:20:02.780 --> 00:20:04.360 Do you blame others for your sin? 00:20:06.800 --> 00:20:08.700 Do you know why we don't take sin 00:20:08.700 --> 00:20:09.820 seriously enough? 00:20:09.819 --> 00:20:12.299 It's because we don't take God's holiness 00:20:12.299 --> 00:20:13.700 serious enough. 00:20:16.099 --> 00:20:17.700 Are you willing to go there? 00:20:18.899 --> 00:20:22.480 Are you willing to take the roof off 00:20:22.480 --> 00:20:24.119 to God's holiness? 00:20:27.119 --> 00:20:28.619 Would you ask God, 00:20:29.079 --> 00:20:30.779 God, would you reveal yourself 00:20:30.779 --> 00:20:31.819 to me in your holiness? 00:20:31.819 --> 00:20:37.339 God, would you lovingly expose me 00:20:37.339 --> 00:20:38.319 in your holiness? 00:20:39.919 --> 00:20:40.819 Are you willing to go there? 00:20:44.619 --> 00:20:45.519 Second question. 00:20:46.039 --> 00:20:48.000 Are you seeing your sin as God sees it? 00:20:50.240 --> 00:20:51.619 You've heard of beer goggling. 00:20:52.359 --> 00:20:54.539 What we're talking about is Bible goggling. 00:20:56.000 --> 00:20:59.559 Seeing your sin as God sees your sin. 00:20:59.559 --> 00:21:02.339 And you see yourself accurately 00:21:02.339 --> 00:21:03.559 when you see yourself 00:21:03.559 --> 00:21:04.960 through his revealed word, 00:21:05.379 --> 00:21:06.279 his holy word. 00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:08.740 What does God think of pornography? 00:21:10.339 --> 00:21:13.700 What does God think of outbursts of anger? 00:21:14.319 --> 00:21:17.740 What does God think about sleepless nights 00:21:17.740 --> 00:21:19.159 lying in your bed, 00:21:19.720 --> 00:21:23.019 turmoil in anxiety, in worry? 00:21:23.179 --> 00:21:24.220 What does God think about that? 00:21:26.240 --> 00:21:27.619 What does God think about 00:21:27.619 --> 00:21:29.379 your questionable financial dealings? 00:21:29.380 --> 00:21:30.640 What does God think about that? 00:21:31.780 --> 00:21:33.320 How does God see that? 00:21:34.580 --> 00:21:35.620 When we go to his word. 00:21:36.720 --> 00:21:38.380 And when we go to his word humbly 00:21:38.380 --> 00:21:39.920 and we're confronted with his word, 00:21:40.660 --> 00:21:41.800 we're going to see things 00:21:41.800 --> 00:21:43.120 through his perspective 00:21:43.120 --> 00:21:44.720 that maybe we don't want to see. 00:21:48.800 --> 00:21:50.660 Are you seeing your life 00:21:50.660 --> 00:21:51.760 as God sees it? 00:21:52.800 --> 00:21:53.520 Third question. 00:21:54.260 --> 00:21:56.460 Are you feeling about your sin 00:21:56.460 --> 00:21:59.319 the way that God feels about your sin? 00:22:00.799 --> 00:22:03.059 Do you feel what God feels towards it? 00:22:05.160 --> 00:22:08.140 What does God feel towards the exploitation 00:22:08.140 --> 00:22:10.680 of women in the sex trade? 00:22:11.279 --> 00:22:12.680 What do you think God feels about that? 00:22:12.680 --> 00:22:17.120 What do you think? 00:22:17.120 --> 00:22:21.920 How does God feel about pornographers 00:22:21.920 --> 00:22:25.920 trying to hook young boys at an early age 00:22:25.920 --> 00:22:29.259 to milk them for what they're worth? 00:22:29.259 --> 00:22:32.039 What do you think God feels about that? 00:22:36.099 --> 00:22:37.579 How do you think God feels about 00:22:37.579 --> 00:22:41.680 your talking about others behind their backs? 00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:44.319 Do you feel what God feels? 00:22:45.799 --> 00:22:47.200 Do you see it as God sees it? 00:22:47.200 --> 00:22:49.220 Are you willing to go there? 00:22:52.220 --> 00:22:53.680 Do you know where all this leads? 00:22:55.900 --> 00:22:59.299 It all leads to godly sorrow for our sake. 00:23:00.460 --> 00:23:03.559 It all leads to seeing ourselves 00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:05.019 as God sees us. 00:23:05.259 --> 00:23:06.940 And it leads us to repentance. 00:23:07.700 --> 00:23:08.880 Turning from sin 00:23:08.880 --> 00:23:10.720 and turning to God for comfort 00:23:10.720 --> 00:23:12.200 that's found in Christ alone. 00:23:12.920 --> 00:23:14.680 Brothers and sisters in Christ, 00:23:14.680 --> 00:23:17.880 we cannot minimize our sin 00:23:17.880 --> 00:23:19.640 by ignoring God's holiness. 00:23:20.160 --> 00:23:22.320 Rather, we mourn our sin 00:23:22.320 --> 00:23:24.519 by exposing ourselves to God's holiness. 00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:29.580 And then he will lead us to comfort. 00:23:32.840 --> 00:23:33.840 God is holy. 00:23:34.400 --> 00:23:35.299 And we remain sinful. 00:23:36.460 --> 00:23:38.180 We're going to keep mourning our sin, 00:23:38.380 --> 00:23:40.600 but we're going to keep being comforted 00:23:40.600 --> 00:23:43.539 by the comfort God gives us in Christ. 00:23:44.680 --> 00:23:46.680 So brothers and sisters, 00:23:47.120 --> 00:23:48.000 mourn your sin. 00:23:50.500 --> 00:23:52.039 But let's turn the corner now. 00:23:53.420 --> 00:23:55.460 Let's find our comfort in Christ alone. 00:24:04.340 --> 00:24:05.120 Let's say 00:24:05.120 --> 00:24:08.519 that God in his holy character, 00:24:09.019 --> 00:24:10.019 in his holy kindness, 00:24:10.019 --> 00:24:11.799 has begun to expose 00:24:11.799 --> 00:24:13.779 an area of sinful speech in your life. 00:24:13.779 --> 00:24:15.619 You've been praying, 00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:16.039 oh God, 00:24:16.119 --> 00:24:18.500 would you reveal yourself to me 00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:19.039 in your holiness? 00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:19.539 Oh God, 00:24:19.579 --> 00:24:21.519 would you help me to see my sin 00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:22.119 as you see it? 00:24:22.460 --> 00:24:22.660 God, 00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:24.160 would you help me to feel about my sin 00:24:24.160 --> 00:24:25.359 the way that you feel about it? 00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:28.019 And so God begins to do a work. 00:24:29.420 --> 00:24:30.460 You've been noticing 00:24:30.460 --> 00:24:33.379 how your harsh words 00:24:33.379 --> 00:24:35.099 have been hurting your spouse, 00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:37.299 been hurting your children. 00:24:38.079 --> 00:24:39.299 Or maybe you're not a spouse, 00:24:39.399 --> 00:24:40.039 or you don't have children. 00:24:40.039 --> 00:24:41.680 Maybe you're hurting your brothers and sisters. 00:24:42.379 --> 00:24:44.019 Or maybe your harsh words 00:24:44.019 --> 00:24:45.220 are hurting your friends. 00:24:45.299 --> 00:24:46.319 Or maybe your harsh words 00:24:46.319 --> 00:24:47.759 are hurting fellow employees. 00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:49.799 Has anybody spoken a harsh word in the room? 00:24:57.480 --> 00:24:58.980 God's making you aware of it. 00:24:59.579 --> 00:25:01.339 And the first thing that you wanted to do 00:25:01.339 --> 00:25:03.579 when God began to reveal 00:25:03.579 --> 00:25:04.839 his holiness here, 00:25:04.839 --> 00:25:07.000 the first thing you want to do 00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:09.519 is just kind of write it off. 00:25:11.119 --> 00:25:13.019 I wanted to write off your harsh words. 00:25:13.579 --> 00:25:13.899 You know, 00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:15.139 I was just tired 00:25:15.139 --> 00:25:17.199 and I just spoke out of my tiredness. 00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:18.899 Well, 00:25:18.959 --> 00:25:20.000 maybe you were tired, 00:25:20.579 --> 00:25:22.579 but there was already something in you 00:25:22.579 --> 00:25:24.959 in which that tiredness let loose. 00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:29.319 another way that we write off 00:25:29.319 --> 00:25:30.620 our harsh words is, 00:25:31.500 --> 00:25:31.880 you know what, 00:25:31.900 --> 00:25:32.500 they had it coming. 00:25:34.440 --> 00:25:35.799 They had that baby coming. 00:25:37.019 --> 00:25:38.360 They pushed and pushed and pushed, 00:25:38.500 --> 00:25:38.900 and you know what, 00:25:38.920 --> 00:25:39.519 they had it coming. 00:25:41.059 --> 00:25:42.039 It's their fault. 00:25:48.299 --> 00:25:50.039 You realize you've been writing it off, 00:25:50.759 --> 00:25:52.200 but as you prayed about it 00:25:52.200 --> 00:25:53.460 and as you asked God 00:25:53.460 --> 00:25:54.519 to bring it to light, 00:25:55.680 --> 00:25:57.539 you start to see your speech 00:25:57.539 --> 00:25:59.000 through the lens of God's Holy Word. 00:25:59.059 --> 00:26:01.779 Let's say you go to a small group 00:26:01.779 --> 00:26:02.799 with other Christians 00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:05.200 and a brother in the group 00:26:05.200 --> 00:26:06.340 is saying, 00:26:06.440 --> 00:26:06.819 you know what, 00:26:06.900 --> 00:26:08.319 God has been convicting me 00:26:08.319 --> 00:26:09.299 of my speech. 00:26:09.680 --> 00:26:11.720 I came across Ephesians 4, 29, 00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:12.420 and man, 00:26:13.019 --> 00:26:14.579 He is showing me 00:26:14.579 --> 00:26:17.740 how corrupting my speech is. 00:26:19.360 --> 00:26:21.160 And you're provoked by it. 00:26:21.160 --> 00:26:23.180 It stirs you 00:26:23.180 --> 00:26:24.640 unto love and good deeds 00:26:24.640 --> 00:26:26.980 by exposing your sin. 00:26:28.620 --> 00:26:29.880 Ephesians 4, 29 says, 00:26:30.019 --> 00:26:31.259 let no corrupting talk 00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:32.200 come out of your mouths, 00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:33.340 but only such is good 00:26:33.340 --> 00:26:34.240 for the building up 00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:35.800 as fits the occasion 00:26:35.800 --> 00:26:37.019 that it may give grace 00:26:37.019 --> 00:26:37.920 to those who hear. 00:26:38.140 --> 00:26:39.180 The moment you hear it 00:26:39.180 --> 00:26:40.000 in your small group, 00:26:40.080 --> 00:26:40.420 you're like, 00:26:40.560 --> 00:26:41.220 bam, bam! 00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:42.120 Oh, no! 00:26:42.120 --> 00:26:42.259 Oh, no! 00:26:42.259 --> 00:26:45.700 I think there's something 00:26:45.700 --> 00:26:46.779 going on with my speech. 00:26:49.140 --> 00:26:50.519 God's Word exposes 00:26:50.519 --> 00:26:52.059 the sinfulness of your speech. 00:26:52.160 --> 00:26:53.440 He uses other brothers and sisters 00:26:53.440 --> 00:26:54.200 to help get it done. 00:26:57.339 --> 00:26:58.440 And so as you become 00:26:58.440 --> 00:26:59.460 more and more aware of this, 00:26:59.500 --> 00:27:00.799 you start asking the question, 00:27:00.960 --> 00:27:02.700 when I speak harshly, 00:27:03.400 --> 00:27:05.099 is that corrupt talk 00:27:05.099 --> 00:27:08.000 or is that edifying, 00:27:08.259 --> 00:27:09.719 building up talk? 00:27:10.319 --> 00:27:11.599 Does it fit the occasion? 00:27:11.719 --> 00:27:12.359 Does it give grace 00:27:12.359 --> 00:27:13.199 to those who hear? 00:27:13.279 --> 00:27:14.740 And then you humbly, 00:27:15.179 --> 00:27:16.599 honestly say to yourself, 00:27:17.099 --> 00:27:17.879 it doesn't. 00:27:19.799 --> 00:27:21.059 I run my speech 00:27:21.059 --> 00:27:22.359 along Scriptures 00:27:22.359 --> 00:27:24.319 and I'm not doing that. 00:27:26.219 --> 00:27:27.539 It's hurting other people. 00:27:28.939 --> 00:27:29.439 And then, 00:27:29.440 --> 00:27:31.920 you realize 00:27:31.920 --> 00:27:33.380 Ephesians 4.30, 00:27:34.440 --> 00:27:34.840 which says, 00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:35.539 do not grieve 00:27:35.539 --> 00:27:36.480 the Holy Spirit of God 00:27:36.480 --> 00:27:37.000 who sealed you 00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:37.799 for the day of redemption. 00:27:38.160 --> 00:27:39.100 And you start realizing, 00:27:39.259 --> 00:27:40.440 not only am I hurting people 00:27:40.440 --> 00:27:41.700 with my corrupting talk, 00:27:42.299 --> 00:27:43.039 but I'm grieving 00:27:43.039 --> 00:27:44.039 the Holy Spirit of God 00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:44.880 because He is trying 00:27:44.880 --> 00:27:45.860 to unite His people, 00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:46.799 not divide people. 00:27:47.140 --> 00:27:47.759 And my talk 00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:48.759 is actually dividing 00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:49.380 the very people 00:27:49.380 --> 00:27:50.080 He's trying to unite. 00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:53.600 I'm grieving God 00:27:53.600 --> 00:27:54.519 with my speech. 00:27:57.480 --> 00:27:58.620 You know what happens then? 00:27:59.440 --> 00:28:02.980 You feel bad. 00:28:04.920 --> 00:28:06.200 You start to mourn. 00:28:08.220 --> 00:28:09.539 You start to grieve 00:28:09.539 --> 00:28:10.420 your grieving 00:28:10.420 --> 00:28:11.299 of the Spirit of God. 00:28:13.360 --> 00:28:14.500 You're saddened 00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:15.920 by this thing 00:28:15.920 --> 00:28:17.340 you see in yourself. 00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:21.880 How's God 00:28:21.880 --> 00:28:22.799 going to comfort you then? 00:28:24.660 --> 00:28:25.440 How is God 00:28:25.440 --> 00:28:26.140 going to comfort you? 00:28:28.580 --> 00:28:29.400 Blessed are those 00:28:29.400 --> 00:28:29.840 who mourn 00:28:29.840 --> 00:28:31.460 for they will, 00:28:31.660 --> 00:28:32.500 they shall 00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:33.940 be comforted. 00:28:34.300 --> 00:28:34.700 How's God 00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:35.360 going to comfort you? 00:28:35.460 --> 00:28:36.259 He promises 00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:37.180 He's going to comfort you. 00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:38.320 How's He going to comfort you? 00:28:39.940 --> 00:28:40.900 You come face to face 00:28:40.900 --> 00:28:41.420 with sin, 00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:42.160 what are you going to do? 00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:44.240 Well, God's going to 00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:44.940 comfort you 00:28:44.940 --> 00:28:46.700 through His promises. 00:28:48.320 --> 00:28:49.740 God's going to remind you 00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:51.680 of what He's done for you. 00:28:52.440 --> 00:28:52.940 And so, 00:28:53.060 --> 00:28:53.820 to wrap up 00:28:53.820 --> 00:28:54.600 our time together, 00:28:54.720 --> 00:28:55.620 I want to point you 00:28:55.620 --> 00:28:56.680 to some promises 00:28:56.680 --> 00:28:57.440 promises of God 00:28:57.440 --> 00:28:58.779 that are aimed 00:28:58.779 --> 00:28:59.600 to comfort 00:28:59.600 --> 00:29:00.920 those who are 00:29:00.920 --> 00:29:01.900 mourning their sin. 00:29:01.980 --> 00:29:02.340 And you know what 00:29:02.340 --> 00:29:03.060 they all have in common? 00:29:03.840 --> 00:29:04.920 They're all ours 00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:05.880 in Christ Jesus. 00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:07.840 This comfort 00:29:07.840 --> 00:29:08.860 that I'm about to tell you 00:29:08.860 --> 00:29:11.220 is Jesus' comfort. 00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:13.400 Comfort that's ours 00:29:13.400 --> 00:29:14.160 because He shed 00:29:14.160 --> 00:29:15.060 His blood for us. 00:29:17.940 --> 00:29:19.000 Promise number one. 00:29:20.060 --> 00:29:21.539 Be comforted by this. 00:29:21.539 --> 00:29:26.159 Jesus paid it all. 00:29:29.079 --> 00:29:30.399 Christ has paid 00:29:30.399 --> 00:29:31.039 the penalty 00:29:31.039 --> 00:29:32.180 for your sin 00:29:32.180 --> 00:29:32.720 in full. 00:29:34.299 --> 00:29:35.460 I find 00:29:35.460 --> 00:29:36.700 it's really helpful 00:29:36.700 --> 00:29:37.559 to get 00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:38.980 real specific 00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:39.980 about sin. 00:29:40.839 --> 00:29:42.119 The more concrete, 00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:42.619 the better. 00:29:43.659 --> 00:29:44.619 The more specific, 00:29:44.899 --> 00:29:45.299 the better. 00:29:46.319 --> 00:29:47.200 Getting into the 00:29:47.200 --> 00:29:47.740 nitty-gritty 00:29:47.740 --> 00:29:48.920 of what's going on. 00:29:49.519 --> 00:29:50.599 As one man said, 00:29:50.599 --> 00:29:51.740 sanctification is 00:29:51.740 --> 00:29:52.539 in the details. 00:29:55.959 --> 00:29:57.119 So the next time 00:29:57.119 --> 00:29:58.480 you speak harsh words, 00:29:58.599 --> 00:29:59.559 you grab them 00:29:59.559 --> 00:30:00.740 and maybe they're 00:30:00.740 --> 00:30:01.719 already gone 00:30:01.719 --> 00:30:02.480 out of your mouth. 00:30:04.859 --> 00:30:05.779 And you speak 00:30:05.779 --> 00:30:06.859 this promise to them. 00:30:09.339 --> 00:30:10.279 Christ paid 00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:11.199 for those words. 00:30:12.879 --> 00:30:14.179 Those harsh words 00:30:14.179 --> 00:30:15.359 which came out 00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:15.980 of me 00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:16.959 and I grieve it, 00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:19.619 they've been paid 00:30:19.619 --> 00:30:20.579 in full by Jesus. 00:30:20.599 --> 00:30:24.959 Jesus was your substitute. 00:30:25.279 --> 00:30:26.119 He died on the cross 00:30:26.119 --> 00:30:26.939 for your sins. 00:30:27.439 --> 00:30:28.379 He died on the cross 00:30:28.379 --> 00:30:30.740 for those sins. 00:30:33.619 --> 00:30:34.959 Jesus paid it all. 00:30:35.599 --> 00:30:35.899 You know, 00:30:36.099 --> 00:30:37.240 when Jesus paid it all, 00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:37.980 when he paid 00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:38.559 for all your sins, 00:30:38.659 --> 00:30:38.799 you know, 00:30:38.859 --> 00:30:39.319 we can think, 00:30:39.459 --> 00:30:39.639 okay, 00:30:39.799 --> 00:30:40.359 just kind of like 00:30:40.359 --> 00:30:41.279 this general payment 00:30:41.279 --> 00:30:42.179 for all of our sins. 00:30:42.879 --> 00:30:43.279 Great. 00:30:43.939 --> 00:30:44.500 But really, 00:30:44.579 --> 00:30:45.059 here's what you need 00:30:45.059 --> 00:30:45.559 to think about. 00:30:45.980 --> 00:30:47.679 It was an itemized list 00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:48.620 of your sin. 00:30:49.340 --> 00:30:50.799 He paid it all. 00:30:52.060 --> 00:30:54.120 He paid it all. 00:30:56.519 --> 00:30:57.440 Jesus was 00:30:57.440 --> 00:30:59.660 your sin bearer. 00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:01.120 Jesus was your 00:31:01.120 --> 00:31:02.600 wrath taker. 00:31:03.160 --> 00:31:03.420 You know, 00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:04.920 one harsh word 00:31:04.920 --> 00:31:05.620 would have condemned 00:31:05.620 --> 00:31:06.440 you for eternity. 00:31:06.560 --> 00:31:07.400 It would have condemned me. 00:31:07.680 --> 00:31:08.779 And what Jesus does 00:31:08.779 --> 00:31:10.060 is he took our place 00:31:10.060 --> 00:31:10.620 on the cross. 00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:11.460 He died the death 00:31:11.460 --> 00:31:12.140 that we were supposed 00:31:12.140 --> 00:31:12.600 to die. 00:31:12.599 --> 00:31:13.859 and he bore 00:31:13.859 --> 00:31:14.399 the wrath 00:31:14.399 --> 00:31:15.219 that was intended 00:31:15.219 --> 00:31:16.279 for those harsh words. 00:31:20.339 --> 00:31:21.539 Jesus paid it all. 00:31:24.539 --> 00:31:25.679 1 John 1.9. 00:31:25.779 --> 00:31:26.679 It's a great verse 00:31:26.679 --> 00:31:27.139 in your Bible. 00:31:27.219 --> 00:31:27.699 You want to flip 00:31:27.699 --> 00:31:28.419 to it real quick? 00:31:32.379 --> 00:31:33.439 John is so, 00:31:33.639 --> 00:31:34.639 I love my Bible 00:31:34.639 --> 00:31:36.319 because it's so realistic. 00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:38.459 We will continue 00:31:38.459 --> 00:31:38.939 to sin. 00:31:38.939 --> 00:31:40.539 We are justified sinners. 00:31:42.599 --> 00:31:44.679 1 John 1.9 00:31:44.679 --> 00:31:45.259 says this, 00:31:45.399 --> 00:31:46.199 If we confess 00:31:46.199 --> 00:31:47.000 our sins, 00:31:47.159 --> 00:31:47.959 if we confess 00:31:47.959 --> 00:31:49.199 our harsh words, 00:31:49.619 --> 00:31:50.279 he is faithful 00:31:50.279 --> 00:31:50.659 and just 00:31:50.659 --> 00:31:51.240 to forgive us 00:31:51.240 --> 00:31:51.699 our sins 00:31:51.699 --> 00:31:52.439 and to cleanse us 00:31:52.439 --> 00:31:54.559 from all unrighteousness. 00:31:56.039 --> 00:31:57.119 He can 00:31:57.119 --> 00:31:59.659 because he paid it. 00:32:01.259 --> 00:32:02.399 We go to him. 00:32:02.459 --> 00:32:03.319 That word confess, 00:32:03.699 --> 00:32:04.599 it's from a fancy 00:32:04.599 --> 00:32:05.159 Greek word 00:32:05.159 --> 00:32:05.639 which means 00:32:05.639 --> 00:32:07.419 to agree with, 00:32:07.980 --> 00:32:09.279 calling it the same thing. 00:32:09.859 --> 00:32:10.879 When I'm grieving 00:32:10.879 --> 00:32:11.679 my sin, 00:32:11.680 --> 00:32:12.980 I'm seeing the sin 00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:14.080 as God sees it 00:32:14.080 --> 00:32:15.640 and I go to God 00:32:15.640 --> 00:32:16.519 and confess it 00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:18.420 and I experience 00:32:18.420 --> 00:32:19.400 forgiveness. 00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:22.820 I like 1 John 1.9 00:32:22.820 --> 00:32:23.180 but you know 00:32:23.180 --> 00:32:23.940 what my favorite verse 00:32:23.940 --> 00:32:24.740 in 1 John is? 00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:26.900 1 John 2. 00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:28.880 Verse 1. 00:32:30.340 --> 00:32:31.519 And a little bit of 2. 00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:33.960 My little children, 00:32:34.080 --> 00:32:35.100 I'm writing these things 00:32:35.100 --> 00:32:35.600 to you 00:32:35.600 --> 00:32:36.840 so that you may not sin 00:32:36.840 --> 00:32:38.860 but if anyone does sin, 00:32:40.140 --> 00:32:41.180 anybody raise your hand. 00:32:41.680 --> 00:32:43.400 But if anyone does sin, 00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:46.920 but if anyone does sin, 00:32:47.680 --> 00:32:48.740 we have an advocate 00:32:48.740 --> 00:32:49.600 with the Father, 00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:51.120 Jesus Christ the righteous. 00:32:51.360 --> 00:32:52.220 He's alive. 00:32:52.400 --> 00:32:53.019 He's risen. 00:32:53.860 --> 00:32:55.019 He's the righteous one 00:32:55.019 --> 00:32:57.000 at God's right hand 00:32:57.000 --> 00:32:57.640 right now. 00:32:59.080 --> 00:33:00.240 We have an advocate 00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:01.180 with the Father, 00:33:01.299 --> 00:33:02.320 Jesus Christ the righteous. 00:33:02.539 --> 00:33:03.920 He is the propitiation 00:33:03.920 --> 00:33:04.720 for our sin. 00:33:05.100 --> 00:33:06.100 That fancy word 00:33:06.100 --> 00:33:07.460 means sin bearer. 00:33:08.019 --> 00:33:09.340 He bore the wrath for it. 00:33:10.179 --> 00:33:10.859 And so now 00:33:10.859 --> 00:33:12.619 when I speak harshly 00:33:12.619 --> 00:33:13.279 to someone, 00:33:13.699 --> 00:33:14.720 theoretically of course, 00:33:15.720 --> 00:33:17.059 when I speak harshly 00:33:17.059 --> 00:33:18.059 and I'm aware of it 00:33:18.059 --> 00:33:19.119 and I confess it, 00:33:19.699 --> 00:33:20.339 do you know what Jesus 00:33:20.339 --> 00:33:21.339 is doing at the right hand 00:33:21.339 --> 00:33:22.119 of God the Father 00:33:22.119 --> 00:33:23.619 who is interceding 00:33:23.619 --> 00:33:24.539 for us right now, 00:33:24.659 --> 00:33:25.159 Romans 8? 00:33:26.199 --> 00:33:26.799 He's saying, 00:33:26.939 --> 00:33:27.579 yeah, that one too. 00:33:28.679 --> 00:33:29.799 Those harsh words covered. 00:33:29.980 --> 00:33:30.679 I paid for that. 00:33:30.799 --> 00:33:32.079 I was the propitiation 00:33:32.079 --> 00:33:32.659 for those. 00:33:32.660 --> 00:33:34.540 I bore your wrath, 00:33:34.700 --> 00:33:34.800 Father, 00:33:34.880 --> 00:33:36.480 for His sin there. 00:33:40.320 --> 00:33:41.580 His death on the cross 00:33:41.580 --> 00:33:43.740 paid for all of your sins, 00:33:44.340 --> 00:33:45.700 every sin. 00:33:47.360 --> 00:33:49.440 And so when we see our sin 00:33:49.440 --> 00:33:50.460 and we mourn it, 00:33:51.259 --> 00:33:53.460 we're comforted by the fact 00:33:53.460 --> 00:33:55.120 that Jesus paid for it. 00:33:56.060 --> 00:33:57.640 Does that do good to your soul? 00:33:58.779 --> 00:34:00.400 That doesn't grow old for me. 00:34:00.460 --> 00:34:00.759 Do you know why 00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:01.620 it doesn't grow old for me? 00:34:01.619 --> 00:34:02.919 Because I sin all the time. 00:34:04.979 --> 00:34:06.419 That's why it doesn't grow old. 00:34:06.659 --> 00:34:08.019 I need it as much today 00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:09.659 as I did three days ago. 00:34:11.579 --> 00:34:12.920 That's the first promise. 00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:16.199 Let that turn your mourning 00:34:16.199 --> 00:34:17.559 into gladness. 00:34:18.759 --> 00:34:20.199 Let that comfort you. 00:34:21.819 --> 00:34:23.359 The second promise is this. 00:34:25.880 --> 00:34:28.019 Oh, let me just preface it 00:34:28.019 --> 00:34:28.539 by saying this. 00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:33.099 Have you ever felt like 00:34:33.099 --> 00:34:34.279 there's a particular sin 00:34:34.279 --> 00:34:35.119 that has like you 00:34:35.119 --> 00:34:36.099 in a headlock? 00:34:37.460 --> 00:34:37.980 You're like, 00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:39.559 I can't stop doing this! 00:34:40.380 --> 00:34:41.400 Every time you sin, 00:34:41.460 --> 00:34:41.679 you're like, 00:34:41.759 --> 00:34:43.300 what's going on here? 00:34:45.360 --> 00:34:46.739 This shouldn't be this way. 00:34:48.519 --> 00:34:49.940 It can be very discouraging. 00:34:52.079 --> 00:34:53.079 Feel like this thing's 00:34:53.079 --> 00:34:53.739 got your number. 00:34:53.739 --> 00:34:56.919 Is this always going to be this way? 00:34:56.979 --> 00:34:58.299 Am I ever going to grow here? 00:34:59.039 --> 00:35:00.419 I'm ashamed by this. 00:35:00.579 --> 00:35:01.579 I want this done. 00:35:03.579 --> 00:35:05.099 Enters the second promise. 00:35:08.099 --> 00:35:09.119 Christ Jesus 00:35:09.119 --> 00:35:10.959 has broken the power of sin 00:35:10.959 --> 00:35:11.659 in you. 00:35:12.939 --> 00:35:13.899 He's broken it. 00:35:15.099 --> 00:35:16.000 He's broken it. 00:35:17.759 --> 00:35:18.219 Remember, 00:35:18.339 --> 00:35:19.599 just because you've been justified 00:35:19.599 --> 00:35:20.959 doesn't mean you're no longer 00:35:20.959 --> 00:35:22.219 going to struggle with sin. 00:35:22.219 --> 00:35:23.599 It's actually quite the contrary. 00:35:24.459 --> 00:35:25.739 The moment you believed in Jesus, 00:35:26.139 --> 00:35:27.079 the Holy Spirit of God 00:35:27.079 --> 00:35:27.959 came and indwelt you. 00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:29.159 And according to Galatians 5, 00:35:29.639 --> 00:35:30.939 you are now kind of this 00:35:30.939 --> 00:35:33.299 like mobile war zone 00:35:33.299 --> 00:35:34.079 of desires. 00:35:36.119 --> 00:35:37.319 The desires of the flesh 00:35:37.319 --> 00:35:38.319 set themselves against 00:35:38.319 --> 00:35:39.439 the desires of the Spirit. 00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:40.480 The desires of the Spirit 00:35:40.480 --> 00:35:41.480 set themselves against 00:35:41.480 --> 00:35:42.599 the desires of the flesh. 00:35:42.899 --> 00:35:44.259 You've got conflict in you. 00:35:44.559 --> 00:35:46.559 You're a mobile conflict zone 00:35:46.559 --> 00:35:47.099 of desires. 00:35:49.259 --> 00:35:50.839 Does anybody agree with that? 00:35:50.840 --> 00:35:52.200 Yeah. 00:35:53.800 --> 00:35:55.039 What does Paul tell us? 00:35:55.680 --> 00:35:56.700 Walk by the Spirit 00:35:56.700 --> 00:35:58.740 so that you will not gratify 00:35:58.740 --> 00:35:59.900 the desires of the flesh. 00:36:01.500 --> 00:36:03.240 Greater is He that is in you, 00:36:03.480 --> 00:36:04.780 brother, sister, 00:36:05.500 --> 00:36:06.420 than your sin. 00:36:07.840 --> 00:36:09.460 The Holy Spirit resides in you. 00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:11.140 But that's just part of it. 00:36:11.400 --> 00:36:12.019 I want to point you 00:36:12.019 --> 00:36:13.600 to something even more sweet. 00:36:16.120 --> 00:36:17.280 Romans chapter 6. 00:36:18.079 --> 00:36:19.760 Have you read Romans chapter 6 lately? 00:36:19.760 --> 00:36:22.380 If you're struggling with sin, 00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:24.500 you've got to read Romans 6. 00:36:25.220 --> 00:36:26.760 It is like gospel fireworks 00:36:27.480 --> 00:36:29.200 for those struggling with sin. 00:36:29.960 --> 00:36:31.620 And here's what the point is. 00:36:32.040 --> 00:36:32.700 Paul is saying, 00:36:32.820 --> 00:36:33.400 hey, Christian, 00:36:33.740 --> 00:36:35.380 you've been united with Christ 00:36:35.380 --> 00:36:36.760 in His death and resurrection. 00:36:37.640 --> 00:36:39.380 So you are dead to sin 00:36:39.380 --> 00:36:41.140 and alive to God in Christ Jesus. 00:36:41.900 --> 00:36:44.900 Sin is no longer your master. 00:36:46.220 --> 00:36:46.840 Grace is. 00:36:46.840 --> 00:36:47.340 Jesus is. 00:36:47.559 --> 00:36:48.440 Jesus is. 00:36:49.620 --> 00:36:51.400 Consider yourself dead to sin 00:36:51.400 --> 00:36:53.559 and alive to God in Christ Jesus. 00:36:53.720 --> 00:36:54.660 And so you might have to say 00:36:54.660 --> 00:36:55.380 to your harsh words, 00:36:55.840 --> 00:36:58.160 you're not my master anymore. 00:36:59.300 --> 00:36:59.780 No, no, no. 00:36:59.780 --> 00:37:00.720 I'm united to Christ 00:37:00.720 --> 00:37:01.720 in His death and resurrection. 00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:02.880 That's what's true. 00:37:04.960 --> 00:37:06.820 You fight with this promise, 00:37:06.960 --> 00:37:07.559 this truth. 00:37:09.579 --> 00:37:10.980 Sin isn't more powerful 00:37:10.980 --> 00:37:13.340 than your being united to Jesus 00:37:13.340 --> 00:37:14.660 in His death and resurrection. 00:37:14.659 --> 00:37:16.719 Sin isn't more powerful 00:37:16.719 --> 00:37:18.299 than the Holy Spirit in you. 00:37:18.899 --> 00:37:20.000 And so what we do 00:37:20.000 --> 00:37:21.399 to comfort our struggle with sin 00:37:21.399 --> 00:37:22.679 is remind ourselves 00:37:22.679 --> 00:37:24.599 of our union with Christ. 00:37:28.079 --> 00:37:29.699 Sin is no longer my master. 00:37:34.319 --> 00:37:36.139 I've been raised up with Christ 00:37:36.139 --> 00:37:40.219 and now I can speak words 00:37:40.219 --> 00:37:42.059 that build others up. 00:37:46.239 --> 00:37:47.920 Let that comfort you, 00:37:48.199 --> 00:37:49.400 brother and sister in Christ. 00:37:50.299 --> 00:37:52.119 Let that turn your mourning 00:37:52.119 --> 00:37:54.639 into gladness. 00:37:55.779 --> 00:37:57.119 And I'm going to be honest with you. 00:37:57.500 --> 00:37:58.619 If you're struggling with sin, 00:37:58.940 --> 00:38:00.339 it is always good to have 00:38:00.339 --> 00:38:01.559 a couple brothers and sisters 00:38:01.559 --> 00:38:02.359 near to you 00:38:02.359 --> 00:38:04.259 to tell you and remind you 00:38:04.260 --> 00:38:06.040 you've been united with Christ. 00:38:08.780 --> 00:38:10.020 I know it does me. 00:38:13.060 --> 00:38:14.160 Let that comfort you. 00:38:15.380 --> 00:38:17.320 The last promise of comfort. 00:38:18.180 --> 00:38:19.260 Blessed are those who mourn 00:38:19.260 --> 00:38:21.620 for they shall be comforted. 00:38:24.120 --> 00:38:25.580 This is the one that I've just been 00:38:25.580 --> 00:38:27.360 just delighting in all week long. 00:38:30.740 --> 00:38:31.580 Last promise. 00:38:34.260 --> 00:38:36.100 Do you know that there's coming a day 00:38:36.100 --> 00:38:39.180 when Jesus Christ returns 00:38:39.180 --> 00:38:41.580 and he's going to hand out 00:38:41.580 --> 00:38:43.120 new resurrected bodies 00:38:43.120 --> 00:38:44.280 to those he saved. 00:38:45.280 --> 00:38:46.360 And you've got to understand 00:38:46.360 --> 00:38:48.360 this resurrected body 00:38:48.360 --> 00:38:49.920 has something missing to it. 00:38:50.600 --> 00:38:52.640 It doesn't have a sinful nature. 00:38:54.040 --> 00:38:55.660 You're going to experience 00:38:55.660 --> 00:38:58.220 life in the new Jerusalem 00:38:58.220 --> 00:39:00.460 without a sinful nature. 00:39:00.460 --> 00:39:03.260 We'll be free. 00:39:04.300 --> 00:39:05.300 Free of the flesh. 00:39:05.679 --> 00:39:06.500 No more conflict. 00:39:07.500 --> 00:39:08.340 So here's what that means. 00:39:10.360 --> 00:39:12.079 There are no more sleepless nights 00:39:12.079 --> 00:39:13.220 in the new Jerusalem. 00:39:14.760 --> 00:39:16.460 No more sinful anxiety. 00:39:18.079 --> 00:39:19.860 There are no harsh words 00:39:19.860 --> 00:39:20.760 in the new Jerusalem. 00:39:21.400 --> 00:39:23.099 There's no lust in the new Jerusalem. 00:39:23.240 --> 00:39:23.940 There's no pornography 00:39:23.940 --> 00:39:24.639 in the new Jerusalem. 00:39:24.800 --> 00:39:25.440 There's no greed 00:39:25.440 --> 00:39:26.220 in the new Jerusalem. 00:39:27.760 --> 00:39:28.780 There's no pride. 00:39:28.780 --> 00:39:29.980 There's no exploitation. 00:39:30.600 --> 00:39:31.519 There's no abuse. 00:39:31.620 --> 00:39:32.620 Not physical abuse. 00:39:32.720 --> 00:39:33.700 Not sexual abuse. 00:39:33.840 --> 00:39:34.920 Not mental abuse. 00:39:35.040 --> 00:39:36.180 Not verbal abuse. 00:39:36.700 --> 00:39:37.840 Because there's no sinful nature 00:39:37.840 --> 00:39:38.400 in the people 00:39:38.400 --> 00:39:39.740 who populate the new Jerusalem. 00:39:43.019 --> 00:39:44.800 There are no presidential races 00:39:44.800 --> 00:39:45.640 in the new Jerusalem. 00:39:47.780 --> 00:39:49.060 No mud slinging. 00:39:49.059 --> 00:39:52.019 But there's praise slinging. 00:39:52.460 --> 00:39:52.980 Oh yeah. 00:39:54.360 --> 00:39:55.299 There's no terrorism 00:39:55.299 --> 00:39:55.920 in the new Jerusalem. 00:39:56.139 --> 00:39:56.699 There's no anger 00:39:56.699 --> 00:39:57.380 in the new Jerusalem. 00:39:57.639 --> 00:39:59.079 There's no walking on eggshells 00:39:59.079 --> 00:40:00.119 with people who have really 00:40:00.119 --> 00:40:01.559 anger issues in the new Jerusalem 00:40:01.559 --> 00:40:02.440 because they don't have 00:40:02.440 --> 00:40:03.500 a sinful nature anymore. 00:40:06.299 --> 00:40:08.059 There's no strained relationships 00:40:08.059 --> 00:40:09.019 in the new Jerusalem. 00:40:09.279 --> 00:40:09.659 Do you know who's 00:40:09.659 --> 00:40:10.199 in the new Jerusalem? 00:40:10.360 --> 00:40:11.320 Jesus is in the new Jerusalem. 00:40:12.279 --> 00:40:12.860 You're going to see him 00:40:12.860 --> 00:40:13.519 face to face. 00:40:13.759 --> 00:40:14.460 You're going to hear him. 00:40:14.559 --> 00:40:15.639 You're going to smell his breath. 00:40:16.980 --> 00:40:18.099 You're going to feel his embrace. 00:40:18.099 --> 00:40:18.239 Yes. 00:40:20.719 --> 00:40:21.759 It's way better 00:40:21.759 --> 00:40:22.559 than what it is now. 00:40:24.339 --> 00:40:25.480 No sinful nature. 00:40:25.619 --> 00:40:26.239 He's going to give us 00:40:26.239 --> 00:40:27.299 a glorified body 00:40:27.299 --> 00:40:28.719 without a sinful nature. 00:40:29.179 --> 00:40:30.839 He eradicates sin. 00:40:32.219 --> 00:40:33.659 Revelation chapter 21. 00:40:34.539 --> 00:40:35.480 Jesus comes back. 00:40:36.059 --> 00:40:37.059 New heavens and a new earth. 00:40:37.360 --> 00:40:37.960 And you know what he does? 00:40:39.179 --> 00:40:41.699 He wipes away tears. 00:40:42.920 --> 00:40:43.819 No more mourning. 00:40:44.259 --> 00:40:45.139 No more pain. 00:40:45.460 --> 00:40:46.339 No more suffering. 00:40:46.539 --> 00:40:47.500 No more sin. 00:40:48.099 --> 00:40:50.500 The ultimate comfort 00:40:50.500 --> 00:40:51.940 is in the new Jerusalem. 00:40:53.299 --> 00:40:54.420 Ultimate comfort. 00:40:57.839 --> 00:41:00.079 No one has a sinful nature 00:41:00.079 --> 00:41:00.679 in the new Jerusalem. 00:41:00.799 --> 00:41:01.900 Can you imagine that? 00:41:04.559 --> 00:41:06.480 Would you be comforted by that? 00:41:08.539 --> 00:41:11.339 The days of mourning your sin 00:41:11.339 --> 00:41:12.440 are numbered. 00:41:12.440 --> 00:41:16.920 We will not mourn forever. 00:41:18.840 --> 00:41:20.039 All these promises 00:41:20.039 --> 00:41:20.980 point to one thing. 00:41:21.260 --> 00:41:22.860 God is for you, Christian. 00:41:23.519 --> 00:41:25.159 Even in your mourning of sin. 00:41:26.220 --> 00:41:27.880 He wants to comfort you 00:41:27.880 --> 00:41:28.440 in Jesus. 00:41:30.200 --> 00:41:32.000 We must mourn our sin, 00:41:32.240 --> 00:41:33.320 but when we do, 00:41:33.500 --> 00:41:34.579 we are comforted 00:41:34.579 --> 00:41:36.139 by these great promises 00:41:36.139 --> 00:41:37.639 that are found 00:41:37.639 --> 00:41:39.300 in Jesus alone. 00:41:39.300 --> 00:41:42.019 He paid it all. 00:41:42.220 --> 00:41:43.180 Penalty of sin paid. 00:41:43.940 --> 00:41:45.039 He broke the power. 00:41:45.240 --> 00:41:46.440 The power of sin broke 00:41:46.440 --> 00:41:47.560 and we're united with Him. 00:41:48.420 --> 00:41:49.039 And eventually, 00:41:50.180 --> 00:41:50.940 the present sin 00:41:50.940 --> 00:41:52.740 will be completely eradicated 00:41:52.740 --> 00:41:54.800 when Jesus finalizes 00:41:54.800 --> 00:41:55.980 complete victory. 00:41:57.620 --> 00:41:59.000 Our mourning, our sin 00:41:59.000 --> 00:42:01.760 is real. 00:42:02.260 --> 00:42:02.860 Sin is real. 00:42:02.960 --> 00:42:03.920 God's holiness is real, 00:42:04.019 --> 00:42:05.039 but so is His comfort 00:42:05.039 --> 00:42:06.100 that are found in Christ. 00:42:06.099 --> 00:42:08.480 blessed are those who mourn, 00:42:09.480 --> 00:42:10.559 for they shall be comforted. 00:42:10.599 --> 00:42:11.000 Let's pray. 00:42:20.380 --> 00:42:21.159 God in heaven, 00:42:21.259 --> 00:42:22.860 would you show us 00:42:22.860 --> 00:42:24.839 your holiness? 00:42:26.679 --> 00:42:28.579 God, we are willing 00:42:28.579 --> 00:42:31.059 to live with our roof off. 00:42:32.659 --> 00:42:33.960 God, would you show us 00:42:33.960 --> 00:42:35.759 our ongoing need 00:42:35.760 --> 00:42:37.440 for holiness? 00:42:38.520 --> 00:42:40.380 We are sinful people yet. 00:42:42.360 --> 00:42:43.600 God, we also know 00:42:43.600 --> 00:42:44.780 that You will comfort us. 00:42:45.760 --> 00:42:47.920 You've already sealed 00:42:47.920 --> 00:42:49.240 these promises 00:42:49.240 --> 00:42:50.380 through the blood of Jesus. 00:42:51.360 --> 00:42:52.280 They're ours. 00:42:53.660 --> 00:42:54.180 And so, God, 00:42:54.240 --> 00:42:55.180 as we see our sin, 00:42:55.260 --> 00:42:56.240 would You also help us 00:42:56.240 --> 00:42:57.580 to see our Savior 00:42:57.580 --> 00:43:00.100 and find comfort 00:43:00.100 --> 00:43:02.140 that comes from You alone. 00:43:02.220 --> 00:43:03.620 In Jesus' name, amen. 00:43:05.760 --> 00:43:22.200 God bless you. 00:43:22.240 --> 00:43:23.920 For more 00:43:24.020 --> 00:43:24.300 love 00:43:24.360 --> 00:43:26.440 for him, 00:43:26.440 --> 00:43:26.720 you 00:43:26.720 --> 00:43:27.940 will be 00:43:27.940 --> 00:43:28.860 for you.