Brian Lee continues his Psalm series with one of the most famous Psalms in the Psalter as a whole, and in book two of the Psalter especially.

Psalm 51----To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.----Have mercy on me, O God,-- according to your steadfast love---according to your abundant mercy-- blot out my transgressions.--Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,-- and cleanse me from my sin---For I know my transgressions,-- and my sin is ever before me.--Against you, you only, have I sinned-- and done what is evil in your sight,--so that you may be justified in your words-- and blameless in your judgment.--Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,-- and in sin did my mother conceive me.--Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being,-- and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.--Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean--- wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.--Let me hear joy and gladness--- let the bones that you have broken rejoice.--Hide your face from my sins,-- and blot out all my iniquities.--Create in me a clean heart, O God,-- and renew a right spirit within me.--Cast me not away from your presence,-- and take not your Holy Spirit from me.--Restore to me the joy of your salvation,-- and uphold me with a willing spirit.--Then I will teach transgressors your ways,-- and sinners will return to you.--Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God,-- O God of my salvation,-- and my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness.--O Lord, open my lips,-- and my mouth will declare your praise.--For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it--- you will not be pleased with a burnt offering.--...

The Canons of Dort- The Fifth Points of Doctrine- The Perseverance of the Saints----Article 6- God-s Saving Intervention----For God, who is rich in mercy, according to his unchangeable purpose of election does not take his Holy Spirit from his own completely, even when they fall grievously. Neither does he let them fall down so far that they forfeit the grace of adoption and the state of justification, or commit the sin which leads to death -the sin against the Holy Spirit-, and plunge themselves, entirely forsaken by him, into eternal ruin.----Article 7- Renewal to Repentance----For, in the first place, God preserves in those saints when they fall his imperishable seed from which they have been born again, lest it perish or be dislodged. Secondly, by his Word and Spirit he certainly and effectively renews them to repentance so that they have a heartfelt and godly sorrow for the sins they have committed- seek and obtain, through faith and with a contrite heart, forgiveness in the blood of the Mediator- experience again the grace of a reconciled God- through faith adore his mercies- and from then on more eagerly work out their own salvation with fear and trembling.----Article 8- The Certainty of This Preservation----So it is not by their own merits or strength but by God-s undeserved mercy that they neither forfeit faith and grace totally nor remain in their downfalls to the end and are lost. With respect to themselves this not only easily could happen, but also undoubtedly would happen- but with respect to God it cannot possibly happen, since his plan cannot be changed, his promise cannot fail, the calling according to his purpose cannot be revoked...

In this Dort at 400 series installment, Brian Lee teaches on what the Canons of Dort have to say about sin.

Brian Lee continues his Psalm series with Psalm 50.

Brian Lee teaches on what the Canons of Dort have to say on the topic of the new birth.

Brian Lee continues his Psalms series with Psalm 49

Psalm 49----To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah.----Hear this, all peoples--- Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,--both low and high,-- rich and poor together---My mouth shall speak wisdom--- the meditation of my heart shall be understanding.--I will incline my ear to a proverb--- I will solve my riddle to the music of the lyre.--Why should I fear in times of trouble,-- when the iniquity of those who cheat me surrounds me,--those who trust in their wealth-- and boast of the abundance of their riches---Truly no man can ransom another,-- or give to God the price of his life,--for the ransom of their life is costly-- and can never suffice,--that he should live on forever-- and never see the pit.--For he sees that even the wise die--- the fool and the stupid alike must perish-- and leave their wealth to others.--Their graves are their homes forever,-- their dwelling places to all generations,-- though they called lands by their own names.--Man in his pomp will not remain--- he is like the beasts that perish.--This is the path of those who have foolish confidence--- yet after them people approve of their boasts. Selah--Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol--- death shall be their shepherd,--and the upright shall rule over them in the morning.-- Their form shall be consumed in Sheol, with no place to dwell.--But God will ransom my soul from the power of Sheol,-- for he will receive me. Selah--Be not afraid when a man becomes rich,-- when the glory of his house increases.--For when he dies he will carry nothing away--- his glory will not go down after him.--...

The Canons of Dort- The Third and Fourth Points of Doctrine-----Article 16- Regeneration-s Effect----However, just as by the fall man did not cease to be man, endowed with intellect and will, and just as sin, which has spread through the whole human race, did not abolish the nature of the human race but distorted and spiritually killed it, so also this divine grace of regeneration does not act in people as if they were blocks and stones- nor does it abolish the will and its properties or coerce a reluctant will by force, but spiritually revives, heals, reforms, and - in a manner at once pleasing and powerful - bends it back. As a result, a ready and sincere obedience of the Spirit now begins to prevail where before the rebellion and resistance of the flesh were completely dominant. It is in this that the true and spiritual restoration and freedom of our will consists. Thus, if the marvelous Maker of every good thing were not dealing with us, man would have no hope of getting up from his fall by his free choice, by which he plunged himself into ruin when still standing upright.

Drawing on the Canons of Dort, Brian Lee teaches on the monergistic, Reformed view of how the Holy Spirit works in conversion.