Series B – Fourteenth Sunday of Pentecost – Sunday, August 29, 2021 | Pr. Chris Rosebrough
| Welcome to the Teaching Ministry of Kongsvinger Lutheran Church. Kongsvinger is a beacon for the Gospel of Jesus Christ and is located on the plains of Northwestern Minnesota. We proclaim Christ and Him crucified for our sins and salvation by grace through faith alone, and now, here’s a message from Pastor Chris Rosebrough: |
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| 0:28 | the holy gospel according to saint mark |
| 0:30 | the seventh chapter |
| 0:33 | [Music] |
| 0:39 | Jesus called the people to him again and |
| 0:41 | said to them hear me all of you and |
| 0:43 | understand |
| 0:44 | there is nothing outside of a person |
| 0:46 | that by going into him can defile him |
| 0:49 | but the things that come out of a person |
| 0:51 | are what defile him and when he had |
| 0:53 | entered the house and left the people |
| 0:54 | his disciples asked him about the |
| 0:56 | parable and he said to them then are you |
| 0:58 | without understanding do you not see |
| 1:00 | that whatever goes into a person from |
| 1:02 | outside cannot defile him since it |
| 1:05 | enters not his heart but his stomach and |
| 1:07 | is expelled thus he declared all foods |
| 1:10 | clean |
| 1:11 | and he said what comes out of a person |
| 1:14 | is what defiles him for from within out |
| 1:16 | of the heart of man comes evil thoughts |
| 1:19 | sexual immorality theft murder adultery |
| 1:23 | coveting wickedness deceit sensuality |
| 1:27 | envy slander pride foolishness |
| 1:30 | all of these evil things come from |
| 1:33 | within and they defile a person this is |
| 1:36 | the gospel of the lord in the name of |
| 1:39 | Jesus |
| 1:40 | amen all right it’s not a secret i i’m a |
| 1:43 | fan of monty python especially the the |
| 1:45 | movie the holy grail yeah i’ll remember |
| 1:47 | that movie |
| 1:48 | hopefully y’all do there’s a there’s a |
| 1:50 | goofy silly kind of scene in there where |
| 1:53 | king arthur is traveling through the |
| 1:55 | woods and none other than the black |
| 1:57 | knight is there and he’s decided to take |
| 1:59 | it upon himself to not allow anybody to |
| 2:01 | pass and he even says none shall pass |
| 2:05 | well arthur challenges him to a duel and |
| 2:07 | well |
| 2:08 | arthur immediately bests the black |
| 2:10 | knight by cutting off one of his arms |
| 2:14 | and arthur gets down on one knee to |
| 2:16 | thank the lord for his victory and while |
| 2:19 | the black knight continues on and just |
| 2:22 | kind of brushes aside the fact that he’s |
| 2:24 | lost an arm and says it’s a mere flesh |
| 2:26 | wound right and he continues on loses |
| 2:29 | his other arm then loses one of his legs |
| 2:31 | and no joke he’s hopping around going |
| 2:33 | come on let’s fight right and so arthur |
| 2:36 | finally cuts off his final leg and there |
| 2:39 | is stumpy the black knight you know |
| 2:42 | basically wanting to continue the fight |
| 2:44 | and basically saying let’s call it a |
| 2:46 | draw right |
| 2:48 | and i think what the parting shot was |
| 2:50 | you’re a loony right now here’s the |
| 2:53 | thing it’s funny when we see things like |
| 2:55 | that in a comedy movie |
| 2:57 | but when it comes to sin |
| 2:59 | taking sin and well diminishing the |
| 3:03 | impact of it diminishing the importance |
| 3:05 | of it the severity of it we end up doing |
| 3:08 | all kinds of goofy things and this is |
| 3:10 | not a good thing and you’re going to |
| 3:12 | note here that Jesus isn’t like today’s |
| 3:15 | preachers who for whatever reason have |
| 3:17 | lost the boldness that we heard paul |
| 3:20 | praying that we should pray for him for |
| 3:22 | the boldness to proclaim the gospel that |
| 3:24 | there are many pastors and preachers |
| 3:25 | nowadays and Christians who don’t want |
| 3:28 | to talk about well that three-letter |
| 3:30 | word you know what that three-letter |
| 3:32 | word is |
| 3:33 | thin |
| 3:34 | right you have to say with a southern |
| 3:35 | accent when you do that |
| 3:37 | nobody wants to talk about sin anymore |
| 3:40 | right so they talked about slipsies and |
| 3:42 | oopsie-doopsies and mistakes and when it |
| 3:46 | comes to that when you start talking |
| 3:48 | like this and you start diminishing the |
| 3:50 | importance the impact the severity of |
| 3:53 | sin |
| 3:54 | you start giving people false hope |
| 3:56 | because |
| 3:57 | well if it’s just a slipsy or an |
| 3:59 | oopsie-doopsie |
| 4:01 | or a mistake do you really need a |
| 4:03 | crucified and risen savior for that |
| 4:07 | do you really need to feel all that bad |
| 4:09 | about it no not at all in fact i have |
| 4:12 | even heard of pastors when somebody |
| 4:14 | comes to them and confesses well an |
| 4:17 | egregious sin that the pastor or their |
| 4:20 | church leader will say you know it’s not |
| 4:22 | that big of a deal i mean it’s |
| 4:23 | understandable other people struggle |
| 4:25 | with such things you really shouldn’t |
| 4:27 | beat yourself up over stuff like that |
| 4:32 | yeah and then don’t even get me started |
| 4:35 | about some of those liberal |
| 4:36 | denominations what do they do |
| 4:39 | well they bless |
| 4:41 | sexual immorality and say that god is |
| 4:43 | okay not only okay with it he’s he’s |
| 4:45 | he’s 100 in favor of it and don’t think |
| 4:49 | that we’re just merely talking about |
| 4:50 | same-sex kind of stuff they they’ve now |
| 4:53 | you know they’re blessing adultery |
| 4:55 | they’re blessing all kinds of weird |
| 4:56 | strange things and here’s the thing |
| 4:59 | Christ doesn’t do any of that if you |
| 5:01 | remember last week last week in our |
| 5:03 | gospel text |
| 5:04 | Jesus was really going hard after the |
| 5:07 | pharisees because they were offering lip |
| 5:10 | service to god but their hearts were far |
| 5:12 | from god and what they ended up doing |
| 5:15 | was leaving the true commandments of god |
| 5:18 | in order to establish their man-made |
| 5:20 | traditions |
| 5:21 | and their man-made tradition was a |
| 5:23 | competing religion all together and that |
| 5:26 | competing religion |
| 5:28 | really |
| 5:29 | all in the name of honoring god and |
| 5:31 | serving god and obeying god was doing |
| 5:33 | the exact opposite if i i would remind |
| 5:36 | you |
| 5:37 | of that thing called corbon let me kind |
| 5:40 | of kind of give you the idea here so |
| 5:41 | nowadays when when our parents get old |
| 5:44 | right what do we start doing we start |
| 5:47 | looking for a facility for them a |
| 5:49 | nursing home a place where they can go |
| 5:51 | and be cared for and that’s not a bad |
| 5:53 | thing but back in the day |
| 5:56 | they didn’t have those |
| 5:58 | they didn’t have those at all |
| 5:59 | so when it came time to take care of |
| 6:02 | your aging and ailing parents in their |
| 6:04 | twilight years who is gonna do that |
| 6:08 | answer |
| 6:09 | their kids right |
| 6:11 | and what if you and mom didn’t get along |
| 6:13 | so well i mean have you ever noticed |
| 6:15 | that that you know that moms and sons |
| 6:17 | sometimes can not exactly always get |
| 6:19 | along you know you can just see you can |
| 6:21 | see the guy going oh my mother drives me |
| 6:24 | nuts every time she comes to my house |
| 6:26 | she tells me that i need to you know |
| 6:28 | tell my wife to clean the floors more |
| 6:30 | and she found dust up on some top of a |
| 6:33 | bookshelf who looks for dust like that |
| 6:35 | and she’s always telling me yeah i’ve |
| 6:37 | got to do this or i’ve got to do that or |
| 6:38 | i’ve got to get a better job and so what |
| 6:40 | happens is mom gets under his skin and |
| 6:43 | so he here’s what the pharisees came up |
| 6:45 | with all right you can almost see it was |
| 6:47 | like on a commercial you know like he |
| 6:49 | was flipping channels on the cable |
| 6:50 | television back at 2 000 years ago some |
| 6:52 | guy goes you know and you can just see |
| 6:54 | the intro does your mother irritate you |
| 6:57 | are you really not looking forward to |
| 6:58 | having to care for her in her twilight |
| 7:00 | years well don’t worry we’ve invented |
| 7:03 | something called corbon |
| 7:05 | corbon yeah it’s a gift given to god |
| 7:09 | yeah that’s right you don’t even have to |
| 7:11 | take care of mom anymore all you gotta |
| 7:14 | do is we’ll work out an amortization |
| 7:16 | schedule based upon the average lifespan |
| 7:19 | that we would expect to see from your |
| 7:21 | mother and what we’ll do is if your mom |
| 7:24 | has 12 years to live we’ll say give us |
| 7:26 | this amount of money you can give it to |
| 7:28 | god and once you give that amount of |
| 7:31 | money to god you don’t have to take care |
| 7:33 | of mom at all |
| 7:37 | isn’t that crazy |
| 7:38 | all right so work it out we’ve got it’s |
| 7:41 | going to cost me |
| 7:43 | twelve thousand |
| 7:44 | thirty six hundred i don’t know |
| 7:47 | amount of money to care for my mother |
| 7:48 | i’m just gonna give it to the church and |
| 7:50 | so you can imagine how this conversation |
| 7:52 | goes right |
| 7:54 | so there’s mom she comes to visit |
| 7:56 | and |
| 7:57 | for once the guy’s happy mom’s visiting |
| 7:59 | right oh mom i wanted to tell you you |
| 8:01 | know you’ve been telling me that i need |
| 8:03 | to take god more seriously right oh i’ve |
| 8:06 | decided that you’re absolutely right i i |
| 8:08 | need to take god more seriously so have |
| 8:11 | you heard of corbon |
| 8:13 | and you can almost hear the voice of his |
| 8:15 | mother like kind of like george |
| 8:16 | costanza’s mother what are you talking |
| 8:19 | about right what’s carb on well mom the |
| 8:22 | money that we would have spent caring |
| 8:24 | for you |
| 8:25 | i gave it to god isn’t that great i’m |
| 8:28 | taking religion seriously well what |
| 8:30 | who’s gonna take care of me well mom |
| 8:33 | that’s between you and god i’m sorry but |
| 8:35 | i can’t help you |
| 8:38 | what a sick religion right |
| 8:41 | absolutely sick |
| 8:43 | what does the scripture say honor your |
| 8:45 | father and mother |
| 8:47 | honor them |
| 8:48 | and so the pharisees in their handling |
| 8:51 | of things |
| 8:53 | well they ended up basically |
| 8:55 | telling people that they could break |
| 8:57 | that commandment to honor your father |
| 8:59 | and mother all in the name of giving |
| 9:01 | money to god of course |
| 9:03 | the pharisees and people in the temple |
| 9:05 | they were the ones who were benefiting |
| 9:06 | from those donations if you know what i |
| 9:09 | mean right |
| 9:10 | so note here that when we establish our |
| 9:13 | own religions when we do not pay |
| 9:15 | attention to what god’s word says |
| 9:18 | we end up not dealing with sin properly |
| 9:21 | at all or worse dealing with it lightly |
| 9:23 | so Jesus here decides that he’s going to |
| 9:26 | give a little bit more explanation as to |
| 9:29 | why he and the pharisees aren’t getting |
| 9:31 | along so he gathers the people come on |
| 9:34 | people i have something else i need to |
| 9:35 | tell you and he says this hear me all of |
| 9:37 | you and understand there is nothing |
| 9:40 | outside of a person that by going into |
| 9:42 | him can defile him but the things that |
| 9:45 | come out of a person are what defile him |
| 9:48 | and you can all see them going what |
| 9:51 | what about bacon i mean it’s a legit |
| 9:53 | question i mean what about bacon right |
| 9:55 | so when he had entered the house he left |
| 9:57 | the people his disciples asked him about |
| 9:59 | the parable and he said to them then are |
| 10:01 | you also without understanding and watch |
| 10:02 | this explanation |
| 10:04 | do you not see Jesus says that whatever |
| 10:06 | goes into a person from outside cannot |
| 10:09 | defile him since it enters not his heart |
| 10:13 | but his stomach and is expelled and i |
| 10:16 | would note in the greek here the greek |
| 10:17 | text actually explains the final resting |
| 10:20 | place of this food in in the latrine is |
| 10:23 | how it’s described in the greek so |
| 10:25 | you’ll know this what you eat doesn’t |
| 10:28 | impact you in that way thus he declared |
| 10:30 | all |
| 10:31 | foods clean now a little bit of a modern |
| 10:34 | day example here in the past couple of |
| 10:36 | weeks we’ve all been watching the news |
| 10:38 | with the fall of kabul and afghanistan |
| 10:40 | and hearing stories of Christians who |
| 10:42 | are being murdered murdered by whom |
| 10:45 | religious people |
| 10:47 | religious people who do not eat bacon |
| 10:49 | but think it’s completely fine to murder |
| 10:51 | their neighbors |
| 10:53 | do you see the disconnect |
| 10:55 | right |
| 10:56 | that’s |
| 10:57 | a problem |
| 10:58 | so here’s what Jesus says it is what |
| 11:00 | comes out of a person |
| 11:03 | that defiles him in other words what |
| 11:05 | comes out of your sinful heart |
| 11:08 | actually defiles you while what comes |
| 11:10 | out of you and ends up in your toilet at |
| 11:12 | home doesn’t in other words your poop is |
| 11:15 | more sanctified than your heart |
| 11:19 | scary to think about it this way but |
| 11:20 | that’s the gist of where Jesus is going |
| 11:23 | so here’s what comes out of a heart for |
| 11:25 | from within out of the heart of man |
| 11:27 | comes evil thoughts and watch this list |
| 11:29 | and ask yourself this question am i in |
| 11:33 | the clear have i not done any of these |
| 11:36 | things or thought these evil things |
| 11:38 | right out of the heart comes evil |
| 11:40 | thoughts sexual immorality theft |
| 11:43 | murder adultery coveting wickedness |
| 11:47 | deceit sensuality envy slander pride |
| 11:52 | foolishness |
| 11:55 | anyone here |
| 11:56 | that doesn’t describe you at all |
| 12:00 | maybe i should have you guys raising |
| 12:02 | hands how many how many of you had three |
| 12:04 | or more things from that list |
| 12:06 | right |
| 12:07 | right |
| 12:08 | me too |
| 12:09 | that was just yesterday |
| 12:11 | yeah |
| 12:13 | all of these things come from within and |
| 12:15 | they are what defile a person you’ll |
| 12:17 | note that Jesus doesn’t treat sin |
| 12:20 | lightly |
| 12:21 | and he makes it very clear that these |
| 12:24 | are the things that defile us and the |
| 12:26 | thing is if they’re coming from within |
| 12:28 | us then the problem isn’t out there |
| 12:31 | the problem isn’t with bacon |
| 12:33 | thank god it’s not with bacon right the |
| 12:36 | problem isn’t with bacon the problem is |
| 12:38 | my sinful heart your sinful heart |
| 12:42 | each and every one of us have defiled |
| 12:44 | ourselves |
| 12:45 | through our sinful thoughts that have |
| 12:47 | resulted in sinful actions and there’s |
| 12:49 | nothing sound within us within our |
| 12:51 | sinful flesh |
| 12:53 | and so you’re going to note here kind of |
| 12:54 | like last week this week also |
| 12:57 | our gospel text doesn’t contain any |
| 12:59 | gospel |
| 13:01 | wait wait how is that possible well |
| 13:04 | that’s kind of how it works sometimes |
| 13:06 | so i’ll be sure to weave it in now i’m |
| 13:08 | going to make another point i’m going to |
| 13:10 | give you a cross-reference that’s not |
| 13:11 | part of our readings today |
| 13:13 | our cross-reference today is going to be |
| 13:16 | from the book of jeremiah chapter 6. |
| 13:18 | jeremiah chapter 6 if you want to follow |
| 13:20 | along i’ll start in verse 9 for context |
| 13:23 | sake and i’m going to point something |
| 13:24 | out here that in the apostasy of judah |
| 13:27 | leading up to their |
| 13:29 | exile in babylon god sent prophet after |
| 13:32 | prophet after profit calling israel to |
| 13:35 | repent of their idolatry of their |
| 13:37 | syncretism of their sexual immorality |
| 13:40 | and what had happened is is that the |
| 13:42 | religious leaders in judah at the time |
| 13:45 | well they they were much like many of |
| 13:47 | the pastors that are we’re hearing |
| 13:50 | nowadays who just make so light of sin |
| 13:53 | and so listen to these words you note |
| 13:55 | the parallels thus says the lord of |
| 13:57 | hosts verse 9 chapter 6 of jeremiah they |
| 14:00 | shall glean thoroughly as a vine that |
| 14:02 | the remnant of israel like a grape |
| 14:04 | gatherer pass your hand again over its |
| 14:06 | branches to whom shall i speak and give |
| 14:08 | warning so that they may hear |
| 14:11 | behold their ears are uncircumcised they |
| 14:13 | cannot listen behold the word of the |
| 14:16 | lord is to them an object of scorn and |
| 14:18 | they take no pleasure in it let those |
| 14:21 | words kind of sink in for a second here |
| 14:23 | what a strange |
| 14:24 | description of well the tribe of judah |
| 14:28 | these are people who are descendants of |
| 14:31 | those who received the bible the law of |
| 14:34 | god on mount sinai they these their |
| 14:37 | descendants walked on the bottom of the |
| 14:39 | red sea as on dry land with wall of |
| 14:41 | water on the right and left and when |
| 14:43 | pharaoh’s army pursued they well god |
| 14:45 | destroyed them they were miraculously |
| 14:48 | set free from slavery to pharaoh and |
| 14:51 | egypt and generations later |
| 14:55 | the very words that god gave them as an |
| 14:58 | inheritance well |
| 15:00 | the word of god has become an object of |
| 15:02 | scorn to them |
| 15:04 | they take no pleasure in it and as we |
| 15:07 | continue reading you’re going to see |
| 15:08 | here it’s not merely the people who take |
| 15:11 | no pleasure in the word of god it’s also |
| 15:14 | the prophets and the priests the |
| 15:16 | religious leaders as well and this is a |
| 15:19 | problem |
| 15:20 | therefore god says i’m full of wrath the |
| 15:23 | wrath of the lord i’m weary of holding |
| 15:25 | it in pour it out upon the children in |
| 15:27 | the street and upon the gatherings of |
| 15:28 | the young men also and both husband and |
| 15:30 | wife shall be taken and the elderly and |
| 15:33 | the very aged their houses shall be |
| 15:35 | turned over to others their fields and |
| 15:37 | their wives together for i will stretch |
| 15:39 | out my hand against the inhabitants of |
| 15:40 | the land declares the lord for from the |
| 15:43 | least to the greatest of them |
| 15:46 | everyone is greedy for unjust gain and |
| 15:49 | from prophet to priest everyone deals |
| 15:53 | falsely |
| 15:56 | in other words they had gathered to |
| 15:59 | themselves |
| 16:00 | religious teachers who would tell them |
| 16:02 | what they want to hear |
| 16:04 | and note that greed and falsehood seem |
| 16:06 | to be top of the lists here as the |
| 16:08 | problem and this becomes the warp and |
| 16:11 | woof of the religion of judah before god |
| 16:14 | acts in judgment |
| 16:15 | is it any different today |
| 16:18 | how is it that |
| 16:20 | evangelicalism the primary teachers in |
| 16:22 | evangelical are joel osteen ken copeland |
| 16:26 | right all these prosperity preachers |
| 16:28 | people who will tell you what you want |
| 16:30 | to hear |
| 16:31 | basically telling you that god and |
| 16:33 | religion Christianity is a means to an |
| 16:36 | end and the end is your prosperity your |
| 16:39 | wealth |
| 16:40 | your influence |
| 16:42 | this is nonsense right and of course |
| 16:44 | people say yeah i like that idea i’m |
| 16:46 | glad that god wants to make me rich god |
| 16:49 | wants to make me powerful i wish god |
| 16:51 | would make me younger but that’s a |
| 16:53 | different story altogether right |
| 16:55 | yep |
| 16:56 | so just like in jeremiah’s day just like |
| 16:59 | in Christ’s day just like in our day |
| 17:01 | prophet and priests they deal falsely |
| 17:04 | and then listen to these words they’ve |
| 17:06 | healed the wound of my people |
| 17:08 | lightly |
| 17:10 | they say peace peace when there is no |
| 17:12 | peace and the peace that is being |
| 17:13 | described here in this text |
| 17:16 | is the so-called peace with god |
| 17:20 | now is it true that there is no peace |
| 17:23 | between sinners and god |
| 17:28 | in a large sense no because Christ died |
| 17:32 | for sinners |
| 17:33 | he died for the ungodly he died for you |
| 17:35 | and i there is peace between god and |
| 17:39 | sinners like you and i |
| 17:41 | only through Christ and Christ’s message |
| 17:44 | to us is to do what |
| 17:46 | repent |
| 17:48 | to not look lightly on your sin to not |
| 17:51 | think it’s no big deal to not treat a |
| 17:54 | fatal wound as if well just some kind of |
| 17:57 | a rash ointment would get a you know |
| 17:59 | would solve the problem |
| 18:01 | jeremiah goes on they were ashamed when |
| 18:03 | they were they ashamed when they |
| 18:05 | committed abominations no they weren’t |
| 18:07 | ashamed at all |
| 18:08 | they didn’t even know how to blush |
| 18:10 | therefore they shall fall among those |
| 18:13 | who fall at the time that i punish men |
| 18:15 | they shall be overthrown says the lord |
| 18:18 | but then listen to the turn verse 16 |
| 18:20 | thus is yahweh |
| 18:22 | stand by the roads and look |
| 18:24 | ask for the ancient paths where the good |
| 18:26 | way is walk in it and find rest for your |
| 18:30 | souls |
| 18:31 | you see the solution to our sin problem |
| 18:33 | and well the problem that we have as far |
| 18:35 | as our hostility towards god and his |
| 18:37 | wrath towards our sin is found the |
| 18:40 | solution is found in the ancient paths |
| 18:43 | it’s found in the scriptures the very |
| 18:44 | things that people do not even want to |
| 18:46 | hear anymore today |
| 18:48 | the very things that we need to hear and |
| 18:50 | it’s in those scriptures that we hear |
| 18:53 | that god so loved the world that’s you |
| 18:55 | and me included that he sent his son |
| 18:57 | Jesus Christ |
| 18:59 | to bear our sin on the cross |
| 19:01 | to be sin for us |
| 19:03 | to suffer and die in our place and |
| 19:06 | experience god’s punishment and wrath |
| 19:08 | against sin so that you can instead |
| 19:11 | receive from him mercy forgiveness |
| 19:14 | pardon and peace |
| 19:16 | this is why in romans chapter 8 it says |
| 19:19 | there is therefore now no condemnation |
| 19:21 | for those who are in Christ Jesus |
| 19:24 | you see Jesus Christ and the gospel |
| 19:26 | doesn’t deal lightly with sin Christ |
| 19:29 | calls it what it is says what it does it |
| 19:32 | defiles each and every one of us and the |
| 19:34 | problem is within our hearts but in |
| 19:36 | Christ there is forgiveness and because |
| 19:38 | we are in Christ |
| 19:40 | we there is therefore no condemnation |
| 19:42 | for us |
| 19:44 | and this is something that we should |
| 19:46 | rejoice in humbly and thank god for |
| 19:50 | because Christ has dealt with the |
| 19:52 | severity and the defilement of our sin |
| 19:54 | by taking that defilement in himself so |
| 19:56 | that we can be clean |
| 19:58 | so the text in romans 8 says the law of |
| 20:00 | the spirit of life |
| 20:02 | has set each and every one of us free in |
| 20:04 | Christ Jesus from the law of sin and |
| 20:06 | death god has done what the law was |
| 20:08 | weakened by the flesh could not do he |
| 20:11 | did this by sending his own son in the |
| 20:13 | likeness of sinful flesh and for sin he |
| 20:16 | condemned sin in the flesh in order that |
| 20:18 | the righteous requirements of the law |
| 20:20 | might be fulfilled in us who walk not |
| 20:21 | according to the flesh but according to |
| 20:23 | the spirit |
| 20:24 | to set the mind on the flesh is death |
| 20:26 | paul says to set the mind on the spirit |
| 20:28 | is life and peace the mind that is said |
| 20:30 | in the flesh is hostile to god it |
| 20:32 | doesn’t submit to god’s law indeed it |
| 20:34 | cannot but those who are in the flesh |
| 20:36 | cannot please god you however you are |
| 20:39 | not in the flesh but you are in the |
| 20:40 | spirit if in fact the spirit of god |
| 20:42 | dwells in you and i would |
| 20:44 | remind all of you yes the spirit of god |
| 20:46 | does well in you you’ve been baptized |
| 20:48 | into Christ’s death and his resurrection |
| 20:50 | and in your baptism your sins and your |
| 20:52 | defilement was washed away |
| 20:54 | your sins were forgiven you were united |
| 20:56 | with Christ and you were gifted by god |
| 20:59 | the gift of the holy spirit who convicts |
| 21:01 | us of our sin and also teaches us to |
| 21:03 | have confidence in the forgiveness and |
| 21:06 | mercy of Christ given and shed for the |
| 21:08 | forgiveness of our sins you get the idea |
| 21:11 | think of it this way |
| 21:13 | the solution that we need again is found |
| 21:15 | in the ancient paths and in the ancient |
| 21:16 | paths in the scripture the very places |
| 21:18 | that people do not want to hear these |
| 21:20 | things we hear again the words of our |
| 21:23 | intro from psalm 51 written by king |
| 21:26 | david after |
| 21:28 | nathan the prophet confronted him |
| 21:31 | regarding two whoppers of a sin right |
| 21:34 | adultery |
| 21:36 | and murder |
| 21:38 | and don’t even get me started on how he |
| 21:40 | absolutely abused his his power as king |
| 21:43 | when it came to that but what does david |
| 21:46 | pray in psalm 51 he prays to god wash me |
| 21:49 | thoroughly from my iniquity |
| 21:51 | cleanse me from my sin |
| 21:54 | purge me with hyssop and i will be clean |
| 21:57 | wash me and i will be whiter |
| 21:59 | than snow you see in the ancient paths |
| 22:01 | we learn that god is the one who |
| 22:03 | cleanses and washes away sin we should |
| 22:05 | not look lightly on it and nor should we |
| 22:08 | ever comfort somebody in their sin and |
| 22:09 | say it’s no big deal |
| 22:11 | don’t worry about it love is love |
| 22:14 | it’s not the gospel the ancient path |
| 22:16 | says that god washes away our sin |
| 22:19 | and so here’s his plea |
| 22:21 | his prayer to god and this is our prayer |
| 22:23 | in just a moment when we sing the |
| 22:24 | offertory created me a clean heart oh |
| 22:27 | god |
| 22:30 | and only god can create a clean heart |
| 22:32 | within us |
| 22:33 | you see Jesus said it’s out of our heart |
| 22:35 | that sin comes these things that defile |
| 22:37 | us but our plea to god is the same plea |
| 22:40 | as david created me a clean heart oh god |
| 22:43 | renew a right spirit within me |
| 22:45 | and in praying that he’s confessing that |
| 22:47 | his heart is not clean that he does not |
| 22:49 | have a right spirit cast me not away |
| 22:51 | from your presence and do not take your |
| 22:53 | holy spirit from me |
| 22:54 | please restore to me the joy of your |
| 22:57 | salvation and uphold me |
| 22:59 | with a willing spirit |
| 23:01 | these are only found in the ancient |
| 23:03 | paths and the old books |
| 23:05 | the books that no one wants to hear |
| 23:07 | anymore the churches are not committed |
| 23:09 | to preaching anymore |
| 23:12 | only there will you hear that God |
| 23:14 | forgives |
| 23:15 | God |
| 23:16 | relents God gives peace God gives a |
| 23:19 | clean heart God solves the problem that |
| 23:21 | we all have |
| 23:23 | and so let us repent of taking sin so |
| 23:25 | lightly |
| 23:27 | or worse listening to pastors and |
| 23:29 | preachers who treat sin like it’s |
| 23:31 | like a skin disease you know |
| 23:34 | spray something on there and it’ll go |
| 23:36 | away never does and let us re let us |
| 23:39 | rejoice in the joy of our salvation |
| 23:41 | that God has given us a clean heart in |
| 23:44 | Christ forgiveness of our sins |
| 23:46 | and that he will not cast us away from |
| 23:48 | his presence when he returns in glory to |
| 23:50 | judge the living and the dead but will |
| 23:52 | welcome us freely into his kingdom |
| 23:55 | in the name of Jesus |
| 23:57 | amen |
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