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Covering Sins

TEXT: Psa. 32:1-2

INTRODUCTION:

A.      WRONG WAY TO COVER SINS( Prov. 28:13 ).

B,      A RIGHT WAY TO COVER SINS( Psa. 85:2 ).

C.      WE WANT TO SEE SOME WHO SOUGHT THE WRONG WAY TO COVER      SINS AND THEN SEE HOW TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY.

I.      THE WRONG WAY.

A.      ADAM AND EVE( Gen. 3:7-13 ).

          1.       Tried to cover themselves.

                   a.       Only death satisfies justice( Rom. 6:23;  Rom. 3:9 ).

                   b.       We lack the wisdom to do the job( Prov. 16:25 ).

          2.       They hid from God( Heb. 4:12-13 ).

          3.       They shifted blame.

                   a.       Hot potato( vs. 11-13 ).

                   b.       Adam blamed God!

                   c.       "I cain't hep it."  Circumstances and genetics.  It's a disease.

B.      AARON BLAMED THE PEOPLE, BLEW SMOKE( Ex. 32:22-24; Gal. 6:7 ).

C.      PHARISEES FEIGNED PIETY( Matt. 23:5-7, 14, 23-28 ).

D.      THEN THEY KILLED THE MESSENGER( Acts 7:51-60 ).

          1.       How do we view a doctor who tells us we have cancer( Gal. 4:16 ).

          2.       Shall we escape?( Matt. 21:33-44;  2 Thess. 1:6-9 ).

E.      SARAH JUST LIED( Gen. 18:10-15 ).

          1.       I never really hurt anybody.

          2.       I've never done anything really wrong.

F.      TIME DOES NOT COVER SIN( Gal. 6:7-9;  2 Pet. 3:8 ).

II.     THE RIGHT WAY( Psa. 32:1-2;  85:2 ).

A.      IF YOU ARE NOT A CHRISTIAN:

          1.       You must believe and place your trust in Jesus( Mark 16:16;  Heb. 11:6 ).

          2.       You must repent of sin( Acts 2:3817:30-31 ).

          3.       You must be willing to confess Jesus before men( Rom. 10:10 ).

          4.       You must be baptized into a new life in Jesus( Rom. 6:3-4;  Gal. 3:26-27 ).

B.      IF YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN AND YOU SIN:

          1.       Do I have to be baptized again?

          2.       For those in Christ, forgiveness is there( 1 John 2:1-2 ).

          3.       What can I do?( 1 John 1:6-7, 9 ).

          4.       How this works( Acts 8:18-24 ).

CONCLUSION:

A.      WE ARE ALL SINNERS( Rom. 3:23 ).

B.      WE MUST HAVE OUR SINS COVERED( Psa. 32:1-2 ).