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The Transformed Life : Confession. Pastor Timothy Chan Chinese Grace Bible Church August 28, 2011. Psalm 51:1-19 (NIV1984) 1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. Psalm 51:1-19 (NIV1984)
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The Transformed Life: Confession Pastor Timothy Chan Chinese Grace Bible Church August 28, 2011
Psalm 51:1-19(NIV1984) 1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions.
Psalm 51:1-19(NIV1984) 2 Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
Psalm 51:1-19(NIV1984) 3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.
Psalm 51:1-19(NIV1984) 4 Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are proved right when you speak and justified when you judge.
Psalm 51:1-19(NIV1984) 5 Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
Psalm 51:1-19(NIV1984) 6 Surely you desire truth in the inner parts; you teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
Psalm 51:1-19(NIV1984) 7 Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
Psalm 51:1-19(NIV1984) 8 Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
Psalm 51:1-19(NIV1984) 9 Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity.
Psalm 51:1-19(NIV1984) 10 Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Psalm 51:1-19(NIV1984) 11 Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me.
Psalm 51:1-19(NIV1984) 12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
Psalm 51:1-19(NIV1984) 13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will turn back to you.
Psalm 51:1-19(NIV1984) 14 Save me from bloodguilt, O God, the God who saves me, and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.
Psalm 51:1-19(NIV1984) 15 O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.
Psalm 51:1-19(NIV1984) 16 You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
Psalm 51:1-19(NIV1984) 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
Psalm 51:1-19(NIV1984) 18 In your good pleasure make Zion prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.
Psalm 51:1-19(NIV1984) 19 Then there will be righteous sacrifices, whole burnt offerings to delight you; then bulls will be offered on your altar.
Introduction This penitential psalm illustrates the stench of sin in David’s life.
Introduction It points right at David as a murderer, adulterer, and a manipulator.
Introduction David is convicted by the Holy Spirit and pens a song of confession.
Introduction God uses this psalm to serve a great purpose.
Introduction We need to remember this important spiritual lesson.
How to deal with sin and its aftermath? • ____________ confess sin since He already knows. Openly
Psalm 51:4(NIV1984) 4 Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are proved right when you speak and justified when you judge.
2 Samuel 12:13(NIV1984) 13 Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” Nathan replied, “The LORD has taken away your sin. You are not going to die.
Psalm 32:3(NIV1984) 3 When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.
1 John 5:17(NIV1984) 17 All wrongdoing is sin, and there is sin that does not lead to death.
real a. Sin is _______.
1 John 3:4(NIV1984) 4 Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness.
Psalm 51:1(NIV1984) 1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions.
Psalm 51:10(NIV1984) 10 Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Psalm 51:14(NIV1984) 14 Save me from bloodguilt, O God, the God who saves me, and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.
Psalm 51:4(NIV1984) 4 Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are proved right when you speak and justified when you judge.
destructive b. Sin is _____________.
Psalm 51:4(NIV1984) 4 Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are proved right when you speak and justified when you judge.
joy c. Sin takes away ________.
Psalm 32:3(NIV1984) 3 When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.
Psalm 51:11(NIV1984) 11 Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me.
Psalm 103:14(NIV1984) 14 for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust.
How to deal with sin and its aftermath? • __________ sin as sin. It is the result of human depravity. Admit
Nahum 1:3(NIV1984) 3 The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will not leave the guilty unpunished. His way is in the whirlwind and the storm, and clouds are the dust of his feet.
James 1:14-15(NIV1984) 14 but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed.
James 1:14-15(NIV1984) 15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
Ephesians 2:1(NIV1984) 1 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins,
Psalm 51:4(NIV1984) 4 Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are proved right when you speak and justified when you judge.
blame a. Don’t ________ the Enemy.
rationalize b. Don’t _______________ it.