1 00:00:00,000 –> 00:00:07,400 Well we’re resuming today our series entitled repentance the hidden path to a 2 00:00:07,400 –> 00:00:12,120 transformed life and we’ve been learning together from the Bible that repentance 3 00:00:12,120 –> 00:00:17,900 really is not beating up on yourself nor is it a kind of one-time admitting that 4 00:00:17,900 –> 00:00:23,000 you’re a sinner in order to be saved. Rather it is the continuing process by 5 00:00:23,000 –> 00:00:27,420 which a Christian believer is increasingly conformed to the likeness 6 00:00:27,620 –> 00:00:31,860 of the Lord Jesus Christ and therefore it is a good and a wonderful thing 7 00:00:31,860 –> 00:00:36,680 continuing through the life of a Christian and being completed on the day 8 00:00:36,680 –> 00:00:42,340 when we will finally see Jesus face to face. And the Bible says when we see him 9 00:00:42,340 –> 00:00:49,220 then we will be like him. And we’ve used as a definition of repentance as some 10 00:00:49,220 –> 00:00:54,860 words from Dr. J.I. Packer who says that repentance is turning from as much as 11 00:00:54,939 –> 00:01:00,320 you know of your sin to give as much as you know of yourself to as much as you 12 00:01:00,320 –> 00:01:06,699 know of your God and therefore in its very nature it deepens extends expands 13 00:01:06,699 –> 00:01:12,199 throughout the course of a Christian’s life. Now today we’re coming to a very 14 00:01:12,199 –> 00:01:19,419 important question. How do you know if you are on the path of repentance? How do 15 00:01:19,580 –> 00:01:25,699 you know if you have really repented? What are the marks of being on the 16 00:01:25,699 –> 00:01:32,699 hidden path to a transformed life? How could you recognize or discern true 17 00:01:32,699 –> 00:01:37,879 repentance in another person? These are very important and very practical 18 00:01:37,879 –> 00:01:42,980 questions and I want us therefore to look at the distinguishing marks of true 19 00:01:42,980 –> 00:01:48,300 repentance and that subject is addressed for us in 2nd Corinthians in Chapter 20 00:01:48,459 –> 00:01:51,919 7. So I do hope that you’ll have your Bible open at the passage that has just 21 00:01:51,919 –> 00:01:58,720 been read as we focused particularly on verse 10 together. Notice that Paul says 22 00:01:58,720 –> 00:02:06,820 here that godly sorrow brings repentance, that leads to salvation and leaves no 23 00:02:06,820 –> 00:02:14,940 regret. But he says worldly sorrow brings death. Straightway you will see 24 00:02:14,960 –> 00:02:22,080 from this verse that there are two very different kinds of sorrow. And the 25 00:02:22,080 –> 00:02:26,199 difference between them is seen most clearly in their effect or their result. 26 00:02:26,199 –> 00:02:32,380 There is worldly sorrow, Paul says, and that brings death. That’s telling us 27 00:02:32,380 –> 00:02:38,139 something very important. It is possible to be full of regret and yet never to 28 00:02:38,139 –> 00:02:44,259 change. You can be sorry without ever repenting. There is a kind of worldly 29 00:02:44,360 –> 00:02:49,520 sorrow that does not lead to repentance but just leads, Paul says, to death. Now 30 00:02:49,520 –> 00:02:52,839 that is telling us something important to grasp, that being sorry and repenting 31 00:02:52,839 –> 00:02:57,520 are two different things. They are not the same thing. And we’re going to see 32 00:02:57,520 –> 00:03:01,419 some examples from the Bible today of people who were very sorry about things 33 00:03:01,419 –> 00:03:06,820 that they had done and yet never really changed. And their sorrow did not heal 34 00:03:06,820 –> 00:03:11,440 them, rather it destroyed them. That is worldly sorrow. It just brings you down, 35 00:03:11,779 –> 00:03:17,440 it caves you in, and eventually brings you to death itself. It makes a person 36 00:03:17,440 –> 00:03:24,380 bitter, and angry, and living in the past and full of self recrimination and even 37 00:03:24,380 –> 00:03:31,360 despair. Now nobody here wants to be there. And so it is good news that there 38 00:03:31,360 –> 00:03:37,399 is a second kind of sorrow and Paul says here there is also godly sorrow. And it’s 39 00:03:37,399 –> 00:03:42,660 very very different in its nature and in its results. Godly sorrow brings 40 00:03:42,660 –> 00:03:48,380 repentance that leads to salvation and we’ll leave a man or a woman without 41 00:03:48,380 –> 00:03:55,460 regret. In other words, this godly sorrow leads to real and lasting change in your 42 00:03:55,460 –> 00:04:01,160 life. It takes you on to the hidden path to a transformed life, and it is the kind 43 00:04:01,160 –> 00:04:08,100 of sorrow that God wants all of his people to experience. He says it is a 44 00:04:08,100 –> 00:04:13,860 sorrow that will not harm you in any way. It’s a sorrow that’s redemptive. Verse 9, 45 00:04:13,860 –> 00:04:23,720 you became sorrowful as God intended, and so you are not harmed in any way. This 46 00:04:23,720 –> 00:04:29,579 godly kind of sorrow, though it is painful, it is obviously sorrow, it will 47 00:04:29,660 –> 00:04:34,399 not harm you, but it will be redemptive in your life, it will bring you to the 48 00:04:34,399 –> 00:04:41,279 path of repentance. And this is the path of salvation and will leave you without 49 00:04:41,279 –> 00:04:47,279 regret. So two kinds of sorrow that lead in opposite directions, one that takes 50 00:04:47,279 –> 00:04:52,920 you downwards to death and the other that brings you upwards to life. And the 51 00:04:52,920 –> 00:04:56,459 obvious question then is what is the difference between these two kinds of 52 00:04:56,500 –> 00:05:00,100 sorrow? The worldly sorrow on the one hand and the godly sorrow on the other 53 00:05:00,100 –> 00:05:04,739 hand and really it boils down to one word and that’s the word godly. The 54 00:05:04,739 –> 00:05:10,720 sorrow that is redemptive is God-centered. God is infused into it 55 00:05:10,720 –> 00:05:15,399 and I want us to see what that looks like from the Bible together today. I 56 00:05:15,399 –> 00:05:24,299 once suggest three distinguishing marks of godly sorrow. That is three evidences 57 00:05:24,339 –> 00:05:28,320 by which you may know with confidence that real and lasting change is going on 58 00:05:28,320 –> 00:05:33,899 in your life or in the life of another person. Very simply so that you know 59 00:05:33,899 –> 00:05:39,739 where we’re going, godly sorrow means first that you have light from God, 60 00:05:39,739 –> 00:05:48,260 second that you have desire for God and thirdly that you have hope in God. These 61 00:05:48,260 –> 00:05:52,600 three and we’re going to see them from the scriptures together. First then 62 00:05:52,760 –> 00:06:00,200 godly sorrow is distinguished by this mark that in it you have light from God. 63 00:06:00,200 –> 00:06:05,260 Let me try and paint a picture so that we can get a frame of reference here. 64 00:06:05,260 –> 00:06:12,600 I want you to imagine for a moment that you are in a darkened cellar. It’s pitch 65 00:06:12,600 –> 00:06:18,559 dark and you are struggling to find your way around. In the cellar there are large 66 00:06:18,679 –> 00:06:26,579 planks of wood, heavy filled barrels and large suitcases full of stuff. And so you 67 00:06:26,579 –> 00:06:30,579 find yourself stumbling over these various things that are strewn around 68 00:06:30,579 –> 00:06:35,640 the cellar though you think to yourself if I was here for long enough I could 69 00:06:35,640 –> 00:06:41,220 locate where all of these things are and I could find my way around safely. But 70 00:06:41,220 –> 00:06:47,500 there’s another problem. Someone else is in the cellar. You can’t see that person 71 00:06:47,700 –> 00:06:51,980 in the darkness and he never makes himself directly known to you. In fact he 72 00:06:51,980 –> 00:06:57,220 hates you and he wants you to stumble. And so he is constantly moving the 73 00:06:57,220 –> 00:07:01,760 barrels, moving the suitcases, moving the planks of wood, so that as you move 74 00:07:01,760 –> 00:07:07,399 around in the cellar you keep stumbling over the same things in different places. 75 00:07:07,399 –> 00:07:13,200 You don’t know where you’re going to encounter them next but you keep 76 00:07:13,220 –> 00:07:19,820 falling over the same obstacles and you hinder yourself on them again and again. 77 00:07:19,820 –> 00:07:23,880 Now I paint that picture because it really is, I think, a good picture of our 78 00:07:23,880 –> 00:07:30,760 natural human condition. In Ephesians chapter 4 in verse 18, Paul says that we 79 00:07:30,760 –> 00:07:36,160 are darkened in our understanding. That is by nature, that is our human condition 80 00:07:36,160 –> 00:07:40,480 to be darkened in our understanding. In other words our natural condition is 81 00:07:40,519 –> 00:07:48,720 simply that we do not see. We don’t see. We don’t see clearly. That’s why Jesus 82 00:07:48,720 –> 00:07:53,000 spoke in his teaching about people who are always seeing with their eyes, but 83 00:07:53,000 –> 00:07:58,380 never perceiving. They’re always hearing, they hear many truths in church and so 84 00:07:58,380 –> 00:08:02,320 forth, but they’re never really understanding. They just don’t get it. 85 00:08:02,320 –> 00:08:08,859 Because this is the natural condition of the human heart that in that inward way 86 00:08:08,899 –> 00:08:14,220 we just don’t see. We’re in the dark. That’s why Jesus spoke on one occasion, 87 00:08:14,220 –> 00:08:20,980 you remember, about a person who is able to identify a speck of sawdust in 88 00:08:20,980 –> 00:08:25,700 someone else’s eye, but using remarkable illustrations, Jesus said, even if there 89 00:08:25,700 –> 00:08:30,540 was a plank of wood in their own eye, they wouldn’t be able to see it. In other 90 00:08:30,540 –> 00:08:34,159 words, here’s a person who has very heightened sensitivity to failure in 91 00:08:34,159 –> 00:08:40,840 others, but no capacity to discern or see what really needs to be changed in his 92 00:08:40,840 –> 00:08:48,979 or her own life. Now, that is the natural human condition, and worldly sorrow is in 93 00:08:48,979 –> 00:08:53,000 the first instance sorrow that cannot see. It is like the man in the cellar who 94 00:08:53,000 –> 00:08:58,400 injures himself repeatedly by falling over the same things many times, because 95 00:08:58,419 –> 00:09:04,460 he does not know where he’s going to stumble against them next. Now, the 96 00:09:04,460 –> 00:09:10,859 obvious example of this from the Bible is King Saul, and let’s take a moment to 97 00:09:10,859 –> 00:09:17,359 think about what this looks like in the life of a real person. Worldly sorrow, the 98 00:09:17,359 –> 00:09:23,000 sorrow without light, the sorrow that doesn’t see. We’re told in the first book 99 00:09:23,000 –> 00:09:28,239 of Samuel that King Saul was given a special assignment by God and he didn’t 100 00:09:28,280 –> 00:09:35,140 do it. And so Samuel the prophet came to Saul and called him on his disobedience. 101 00:09:35,140 –> 00:09:40,520 When that happened, Saul came up with a whole list of evasions, excuses, a kind of 102 00:09:40,520 –> 00:09:45,960 spin we would say today to try and get out of his responsibility. But then 103 00:09:45,960 –> 00:09:49,979 Samuel spoke to him very directly because God had already revealed the 104 00:09:49,979 –> 00:09:55,599 hidden truth to Samuel as a prophet. When that happened, this is what Saul said, 105 00:09:55,900 –> 00:10:02,359 1 Samuel chapter 15 and verse 30. I have sinned, but, they’re very interesting these 106 00:10:02,359 –> 00:10:09,159 words together, I’ve sinned but. He says I’ve sinned but please honor me before 107 00:10:09,159 –> 00:10:14,479 the elders of the people. And before Israel please come back 108 00:10:14,479 –> 00:10:19,919 with me so that I may worship the Lord your God. Now, you see what Saul is 109 00:10:20,159 –> 00:10:26,159 saying here. He’s very sorry and rightly so because he has lost his 110 00:10:26,159 –> 00:10:30,919 kingdom on result of, as a result of his disobedience so he’s very sad about what 111 00:10:30,919 –> 00:10:36,539 has happened. He acknowledges that he’s done wrong I have sinned, but it is the 112 00:10:36,539 –> 00:10:42,059 kind of sorrow that does not see, which is why his instinctive result, his 113 00:10:42,059 –> 00:10:46,440 instinct rather is to say oh okay I’ve sinned but let’s just now put all this 114 00:10:46,440 –> 00:10:50,039 unpleasantness behind us and let’s go to worship and please will you come with 115 00:10:50,039 –> 00:10:52,979 me because I don’t want to be let down in front of the elders and all the 116 00:10:52,979 –> 00:11:01,580 people. So, he’s saying to Samuel, oh you’re right, I was wrong but now let’s 117 00:11:01,580 –> 00:11:04,659 just go to church and put all that behind us. 118 00:11:04,659 –> 00:11:11,820 Now that is worldly sorrow. There is no ownership here on Saul’s part of his 119 00:11:12,700 –> 00:11:18,520 actions nor of the problem within his heart that led him to these actions so 120 00:11:18,520 –> 00:11:22,919 what happens. Remaining in the darkness, he goes on through his life stumbling 121 00:11:22,919 –> 00:11:27,820 over the same heart problem that was never addressed in 1 Samuel chapter 15 122 00:11:27,820 –> 00:11:32,820 and stalks him and injures him again and again throughout the entire course of 123 00:11:32,820 –> 00:11:39,119 his life and you can read about it in the book of 1 Samuel. You see that 124 00:11:39,840 –> 00:11:47,520 he continued as king, but he never changed. And so he keeps stumbling up 125 00:11:47,520 –> 00:11:52,479 against this hidden rebellion that he’s never been able to see in his own heart. 126 00:11:52,479 –> 00:11:59,780 As he gets older, what happens? He becomes increasingly subject to dark moods that 127 00:11:59,780 –> 00:12:05,859 grip him. He becomes increasingly vulnerable to a pattern of outbursts of 128 00:12:05,880 –> 00:12:13,599 anger and rage that he doesn’t even understand himself. He spends the next 129 00:12:13,599 –> 00:12:19,080 years of his life harassing David, who is God’s anointed king, to succeed him. 130 00:12:19,080 –> 00:12:29,739 He becomes a pain to his family and a burden to the people of God. And he ends 131 00:12:29,739 –> 00:12:34,059 up, at the end of his days, consulting a witch in a place called Endor. Now that 132 00:12:34,059 –> 00:12:43,539 is tragic. Worldly sorrow leads to death because all it is, is sadness about, 133 00:12:43,539 –> 00:12:47,080 well, you know, I did wrong and it didn’t work out as I hoped. But it takes no 134 00:12:47,080 –> 00:12:51,539 ownership, and so there is no fundamental change in the person’s life. And they 135 00:12:51,539 –> 00:12:56,820 continue, Saul bumbled his way through life, neither knowing God nor knowing 136 00:12:57,780 –> 00:13:05,539 full of his own pain, full of self-pity, a misery to his family, and a burden to 137 00:13:05,539 –> 00:13:15,359 his people. Worldly sorrow brings death because it’s sorrow without light. 138 00:13:17,299 –> 00:13:23,539 Now, contrast that with David, who, of course, is the model of true repentance, 139 00:13:23,539 –> 00:13:29,859 especially in Psalm 51 where he lays out for us a pattern of what real and 140 00:13:29,859 –> 00:13:36,520 lasting change looks like. And in Psalm 51 where David asks God for mercy, he 141 00:13:36,520 –> 00:13:46,059 says this in verse 3, I know my transgression. I know it. Now that’s a 142 00:13:46,059 –> 00:13:52,320 different world from Saul. I know my transgression and my sin is all 143 00:13:52,900 –> 00:14:04,159 before me. See, here is a man who, unlike Saul, has faced the sin. He sees it. He 144 00:14:04,159 –> 00:14:08,460 doesn’t minimize it. He doesn’t blame it on other people. There are no excuses 145 00:14:08,460 –> 00:14:17,280 here. This is Godly sorrow. And it’s a painful thing, of course, but look at its 146 00:14:17,400 –> 00:14:24,859 result. It brings repentance, which leads to salvation, Paul says, and leaves 147 00:14:24,859 –> 00:14:31,820 no regret for God wipes away all tears from our eyes. And you look at the 148 00:14:31,820 –> 00:14:35,619 contrast between Saul and David, and it’s a no-brainer, isn’t it? Would you want to 149 00:14:35,619 –> 00:14:44,880 be like Saul or would you like to be like David? Worldly sorrow leads to death. 150 00:14:44,880 –> 00:14:52,960 Godly sorrow, in which a man or a woman has light from above, brings repentance 151 00:14:52,960 –> 00:14:57,739 that leads to salvation and leaves no regret. 152 00:14:57,739 –> 00:15:03,859 Now I’m struck therefore by how often we find David in the Psalms asking God for 153 00:15:03,859 –> 00:15:09,039 light. Once you start spotting that theme, you’ll see it all over the Psalms. 154 00:15:09,479 –> 00:15:12,359 He says in Psalm 19, 155 00:15:16,299 –> 00:15:20,859 And so recognizing that there are things in ourselves that we just 156 00:15:20,859 –> 00:15:25,760 don’t see, what do you do? You pray to God for light. And so David says, 157 00:15:25,799 –> 00:15:32,020 Will you search me and try me and know me and show me? Will you shine your light 158 00:15:32,280 –> 00:15:36,700 upon my path? The entrance of your word gives light. 159 00:15:39,619 –> 00:15:42,940 The more I’ve looked at that them in the Psalms and then thought about how it 160 00:15:42,940 –> 00:15:44,580 relates to David’s experience, 161 00:15:44,599 –> 00:15:48,900 I’m sure that some of it must have come under the inspiration of the Holy 162 00:15:48,900 –> 00:15:53,140 Spirit through David’s long experience of observing Saul. 163 00:15:56,059 –> 00:15:56,599 Lord, 164 00:15:56,599 –> 00:16:01,599 I saw that man drift through his life without ever seeing what needed to be 165 00:16:03,359 –> 00:16:04,200 changed. 166 00:16:06,320 –> 00:16:09,159 I saw that in Saul and it’s death. 167 00:16:11,099 –> 00:16:14,539 Don’t let me be like that. Lord. 168 00:16:15,500 –> 00:16:17,000 Give me light. 169 00:16:17,940 –> 00:16:22,940 Let your word be a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. 170 00:16:23,400 –> 00:16:25,500 G-dly sorrow is marked by this. 171 00:16:25,559 –> 00:16:27,460 Distinguishing mark that 172 00:16:28,859 –> 00:16:31,299 there is light from G-d 173 00:16:32,559 –> 00:16:37,559 in which a man or a woman comes to see in the light of the Scriptures and by the 174 00:16:38,299 –> 00:16:39,640 work of the Holy Spirit, 175 00:16:39,900 –> 00:16:44,900 what needs to be changed and thereby to find the power to do it. 176 00:16:47,840 –> 00:16:49,000 First distinguishing mark, 177 00:16:49,000 –> 00:16:53,320 G-dly sorrow means you have light from G-d you’re not like Saul. 178 00:16:54,260 –> 00:16:56,260 Your light, David. 179 00:16:57,979 –> 00:17:03,159 Second distinguishing mark of true repentance is a desire for G-d. 180 00:17:03,679 –> 00:17:06,599 And it seems to me that that this feature is 181 00:17:07,020 –> 00:17:12,939 particularly clear if we contrast this time again David who’s the model of true repentance 182 00:17:13,180 –> 00:17:15,119 with on this occasion 183 00:17:15,119 –> 00:17:18,739 Esau who goes the other way of worldly sorrow. 184 00:17:19,239 –> 00:17:22,719 We may remember that we looked at Esau earlier in our series 185 00:17:22,719 –> 00:17:27,939 And you might like to turn over to the book of Hebrews and chapter 12 for a moment here 186 00:17:28,540 –> 00:17:30,619 Hebrews chapter 12 gives us the New Testament 187 00:17:31,619 –> 00:17:34,800 commentary on the life of Esau and 188 00:17:35,099 –> 00:17:39,800 In Hebrews 12 and verse 15 and 16 we read these words 189 00:17:41,380 –> 00:17:43,380 Hebrews 12 15 190 00:17:43,939 –> 00:17:45,939 See to it 191 00:17:45,939 –> 00:17:51,719 that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many and 192 00:17:53,140 –> 00:17:57,140 see that no one is sexually immortal or is godless like 193 00:17:58,060 –> 00:17:59,140 Esau 194 00:17:59,140 –> 00:18:02,939 Who for a single meal sold his inheritance rights as? 195 00:18:03,780 –> 00:18:05,780 The oldest son 196 00:18:06,699 –> 00:18:12,400 Now the striking thing about Esau is that he was deeply sorry about 197 00:18:13,260 –> 00:18:15,260 About what happened in his life 198 00:18:16,040 –> 00:18:20,479 In fact, I think you could make a case for saying that no one was more deeply or longer 199 00:18:20,760 –> 00:18:25,119 Sorry in all the Old Testament than this character Esau 200 00:18:25,920 –> 00:18:28,579 The book of Genesis places particular 201 00:18:29,640 –> 00:18:31,319 emphasis on the 202 00:18:31,319 –> 00:18:33,439 intensity of his regret 203 00:18:34,300 –> 00:18:42,119 it talks about how he cried out when he discovered that he had lost the blessing that Isaac gave to Jacob he wept and 204 00:18:42,119 –> 00:18:46,680 Cried out with a loud and bitter cry. There’s a kind of an agonized 205 00:18:47,219 –> 00:18:50,079 shriek that comes from the core of this man and 206 00:18:51,119 –> 00:18:53,859 this remorse this regret this 207 00:18:55,099 –> 00:19:01,479 Churning pain as to what he had lost in his life went on and on and he never got over it 208 00:19:01,680 –> 00:19:03,680 Never got over it 209 00:19:04,560 –> 00:19:09,500 And I’m sure that if you could have met Esau he would have told you his story with deep feeling I 210 00:19:09,880 –> 00:19:10,880 I 211 00:19:10,880 –> 00:19:12,880 Was the firstborn, you know, I 212 00:19:14,180 –> 00:19:16,180 Could have been the father of the faithful 213 00:19:17,859 –> 00:19:24,619 But I lost it and it was all my fault and Esau blamed himself and he never got over it 214 00:19:26,579 –> 00:19:28,579 Full of remorse 215 00:19:28,819 –> 00:19:29,699 and 216 00:19:29,699 –> 00:19:34,319 Of course remorse, which always looks backwards repentance always looks forwards 217 00:19:34,520 –> 00:19:40,199 The difference remorse kills you it ties you to a failure in the past and 218 00:19:41,760 –> 00:19:43,760 And Esau never got beyond that 219 00:19:44,680 –> 00:19:47,020 grieving over what might have been 220 00:19:50,000 –> 00:19:52,000 And Esau lived a life of regret 221 00:19:53,760 –> 00:19:57,520 But here’s the tragedy he never changed and 222 00:19:58,500 –> 00:20:03,239 The New Testament tells us just two things about him here in Hebrews chapter 12 223 00:20:03,239 –> 00:20:05,239 The first is that he was bitter 224 00:20:05,800 –> 00:20:08,880 See to it that no root of bitterness grows up among you 225 00:20:08,880 –> 00:20:15,599 the writer to Hebrew says that will defile many like what happened with Esau so he was bitter and 226 00:20:16,099 –> 00:20:20,439 Then the second thing that we’re told in the New Testament about Esau is that he was godless 227 00:20:21,119 –> 00:20:25,500 See to it that no one becomes like Esau a godless man 228 00:20:26,719 –> 00:20:30,640 Now, you see that is what worldly sorrow will do to you 229 00:20:31,560 –> 00:20:33,560 It will make you bitter and 230 00:20:34,660 –> 00:20:37,160 It will distance you from God 231 00:20:38,680 –> 00:20:45,219 It’s what happened to Esau and the book of Hebrews uses this as a warning to Christian believers and says now don’t let that happen 232 00:20:45,219 –> 00:20:47,000 to you 233 00:20:47,000 –> 00:20:53,760 You see the pattern Esau faces this crushing blow in his life this personal failure in which he had particular 234 00:20:54,400 –> 00:20:59,599 Responsibility but from then on what happens is Esau became a man who as we would say today had 235 00:20:59,800 –> 00:21:01,800 issues with god 236 00:21:01,880 –> 00:21:08,280 He resented God he did not want God in his sorrow. He became a bitter and a godless man 237 00:21:09,219 –> 00:21:10,319 and 238 00:21:10,319 –> 00:21:12,319 That kills you 239 00:21:13,959 –> 00:21:15,959 Worldly Sorrow brings death 240 00:21:17,479 –> 00:21:23,599 Now I think this is reminding us of something very very important for us as Christian believers, and that is 241 00:21:24,540 –> 00:21:26,479 That sorrow 242 00:21:26,479 –> 00:21:28,479 for whatever reason 243 00:21:28,599 –> 00:21:30,599 is a 244 00:21:31,099 –> 00:21:33,099 dangerous passage in the 245 00:21:34,180 –> 00:21:36,180 Christian life 246 00:21:36,819 –> 00:21:40,459 Satan will always be active seeking to bring destruction 247 00:21:41,520 –> 00:21:48,239 Wherever there is deep sorrow for any reason in the life of a Christian believer. I 248 00:21:49,819 –> 00:21:55,300 Found in my reading this week a very striking statement from Charles Hodge 249 00:21:55,859 –> 00:22:01,660 Who was at one time the professor of theology at Princeton University in an earlier century and 250 00:22:02,660 –> 00:22:08,660 writing on this passage in Corinthians Hodge who had great spiritual insight writes these words 251 00:22:09,739 –> 00:22:11,839 He said it is a great mistake 252 00:22:13,380 –> 00:22:18,780 To suppose that the natural tendency of pain and sorrow is 253 00:22:19,219 –> 00:22:20,819 toward the good 254 00:22:20,819 –> 00:22:24,819 great mistake to think that it naturally moves in a good direction and 255 00:22:25,540 –> 00:22:27,540 The natural tendency of pain and sorrow 256 00:22:28,400 –> 00:22:30,040 rather is 257 00:22:30,040 –> 00:22:32,040 to excite 258 00:22:32,060 –> 00:22:34,060 rebellion against God and 259 00:22:34,439 –> 00:22:36,439 all evil feelings 260 00:22:37,619 –> 00:22:40,760 It is only then he says when these are 261 00:22:41,439 –> 00:22:42,619 sanctified 262 00:22:42,619 –> 00:22:46,479 That is made by the Holy Spirit to bring into exercise 263 00:22:47,579 –> 00:22:53,380 patience and faith in the sufferer that they then bring forth the good fruit of 264 00:22:54,380 –> 00:22:55,819 Righteousness 265 00:22:55,819 –> 00:22:58,040 Now see what he’s saying is very important 266 00:22:59,060 –> 00:23:03,060 the natural tendency of sorrow and pain is 267 00:23:04,140 –> 00:23:06,140 Not good 268 00:23:06,160 –> 00:23:09,839 the natural tendency of sorrow and pain is to 269 00:23:10,479 –> 00:23:16,780 Excite within you some resentment towards God to excite within you all kinds 270 00:23:16,780 –> 00:23:19,359 he says of evil feelings and 271 00:23:19,359 –> 00:23:21,140 And 272 00:23:21,140 –> 00:23:23,339 Therefore there is a particular need 273 00:23:24,199 –> 00:23:29,800 For a Christian believer to ask God to walk with us in our sorrow 274 00:23:32,079 –> 00:23:34,079 To sanctify it 275 00:23:34,699 –> 00:23:38,459 To cause it to go in a different direction to make it 276 00:23:39,000 –> 00:23:44,979 Godly sorrow that will not harm you in any way but rather will bring forth the fruit of righteousness 277 00:23:45,459 –> 00:23:47,459 as 278 00:23:48,020 –> 00:23:49,640 very strict just 279 00:23:49,640 –> 00:23:54,619 By one of the verses of the hymn that we sang earlier this morning which exactly 280 00:23:54,780 –> 00:23:58,420 Frames this prayer that the Holy Spirit would 281 00:23:59,140 –> 00:24:02,300 Sanctify our sorrow move it in a different direction 282 00:24:02,579 –> 00:24:10,520 From where it would naturally take us listen to this that we sang earlier when life’s dark maze I tread and 283 00:24:11,800 –> 00:24:13,979 griefs around me spread 284 00:24:15,040 –> 00:24:17,099 Be thou my guide 285 00:24:18,280 –> 00:24:25,260 Bid darkness turn today wiped sorrows tears away nor let me ever stray from Thee 286 00:24:25,699 –> 00:24:27,699 Aside you know what that’s saying 287 00:24:28,380 –> 00:24:30,380 It’s saying don’t let me be like Esau 288 00:24:31,300 –> 00:24:32,979 Save me from that 289 00:24:32,979 –> 00:24:36,439 Don’t let bitterness rise within me in my sadness 290 00:24:36,500 –> 00:24:41,819 Don’t let me distance myself from you and please O Lord do not distance yourself from me 291 00:24:41,819 –> 00:24:44,819 And you know where we have the model of that kind of praying 292 00:24:44,979 –> 00:24:52,040 That grief will be sanctified that it would be Godly rather than worldly sorrow. We see it in David right there in Psalm 51 293 00:24:52,780 –> 00:24:58,040 How does he pray? He’s asked for forgiveness? He then says create in me a clean heart 294 00:24:58,040 –> 00:25:05,160 Oh God what comes next? Do not cast me from your presence. Don’t take your Holy Spirit from me 295 00:25:06,000 –> 00:25:10,599 You see what he’s saying. I’m going through such sorrow right now, Oh God I 296 00:25:11,359 –> 00:25:14,040 I need you to walk with me 297 00:25:15,699 –> 00:25:21,479 He seeks God in his sorrow because he knows that if God walks with him he will make it through 298 00:25:23,920 –> 00:25:26,579 That’s a distinguishing mark of 299 00:25:28,300 –> 00:25:30,300 Godly sorrow 300 00:25:31,280 –> 00:25:34,900 That leads to life and leaves no regret 301 00:25:37,739 –> 00:25:39,739 Light from God 302 00:25:40,979 –> 00:25:42,979 Desire for God 303 00:25:45,280 –> 00:25:49,280 And here’s the third thing hope in God 304 00:25:51,140 –> 00:25:51,839 Now again 305 00:25:51,839 –> 00:25:58,140 If we’re to look for a contrast that will show us the difference between worldly and godly sorrow at this point 306 00:25:58,140 –> 00:26:04,079 I think the very obvious contrast is again between David who’s our model of godly sorrow on the one hand and 307 00:26:04,760 –> 00:26:06,880 Judas who is the 308 00:26:07,560 –> 00:26:14,439 Example given to us in the Bible of a man who gave way to despair and let go of hope with tragic consequences 309 00:26:15,479 –> 00:26:17,479 now you remember that Judas 310 00:26:18,020 –> 00:26:20,800 Betrayed our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ 311 00:26:22,180 –> 00:26:25,180 that was a terrible thing to do and 312 00:26:26,420 –> 00:26:31,439 let’s just earth that before we go further because there will be some in the congregation today and 313 00:26:32,300 –> 00:26:37,000 You have done a terrible thing and it plagues your conscience 314 00:26:38,619 –> 00:26:43,219 You think about it at night, and it’s there with you in the morning 315 00:26:46,739 –> 00:26:49,260 Now the gospel tells us that when Judas 316 00:26:50,500 –> 00:26:52,500 had betrayed Jesus and 317 00:26:53,500 –> 00:26:55,800 Then saw that Jesus was condemned 318 00:26:56,020 –> 00:26:58,479 He was seized with remorse 319 00:26:59,420 –> 00:27:03,719 Notice that word remorse that looks backwards very different from repentance that moves forwards 320 00:27:04,599 –> 00:27:11,560 He was seized with remorse and he returned the 30 silver coins to the chief priests and to the elders 321 00:27:12,520 –> 00:27:16,099 At first sight you think well this kind of looks like repentance. He’s giving the money back 322 00:27:16,660 –> 00:27:22,579 You must be really really sorry yeah, but it was only worldly sorrow, and we know that for this reason 323 00:27:22,739 –> 00:27:24,739 That although Judas 324 00:27:25,699 –> 00:27:32,699 experienced great sadness and great remorse that was very intense within him yet. It was not the sorrow that led to life 325 00:27:34,099 –> 00:27:36,099 Here’s what happened 326 00:27:36,780 –> 00:27:39,319 Judah says to himself look what I’ve done I 327 00:27:41,319 –> 00:27:43,599 Have betrayed the Son of God 328 00:27:46,339 –> 00:27:48,719 There’s no hope for a man like me now 329 00:27:48,719 –> 00:27:53,339 not after what I’ve done and 330 00:27:55,339 –> 00:27:59,359 So the Bible tells us he went out and he hanged himself 331 00:28:00,420 –> 00:28:02,199 worldly sorrow 332 00:28:02,199 –> 00:28:06,859 Leads in the ultimate case here of Judas to death I 333 00:28:08,160 –> 00:28:14,239 Want to suggest to you that the greatest tragedy of Judas life was not that he betrayed Jesus 334 00:28:15,380 –> 00:28:17,680 the greatest tragedy of Judas life 335 00:28:18,479 –> 00:28:24,119 Was that he gave way to despair when he could have found hope in Jesus Christ 336 00:28:25,380 –> 00:28:27,380 see think about this if 337 00:28:27,500 –> 00:28:33,479 He had sought after God the blood of Jesus Christ could have covered for his sin also 338 00:28:34,540 –> 00:28:40,459 There could have been cleansing and hope and forgiveness and life even for Judas there was for Peter who denied the Lord 339 00:28:41,359 –> 00:28:43,359 but 340 00:28:43,680 –> 00:28:46,400 the tragedy of Judas life is that he 341 00:28:46,699 –> 00:28:52,839 followed the path of worldly sorrow that is without light and without God and ultimately without hope and 342 00:28:53,079 –> 00:28:56,819 Therefore he gave way to despair rather than seeking the path of repentance 343 00:28:57,380 –> 00:29:00,119 Which is saturated with the presence of God 344 00:29:03,260 –> 00:29:07,339 So I want to say this to whoever in the congregation 345 00:29:08,280 –> 00:29:11,859 May be feeling near to despair today 346 00:29:14,260 –> 00:29:18,619 You have become consumed in your sorrow and it weighs upon you 347 00:29:18,619 –> 00:29:23,300 And you feel that there is no way out of the darkness in which you find yourself. I 348 00:29:24,939 –> 00:29:26,939 Want to ask you some questions 349 00:29:30,839 –> 00:29:32,839 Where are you going with this sorrow? 350 00:29:33,699 –> 00:29:35,699 How 351 00:29:36,140 –> 00:29:38,619 Sorry, do you think you have to be? 352 00:29:41,540 –> 00:29:48,000 What are you accomplishing by this pattern of beating up on yourself that 353 00:29:49,560 –> 00:29:51,560 Continues 354 00:29:53,959 –> 00:29:57,280 Being sorry won’t cleanse you 355 00:29:57,479 –> 00:29:59,479 You 356 00:30:01,020 –> 00:30:02,780 See that was 357 00:30:02,780 –> 00:30:08,380 Grasped most clearly by Augustus toplady. What a name Augustus toplady 358 00:30:08,619 –> 00:30:11,140 His middle name was montague just for good measure 359 00:30:11,760 –> 00:30:17,239 but he wrote a marvelous hymn called rock of ages that some of us know, I think reasonably well and 360 00:30:17,920 –> 00:30:22,239 In that he has these lines that are deeply perceptive 361 00:30:23,040 –> 00:30:25,040 he 362 00:30:25,459 –> 00:30:27,459 Says could my zeal 363 00:30:27,520 –> 00:30:29,520 No respite no 364 00:30:29,920 –> 00:30:36,479 You know could I be passionately committed with everything within me with all my zeal to the work of Christ for the rest of my 365 00:30:36,479 –> 00:30:40,660 Life without a single moments break night or day could my zeal no respite no 366 00:30:41,939 –> 00:30:48,520 Could my tears forever flow if I were to cry over my sins and my failure forever 367 00:30:48,839 –> 00:30:52,780 So that my tears never stopped 368 00:30:54,380 –> 00:31:01,760 Could my zeal no respite no could my tears forever flow all for sin could not atone 369 00:31:03,420 –> 00:31:05,420 You must save and 370 00:31:06,459 –> 00:31:13,500 You alone you see what he’s saying the intensity of your sorrow the length of your sorrow 371 00:31:14,219 –> 00:31:16,219 Cannot cleanse you 372 00:31:17,099 –> 00:31:24,020 It is the blood of Jesus Christ that can cleanse you and that is why in the very next verse top lady says 373 00:31:24,719 –> 00:31:26,719 Nothing in my hand I bring 374 00:31:28,280 –> 00:31:30,800 Simply to your cross I claim 375 00:31:31,959 –> 00:31:36,359 Naked I come to you for dress, and helpless run to you for grace 376 00:31:37,040 –> 00:31:42,939 Foul I to the fountain fly the picture of being washed by the blood of Jesus Christ 377 00:31:42,939 –> 00:31:45,560 I come there washed me Savior 378 00:31:47,040 –> 00:31:48,739 or I 379 00:31:48,739 –> 00:31:50,479 Die now. You see the movement 380 00:31:50,479 –> 00:31:57,160 He he has realized it is not the length or the intensity of sorrow that will bring newness of life 381 00:31:57,780 –> 00:32:04,239 It is the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ that will bring light and the presence of God and hope 382 00:32:04,760 –> 00:32:10,339 Into my life and therefore from my sorrow I must now embrace him I 383 00:32:10,819 –> 00:32:17,239 Must with an open hand and an empty hand nothing in my hand, I bring I must receive grace 384 00:32:18,800 –> 00:32:19,880 Forgiveness 385 00:32:19,880 –> 00:32:26,000 Which is what Peter did and Judas did not do it’s what David did and Judas did not do 386 00:32:26,719 –> 00:32:29,119 And you see it in David in Psalm 51 387 00:32:31,619 –> 00:32:34,459 Restore to me the joy of your 388 00:32:34,500 –> 00:32:38,979 Salvation you see what right does David have to pray like that after what he’s done 389 00:32:40,180 –> 00:32:47,859 Restore to me the joy of your salvation. That’s how a man or a woman prays when you believe the gospel 390 00:32:48,819 –> 00:32:52,479 When you know that there is grace and Mercy in God 391 00:32:53,979 –> 00:32:57,540 You don’t stay in a life of sorrow 392 00:32:57,540 –> 00:32:59,540 Godly sorrow 393 00:33:00,040 –> 00:33:02,979 Godly sorrow brings us to repentance 394 00:33:02,979 –> 00:33:07,520 that’s why it’s infused with hope and there’s all the difference in the world from that and 395 00:33:07,719 –> 00:33:11,459 The kind of sorrow that leaves you in despair 396 00:33:13,380 –> 00:33:15,380 So two kinds of sorrow 397 00:33:16,339 –> 00:33:21,719 Worldly sorrow which is sorrow without light sorrow without God and sorrow without hope 398 00:33:23,260 –> 00:33:25,260 it leads to death it kills you 399 00:33:26,020 –> 00:33:28,420 Just as death all through it and 400 00:33:31,099 –> 00:33:35,339 Then there’s godly sorrow in which you have light from God and a 401 00:33:35,819 –> 00:33:41,439 desire for God and hope in God and that godly sorrow brings you to repentance and 402 00:33:43,079 –> 00:33:48,520 Therefore to salvation and leaves you without regret 403 00:33:49,300 –> 00:33:51,300 All 404 00:33:51,739 –> 00:33:56,520 The difference in the world between these two things thank God for the second godly sorrow 405 00:33:58,400 –> 00:34:00,400 That brings repentance 406 00:34:01,880 –> 00:34:03,900 Now I want in these last moments 407 00:34:05,079 –> 00:34:08,000 To give three very simple and practical 408 00:34:09,000 –> 00:34:13,959 Applications of what we have been learning together from the Bible here asked the question now 409 00:34:13,959 –> 00:34:18,360 What is the use of knowing this why do we apply this and I want to suggest? 410 00:34:18,520 –> 00:34:25,159 Three very different and distinct ways in which these distinguishing marks of true repentance may be useful to us 411 00:34:27,399 –> 00:34:31,000 The first is that we may use these marks as a guide 412 00:34:31,739 –> 00:34:36,120 for discerning true repentance in another person 413 00:34:38,760 –> 00:34:42,760 Now none of us likes to be in a position where we have to make judgments 414 00:34:42,760 –> 00:34:48,159 But all of us are called upon in very practical ways sometimes in ordinary life to do this 415 00:34:49,080 –> 00:34:56,659 I doubt that there is ever a month that goes by without one of our pastors being asked a question that goes something like this 416 00:34:58,679 –> 00:35:00,679 He says he’s sorry 417 00:35:01,800 –> 00:35:05,020 But how do I know if he has really changed? 418 00:35:06,879 –> 00:35:12,060 That’s a real question for a person who’s wanting to know whether it is safe to trust 419 00:35:12,100 –> 00:35:19,800 Shesays she’s come back to the Lord, but how do I know if her repentance is real? 420 00:35:22,520 –> 00:35:29,379 Now what are the criteria that you would use for answering questions like that how do you discern and 421 00:35:30,100 –> 00:35:33,500 these are important questions not just for us as individual Christians 422 00:35:33,500 –> 00:35:39,459 They’re important questions for elders of the church in relation to issues of church discipline and 423 00:35:39,899 –> 00:35:43,139 restoration and trust with regards to responsibility 424 00:35:43,860 –> 00:35:48,139 There are important issues on the national scale for denominational leaders 425 00:35:48,620 –> 00:35:51,639 dealing with such issues of trust in relation to 426 00:35:52,300 –> 00:35:56,379 Responsibility, how do you measure true repentance? I 427 00:35:57,739 –> 00:35:59,739 mean, do you count the number of tears? 428 00:36:00,979 –> 00:36:07,439 We have all seen people go with extensive performances of tears that may or may not mean anything 429 00:36:08,439 –> 00:36:14,679 Do you simply count the number of months since a particular sin has been committed? I mean no 430 00:36:16,520 –> 00:36:22,500 What you do is you look for the distinguishing marks of true repentance and 431 00:36:23,280 –> 00:36:26,379 They will guide you in the kinds of questions to ask 432 00:36:27,860 –> 00:36:30,439 Does this person have light from God? 433 00:36:31,320 –> 00:36:33,320 With regards to what they have done 434 00:36:34,120 –> 00:36:36,620 Does he or she see it clearly? 435 00:36:37,600 –> 00:36:39,159 Is there ownership? 436 00:36:39,159 –> 00:36:45,840 Have they faced it without excuse or evasion? Without blaming other people, without trying to trivialize or minimize it 437 00:36:46,620 –> 00:36:51,679 Does this person hate not only what came as a result of their actions 438 00:36:51,679 –> 00:36:56,600 But hate the sin itself. Is this person’s focus on their own pain? 439 00:36:57,300 –> 00:37:01,199 Is their focus simply on their own reputation like soul’s was? 440 00:37:02,040 –> 00:37:07,020 Or is this person taking genuine ownership of what he or she has done 441 00:37:08,040 –> 00:37:12,699 Do we see in this person a desire now to walk with God more closely? 442 00:37:12,719 –> 00:37:16,699 Is that evidence of a new hunger for the Word and new commitment to prayer? 443 00:37:16,699 –> 00:37:22,300 Are there changing patterns that we see that reflect a drawing near to God in this person’s life? 444 00:37:22,300 –> 00:37:27,540 is this person laying hold of the grace of God as one who evidently and 445 00:37:27,659 –> 00:37:29,780 Deeply is believing the gospel? 446 00:37:30,679 –> 00:37:33,300 Now you see when you see these things 447 00:37:34,239 –> 00:37:37,760 The distinguishing marks of true repentance you have every reason 448 00:37:38,479 –> 00:37:44,219 To be joyfully confident that real and lasting change is happening 449 00:37:44,219 –> 00:37:48,800 And will continue to happen in the life of another person 450 00:37:49,659 –> 00:37:51,360 So that’s the first application 451 00:37:51,360 –> 00:37:56,020 it’s a very important one that the marks distinguishing marks of true repentance are 452 00:37:56,340 –> 00:38:03,780 Useful to us as a guide for discerning true repentance in another person something you will have to do in different situations of life 453 00:38:05,820 –> 00:38:08,639 Second and more immediate and I think more importantly 454 00:38:10,060 –> 00:38:16,860 These distinguishing marks are useful to us as a guide for deepening repentance in our own lives 455 00:38:18,560 –> 00:38:21,459 Now here we come again to another very practical issue 456 00:38:21,459 –> 00:38:27,139 What are you to do about the sin that 457 00:38:28,479 –> 00:38:33,060 You’ve fallen into again and again and again the repeated sin 458 00:38:34,419 –> 00:38:35,600 the 459 00:38:35,600 –> 00:38:42,580 Thing that you have stumbled over at different times many times in different places and it keeps happening 460 00:38:44,199 –> 00:38:47,199 now evidently at that point if that is the situation 461 00:38:47,580 –> 00:38:52,459 your repentance needs to be deepened at this point and 462 00:38:53,659 –> 00:39:00,000 The distinguishing marks of true repentance will give you a guide as to how to pursue that you may like to ask yourself 463 00:39:00,239 –> 00:39:04,820 Questions like these have I’ve really seen this sin as 464 00:39:05,580 –> 00:39:07,580 God sees it 465 00:39:08,800 –> 00:39:14,379 Have I felt the weight of this thing that I keep doing as 466 00:39:14,379 –> 00:39:21,560 Jesus felt the weight of it when he died for this sin of mine on the cross 467 00:39:22,239 –> 00:39:24,239 Because he felt his weight 468 00:39:24,300 –> 00:39:26,300 have I 469 00:39:27,320 –> 00:39:32,179 Do I hate this sin honestly as much as God hates it or 470 00:39:33,600 –> 00:39:39,219 Is there a part of me that still secretly cherishes and holds on to it 471 00:39:40,860 –> 00:39:44,159 Have I really faced the darkness in my own soul 472 00:39:44,379 –> 00:39:50,040 That makes me keep behaving like this am I therefore sincere in my desire to walk with God 473 00:39:50,040 –> 00:39:54,479 And am I now ready to embrace the gospel in this regard? 474 00:39:55,760 –> 00:39:59,000 to trust Christ for forgiveness 475 00:39:59,840 –> 00:40:05,060 Not as some kind of cheat grace that allows me simply to go out and easily do the same thing again 476 00:40:05,159 –> 00:40:12,639 but recognizing that this forgiveness flows from his pierced hand to me for this sin and 477 00:40:13,379 –> 00:40:20,100 And do I in embracing the gospel therefore believe and trust in the power of his spirit that I may 478 00:40:20,360 –> 00:40:24,379 Overcome it and gain victory over it in the days that lie ahead 479 00:40:26,580 –> 00:40:29,379 And that brings me to the last application that 480 00:40:30,820 –> 00:40:32,020 that these 481 00:40:32,020 –> 00:40:38,199 distinguishing and wonderful marks of true repentance may help us not only in discerning where it exists in other people and 482 00:40:38,540 –> 00:40:40,760 deepening true repentance in ourselves 483 00:40:41,639 –> 00:40:49,000 But directing our prayers also in times of great sorrow, how should you pray? 484 00:40:50,219 –> 00:40:54,500 How should you pray when you find yourself in great sorrow? 485 00:40:57,179 –> 00:40:59,679 Well ask God to deliver you 486 00:41:00,340 –> 00:41:02,340 From worldly sorrow 487 00:41:03,020 –> 00:41:09,959 Ask him to direct your sorrow away from where it otherwise might naturally take you 488 00:41:11,219 –> 00:41:13,520 Ask him to give you light as 489 00:41:14,120 –> 00:41:16,020 You examine your own heart 490 00:41:16,020 –> 00:41:22,080 Ask him to walk with you by his spirit as you commit yourself to the path of obedience 491 00:41:22,080 –> 00:41:29,280 Ask God to give you hope as a person who truly now in your sorrow embraces 492 00:41:29,899 –> 00:41:31,899 the Gospel 493 00:41:32,540 –> 00:41:35,199 Godly sorrow brings repentance 494 00:41:35,979 –> 00:41:41,639 this is what gets you on the hidden path that so many never find to a 495 00:41:42,040 –> 00:41:44,719 Transformed life and it leads to salvation 496 00:41:45,199 –> 00:41:49,919 Paul says and because God wipes all tears from the eyes of his people 497 00:41:50,580 –> 00:41:52,580 It will leave you 498 00:41:53,260 –> 00:41:55,260 without regret 499 00:41:55,600 –> 00:42:02,040 Now let’s bow in God’s presence in prayer together. Shall we and ask him to apply these things in our lives 500 00:42:05,639 –> 00:42:11,320 Perhaps you’d like to make these very simple words your own in this moment 501 00:42:13,760 –> 00:42:20,399 Heavenly Father shine your light into my life so that I may see what is happening in this fragile heart 502 00:42:25,919 –> 00:42:31,199 Deliver me from bitterness and place within me a deep desire to walk with you 503 00:42:36,179 –> 00:42:44,260 save me from the temptation to despair as I embrace the gospel of your son 504 00:42:44,260 –> 00:42:48,419 Jesus Christ my Savior and Lord 505 00:42:49,500 –> 00:42:56,300 Lead me on the hidden path to a transformed life through your Son my 506 00:42:56,300 –> 00:43:04,280 Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in whose name I now pray 507 00:43:04,280 –> 00:43:07,139 Amen