How Do You Respond To God‘s Revelation?

Read Psalm 19 together this morning.

It says,

The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul.

The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.

The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart.

The commandment of the Lord is sure, enlightening the eyes.

The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever.

The rules of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.

More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold,

sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb.

Moreover, by them is your servant warned.

In keeping them there is great reward.

Who can discern his errors?

Declare me innocent from hidden faults.

Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins.

Let them not have dominion over me.

Then I shall be blameless and innocent of great transgression.

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart

be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.

If you guys will pray with me before we come to the Lord.

O Heavenly Father, we come before you this morning.

You are far more glorious than we can grasp.

As we get to hear in the psalms that were read this morning

and in the psalm that we're about to see,

Father, you have proclaimed your glory loudly before all men.

Lord, may we see it this morning.

Lord, would you equip your people?

Would you strengthen your people?

Would you cause us to stand before you that we might hear your word?

Lord, it is only by your spirit that we are going to be able to see you.

It is by your spirit you change hearts.

And that we are not just here to hear a word spoken, Father,

but we are here to hear from you.

So, Father, we depend on you to do this work for us.

Please, Lord, we pray.

It is in your son's name I ask this.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

So, Psalm 19, the psalm that we get the joy of having this morning,

is pretty widely regarded as one of the finest of all the psalms,

just in its construction is beautiful, its language is beautiful.

It's often quoted, even people that are not necessarily Christians

would look at it and say, man, this is beautiful.

And it has been such a joy to get to see the beautiful hand of God in his scripture.

So, the question that I want to put before everybody in our minds as we come into this scripture is,

how do you and I respond to when God reveals himself?

What is our response to the revelation of God?

When you need to see God, when he opens up his scripture to you or when you see him in creation,

what is your response?

What is my response?

This psalm really kind of breaks down into three movements.

There's three distinct sections to this.

And as you kind of read through it, at first, they might seem a little disjointed.

Why does he go from this to this?

And how does that flow out?

But I want you guys to see, as we go through this, just the richness and beauty of God's word.

So, the first movement really begins, and it starts in verse 1 and runs through verse 6.

It starts out by saying, the heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.

This is what theologians describe as God's general revelation.

How he has revealed himself to all people.

This is the sermon that his handiwork preaches day in, day out, to all men.

And I remember when I used to work construction, and it was one long day.

We had an office down in Vegas, and I was driving back to Reno.

And if you've ever driven through the middle of Nevada, you know there's absolutely nothing in the middle of Nevada,

particularly somewhere about the little town of Tonopah.

And I remember it had been a long day.

A bunch of stuff had happened and gone wrong.

And it was probably about 10, 11 o'clock in the middle of the wintertime.

So, it had been dark for five, six hours at least.

And I still had, it's halfway, I still had four hours left to go before I got home.

And I remember this particular stretch, pulling off and getting out.

And crystal clear night, you couldn't see the mountains.

They were just that black silhouette all around you.

And, man, you could have cut the stars with a knife.

If you've ever been out late at night, and you see just that band of the Milky Way, and it's so thick, you feel like you could grab it.

Like, just the glory and the beauty of God's creation.

In Romans 1, in 19 and 20, Paul says,

The psalmist here in verse 2 says,

Day to day to day pours out speech.

There's an image there.

The word is like a bubbling over.

It's an abundant welling up and just spilling over of words.

There's no lack.

And it says that night to night reveals knowledge.

So the image is that one one day finishes its job of proclaiming the glory of God.

It passes the floor, as it were, to the night that takes up its argument as to the glory and the majesty of a creator.

Even some of the pagan philosophers, they understood this.

They knew.

So, Cicero said,

When we behold the heavens, when we contemplate the celestial bodies, can we fail of conviction?

Must we not acknowledge that there is a divinity?

A perfect being?

A ruling intelligence which governs?

A God who is everywhere and directs all by his power.

Anybody who doubts this may as well deny there is a sun that lights us.

It says,

Time destroys all false opinions, but it confirms those which are formed by nature.

So no matter what you want to contrive, you still have to stand under creation and under the heavens and hear their sermon.

There's another story that I came across during the French Revolution.

One of the revolutionaries was speaking to one of the peasants, and he said,

I will have all your steeples pulled down.

Then you may no longer have any object that will remind you of your old superstitions.

And the peasant replied,

But you cannot help leaving us the stars.

The verse there in 3 says,

There is no speech, nor are there words, whose voice is not heard.

Paul in Romans 119 said,

This leaves men without excuse.

You can't get away from it.

The translation there in 3 is actually a little bit tricky.

Because it literally reads,

There is no speech,

Or sorry,

We translate it,

There is no speech, nor are there words, whose voice is not heard.

But it reads,

No speech,

No words,

No voice,

Not heard.

It's kind of this blunt,

Hammered fired sort of language

That I believe is there on purpose for that point.

There's no speech.

They don't speak to us.

There's not an audible voice.

There's not words.

There's no particular voice.

But you can't tell me it's not heard.

The sermon of creation is spoken clearly.

It doesn't matter who you are, where you're from, what you speak.

All people sit under the same sky.

We all see God's handiwork.

And there's a fullness to this sermon that they speak.

It says,

Their voice goes out through all the earth,

And their words to the end of the world.

The line in there,

Their voice,

That word is actually line in a lot of translations.

And it's the word for a measuring line,

Or like a measuring tape.

The idea in the image is,

There's this full line of all the words of this sermon spelled out.

It can actually even mean the words in a line on a page,

As you would write them.

So this is the image of the skies above,

Painting out the fullness of a declaration of God,

In his divinity,

In his power,

In his glory.

I found this quote,

And my wife said,

I don't know,

It's a little harsh,

But it's Spurgeon,

So I'm going to go with it.

He put it pretty bluntly.

He said,

He who looks up to the firmament,

And then writes himself down an atheist,

Brands himself at the same moment,

As an idiot or a liar.

You can't come away and not understand that you are small.

One of my favorite,

Calvin,

And not John Calvin,

But the other philosopher,

Calvin and his friend Hobbes.

There's this scene where he's out under all the stars,

And the second panel is him yelling,

I'm significant!

And then the next panel is just him under the stars staring up,

And then the last one is him staring up,

Saying,

Said the dust speck.

We quickly understand God's glory and majesty.

But then there's another element to this,

That the past seeing God's glory,

It does something even to us.

David then singles out one particular work of God's hand.

He says,

In them he has set a tent for the sun.

He says,

Which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber.

And the image there,

We do things a little differently,

But to the Jewish culture,

The bridegroom would gather all his friends,

Make all his preparations,

And they would go into his chamber,

And he'd get all ready in his finest,

To come out and wed his bride.

So the image there is,

Him in all his finest,

All his glory as it were,

Getting ready to go celebrate my friends.

I get my wife.

I've been waiting for her.

This is joy.

There is an excitement.

There is an exuberant happiness,

And a liveliness.

He's ready.

He's ready.

And like a strong man,

Runs his course with joy.

Now, some of you are strange,

And you like to run.

I do not like to run.

But,

Here's that image,

Of someone,

A strong man.

He is capable.

He's ready.

He enjoys this.

He does it with joy.

Again,

There's this picture of life,

And vigor,

And joy,

That's ascribed to the sun.

At first,

It kind of seemed like a little bit of a rephrasing,

Of the same image,

Of the speech,

As the heavens.

When he says,

That,

Sorry,

Lost my spot.

When he comes out,

Like a bridegroom,

Leaving his chamber,

And like a strong man,

Runs his course with joy,

Its rising is from the end of the heavens,

And its circuit to the end of them.

Kind of seems similar.

But then there's this other part,

That stands out,

And it's different.

He says,

And there is nothing hidden from its heat.

Well,

This is a different work.

Because before,

The skies were proclaiming the glory of God,

But here's an effect.

Here's something,

Done on the,

Down below,

On the hands.

Nothing,

Under the heavens,

Is hidden,

From the piercing,

All disclosing light,

Of the sun.

Right?

When it comes out,

You see everything plainly.

All is exposed,

Everything is shown,

For what it is.

When we see the glory,

And almighty power of God,

As revealed in his creation,

It can only make us aware,

Of how small we are,

How base,

How corrupt we are in comparison.

God's general revelation,

Actually leaves us,

Exposed.

As our confession puts it,

Although the light of nature,

And the works of creation,

And providence,

Do so manifest,

The goodness,

Wisdom,

And power of God,

As to leave men inexcusable,

Yet they are not sufficient,

To give that knowledge of God,

And his will,

Which is necessary,

For salvation.

They show us who God is,

They show us the glory of God,

So that we are without excuse,

As Paul says,

But they leave us,

With very,

Very little,

To do with it.

Paul says,

In Romans 1,

The sin of men,

Is called to account,

By God's general revelation,

He says,

For the wrath of God,

Is revealed from heaven,

Against all ungodliness,

And unrighteousness of men,

So there is an apparentness,

Even to the unbeliever,

Who has to stand and reckon,

But there is a God,

And I am not him,

Who by their unrighteousness,

Suppress the truth,

And for what can be known of God,

Is plain to them,

For his invisible attributes,

Namely his eternal power,

And divine nature,

Have been clearly perceived,

Ever since the creation of the world,

And the things which have been made,

So they are without excuse.

So we see that even God's general revelation,

Is enough to call men to count before God.

But then David turns,

To a second movement,

And this is,

What we call God's special revelation,

This is his particular revelation,

To his people.

He says,

The law of the Lord,

Is perfect,

Reviving the soul.

The testimony of the Lord is sure,

Making wise the simple,

The precepts of the Lord are right,

Rejoicing the heart,

The commandment of the Lord is pure,

Enlightening the eyes,

The fear of the Lord is clean,

Enduring forever,

And the rules of the Lord are true,

And righteous altogether.

I deliberately want to take these first couple of verses,

And look at them as a whole,

And then we'll break them down.

But I want you to notice something first,

In verse one,

He uses the name,

For God,

That's kind of his general name,

This is El.

But then,

In these verses,

He transitions,

And he uses,

Yahweh.

This is the name,

That God gave Moses,

When he said,

Well,

Who am I going to say sent him?

And he said,

I am sent,

I am who I am.

This is God's personal name,

That he disclosed to his people.

And he uses it,

Four times here.

There's a difference between,

God's general revelation,

To all men,

And the way that he has spoken,

And his word that he has given,

To his people.

I want you all to see,

In these verses,

That,

There's a totality meant,

Some people will break this out,

And try to parse it out,

In each one,

But I want you to see,

By looking at all these,

There's,

There's a wholeness,

Of the word that God has given.

The word translated,

In that first verse,

Law,

Somewhere else,

Is translated,

Covenant.

It actually encompasses,

All of the work,

That God has done,

With his people.

That particular covenant,

We see it used,

Back,

When he speaks,

To Abraham.

So he's not,

Just,

We got to get out of the,

Thinking only law,

In the Mosaic law,

But he's actually talking about,

The whole covenant,

Of God with his people.

The word testimony,

Is that,

Recorded witness,

It's the testifying,

Of what God has done,

All that he's done,

All that he's worked,

For his people.

And the word precept,

Describes to us,

Those kingly directions,

Which the Lord has set down,

For the ordering,

Of his people's lives.

This is how,

My people are to act,

How they are to be,

How they are distinguished,

As my people.

And then commandment,

Has the general sense,

Of the moral law of God,

And the fear of the Lord,

Used in this sense,

Is the instruction,

Of how God is to be,

Worshipped and reverenced.

This is God saying,

This is how you shall worship me.

You remember,

Because the distinction,

That we see in Romans 1,

Is that they took that image of God,

And exchanged it,

And worshipped how they wanted.

God said,

This is how I shall be worshipped.

Yes I am God.

This is my people.

This is how they will worship.

So we can see,

As we look in that,

That it really,

It's all encompassing,

For everything that we have,

In scripture.

Everything from God's covenant,

With his people,

How he is to be worshipped,

How his people are to live.

What that all looks like.

It's really all defining,

But then,

David could rightly say,

That about God's word.

Then,

How much more do we get to,

Now?

When we have,

The fullness,

Of God's covenant people,

With his people revealed.

The whole testimony,

Of his action.

Everything that he's done.

All his kingly precepts,

Set forth by his reigning,

King Jesus.

His moral law,

Fully shown and fulfilled in Christ.

His people,

Rightly ordered to worship,

Father,

Son,

And Holy Spirit,

In spirit and truth.

You can see how,

Calvin and a lot of other,

Commentators have said,

No,

This really,

Speaks to us,

Of the whole,

Word of God.

This includes his gospel.

Because if we're going to look at it,

How would you not read through,

And see Christ in that as well.

I want you guys to see,

Some contrasts,

Between these two movements.

How are they different?

Creation,

It says,

Declares the glory of God,

Proclaims his handiwork,

And reveals knowledge.

Reveals it,

But,

God's word,

Says,

Revives the soul.

Makes wise the simple.

Right?

There's more than just a revealing knowledge.

Rejoices the heart,

And enlightens the eyes.

This is why,

That same first section,

In our confession,

In the very first words,

In our confession,

Begin with pronouncement,

Says,

The holy scripture,

Is the only sufficient,

Certain,

And infallible rule,

Of all saving knowledge,

Faith,

And obedience.

There's a particular work,

That the word of God can do,

That creation can't,

How does it revive the soul?

In the word,

Jesus Christ,

He is alone,

One who can give life to the soul.

And Peter,

Makes his confession,

In John 6,

Says,

Lord,

To whom shall we go?

For you have the words,

Of life.

They're not dead words.

Regularly,

People would say,

Well,

He speaks with power and authority.

When he spoke,

The dead came to life.

And how does it make wise,

The simple?

Remember,

In scripture,

The expression,

Of one who is,

A simpleton,

Or a simple,

Who is a fool,

Carries it,

With it,

The idea of someone,

Who's lacking wisdom,

But also,

Who has a moral deficiency.

Then,

Paul says in Timothy 2,

And from childhood,

You have been acquainted,

With the sacred writings,

Which are able to make you wise,

For salvation,

Through faith,

In Christ Jesus.

All scriptures breathe out by God,

And profitable for teaching,

For reproof,

For correction,

And for training in righteousness,

The man of God may be equipped,

For every good work.

Not only are we,

Proclaimed God,

But,

We're actually,

Taught,

Reproved,

Corrected,

Trained up in righteousness,

For good works.

Makes wise,

The simple.

How does it rejoice the heart?

It's hearing the word,

That produces faith.

It says,

Faith comes by hearing,

And hearing by the word of God,

And then,

Peter says in 1 Peter 1,

8,

That you do not see him,

You love him.

Though you do not now see him,

You believe in him,

And rejoice,

With joy that is inexpressible,

And filled with glory.

Because now,

We have Christ.

The scripture,

That gives us light.

For anyway,

We find Jesus saying,

John 8, 12,

I am the light of the world,

Whoever follows me,

Will not walk in darkness,

But will have the light of life.

And 2 Corinthians 4, 6,

For God who said,

Let light shine out of darkness,

Has shown in our hearts,

To give the light of the knowledge,

Of the glory of God,

That glory proclaimed,

In the face of Jesus Christ.

And there's some parallels,

That we have in here as well.

I love how this psalm,

All works together.

Just as the heavens speak,

Continually to us,

So the word of God,

Endures forever.

And just as the voice of the heavens,

Speaks to all,

And is full in its line,

So the special revelation of God,

Is righteous,

All together.

Complete,

Holy righteous.

So when you read through this,

And you say,

The law of the Lord is perfect.

Yes, he is.

He revives the soul.

The testimony of the Lord is sure.

Yes, he is.

Making wise the simple.

The precepts of the Lord are right.

Yes, he is.

Rejoicing the heart.

And the commandment of the Lord is pure.

Yes, he is.

Enlightening the eyes.

And the fear of the Lord is clean,

Enduring forever.

The rules of the Lord are true,

And righteous all together.

Yes, he is.

So,

I want to see a little difference here too.

The effect of the different revelations of himself

That God has made.

It's a little different.

But it's very much the same.

If we actually get two kind of parallel pictures,

In here.

Some commentators believe

That the effect that's mentioned

About the sun and its circuit,

And its heat,

Is to be read as its life-giving effect.

Nothing would exist under the sun

On this planet without the sun and its influence.

Others take it to be that searching

And revealing nature

That light has.

And that the sun

Effects on the world.

I want to put to you guys

That I really believe both are in view here.

We often find

The idea of light and life

Tied together

Closely in scripture.

In Ephesians 5, 13 and 14

It says,

But when anything is exposed by the light

It becomes visible.

For anything that becomes visible

Is light.

Therefore it says,

Awake, O sleeper

And arise from the dead

And Christ will shine on you.

So there's the effect of

The glory of Christ

Making dead sinners alive.

In Isaiah 49, 6

Speaking, looking forward of Christ

Is it too light a thing

That you should be my servant

To raise up the tribes of Jacob?

Is it too easy for you?

To bring back the preserved of Israel?

I will make you as a light

For the nations

That my salvation may reach

To the ends of the earth.

And in 58, 8

He says,

Then shall your light

Break forth like the dawn

And your healing

Shall spring up speedily.

Light and life.

So we get these two parallel pictures

In this psalm

Of

The sun and its glory

With all of its

Worth and sweet

Life-giving description

Of the word.

Right?

Here's this glory

This lively character

This strong man running

His race with joy

And here's

The glory

Worth and sweet

Life-giving description

In verse 10

We also see

The parallel

Revealing work

Of the sun

In verse 6

And the revealing work

Of the word

In verse 11

So I want to show you guys that

In 5

He describes him

As a bridegroom

Coming out of his chamber

And a strong man

Running his course with joy

And that his circle is

To the end of the heavens

And there's nothing

Hidden from his heat

Then let's look down

At 10 and 11

He says

More to be desired

Are they than gold

Even much fine gold

Sweeter also than honey

And drippings of the honeycomb

Moreover by them

Is your servant warned

In keeping them

There is great reward

So we see

This picture of glory

Of worth

Of weightiness

That they are desired

More than gold

Even fine gold

Even purified gold

Is worth

There is a glory

To the word of God

But it is sweeter than honey

Drippings of the honeycomb

And you guys remember

As we were in 1 Samuel

And we see

Jonathan taking his staff

And dipping in honey

And his eyes are enlightened

He's enlivened

So there's these two pictures

Of how the sun gives joy

Life

But then there's also

Nothing hidden from its heat

And it says of God's word

Moreover by them

As your servant warned

In keeping them

There's great reward

There's the

This is how you should live

And this is how you should not live

Spelled out in scripture

This kind of

Dual work

Is what I want you guys to see

As we move into

That response

That David has

When he considers

The glory of creation

And the glory of God's word

And how it lays

All bare

Yet it

Gives life

So I started by asking you guys

A question of

How do you respond

To the revelation of God

When God reveals himself

What is our response to me?

And I

Have tried to kind of

Follow the pattern

Of the psalms

That we see the glory of God

The sweetness of him

And his

General and his special revelation

Because it naturally

Then drives us to application

Because if this is who God is

And this is what he's

Revealed himself to be

What do I do with that?

A pastor of mine

Once put it

We don't read

The word of God

It reads us

And that's become

Something when we get

In the car

At the end of

Sunday in the sermon

And we look over

How did God's word

Read you today?

Because when we stand

Before the glory of God

And we hear him

And we see him

There's a response

That we can't get away from

There's

An only natural reaction

When we see God's glory

His general revelation

Kind of gives us

A glimpse of that

But his special revelation

Shows all of it

Would you guys turn over

To Hebrews 4

And 12 and 13

While you guys are turning

You know

I started preaching Hebrews

And

For those of you guys

That are a little bit more

Book nerds

And you like Tolkien

Your homework is

Psalm 19

Is really like

The first six chapters

Of Hebrews

It's kind of like

How Tolkien

Gives you an appendix

That you turn to

And you read

And it's like

An entire story

In its own

Psalm 19

So

Now that you guys

Are there

There's your homework

For the word of God

Is living and active

Sharper than any

Two-edged sword

Piercing to the division

Of the soul

And spirit

Of joints

And of marrow

And discerning

The thoughts

And intentions

Of the heart

And no creature

Is hidden from his sight

But all are naked

And exposed

To the eyes of him

To whom

We must give an account

Does the language

Sound kind of familiar?

God's word

Always reads us

It leaves

No creature

Hidden from his sight

But all

Naked and exposed

To the eyes

Of him

Of whom

They must give an account

So then

It only makes sense

David's response

When he cries out

In verses 12 and 14

Who can discern

His errors?

Declare me

Innocent

Of hidden faults

Keep back

Your servant

Also from

Presumptuous sins

Let them not

Have dominion

Over me

Then I shall

Be blameless

And innocent

Of great transgression

So how does

God's special

Revelation

Read David?

I want you guys

To see

That it has read

God's people

Much the same way

Since the very beginning

First

Notice

David humbly

Puts himself

Under its light

Who can discern

His errors?

David acknowledges

That he is not

The man for this job

In the light

Of the glory

And goodness

And majesty

And powerfulness

Of God

Who can actually

Search something out?

David calls on

The Lord to do it

Then God's word

Brings him

To confess

That he is not

Beyond having sin

Which he doesn't

Even know about

His hidden faults

Just as

That same word

Is used

That nothing

Is hidden

From its heat

He uses

The same word

Here

For hidden faults

That which requires

Being searched out

And then see

It shows him

His indwelling sin

That he is capable

Of presumptuous sins

That is

Those sins

That are

High handed rebellion

This isn't

I was unaware

This is

I did it anyway

And he shows him

That he is so

Bent to sin

Because of that

Indwelling sin

That he would

Easily let it

Make him a slave

He says

Let them not

Have dominion

Over me

There is

An urgency

And almost

An anguish

Heard in his voice

This

Oh let them not

Have dominion

Over me

One earlier

Caesareus of Arles

He was in

Late 400s AD

Said it this way

Let us not

Think little

Of our sins

Because they are

Slight

But let us

Fear them

Because there are

Many

Drops of rain

Are small

But because

There are many

They fill rivers

And submerge

Houses

And sometimes

By their force

They even carry

Off mountains

One commentator

Del Ralph Davies

That I read

Said this

About these

Verses

We find a

Pattern

That moves

From hidden

Faults

To arrogant

Sins

To decisive

Apostasy

The idea

Seems to be

That this

Is a genuine

Danger

And that there

Can be a path

From errors

To insolence

To apostasy

An earnest

Prayer is

Called for

In the face

Of each

Instance

And possibility

Christians

May err

Here

Some think

That since

They have

The assurances

Of Jesus

Or that

Of the apostles

No Christian

Need to be

Worried about

The specter

Of apostasy

But the

Bible never

Wants us

To use

It's

Assurances

To avoid

It's

Warnings

There's

Instruction

In how

David responds

To the

Revelation

Of God

Lord may

We take

David's

Example

How often

Do we take

The words

Of scripture

And then

Turn

And think

Little of it

Or think

Little of our

Sin

I just

Heard what

It costs

Christ

But it's

No big

Deal

The warning

Of James

In chapter

One

Cries out

But be

Doers of

The word

Not hearers

Only

Deceiving

Yourselves

For if

Anyone is

A hearer

Only

And not

A doer

He's

Like a

Man

Who

Looks

Intently

At his

Natural

Face

In the

Mirror

For he

Looks at

himself

And then

Goes away

And at

Once

Forgets

What he's

Like

May God's

Word

Read us

And cut us

To the

Heart

Like we

See David

There's

Another effect

Though

That the

Word has

On its

People

Just as

The sun

And the

Law

Expose

Us

So

God's

Revelation

Gives

Life

If you

Guys

Look

When he

Says

Who can

Discern

His

Errors

Declare

Me

Innocent

From

Hidden

Faults

Keep

Back

Your

Servant

Also

From

Presumptuous

Sins

Let

Them

Not

Have

Dominion

Over

Me

Who's

David

Looking

To

To

Do

This

Oftentimes

People

Will

Take

This

And

They'll

Say

Oh

Look

It's

The

Law

Of

God

And

There's

Great

Reward

In

Keeping

It

But

Who

Does

David

Ask

Who's

David's

Appeal

To

It's

Not

His

Own

Strength

It's

Not

The

Law

That

He

Just

Declared

Good

It's

The

Lord

The

Law

Of

The

Lord

Is

Perfect

He

Says

You

Declare

Me

Innocent

From

Hidden

Faults

You

Keep

Back

Your

Servant

Also

From

Presumptuous

Sins

You

Let

Them

Not

Have

Dominion

Over

Me

There's

Confession

Here

There's

Also

Trust

The

Response

Of

God's

People

To

His

Revelation

Has

Always

Been

Even

From

The

Time

Of

David

Now

After

Christ

Has

Always

Been

Repentance

And

Faith

His

Final

Petition

Is

Just

Saturated

In

It

He

Says

Let

The

Words

Of

My

Mouth

And

The

Meditation

Of

My

Heart

The

Goodness

And

Glory

Of

God

That

I

Have

Seen

And

Proclaimed

And

My

Own

Acknowledgement

Of

Who

I

Am

Before

That

God

There's

The

Confession

Be

Acceptable

In

Your

Sight

Oh

Lord

My

Rock

And

My

Redeemer

My

Trust

My

Shelter

My

Safety

The

One

In

Whom

I

Lean

The

One

Who

I

Take

Refuge

In

Trust

Is

Redeemer

The

One

Who

Has

To

Save

He

Didn't

Say I

Can

Keep

Myself

Innocent

From

My

Hidden

Faults

That

I

Don't

Even

Know

Of

I

Can

Keep

Myself

Back

From

High

Handed

Rebellion

I

Can

Keep

Myself

Becoming

A

Slave

To

My

Own

Sin

He

Looks

To

A

Redeemer

To

Do

It

There

Is

Repentance

And

Faith

That

Naturally

Comes

Out

When

We

See

The

Glory

Of

Who

God

Is

And

All

That

He

Has

Done

And

That

Is

The

Work

That

God's

Revelation

Does

In

The

Life

Of

A

Believer

Is

Repentance

And

Faith

Every

Time

So

How

Do

You

How

Do

I

Respond

Then

When

We

Hear

God's

Word

When

We

See

Him

How

Does

God's

Word

Read

You

Maybe

Some

Sitting

Here

This

Morning

That

Don't

Know

Him

Yet

I'm

Glad

That

You're

Here

And

You

Get

To

Hear

The

Word

Of

God

He

Is

Good

He

Does

Good

It's

Good

That

He

Exposes

Our

Sin

And

Does

Not

Leave

Us

In

It

It's

Good

That

He

Surges

Out

Even

Those

Hidden

Faults

No

Matter

How

Long

We've

Been

Exposed

There

Will

Be

More

To

Find

Our

Sin

Is

Worse

Than

We

Will

Ever

Understand

This

Side

Of

Heaven

But

There

Is

One

Who

Has

Paid

For

It

All

Who

Has

Taken

Every

Drop

On

Himself

There

Is

One

Who

Knew

No

Sin

Yet

Became

Sin

For

Us

So

If

You

Are

A

Believer

Or

Someone

Who

Is

Not

A

Believer

Yet

This

Morning

And

You're

Sitting

Here

And

You're

Hearing

This

Is

For

Your

Good

Will

You

Not

Come

To

Him

He

Stands

Ready

To

Save

He

Has

Already

Paid

For

It

All

On

The

Cross

He's

Good

And

He

Gives

Life

I

Pray

That

God

Works

In

You

Repentance

And

Faith

And

To

Some

Of

The

Younger

Ones

That

Say

Here

That

You've

Come

You've

Sat

In

Church

You

Done

Your

Best

To

Pay

Attention

To

The

Sermons

But

Maybe

Haven't

Given

God's

Word

A

Lot

Of

Thought

I

Pray

That

You're

Not

Like

Somebody

That

Just

Looks

In

The

Mirror

And

Turns

Around

And

Forgets

What

He

Looks

Like

When

It

Comes

To

God's

Word

That

You

See

God's

Word

And

Then

You

Go

About

What

You're

Doing

May

You

Actually

See

God

There

May

God

Give

You

An

Understanding

Of

Your

Sin

Your

Need

Of

Him

And

The

Life

That

He

Has

Given

In

Christ

May

God

Work

In

You

Repentance

And

Faith

And

The

Brother

And

Sister

Know

This

That

God

Has

Shown

Know

It

Full

Well

I

Know

In

My

Own

Self

I

Can

Often

Be

Like

One

Who

Looks

In

A

Mirror

And

Walks

Away

And

We

Regularly

Need

To

See

The

Goodness

And

Glory

Of

God

It

Challenges

Us

It

Exposes

Our

Sin

We

Need

To

Be

Like

David

And

Come

And

Say

There's

Sin

That

I

Don't

Even

Know

Of

Lord

Let

Alone

The

High

Handed

Lord

Keep

It

Back

May

It

Never

Have

Dominion

Over

Me

May

I

Come

To

You

May

I

Trust

How

Does

God's

Word

Read

You

And

I

May

It

Work

In

Us

Repentance

And

Faith

And

That

Daily

Work

Let

Me

Pray

For

Us

Heavenly

Father

You

Are

So

Good

Your

Word

Is

So

Beautiful

Lord

It

Is

Perfect

Sure

It

Is

Right