Sermon Outline
- Introduction (Ps 32 title)
- Martin Luther “Psalmi Paulini”.
- Augustine’s favorite psalm
- Day of Atonement Liturgy
- A Maskil?
- The Suffering of Unconfessed Sin (Ps 32:3-4, James 5:15-16)
- We don’t know what sin David was trying to keep hidden
- One thing is for sure: Every sinner tries to ignore their sin
- Hidden sin eats at the soul & affects the physical body!
- What is a true confession? (Ps 32:5)
- Acknowledged: means to announce, to know, be intimate with, to admit
- Did not cover: conceal, hide
- “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord”
- The wonder and blessing of Forgiveness (Ps 32:1-2, 5d, 1Jn 1:9-10, Ex 34:6-7)
- When we confess, God forgives. What does that mean?
- Forgive: Lit. means to carry away.
- Covered: Lit. to make obscured so no longer visible (Gen 7:19, Ex 24:6, Judg 4:18)
- Not Counted: Lit. not added to
- Calling all godly to pray (Ps 32:6-7)
- First, he urges the godly to Pray and pray now.
- Second, he notes that there is a time when it is too late.
- Third, he declares that God is the one who can protect us from judgment
- Finally, Selah – “pause and calmly think about that”.
- God’s Promise to Instruct the godly (Ps 32:8)
- Words of Wisdom – a warning (Ps 32:9-10)
- Conclusion (Ps 32:11)
- The OT was full of calls to faith and trust,
- The NT call to faith (Acts 3:18-20)
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