Sermon Tone Analysis

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Christians Sin - Christians Sin

True Christians have a habit to Confess and put to death Sin in their life!

Are you a Christian that has a HABIT of confessing your sin to God and repenting?

Are you refusing the look your heart in the mirror..... Are you living an illusion deceiving yourself?

Psalm 51 is penitential Psalm.... or a Psalm of confession of sin to God.

It teaches us the habit of confession, repentance, and joy of our salvation.

David was on his roof one afternoon when he should has been at war

He looked down and saw Bathsheba

He lusted and longed for her

He devised the plan to bring her to the castle and commit adultery

His plan failed and Bathsheba got pregnant

He invites Uriah back from battle and tells him to enjoy his wife while he is back.... for three nights Uriah refuses

David goes into plan B and send Uriah with instructions to the front line

Uriah is killed in battle at the wishes of David the murderer

He moves in and marries the grieving widow and vows to raise the son as an heir to the throne in honor of Uriah

Lier, Murder, Adultery, Lust, Outright disobedience to God as King of Israel....But he was hiding this to himself.... or so he thought

Nathan walks in and calls David’s sin out

There is a Rich man with a lot of sheep - see image on screen

There is a poor man who owns only one lamb… it was precious, truly loved, lived side by side with the kids in the house.... see image on the screen

When a traveler comes..... the rich man takes the only sheep from the poor man instead of his own......

David says that man deserves to DIE...... and then Nathan says you are that man!

David confesses His sin against God

Nathan shares David is forgiven but will face consequences because of this sin....

David deserved death and he received forgiveness.

We all have sinned and deserve DEATH because of that sin..... but in Jesus Christ we receive forgiveness.

In Jesus death on the cross he accomplished the full satisfaction of God’s wrath against sin, and he forgives you of you past, present, and future sins.

A Christian is FORGIVEN once for all.

A Christian has a spiritual habit of Confessing Sin, and putting to death sin presently and in the future.

This morning..... Can you say with confidence....

I am a true Christian that has been FORGIVEN.... and that has the spiritual habit of confession?

Confess the sinfulness of our sin

David laid on the floor in grief for a week....

He was wrestling with this truth...... Sin is awful and sin is deadly.

He pleads for mercy not Justice.........

He had nothing that show to God that would have brought about any other verdict besides Guilty and DEATH

He pleads for mercy!

Mercy!

Mercy!

A. Transgressions

Crossing the line.... an all out afront against God and his will

B. Iniquity

the Stain of sin in our hearts - not the coffee stain that comes out

Original sin from Adam and Eve’s first sin......

It is why a little child knows how to sin without being taught....

C. Sin

Missing the mark of God’s standards of righteousness....

The archer no matter how good and no matter the effort and ability..... will always miss the target altogether.... NOT EVEN CLOSE

David takes ownership that His sin is against God!

No excuses - It wasn’t someone elses fault....

It wasn’t God’s fault....

It wasn’t the devil that made him do it.....

It was David

Do you take ownership of the sin you commit?

That is the first step in confession......

THIS MORNING IS NOT A MORNING FOR YOU TO PLAY THE HOLY SPIRIT.... TO SAY..... YEAH So and So is sinful.....

This Psalm is a great example of what needs to happen in our hearts.....

It is our sin before God.... not blaming someone else.... not playing the Holy Spirit to convict of sin in someone else...... THIS IS NOT A BLESS HER HEART MOMENT......

Confession begins with an acknowledgement of your sin against God and God alone.

True confession is matched with repentance and forgiveness from God and God alone.

Seek God’s Forgiveness

Clean me and be Washed by the blood - The hyssop was used in Exodus for the doorposts in the passover.....

It was used by the priests to sprinkler blood over the lepers in need of purification..... David is pleading for that sacrifice to purify him before God..... purge him…

Wash Me - I need the best detergent!

- To remove the deep stain of my sin

Break my Bones like a good shepherd and a wayward sheep

Hear of stone to heart of flesh - Change my heart O God - I need a genesis creation moment here.....

There is nothing good and nothing I can do with this on my own....

I need you to recreate a CLEAN Heart in me!

David sees that forgiveness of sins comes from God alone by God’s power alone

When you realize the depth and magnitude of your forgiveness.... you overflow with Joy!

Joy of Salvation

The Bible makes is clear that David lay on the floor for a week and then he got up and went to the Temple to worship..... Maybe he thought through all of this and wrote it down handed it to the choir director and said lets sing about my sin.... why?

Because the resulting salvation and forgiveness was overwhelming JOY in God!

Evangelist - I am going to tell others your ways and see them turn to you!

We evangelism for so many things in this life.....

If we have been changed we promote it to everyone!

Blue Bell

Vacation spots

FB pages for Waxahachie and Midlothian..... Who do you use for_______

Joy in the salvation of Jesus Christ overflows into evangelizing others to know that salvation....

Sing aloud your praise - I am going to be the guy singing my heart out!

Poppi and singing in church! - Be that guy that is so filled with joy!

A habit of confession and heart for true worship

A heart dependent on God! - David was man after God’s own heart..... Humilty in performance

Conclusion -

Christians Sin - Christians Sin

True Christians habitually Confess and put to death Sin in their life!

Are you a Christian that has a HABIT of confessing your sin to God and repenting?

Are you refusing the look your heart in the mirror..... Are you living an illusion deceiving yourself?

This morning.... the altar is open.... It’s carpeted up here.....

If the Holy Spirit is convicting you of sin, then I am going to ask you to deal with it right now.

The response is to confess, repent, and respond in the JOY of your salvation!

I want you to join the church, be baptized.... etc.

But this morning, lets put into habit confession of our sins!

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