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PRAYERS OF REPENTANCE AND CONFESSION
October 6, 2024
SCRIPTURE: Psalm 51:1-19
KEY VERSE: “Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me” (Psalm 51:10).
INTRODUCTION:
A. Today we will look at a game that people play and hopefully we will make the application for our lives.
1. “SORRY” is that games.
2. You move your game piece around the board…
a. and sometimes accidentally…
b. and sometimes intentionally…
3. You land on another's spot and send them back to the beginning!
ILLUSTRATION: When one little boy named Riley was three or four, he quickly picked up on the use of the word 'Sorry'. If he dropped something, or did something, he would reply, 'Sowwy, Pa'. He was so cute; you couldn't get upset with him. Of course that all changed – he became a teenager!
B. I want to challenge you today with one thought: What should we do if we are REALLY sorry?
1. We will turn again to the Word of God to find examples and principles that apply to our lives today!
2. Examples of: Voyeurism… Adultery… Unwanted Pregnancy… Cover-up… Conspiracy… Murder... Exposure…
C. Wow! It could all come from the today's headlines or maybe a new reality TV show…
1. But would it surprise you to know that it came directly out of the Old Testament?
2. It's an event in the life of King David, the second king of the nation of Israel.
D. David was specifically chosen, appointed by God to be the leader of Israel.
1. And David was at the top of his game.
2. The nation was growing in size, in power and in wealth.
3. Through his leadership Israel had conquered most of the bordering enemies that threatened the nation.
4. David was in the final stages of building a great capital and palace and beginning to plan for a magnificent temple where all of the nation would gather to worship God.
5. Things were going better and better…but then he slipped.
E. The sad story of David and Bathsheba.
1. Now thankfully the story doesn't end there.
2. God in His great mercy, sent the prophet Nathan to confront the king, and David repented!
3. He was sorry, but there is more that is necessary than just to be sorry!
4. God calls us to repentance! READ: Psalm 51:1-19.
“Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.
5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.
17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar” (Psalm 51:1-19).
I. BASIC CONSDERATIONS CONCERNING REPENTANCE.
A. Definition of Repentance.
1. Repentance is not an emotion, but is an attitude that leads to a specific action.
2. It is an attitude that chooses to confront sin rather than to ignore it.
3. It is not just a one-time action concerning our salvation...it is an attitude that confronts and deals with failure in every area of our lives.
4. It isn't very popular today, because it requires us to honestly confront sin.
B. Guilt comes when we fail to repent.
1. Guilt is an emotion that can have devastating effects upon us.
2. It affects us physically, emotionally, and mentally.
a. Notice the example of David.
(Psalm 32:3-4) "When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. {4} For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah."
b. Many psychiatrists and psychologists recognize that awareness of wrongdoing often produces prolonged feelings of remorse and self-condemnation.
c. Notice the physical affects of depression:
(1) You may have trouble sleeping.
(2) You may feel unusually sad or irritable.
(3) You may find it hard to concentrate.
(4) You may lose your appetite.
(5) You may lack energy.
(6) You may have trouble feeling pleasure.
(2 Cor. 7:10) "For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death."
3. Failure to repent means we carry guilt over our sin and suffer the consequences of it.
4. Guilt changes or often breaks our relationship with others.
5. For the believer it will cause us to avoid God out of fear of punishment.
(Genesis 3:10) "And [Adam] said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself."
ILLUSTRATION: A Sunday School teacher once asked a class what was meant by the word "repentance." A little boy put up his hand and said, "It is being sorry for your sins." A little girl also raised her hand and said, "It is being sorry enough to quit." --Donald Gray Barnhouse
II. HOW DO WE REPENT?
A. Identify areas of sin. (where we fail to meet God's standards)
(Psalm 139:23-24) "Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: {24} And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting."
1. These could be our relationship with God.
2. Our relationship with our parents or brothers and sisters.
3. Our relationship with our husband or wife.
4. Our relationship with our children.
5. Our relationship with others.
B. Acknowledge Our Sin before God.
1. Whether our guilt involves others or not, it certainly involves God.
2. All sin is against God.
(Psalm 51:4) "Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest."
3. We must humble ourselves before God and acknowledge our sin and our need for forgiveness.
(1 John 1:9) "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
C. Accept God’s Forgiveness.
1. The greatest truth in the verse we just read is that God is always faithful.
2. His forgiveness is unconditional.
3. The devil will try to convince us that God could never forgive us for what we have done, but God said just the opposite!
(Psalm 32:1-2) "Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile."
4. For the believer who truly repents, there is no record kept of the debt that God erases!
(Psalm 103:12) "As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us."
D. Make restitution when necessary.
1. If we have wronged another person, it is necessary for us to seek that person's forgiveness.
(Matthew 5:23-24) "Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift."
2. That isn't easy, but it is always best for us.
3. Perhaps monetary restitution is in order; like Zaccheus who realized that he had cheated many and sought to make things right with them.
4. Remember, true repentance is more than an emotion, it is a change of our thinking that will lead to a change in our behavior.
E. The final step of repentance is the actual turning away from known sin.
1. It is possible to do all of the other things we have talked about and really not repent.
2. Repentance involves a turning away from evil.
3. It is a change of thinking that always results in a change of direction in our lives.
4. When David asked for God's forgiveness he also asked that God do something else for him.
(Psalm 51:10) "Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me."
5. Keep in mind that David is not the example for us to pattern our lives after…
a. David had more than one wife.
b. His son, Solomon had 300 wives!
c. So don't let Satan try to convince you that we can get away with a particular sin, just because we may see it in the life of an Old Testament character.
d. God's Word, is the handbook for our life…in its totality!
6. We have the greater revelation today, so we also have greater responsibility to live our lives in accordance with God's revealed Word!
ILLUSTRATION: Noah's message from the steps going up to the Ark was not, "Something good is going to happen to you!"
Amos was not confronted by the high priest of Israel for proclaiming, "Confession is possession!"
Jeremiah was not put into the pit for preaching, "I'm O.K., you're O.K.!"
Daniel was not put into the lion's den for telling people, "Possibility thinking will move mountains!"
John the Baptist was not forced to preach in the wilderness and eventually beheaded because he preached, "Smile, God loves you!"
The two prophets of the tribulation will not be killed for preaching, "God is in his heaven and all is right with the world!"
Instead, what was the message of all those men of God? Simple, one word: "Repent!"
-- From: Fredericksburg Bible Illustrator Supplements.
CONLCUSION:
A. When we are truly SORRY in our lives, let's do more than just say so.
1. Let's be obedient to the Word of God (‘But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves” – James 1:22).
2. Let's repent of our sin.
B. How to deal with Sin
1. Repent.
2. Accept God's forgiveness.
3. Make Restitution.
4. Accept God's discipline.
5. Identify the lesson(s) God is teaching you.
6. Consult a qualified counselor (if needed).
7. Be ready to share what you have learned with others.
C. When we truly repent:
1. God will forgive our sin.
2. God will cleanse us from our unrighteousness.
D. Let's quit playing games with God!
THOUGHT TO REMEMBER: “Repentance is being sorry enough to quit our sin.”
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REFERENCES: References used in these Bible studies are the Moody Bible Commentary, J. Vernon McGee’s Thru the Bible Commentary: (www.ttb.org), the Scofield Study Bible, the Believer’s Bible Commentary, Dr. Charles J. Woodbridge Bible Outlines, Dr. Lee Roberson’s Sermons, Dr. Charles Stanley: (http://www.intouch.org/), Don Robinson’s Bible Outlines, Women’s Study Bible, The Bible Reader’s Companion Ed. 3, The Nelson Study Bible: New King James Version, Dr. Tony Evans (https://tonyevans.org/), KJV Bible Commentary, Wiersbe’s Expository Outlines of the New Testament ed. 4, Dr. David Jeremiah: (http://www.davidjeremiah.org/site/), Dr. Cliff Robinson’s Bible Outlines, Dr. Robert Jeffress’ Pathway to Victory (https://ptv.org/), Wiersbe’s Expository Outlines of the Old Testament, Dr. Alan Carr’s The Sermon Notebook (www.sermonnotebook.org), With the Word Bible Commentary, Wiersbe’s “Be” Series: Old & New Testaments, Radio Bible Class Ministries (http://rbc.org/), selected illustrations and other references.
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