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You. 
Have your Bibles if you would 

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turn to the 119th Psalm this 
morning as we continue our 

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journey entitled Living a Life 
and in the Light of God's Word 

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here in the 119th today in 
verses 25 through 32, we will be

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talking about something that is 
often neglected in the church. 

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We find this portion of this 
Psalm as we know to be an 

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alphabetical acrostic there just
after the Hebrew letter Dalet, 

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which to us would be the 
equivalent of our D in our 

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English alphabet. 
And now what is going to 

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transpire is of course 8 verses 
that go along with this one 

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Hebrew letter. 
As we have been seeing the 119th

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Psalm unfold. 
It will be like this throughout 

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and we will look at 8 verses in 
each segment because those 

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verses are contained there 
together and meant to be 

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together. 
Many have asked me why don't we 

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divide it up there? 
They are 8 verses that belong 

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together and we're going to look
at them just as they were 

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written. 
And today we are going to be 

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discussing a topic that is all 
but ignored or forgotten in the 

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church. 
Of today. 

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And this topic is ignored. 
But I want you to understand 

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this. 
It's crucial. 

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It's forgotten, yet it is 
essential. 

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And I believe this that it is 
one of the main reasons is that 

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believers aren't thriving in the
church as a whole today. 

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For many, it's thought as 
unneeded, and to others it's 

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just simply uncomfortable. 
They don't want to dive off into

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the topic that we will be 
discussing today. 

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However, this topic cannot be 
ignored, neglected or 

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disregarded any longer. 
And that is the topic of godly 

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sorrow, the topic of godly 
sorrow. 

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And I know this, I know that 
many of you have spent quite a 

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bit of time in the church and, 
and many of you, if we were to 

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poll the congregation this 
morning, would say that I've 

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never really heard a message on 
godly sorrow. 

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And what a sad testimony to the 
church that is. 

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So when we talk about godly 
sorrow, we we go into this with 

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limited understanding as to what
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What is godly sorrow? 
And for starters, I want to give

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you some clarity on this topic. 
I want you to see that it's the 

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mourning over sin that a person 
ought to have when they violate 

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one of God's commands or 
statutes or precepts. 

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In fact, it's that morning that 
Jesus speaks of in in Matthew 

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chapter 5, verse 4. 
He's not talking about mourning 

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for your lost loved ones here, 
as we have seen this taken out 

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of context many, many times at 
funerals. 

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But Jesus is literally talking 
about a deep mourning over sin, 

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not only the sin that you 
commit. 

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Yourselves, but also sin in its 
entirety the sin of the world. 

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Just as Jesus would have entered
into Jerusalem mourning over 

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their unbelief and and mourning 
over their sin, is that mourning

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that Jesus spoke of when he said
blessed are those who mourn 

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there in Matthew 5 verse four 
and his beatitudes during the 

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Sermon on the Mount. 
Blessed are those who mourn for 

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they will be comforted. 
What hope there is in knowing 

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that godly sorrow will 
inevitably bring us comfort from

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God. 
Many can't understand why they 

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don't walk in peace and they 
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God. 
It's because you have not first 

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walked in mourning. 
You've not first walked in godly

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sorrow. 
This is the same godly sorrow 

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that we see displayed in the 
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gospel in chapter 26 and verse 
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There we have Peter denying that
he even knew Christ, and it says

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this. 
Then Peter remembered the word 

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that Jesus had spoken before the
rooster crows. 

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You will disown me three times. 
Peter knew exactly what Jesus 

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had told him he was going to do.
And Peter, in his pride and in 

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his arrogance, said No Lord. 
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It wasn't the case. 
Peter remembered the words Jesus

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has spoken that before the 
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You will disown me three times, 
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And he went outside and he wept 
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He wept bitterly because he was 
driven to sorrow. 

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God was right and he was wrong, 
and it drove him to a place of 

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mourning. 
It's the heart of the Apostle 

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Paul there in Romans Chapter 7, 
when he says, oh, what a 

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wretched man that I am. 
Who shall deliver me from this 

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body of death? 
Most of you know full well the 

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context of Romans 7. 
The things that I don't want to 

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do. 
That's what I find myself doing.

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The things that I want to do. 
I don't get those things right. 

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Paul brought to a place of godly
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What do I do about this? 
I am a wretched man. 

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And he sought deliverance, and 
he found deliverance in Christ 

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and in Christ alone. 
You see godly sorrow in the 

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heart of the apostle Paul. 
The godly sorrow is that deep 

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inward conviction over sin that 
breaks our heart simply because 

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we realize that our sin breaks 
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It is that. 
Sorrow and that agony. 

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That comes over any and all 
existing and abiding sin in our 

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lives. 
Is that sorrow that comes 

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because of. 
Our. 

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Lack of holiness before thrice 
Holy God is a sorrow that comes 

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because you realize that the 
thing that you have participated

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in defends or offends. 
Excuse me, your heavenly Father.

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It is that sincere sorrow that 
God brings through His Spirit 

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into our lives as true 
believers, bringing the sorrow 

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to simply, kindly and lovingly 
lead us to repentance, to lead 

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us back to where we belong. 
Godly sorrow is that forgotten 

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principle, a forgotten principle
that is not prevalent in the 

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lives of those who profess 
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The absence of godly sorrow in 
our lives at the end of the day 

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should cause us to question any 
thoughts, salvation and any 

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thought repentance that is 
actually ever thought to have 

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occurred in our lives. 
And today the Psalmist is going 

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to teach us much what godly 
sorrow really is, what it looks 

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like, what comes from it, what 
is the purpose of it. 

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I remind you that Jesus taught 
in his life a paradox over and 

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over again. 
If you were going to be lifted 

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up, you must first be brought 
low. 

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We're going to see the psalmist 
today in a low place. 

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I told you when we started this 
study that there's really no 

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clear evidence as to who 
literally pinned the 119th 

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Psalm. 
It's up for debate. 

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And I told you then that it 
really doesn't matter. 

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But if you are. 
One of those who side with the 

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scholars who say this is 
potentially David. 

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This would make great sense 
because David knew great sin. 

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But he also knew great sorrow, 
and he also saw great 

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repentance, and he also saw 
great restoration and great 

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revival in his life. 
And so let's read here in the 

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119th Psalm, verse 25, as we 
look at the forgotten principle.

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Of godly sorrow 25 The Psalmist.
Says I am laid low in the dust, 

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preserve my life according to 
your word. 

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I recount my ways and you 
answered me. 

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Teach me your decrees. 
Let me understand the teaching 

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of your precepts and then I will
meditate on your wonders. 

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My soul is weary with sorrow. 
Strengthen me according to your 

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word. 
Keep me from deceitful ways. 

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Be gracious to me through your 
law I have chosen the way of 

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truth. 
I have set my heart on your laws

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I hold. 
Fast to your statutes. 

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O Lord, do not let me be put to 
shame. 

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I run in the path of your 
commands, for you have set my 

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heart free. 
Let's pray together, Father, in 

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the name of Jesus, we come to 
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We ask that by your Spirit and 
His power in the preaching of 

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your Word today that we would 
learn more about godly sorrow 

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and. 
That we would see that vein of 

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thought running through the 
entirety of Scripture. 

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That we would be men and women 
who grieve over our sin and 

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trust in You for restoration and
revival in our souls. 

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God, we know that you will be 
faithful to bring it. 

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God, I pray for the lost soul 
who is here today who has never 

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been sorrowful for his or her 
sin. 

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I pray today that you show them 
offensive way of their nature, 

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how it offends their Creator and
how there is. 

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No. 
Hope as they continue in their 

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sin. 
But that hope came to this 

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world, that your only begotten 
Son came to this world to die on

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a cross, to be buried, and to 
rise again from the grave to 

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give hope to even the most 
wicked and vile unbelieving 

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Sinner who would repent in godly
sorrow and turn to you, trusting

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in you alone as Lord and Savior.
I pray today that you would 

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save. 
The wretched soul from death and

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eternal damnation. 
God, I pray today that as your 

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word goes forth, your will would
be done in all aspects of our 

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lives and the life of this 
church. 

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We pray these things in Christ's
name, Amen. 

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So as we approach the topic of 
godly sorrow, I want us to start

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here in verse 25, in the initial
verse, there in the first part 

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of this verse, as we look at the
reasons for godly sorrow, why is

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this principle that is 
forgotten? 

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Why is it so important? 
Why is it essential in the lives

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of those who are truly 
believers? 

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The psalmist says this in 25, 
the first part. 

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I am laid low in the dust. 
The psalmist here is in a place 

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of obvious and deep sorrow and 
grief. 

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He's experiencing that godly 
sorrow that we will be Speaking 

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of today and analyzing today. 
He's been brought to near death 

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in this agony. 
We know that it was. 

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It is from the dust that man was
created and from the dust that 

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they will return. 
And here the psalmist is in 

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agony over his own sin, 
revisiting the dust, the lowest 

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of the lowest places. 
He's brought there, clinging to 

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this dust as low as a living man
can be in this life, as humble 

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and as humbled as a person can 
find themselves and still remain

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alive. 
He is completely stripped of 

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every ounce of his arrogance and
his pride and his 

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self-sufficiency. 
And he's brought to a place of 

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utter humility. 
Well, this is a common thing 

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that we see in the Psalms. 
In fact, in Psalm 22, verse 1515

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says this in a prophecy 
concerning the Lord. 

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It says my strength is dried up 
like a potcher, and my tongue 

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sticks to the roof of my mouth. 
You lay me in the dust of death.

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That was not Christ's sin that 
He bore sorrow in mourning for. 

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But it was. 
The sin of those who God would 

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save and the psalmist in Psalm 
22 recognizing this, recognizing

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and documenting what it means to
lay in the dust of death, to be 

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in the lowest of low places, to 
be completely stripped and 

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humbled. 
And here in Psalm 119, we find 

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this man there. 
Let's look at the reasons for 

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this. 
What actually brought him and 

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would bring a person to the 
place of godly sorrow? 

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To the place of literally 
grasping at the dust only to 

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have the hope and looking up 
because they can't look down 

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any. 
Further. 

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Would bring them to this number 
one, we see this a conviction of

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sin. 
He is obviously convicted of 

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some sort of sin. 
And before you ask me what sin 

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is it, I can't tell you exactly 
what sin it is, but we will 

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learn later that it is some type
of deceitful sin in his life. 

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And isn't all sin deceitful? 
But we see that there is a 

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conviction that has taken place.
We see that godly sorrow and 

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brokenness always starts with 
true conviction. 

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In fact, you will never 
experience godly sorrow until 

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you are first. 
Convicted of the sin in your 

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life? 
You will never continually walk 

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in godly sorrow until you are 
continually walking in 

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conviction from the Holy Spirit 
according to the Word of God. 

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What is conviction? 
It is recognizing the sinfulness

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of sin. 
You know why many don't 

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experience godly sorrow in this 
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It's because they don't 
recognize the sinfulness of sin.

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In fact, in many church circles,
we don't even refer to it as sin

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any longer. 
In fact, it's not popular to 

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even use the term from the 
pulpit. 

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We use terms like deficiencies 
or faults or shortcomings. 

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We change the words so that it 
it's more palatable to our our 

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hearing to our tasting be at the
Lord's word cause of sin as sin 

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and. 
It teaches us to see the 

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sinfulness of sin, because until
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will never experience true godly
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And it is the convicting power 
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just how sinful sin is. 
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Well, sin offends our heavenly 
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Sin offends our Creator. 
Sin offends our holy God. 

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Psalm 54 it says this. 
You are not a God who takes 

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pleasure in evil. 
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dwell. 
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US. 
Sin that cuts us off from a holy

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God it is sin that separates us 
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Sin offends the Father, and it 
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lives, bringing us the godly 
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suffering and death for the Son,
the Lord Jesus Christ. 

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Well, when you think about that 
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nothing in regard to Jesus 
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we receive from Him. 
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before he could promise that and
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Please know this, that He had to
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He suffered and He died for 
those who would believe and 

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trust in Him as Lord and Savior.
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says in Isaiah 53. 
Five, It is my sin that pierced 

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His hands, and it is my sin that
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Is that not what Isaiah says? 
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But He was pierced for our 
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He was crushed for our 
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The punishment that brought us 
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wounds we are healed. 
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and He bore those wounds because
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Why would the God that we would 
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that every time we are faced 
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time we are faced with the 
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remain and to abide in US, after
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that we are not to participate 
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I would to God that every time 
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God as a license to do whatever 
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reminded that sin, the sin that 
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is the sin that caused the 
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Die. 
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godly sorrow understands the 
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Jesus wasn't just walking along 
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cross would be a good idea. 
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conditions since our first 
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in the garden, and He had 
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And He demonstrates that 
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suffer and to die in our place, 
to bear the wrath that belonged 

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to us upon the cross. 
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willfully dive off into sin. 
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your sin that caused suffering 
and death for the Savior of the 

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Lord Jesus Christ. 
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William Perkins when he said 
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If Christ shed his heart blood 
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made him sweat water and blood. 
Oh, then why should not we 

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ourselves shed bitter tears? 
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bleed for them? 
He who finds himself so dull and

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hardened that the passion of 
Christ does not humble him is in

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a lamentable case. 
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death of Christ effectually in 
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What was Perkins saying? 
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He's saying if there is no 
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and if you're not brought to 
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Christ as your Lord and Savior. 
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Scripture reading this morning, 
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repentance. 
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there must be some level of. 
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And so we see as we look at the 
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it is conviction of sin. 
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sorrow into our lives, 
understanding, being convicted 

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that our sin offends the Father 
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convicted that our sin caused 
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the Lord Jesus. 
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grieves the Holy Spirit who 
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Far too often we forget this 
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Ephesians chapter 4 and verse 30
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the believers there in Ephesus 
and teaching them. 

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All that they are to know and to
live in their new life and how 

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they are to abstain from the old
ways in the old life that they 

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once lived in sin. 
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them that when we do pick up the
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Here's what transpires in verse 
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He says, And do not grieve the 
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you were sealed for the day of 
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We ought to think about that 
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here today. 
We ought to think about that 

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when we hold on to our little 
pet sins, we hide those things 

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under the rug that we have no 
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Let us be mindful of the fact 
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grieve the Holy Spirit who is 
our guarantor, giving us that 

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promise of salvation, living in 
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But the sad fact is, in so many 
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with grieving the Holy Spirit 
who is living in US and 

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sanctifying us. 
True conviction won't rest 

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there. 
True conviction will recognize 

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any and all sin as evil without 
exception. 

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If God's word calls it sin, you 
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You will be a person, a man or a
woman of conviction, and that 

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conviction will lead you to a 
place of godly sorrow every time

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you participate in something 
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I find it quite difficult, 
frankly, to believe that someone

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with little or no conviction is 
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You said that's a big statement,
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Well, John says it like this in 
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the ministry of Christ. 
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convict the world of guilt in 
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and judgement. 
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world? 
Of guilt in regard to sin. 

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Surely his people will be 
convicted of their sin. 

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Surely that conviction will 
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sorrow in their lives. 
I don't think that that is. 

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A stretch at all. 
Neither did the men of old. 

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In fact, John Owen said this. 
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digest daily sins in his life 
without conviction in the heart 

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is at the very brink of turning 
the grace of God into 

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lasciviousness and being 
hardened by the deceitfulness of

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sin. 
Oh dear Christian, please pay 

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attention to those words, 
because without conviction over 

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sin, you will never come to a 
place of godly sorrow. 

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Therefore you will never come to
a place of true repentance. 

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Therefore you will never come to
a place of true restoration. 

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We see the second reason, the 
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For godly sorrow, the second 
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would ask this where is the 
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church? 
I know what happens when a 

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preacher nowadays preaches on 
holiness. 

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I get it. 
I live it every single day. 

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I get fingers pointed from every
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And you know what they say? 
They say he's a legalist. 

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Let me make this clear again 
once and for all. 

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I am not talking about holiness 
so that you can be justified and

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saved. 
I'm talking about holiness 

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because you have been justified 
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And a true believer will have a 
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It will grieve them when they 
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they see the holiness of Christ,
when the witness of the Holy 

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Spirit living in them reveals to
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They will be grieved in heart. 
They will be broken. 

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They will find themselves laid 
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here, because they are so far 
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God. 
Person who desires true holiness

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will be grieved by any present 
sin or potential sin in their 

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lives, because they know that 
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antonym of who God is and who 
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Or the reason that there's not 
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today is very obvious, isn't it?
It is because so many so-called 

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professing Christians in the 
world today have no concern and 

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no desire for holiness at all. 
They simply ignore. 

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The commands of Scripture. 
I'm not talking about the Old 

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Testament commands of the 
Scripture, though they apply. 

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I am saying this, they blatantly
disregard even the teachings of 

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the New Testament. 
In first Peter chapter 1, again 

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Peter quoting from the Old 
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as obedient children do not 
conform to the evil desires you 

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had when you lived in ignorance,
but just as he who called you is

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holy, so be holy in all you do. 
For it is written be holy 

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because I am holy. 
Oh, please know that a concern 

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for holiness. 
It will bring godly sorrow in 

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your life. 
Thomas Watson and one of my 

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favorite books aside from the 
Bible, the godly man's picture. 

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He said this. 
He said a godly heart grieves 

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that he can be no more holy. 
It troubles him that he shoots 

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too short of the rule and 
standard which God has set. 

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We'll see the depths of those 
words that a godly heart will 

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grieve because he continually in
this lifetime falls short of 

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God's holy standard. 
And he longs more and more and 

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more to either be like Christ or
to be with Christ. 

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And he is in a constant state of
brokenness because he has not 

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achieved holiness. 
Where is that concern for 

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holiness in the church? 
Instead, today we're searching 

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Scripture to see what we can 
still get away with, be called a

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believer, follower of Christ. 
What can we still participate 

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in? 
What can we justify instead of 

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doing as Scripture commands and 
abstaining from even the very 

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appearance of evil? 
Instead of searching the 

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Scriptures saying what is a holy
God always required of his 

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people instead of seeing how. 
Short we fall of that so many 

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times and grieving in the very 
depths of our soul because. 

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We fall short, we give no regard
to it. 

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So the second reason for godly 
sorrow that we see here, why a 

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person would be laid low in the 
dust, completely bankrupt in 

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spirit, mourning over their sin,
it's because they have a concern

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for holiness, which calls me to 
clearly make a claim that we 

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don't see professing believers 
in the dust any longer because 

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there is no concern for 
holiness, there is no conviction

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of sin. 
And thirdly, the third reason 

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for godly sorrow is contrition 
of heart. 

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Contrition of heart. 
What are you even Speaking of in

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a language that we don't 
understand? 

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Pastor, will you tell us 
something that we need? 

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You need this. 
You need this because many have 

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sold you a bill of goods that 
simply raising your hand and 

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walking an aisle and praying a 
prayer with no contrition in 

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your heart toward God, no 
brokenness, and no sorrow over 

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your sin has somehow LED you to 
repentance. 

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It has not LED you to repentance
at all. 

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It has LED you to a false hope 
of eternal life that is not for 

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you to have. 
Because it does not come without

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these things. 
Contrition of heart. 

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Oh, we see it in Psalm 88, verse
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It says, For my soul is full of 
trouble in my life draws near 

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the grave. 
I'm counted among those who go 

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down to the pit. 
I'm like a man without strength.

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I'm set apart with with the 
dead, like the slain who lie in 

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the grave. 
Whom you remember no more, Who 

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are cut off from your care. 
You have put me in the lowest 

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pit and the darkest. 
That's your wrath lies heavily 

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upon me. 
You have overwhelmed me with 

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all. 
Your waves, The psalmist here 

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being overwhelmed by the weight 
and the conviction of his sin. 

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And the contrition of his heart,
David in Psalm 51, what an 

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example of this broken over his 
sin of adultery and murder and 

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all of the deceit and the 
conniving that went along with 

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that. 
And broken he should be. 

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He says in verse 17 of Psalm 51,
The sacrifices of God are a 

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broken spirit, a broken and 
contrite heart. 

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O God, you will not despise. 
May we see the danger that 

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brokenness and contrition over 
sin is absent from the modern 

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church. 
It's absent from the modern 

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so-called Christians life. 
They are most of the time 

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completely void of it at all. 
May we see the danger of that? 

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You say, why is it dangerous? 
Doesn't God still love us? 

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And doesn't God still forgive 
us? 

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And doesn't God grant to us 
eternal life? 

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Please pay attention to what He 
says, not to what you think or 

452
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what you've been told 
incorrectly. 

453
00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:54,120
Isaiah 66 verse one says this. 
This is what the Lord says. 

454
00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:57,120
He says it. 
Heaven is my throne and the 

455
00:33:57,120 --> 00:34:00,560
earth is my footstool. 
Well, there's so many people who

456
00:34:00,560 --> 00:34:03,360
think that they're on their way 
to heaven where He resides. 

457
00:34:03,360 --> 00:34:04,760
Watch. 
What he says. 

458
00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:08,320
Heaven is my throne, in the 
earth is my footstool. 

459
00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:10,639
Where is the house you will 
build for me? 

460
00:34:11,320 --> 00:34:15,280
Where will my resting place be? 
Has not my hand made all these 

461
00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:19,120
things? 
And so they came into being. 

462
00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:22,560
Declares the Lord. 
Watch what he says next. 

463
00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:27,760
This is the one who I esteem. 
This is the one who I approve 

464
00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:31,920
of, This is the one who is truly
my child, watches he who is 

465
00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:36,760
humble and contrite in spirit 
and who trembles at my word. 

466
00:34:36,840 --> 00:34:39,719
Where's the contrition? 
Where's the trembling at the 

467
00:34:39,719 --> 00:34:43,360
word of God? 
No, the sad fact is we have made

468
00:34:43,360 --> 00:34:47,000
the Word of God simply 
entertainment to many so-called 

469
00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:49,239
churches. 
When we come and we receive some

470
00:34:49,239 --> 00:34:52,719
kind of pep talk for the next 
week and we go out, the doors 

471
00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:57,640
pepped up for only seconds. 
Our lives have never changed. 

472
00:34:58,840 --> 00:35:02,920
We're never moved to a place of 
godly sorrow because godly. 

473
00:35:02,920 --> 00:35:05,320
Sorrow comes when we're contrite
of heart. 

474
00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:08,880
Acceptance from God and being 
esteemed by God comes when we 

475
00:35:08,880 --> 00:35:14,200
are contrite. 
We are made low, not thinking 

476
00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:16,120
that we are someone or 
something. 

477
00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:22,920
But knowing that compared to God
we are but dust, and dust is 

478
00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:28,040
where we belong, Well, that's 
the contrition of heart that 

479
00:35:28,040 --> 00:35:33,520
brings us to godly sorrow. 
I would ask this question, 

480
00:35:33,520 --> 00:35:37,720
Church, where are the tears? 
Where are the tears? 

481
00:35:40,040 --> 00:35:44,360
Where are the tears that we see 
in Scripture, those that Peter 

482
00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:47,040
cried, those that Christ himself
cried? 

483
00:35:48,920 --> 00:35:53,040
Where are the tears and? 
In Psalm 6, verse 6, where the 

484
00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:56,560
psalmist says I'm worn out from 
groaning all night long, I flood

485
00:35:56,560 --> 00:35:59,680
my bed with weeping and drenched
my couch with tears. 

486
00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:01,840
Why was he weeping and why was 
he crying? 

487
00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:04,520
Because he was a weak man. 
He wasn't a weak man at all. 

488
00:36:04,560 --> 00:36:08,440
He was a warrior, but. 
He was broken. 

489
00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:11,240
He was broken because of his 
sin. 

490
00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:13,720
And he wept. 
And that doesn't make him weak, 

491
00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:15,240
that doesn't make him 
effeminate. 

492
00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:18,680
That makes him a man after God's
own heart. 

493
00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:26,760
He was broken and he was weak 
and he was contrite and he was 

494
00:36:26,760 --> 00:36:32,440
full of tears all night long. 
When's the last time you were so

495
00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:36,080
heavenly, heavily weighted and 
convicted by your sin concern 

496
00:36:36,080 --> 00:36:42,160
for holiness that you spent the 
night weeping, weeping, broken 

497
00:36:42,160 --> 00:36:47,000
and contrite, in agony, knowing?
That you had offended a holy 

498
00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:49,920
God. 
By your behavior, By your 

499
00:36:49,920 --> 00:36:54,760
tongue, By your social media 
post, By your gossip, By your 

500
00:36:54,760 --> 00:37:02,240
slander, by your inappropriate 
relations, By your covetousness,

501
00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:05,080
By your greed. 
When's the? 

502
00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:08,680
Last time that you missed a 
moment of sleep and agony. 

503
00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:14,320
Because you have offended God in
such a manner, where is the 

504
00:37:14,320 --> 00:37:16,760
anguish? 
Where's the anguish? 

505
00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:21,400
That we see all throughout the 
scripture, Psalm 38 and verse 4.

506
00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:25,200
It says my guilt has overwhelmed
me like a burden too heavy to 

507
00:37:25,200 --> 00:37:27,880
bear. 
My wounds fester and are. 

508
00:37:27,880 --> 00:37:32,200
Loathsome because of my sinful 
folly, I am bowed down and 

509
00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:35,000
brought very low. 
All day long I go about 

510
00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:37,720
mourning. 
My back is filled with. 

511
00:37:37,720 --> 00:37:41,080
Searing pain. 
There is no health in my body. 

512
00:37:41,160 --> 00:37:45,200
I am feeble and utterly crushed.
I groan in anguish of heart. 

513
00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:48,960
This man is not describing for 
you a person who just got into a

514
00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:51,240
bad car accident. 
There were no cars. 

515
00:37:53,360 --> 00:37:56,920
He is in anguish and he is in 
agony because of his sin. 

516
00:37:58,480 --> 00:38:00,320
Where's the anguish? 
Where's the agony? 

517
00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:03,760
Where are the tears? 
Where's the true godly sorrow in

518
00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:11,200
our so-called church culture? 
In fact, in our church culture, 

519
00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:17,280
sin, On the contrary, is often 
celebrated and rationalized and 

520
00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:22,320
justified and accepted and 
excused. 

521
00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:29,080
Unfortunately, many times the 
only regret that we have over 

522
00:38:29,080 --> 00:38:34,760
sin, it's the fact that we were 
caught in it and it brought 

523
00:38:34,760 --> 00:38:39,280
human embarrassment to us. 
Well, Church, please say see 

524
00:38:39,280 --> 00:38:42,160
that this is so much more than 
that. 

525
00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:48,720
Because often even in our 
embarrassment, there's still no 

526
00:38:48,720 --> 00:38:53,720
brokenness, there's still no 
contrition of heart, and 

527
00:38:53,720 --> 00:38:56,600
therefore there is no godly 
sorrow. 

528
00:38:57,720 --> 00:39:00,440
And so we see the reasons for 
godly sorrow, the conviction of 

529
00:39:00,440 --> 00:39:03,320
sin, concern for holiness, 
contrition of heart. 

530
00:39:04,960 --> 00:39:09,160
We move to the. 
Second point today, the response

531
00:39:09,160 --> 00:39:13,720
to godly sorrow. 
What will this look like? 

532
00:39:14,440 --> 00:39:19,720
What will this be made of if 
godly sorrow truly exists in our

533
00:39:19,720 --> 00:39:23,160
life? 
What is the proper response? 

534
00:39:23,160 --> 00:39:25,200
Let's see the psalmist response 
there in 25. 

535
00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:27,160
The second part, yes, 
congratulations, you made it 

536
00:39:27,160 --> 00:39:34,440
halfway through the first verse 
thus far, he says. 

537
00:39:34,440 --> 00:39:36,440
Preserve my life according to 
your word. 

538
00:39:37,560 --> 00:39:39,320
I recounted my ways and You 
answered me. 

539
00:39:40,160 --> 00:39:43,080
Teach me Your decrees. 
Let me understand the teaching 

540
00:39:43,080 --> 00:39:46,400
of Your precepts, and then I 
will meditate on Your wonders. 

541
00:39:46,960 --> 00:39:49,720
My soul is weary with sorrow. 
Strengthen me according to Your 

542
00:39:49,720 --> 00:39:53,320
word. 
Keep me from deceitful ways. 

543
00:39:53,760 --> 00:39:56,640
Be gracious to me through Your 
law. 

544
00:39:57,520 --> 00:39:59,480
What do we see here? 
What is going on? 

545
00:39:59,640 --> 00:40:03,040
We see the psalmist responding 
to the fact that he was brought 

546
00:40:03,040 --> 00:40:06,560
to a place of godly sorrow. 
The first part of that verse, we

547
00:40:06,560 --> 00:40:08,640
see him. 
I am laid low in the dust. 

548
00:40:09,280 --> 00:40:11,200
And then something begins to 
happen. 

549
00:40:11,720 --> 00:40:15,040
Oh, I know that there has been 
this gloomy, dark shadow 

550
00:40:15,040 --> 00:40:18,280
seemingly cast across the entire
congregation today, Right, 

551
00:40:18,280 --> 00:40:21,040
Because we're so prone to want 
to go to church so that we can 

552
00:40:21,040 --> 00:40:23,200
feel good. 
You must be broken and you must 

553
00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:27,040
be sorrowful before you can ever
experience the true joy of the 

554
00:40:27,040 --> 00:40:32,600
Lord and hear the psalmist 
responding to the godly sorrow 

555
00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:34,760
that has come upon him. 
Not with whining, not with 

556
00:40:34,760 --> 00:40:39,560
complaining. 
But with first a desperate 

557
00:40:39,560 --> 00:40:43,400
turning toward God. 
Well, look at this desperation 

558
00:40:43,400 --> 00:40:45,320
here. 
Preserve my life according to 

559
00:40:45,320 --> 00:40:47,360
your word. 
He knew this, that were it not 

560
00:40:47,360 --> 00:40:53,480
for the mercy of God, the dust 
is where he would remain, and 

561
00:40:53,480 --> 00:40:57,680
that would be the only hope that
he had to die and to return back

562
00:40:57,680 --> 00:40:59,640
to the dust. 
But he asked the Lord in 

563
00:40:59,640 --> 00:41:03,520
desperation, preserve my life 
according to your word. 

564
00:41:07,200 --> 00:41:11,800
Could we please understand today
that sin is a matter of life and

565
00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:15,080
death. 
It's not just something that can

566
00:41:15,080 --> 00:41:16,280
simply. 
Be ignored. 

567
00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:23,000
Sin is a cancer to your soul. 
It is acid to the skin. 

568
00:41:24,280 --> 00:41:30,360
And it must be dealt with or it 
will demand its payment. 

569
00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:36,400
We know what the Scripture says.
The wages of sin is death, and 

570
00:41:36,400 --> 00:41:42,560
so all sin warrants death. 
And unless God be merciful to us

571
00:41:43,400 --> 00:41:49,760
and preserve our lives, death is
what we will receive, because 

572
00:41:49,760 --> 00:41:54,280
the wages of sin is death. 
Romans 623 goes on to say. 

573
00:41:54,280 --> 00:41:58,840
But though the wages of sin is 
death, the gift of God is 

574
00:41:58,840 --> 00:42:02,520
eternal life through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. 

575
00:42:03,280 --> 00:42:05,080
Oh, the. 
Psalmist here, desperately 

576
00:42:05,080 --> 00:42:09,760
turning toward God. 
Seeing his sin, suffering under 

577
00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:13,480
the weight of his sin, and then 
desperately turning to God for 

578
00:42:13,480 --> 00:42:15,440
life. 
Preserve my life according to 

579
00:42:15,440 --> 00:42:18,240
your word. 
He's confidently trusting in 

580
00:42:18,240 --> 00:42:23,280
God's mercy and God's grace as 
defined by God's word. 

581
00:42:23,400 --> 00:42:26,800
Are you grateful today that we 
can trust in God's mercy and we 

582
00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:30,960
can trust in God's grace as 
defined by His word for the very

583
00:42:30,960 --> 00:42:34,480
life that He gives us? 
The psalmist here. 

584
00:42:35,760 --> 00:42:38,760
Understanding what the writer of
Hebrews meant in Hebrews chapter

585
00:42:38,760 --> 00:42:41,680
4 verse 16 when it says, let us 
then approach the throne of 

586
00:42:41,680 --> 00:42:46,280
grace with confidence so that we
may receive mercy and find grace

587
00:42:46,400 --> 00:42:53,320
to help us in our time of need. 
O godly sorrow ought to cause us

588
00:42:53,320 --> 00:42:58,680
to desperately run to the throne
of God's grace to receive mercy 

589
00:42:58,840 --> 00:43:02,280
and grace from His hand, because
that is the only place that we 

590
00:43:02,280 --> 00:43:05,280
will receive mercy and grace for
our sin. 

591
00:43:06,080 --> 00:43:10,120
Psalm 50 verse 15 The psalmist 
says, and call upon me and the 

592
00:43:10,120 --> 00:43:13,920
day of trouble, and I will 
deliver you, and you will honor 

593
00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:18,080
me on the day of trouble. 
The psalmist calling upon the 

594
00:43:18,080 --> 00:43:22,360
name of the Lord and taking him 
at his word, knowing that the 

595
00:43:22,360 --> 00:43:26,360
Lord would not leave him in the 
dust, but the Lord would deliver

596
00:43:26,360 --> 00:43:30,200
him, and that he would raise him
up to be a man who honors him. 

597
00:43:33,240 --> 00:43:36,880
We see that a desperate turning 
toward God involves 

598
00:43:36,880 --> 00:43:39,680
understanding that sin is a 
matter of life and death. 

599
00:43:39,680 --> 00:43:43,240
But it also involves confidently
trusting in God's mercy and His 

600
00:43:43,240 --> 00:43:47,360
grace according to His Word. 
And trusting by faith in the 

601
00:43:47,360 --> 00:43:53,720
promises of His Word. 
And allowing those promises to 

602
00:43:53,720 --> 00:43:58,040
root in the very fiber of our 
being gives true repentance from

603
00:43:58,040 --> 00:44:06,200
sin. 
True godly sorrow will always be

604
00:44:06,200 --> 00:44:08,440
marked with a desperate turning 
toward God. 

605
00:44:09,600 --> 00:44:13,800
How many times you have heard 
people say from the pulpits, and

606
00:44:13,800 --> 00:44:16,080
for whosoever shall call upon 
the name of the Lord, they shall

607
00:44:16,080 --> 00:44:19,440
be saved, that calling upon the 
name of the Lord is not just 

608
00:44:19,440 --> 00:44:22,600
some trivial, trivial saying the
name of Jesus, hoping that He 

609
00:44:22,600 --> 00:44:26,240
will give you eternal life. 
That calling upon the name of 

610
00:44:26,240 --> 00:44:29,800
the Lord is a desperate call. 
It is a call that without Jesus 

611
00:44:29,800 --> 00:44:33,240
rescuing you, you know that you 
will perish, that He is your 

612
00:44:33,240 --> 00:44:35,840
only hope. 
And when you call upon His name 

613
00:44:35,920 --> 00:44:39,680
in that manner, desperately 
turning toward God, when you do 

614
00:44:39,680 --> 00:44:41,480
that, it is then that He saves 
you. 

615
00:44:43,280 --> 00:44:46,200
That is our response to true 
godly sorrow. 

616
00:44:46,200 --> 00:44:50,320
It's not to to just lay there in
the dust, but it's to look up 

617
00:44:50,320 --> 00:44:52,680
and it's to cry out to the Lord 
in desperation. 

618
00:44:52,800 --> 00:44:56,600
Lord, I need you. 
Lord, I cannot live without you,

619
00:44:56,680 --> 00:44:59,080
not in this life and not in the 
life to come. 

620
00:45:00,880 --> 00:45:02,320
It's a desperate turning toward 
God. 

621
00:45:02,320 --> 00:45:05,360
It is that desperate turning 
that we see from the prophet 

622
00:45:05,360 --> 00:45:08,400
Joel in chapter 2 and verse. 12 
where it says even now declares 

623
00:45:08,400 --> 00:45:11,840
the Lord, Return to me with all 
your heart, with fasting and 

624
00:45:11,840 --> 00:45:15,200
weeping and mourning, rend your 
heart and not your garments. 

625
00:45:15,200 --> 00:45:17,160
Return to the Lord your God, for
He is. 

626
00:45:17,160 --> 00:45:21,160
Gracious and compassionate, slow
to anger and abounding in love. 

627
00:45:21,320 --> 00:45:23,800
And he relents from sending 
calamity. 

628
00:45:25,440 --> 00:45:29,760
It is that true desperation, 
turning to God and trusting in 

629
00:45:29,760 --> 00:45:32,200
the promises of His Word that He
is. 

630
00:45:34,000 --> 00:45:38,880
Gracious and compassionate, slow
to anger and abounding in love. 

631
00:45:39,720 --> 00:45:42,320
Oh, see this morning that God 
has allowed you to come to that 

632
00:45:42,320 --> 00:45:46,960
point where you are in the dust 
and you are full of sorrow, so 

633
00:45:46,960 --> 00:45:50,960
that you can then desperately 
turn to Him as the only one who 

634
00:45:50,960 --> 00:45:53,120
can lift. 
You out of that sorrow. 

635
00:45:54,040 --> 00:45:56,920
It is a desperate turning to 
God. 

636
00:45:57,840 --> 00:45:59,320
The second response to godly 
sorrow. 

637
00:45:59,320 --> 00:46:01,000
Is this a deliberate confession 
of sin? 

638
00:46:01,160 --> 00:46:04,040
Watch the psalmist here, he said
in verse 26. 

639
00:46:04,360 --> 00:46:07,600
I recount my ways and you 
answered me. 

640
00:46:08,720 --> 00:46:13,600
I recounted my ways and you 
answered me. 

641
00:46:14,280 --> 00:46:16,880
This is a deliberate confession 
of sin. 

642
00:46:18,160 --> 00:46:22,080
In fact, in Psalm 51 we see 
David confessing his sin and he 

643
00:46:22,080 --> 00:46:24,040
says this in verse one. 
Have mercy on me, O God, 

644
00:46:24,040 --> 00:46:26,160
according to your unfailing 
love, according to your great 

645
00:46:26,160 --> 00:46:29,360
compassion, Blot out my 
transgressions, wash away all my

646
00:46:29,360 --> 00:46:32,320
iniquity and cleanse me from 
from my sin, for I know my 

647
00:46:32,320 --> 00:46:36,520
transgressions and my sin is 
always before me against you. 

648
00:46:36,520 --> 00:46:40,080
You only have I sinned and done 
what is evil in your sight so 

649
00:46:40,080 --> 00:46:44,040
that you are proved right when 
you speak and justified when you

650
00:46:44,040 --> 00:46:45,600
judge. 
You know what the psalmist was 

651
00:46:45,600 --> 00:46:47,760
saying there? 
God, you're right. 

652
00:46:49,120 --> 00:46:53,520
And I'm sinful. 
God, you were holy, and I am 

653
00:46:53,520 --> 00:46:57,040
wretched. 
He is giving a deliberate 

654
00:46:57,040 --> 00:47:00,400
confession of his sin. 
How did this come about? 

655
00:47:00,920 --> 00:47:02,800
How does it come about in our 
lives? 

656
00:47:03,440 --> 00:47:07,600
It comes about through a 
thorough examination, he says in

657
00:47:07,600 --> 00:47:09,680
26. 
Again, I recounted my ways and 

658
00:47:09,680 --> 00:47:10,760
you answered me, he said. 
I. 

659
00:47:10,760 --> 00:47:14,160
Looked at my life. 
And you told me the truth about 

660
00:47:14,160 --> 00:47:18,880
me. 
I examined myself and I saw that

661
00:47:18,880 --> 00:47:23,200
I fell. 
Short and you confirm that by 

662
00:47:23,200 --> 00:47:25,760
your word. 
And so, through the thorough 

663
00:47:25,760 --> 00:47:32,280
examination, recounting our 
ways, examining our lives, we 

664
00:47:32,280 --> 00:47:33,600
can then and only then, be 
moved. 

665
00:47:33,600 --> 00:47:36,800
To true confession, which is our
response. 

666
00:47:36,800 --> 00:47:42,480
To true godly sorrow. 
To confess our sin, to accept 

667
00:47:42,480 --> 00:47:46,840
that honest evaluation, and to 
no longer argue with God about 

668
00:47:46,840 --> 00:47:52,000
it. 
Oh dear Christian, I'm sure you 

669
00:47:52,000 --> 00:47:57,000
are weary if you were 
continually arguing with God 

670
00:47:57,000 --> 00:48:01,160
about right or wrong. 
But yet it goes on day-to-day, 

671
00:48:01,160 --> 00:48:04,160
doesn't it? 
There's no need for us to argue 

672
00:48:04,160 --> 00:48:07,200
with God about right or wrong. 
He is right. 

673
00:48:07,440 --> 00:48:10,320
The end. 
What He says is right. 

674
00:48:10,480 --> 00:48:14,240
What He says is true, what He 
says is holy. 

675
00:48:15,840 --> 00:48:18,920
If we are in opposition to that 
by our words, by our deeds, by 

676
00:48:18,920 --> 00:48:25,720
our wicked lives, we need to 
honestly evaluate that, and then

677
00:48:25,720 --> 00:48:29,320
we need to humbly agree with God
on the issue. 

678
00:48:30,040 --> 00:48:31,880
Oh, you hear it week after week 
after week. 

679
00:48:31,880 --> 00:48:35,080
First, John 19, what does it say
if we confess our sins? 

680
00:48:35,080 --> 00:48:38,440
He is faithful and just and will
forgive us our sins and purify 

681
00:48:38,440 --> 00:48:41,040
us from all unrighteousness. 
Now, let me make this very 

682
00:48:41,040 --> 00:48:43,400
clear. 
Confessing your sin is not just 

683
00:48:43,400 --> 00:48:51,360
simply stating it. 
We'll see the transgression. 

684
00:48:51,360 --> 00:48:53,960
I mean the the transition here 
He transitions from. 

685
00:48:55,000 --> 00:48:59,840
A man full of conviction, a man 
full of a concern for holiness, 

686
00:48:59,840 --> 00:49:03,680
contrition of heart. 
And then he transitions here to 

687
00:49:03,680 --> 00:49:07,800
a man who is deliberately 
confessing his sin before God. 

688
00:49:07,840 --> 00:49:12,600
What is he doing? 
He's humbly agreeing with God. 

689
00:49:13,560 --> 00:49:16,200
No more in his arrogance is he 
trying to justify his sin. 

690
00:49:16,200 --> 00:49:19,400
No more in his pride is he 
trying to justify his wrong 

691
00:49:19,400 --> 00:49:25,040
deeds. 
He's been brought to the point 

692
00:49:25,600 --> 00:49:29,400
through godly sorrow where he 
says, Lord, you're right. 

693
00:49:30,400 --> 00:49:32,400
If we confess our sins, he's 
faithful and just and will 

694
00:49:32,400 --> 00:49:35,040
forgive us our sins and purify 
us from all and righteous. 

695
00:49:35,040 --> 00:49:38,280
You know what he's saying. 
If you agree with God how 

696
00:49:38,280 --> 00:49:44,280
utterly sinful your sin is, then
and only then will you 

697
00:49:44,280 --> 00:49:51,720
experience true forgiveness. 
Psalm 32 five confirms that. 

698
00:49:53,160 --> 00:49:56,040
Davis says then I acknowledge my
sin to you and did not cover up 

699
00:49:56,040 --> 00:49:59,160
my iniquity. 
Why would he even say that? 

700
00:49:59,160 --> 00:50:00,920
Well, if you know the story, he 
was trying to cover it up. 

701
00:50:00,920 --> 00:50:02,960
It was cover up after cover up 
after cover up. 

702
00:50:04,400 --> 00:50:08,080
And he had to come to a point in
his brokenness where he honestly

703
00:50:08,080 --> 00:50:10,800
and openly, deliberately 
confessed his sin. 

704
00:50:11,400 --> 00:50:13,080
He said then I acknowledge my 
sin to you and did not. 

705
00:50:13,080 --> 00:50:15,760
Cover up my iniquity, I said. 
I will confess my transgressions

706
00:50:15,760 --> 00:50:19,160
to the Lord, and you forgave the
guilt of my sin. 

707
00:50:21,640 --> 00:50:25,320
Why do Christians walk around 
much of the time defeated 

708
00:50:26,200 --> 00:50:31,560
because of their past sin? 
Because you've not yet truly 

709
00:50:31,560 --> 00:50:35,160
confessed it. 
You've not yet truly been broken

710
00:50:35,160 --> 00:50:37,560
over it. 
You've simply just brushed it 

711
00:50:37,560 --> 00:50:40,760
under the rug. 
You have hid it under the floor 

712
00:50:40,920 --> 00:50:47,120
of your tent, as Aiken did, and 
it will not go away. 

713
00:50:48,360 --> 00:50:52,120
It will not be washed until you 
openly and honestly acknowledge 

714
00:50:52,120 --> 00:50:54,400
your sin. 
You will never experience the 

715
00:50:54,400 --> 00:50:57,120
forgiveness that God desires for
you to walk in. 

716
00:50:57,640 --> 00:51:02,200
You must humbly agree with Him. 
There must be a deliberate 

717
00:51:02,240 --> 00:51:06,360
confession of that sin. 
Then we see this. 

718
00:51:07,400 --> 00:51:09,440
Thirdly, in his response to 
godly sorrow. 

719
00:51:09,680 --> 00:51:12,400
It was a desperate turning 
toward God, deliberate 

720
00:51:12,680 --> 00:51:17,040
confession of sin. 
And then we see this man moved 

721
00:51:17,040 --> 00:51:21,960
to a deeper reliance on God. 
He says, Preserve my life 

722
00:51:21,960 --> 00:51:24,000
according to your word. 
I recounted my ways and you 

723
00:51:24,000 --> 00:51:25,760
answered me. 
He then goes into this. 

724
00:51:26,080 --> 00:51:29,000
Teach me your decrees. 
Let me understand the teaching 

725
00:51:29,000 --> 00:51:31,400
of Your precepts, and then I 
will meditate on Your wonders. 

726
00:51:31,400 --> 00:51:33,960
My soul is weary with sorrow. 
Strengthen me according to your 

727
00:51:33,960 --> 00:51:36,600
word. 
Keep me from deceitful ways. 

728
00:51:36,600 --> 00:51:38,880
Be gracious to me through your. 
Law. 

729
00:51:39,600 --> 00:51:42,640
We see here a deeper reliance on
God. 

730
00:51:43,600 --> 00:51:45,800
How does this come through 
understanding His Word. 

731
00:51:46,320 --> 00:51:48,840
Teach me your decrees. 
Let me understand the teaching 

732
00:51:48,840 --> 00:51:51,360
of your precepts. 
The psalmist now has a heart for

733
00:51:51,360 --> 00:51:53,720
a deeper understanding of God's 
Word. 

734
00:51:53,840 --> 00:51:56,720
And a deeper understanding of 
God's Word leads to a deeper 

735
00:51:56,720 --> 00:51:59,240
reliance on God. 
We know who He is. 

736
00:51:59,360 --> 00:52:02,200
We see His attributes. 
We see His faithfulness to His 

737
00:52:02,200 --> 00:52:04,360
people. 
We begin to then trust in him 

738
00:52:04,400 --> 00:52:07,880
all the more. 
The psalmist, you're moving to a

739
00:52:07,880 --> 00:52:10,920
deeper reliance on God. 
That's what godly sorrow brought

740
00:52:10,920 --> 00:52:15,400
him. 
For all of you who were in the 

741
00:52:15,400 --> 00:52:18,080
first part of this message 
thinking, oh this is nothing but

742
00:52:18,080 --> 00:52:25,680
doom or gloom, oh his doom or 
gloom, God is now transferring 

743
00:52:25,680 --> 00:52:29,160
him from doom and gloom to a 
deeper. 

744
00:52:29,160 --> 00:52:31,680
Reliance on God and a deeper 
reliance on God's Word. 

745
00:52:32,960 --> 00:52:36,160
On Psalm 119. 
Just last week we we saw this 

746
00:52:37,640 --> 00:52:39,680
verse 8, he said I will obey 
your decrees. 

747
00:52:39,680 --> 00:52:44,120
Do not utterly forsake me. 
He was moved to a place of 

748
00:52:44,120 --> 00:52:46,640
obedience. 
That's what's going on here, 

749
00:52:48,000 --> 00:52:51,920
being moved to a place of deeper
reliance and trust in God. 

750
00:52:52,560 --> 00:52:55,800
Look how the psalmist grows in 
his dependence before our very 

751
00:52:55,800 --> 00:52:59,840
eyes. 
How many people they would like 

752
00:52:59,840 --> 00:53:02,120
to think that the psalmist 
probably sat down and he wrote 

753
00:53:02,120 --> 00:53:04,320
all eight of these verses all at
the same time? 

754
00:53:05,080 --> 00:53:07,640
I don't think so. 
I think that that. 

755
00:53:07,640 --> 00:53:10,880
Obviously this was a a period of
time where he would write part 

756
00:53:10,880 --> 00:53:12,960
of this and then he would go 
back because he would start with

757
00:53:12,960 --> 00:53:17,800
I'm in the dust. 
Then as God we began to bring 

758
00:53:17,800 --> 00:53:20,520
him to place of godly sorrow 
there in the dust. 

759
00:53:20,680 --> 00:53:22,240
Then he was at a place of 
conviction. 

760
00:53:23,360 --> 00:53:25,160
Then he was at a place of real 
contrition. 

761
00:53:26,680 --> 00:53:30,000
Then he was at a place, 
responding by desperately 

762
00:53:30,000 --> 00:53:34,240
turning toward God in an 
attitude of hopelessness. 

763
00:53:37,320 --> 00:53:40,840
We see that deliberate 
confession of sin and that 

764
00:53:40,840 --> 00:53:46,120
deeper reliance on God. 
Look how His attitude changes 

765
00:53:46,120 --> 00:53:51,680
here. 
He says in verse 26, Teach me 

766
00:53:51,680 --> 00:53:55,080
your decrees. 
Then he says, let me in verse 

767
00:53:55,080 --> 00:53:57,840
27. 
And then strengthen me in verse 

768
00:53:57,840 --> 00:54:01,840
28 and then keep me in verse 29.
Keep me from the deceitful ways.

769
00:54:01,840 --> 00:54:04,640
That's how we know that some 
deceitful way has caused him to 

770
00:54:04,640 --> 00:54:07,320
be in this position. 
And that deceitful way did not 

771
00:54:07,320 --> 00:54:08,280
come from God. 
I. 

772
00:54:08,280 --> 00:54:13,600
Assure you of that. 
He says teach me, let me, 

773
00:54:13,600 --> 00:54:17,920
strengthen me, keep me. 
Verse 29 Be gracious to me. 

774
00:54:18,040 --> 00:54:20,720
What is going on here? 
Everything that's coming out of 

775
00:54:20,720 --> 00:54:22,680
his mouth now is dependence upon
God. 

776
00:54:22,800 --> 00:54:25,160
God, I need you to teach me. 
God, I need you to let me. 

777
00:54:25,240 --> 00:54:27,440
I need you to strengthen me. 
I need you to keep me. 

778
00:54:27,480 --> 00:54:30,440
I need you to be gracious to me.
He sees that he is hopeless 

779
00:54:30,440 --> 00:54:33,840
without God. 
Oh, he would have never come to 

780
00:54:33,840 --> 00:54:38,440
this point had he not been in 
the dust, but because he was in 

781
00:54:38,440 --> 00:54:39,960
the dust. 
And he was broken there in the 

782
00:54:39,960 --> 00:54:41,880
dust. 
He's now saying, Lord, I depend 

783
00:54:41,880 --> 00:54:43,920
on you. 
I rely on you all the more I 

784
00:54:43,920 --> 00:54:46,240
need. 
You, Lord, I need you. 

785
00:54:47,400 --> 00:54:51,000
Every hour I need you. 
True godly sorrow will teach us 

786
00:54:51,000 --> 00:54:56,840
to rely on God more and more and
less and less on our sinful 

787
00:54:56,840 --> 00:54:59,800
selves. 
We see the response to godly 

788
00:54:59,800 --> 00:55:01,640
sorrow, a desperate turning 
toward God, a delivered 

789
00:55:01,640 --> 00:55:03,720
confession of sin, and a deeper 
reliance on God. 

790
00:55:04,280 --> 00:55:11,600
Thirdly, as we continue this 
journey through these 8 verses, 

791
00:55:14,400 --> 00:55:15,920
you see the result of godly 
sorrow. 

792
00:55:17,600 --> 00:55:22,520
I want you to see the result of 
godly sorrow because some of you

793
00:55:22,520 --> 00:55:25,960
have already tuned me out and 
dubbed me as a doom and gloom 

794
00:55:25,960 --> 00:55:28,560
preacher. 
And yes, you must first to 

795
00:55:28,560 --> 00:55:32,120
preach the doom and gloom. 
You must first preach the bad 

796
00:55:32,120 --> 00:55:34,480
news so that the good news is 
good. 

797
00:55:38,680 --> 00:55:42,040
The result of godly sorrow. 
Watch this verse 30. 

798
00:55:42,040 --> 00:55:47,080
I've chosen the way of truth. 
Oh, he knew what it was like to 

799
00:55:47,080 --> 00:55:50,200
choose deceit and sin. 
He says. 

800
00:55:50,200 --> 00:55:53,960
I've set my heart on your laws. 
I hold fast to your statutes. 

801
00:55:54,600 --> 00:55:56,840
Oh Lord, do not let me be put to
shame. 

802
00:55:57,440 --> 00:56:02,040
I run in the path of your 
commands, for you have set my 

803
00:56:02,040 --> 00:56:06,000
heart free. 
Oh, would you see that church? 

804
00:56:06,000 --> 00:56:14,640
The psalmist was moved from dust
and sorrow and grief and agony 

805
00:56:15,320 --> 00:56:19,040
and pain over his sin. 
He was moved from there to a 

806
00:56:19,040 --> 00:56:24,440
place of revival. 
Did you know Christ came to 

807
00:56:24,440 --> 00:56:29,960
bring revival to those who truly
mourn over their sins? 

808
00:56:30,840 --> 00:56:33,680
That's what Isaiah tells us in 
the prophecy concerning Christ, 

809
00:56:33,680 --> 00:56:37,240
that Christ repeated as He was 
here in His earthly ministry 

810
00:56:37,400 --> 00:56:39,160
about His purpose and why He 
came. 

811
00:56:39,280 --> 00:56:41,800
Isaiah 61 verse one. 
It says this. 

812
00:56:42,640 --> 00:56:45,000
The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord
is on me because the Lord has 

813
00:56:45,000 --> 00:56:47,040
anointed me to preach good news 
to the poor. 

814
00:56:47,360 --> 00:56:50,320
He has sent me to bind up the 
broken hearted, to proclaim 

815
00:56:50,320 --> 00:56:53,320
freedom for the captives, and 
released from darkness to 

816
00:56:53,320 --> 00:56:56,760
prisoners to proclaim the year 
of the Lord's favor. 

817
00:56:57,120 --> 00:56:59,400
And the day of vengeance of our 
God. 

818
00:56:59,920 --> 00:57:05,520
Watch this to comfort all who 
mourn and provide for those who 

819
00:57:05,520 --> 00:57:09,520
grieve in Zion to bestow on them
a crown of beauty instead of 

820
00:57:09,520 --> 00:57:11,680
ashes. 
The oil of. 

821
00:57:11,680 --> 00:57:16,560
Gladness instead of mourning, in
a garment of praise instead of a

822
00:57:16,560 --> 00:57:22,040
spirit of despair. 
They will be called oaks of 

823
00:57:22,040 --> 00:57:29,520
righteousness, a planting of the
Lord for the display of His 

824
00:57:30,000 --> 00:57:33,160
splendor. 
Oh, you know why the Lord brings

825
00:57:33,160 --> 00:57:38,000
us to the dust in our sin, so 
that he can raise us up as 

826
00:57:38,000 --> 00:57:42,960
vessels for His glory and He can
display His splendor in US. 

827
00:57:44,000 --> 00:57:47,040
And you know why the Church of 
today is not displaying His 

828
00:57:47,040 --> 00:57:49,320
splendor? 
Because no one is willing to be 

829
00:57:49,320 --> 00:57:53,800
broken for their sin. 
Because it is in brokenness and 

830
00:57:53,800 --> 00:57:57,720
godly sorrow. 
It is only then that God can 

831
00:57:57,720 --> 00:58:06,080
raise us up in revival. 
Godly sorrow always precedes 

832
00:58:06,080 --> 00:58:08,040
revival. 
Psalm 7120. 

833
00:58:08,520 --> 00:58:11,560
It's as though you have made me 
see troubles, many and bitter. 

834
00:58:11,560 --> 00:58:15,120
You will restore my life again 
from the depths of the earth. 

835
00:58:15,120 --> 00:58:17,960
You will again bring me up. 
You will increase my honor and 

836
00:58:17,960 --> 00:58:20,840
comfort me once again. 
Oh, the psalmist knew about 

837
00:58:20,840 --> 00:58:25,840
being brought low so that God 
could then exalt one for His 

838
00:58:25,840 --> 00:58:31,280
glory. 
Godly sorrow always precedes 

839
00:58:31,280 --> 00:58:34,400
revival. 
In fact, revival does not come 

840
00:58:34,400 --> 00:58:40,360
to any individual or any group 
of believers without some 

841
00:58:40,360 --> 00:58:45,160
element of godly sorrow. 
Let me make this very clear and 

842
00:58:45,160 --> 00:58:47,920
all the confusion today and all 
the things that would be called 

843
00:58:47,920 --> 00:58:50,560
revivals that are not revivals 
at all. 

844
00:58:55,240 --> 00:59:01,840
Revivals are not brought by fine
music in fancy eloquent talk. 

845
00:59:05,040 --> 00:59:09,360
Revivals are brought by 
brokenness and godly sorrow for 

846
00:59:09,360 --> 00:59:13,200
our sin. 
Revivals are brought when the 

847
00:59:13,200 --> 00:59:16,240
people of God seek truth from 
God's Word. 

848
00:59:17,400 --> 00:59:19,720
Oh, it's just what James 
describes for us in James 

849
00:59:19,720 --> 00:59:22,520
chapter 4 verse 8 when he says 
come near to God and he will 

850
00:59:22,520 --> 00:59:25,280
come near to you. 
Wash your hands you sinners, and

851
00:59:25,280 --> 00:59:28,680
purify your hearts. 
You double minded, grieve, mourn

852
00:59:28,800 --> 00:59:31,280
and well. 
Change your laughter to mourning

853
00:59:31,360 --> 00:59:34,480
and your joy to gloom. 
Humble yourselves before the 

854
00:59:34,480 --> 00:59:39,360
Lord and He will lift you up. 
You know why the Lord is not 

855
00:59:39,360 --> 00:59:41,680
lifting anyone up in true 
revival? 

856
00:59:43,160 --> 00:59:46,840
Because there is no godly 
sorrow, there is no brokenness 

857
00:59:46,840 --> 00:59:49,840
over sin, there is no 
acknowledgement of offending a 

858
00:59:49,840 --> 00:59:53,840
holy God. 
Therefore, revival has not and 

859
00:59:53,840 --> 00:59:57,360
will not come. 
What we see in the life of the 

860
00:59:57,360 --> 01:00:02,240
psalmist here, a true revival. 
Watch this unfold. 

861
01:00:02,240 --> 01:00:06,240
A revival in direction. 
He says I have chosen the way of

862
01:00:06,240 --> 01:00:07,480
truth. 
Wait a second. 

863
01:00:09,560 --> 01:00:14,280
Just a moment ago he was on the 
way of deceit and he was 

864
01:00:14,280 --> 01:00:18,120
sorrowful for this. 
And now God has done a work in 

865
01:00:18,120 --> 01:00:23,400
his life, and now a revival has 
happened in the direction and 

866
01:00:23,400 --> 01:00:25,880
the course of his. 
Life, there is a change of 

867
01:00:25,880 --> 01:00:27,040
course. 
Did you know this? 

868
01:00:29,880 --> 01:00:31,480
Godly sorrow will change your 
course. 

869
01:00:33,440 --> 01:00:37,040
Godly sorrow will cause you to 
never, ever, ever want to be in 

870
01:00:37,040 --> 01:00:41,240
the dust of the earth again in 
the way of deceit, but to desire

871
01:00:41,240 --> 01:00:47,280
to be in the way. 
Of truth, 2nd Corinthians 7 we 

872
01:00:47,280 --> 01:00:49,800
read the tenth verse, but I 
would like to read the ninth 

873
01:00:49,800 --> 01:00:51,320
verse so that you understand 
what's going on. 

874
01:00:51,320 --> 01:00:53,400
It says this. 
Yet now I am happy, not because 

875
01:00:53,400 --> 01:00:56,680
you were made sorry, but because
your sorrow LED you to 

876
01:00:56,680 --> 01:00:59,920
repentance. 
Paul addressing the Corinthians 

877
01:00:59,920 --> 01:01:02,640
in the first Corinthian letter 
urging them to repent of many 

878
01:01:02,640 --> 01:01:07,160
sin, and now he's commending 
them. 

879
01:01:07,160 --> 01:01:09,080
He's saying I'm happy not 
because you were made sorry. 

880
01:01:09,080 --> 01:01:11,560
I'm not happy just because you 
were sorry that you did wrong. 

881
01:01:13,000 --> 01:01:16,320
Isn't it true? 
So many times in the church we 

882
01:01:16,320 --> 01:01:23,080
accept just being sorry, but not
sorrow full toward God, Paul 

883
01:01:23,080 --> 01:01:24,120
said. 
I'm thankful that you weren't 

884
01:01:24,120 --> 01:01:30,680
just sorry, but because your 
sorrow LED you to repentance. 

885
01:01:31,200 --> 01:01:34,720
Why was he thankful for this? 
For you became sorrowful as God 

886
01:01:34,720 --> 01:01:38,160
intended, and so we're not 
harmed in any way by us, he 

887
01:01:38,160 --> 01:01:39,200
said. 
I didn't have to come there and 

888
01:01:39,200 --> 01:01:41,920
I didn't have to continually 
rebuke you or remove you from 

889
01:01:41,920 --> 01:01:46,200
fellowship, he says in verse 10.
Godly sorrow brings. 

890
01:01:46,200 --> 01:01:49,440
Repentance that leads to 
salvation and leaves no regret, 

891
01:01:49,640 --> 01:01:53,000
but worldly sorrow brings death.
You know what Paul was saying? 

892
01:01:54,880 --> 01:01:57,080
Paul saying, I'm thankful that 
godly sorrow happened in your 

893
01:01:57,080 --> 01:01:59,680
life and that God brought you to
a place of godly sorrow because 

894
01:01:59,680 --> 01:02:05,760
godly sorrow led to your change 
of direction, a revival in your 

895
01:02:05,760 --> 01:02:08,920
course. 
You are now on the way of truth.

896
01:02:10,120 --> 01:02:12,880
That's true repentance. 
That's more than just being 

897
01:02:12,880 --> 01:02:17,840
sorry for your sin. 
It's being broken for your sin 

898
01:02:18,920 --> 01:02:22,680
and sorrowful to God. 
You've offended him by your 

899
01:02:22,680 --> 01:02:27,200
actions, but you can't stay on 
the same sinful path that you 

900
01:02:27,200 --> 01:02:33,440
have always been on and even 
attempt to call it repentance. 

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01:02:34,720 --> 01:02:38,080
Please see this The psalmist 
moves from the way of sin and 

902
01:02:38,080 --> 01:02:44,360
deceitfulness to the opposite 
way, the way of truth. 

903
01:02:46,520 --> 01:02:51,960
There's never been any revival, 
not in Scripture, not in church 

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01:02:51,960 --> 01:02:59,520
history, that did not result in 
true repentance driven by true 

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01:02:59,560 --> 01:03:04,040
godly sorrow. 
Because true godly sorrow will 

906
01:03:04,040 --> 01:03:07,080
lead you to repentance, and 
repentance will lead you in a 

907
01:03:07,080 --> 01:03:10,760
revival in the change of 
direction in your life. 

908
01:03:12,400 --> 01:03:15,200
Result of godly sorrow, revival 
and direction, but also a 

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01:03:15,200 --> 01:03:19,040
revival of devotion. 
Oh, this is the good news of it.

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01:03:19,040 --> 01:03:21,360
This is the part where we as 
believers ought to shout. 

911
01:03:23,880 --> 01:03:26,840
We get to experience revival 
when we deserve death. 

912
01:03:29,320 --> 01:03:31,240
We see secondly, a revival of 
devotion. 

913
01:03:32,360 --> 01:03:34,960
He says, I hold fast to your 
statutes. 

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01:03:36,400 --> 01:03:39,080
Psalm 80 verse 18 says then we 
will not turn. 

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01:03:39,560 --> 01:03:41,360
Then we will not turn away from 
You. 

916
01:03:41,520 --> 01:03:43,440
Revive us and we will call on 
your name. 

917
01:03:43,560 --> 01:03:46,080
Restore us. 
O Lord Almighty, make Your face 

918
01:03:46,080 --> 01:03:48,240
shine upon us that we may be 
saved. 

919
01:03:48,240 --> 01:03:51,400
The Psalm is your understanding 
of God who desires to revive His

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01:03:51,400 --> 01:03:57,840
people. 
And here in Psalm 119A revival 

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01:03:57,840 --> 01:04:00,480
and devotion taking place. 
He said, I hold fast to your 

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01:04:00,480 --> 01:04:04,200
statutes. 
You see a renewed devotion to 

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01:04:04,200 --> 01:04:06,440
God's Word. 
Perhaps you have broken God's 

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01:04:06,440 --> 01:04:09,480
commands. 
Perhaps you have blatantly spit 

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01:04:09,480 --> 01:04:12,280
in the face of God's decrees in 
his Word. 

926
01:04:14,160 --> 01:04:18,360
Who may you know today that 
there is still hope for you. 

927
01:04:19,440 --> 01:04:24,840
That hope comes when godly 
sorrow moves you to a place of 

928
01:04:24,840 --> 01:04:28,440
revival and revival in not only 
your direction but in your 

929
01:04:28,440 --> 01:04:33,960
devotion. 
Revival will never come until 

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01:04:33,960 --> 01:04:37,560
one holds fast to the 
Scriptures. 

931
01:04:38,640 --> 01:04:41,720
What does that mean? 
That's a biblical jargon. 

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01:04:41,720 --> 01:04:45,200
What are you talking about? 
To hold fast is to diligently 

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01:04:45,360 --> 01:04:50,880
cling with your whole heart to 
be completely. 

934
01:04:51,000 --> 01:04:57,040
Devoted towards someone or 
something, in this case, to be 

935
01:04:57,040 --> 01:04:59,760
completely devoted to God and 
His Word. 

936
01:05:01,240 --> 01:05:04,720
Clinging, holding fast to his 
statutes. 

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01:05:04,720 --> 01:05:09,080
Why? 
Because this same psalmist knew 

938
01:05:09,840 --> 01:05:14,040
that I must hide His word in my 
heart that I might not sin 

939
01:05:14,040 --> 01:05:17,720
against God. 
He understood the importance of 

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01:05:17,720 --> 01:05:22,680
holding fast to the Scriptures. 
A revival in devotion comes when

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01:05:22,680 --> 01:05:27,320
there is a revival in how we 
hold fast to the Word of God. 

942
01:05:29,480 --> 01:05:33,080
So the second result of godly 
sorrow is revival of devotion. 

943
01:05:33,080 --> 01:05:39,120
Thirdly, a revival of 
determination, a new 

944
01:05:40,000 --> 01:05:47,320
determination, a new purpose for
living, new desire and 

945
01:05:47,320 --> 01:05:52,640
determination to do God's will. 
He says I have chosen the way of

946
01:05:52,640 --> 01:05:55,160
truth. 
Oh, he didn't do this on his 

947
01:05:55,160 --> 01:05:59,000
own, did he? 
No, God brought him back to the 

948
01:05:59,000 --> 01:06:00,840
dust. 
He showed him the error of his 

949
01:06:00,840 --> 01:06:02,760
ways. 
He showed him his need for 

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01:06:02,760 --> 01:06:05,840
redemption. 
And in seeing that need for 

951
01:06:05,840 --> 01:06:08,360
redemption, he cried out. 
To God. 

952
01:06:10,320 --> 01:06:14,360
God did a work in His life 
changing His will, giving him a 

953
01:06:14,360 --> 01:06:17,120
new determination. 
I have chosen the way of truth. 

954
01:06:17,120 --> 01:06:23,400
Godly sorrow moved a man who was
deceived by his own sin to a man

955
01:06:23,400 --> 01:06:27,520
who was determined to obey God 
in every area of his life. 

956
01:06:27,760 --> 01:06:33,600
I never get tired of seeing that
where God takes the most 

957
01:06:33,600 --> 01:06:40,000
wretched Sinner and He breaks 
him, He brings him to the dust 

958
01:06:41,360 --> 01:06:46,000
and He shows him his desperate 
need for forgiveness and 

959
01:06:46,000 --> 01:06:48,200
redemption. 
And then he. 

960
01:06:48,200 --> 01:06:53,640
Shows him that his greatest need
has been met according to his 

961
01:06:53,640 --> 01:06:56,840
plan through the sacrifice of 
Jesus Christ. 

962
01:06:59,120 --> 01:07:02,840
He brings him to a desperate 
place, and in his desperation 

963
01:07:02,840 --> 01:07:06,680
that center calls upon God to 
save his wretched soul. 

964
01:07:09,560 --> 01:07:17,120
He's changed, He's transformed. 
He is revived not only in 

965
01:07:17,120 --> 01:07:22,280
direction and in devotion, but 
is in his determination. 

966
01:07:22,560 --> 01:07:29,840
He now lives to please God with 
every fiber of his being, a new 

967
01:07:29,840 --> 01:07:32,400
determination to obey God's 
word. 

968
01:07:32,760 --> 01:07:35,560
Look at this determination in 
these last scriptures, in our 

969
01:07:35,560 --> 01:07:40,880
last moments together. 
He says, I have set my heart on 

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01:07:40,880 --> 01:07:44,320
your laws. 
I will fast to your statutes. 

971
01:07:45,000 --> 01:07:48,640
I run in the path of your 
commands. 

972
01:07:48,640 --> 01:07:50,560
Now, wait a second. 
This is the guy who was just 

973
01:07:50,560 --> 01:07:55,080
wallowing in the dust and in his
tears and in his sorrow, and now

974
01:07:55,160 --> 01:07:59,720
he is running headlong into the 
will and the commands of God. 

975
01:08:02,320 --> 01:08:06,320
What a change that God has 
brought in this man's 

976
01:08:06,320 --> 01:08:09,000
determination. 
What revival we see here? 

977
01:08:09,000 --> 01:08:13,080
Oh, there's no hoopla, there's 
no shouting, there's no 

978
01:08:13,080 --> 01:08:16,240
instruments, there's no people 
running around the room. 

979
01:08:18,399 --> 01:08:22,439
It's simply the evidence of a 
change, man. 

980
01:08:25,359 --> 01:08:30,279
Well, if we go back just a few 
verses, we see that all this was

981
01:08:30,279 --> 01:08:35,240
based on God's faithfulness to 
work in the lives of His people 

982
01:08:35,240 --> 01:08:40,880
in verse 26 through 29. 
What is the psalmist doing 26 

983
01:08:40,880 --> 01:08:43,160
through 29? 
Teach me your decrees. 

984
01:08:43,479 --> 01:08:45,760
Let me understand the teaching 
of your precepts. 

985
01:08:46,560 --> 01:08:48,479
Then I will meditate on your 
wonders. 

986
01:08:48,680 --> 01:08:51,359
My soul is weary and with 
sorrow. 

987
01:08:51,359 --> 01:08:53,279
He says strengthen me according 
to your word. 

988
01:08:53,439 --> 01:08:56,840
Keep me from deceitful ways. 
He's asking God in prayer and 

989
01:08:56,840 --> 01:09:00,279
desperation to do these things. 
God now being faithful and doing

990
01:09:00,279 --> 01:09:01,880
those things. 
Why do I bring that out? 

991
01:09:02,040 --> 01:09:03,760
Because. 
Today, perhaps you are that 

992
01:09:03,760 --> 01:09:06,479
person who is in need of God to 
do a work in you. 

993
01:09:06,560 --> 01:09:09,960
Ask Him to do that work and then
trust that He will do that work.

994
01:09:11,240 --> 01:09:17,600
Taking this man who was once in 
the dust because of God's 

995
01:09:17,600 --> 01:09:22,920
faithful work on behalf of his 
people, he proclaims, For you 

996
01:09:23,680 --> 01:09:32,680
have set my heart free. 
Oh, some of you today need to be

997
01:09:32,680 --> 01:09:40,560
set free, but you will never be 
set free until God brings you to

998
01:09:40,560 --> 01:09:46,720
a place of true sorrow over your
sin, a place of true desperation

999
01:09:46,720 --> 01:09:49,319
where you cry out to Him as your
only hope. 

1000
01:09:51,120 --> 01:09:56,000
So true godly sorrow will lead 
to repentance, and the result 

1001
01:09:56,000 --> 01:10:02,360
will be true revival in the live
of those who trust God. 

1002
01:10:04,120 --> 01:10:09,440
So I close with this believer. 
Do you experience godly sorrow 

1003
01:10:09,440 --> 01:10:12,040
in your life? 
Do you? 

1004
01:10:13,600 --> 01:10:18,760
Or is it only when you do big 
sins, sins that would embarrass 

1005
01:10:18,760 --> 01:10:22,840
you, sins that other people 
could possibly find out about? 

1006
01:10:25,240 --> 01:10:32,240
Or does it grieve your heart to 
know that you have violated even

1007
01:10:32,240 --> 01:10:36,880
the most thought minuscule 
command of Scripture? 

1008
01:10:38,560 --> 01:10:48,040
Does it grieve you knowing that 
one milli ounce of sin blatantly

1009
01:10:48,040 --> 01:10:51,800
offends the Holy God? 
Are you grieved by that? 

1010
01:10:52,880 --> 01:10:55,200
Is there brokenness over sin in 
your life? 

1011
01:10:55,320 --> 01:10:58,880
Do you even think about these 
things? 

1012
01:11:00,080 --> 01:11:06,080
Have you ever desired holiness 
to the point of tears? 

1013
01:11:06,800 --> 01:11:12,480
Or you cry out to God completely
discontent with the fact that 

1014
01:11:12,480 --> 01:11:16,920
you are not as holy as He 
desires you to be? 

1015
01:11:20,080 --> 01:11:24,800
Is there true godly sorrow in 
your life to the unbeliever? 

1016
01:11:26,400 --> 01:11:31,400
I pray for you today. 
I pray that this day you be 

1017
01:11:31,400 --> 01:11:35,080
brought to godly sorrow by the 
knowledge of the fact that Jesus

1018
01:11:35,080 --> 01:11:41,160
Christ, the sinless Savior, 
willfully came to this earth and

1019
01:11:41,160 --> 01:11:44,960
He willfully suffered and He 
willfully died on a cross to 

1020
01:11:44,960 --> 01:11:50,480
rescue all sinners who will 
trust in Him as Lord and Savior.

1021
01:11:51,600 --> 01:11:58,280
May you understand that though 
you are guilty as charged in 

1022
01:11:58,280 --> 01:12:02,440
regard to sin, and you are 
deserving of death and you are 

1023
01:12:02,440 --> 01:12:09,600
deserving of hell simply because
you are a Sinner, May you 

1024
01:12:09,600 --> 01:12:16,200
understand that Jesus bore the 
wrath and the penalty for all 

1025
01:12:16,200 --> 01:12:21,000
sinners who will believe and 
trust in Him as their Lord and 

1026
01:12:21,000 --> 01:12:23,680
Savior. 
He bore your punishment and your

1027
01:12:23,680 --> 01:12:28,280
death so that you can, as the 
psalmist said, be free. 

1028
01:12:29,760 --> 01:12:32,000
Would you run to Jesus in 
desperation today? 

1029
01:12:34,000 --> 01:12:38,880
Would you cry out to Him and 
know that He is faithful to save

1030
01:12:38,880 --> 01:12:41,760
all who call upon His name in 
desperation? 

1031
01:12:42,640 --> 01:12:47,480
May this truth bring you to a 
place of sorrow, knowing that 

1032
01:12:47,480 --> 01:12:51,200
you've not set yet surrendered 
to such a love as this. 

1033
01:12:54,480 --> 01:13:01,200
You've not yet surrendered to 
the innocent Savior who came to 

1034
01:13:01,200 --> 01:13:05,840
die for the guilty Sinner and 
made us grieve your heart. 

1035
01:13:07,720 --> 01:13:10,480
May it bring you to a point of 
sorrow for your sins. 

1036
01:13:12,360 --> 01:13:16,160
And may that godly sorrow bring 
you to a place of repentance of 

1037
01:13:16,160 --> 01:13:18,360
your unbelief, repentance of 
your sin. 

1038
01:13:18,360 --> 01:13:21,560
May it bring you to a place of 
faith toward Jesus Christ. 

1039
01:13:22,800 --> 01:13:24,720
May you surrender to Him this 
very day. 

1040
01:13:25,440 --> 01:13:27,360
Let's pray together. 
Father, in the name of Jesus, we

1041
01:13:27,360 --> 01:13:31,560
come to you now, thanking you 
for your word, thanking you for 

1042
01:13:31,560 --> 01:13:36,360
our time together. 
Lord, we have done all that we 

1043
01:13:36,360 --> 01:13:39,280
can do. 
Your word has gone forth. 

1044
01:13:40,680 --> 01:13:46,200
We now trust in Your Spirit. 
Do what only You can do. 

1045
01:13:48,120 --> 01:13:52,960
That is to convict the hearts of
sinners and to bring people to 

1046
01:13:52,960 --> 01:13:55,760
brokenness and sorrow for their 
sin. 

1047
01:13:58,000 --> 01:14:01,600
But you will be done. 
We pray these things in Christ's

1048
01:14:02,720 --> 01:14:03,080
name. 
Amen. 

1049
01:14:04,960 --> 01:14:08,320
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1050
01:14:08,320 --> 01:14:10,920
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1051
01:14:10,920 --> 01:14:13,960
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