WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:03.680 You're listening to The Bible Guys, a podcast where a 2 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:06.440 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun, in 3 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:07.519 practical ways. 4 00:00:12.000 --> 00:00:12.880 Hey, good morning. 5 00:00:13.119 --> 00:00:15.439 If it's morning and we are the Bible Guys, and 6 00:00:15.480 --> 00:00:16.960 we welcome you to another episode. 7 00:00:17.160 --> 00:00:18.399 We're super excited to be here. 8 00:00:18.640 --> 00:00:20.760 Yes, and we. 9 00:00:20.399 --> 00:00:22.559 Have a commitment to our long time listeners. And if 10 00:00:22.559 --> 00:00:25.399 you're a new time listener, we're so grateful. 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The finest news possible, and so we 29 00:01:13.359 --> 00:01:15.640 have we have some information I think that is really 30 00:01:15.680 --> 00:01:18.719 relevant and incredibly important to most of our listeners today. 31 00:01:19.439 --> 00:01:22.439 And of course you know, we scour the Internet for 32 00:01:22.519 --> 00:01:25.480 the best sources, and so far we think the best 33 00:01:25.560 --> 00:01:27.799 news source on the entire Internet is the Babylon b. 34 00:01:28.000 --> 00:01:29.840 Yes we do, don't we Yes, yes, So if you 35 00:01:29.840 --> 00:01:32.239 don't know, the Babylon b is a satire website. It's 36 00:01:32.280 --> 00:01:35.560 our favorite source of news. And this article today that 37 00:01:35.560 --> 00:01:38.799 we're bringing to you is Heaven confirms God keeps list 38 00:01:38.840 --> 00:01:43.040 of people who leave church early to watch football games. 39 00:01:43.079 --> 00:01:45.400 So this is really relevant to most of our listeners. 40 00:01:45.079 --> 00:01:46.640 I think, well, especially now. 41 00:01:46.680 --> 00:01:49.000 I mean so in Detroit, by the way, because the 42 00:01:49.000 --> 00:01:50.000 lines are good. 43 00:01:50.079 --> 00:01:54.959 There you go, that's right. So eternal glory dateline, eternal glory. Yeah. 44 00:01:55.000 --> 00:01:57.280 Confirming fear is long held by Christian sports fans, an 45 00:01:57.280 --> 00:01:59.760 announcement from Heaven confirmed that God keeps a list of 46 00:01:59.760 --> 00:02:02.519 people who leave church early to watch football games. Though 47 00:02:02.560 --> 00:02:04.760 suspected for many years, it was never known for sure 48 00:02:04.760 --> 00:02:07.319 if a record was kept to identify individuals who chose 49 00:02:07.319 --> 00:02:11.560 the NFL over church. Heaven's press release sent shock waves 50 00:02:11.560 --> 00:02:13.919 through Christian circles as the new football season was set 51 00:02:13.960 --> 00:02:17.360 to begin. Yes, it's true, set a spokes angel. This 52 00:02:17.479 --> 00:02:19.960 isn't something new. God's been keeping track of this since 53 00:02:20.000 --> 00:02:22.159 the beginning. Depending on which time zone you live in, 54 00:02:22.199 --> 00:02:24.319 there's always a temptation to leave church early so you 55 00:02:24.319 --> 00:02:26.639 can make it home in time for kickoff. The Lord 56 00:02:26.719 --> 00:02:28.960 keeps a detailed list of these things, and he knows, 57 00:02:29.000 --> 00:02:33.840 and you will be judge accordingly. Churchgoers reached for comment 58 00:02:33.919 --> 00:02:37.800 were simultaneously fearful and resigned to their fates. I've always 59 00:02:37.840 --> 00:02:41.719 wondered about this, said professing Christian and football fan Bill Garrison. 60 00:02:42.039 --> 00:02:43.639 As long as I've been skipping out on the end 61 00:02:43.680 --> 00:02:45.319 of sermons to make sure I see the start of 62 00:02:45.319 --> 00:02:48.360 every Raiders game, I've worried that there would be consequences. 63 00:02:48.599 --> 00:02:53.240 It's troubling to hear, but I get it. Go Raiders, though, right. 64 00:02:54.919 --> 00:02:55.159 Right. 65 00:02:57.240 --> 00:03:00.759 Though the announcement did not detail any punishment someone would 66 00:03:00.800 --> 00:03:03.319 receive for being on the list, the spokes angel clarified 67 00:03:03.400 --> 00:03:06.240 that the list would be used for something. He doesn't 68 00:03:06.240 --> 00:03:08.719 ever do anything without a reason. The angel said, the 69 00:03:08.759 --> 00:03:10.719 people on this list will be on the receiving end 70 00:03:10.719 --> 00:03:13.360 of something. They'll just find out when they get here 71 00:03:14.240 --> 00:03:17.439 publishing time, unconfirmed rumors circulated that God felt a Raiders 72 00:03:17.479 --> 00:03:19.159 fan was punishment enough for anyone. 73 00:03:20.080 --> 00:03:24.280 That's funny. Being a Rangers fan was punishment. That's really good, 74 00:03:25.080 --> 00:03:29.000 very funny. I love that, you know, So watch out. 75 00:03:29.039 --> 00:03:33.319 That's all we're saying. We feel obligated to warn people choice. 76 00:03:33.360 --> 00:03:37.319 Now, this may be funnier for church workers than the 77 00:03:37.360 --> 00:03:39.039 average person, right, Well. 78 00:03:38.960 --> 00:03:40.639 The average person's hoping nobody notices. 79 00:03:41.080 --> 00:03:43.280 Well, yeah, the average person lives in their own little bubble, 80 00:03:43.639 --> 00:03:46.840 which is either they leave early or they don't. And 81 00:03:47.080 --> 00:03:50.439 and and honestly, if some people leave early and they don't, 82 00:03:50.560 --> 00:03:52.560 they really don't notice, probably all that much. 83 00:03:52.960 --> 00:03:56.360 But we're standing on stage watching you leave, yes. 84 00:03:56.560 --> 00:03:59.960 Yes, or we're in the back because there's another moment happening, 85 00:04:00.439 --> 00:04:02.240 and uh and I've and i've you know, I'm in 86 00:04:02.280 --> 00:04:03.120 the back of that tournament. 87 00:04:03.159 --> 00:04:05.759 People just get up and they just start filing out 88 00:04:06.240 --> 00:04:06.599 and uh. 89 00:04:06.719 --> 00:04:10.000 Now, granted, you know, like the parking is when you're 90 00:04:10.000 --> 00:04:12.080 in a church that's really busy, the parking could be 91 00:04:12.199 --> 00:04:12.759 pretty cruel. 92 00:04:13.120 --> 00:04:15.360 You could easily take seven or eight minutes to get 93 00:04:15.360 --> 00:04:18.279 out of the parking lot, easily longer than you would 94 00:04:18.319 --> 00:04:21.879 anticipate it. It's it's it's horrific. I don't know how 95 00:04:21.920 --> 00:04:24.079 people survive it, to be honest with you, it is 96 00:04:24.160 --> 00:04:26.600 so funny. I have old age sitting in the parking lot. 97 00:04:26.680 --> 00:04:27.399 That's so good. 98 00:04:27.560 --> 00:04:27.959 Yeah. 99 00:04:28.040 --> 00:04:29.720 Yeah, But people don't like traffic. 100 00:04:29.839 --> 00:04:33.000 There's there's an anxiety thing that happens, Jeff, Yeah, you know, 101 00:04:33.279 --> 00:04:35.600 and sometimes they want to be first at the restaurant. 102 00:04:35.800 --> 00:04:38.319 That same person has a whole pocket full of xanax. 103 00:04:38.399 --> 00:04:39.759 Just take one to sit in the parking lot for 104 00:04:39.800 --> 00:04:41.399 five more minutes. That's how I feel about it. 105 00:04:41.480 --> 00:04:46.399 Yeah, yeah, yeah, that person is a pocket wow. 106 00:04:48.240 --> 00:04:50.480 King David, I am, yeah, I am. I am not 107 00:04:50.800 --> 00:04:52.040 merciful when it comes to this. 108 00:04:52.360 --> 00:04:53.160 Yeah. 109 00:04:53.199 --> 00:04:55.199 So, so I'm all about show up on time yep, 110 00:04:55.240 --> 00:04:56.639 and then stay to the end. 111 00:04:56.800 --> 00:04:59.519 Yeah. Well, And honestly, it's. 112 00:04:59.399 --> 00:05:01.839 Because it's not people spent their entire week getting ready 113 00:05:01.839 --> 00:05:04.120 for you, and that they planned out all those minutes 114 00:05:04.279 --> 00:05:07.759 right right right, and literally at Heritage Church it's one 115 00:05:07.800 --> 00:05:11.639 hour in five minutes max max. Most of the time, 116 00:05:11.759 --> 00:05:14.319 it's less than one hour five minutes right most of 117 00:05:14.360 --> 00:05:14.639 the time. 118 00:05:14.800 --> 00:05:15.000 Yep. 119 00:05:15.439 --> 00:05:19.079 So, boy, you're so good to God giving him those 120 00:05:19.120 --> 00:05:23.639 fifty seven minutes. God is so grateful to you. 121 00:05:23.759 --> 00:05:27.040 Wow, the hammer's coming down. 122 00:05:28.560 --> 00:05:31.240 It's just silly. It's a silly thing. Now, I do 123 00:05:31.319 --> 00:05:33.399 have mercy on the people that drank three cups of 124 00:05:33.399 --> 00:05:35.680 coffee that we gave away for free in the lobby. Yes, 125 00:05:35.959 --> 00:05:38.160 and they're hustling out not to get to the car, 126 00:05:38.399 --> 00:05:40.680 but they're hustling out because they're bladder is about to burst. 127 00:05:40.879 --> 00:05:42.720 Everybody's going to be embarrassed if that happens. 128 00:05:43.000 --> 00:05:46.120 Right, And let me say this too, and that is 129 00:05:46.160 --> 00:05:49.800 as a person who is you know, oftentimes in charge 130 00:05:49.920 --> 00:05:51.680 of the moments that we that. 131 00:05:51.600 --> 00:05:52.519 People walk out on. 132 00:05:52.879 --> 00:05:56.000 Right, I'm in charge of sometimes planning those moments, right, 133 00:05:56.040 --> 00:05:57.759 Like this song we chose. 134 00:05:57.519 --> 00:05:59.439 For well, maybe it's your fault in another I think 135 00:05:59.439 --> 00:06:00.879 about it, plan to that moment. 136 00:06:00.959 --> 00:06:01.240 Listen. 137 00:06:01.519 --> 00:06:05.399 So sometimes sometimes we chose a song thinking myself to ourselves. Okay, 138 00:06:05.680 --> 00:06:08.639 when someone hears the word of God and you know 139 00:06:08.680 --> 00:06:11.600 they're confronted with this truth, then they're going to be 140 00:06:11.600 --> 00:06:13.839 able to use this song least three and a half 141 00:06:13.879 --> 00:06:18.360 minutes to reflect on Man, what does that mean for me? 142 00:06:18.959 --> 00:06:21.480 So like the song will like put an exclamation point 143 00:06:21.519 --> 00:06:23.759 on it. It'll give them a time to process it, 144 00:06:23.920 --> 00:06:26.480 because oftentimes, you know this, if we hear something, we're 145 00:06:26.519 --> 00:06:27.920 like wow, and then as soon as we get up 146 00:06:27.920 --> 00:06:28.839 and we're off with our day, we. 147 00:06:28.759 --> 00:06:29.639 Forget about those things. 148 00:06:30.079 --> 00:06:32.720 But if you spend those extra three minutes, you know, 149 00:06:32.839 --> 00:06:34.680 listening to the lyrics of the song, which by the way, 150 00:06:34.720 --> 00:06:37.680 is incredibly challenging and gives you time to go, I 151 00:06:37.800 --> 00:06:40.399 know what this means for me? Or whow god, you 152 00:06:40.439 --> 00:06:44.839 are correct. I mean those three minutes are a solidifying, reflective, 153 00:06:45.720 --> 00:06:48.199 even repentive kind of a kind of a moment that 154 00:06:48.319 --> 00:06:51.199 is planned and there and it could be really, really 155 00:06:51.240 --> 00:06:54.000 really powerful. And so it's like, okay, yeah, we've planned 156 00:06:54.000 --> 00:06:56.800 all this, people have worked hard, they've practiced, and then 157 00:06:56.839 --> 00:06:58.480 all of a sudden, somebody gets up because they want 158 00:06:58.480 --> 00:06:59.680 to be the first that Bob had. 159 00:06:59.720 --> 00:07:03.000 Us and because you know, Christianity is all about you, right, 160 00:07:03.360 --> 00:07:06.240 So if this next song doesn't feel relevant to you, 161 00:07:06.480 --> 00:07:09.120 just go ahead and interrupt everybody else. Excuse me, excuse me? 162 00:07:09.120 --> 00:07:09.720 I wonderuse me? 163 00:07:10.079 --> 00:07:10.839 Was time over them? 164 00:07:10.839 --> 00:07:13.079 I wonder if Desiree chose this article because she knew 165 00:07:13.079 --> 00:07:15.680 would go to this direction, right. 166 00:07:15.519 --> 00:07:17.800 Right, So interrupt everybody else because it couldn't be for 167 00:07:17.800 --> 00:07:19.720 anybody else either. If it's not for you, it's not 168 00:07:19.759 --> 00:07:22.639 for the other seven hundred fifty people in the room either. Right, right, 169 00:07:22.639 --> 00:07:28.160 that's right, that's right. Anyways, that man a life. Did 170 00:07:28.160 --> 00:07:28.800 I sound bitter? 171 00:07:28.879 --> 00:07:31.160 Well, no you lightened up? Or no, no, no, you 172 00:07:31.199 --> 00:07:33.600 lit up. That's what it was. I didn't lighten up. 173 00:07:33.639 --> 00:07:34.079 But all. 174 00:07:35.759 --> 00:07:39.079 You've come alive, Jeff, No, so so, sarcasm is one 175 00:07:39.120 --> 00:07:41.720 of my spiritual gifts. Yes, so you know I'm joking 176 00:07:41.839 --> 00:07:45.240 to flush some But what makes the sarcasm funny is 177 00:07:45.279 --> 00:07:48.199 it's kind of true, right, that's what's funny. Buzzing, Yes, yeah, 178 00:07:48.319 --> 00:07:50.879 kind of true. It can be funny if you don't 179 00:07:51.240 --> 00:07:53.759 if if the fire's not burning down, I mean, if 180 00:07:53.800 --> 00:07:55.839 the building's not burning down, if you don't have a 181 00:07:55.879 --> 00:07:57.800 body part hanging on, I'm going to say something else. 182 00:07:58.319 --> 00:08:01.160 If if the building's not burning down, you don't have 183 00:08:01.199 --> 00:08:03.279 a body part hanging off, and you're not about what 184 00:08:03.360 --> 00:08:06.800 to wet our seats, you can wait five more minutes, 185 00:08:07.120 --> 00:08:07.959 so you really can. 186 00:08:08.279 --> 00:08:15.720 Okay, anything else? One more thing, Jeff is really passionate. 187 00:08:16.439 --> 00:08:18.120 I just think it's it's bad manners. 188 00:08:18.839 --> 00:08:20.959 Okay, here we go. You did say something else? 189 00:08:24.920 --> 00:08:35.399 There you go, I'm sorry. 190 00:08:36.159 --> 00:08:38.840 That's so great. Okay, well, how do you transition to 191 00:08:39.000 --> 00:08:41.320 this this is gonna sad psalm. 192 00:08:41.720 --> 00:08:44.360 I could say I'm sorry. I could say I'm sorry, 193 00:08:44.360 --> 00:08:50.799 and maybe I crossed the line there. Maybe it's because this, 194 00:08:50.799 --> 00:08:53.720 this whole, this whole uh psalm we're gonna read is 195 00:08:53.799 --> 00:08:54.840 David saying he's sorry. 196 00:08:55.080 --> 00:08:57.919 Okay, yeah, okay, all right, so you can say you're sorry. 197 00:08:57.960 --> 00:08:58.919 Speaking of saying. 198 00:08:58.759 --> 00:09:02.159 Sorry, yeah, yeah, on a whole other level speak, maybe 199 00:09:02.639 --> 00:09:05.519 maybe one of the most beautiful passages in the entire Bible. Yes, 200 00:09:05.960 --> 00:09:08.360 by far, one of the top three or four most 201 00:09:08.399 --> 00:09:12.120 beautiful passages David writes is Psalm fifty one. 202 00:09:12.360 --> 00:09:15.440 And by the way it announces it says the author 203 00:09:15.559 --> 00:09:18.879 is David. It says for the choir director, a psalm 204 00:09:18.879 --> 00:09:22.600 of David, regarding the time Nathan the Prophet came after him, 205 00:09:22.720 --> 00:09:24.679 David had committed adulter of Isheba. 206 00:09:25.279 --> 00:09:28.480 So this is directly that's a note David probably wrote 207 00:09:28.960 --> 00:09:31.360 on this song to say, here's why I wrote it, 208 00:09:31.759 --> 00:09:34.200 and he gives it to the choir director. This is 209 00:09:34.240 --> 00:09:38.080 really profound. So he says in Psalm fifty one, have 210 00:09:38.240 --> 00:09:41.559 mercy on me, oh God, because of your unfailing love, 211 00:09:42.080 --> 00:09:44.519 because of your great compassion. Blot out the stain of 212 00:09:44.519 --> 00:09:47.639 my sins. Wash me clean from my guilt, and purify 213 00:09:47.720 --> 00:09:51.120 me from my sin. For I recognize my rebellion. It 214 00:09:51.200 --> 00:09:54.799 haunts me day and night. Against you and you alone. 215 00:09:54.879 --> 00:09:57.879 Have I sinned done. I have done what is evil 216 00:09:57.919 --> 00:10:00.519 in your sight. And you will be proved right in 217 00:10:00.600 --> 00:10:03.120 what you say. And your judgment against me is just, 218 00:10:03.559 --> 00:10:05.759 for I was born a sinner, yes, from the moment 219 00:10:05.799 --> 00:10:08.919 my mother conceived me. But you desire honesty from the womb, 220 00:10:09.240 --> 00:10:12.960 teaching me wisdom even there. Purify me from my sins 221 00:10:13.000 --> 00:10:15.279 and I will be clean. Wash me and I'll be 222 00:10:15.320 --> 00:10:18.720 whiter than snow. Oh, give me back my joy again. 223 00:10:19.120 --> 00:10:22.879 You've broken me. Now let me rejoice. Don't keep looking 224 00:10:22.879 --> 00:10:25.720 at my sins. Remove the stain of my guilt. Create 225 00:10:25.720 --> 00:10:27.919 in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a 226 00:10:27.919 --> 00:10:31.159 loyal spirit within me. Do not banish me from your presence, 227 00:10:31.200 --> 00:10:34.919 and don't take your holy spirit from me. Restore to 228 00:10:34.960 --> 00:10:37.080 me the joy of your salvation and make me willing 229 00:10:37.120 --> 00:10:39.480 to obey you. And then I will teach your ways 230 00:10:39.519 --> 00:10:42.240 to rebels and they will return to you. Forgive me 231 00:10:42.320 --> 00:10:44.639 for shedding blood, Oh God who saves, And then I 232 00:10:44.679 --> 00:10:48.360 will joyfully sing of your forgiveness. Unseal my lips, o Lord, 233 00:10:48.399 --> 00:10:51.720 that my mouth may praise you. You do not desire 234 00:10:51.720 --> 00:10:54.200 a sacrifice, or I would offer one. You do not 235 00:10:54.320 --> 00:10:56.960 want to burn offering. The sacrifice you desire is a 236 00:10:56.960 --> 00:11:00.440 broken spirit. You will not reject a broken and repent heart. 237 00:11:00.480 --> 00:11:03.639 Oh God, look with favor on Zion and help her 238 00:11:03.960 --> 00:11:06.360 rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. And then you'll be pleased 239 00:11:06.360 --> 00:11:09.799 with sacrifices offered in the right spirit, with burnt offerings 240 00:11:09.840 --> 00:11:12.799 and whole burnt offerings. Then bulls will again be sacrificed 241 00:11:13.080 --> 00:11:13.720 on your altar. 242 00:11:17.559 --> 00:11:18.759 Well, it's a hard one. 243 00:11:19.000 --> 00:11:22.240 It is a hard one, and it's amazing, and it 244 00:11:22.480 --> 00:11:25.679 is a model for us when we are to go 245 00:11:25.720 --> 00:11:30.320 to God with repentance. Have mercy, I mean every single verse. 246 00:11:30.360 --> 00:11:33.080 I mean, for crying out loud, this is beautiful. Have 247 00:11:33.240 --> 00:11:36.120 mercy on me, Oh God, because of your unfailing love. 248 00:11:36.159 --> 00:11:41.120 Even that opening line, right, your unfailing love. Continue to 249 00:11:41.159 --> 00:11:44.600 give me mercy because your love never fails. You have 250 00:11:44.799 --> 00:11:50.360 great compassion. And then he admits the blotting out the 251 00:11:50.440 --> 00:11:53.919 stain of my sins wash me free from what my guilt. 252 00:11:54.000 --> 00:11:57.519 He's owning this from the very beginning where I've recognized 253 00:11:57.559 --> 00:11:58.159 my rebellion. 254 00:11:58.200 --> 00:11:59.320 It says it haunts me. 255 00:12:00.159 --> 00:12:05.279 Night, which means, you know what there's value in, you know, 256 00:12:06.519 --> 00:12:10.679 having remorse and guilt. However, I want to throw out 257 00:12:10.679 --> 00:12:14.759 there and that God never intends us to live in guilt. God, 258 00:12:15.240 --> 00:12:18.879 you can use guilt as a very powerful weapon, but 259 00:12:18.960 --> 00:12:22.039 once guilt leads to repentance or excuse me, I'm sorry, 260 00:12:22.039 --> 00:12:22.840 did I say weapon? Ye? 261 00:12:23.720 --> 00:12:25.759 I meant yeah, he uses guilt as a tool. 262 00:12:25.799 --> 00:12:28.559 Ah, yeah, I don't know why I say weapon, but 263 00:12:28.639 --> 00:12:31.360 he uses it a powerful tool. But once we repent, 264 00:12:31.559 --> 00:12:35.039 and once we understand that God forgives our sins, then 265 00:12:35.120 --> 00:12:38.879 God never intends for us to beat ourselves up because 266 00:12:38.919 --> 00:12:42.039 guilt does not have any place after God's forgiveness. But 267 00:12:42.200 --> 00:12:44.559 guilt does have a place in the midst of our sin, 268 00:12:44.639 --> 00:12:45.039 doesn't it. 269 00:12:45.360 --> 00:12:49.799 Yeah, So so guilt that leads you into some kind 270 00:12:49.840 --> 00:12:54.360 of you know, bad pattern that that that buries you 271 00:12:54.399 --> 00:12:57.120 in depression and those kinds of things and blocks you 272 00:12:57.159 --> 00:12:59.879 from moving forward with your life. God doesn't intend for that, right, 273 00:13:00.080 --> 00:13:05.360 But from that day forward, every time his sons rose 274 00:13:05.399 --> 00:13:07.759 up and rebelled against him. He knew he had to 275 00:13:07.799 --> 00:13:08.559 take responsibility. 276 00:13:08.639 --> 00:13:10.679 Sure, there's always some measure of guilt, isn't that right? 277 00:13:10.679 --> 00:13:14.320 Well, so his guilt never went away, he was forgiven 278 00:13:14.399 --> 00:13:17.080 for it. There's a difference between those two things. But 279 00:13:17.600 --> 00:13:20.080 what he said was God, from this day forward, I'm 280 00:13:20.080 --> 00:13:21.759 going to serve you God, from this day forward. I'm 281 00:13:21.759 --> 00:13:23.879 going to tell everybody. I'm going to use this as 282 00:13:23.919 --> 00:13:26.679 a testimony to teach other rebels. That's what he says, Right, 283 00:13:26.720 --> 00:13:28.279 I'm not going to just stay home and sit in 284 00:13:28.320 --> 00:13:31.000 my bed and cry anymore. I'm not going to let 285 00:13:31.039 --> 00:13:35.200 the guilt that I'm carrying trap me. Instead, I'm going 286 00:13:35.240 --> 00:13:37.399 to use what I've done, what I'm talking about, Right, 287 00:13:37.399 --> 00:13:39.399 that's what you're talking about, because that's what a lot 288 00:13:39.440 --> 00:13:41.279 of people do, is that I'm guilty, so I can 289 00:13:41.279 --> 00:13:41.799 never serve God. 290 00:13:42.000 --> 00:13:45.240 They think they deserve their punishment. They beat themselves up 291 00:13:45.480 --> 00:13:48.440 because they because nobody else want to beat them up, right, 292 00:13:48.480 --> 00:13:49.600 So they punish themselves. 293 00:13:49.879 --> 00:13:51.279 They disqualify themselves. 294 00:13:51.320 --> 00:13:54.000 And so David Acknowledge is throughout the rest of his 295 00:13:54.120 --> 00:13:57.279 life that this is that my son rebelling against me 296 00:13:57.360 --> 00:13:59.879 is my fault, that my family problems are my fault. 297 00:14:00.080 --> 00:14:03.480 I did this, and that is a big part of 298 00:14:03.519 --> 00:14:06.399 repentance is accepting the fact that you are responsible for 299 00:14:06.480 --> 00:14:09.600 your bad choices, for your sins, and so there's that. 300 00:14:09.720 --> 00:14:12.480 But God uses guilt, but he doesn't want us to 301 00:14:12.480 --> 00:14:15.159 walk around feeling guilty. There's a difference between those two things. 302 00:14:15.519 --> 00:14:18.279 Understanding my responsibility is different than me walking around and 303 00:14:18.279 --> 00:14:20.600 saying because I'm guilty, I can never serve God again. 304 00:14:20.799 --> 00:14:24.440 Right Instead, David says, restore to me the joy of 305 00:14:24.519 --> 00:14:27.159 my salvation and make me willing to obey you, and 306 00:14:27.200 --> 00:14:29.600 then I'll teach your ways to rebels and they'll return 307 00:14:29.639 --> 00:14:32.440 to you. He says, forgive me for shedding blood, and 308 00:14:32.480 --> 00:14:36.039 I'll joyfully sing of your forgiveness. Unseal my lips, and 309 00:14:36.200 --> 00:14:38.759 I'll praise you. You know, he was one of the 310 00:14:38.799 --> 00:14:40.960 main worship leaders for the whole nation. He led the 311 00:14:41.000 --> 00:14:42.679 people in worship, and he said, I'll get back out 312 00:14:42.679 --> 00:14:45.759 there again. As a matter of fact, he writes this 313 00:14:45.919 --> 00:14:49.159 song and gives it to the head song leader, going 314 00:14:49.759 --> 00:14:52.279 use my story as a testimony to others, right right, 315 00:14:52.320 --> 00:14:55.000 So God will use your messages your greatest message. He 316 00:14:55.080 --> 00:14:57.440 sure did. Yeah, he wrote this. He wrote this with 317 00:14:57.480 --> 00:15:00.159 that intent. He didn't write it and then go, hey, 318 00:15:01.039 --> 00:15:02.200 you can go ahead and use that. So I'll give 319 00:15:02.200 --> 00:15:04.159 you permission you use that song. He wrote it for 320 00:15:04.200 --> 00:15:07.600 this purpose. He wrote it to let the whole nation 321 00:15:07.919 --> 00:15:11.039 know this is how you repent, and then God will 322 00:15:11.039 --> 00:15:13.279 restore you. You sir. So what he did is he 323 00:15:13.360 --> 00:15:17.120 let God use his mess to become his message, and 324 00:15:17.919 --> 00:15:20.559 he stepped back into ministry. The kind of guilt you're 325 00:15:20.600 --> 00:15:23.679 talking about is the kind of guilt where you retreat 326 00:15:23.720 --> 00:15:27.279 from ever trying to serve God anymore because of the 327 00:15:27.320 --> 00:15:31.679 things that you've done. So acknowledging that the consequences of 328 00:15:31.720 --> 00:15:34.639 your sin rests on your shoulders is one thing. But 329 00:15:34.720 --> 00:15:37.759 he's also appealing to God's grace here, right, and God's mercy. 330 00:15:38.559 --> 00:15:41.320 Verse six is a reference to life in the womb. 331 00:15:41.919 --> 00:15:44.399 Life begins in the womb, yep. But you desire honesty 332 00:15:44.559 --> 00:15:46.440 for me in the womb, teaching me wisdom even there, 333 00:15:46.480 --> 00:15:49.559 acknowledging basically life. He's acknowledging life. 334 00:15:49.559 --> 00:15:51.200 And I was born a sinner from the moment my 335 00:15:51.240 --> 00:15:55.080 mother conceived me. So he's saying at conception, I was 336 00:15:55.120 --> 00:16:00.600 a sinner. At conception, I was That's right, that's significant. 337 00:16:00.720 --> 00:16:03.679 Yep, that's right, right, that's right. And then and then 338 00:16:03.720 --> 00:16:04.200 he goes on. 339 00:16:05.000 --> 00:16:08.399 And now I've always said this, my wife already knows 340 00:16:08.440 --> 00:16:09.679 exactly what I'm going to say. 341 00:16:09.799 --> 00:16:10.480 She already knows. 342 00:16:10.480 --> 00:16:11.480 She knows me so well. 343 00:16:11.919 --> 00:16:15.279 But what I'm going to say next is, I'm going 344 00:16:15.320 --> 00:16:19.399 to say most people when they think of Psalm fifty one, 345 00:16:20.120 --> 00:16:22.399 the verses that are highlighted the most are what verses 346 00:16:23.120 --> 00:16:27.799 verses number ten and eleven right in twelve, right, because 347 00:16:27.600 --> 00:16:31.440 those are the verses in the songs. I think I 348 00:16:31.480 --> 00:16:34.039 know three songs that say created me a clean heart, 349 00:16:34.039 --> 00:16:37.399 O God, renew a loyal spirit within me, right, And 350 00:16:37.519 --> 00:16:40.080 I know three different melodies for those types of songs. 351 00:16:41.000 --> 00:16:44.919 But I always think that the most powerful verses in 352 00:16:45.120 --> 00:16:49.080 this whole chapter are not ten, eleven, and twelve, because 353 00:16:49.080 --> 00:16:52.480 that is a great prayer to pray, but you know, 354 00:16:52.679 --> 00:16:56.000 that's saying, Okay, God, create something that happens in me. 355 00:16:56.440 --> 00:17:00.879 I think the more powerful verses are verses sixteen and seventeen, 356 00:17:01.600 --> 00:17:04.240 where he says, you do not offer you do not 357 00:17:04.400 --> 00:17:06.519 desire a sacrifice, or else I'd offer one. 358 00:17:06.960 --> 00:17:08.359 You do not want a burn offering. And you know 359 00:17:08.440 --> 00:17:08.960 what he's saying. 360 00:17:09.359 --> 00:17:11.279 He's saying, if right now, I could snap my fingers 361 00:17:11.279 --> 00:17:13.799 and offer a thousand rams, I could snap my fingers 362 00:17:13.799 --> 00:17:18.119 and offer a thousand you know, lambs or sheep, And 363 00:17:18.160 --> 00:17:19.880 he says, but that's not what you want from me, 364 00:17:20.000 --> 00:17:22.119 That's what he's saying. He's saying, you don't want a 365 00:17:22.160 --> 00:17:24.039 big offering. Hey, you don't want me to write a 366 00:17:24.119 --> 00:17:26.599 check for a million dollars, right, even though a million 367 00:17:26.599 --> 00:17:28.880 dollars and a burn offering of a thousand rams are 368 00:17:28.920 --> 00:17:31.839 good things. What he's saying is that's really not the 369 00:17:31.839 --> 00:17:34.400 heart of what you want. The thing you want first 370 00:17:34.960 --> 00:17:38.599 is you want me to have a broken and repentant heart, 371 00:17:38.920 --> 00:17:41.400 because these things you will not despise. 372 00:17:41.920 --> 00:17:44.279 So God wants us And what does the King James say? 373 00:17:45.160 --> 00:17:49.720 A broken and contrite heart, contrite heart, broken spirit and 374 00:17:49.720 --> 00:17:53.240 a contract heart and or whatever contrayte spirit, whatever it says. 375 00:17:53.559 --> 00:17:55.119 But the idea. 376 00:17:54.920 --> 00:17:57.960 Is is that God wants your heart first before your service. 377 00:17:58.920 --> 00:18:02.240 And that's what God wants. God wants you to acknowledge 378 00:18:02.559 --> 00:18:05.480 who he is. He wants you to surrender, to repent, 379 00:18:05.759 --> 00:18:08.759 to love him. God wants your heart before anything else. 380 00:18:09.160 --> 00:18:12.799 So yeah, you can go ahead and serve God. You 381 00:18:12.839 --> 00:18:15.279 can serve it a food pantry or write a big check, 382 00:18:15.759 --> 00:18:18.720 but that's not really what God wants first. God wants 383 00:18:18.720 --> 00:18:21.960 your heart first, and then as an overflow, all those 384 00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:22.839 things will come next. 385 00:18:23.519 --> 00:18:30.319 Yeah, it's interesting. He starts off, pleading to God's mercy. Yep, right, 386 00:18:30.400 --> 00:18:33.119 because of his unfailing love. God is merciful because God 387 00:18:33.200 --> 00:18:36.039 is love. Right. And then he says, because of your 388 00:18:36.079 --> 00:18:39.720 great compassion, blot out the stains of my sins and 389 00:18:39.920 --> 00:18:43.400 wash me clean, purify me. He said, I recognize my rebellion. 390 00:18:43.400 --> 00:18:46.359 It haunts me day and night. There's that guilt thing again, right, 391 00:18:46.480 --> 00:18:49.880 it's haunting me. So my only hope is your grace. 392 00:18:50.160 --> 00:18:52.839 My only hope is your mercy. My only hope is 393 00:18:52.880 --> 00:18:57.359 your compassion. And sometimes it's important for us to remember 394 00:18:57.960 --> 00:19:02.519 it's against Him and him alone that we sin. Sometimes 395 00:19:02.720 --> 00:19:06.079 as Christians, we we we concentrate so much on God's 396 00:19:06.119 --> 00:19:11.440 grace that we think, oh, God's gonna understand, And David 397 00:19:11.519 --> 00:19:15.480 does not come to the conclusion God understands. Sometimes you know, 398 00:19:15.480 --> 00:19:17.400 boys are going to be boys, boys do what boys do. 399 00:19:18.039 --> 00:19:21.400 Oh well, thank God for his grace and mercy right right. 400 00:19:21.720 --> 00:19:25.039 Sometimes in our in our Christian culture today in America, 401 00:19:25.599 --> 00:19:29.279