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[1519.34 --> 1520.16] Not only does He deal |
[1520.16 --> 1521.00] with the power of sin, |
[1521.38 --> 1522.76] but in ongoing ways |
[1522.76 --> 1523.72] we pray to Him, |
[1523.90 --> 1525.02] as we live in relationship |
[1525.02 --> 1525.38] with Him, |
[1525.40 --> 1526.12] He just continues |
[1526.12 --> 1527.16] to clean us up. |
[1527.16 --> 1528.22] He delights |
[1528.22 --> 1529.82] in shedding from our lives |
[1529.82 --> 1530.98] the desires that are sinful, |
[1531.32 --> 1532.72] the patterns that are unhealthy, |
[1533.06 --> 1534.02] and making us more |
[1534.02 --> 1535.64] and more and more |
[1535.64 --> 1537.08] like the Father. |
[1538.42 --> 1538.98] I don't know |
[1538.98 --> 1539.44] if you've ever heard |
[1539.44 --> 1540.16] this illustration |
[1540.16 --> 1541.90] about Michelangelo, |
[1542.26 --> 1543.50] the famous artist |
[1543.50 --> 1544.72] who did the statue of David. |
[1545.48 --> 1546.72] He had many people ask us, |
[1546.78 --> 1546.90] you know, |
[1546.94 --> 1547.54] how did you make |
[1547.54 --> 1548.64] this statue so beautiful? |
[1549.16 --> 1550.06] How did you do |
[1550.06 --> 1550.88] this work of art? |
[1550.94 --> 1552.10] And it took many, many years, |
[1552.48 --> 1553.12] but allegedly, |
[1553.30 --> 1553.86] and I always wonder |
[1553.86 --> 1554.68] if these are true stories, |
[1554.74 --> 1555.24] but allegedly, |
[1555.52 --> 1556.82] his answer to how he did it |
[1556.82 --> 1557.10] was, |
[1557.16 --> 1557.62] he said, |
[1557.68 --> 1558.88] I just kept chipping away |
[1558.88 --> 1560.68] at all that wasn't David |
[1560.68 --> 1562.70] until all that was left |
[1562.70 --> 1564.74] was this statue of David. |
[1565.64 --> 1566.26] And I think that's |
[1566.26 --> 1567.00] the work of Jesus |
[1567.00 --> 1568.20] through the Spirit |
[1568.20 --> 1568.76] in our lives |
[1568.76 --> 1570.24] from now until Jesus returns |
[1570.24 --> 1571.20] or now until our death, |
[1571.40 --> 1572.44] just chipping away, |
[1572.88 --> 1573.44] purifying, |
[1573.64 --> 1573.98] cleansing, |
[1574.36 --> 1575.04] making us reflect |
[1575.04 --> 1576.06] more and more beautifully |
[1576.06 --> 1577.56] His own life |
[1577.56 --> 1578.36] and His own love. |
[1580.98 --> 1582.50] Tim Keller said it really well, |
[1582.64 --> 1583.38] and I'll repeat him. |
[1583.94 --> 1584.26] He says, |
[1584.32 --> 1585.98] we often imagine Jesus |
[1585.98 --> 1586.94] in distorted ways, |
[1586.94 --> 1587.70] but let us remember |
[1587.70 --> 1589.14] that Jesus is far more eager |
[1589.14 --> 1590.76] to forgive and to cleanse |
[1590.76 --> 1592.92] than we are to ask |
[1592.92 --> 1593.60] for forgiveness |
[1593.60 --> 1594.98] and mercy. |
[1596.74 --> 1598.08] He loves |
[1598.08 --> 1599.48] bringing healing |
[1599.48 --> 1600.22] and renewal, |
[1600.84 --> 1602.02] not just in the abstract, |
[1602.74 --> 1604.42] but to the very concrete, |
[1604.62 --> 1605.12] specific, |
[1605.30 --> 1605.84] broken pieces |
[1605.84 --> 1606.58] of your life. |
[1607.62 --> 1608.52] And John's invitation |
[1608.52 --> 1609.32] to every one of us, |
[1609.44 --> 1610.68] whatever the stuff is |
[1610.68 --> 1611.32] we face, |
[1611.32 --> 1613.58] is to practice confession. |
[1615.14 --> 1616.38] Don't bury the sin. |
[1617.08 --> 1618.38] Don't deny its existence. |
[1618.54 --> 1619.28] Don't minimize it. |
[1619.36 --> 1620.08] Don't conceal it. |
[1620.20 --> 1621.38] Bring it to the light. |
[1621.98 --> 1622.82] Bring it to the one |
[1622.82 --> 1623.94] who's already defeated |
[1623.94 --> 1625.24] its power by the cross, |
[1625.52 --> 1626.82] the one who brings us |
[1626.82 --> 1627.42] into fellowship |
[1627.42 --> 1628.18] with the Father |
[1628.18 --> 1629.44] and brings purity |
[1629.44 --> 1630.14] and cleansing |
[1630.14 --> 1631.18] to our lives. |
[1631.18 --> 1633.02] Amen? |
[1635.52 --> 1636.66] I'd like us to practice |
[1636.66 --> 1637.38] what we preach |
[1637.38 --> 1638.10] for a few minutes. |
[1638.92 --> 1639.86] And I'd like to lead us |
[1639.86 --> 1640.82] in a prayer of confession. |
[1641.02 --> 1641.58] And I'm going to leave |
[1641.58 --> 1642.74] little breaks |
[1642.74 --> 1643.72] where there's silence. |
[1643.94 --> 1644.48] And to the degree |
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