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June 29, 2022 - NXR Podcast
04:40
DAILY TRUTH - How To Break The Cycle Of Sin
# worldly remorse uriah true repentance bathsheba biblical narratives clean heart daily truth human nature king david prophet nathan psalm 51 spiritual transformation theological repentance

Daily Truth host distinguishes worldly remorse, a superficial resolve to change through gritted teeth, from true repentance which admits one's wicked nature is an exact representation of identity. Citing Nathan confronting King David as "You are the man" and Psalm 51's declaration of being brought forth in iniquity, the speaker argues that sin stems from a corrupt heart rather than isolated acts. Consequently, genuine transformation requires crying out to God for a radical change of identity and a clean heart, rejecting mere self-discipline in favor of divine intervention to break the cycle of sin. [Automatically generated summary]

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Worldly Remorse vs True Repentance 00:04:40
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Jesus said, Man cannot live on bread alone, but from every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.
You're listening to Daily Truth.
We are surprised, so often surprised by our sin.
And what we're saying in essence is this this is worldly remorse, right?
We say, I can't believe I did that, remorse.
Now, resolve is, I'll never do it again.
In my own effort, right?
Sola bootstrappia, I'm going to pull myself up by my bootstraps.
I'm going to grit my teeth, the sweat of my brow, blood, sweat, and tears.
I'm going to make sure that I never do this again.
Now, in essence, what we're saying is this I can't believe I did this, aka this is a fluke.
This is a one off.
This is not a fair and accurate representation of who I am.
That's what we're saying.
And the resolve, I'll never do this again, is to say, and I'll prove by never doing it again.
Whereas that's remorse and resolve.
To realize and repent.
So, remorse and resolve marks false repentance.
True repentance is realize and repent.
To realize and repent is to say, what I've just done is ultimately not the problem.
What I've just done is an exact representation of who I am.
And I think of what the prophet Nathan said to David.
He tells him this parable of a man who had one little lamb, and his children, it was like a pet to them, it would eat at their table.
They loved this lamb.
And he had a neighbor who had tons of livestock.
And one day, a traveler, a sojourner, comes to stay with his neighbor and he wants to exercise.
His neighbor wants to exercise hospitality.
But rather than killing one of his own lambs, of which he had many, he was a rich, wealthy man.
He snuck in and stole that one little pet lamb from the poor man.
And he carved it up and served it to the stranger in order to appear hospitable.
And Nathan, he tells this parable to David and says, What should be done with this man?
David said, Surely this man should die.
And Nathan responds by saying, Not this is what you did.
You had several wives, you were the king, wealthy, so much, and you took Uriah's sweetheart, the love of his life, Bathsheba.
Rather than Nathan responding by saying, This is what you did.
No, he responds and says, You are the man.
This is who you are.
Response, church.
You are the man.
You are the woman.
I am the man.
Our problem is not just that we do bad things.
Our problem is that we are bad people.
Our problem is that we are corrupt in our inmost nature.
And to repent, to truly repent, is not remorse.
I can't believe I did that.
And resolve.
I'll never do it again.
No, it is to realize and repent.
It is to say, my problem is not just what I do.
Or say, My problem is that I have a wicked heart.
It is who I am.
It is intertwined in every fiber of my being, in my flesh.
And if God does not change me, I will do this again and again and again.
And very likely, I will do far worse.
To repent is to change, not in our own strength, not in our own efforts.
It is to realize the full weight of the problem.
And then to cry out to God and say, I don't just need resolve, I don't just need discipline.
Just need extra intentional thoughts about.
I need to be transformed.
I must be transformed.
And you must create in me a clean heart, oh God.
You must change me.
You must radically transform my identity because woe am I.
And sin did my mother conceive me.
In iniquity I was brought forth.
The problem is not just what I've done, the problem is who I am.
I am the man.
God, change me.
That's what it is to repent.
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