The NXR Podcast - DAILY TRUTH - What True Confession Looks Like

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00:00:19.700 Jesus said, man cannot live on bread alone,

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00:00:27.260 see when i say my sin is great then in essence what i'm saying by default by correlations i'm

00:00:35.780 saying god's great judgments are just and fair i mean how many times have you heard someone say

00:00:44.380 or thought it yourself that eternity in hell seems a bit over the top right seems a bit harsh

00:00:51.940 Why?

00:00:53.180 Because we're not properly feeling the weight of our sin.

00:00:57.620 Right?

00:00:57.980 The punishment must fit the crime.

00:01:00.420 And the reason why we think God is the just judge is overly harsh in his judgments and his punishment

00:01:06.440 is because we don't understand the weight of the crime.

00:01:09.960 And so what David is doing is he's confessing the fullness and the severity of his sin

00:01:15.340 because even in his repentance, even in his brokenness, even in his shame,

00:01:19.860 His heart is to vindicate God rather than vindicating himself.

00:01:24.580 Who does that anymore?

00:01:27.500 I'm concerned.

00:01:30.600 In the midst of our brokenness, in the midst of our sin, when someone confronts us, when we get caught,

00:01:36.640 because technically he didn't come clean, Nathan came to him,

00:01:40.340 when we get caught, what do we do?

00:01:42.900 Yes, the rumors are true.

00:01:44.220 In fact, they're far worse than you thought,

00:01:45.720 so that God may be justified in his words and blameless in his judgments.

00:01:49.160 Nope.

00:01:49.860 It's not what we do.

00:01:51.740 It's really not that bad, and I think you heard, you know,

00:01:54.100 they left out some very important caveats that cast me in a much better light.

00:01:58.200 Right?

00:01:59.240 It's what we do.

00:02:00.180 But here's the deal.

00:02:00.760 In the same way that when we confess, and again, confession, not just informing,

00:02:04.580 but agreeing with God, when we agree with God about the severity of our sin,

00:02:07.800 we make a statement about the righteousness and the justice of his judgments.

00:02:11.760 Conversely, when we minimize our sin, we indict God.

00:02:15.880 So you can only have it one of two ways.

00:02:17.660 Vindicate yourself and indict God

00:02:20.340 Or own the weight of your sin

00:02:25.480 And say God is justified

00:02:29.540 He is justified in his words

00:02:32.040 And blameless in his judgments

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The NXR Podcast - May 26, 2022

DAILY TRUTH - What True Confession Looks Like

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