Daily Truth host distinguishes between mere forgiveness and true transformation, citing King David's plea to blot out iniquities and cleanse the heart rather than just erase records. The segment argues that without this internal change, forgiven sin leads to greater evil, noting only those loved by God plead for such metamorphosis. Ultimately, this desire for change proves an aversion to sin, proving one cannot love the act while hating its judgment. [Automatically generated summary]
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Pleading for God to Change Us00:02:44
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It is one thing to plead for God to forgive.
It is another thing to plead for God to transform.
We must do both in repentance.
David doesn't just ask for forgiveness, he asks to be restored, that is, to be changed.
He doesn't just ask that God might clean his record.
He does ask these things to blot out my iniquities.
But he does not merely ask for God to clean his record, he asks for God to clean his heart.
He's asking to be changed by God, to be transformed.
David recognizes that if God does not change him at his very core, from the inside out, that the sin that he has already committed, even if it were to be forgiven, it is sin that he would one day commit again.
And very likely he would commit far more evil.
David is desperate to be changed.
And I think that this is very telling when it comes to gauging whether or not our repentance is true or whether or not our repentance is false.
There are people who hate God.
That if they acknowledge that God is real, that God exists, that God is holy, and that God is judge, then they would plead to be forgiven.
But only the Christian, only the lover of God who has first been loved by God would plead to be transformed.
Because in pleading for God to change us, what we're saying is not just, God, I want to be pardoned for my sin.
To want to be pardoned is to say, I do not wish to experience the consequences and judgments.
For my sin, but but you cannot want judgment for sin, but still love sin itself.
But when we ask God to change us, not just forgive us, but change us, what we're saying is that I want to be done away with my sin.
And the only way that we could truly desire to be changed and done away with sin is if there is in us a growing aversion and hatred for sin.
Growing Aversion to Sin00:00:16
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