DAILY TRUTH - How To Break The Cycle Of Sin
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The problem is not just what we do or say, it is who we are. To repent is to change, not in our own strength, but by the full weight of the problem. To truly repent is not remorse or resolve. It is to realize and repent.
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but from every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.
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we are surprised so often surprised by our sin and what we're saying in essence is this this
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is worldly remorse right we say i can't believe i did that remorse now resolve is i'll never do it
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again in my own effort right solar bootstrapia i'm going to pull myself up buy my bootstraps
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i'm going to grit my teeth the sweat of my brow blood sweat and tears i'm going to make sure that
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i never do this again now in essence what we're saying is this i can't believe i did this aka
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hey, this is a fluke. This is a one-off. This is not a fair and accurate representation of who I
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am. That's what we're saying. And the resolve, I'll never do this again, is to say, and I'll prove
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by never doing it again. Whereas that's remorse and resolve, to realize and repent. So remorse
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and resolve marks false repentance. True repentance is realize and repent. To realize and repent is
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to say, what I've just done is ultimately not the problem. What I've just done is an exact
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representation of who I am. And I think of what the prophet Nathan said to David. He tells him
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this parable of a man who had one little lamb and his children, it was like a pet to them. It would
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eat at their table. They loved this lamb. And he had a neighbor who had tons of livestock.
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and one one day a traveler a sojourner comes to stay with his neighbor and he wants to exercise
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his neighbor wants to exercise hospitality but rather than killing one of his own lambs
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of which he had many he was a rich wealthy man he he snuck in and stole that one little pet lamb
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from the poor man and he carved it up and served it to the stranger in order to appear hospitable
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and Nathan he tells this parable to David and he says what should be done with this man
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David said surely this man should die and Nathan responds by saying not this is what you did
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you had several wives you were the king wealthy so much and you took Uriah's sweetheart the love
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of his life, Bathsheba. Rather than Nathan responding by saying, this is what you did.
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No, he responds and says, you are the man. This is who you are. Response church, you are the man.
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You are the woman. I am the man. Our problem is not just that we do bad things. Our problem
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I will do this again and again and again. And very likely I will do far worse.
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To repent is to change, not in our own strength, not in our own efforts. It is to realize the full
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weight of the problem and then to cry out to God and say, I don't just need resolve. I don't just
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need discipline. I don't just need, you know, extra intentional, you know, thoughts about,
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You must radically transform my identity because woe am I.
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But real quick, before you go, do us a small favor,
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This is undoubtedly the best way that you can help us