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It’s Worth Confessing Your Sin
Psalm 32
ICC’s AM (3/26/22)
I. Introduction
1. Prayers
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2. Catch- Teachers of public speaking say we have a few sentences to convice you the listener to check in and pay attention to what we have to say
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I know you all are more committeed than that because you desperately want to hear the truth
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But if there was a line to convince us to listen, it is Psalm 32
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Who doesn’t want to be blessed?
To be happy?
1. Dr Ablert Mohler in his daily podcast about the news from a Christian worldview commented
She went on to say, "Even prior to today, I can honestly say that my life had been blessed beyond measure."
Now, there's nothing particularly wrong with that statement, but it does point to something else, and that is the reference now to God's providence as simply blessing.
Oprah Winfrey is one of the people who has popularized this in the larger culture, speaking of the experience of being blessed.
And many people have noted that basically secularized that vocabulary.
It became something that is simply a matter as if somehow fate in the cosmos, perhaps even accident, or for that matter, some kind of God had brought about something good.
Thus, we are blessed.
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But
3. Context matters
i. Psalm 30 was all about not forgetting God in good times
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This psalm is about not forsaking God in bad times
2. If Ps. 30 rejoices in Yahweh’s salvation, Ps. 31 pleads for it.[i]
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Psalm 32 then takes the theme of forgiveness, reminding us of the danger that can exist when you do not confess your sin
So let’s see
II. 4 Encouragements to TELL your sins
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The relief of not hiding your sin is Terrific (1-2)
i. Explanation
*There is no sin that can go overlooked.
There are not minor sins that do not have large effect, they are all massive.
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Illustration
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Application
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2. The effect of hiding your sin is Eradicative (3-4)
i. Explanation
29 For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and drinks judgment on himself.
30 That is why many of you are weak and ill, and some have died.
31 But if we judged ourselves truly, we would not be judged.
32 But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned along with the world.
The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), 1 Co 11:29–32.
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Illustration
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Application
3. The benefit of not hiding your sin is Lightening (5-7)
i. Explanation
lighten
verb (2)
lightened; lightening\ ˈlīt-niŋ , ˈlī-tᵊn-iŋ \
Definition of lighten (Entry 2 of 2)
: to relieve of a burden in whole or in partthe news lightened his mind
b: to reduce in weight or quantity : LESSEN
c: to make less wearisome : ALLEVIATElighten our sorrow[1]
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The response to confession come sin prayer
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JC Ryle wrote- That a man will receive pardon of his sins, who will not so much as lift up his heart inwardly, and say, "Lord Jesus, give it to me," this I cannot find.
I can find that nobody will be saved by his prayers, but I cannot find that without prayer anybody will be saved.
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Illustration
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Application
4. The blessing of not hiding your sin is Lessons (8-11)
i. Explanation
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Illustration
We often use the phrase you can bring a horse to water but you can’t make it drink
the phrase definitely dates back to the 16th century.
It appears in a book during that time by John Heywood called A Dialogue Conteinyng The Nomber in effect of all the Prouerbes in the English Tongue, 1546:
“A man may well bryng a horse to the water, but he can not make hym drynke without he will.”[ii]
ou know what they say about horses, “You can lead them to water, but you can’t make them drink.”
Well, no one ever said anything about tricking them into drinking water!
Some good tricks are soaking a pelleted concentrate, hay cubes, or beet pulp in two gallons of warm water as a meal to encourage water intake.
Sometimes mixing in a teaspoon of salt into the feed can help encourage more drinking…perhaps a big bag of salty, potato chips will do!
By keeping a close eye on the horse’s water source, and getting to know what is “normal” in terms of water consumption are both good ways to encourage proper hydration.[iii]
Truth there, but David would call to us to say.. don’t be a horse!d
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Application
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Therefore
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Since we have seen (Cohesion)-
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2. We know we must (Resolution)-
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Closing prayer
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2. amen
V. Final Hymn
[1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lightening
[i] Thomas R. Schreiner, The King in His Beauty: A Biblical Theology of the Old and New Testaments (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2013), 258.
[ii] https://knowyourphrase.com/you-can-lead-a-horse-to-water
[iii] https://esc.rutgers.edu/you-can-lead-a-horse-to-water-but/
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