The Lord’s Provision and Promise Week 13

And um you know, this is this is one of those Psalms that's familiar. And when a psalm when a passage in the Bible's familiar, we tend not to pay attention to it as much. And we think, well, I know that one. I've heard a lot of messages. I've had Sunday school classes on it and all. But there's just so much in this Psalms that uh first of all we don't understand because we are not an agricultural society anymore. Uh there's a few areas of the country obviously Minnesota and uh the Midwest there that they're they're big farmers and big agricultural but most of us we just don't we live in a farm economy and we're not around animals like sheep.

And so uh for the the reader of that day this meant so much more to them than it does to you and I. and they would understand it in a whole different way. And that's why it's important to study your Bible from a his historical uh point of view as well and a cultural point of view. What would that historically how would they have understood this passage? Culturally, how would they have understood this passage as well? And uh the word of God is timeless and it can apply to every one of us, but we just sometimes have to put ourselves back into that position. And so we've talked about that going through here.

We're talking about the person, the shepherd and and gospels. God has also provided undersheperds, pastures uh to be there for us. And then talked about the pastures and uh you know, I have a plaque in my office. I should have brought in here. It's it's a picture of uh cows and pastures and it's right at a junction. They've got the fence that meets like this. And so there's four different pastures there and it's right at the junction. And every cow has his head sticking through this fence to the other pasture. And uh you know that's the way a lot of us as Christians are. We're always looking for something.

It's somewhere else rather than where we're at. And uh and and and we got we need to enjoy the pastures where God has put us. And uh he's given us pastors under sheepers. And uh God knows you and he knows your pastor. And he put the two of you together for a reason because there's something your pastor can do for you. And by the way, there's something you can do for your pastor as well in supporting him. And uh and sometimes we as Christians are always looking for a different pastor and uh and but also different pastors to enjoy the green grass where we're at and uh and what God has given us in our pasture.

And um we talked about his protection for us, how that his rod and his staff, they comfort me. The rod is it was like a a club that was used for protection, but was also used for discipline to kind of push the sheep to where they needed to go. And then the rod was that hooked thing we always think about with the staff, the shepherd staff. And it would be used to pull the sheep back and and uh and both were used to guide and to protect. So we're on number four there, the provision in Psalms 23:5 and 6. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies. Thou anointest my head with oil, my cup runth over.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. And and so God's provision and and and it's significant that he's prepared a table for us in the presence of our enemies. Um and and go to Proverbs chapter 16 and look at verse number seven. Proverbs chapter 16 and verse number 7. When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. And and and God will put us even in a in a tough situation. Uh even when we feel like these are people that don't love me, God can still provide for us. And and he's prepared table in the presence of our enemies.

He's given us that peace that we can have uh in in trusting in him and and and that's so important to remember. Uh we've been talking about love in the uh messages on Sunday morning from 1 Corinthians chapter 13 and and how that God says to even love your enemies and and and he will give us that that peace and and that comfort and knowing even in the presence of our enemies, we can sit down and and and take comfort in eating. It's not something we have to worry about. And um and then he talks about he's anointed my head with oil. My cup runth over. And in the Bible, the anointing with oil was used to symbolize a number of things.

Uh first of all, it symbolizes salvation. Look at Psalms chap 20 and verse number six. Psalms chapter 20 and verse number six. Now I know that the Lord saveth his anointed. He will hear from him his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand. And then go over to 2 Corinthians chapter 1. 2 Corinthians chapter 1 and look at verse number 21 and 22. 2 Corinthians chapter 1 and:es 21 and 22. 2 Corinthians 1:21. The Bible says, "Now he which established us with you in Christ and hath anointed us is God whoath also sealed us and given us the earnest of the spirit in our hearts." And so the anointing is a picture of salvation that God has anointed me.

He's he's chosen me to be saved. He's given me his salvation and and I have the anointing of salvation. And then anointing is also uh pictured in the Holy Spirit. Turn over to 1 John chapter 2. 1 John chapter 2 and look at verses 20 and then verse 27. 1 John 2:20. But ye have an uncction or anointing, the same word from the holy one, and you know all things. And then verse number 27, but the anointing which you have received of him abideth in you. And you need not that any man teach you, but as the same anointing teaches you of all things and is truth, it is no lie. And even that hath taught you, you shall abide in him.

And and so the picture is anointed with oil. Uh you know, oil is something that just spreads. Uh I uh my wife always complains that whenever I work on the car, uh I get oil everywhere. And you get a little bit of oil and it just keeps spreading. And it keeps spreading. It keeps spreading. And and God's gives us his salvation. He gives us the Holy Spirit. What a blessing to have the anointing of the Holy Spirit, to have that that that confidence in our relationship with him, to have that anointing of the spirit of God to teach us and to guide us. But then look at Exodus chapter 28 and verse number 41.

Exodus chap 28 and verse number 41. For the reader of the Old Testament, the when he heard the word anointing, his first thought would go to this idea in Exodus 28:41. And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother and his sons with him, and shall anoint them, and consecrate them, consecrate them, and sanctify them that they may minister unto me in the priest's office. And so anointing was to anoint for service. And what they would do is they would pour oil over them just symbolizing being covered with the spirit of God, being anointed by God and and it symbolizes service. So when they read Psalms chapter 23, thou anointest my head with oil, um they they probably would think of salvation.

They would think of they wouldn't necessarily in that day think of the Holy Spirit because the Holy Spirit uh was not uh did not indwell every believer. and uh and and would come and go. You know, Saul had the spirit of God and then the spirit of God departed from him and um and so they probably wouldn't have in their minds related to that, but you and I can, but they would have immediately gone to this idea and probably at some point in their life had seen uh a priest being anointed or someone being anointed to a special service for the Lord and and that anointing of the Lord. I want you also to go to uh 1 John chapter 5.

It's not not in here, but 1 John chapter 5 and um I got to find my verse here again. And uh and doing that or James, I'm sorry, James chapter 5. James chapter 5. Get in the right place here. And he goes on and said in verse number 13, he says, "Is any among you afflicted? Let him pray. Is any merry? Let him sing psalms. Is any sick among you? Let him call the elders of the church and let them pray over him. Anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. So anointing also symbolizes the idea of praying for somebody. Now, you've probably have seen maybe on TV or other places uh where they have these anointing services where the the where they have where they're they're they're healers, you know, and the pastors up there healing people and uh they'll they'll take some oil and put it on them.

And usually what they'll do is they'll just take a little drop of oil, put on their forehead or something along that line. Sometimes they'll actually pour oil on them uh in doing that and and and and somehow they put to the oil some supernatural ability to heal. And uh there's nothing supernatural in the oil. I I remember there was a preacher, an evangelist that was advertising uh that you could send $100 and he would send you a vial of anointing oil that would that you could use for healing you. and somebody got that oil and did it had took it to a lab and had it tested and it turned out to be Wesson cooking oil is what it was.

So if you got western cooking oil, you're all set to go. Uh just take that and stick it on your head. It it's not the oil that heals you. In fact, probably what's being referred to here in James is is that they were anointed with oil was a medicinal aspect. Remember there was no hospitals in that day and there was really no no doctors especially for the common person in that day. And so healing was done with with uh certain things and and it would be um primarily herbs and then it would be oils. You know really popular today is the essential oils. Some of you may be a part of the the cult of essential oils and um they're very popular.

This oil is for cancer. This oil is for ingrown toenails and this oils for whatever. ailment you have. Well, they used a lot of oils in that day for for healing and they would use uh also some herbs and and and often like what Timothy wrote uh when when Paul said to Timothy, take a little wine for thy stomach's sake, Timothy wasn't asking if it's okay to drink. He was asking it's okay to take medicine. uh you know he he knew as a as a Christian especially as a spiritual leader he shouldn't be drinking but the doctor had prescribed some wine for a stomach's sake and as a medicine that was a very common medicine back in that day and uh and we still have that today if you've ever taken Nywell

you've t you've had it's got alcohol in there and most of our drugs are are narcotics like a like a wine as well and so Paul was saying it's okay to take medicine that's been prescribed to you by the doctor but The point I'm making is when they were sick, now remember these also Christians, they were probably disowned by their family because they were saved. They were Christians. And so they had nobody to take care of them. And so when they were sick, the Bible is saying you could call on the church and they will send over the elders, the leaders to help you out. And part of what they'll do is they'll come over, give you your medicine, anoint you with the oil, uh do whatever it is you need taken care of and and they would provide for you.

And that's something we still need to do as a church and uh and doing that. And so the idea of anointing was also healing and especially prayer. Uh they were said, "Listen, not only do you put the oils on them, but pray over them." And um and so we we don't generally today anoint people with oil when they're sick. U but we will have a prayer for them. Um, I was talking with our Filipino families, uh, XP and his wife, uh, they, their daughter, she's a teenager now, but when she was six years old, she had cancer, leukemia, and, uh, and and she was very sick and they didn't know if she was going to live or not.

And I remember we had a special service. We gathered, we brought her in, we gathered the deacons and leaders together. We laid hands on her, prayed for her. Our laying of hands did not heal her. That was just, that symbolized the connection that we had. And uh we didn't anoint her with oil. Uh we have done that at times where people say, "Can you do that?" And I have no problem with that. Um and uh but that the the oil is not what heals them. It's it's God and it's prayer. And so the anointing symbolizes that healing as well. And so in Psalm 23 when he says, "Thou anointest my head with oil." My you know, that's what he was referring to.

Um they would be thinking of these three these actually four things. Now letter C there. How does God give us give to us? Uh it says my my cup runth over. Uh go over to Luke chapter 6 and verse number 38. Luke chapter 6 and verse number 38. Luke 6:38 the Bible says give and it shall be given unto you good measure pressed down and shaken together and running over shall men give into your bosom. for the same measure that you met with all it should be measured to you again. And and so God says, listen, the psalmist said, "My cup runs over." Now, why was it running over? Because God is generous. But we also have to realize that it says here that as as we give, God gives even more.

And and we cannot outgive God. And the more we give to others and give of ourselves, the more God is going to give us. Uh remember this, you can't fill a full cup. And and so you've got to empty the cup in order to be filled. And and so you need uh you we need God to fill our cup, but we've got to empty that cup in in service to others and giving to others as well is very important in that way. And uh so it's the idea of giving of ourselves that that that I think the psalmist is thinking about here as well. And remember also in that day and especially in in the uh agricultural economy, water was very scarce.

And so it was something that was um very precious to give. So somebody who would pour water in your cup and until it's running over, that was being very generous in in our giving. And that's the way God wants us to be is he wants us to be generous in our giving to others as well. because God is always generous to us and he always gives us more than we need and and providing for other people as well. And then finally, letter D there. How do we know that we will dwell in the house of the Lord forever? Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life. And I think that that phrase is kind of going back to the sheep.

sheep would follow the shepherd and and and and kind of the that same picture idea at how that goodness and mercy follow me and and and God is so good in that way. Uh his goodness and the mercy will follow you throughout your life and and God promises that. And then it says will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. And look at John chapter 14 and verses 1-4. John chapter 14 and verses 1-4. Let not your heart be troubled. You believe in God, believe also me. In my father's house are many mansions. If it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again receive you unto myself, that where I am, there you may be also.

And whether I go, you know, in the way, you know. Uh we can know that we're going to heaven. We can know that we have eternal life. We can know that we're going to dwell with God forever. And I'm so thankful for that. 1 John 5 12 and 13, he that hath the son hath life. He that hath not the son of God hath not life. These things have been written unto you that believe on the name of the son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life. What what a blessing is to know that we have eternal life. To know that we're going to dwell with him forever. And and and a confidence that we have. And that that's so important as well.

All right. So that's Psalms chapter 23. Now, we're going to go to page 17 of the notes if anybody needs page 17. Uh Ricky stepped out, Jason, if anybody anybody needs page 17. Everybody got one? All right, I think we're good. All right. And um so we're going to look at Psalm chapter 32. So turn over to there. As I told you, we began the series. We're not going to do every Psalm. Uh but uh Psalm chapter 32 is is a favorite of mine. And uh and there's some things that as we look at Psalms 32, we need to start with and understanding. Uh remember with the Psalms, uh I have a study Bible and in my study Bible, the the person that published the Bible and put it all together, they they kind of broke up the scriptures and put little headlines.

Now, those are not scripture. They're not inspired. They're added by the person who put this Bible together. just trying to help to give a give a kind of organization to your reading of the Bible. And sometimes it's good. There are Bibles that don't do that so you can read it without man's breaking it up. In fact, there's Bibles that take the verses out, even the verse references out of there because sometimes where a verse stops is not where the thought stops. And you have to remember that. And so I've got these outlines in here that are given by the the publisher of the Bible. But in Psalms, every psalm begins with uh an introduction and that is inspired that is part of the original.

And so Psalms chapter 32, it talks about a psalm. It has confession and forgiveness. That's what man added there. But it it says a psalm of David, mashel. And uh and and so that word mashel, and I'm not sure if I'm pronouncing it right. I'm not a Hebrew scholar, but that word uh is one that most of us don't know. How many of you know what this word means? Raise your hand. Anybody here know what it means? Okay. Um I've said this before and I'll say it again. When you're reading your Bible and you come to a word, you don't know what it means, you have two choices, I think. One is to take a black marker and just blot it out.

Because a word you don't know the definition of is no greater use than a blot of ink on a page. It's just a blot of ink because you don't know what it means. And so either take a black marker and blot it out, which I don't recommend, or look it up and find out what it means. And you can look it up in the English language or whatever language is your main language that you're reading your Bible in. And you can look it up in the original Hebrew or the Greek. And so this is one of those words. It's used to introduce a couple of psalms. And the word means to contemplate, to convey instruction, to make wise.

So he's saying this is written as a psalm of David. And David said this is what I'm telling you to think. You need to think about this because if you understand this, you're going to be wise. But you got to contemplate. You've got to think about it. And what is being said here? Okay. So um that's what that word means. Now also this psalm is closely assoc by the way if you have a study Bible that might be in your study Bible in the notes. So always look for that as well. But this psalm is closely associated with another psalm. Does anybody know what other psalm that this one is kind of parallel to?

It's not like Psalms 14 that had almost identical to in chapter what is it 53. Uh they're they're almost identical. These aren't identical, but they are dealing with the same the same issue. Anybody know what that is? What's that? 91. 91 might be a good one. It's not the one I'm thinking of, but it may be a good one there. The one I'm thinking about is Psalm 51. 51. These are both what are called confessional or uh penitential psalms. And and they're pentit, they're repentant, they're confessing. And um they're specific category. There's seven actually of penitential psalms. Uh and a penitential psalm is a specific category, a biblical psalm or poem or hymn used to express deep sorrow for sin.

Seek God's for forgiveness and ask for spiritual healing. So the psalm is saying, "God, please forgive me. I what I did was wrong and I know that. I want you to forgive me and I want you to restore me." That's the idea of these psalms. And there's six of um I'm sorry, there's uh uh 1, two, three, four, five, six, seven, seven of them that are that way. So if you want to jot them down, Psalms 6, Psalms 31, besides 32 here, Psalms 31, uh Psalms 50 and 51, Psalms 101, Psalms 129, and Psalms 142. I'll say those again. And there's more than seven. There's nine. 6 31 37 50 51 101 129 and 142. So knowing that, what's good is when I'm reading this passage to say, you know what, I'm going to go read those other ones as well.

They all kind of tie together and and that's cross referencing and and letting scripture help you to understand scripture and and doing that. All right. And then um one of the other words we need to understand. We'll see here if you look at verse number seven at the end of verse it says the word sila. Okay, that's another word that's not translated, it's transliterated. They took the sound in Hebrew and made an English word that sounded the same. How many of you know what the word sila means? You've heard that before. Okay, a few of you do. And the word sila, in fact, we're not really 100% sure what it means.

It's one of those words that over the years we've lost the full meaning of it. Uh, and so we have to kind of try to understand as best we can. And so, as best we understand, sila is a musical notation. it it remember psalms are mostly hymns that were to be sung uh by a choir or sung as congregational. Uh they were they were often used in that perspective and so this would be a musical notation in the psalm and it means to pause or stop. You ever listen to somebody singing like a choir singing and they get to a certain point and they just stop then they start singing again. Now, why are they stopping?

Not just for dramatic effect, but to say, "Stop, look, and listen. Think about what you just saying. Think about what you just heard." We want you to want to stop and make you think about what you just heard. And that's the idea. What do you think of that? You know, is is stop and think about this. And so when they use the term the word sila in Psalms, the psalmist, the writer is saying, "Listen, this is so important. I don't want you to just rush through it. I want you to stop, think about it." You know, we sing the songs in church, the hymn and the different songs that we sing. And so often what we do is we just sing words and then we and we don't pay attention what we're singing.

We just kind of go through the motions. And I think it'd be good when we sing Sunday morning. The the song service is not just preparation for the message. It is worship. And that's why it's important for you to think about what you're singing. How great thou art. You know, to think about the words that are being sung there as well. And so that's what the word sila means. Okay. So when we look at Psalms 32, look at verses 1 and two. It says, "Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity and whose spirit there is no guile."

Okay, so remember this is a a penitential psalm, a psalm of of confession and asking forgiveness. And so you can see that right here from the beginning in the Psalms. Now, where in the New Testament are these two verses quoted? You know, again, if you have a study Bible, you're going to have cross references. So, look in there and see if you can see where it's quoted at uh and where it's referred to. I'll give you the references a moment, but I want to make you do a little bit of work first. So, take a look at your Bible. And by the way, if you don't have a good study Bible, I highly recommend it.

We've got some for our sale at a discount price out in our bookstore. We don't make any profit on those. and uh but they are such a blessing to have a study Bible uh to help you in your study of the word of God. So, where can you see? Look and see if you see where. And again, we don't do a lot of discussion back and forth from the audience because we're watching online. They can't hear you and that's why we don't do it. But I still want to make you think whether you're here or online. But look at if you look at Romans chapter 4, Romans chapter 4 and verses 6-8. Romans chapter 4 and:es 6-8. Romans 4 and beginning with verse number six, it says, "Even as David also describes," so he's saying, "As David in Psalms 32 described the blessedness in the man on whom God imputth righteousness without works, saying, blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, whose sins are covered.

Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin." And so this is where they're quoting it quoting in the New Testament from Psalms chapter chapter 32. And and so looking at that, there's a couple things we want to see here in Psalms chapter 32. So if you go back there with me, Psalms chapter 32 and look at verses 1 and 2 again. Says, "Blessed whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed the man of whom the Lord imputes not iniquity, whose spirit there is no guile." So he uses four terms here that we need to understand that reference sin. And and the first one is is transgressions.

Blessed is used, transgressions is forgiven. And so we need to understand these words are are synonymous, but they're different. And and God doesn't use different words just to impress us with their vocabulary. I'll be honest with you, when I'm writing a letter or something like that, I I I stop and look at my words, say, "Well, I've used that word already. I use something I use something different here. I I want people to think I I know more than 10 words, you know." And so sometimes I'll look up other words. How can I say this in a different way because I want people to think I'm smarter than I am.

And but God doesn't have to do that. So when God uses different terms to describe the same thing, he's wanting you to say, "Okay, what does that mean?" So what's the difference between transgression and sin? What's sin and iniquity? So let's look see if we can define these words. So transgression is defiance or rebellion. Defiance or rebellion. Go to 1 John chapter 3 and look at verse number four. 1 John chapter 3 and verse number four. Most of the time when you read the word transgression in your Bible, it's talking about defiance. I'm not going to do that. It it talks about rebellion. No, you can't tell me what to do.

Uh 1 John 3:4, "Whosoever committh sin transgresses against the law, for sin is the transgression of the law. I don't have to obey the law." It It's like a driver on the road says, "I don't that speed limit sign. That's just a suggestion, you know. I I don't have to obey that because I'm an exception." You know, are you like me and you think everybody else in the road should obey the law except for you? You know, everybody else is, you know, how why are you doing that? but you do it, you know, but just that they're wrong when they do it. And it's it's rebellion and defiance against God. And and so he said, listen, blessed is who transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

Now, the word sin, Romans 3:23, for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. The primary word for sin that's used most often, it means to miss the mark, to fall short. We fall short of the glory of God. We've missed the mark. So, you're you're trying to uh you know, I remember school, you know, you had those ropes. They don't do that torture anymore, but those ropes you had to climb. You remember that? And you had to get up the top and touch the bell and whatever. I I fell short every time. You know, I didn't make it up there. and uh but to fall short or to miss the mark. And you've heard me illustrate this before.

It's like the when you're driving down the road, you got a lane marked out that you're supposed to stay in. And uh and and and and stay in your lane. You know, I'm driving home the other night and there's a guy next to me on his phone and he was back and forth across that line. I'm I'm sitting there. You know, it's amazing how you talk to people that can't hear you. And I I'm I'm going choose a lane. Pick any lane that they'll know which one I can be in, you know. And it just didn't wasn't staying in the lane. Was constantly out of the lane. He missed the mark. And by the way, there's two different words for that.

One is to miss the mark is the idea of it's not on purpose. You kind of drift off the mark because you're not paying attention. And the other one is on purpose. people who get out of their lane even when they're not supposed to. Even when it's a double white line or a yellow line and they're not supposed to cross over, they do it anyway. That's I've done it on purpose. Sometimes I sin because I'm not paying attention. Sometimes I sin because I deliberately doing what I want to do. And there's a difference between those two. But both of you miss the mark. And both of them I'm going to get the ticket for or I'm going to get in the accident with because I missed the mark.

And that's sin. So he says, "Blessed is whose transgression, rebellion or defiance is forgiven, whose sin is covered." And then he goes on con the next one there is iniquity. Blessed is the man on whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity. And the idea of the word iniquity is distortion, perverseness, twisted or crooked. Distortion, perverseness, twisted or crooked. Go to Matthew 7 and look at verse number 23. Matthew chapter 7 and verse number 23. Matthew 7:23. And then will I profess I never knew you depart me that work iniquity. Now look at verses 21- 24. Put them all together there. Not everyone that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter in the kingdom of heaven, but he that doeth the will of my father which is in heaven.

Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied thy name, and thy name have cast out devils, and thy name done many wonderful works. And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you. Depart from me, ye that work iniquity. Therefore, whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken them unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock. And and so, the idea of this iniquity is when you you you you act like you're doing what God wants you to do, but you're not. It's a distortion of the truth. uh twisted or crooked. You take the truth and twist it to your own means and your own purpose.

And uh and and and so he talks about that and then guile go to Psalms 34 and look at verse number 13 says, "Keep thy tongue from evil and thy lips from speaking guile." And then um 1 Peter chapter 2 and verse number one. 1 Peter chapter 2 and verse number one. Wherefore laying aside all malice and all guile and hypocrisies and envys and all evil speaking. Um the idea of guile means deceit to hide or to cover up. To deceit or to hide or to cover up. This last Sunday um Sunday night Zach Roberts preached. She was former teenager here and now he's uh grown up, married and in the ministry. And he preached and my wife and I were talking afterwards.

He says, you know, we were talking about it and says, you know, with Zach, she said, if there's one word I could use to describe Zach, she said, it would be he has no guile. Uh this is a young man as a teenager. What you saw is what you got. Now, he's not perfect and he's sinned and he'll be the first to tell you that. But he he just he was an honest and he didn't try to hide when he sinned messed up. He was he was very open about that. And even today you could see that in his character. He just a young man with no guile. And and guile is when we just we try to hide our sin. We try to put forward this this picture of us is not real.

And and there's and guile is the idea there. So uh these four different terms are used here in these two verses to help us see there's different definitions of sin and and we can you know we have in our lives. Now he goes on to say um what three things does God do to bless a man who confesses his sin? So again in verse one blessed whose transgression is forgiven whose sin is covered. And then look at verse five. I acknowledge my sin unto thee and my iniquity have I not hid. I said I will confess my transgression to the Lord and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Sila okay and he says listen stop and think about God forgave you of your sin and he wants to remind us of that and uh in doing that so first John 1:9 we all know that right?

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all righteousness. The fact that God will con forgive us. Uh the fact that he's going to take our sin and he casts in the sea. Uh you know, you ever drop something in the water, you know, once you if you're out there in the ocean, you drop it, it's gone. It's gone. And and God says it's gone. And and that's what God promises us there. And so he uses different terms for that. Talking about forgiven, talking about covered, talking about um not imputed. Now imputed is another word that you need to either blot out or understand it.

It's not a word we use today. I I don't remember last time I've used the word impute in a conversation unless I'm talking about scriptures. It's just not a word we use today. So what does that word mean? And that's important for us to understand. And so we'll look at that next week and continue on through this. Uh this is just a wonderful passage. I hope that you'll be challenged with it. And I hope you think about meditate this week on on my life. What about what do I have transgressions? Do I have sin? Do I have iniquity? Do I have guile? And what's the difference between them? and kind of meditate on that and think about that as