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  GOD'S BAG AND BOTTLE
  by Thomas Brooks
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Summary: God's bag and bottle serve as reminders of His omniscience and
His desire for us to acknowledge and repent of our sins.

Topics: "Repentance", "God's Compassion"
Scripture References: Job 14:17, Psalm 34:18, Psalm 56:8, Psalm 126:5, Isaiah 53:4, Matthew 5:4, Romans 8:28, 2 Corinthians 1:3-4, 1 Peter 5:7, Revelation 21:4

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Thomas Brooks emphasizes the profound care God has for our sorrows and
sins, illustrating that God keeps a record of our iniquities in a bag
and collects our tears in a bottle. He reflects on how God meticulously
notes every sorrow and sigh, particularly highlighting David's struggles
while fleeing from Saul. Brooks encourages believers to fill God's
bottle with tears of repentance, recognizing that every tear is precious
and accounted for. The sermon serves as a reminder of God's intimate
involvement in our lives and His compassion towards our pain.

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CONTENT
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"My transgression is sealed up in a bag,

and You sew up my iniquity." Job 14:17

"You keep track of all my sorrows. You have

collected all my tears in your bottle. You have

recorded each one in Your book." Psalm 56:8

God counted all those weary steps that David took

in passing through those great forests, when he fled

from Saul. While David was hunted up and down like

a partridge, and chased out of every bush, and was

driven from one country to another--God was all

this while, a-noting down and a-numbering of all

his sorrows, and a-bottling up all his tears, and

a-booking down all his sighs!

Not a single tear of mine is ever lost, but kept safe

in God's bottle--as so much sweet water.

God is said in Scripture to have a bag and a bottle:

a bag for our sins, and a bottle for our tears. And oh

that we would all labor to fill His bottle with our tears

of repentance, as we have filled His bag with our sins!

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/thomas-brooks/gods-bag-and-bottle/
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