Sermon Tone Analysis

The Desired Condition 1-2

Three words for sin

“Transgression”

(Hebrew, peshah), which literally means “a going away” or “departure” or, in this case, “a rebellion” against God and his authority.

chattath (Hebrew, translated “sin” in verse 1).

It is a nearly exact equivalent of the Greek word hamartia.

Both mean “coming short” or “falling short” of a mark.

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“Sin”

“transgression” (Hebrew, peshah), which literally means “a going away” or “departure” or, in this case, “a rebellion” against God and his authority.

(Hebrew, chattath), is a nearly exact equivalent of the Greek word hamartia.

Both mean “coming short” or “falling short” of a mark.

“Iniquity”

chattath (Hebrew, translated “sin” in verse 1).

It is a nearly exact equivalent of the Greek word hamartia.

Both mean “coming short” or “falling short” of a mark.

(Hebrew, hawon), which the New International Version also translates as “sin” (v.

2).

It means “corrupt,” “twisted,” or “crooked.”

Three words for salvation

“iniquity” (Hebrew, hawon), which the New International Version also translates as “sin” (v.

2).

It means “corrupt,” “twisted,” or “crooked.”

“Forgiven”,

and it literally means to have our sin “lifted off.”

John Bunyan captured this well in Pilgrim’s Progress where he describes Pilgrim coming to the cross, at which point “his burden loosed from off his shoulders and fell from off his back and began to tumble, and so continued to do so, till it came to the mouth of the sepulchre, where it fell in” and was seen no more.

forgiven, and it literally means to have our sin “lifted off.”

John Bunyan captured this well in Pilgrim’s Progress where he describes Pilgrim coming to the cross, at which point “his burden loosed from off his shoulders and fell from off his back and began to tumble, and so continued to do so, till it came to the mouth of the sepulchre, where it fell in” and was seen no more.

My sin—O the bliss of this glorious thought!

My sin—O the bliss of this glorious thought!—

My sin, not in part, but the whole,

My sin, not in part, but the whole,

Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more.

Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more.

“Covered”

Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!

Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!

“Covered”

It is a strong religious term taken from the imagery of the Day of Atonement.

On the Day of Atonement the high priest of Israel took blood from an animal that had been sacrificed in the courtyard of the temple and carried it into the Most Holy Place, where it was sprinkled on the mercy seat of the Ark of the Covenant.

The mercy seat was the lid or “covering” of the ark, and the blood was sprinkled there because it thereby came between the presence of the holy God, symbolized as dwelling in the space between the wings of the cherubim above the ark, and the broken law of God that was contained in the ark itself.

It thus covered the broken law, shielding the sinner from God’s judgment.

“To whom the Lord does not impute iniquity”

He “does not count” the sin against us.

The word count is elsewhere translated “impute,” and it is a bookkeeping term, as “count” especially suggests.

It is the word used by Paul in Romans to explain how God writes our sin into Christ’s ledger and punishes it in him while, at the same time, writing the righteousness of Christ into our ledger and counting us as justified because of his merit.

“Impute” is a bookkeeping term.

It is the word used by Paul in Romans to explain how God writes our sin into Christ’s ledger and punishes it in him while, at the same time, writing the righteousness of Christ into our ledger and counting us as justified because of his merit.

But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness, 6 just as David also describes the blessedness of the man to whom God imputes righteousness apart from works: 7“Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, And whose sins are covered; 8Blessed is the man to whom the Lord shall not impute sin.”

7“Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, And whose sins are covered; 8Blessed is the man to whom the Lord shall not impute sin.”

And whose sins are covered; 8Blessed is the man to whom the Lord shall not impute sin.”

Spurgeon: Transgression, sin, and iniquity, are the three-headed dog at the gates of hell, but our glorious Lord has silenced its barkings for ever against his own believing ones.

The trinity of sin is overcome by the Trinity of heaven.

8Blessed is the man to whom the Lord shall not impute sin.”

The Depraved and Divine Determination 3-4

“When I kept silent”

I determined to keep silent

This is the condition of every man

“My bones grew old, my groaning all day long, day and night Your hand was heavy upon me, my vitality was turned into the drought of summer”

God determined to save

We have this idea that when the gospel is preached the Holy Spirit is over in a corner with his trembling hands to his mouth hoping and pleading for sinners to come.

Nothing could be farther from the truth.

He fights brutal and hard and always win

John 16:

The Delivering Declarations 5

We declare our confession of sin

He declares His forgiveness of sin

The Deliverance from Damnation 6-7

Divine Direction 8-9

This is sanctification

Notice that disobedience is not met with rejection or expulsion, but with bits and bridles

Delight and Doxology 10-11

“Mercy shall surround him.”

Like an impenetrable wall, like a uncrossable mote, God’s mercy surrounds us

So, what should our reaction be?

“Be glad in the Lord”

“Rejoice, for you are righteous”

“Shout for joy”

My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought

My sin, not in part but the whole,

Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,

Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, o my soul