WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:00.880 Generosity. 00:00:01.040 --> 00:00:03.759 We're gonna be in Psalm 51 for the message today. 00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:05.360 Psalm chapter 51. 00:00:05.519 --> 00:00:07.919 If you're happy to be in God's house, would you say amen? 00:00:08.560 --> 00:00:09.039 Amen. 00:00:09.439 --> 00:00:15.919 Hey, have you guys ever heard about something but you had never experienced it? 00:00:16.079 --> 00:00:23.839 So because you heard about something but you didn't experience it, you didn't fully understand how amazing this thing was. 00:00:24.320 --> 00:00:25.920 I don't know if you ever had this in your life. 00:00:26.079 --> 00:00:28.640 Maybe somebody told you about a restaurant. 00:00:29.039 --> 00:00:31.920 They're like, you gotta go to this restaurant. 00:00:33.200 --> 00:00:34.719 This new sushi place. 00:00:34.880 --> 00:00:36.560 Any sushi lovers in the house? 00:00:36.719 --> 00:00:37.280 Come on. 00:00:38.079 --> 00:00:43.119 But you you know, you never experienced this, so you didn't really like fully understand it. 00:00:43.200 --> 00:00:47.200 Or maybe it wasn't a restaurant, maybe it was a vacation place. 00:00:48.560 --> 00:00:52.960 Oh, if I just go to this, everybody says, you know, well, I've never experienced it, I don't understand it. 00:00:53.119 --> 00:00:57.359 I I I had this happen to me a couple years ago for years. 00:00:57.840 --> 00:01:03.439 Everybody told me, you gotta go to the Grand Canyon. 00:01:03.759 --> 00:01:05.760 Anybody ever been to the Grand Canyon? 00:01:06.000 --> 00:01:09.920 Okay, so about about we got about 50% of us have been to the Grand Canyon. 00:01:10.000 --> 00:01:12.159 Everybody told me for years you gotta go to the Grand Canyon. 00:01:12.239 --> 00:01:15.519 Like, it's spectacular, it's amazing, there's nothing like it. 00:01:15.599 --> 00:01:20.079 And I'm like, yeah, I I've seen pictures of it. 00:01:20.239 --> 00:01:21.599 It seems that way. 00:01:22.159 --> 00:01:25.519 But a couple years ago, that all changed. 00:01:25.760 --> 00:01:27.599 I went on a broad trip. 00:01:28.000 --> 00:01:29.519 You've ever been on a bro trip? 00:01:29.680 --> 00:01:31.760 If you're a lady, you haven't been on a bro trip. 00:01:31.920 --> 00:01:33.519 If you're a guy, I went on a broad trip. 00:01:33.599 --> 00:01:39.120 It was me, it was Pastor Cody, and it was our friend Caleb, and we went on a broad trip to the Grand Canyon. 00:01:39.280 --> 00:01:45.680 Now, on my way to the Grand Canyon, I may or may not have missed my flight, but that's another story. 00:01:45.920 --> 00:01:56.239 And we get to the Grand Canyon, and I walk out and I look out over the Grand Canyon, and my jaw just drops. 00:01:56.400 --> 00:02:01.120 I was like, it was so vast. 00:02:02.000 --> 00:02:04.239 And I was I was in such awe. 00:02:04.400 --> 00:02:06.879 I couldn't even pull out my phone to take a picture. 00:02:07.040 --> 00:02:08.800 You know it was something, right? 00:02:10.319 --> 00:02:15.680 And for years, people had told me, oh, it's so spectacular, oh, it's amazing, oh, it's this, oh, it's that. 00:02:15.919 --> 00:02:22.159 But until I experienced it, I never fully understood it. 00:02:23.439 --> 00:02:40.080 I bring this up because we're gonna talk about something in Psalm 51 that allows us to go from hearing about something to actually experiencing something. 00:02:41.199 --> 00:02:48.639 And in Psalm 51, we experience something that we've probably heard before. 00:02:49.599 --> 00:02:52.800 We experience repentance. 00:02:55.039 --> 00:03:00.639 We experience something in Psalm 51 that has the power to heal broken relationships. 00:03:02.080 --> 00:03:09.280 We experience something that has the power to bring families back together that have been separated for a while. 00:03:11.599 --> 00:03:18.400 We get to experience something that literally has the ability to change the entire direction of your life. 00:03:19.439 --> 00:03:20.479 Repentance. 00:03:21.599 --> 00:03:27.680 Now we're in a series right now called The Rise and Fall, uncovering the secret lives of heroes. 00:03:27.840 --> 00:03:34.319 And what we're doing is we are walking through the first three kings of the nation of Israel. 00:03:34.560 --> 00:03:38.879 Now, does anybody remember who the first king was who he talked about last week? 00:03:39.039 --> 00:03:40.319 His name was Solomon. 00:03:40.560 --> 00:03:41.759 That's right, it was Saul. 00:03:41.919 --> 00:03:42.240 Saul. 00:03:42.400 --> 00:03:42.800 That's right. 00:03:42.960 --> 00:03:44.240 So Solomon's next week. 00:03:44.400 --> 00:03:44.719 Next week. 00:03:44.800 --> 00:03:45.919 He's the third king, but Saul. 00:03:46.000 --> 00:03:46.639 It was Saul. 00:03:46.960 --> 00:03:47.520 David is today. 00:03:47.759 --> 00:03:48.560 David is today. 00:03:48.719 --> 00:03:50.560 David's who we're talking about today. 00:03:50.800 --> 00:03:57.039 Now, here, here's the thing about David is David was known as a man after God's own heart. 00:03:57.280 --> 00:04:01.199 So you would think that David must have lived perfectly, right? 00:04:03.039 --> 00:04:04.639 No, no, no, no. 00:04:04.960 --> 00:04:06.319 In fact, we're gonna learn today. 00:04:06.479 --> 00:04:08.560 David messed up royally. 00:04:10.080 --> 00:04:22.480 But one of the key differences between Saul, the first king, and David, the second king, who we're gonna talk about today, was that David lived a life of genuine repentance. 00:04:25.519 --> 00:04:29.360 He lived a life of genuine repentance. 00:04:32.160 --> 00:04:38.560 And before we go to Psalm 51, we gotta understand the background of what's happening in Psalm 51. 00:04:41.279 --> 00:04:48.319 Before I talk about it, I just want to say can everybody in the room brace yourself for just a second? 00:04:49.360 --> 00:04:53.839 Because what just happened was a love triangle that turned into a murder. 00:04:54.959 --> 00:04:58.399 Yeah, we're talking about this is like Netflix style, okay? 00:04:58.879 --> 00:05:01.199 Rated for mature audiences only. 00:05:02.079 --> 00:05:04.000 David was the king. 00:05:04.639 --> 00:05:09.120 He was supposed to be at war, but he wasn't at war. 00:05:09.920 --> 00:05:16.959 And David, while he's at home, he spots a good-looking woman. 00:05:17.920 --> 00:05:19.120 There's a problem. 00:05:19.519 --> 00:05:21.680 David is already married. 00:05:22.240 --> 00:05:23.839 There's another problem. 00:05:25.519 --> 00:05:28.000 The woman, her name is Bathsheba. 00:05:28.160 --> 00:05:30.639 Bathsheba was also married. 00:05:30.879 --> 00:05:32.720 There's actually a third problem. 00:05:33.120 --> 00:05:42.639 Bathsheba is married to a man named Uriah, and Uriah is one of David's military generals that is out in the war that is fighting for David. 00:05:44.160 --> 00:05:45.839 Kind of a big deal. 00:05:46.399 --> 00:05:48.639 Does any of that matter to David? 00:05:48.879 --> 00:05:50.000 Not that much. 00:05:50.240 --> 00:05:52.480 Because David's like, she's good looking. 00:05:52.720 --> 00:05:54.560 I want her, bring her to me. 00:05:54.800 --> 00:05:57.040 And David has an affair. 00:05:58.879 --> 00:05:59.839 He thinks, no big deal. 00:05:59.920 --> 00:06:00.720 I'm gonna cover this up. 00:06:00.800 --> 00:06:01.839 It's gonna be fine. 00:06:02.079 --> 00:06:03.680 But something happened. 00:06:04.560 --> 00:06:06.240 She got pregnant. 00:06:07.279 --> 00:06:08.000 Uh-oh. 00:06:08.959 --> 00:06:10.800 That was not part of the plan. 00:06:13.680 --> 00:06:18.480 So David now goes on damage control. 00:06:18.959 --> 00:06:22.879 And David now tries to cover up everything that he did. 00:06:23.680 --> 00:06:24.720 You think about this. 00:06:25.040 --> 00:06:33.360 David used his power, his power to take another man's wife. 00:06:35.439 --> 00:06:40.560 He used his power to then plan the killing of Uriah. 00:06:42.480 --> 00:06:48.879 He then took Uriah's widow, Bathsheba, and said, Now you're going to be my wife. 00:06:50.160 --> 00:07:06.000 And then he decided to act like it wasn't a big deal that he had Uriah killed, that he took Bathsheba to be his wife, that he had an affair with her, and he acted like it was okay for months and months and months and months. 00:07:07.600 --> 00:07:09.040 This is heavy. 00:07:09.920 --> 00:07:10.879 Murder. 00:07:11.680 --> 00:07:12.319 Love. 00:07:15.920 --> 00:07:18.560 But God still loved David. 00:07:18.720 --> 00:07:23.199 Which, by the way, aren't you thankful that even though we sin, God still loves us? 00:07:24.079 --> 00:07:24.639 Amen. 00:07:24.720 --> 00:07:25.439 He amen. 00:07:25.519 --> 00:07:26.000 He does. 00:07:26.160 --> 00:07:35.600 And God loved David so much, God revealed what David did to a man named Nathan, which I think that's a pretty good name. 00:07:37.439 --> 00:07:41.120 Nathan was a prophet, he was a spokesperson for God. 00:07:41.839 --> 00:07:47.920 And Nathan confronted David about what had happened with David and Bathsheba. 00:07:48.480 --> 00:08:03.519 And upon David being confronted with his sin for a little while, he was self-righteous about it, but then came to a place where he realized what he did was wrong. 00:08:04.000 --> 00:08:06.480 He took ownership of his sin. 00:08:07.839 --> 00:08:11.839 And we get to Psalm 51, and this is what we see in Psalm 51. 00:08:12.319 --> 00:08:20.879 We see a man in genuine repentance shortly after he was confronted about his sin. 00:08:21.839 --> 00:08:27.279 In Psalm 51, really is a prayer from David to God. 00:08:27.680 --> 00:08:29.600 And this is what Psalm 51 shows us. 00:08:29.759 --> 00:08:33.919 Psalm 51 shows all of us what do we do when we mess up? 00:08:34.559 --> 00:08:40.639 What do we do when we make mistakes, no matter how big they are, or no matter how small they are? 00:08:40.879 --> 00:08:44.639 Because let's be honest, we all make mistakes, don't we? 00:08:44.879 --> 00:08:47.840 And we're gonna see the process right here from God's word. 00:08:48.159 --> 00:08:49.919 And this is what we're gonna see, first of all. 00:08:50.159 --> 00:08:54.559 We're gonna see that repentance begins by taking ownership of our sin. 00:08:54.879 --> 00:08:57.360 Repentance begins by taking ownership of our sin. 00:08:57.519 --> 00:08:58.480 We're in Psalm 51. 00:08:58.559 --> 00:09:00.080 If you're ready for it, would you say amen? 00:09:00.960 --> 00:09:02.960 Psalm 51, verse 1 says this. 00:09:03.279 --> 00:09:16.960 It says, Be gracious to me, God, according to your faithful love, according to your abundant compassion, blot out my, what's that next word? 00:09:17.120 --> 00:09:19.600 Blot out my rebellion. 00:09:20.240 --> 00:09:24.000 He doesn't say, blot out my little boo-boo. 00:09:25.120 --> 00:09:27.840 He doesn't say, blot out my mistake. 00:09:28.559 --> 00:09:30.960 He says, blot out my rebellion. 00:09:31.519 --> 00:09:36.639 God, you wanted me to go this way, I went this way instead. 00:09:37.039 --> 00:09:38.960 God, this was your plan. 00:09:39.360 --> 00:09:41.200 I did this instead. 00:09:41.440 --> 00:09:44.960 I'm taking ownership of my sin. 00:09:46.399 --> 00:09:54.960 He says in verse 2, his prayer is completely wash me, completely wash me away, wash away my guilt and cleanse me from my sin. 00:09:55.519 --> 00:09:59.759 For I am conscious of my rebellion. 00:10:00.639 --> 00:10:05.679 And my sin is always before me. 00:10:06.960 --> 00:10:09.600 David isn't talking about anybody else. 00:10:09.840 --> 00:10:11.759 He's not like Bathsheba. 00:10:12.320 --> 00:10:16.000 He's not like, Well, I had a lot of stress happening in the in the palace. 00:10:16.080 --> 00:10:18.240 No, David says, This was me. 00:10:21.120 --> 00:10:22.320 This is this is me. 00:10:22.399 --> 00:10:24.320 I I own this, and this is important. 00:10:24.799 --> 00:10:29.360 Because true repentance begins where excuses end. 00:10:30.960 --> 00:10:36.159 True repentance begins where excuses end. 00:10:36.960 --> 00:10:44.000 I can't genuinely apologize for something if I don't first admit that I did something wrong. 00:10:45.679 --> 00:11:00.799 And as long as I'm excusing and blaming this person or the economy or the political climate of our country or this or that, I can never, I can never actually repent because I can't take ownership of what I did. 00:11:00.960 --> 00:11:02.480 Now, here's the challenge. 00:11:02.720 --> 00:11:04.320 We live in America. 00:11:04.799 --> 00:11:09.279 In America, we have been conditioned in certain ways. 00:11:09.519 --> 00:11:20.320 In fact, Joe Rigney, who has written a great book called Leadership and Emotional Sabotage, he talks about how in America we have a tendency to blame shift. 00:11:20.559 --> 00:11:21.440 This is what he says. 00:11:21.600 --> 00:11:28.000 Joe Rigney writes, we've turned blame shifting and excuse making into an art. 00:11:30.720 --> 00:11:35.279 So that hardly anyone takes responsibility for themselves. 00:11:36.000 --> 00:11:39.759 Instead, we point fingers. 00:11:41.039 --> 00:11:43.519 I love that quote because I think it's so real for me. 00:11:43.679 --> 00:11:58.799 And it's so real for us because if I'm constantly blaming my hardships, if I'm constantly blaming the difficulties of my life, if I'm constantly blaming my childhood of origin or where I'm from or where I work at, I can never take ownership of the stuff I need to take ownership of. 00:11:59.039 --> 00:12:04.080 I can never get to a place where I'm gonna own my junk and I'm gonna own what I did. 00:12:04.159 --> 00:12:08.720 And for months, what David did is David refused to take ownership. 00:12:09.039 --> 00:12:12.960 But he finally came to a place where he was like, Lord, it's me. 00:12:13.840 --> 00:12:14.960 It's my sin. 00:12:16.080 --> 00:12:24.960 And then when he took ownership, the second thing he did that shows us what repentance is, is he addressed the person that he hurt. 00:12:25.759 --> 00:12:29.200 He addressed the person that he hurt. 00:12:29.600 --> 00:12:31.840 Look at what the text says in verse 4. 00:12:32.320 --> 00:12:40.159 David says, Against you and you alone I have sinned and done this evil in your sight. 00:12:41.759 --> 00:12:44.240 So you are right when you pass sentence. 00:12:44.320 --> 00:12:48.720 You are blameless when you judge. 00:12:50.320 --> 00:12:58.639 David understood that before his sin was against anybody else, his sin was against a holy God. 00:12:59.679 --> 00:13:00.879 So what does he do? 00:13:01.200 --> 00:13:05.919 He confesses his sin to a holy God. 00:13:07.600 --> 00:13:13.039 And what makes sin is it's something that we do against God primarily. 00:13:13.200 --> 00:13:19.200 It's anything we say, we think, or we do that breaks God's law. 00:13:19.600 --> 00:13:21.039 This is what sin is. 00:13:21.600 --> 00:13:25.840 Now we live in a world that says, like, sin's not that big of a deal. 00:13:26.159 --> 00:13:29.039 After all, everybody does it. 00:13:29.440 --> 00:13:32.639 And it's caused so many of us to be casual about sin. 00:13:32.879 --> 00:13:33.919 Not a big deal. 00:13:34.080 --> 00:13:37.360 I get drunk here, I get drunk there, who cares? 00:13:37.600 --> 00:13:40.879 Sometimes I sleep with this person, sometimes I sleep with that person. 00:13:41.039 --> 00:13:42.480 I'm just a human. 00:13:43.200 --> 00:13:45.120 It's okay if I do this. 00:13:45.600 --> 00:13:48.639 But Frank, I say this if nobody's told you recently. 00:13:49.120 --> 00:13:52.559 Sin is a big deal. 00:13:54.799 --> 00:13:57.440 Sin is a big deal. 00:13:57.519 --> 00:14:06.000 And in the American climate that we live in, nobody wants to say that, but can I just say on behalf of God that sin is a big deal? 00:14:06.159 --> 00:14:11.360 And the reason why sin is a big deal is because sin is what cost Jesus his life. 00:14:17.679 --> 00:14:27.919 And if we don't believe in Jesus and put our faith and trust in him, what sin will do is it will cause us to spend an eternity separated from God in a place called hell. 00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:34.080 Romans 6.23 says this for the wages of sin is death. 00:14:34.480 --> 00:14:36.000 So what does David do? 00:14:36.240 --> 00:14:40.559 He realizes that his sin is a big deal, he confesses it to God. 00:14:41.360 --> 00:14:49.519 And he doesn't just confess that he's sorry for the consequences of his actions. 00:14:50.240 --> 00:14:53.840 It's like, God, like I'm so sorry that now people are mad at me. 00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:57.279 God, I'm so sorry that like this stuff is happening in the kingdom now. 00:14:57.519 --> 00:14:58.879 Notice what he does. 00:14:59.200 --> 00:15:01.759 He confesses what he did. 00:15:03.279 --> 00:15:11.919 He confesses the action, not the result of the action, not the consequences. 00:15:12.159 --> 00:15:13.840 See, that's what repentance is. 00:15:14.159 --> 00:15:28.080 Repentance isn't merely grieving the consequences of sin, it's grieving the sin itself and the damage that it causes to God and to others. 00:15:32.720 --> 00:15:38.960 It's me saying, it's not just about the consequences, but it's about what I actually did. 00:15:40.320 --> 00:15:47.200 I don't know if if you guys have this experience, but I I grew up with a with a younger sibling. 00:15:47.679 --> 00:15:50.320 In fact, anybody grew up with a younger sibling? 00:15:50.639 --> 00:15:50.960 Okay. 00:15:51.440 --> 00:15:51.919 A lot of us. 00:15:52.159 --> 00:15:53.679 Anybody grew up with an older sibling? 00:15:54.799 --> 00:15:56.879 So pretty much most of us have had a sibling in here? 00:15:57.039 --> 00:15:58.799 So then you're probably like me. 00:15:59.200 --> 00:16:04.080 I had a PhD in knowing how to get under my little sister's skin. 00:16:04.480 --> 00:16:06.320 I had a PhD in getting on her nerves. 00:16:06.399 --> 00:16:07.039 I knew how to do it. 00:16:07.120 --> 00:16:10.960 And sometimes my mom, she would catch me doing it. 00:16:12.159 --> 00:16:17.519 Sometimes my mom would, you know, she'd catch me calling my sister a name or doing something. 00:16:17.679 --> 00:16:22.080 And I don't know if your mom's like my mom, my mom would say, you need to apologize. 00:16:22.399 --> 00:16:23.600 So you need to apologize. 00:16:23.679 --> 00:16:25.679 And I'd say, Do I? 00:16:25.840 --> 00:16:27.759 She would say, Yeah, I'd say, sorry. 00:16:30.960 --> 00:16:31.840 Sorry. 00:16:33.679 --> 00:16:36.240 My mom would say, That's not an apology. 00:16:36.559 --> 00:16:40.080 I'd say, mom, I said the word sorry. 00:16:40.799 --> 00:16:42.000 She's like, You're grounded. 00:16:42.080 --> 00:16:43.759 I'm like, I'm so sorry. 00:16:45.039 --> 00:16:46.559 I can't play my video games. 00:16:46.639 --> 00:16:53.279 I'm so sorry for what you're and we know I wasn't actually sorry for what I did. 00:16:54.000 --> 00:16:59.840 I was sorry for the consequences of my actions and the fact that I got caught. 00:17:01.120 --> 00:17:10.640 And being sorry for getting caught, or being sorry that now this person's mad at me, or now things are hard because I said this or I did that. 00:17:10.799 --> 00:17:13.119 That's not actually being repentant. 00:17:13.599 --> 00:17:22.160 Repentance is being sorry for the act that we did, and it's being um sorry for who we sinned against. 00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:27.039 And there's something about our flesh that makes it really hard to admit that. 00:17:28.480 --> 00:17:33.359 It makes it really difficult and it makes it really challenging to say, hey, I messed up. 00:17:33.519 --> 00:17:35.279 I sinned against you. 00:17:35.839 --> 00:17:41.200 And I'm not just sorry for the consequences, but I'm sorry that I did this. 00:17:41.440 --> 00:17:42.640 Because we have this flesh. 00:17:42.799 --> 00:17:44.960 In fact, in verse number five, David talks about this. 00:17:45.119 --> 00:17:47.759 He says, Indeed, I was guilty when I was born. 00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:51.440 I was sinful when my mother conceived me. 00:17:52.400 --> 00:17:54.559 When my mom conceived me. 00:17:55.039 --> 00:18:02.960 Now, when we see a cute little baby, most of us are like, oh, that baby's really sweet. 00:18:03.519 --> 00:18:05.279 That baby's so cute. 00:18:05.839 --> 00:18:07.519 At least most babies are cute. 00:18:09.599 --> 00:18:12.240 We're like, oh, it's like a perfect angel. 00:18:13.279 --> 00:18:16.160 Like it's got no f it's amazing. 00:18:16.880 --> 00:18:20.079 The Bible actually teaches something different. 00:18:21.039 --> 00:18:22.160 Notice what David says. 00:18:22.240 --> 00:18:25.200 He says, I was sinful when my mother conceived me. 00:18:26.480 --> 00:18:28.640 I was I was not perfect. 00:18:28.880 --> 00:18:31.599 In fact, Romans chapter 5, verse 12 tells us this. 00:18:31.839 --> 00:18:39.440 Wherefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, you guys remember the name of the man that sin entered the world from? 00:18:39.680 --> 00:18:43.279 Garden of Eden, Genesis chapter 3, his name was Adam. 00:18:43.599 --> 00:18:50.319 Through him and death through sin, in this way, death spread to all people. 00:18:50.799 --> 00:18:52.400 You know who all people is? 00:18:53.279 --> 00:18:53.920 Us. 00:18:54.559 --> 00:18:57.119 All people, Pastor Nate, you understand? 00:18:57.599 --> 00:18:58.880 I grew up in the church. 00:18:58.960 --> 00:19:00.480 I'm pretty religious. 00:19:00.799 --> 00:19:01.359 Good job. 00:19:01.519 --> 00:19:03.279 Gold star for church attendance. 00:19:03.680 --> 00:19:04.720 Still a sinner. 00:19:06.640 --> 00:19:08.799 Pastor Nate, you understand? 00:19:08.960 --> 00:19:11.920 When I was a baby, got christened. 00:19:12.240 --> 00:19:12.880 Good. 00:19:13.279 --> 00:19:14.079 You understand? 00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:16.240 I went through all the classes, I'm okay. 00:19:16.400 --> 00:19:16.880 Guess what? 00:19:17.039 --> 00:19:18.559 Adam's still our father. 00:19:18.799 --> 00:19:21.920 That means that all of us are born sinners. 00:19:22.160 --> 00:19:25.359 Every single one of us, the best, the worst, everybody in between. 00:19:25.599 --> 00:19:26.640 David understood this. 00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:32.640 David says, Hey, my in my mother's womb I was conceived in sin. 00:19:33.519 --> 00:19:34.400 David goes on. 00:19:34.480 --> 00:19:40.559 He says, Surely you desire integrity in the inner self, and you teach me wisdom deep within. 00:19:40.799 --> 00:19:43.119 Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean. 00:19:43.279 --> 00:19:45.440 Wash me, I'll be whiter than snow. 00:19:45.759 --> 00:19:51.759 Hyssop was a plant that was used for purification and cleansing rituals. 00:19:52.160 --> 00:19:56.480 David here isn't asking for like a quick fix. 00:19:56.799 --> 00:19:58.720 He wants to be cleansed. 00:19:59.200 --> 00:20:01.519 Let me hear joy and gladness. 00:20:01.599 --> 00:20:04.079 Let the bones you have crushed rejoice. 00:20:04.319 --> 00:20:07.680 Turn your face away from my sins, verse 9. 00:20:08.559 --> 00:20:10.720 And blot out all my guilt. 00:20:12.559 --> 00:20:18.559 God, verse 10, create in me a clean heart. 00:20:18.720 --> 00:20:22.400 This might be the most powerful verse in this whole text. 00:20:23.359 --> 00:20:27.839 And renew a steadfast spirit within me. 00:20:29.279 --> 00:20:32.799 David doesn't say, God, give me another chance. 00:20:33.119 --> 00:20:34.400 God, let me try again. 00:20:34.480 --> 00:20:35.440 No, what does David say? 00:20:35.599 --> 00:20:38.799 David says, change me at the heart level. 00:20:39.200 --> 00:20:44.000 Like, do something in my heart because my heart needs to be clean. 00:20:44.319 --> 00:20:46.559 My heart is what needs to be changed. 00:20:46.720 --> 00:20:48.480 It's not that I need better behavior. 00:20:48.640 --> 00:20:50.480 It's not that I need better performance. 00:20:50.640 --> 00:20:56.400 It's not that I just need to wake up and say my daily affirmations and I won't mess up again, God. 00:20:56.720 --> 00:20:57.039 No. 00:20:57.920 --> 00:21:01.440 God, I need my heart changed. 00:21:01.680 --> 00:21:03.440 And this is what repentance is. 00:21:03.680 --> 00:21:08.880 Repentance is me desiring change at the heart level. 00:21:11.519 --> 00:21:13.599 Pastor Nanya, I did repent. 00:21:13.920 --> 00:21:14.880 I did repent. 00:21:15.039 --> 00:21:16.720 I just said I want to do better next time. 00:21:16.799 --> 00:21:20.480 That's not repentance if you don't desire deep change within yourself. 00:21:21.359 --> 00:21:26.319 David says, I want a clean heart for me. 00:21:26.480 --> 00:21:30.559 The word repentance literally means a change of mind. 00:21:32.079 --> 00:21:34.799 So if I'm going to repent, it has to be a change. 00:21:34.960 --> 00:21:36.640 This is what repentance does. 00:21:36.880 --> 00:21:41.759 It changes what you think, so I view my sin different. 00:21:42.640 --> 00:21:48.240 It changes what I love, so I have a different feeling towards my sin. 00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:51.599 And it changes how I live. 00:21:53.440 --> 00:22:05.279 So before, when when David, 2 Samuel 11, when he's in the palace, when he's not When he's not at war, when he should be, and he sees Bathsheba, his thoughts are like, Yeah, I just want to get her. 00:22:05.920 --> 00:22:06.960 What does he love? 00:22:07.039 --> 00:22:09.440 He he loves to fulfill the lust of the flesh. 00:22:09.680 --> 00:22:11.279 What does he do in Psalm 51? 00:22:11.359 --> 00:22:13.599 He's like, Man, my thinking was messed up, God. 00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:18.079 He's like, Man, my desires were wrong at this at this point. 00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:21.359 And David, he repents. 00:22:22.640 --> 00:22:24.640 It changes how we live. 00:22:24.880 --> 00:22:31.839 Verse 11, it says, Do not banish me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. 00:22:32.079 --> 00:22:34.000 Let's get down and read verse number 12. 00:22:34.079 --> 00:22:42.559 It says, Restore the joy of your salvation to me and sustain me by giving me a willing spirit. 00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:46.319 He says, Restore. 00:22:47.359 --> 00:22:49.920 Restore joy of your salvation. 00:22:51.839 --> 00:22:54.799 So here's what sin doesn't tell us. 00:22:55.279 --> 00:22:57.839 Here's what temptation doesn't tell us. 00:22:58.319 --> 00:23:06.000 Is that on the other side of our sin is brokenness and shame and emptiness? 00:23:06.960 --> 00:23:14.559 And David right now is living on the other side of his sin in his brokenness, in his shame, in his emptiness. 00:23:14.640 --> 00:23:21.440 And this is what he says God, would you restore the joy of your salvation to me? 00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:30.240 You see, friends, we can be like David, and we can act like, ah, it's not a big deal, it's not whatever. 00:23:30.400 --> 00:23:32.799 Listen, guys, sin makes life hard. 00:23:33.440 --> 00:23:35.599 Sin makes life complicated. 00:23:36.559 --> 00:23:40.160 And it's God's kindness that leads us to repentance. 00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:44.880 It's God's kindness that shows us that there is a better way. 00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:50.000 And David says, Hey, change my heart, give me joy. 00:23:50.079 --> 00:23:55.759 And what it's going to result in in the life of David, number four, is a changed life. 00:23:56.079 --> 00:23:57.920 A changed life. 00:23:58.640 --> 00:24:07.839 It says in uh in verse number 13, it says, Then will I teach the rebellious your ways, and sinners will return to you. 00:24:08.160 --> 00:24:11.519 This doesn't mean that David's going to be perfect and never mess up again. 00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:13.200 But this is what David says. 00:24:13.359 --> 00:24:20.960 David says, Hey, on this other side of repentance, I want to teach others about you. 00:24:21.440 --> 00:24:24.880 God, I want to make you known to other people. 00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:27.440 That's my heart. 00:24:27.680 --> 00:24:35.519 He says, Save me from the guilt of bloodshed, God, God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of your righteousness. 00:24:35.839 --> 00:24:41.759 Lord, open my lips and my mouth will declare your praise. 00:24:42.720 --> 00:24:44.880 David had lived in sin. 00:24:45.279 --> 00:24:52.640 And now that he comes to the place of repentance in his life, he says, His heart has been changed, his thinking has been changed. 00:24:52.799 --> 00:24:55.599 And he says, I want to change my actions. 00:24:56.319 --> 00:24:59.519 Now I want my life to make you known, God. 00:24:59.759 --> 00:25:01.200 Now I want my lips. 00:25:01.440 --> 00:25:04.640 Now I want my lips to declare your praise. 00:25:04.880 --> 00:25:09.119 Now I want to sing of your praises, your righteousness. 00:25:09.440 --> 00:25:14.160 There's a changed life that happens on the other side of repentance. 00:25:14.400 --> 00:25:26.640 And you can say the words of repentance, you can say you're sorry all you want from an outward place, but genuine repentance will cause us to have a change in how we live our lives. 00:25:31.359 --> 00:25:43.359 And can I just maybe you're maybe you're here and um maybe you kind of don't understand like the worship music portion of the service, like the singing portion, and uh you're like, man, why do we why do we always do that at church, Pastor Nate? 00:25:43.519 --> 00:25:48.880 Like I had somebody come in, they told me before, they were like, Pastor Nate, why don't you just preach an hour and we don't even have any music? 00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:51.119 That's how I would like to church or whatever. 00:25:51.279 --> 00:25:56.000 Um and maybe maybe and I was like, okay, I rolled my eyes, not really, but I did it internally. 00:25:56.160 --> 00:25:59.599 Um and maybe, maybe like they're like, Why do we even sing? 00:25:59.680 --> 00:26:00.240 Why do we do this? 00:26:00.400 --> 00:26:15.440 Maybe singing happens, and you're just kind of like can I just say it's not because we like karaoke here, it's not because churches have been doing this for years. 00:26:16.400 --> 00:26:22.400 This is why, out of response to all that God has done for us. 00:26:23.839 --> 00:26:24.720 Out of response. 00:26:24.880 --> 00:26:30.000 Listen, David's response is this I will sing of your righteousness. 00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:32.240 You are the God of my salvation. 00:26:32.400 --> 00:26:39.039 And when you realize all that God has done for you, you will not be able to help but to sing out to Him. 00:26:39.759 --> 00:26:43.039 It's gonna come from your soul, it's gonna come from your heart. 00:26:43.279 --> 00:26:50.160 And when we understand the greatness of God and the forgiveness that we have, we are going to want to sing. 00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:58.000 David tells God, verse 16, he says, he says, I in verse 15, he says, I'll declare your praise. 00:26:58.160 --> 00:27:02.160 Verse 16, he says, You don't want to sacrifice or I would give it. 00:27:03.039 --> 00:27:05.920 You are not pleased with a burnt offering. 00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:17.359 David said, God, you don't you don't want my religious duties or good deeds. 00:27:20.480 --> 00:27:21.519 God, you don't want this. 00:27:21.599 --> 00:27:22.400 You know what God wants? 00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:24.160 God wants a contrite heart. 00:27:24.400 --> 00:27:25.599 God wants a change of the heart. 00:27:25.680 --> 00:27:27.599 God doesn't want to like, oh, well, I'm gonna do this for you, God. 00:27:27.680 --> 00:27:30.480 I'm gonna come to church instead of once a month, twice a month. 00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:32.720 I'm gonna do this and that, and then I'm gonna be okay. 00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:33.119 No, no. 00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:36.559 This is what he says, God, you don't want a sacrifice. 00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:39.200 You're not pleased with a burnt offering. 00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:41.440 You know what God wants in verse 17? 00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:43.440 Here's the sacrifice pleasing to God. 00:27:43.680 --> 00:27:49.839 A broken, verse 17, if we can get up there, the sacrifice pleasing to God is a broken spirit. 00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:54.720 You will not despise a broken and humbled heart. 00:27:55.200 --> 00:27:56.960 That's what you will not despise. 00:27:57.119 --> 00:27:58.720 You know what man-made religion does? 00:27:58.880 --> 00:28:00.000 It covers everything up. 00:28:00.079 --> 00:28:03.759 It's if you just do that and you do this, then you'll be okay with God. 00:28:03.920 --> 00:28:07.039 No, no, God is not pleased with our outward things. 00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:13.599 God wants our heart and God wants a broken and contrite heart that says, Lord, here I am. 00:28:14.880 --> 00:28:16.000 Here I am. 00:28:16.799 --> 00:28:20.240 I'm gonna be honest with you, I'm gonna be real with you. 00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:22.799 God, I know you love me. 00:28:23.119 --> 00:28:27.359 I know your ways are the best ways, so I'm not gonna play cover-up of stuff anymore. 00:28:27.440 --> 00:28:33.599 I'm gonna have a broken and contrite heart, and I'm gonna come right before you, Lord, and I'm gonna say, Lord, I am sorry. 00:28:35.519 --> 00:28:37.920 Lord, I am broken about my lust. 00:28:39.519 --> 00:28:48.480 I am broken that I that I cover things up, that I treat people that way, that I think it's okay, that I can just live however I want. 00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:51.279 I'm broken about my addiction. 00:28:51.680 --> 00:28:54.240 God, I have a contrite heart. 00:28:54.799 --> 00:28:58.880 Some of the best things some of us could do is if we could just lose our religion. 00:29:00.160 --> 00:29:06.640 Lose our man-made religion that's all about doing all this stuff and say, God, here's my heart. 00:29:08.960 --> 00:29:12.400