The NXR Podcast - May 26, 2022


DAILY TRUTH - What True Confession Looks Like


Episode Stats


Length

2 minutes

Words per minute

171.75

Word count

490

Sentence count

22


Summary

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In the midst of our brokenness, when someone confronts us about our sin, what do we do? Vindicate ourselves and indict God? Or own the weight of our sin and say God is justified in his words and blameless in his judgments?

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 Hey guys, real quick, before we get started,
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00:00:19.700 Jesus said, man cannot live on bread alone,
00:00:22.440 but from every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.
00:00:25.320 You're listening to Daily Truth.
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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