Wan taim we yu no save i go long yu

Em i go we tambu

Salamo 32

By Jeff Jordan

Befo mi go lead yumi long praea, mi wail wantim se yumi no save, it's a real honor fo open up God i Word wet yumi here long dispela evening. Yumi i memba long dis church, na olsem Wiley mentionim, mi i RUF campus minister long Mississippi College. Yumi i so grateful fo yumi i love na yumi i encouragement, fo yumi i frenship, fo ol olsem yumi i minister long yumi i olsem familia na olsem yumi i encourage yumi long yumi i ministry long kolij stude nt. Mi love mi wok. Mi i bin do dis wok now fo eleven yia; last five yia here long Mississippi long Mississippi College. Na it's an honor fo get minister long yumi i behalf long dispela stude nt. Ol i go long Spring Break long dis wik, but mi wail se thank you long behalf long RUF long MC na long RUF nationally. Dis church i well-known fo its generosity na support fo RUF campus ministries across nation. Yumi i bin produce plenty campus ministers long yumi i midst, covenant children long dis congregation we i go long be campus ministers, na mi count it a great privilege we mi get worship week in na week out wet yumi i. In fact, mi biliv dis time i some ol sweetest time yumi i have olsem familia. Long Sunday evening, sometime yumi i mess, sometime yumi i half fal down, but yet close Lord i Day wet yumi i long worship na open up God i Word. Na so it's a treat fo mi get be up here wet yumi i do dat tonight.

Yumi i go stadi Salamo 32, so if yumi i wantim turn long yumi i Bible long Salamo 32 na befo yumi i read it together mi go pray fo yumi. Yumi i go long Lord long praea!

Fada, mipela turnim face bilong mipela long Yu nau, na mipela setim face bilong mipela long sarchim Yu long Word bilong Yu. Yu God i gat bikpela na strongpela, i save holim covenant na strongpela lov long ol man i luvim Yu na i save holim commandment bilong Yu. Na yet mipela confess, olsem prophet Daniel i confessim long taim bilong en, mipela i sinim na i doim rong na i aktim wail na i rebelim, na i turnim aside long commandment na rul bilong Yu. Long Yu, O Lord, i bilong righteousness, tasol long mipela, i bilong shame. Tasol long Yu tu i bilong mersina forgiveness we i basis bilong mipela prayer long dispela apinun. Plis, harim prayer bilong yuservant bilong Yu long mipela askim Yu long opnim ai bilong mipela long mipela i lukim wondrous ting long Law bilong Yu. Mekim face bilong Yu long shine long sanctuary bilong Yu long mipela sarchim Yu, long mipela i no presentim dispela plea long Yu long any righteousness bilong mipela yet, tasol long bikpela mersina bilong Yu. Mipela prea long nem bilong Krais, amen.

Lukim wantaim mi long Psalm 32. Mipela i redim psalm long olgeta, verse 1 long 11:

Maskil bilong David.

God i blessim man we transgression bilong en i forgiven, we sin bilong en i cover. God i blessim man we Lord i no countim niquity long en, na long spirit bilong en i no gat deceit.

Long taim we i save silent, bone bilong mi i wastawe long groaning bilong mi long olgeta de. Long de na nait, han bilong Yu i hevi long mi; strength bilong mi i draim ap long heti bilong sumar.

Mi aknolejim sin bilong mi long Yu, na mi no coverim niquity bilong mi; mi seim, ‘Mi i confessim transgression bilong mi long Lord,’ na Yu i forgivem niquity bilong sin bilong mi.

Olsem, letim ol man i gat godliness i oferim prayer long Yu long taim we Yu i save findim; tru long raus bilong bikpela wata, i no reachim en. Yu i gat haidim place bilong mi; Yu i save presavim mi long trabel; Yu i surroundim mi long shouts bilong deliverance.

Mi go instrukim yu na teachim yu long olgeta wei yu go; mi go givim yu konsel long ai mi lukim yu. No wail olsem hos i mule, nogat save, we i mas kontrolim long bit na bridel, o nogat i no stay klosap long yu.

Ol sori i plenti long ol man i no save God, tasol stretpela lov i surroundim man i trustim long Lord. Yu glad long Lord, na rejus, O stretpela man, na krai long jo, olgeta yu i stretpela long het!

Graas i wida na flawa i fade, tasol God i Word i go stay oltaim.

Dis psalm i gat tupela main pas, tupela main hal. Vees 1 long 5 i toktok long forgiveness. Na long sekən pas, vees 6 long 11, i toktok long God i protection na direkshan. Mi rememberim mi stadiim dis psalm long seminari. Em i wan psalm mi doim eksijisis pepar long. Mi mas stadiim Hebrew, olgeta langwij, na dis long pepar long dis psalm. Na long en, mi readim long ol skolar we stadiim dis long wotem i kolim haik kritisisim, ol i no save. Ol i no save.

Ol i no save how ol tingting mi just mentionim i go tighether. Ol i no understand – ol i skolar we, ol i no profes long Kristen, tasol ol i akademiks long Skripta – ol i no understand how forgiveness long wan sen i go we God i protection na direkshan long narapela. Dat i samting we i no sense long ol. How i go wan man long vees 1 long 2 i sinar we i gat transgreshan na inikuiti na den long vee 6, why i toktok long man i godli? We i kamap long man i godli long vee 6?

Wel, em i go we aksim olsem, dispela stin i stap we i no save. Na em i go we main point bilong dispela psalm. Em i go we, God i forgive yumi, na yumi i kamap long love. Em i go we, God i mekim yumi stret long yumi sin, na yumi i kamap long holim. Long Lukas 7, Jisas i say, “Yu man i bin forgiveim, em i luvim.” Yu man i bin forgiveim, em i luvim. Na lukim olsem dispela psalm i go. Em i say long verse 1, “[BVR 001] Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.” Na em i go long verse 11. Em i endim, “Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, O you righteous, and should for joy, all you upright in heart!” Lukim, em i go we sin i stap, na em i endim we glad long God na krai long jo, olsem man i go we heart i go stret.

God i Forgiveim

So yumi lukim dispela i go we. First, yumi lukim God i forgiveim, verse 1 long 5. Em i say, “[BVR 002] Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.” Now Devit, em i raitim dispela psalm, em i usim narapela tok bilong sin – iniquity, transgression. Em i toktok long sin long olgeta pasin – sin long liklik pasin na sin long bikpasin. Em i pasin we yumi i no save, na yumi i go we. Na em i pasin we yumi i tok, iniquity – pasin we yumi i go we yumi i no laikim God, yumi i go we yumi i strong long God. Na em i say, em i dispela sin, olgeta kain, em i forgiveim, em i meetim long meri.

But yet i kam, dispela forgiveness i kam after wan bigfela thinkting long David. Em i describem long verse 3 na 4, em i say, “Long taim i no tok, bone bilong mi i go we away long groan bilong mi olgeta de. Long de na nait, han bilong yu i hevi long mi; stret long mi i go dryup olsem long heat bilong san.” Em i describem olsem flu. Yu no, em i describem olsem man i no save. Em i describem groan. Yu ever been long olsem agony, yu let out dispela audible sigh, olsem groan, long communicate pain bilong yu? Wel, dat’s wat’s goin on long inside bilong David. Na i gat wan reason dispela i happen long em. I’s because em i no willing go long Lord na confess sin bilong em. Em i no willing bring sin bilong em long God.

Some long yu i stap long dispela circumstance long nait. Some long yu i findim yu yet groan, olsem, long silence. De na nait God han i hevi long yu na yu no save wat i gat. Yu no save if i gat something off long emوشن, i gat something off long wok, olsem yu wok tu hard? Maybe something off long relationship bilong yu long spouse o long pikinini? But wat dispela psalm i tellim yu long nait i no dat. I’s actually dat Lord han i hevi long yu na I, long dispela things, long dispela difficulties, i drawim yu long Em, because I want yu come clean. Dat’s wat dat mean long en bilong verse 2 when i say, “long spirit bilong en i no gat giaman.” I’s dispela sense long which David finally kam out na em i say, “Mi go confess sin bilong mi long Lord; mi go acknowledge sin bilong mi.”

“Til Sin Be Bitter, Christ Will Not Be Sweet.”

Em i tambu olsem, wan man Puritan, Thomas Watson, i tok, “Tikai sin i no go longlong, Krist i no go swit.” Tikai sin i no go longlong, Krist i no go swit. Na sampela man i read long stat long dispela psalm, “God i blessim dispela man,” na i no understand long narapela hap we i tok, “whose transgression is forgiven.” Yu lukim, i gat wan kain harnais we i kamap long het bilong mipela na mipela i no realize olsem mipela i gat problem, mipela i gat nede, i olsem mipela i sin long God. I no gat moning, i no gat no enuf, i no gat no enuf, i no gat heal. I no, olsem, ol dising we mipela i laikim God i blessim – marit, pikinini, wok. Na yet, problem bilong ol man i no ol dising. Ol dising i olsem simptom. Ol problem we yu experience long ol area olsem marit, pikinini, wok, na heal, ol i simptom bilong wan bikbaim problem na i olsem yu no save God long sin bilong yu. Dat i het bilong problem bilong yu.

Na yet mipela i denyim, a? Mipela i putim away. Mipela i try long numim dat sense bilong gaut na shame na mipela i try long tok olsem mipela i no listenim na mipela i no ken go long God long confession. Yu lukim, i olsem nature bilong mipela i no go long God. Mipela i olsem ol papa bilong mipela, Adam na Eve. Yu ken remember long account bilong Genesis 3 we Adam na Eve i sin, i tok olsem “ol i hear Lord God i wokabaut long garden na ol i hidim olself.” Olsem i instinct bilong mipela. Dat i instinct bilong mipela.

Mi gat wan pet long taim bilong mipela; wan dok, nem bilong en Scout. Em i Mountain Cur breed. Na dispela breed, instinkt bilong en i go long stilim ol squirrel, na mi tok, long ol kost! Na em i no care long leash; em i no care long kola. Em i no care long shock kola, yu know, elektrisiti i go long vein bilong en! Em i go stilim dispela squirrel, long wanem, dat i instinkt bilong en! Na mipela i try long tijim, olsem dispela psalm, i tok long verse 9, “No wail olsem horse o mule, nogut long save, we i mas kontrolim long bit na bridle, o nogut i no stay klosap long yu.” Dat i wat mipela i try long do long Scout; mipela i try long keepim klosap long mipela, tasol em i no understand.

Aknowlejem Sin

Wel, em i tru long mipela. Instinkt bilong mipela i go long ran away long God long sin bilong mipela. Mipela i no wantim go long En; mipela i wantim ran away long En. Tasol, mipela i mas wok long kontrapela instinkt. Mipela i mas wok long kontrapela instinkt na follow long danis step givim long mipela hia long Psalms 32. Em i tok long verse 5, “Mi akowlejem sin bilong mi long yu, na mi no kaovarem inikwiti bilong mi; mi tok, ‘Mi go konfesim transgresen bilong mi long Lord.’” Olsem, piksua King David long disela resolusen. Em i tok, “Mi no go long kaovarem dispela. Mi go long Lord na konfesim.” Na lukim narapela hap bilong verse. Em i tok, “Na yu forgavem inikwiti bilong sin bilong mi.” Yu lukim kwiktaim dat i happen? Hia David i, kaovarem ol long dispela, kaovarem ol long silent, na finli long Lord i aplikim enuf presua, em i kam long God na resolusim. Em i tok, “Mi go konfesim transgresen bilong mi long Lord, na yu forgavem inikwiti bilong sin bilong mi.”

Derek Kidner i say longlong bilong dispela psalm olsem “long yu no wari long God, em i tru happiness.” Dat i meanin bilong dispela psalm – “Long yu no wari long God, em i tru happiness.” Na dat i wat dis first part i teachim us – olsem yu can wari long God through forgiveness bilong em na through mercy bilong em. I gat karakter bilong em i go long be kind. Yu no come long God we i gat arm i kros, i stand na w8 long yu doim ol tok i go we i ken givim yu wat i kam. Dat i no Lord yu serve.

Search long Lord

I gat wanpela pas i go long Isaiah 55 i tambu olsem. Yu ken luk, titel bilong dispela sermon i bin “A Time You May Be Found.” Long verse 6 i say, “Olsem, let every man we i gat godliness i offerim praea long yu long taim we yu ken findim.” Wel, dat wanpela fraz i usum long Isaiah 55. I say, “Kam long wata, yu we i no gat moni, kam na bai na kaikai. Kam na bai bred na wain long moni no na long kost. Wai yu spendim moni bilong yu long wat i no bread na labor bilong yu long wat i no satisfai? Kam hia kwik; listen long mi. Hear ol promis bilong David. Search long Lord while em i ken findim; call long em while em i klos. Let ol man we i wailus i givim we ol wailus wey na ol man we i no stret i givim we ol thought bilong em. Long wanem, olsem, mi no wari olsem yu no wari, na ol thought bilong mi no ol thought bilong yu.” Na em i addim dat long en long Isaiah 55 long wanem, mipela no olsem. Yu luk? Long wanem, man i mekim rong long mipela, mipela i givim. Mipela i kros; mipela i tok. Tasol God i no olsem.

Na i tambu olsem, dispela psalm i go we. Yu luk, yu gat forgiveness long verse 1 long way i go long verse 5, tasol long verse 6 long way i go long verse 11, yu gat God i protektim yu na God i givim yu direction long laif bilong yu. I tok long verse 6, “Olsem, let ol manmeri i godly, ol i mas oferim praea long yu long taim bilong yu, taim yu no save long; tru long wail bilong wata i ran i no reachim.” “Let ol manmeri i godly” – dat no accident, David i raitim. Nau, yumi go long Romans 4 long epistol bilong Paul long Romans. I go tok long dispela pasis, long dispela psalm, King David i tok long justification long faith. Yu luk, reason bilong God i forgive yumi kwik so na reason bilong God i forgive David kwik, em i countim David i righteous long faith. I givim yumi righteousness bilong Krist i win long faith. Dat i wat Wiley i tok long dispela moning, em i tok long Gethsemane na em i tok long Jesus i prepare long cross. Jesus i earn dat protection na Jesus i earn dat direction long ak bilong en i righteous, na i givim yumi, olsem yumi ken enjoyim blessing bilong protection na direction i describe long verse 6 long way i go long verse 11.

God i Protektim na God i Givim Direction

Lukim blessing bilong protection. Mi go long stingim. Verse 6, “Olsem, ol man bilong God, i go long praea long yumi, long taim bilong yumi i save. Tru, long wail bilong wata i no go long em. Yu no good place bilong mi; yu save mi long trobel; yu putim mi long song bilong kisave.” Yu see, ainsen bilong David i go long God olsem yumi, na nau em i go long stil. Em i go long stil long God. Na em i go we. Dispela nau i tok bilong Bikman, “Mi go long instrukim yu na tisim yu long rot bilong yu go; mi go long kaunselim yu long ai bilong mi i lukim yu. No wail olsem hos ya mule, nogat save, we i mas kontrolim long bit na bridel, o nogat i stap klosap long yu.” Hia i tok long direktim bilong God i givim yumi. Yumi no lef long desin bilong yumi olsem nau yumi i go long stil. Yu no, God i kisave yumi na nau em i protektim yumi na yumi i go long stil long desin bilong yumi. Nogat! I tok, “Mi go long instrukim yu na tisim yu long rot bilong yu go; mi go long kaunselim yu long ai bilong mi i lukim yu.”

Some bilong yu i save long 2003, wan bilong playoff game, Portland Trailblazers versus Dallas Mavericks, wan smol girl we i 13 i go long saningim National Anthem. Na em i go long saning, em i forgetim wods. I kamap em i hadim flu na em i go long saning olsem dispela i bigin kansa bilong em i go long shain, na em i no save wods, olsem mi i go long taim bilong mi, na em i no save wail we i go. Olsem em i go long carry on? Evri man i lukim em – 20,000 fans! Na head coach bilong Portland Trailblazers, Maurice Cheeks, i go long slo wail i walkim olsem, em i putim han bilong em long em, na i tok wods long em long yonging. Na olsem yu save, kraud i go long it long evri man i saning National Anthem long top bilong lae bilong ol, olsem dispela girl, long tear, i saning wail Maurice Cheeks.

Yu no, dispela em i olsem, mi lukim i stap long vers 8 long 11. “Mi go long yu, mi go stilim yu long olsem we yu go; mi go givim yu tok bilong mi, mi go was long yu.” Ol man i go long dispela taim, aite, taim mi tok, “Mi no save wanem mi mas do, Lord. Mi no save wanem stap nex, mi wokim olgeta rong, na mi no save we mi go long wea.” Tasol lukim, David i tok. I tok long vers 10, “I tambu olsem man i no save God, tasol olsem man i save trust long God, i gat olsem laip i stap long yu.” I olsem piksa bilong planti. I olsem piksa God i go givim olsem yu need, long taim yu need.”

Na tok i kamap olsem, “Yu no, i tambu long God, na i go lukim, O stretpela, na i krai long olsem, ol man i go long olsem long hea!” Lukim, ol man i stap long rum, i no go long God long praea. I no go long em, olsem i gat konfidens i stap long forgiveness. Tasol i gat forgiveness, na planti moa, sapos i kam long em olsem Papa, i kam long em, no long wok bilong yu, tasol long stretpela bilong Krais. Na i go tok olsem David, “Yu no, i tambu long God, na i go lukim, O stretpela, na i krai long olsem, ol man i go long olsem long hea!” Taim God, long Spirit, i go stilim yu, long praea. Yu no, i go praea long em!

Papa, i tambu yu long Word bilong yu, na i tambu yu long disin eksampel i kam long yu long sin, na i save trust long yu long proteksen, na i go long yu long daireksen. I praea, yu go stilim yu long ai bilong yu, na i no go feelim olsem i no save, tasol i go lukim, olsem yu i save long olsem yu need long Krais. I praea long nem bilong Krais. Amen.