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David as a Father - 6/21/26 - Meadows Baptist Church - Pastor Charlie Branch · Meadows Baptist Church Podcast

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  Welcome to the podcast of Meadows
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  Baptist Church of Walnut Cove, North
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  Carolina. We're so glad you joined us
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  today. If you enjoy today's message, be
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  sure to subscribe, follow, and share
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  with your friends. Now, let's join
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  Pastor Charlie Branch with a word from
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  God.
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  I tell you what, church, that right
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  there didn't help you. There ain't
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  nothing I can say going to help you this
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  morning. And uh you say, "What do you
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  mean, preacher?" I'm telling you this.
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  If you can't think about what he's done
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  in your life,
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  >> come on.
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  >> And get happy.
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  >> Amen. Come on.
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  >> Amen. I'm telling you, the fact that
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  we're even allowed to be here,
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  >> the fact that we're on the right side of
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  the ground this morning in our right
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  mind, God has been so good to us.
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  >> And I want to say this, he has done so
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  much
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  >> and he has done more than we could ever
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  imagine. Amen. And I appreciate that
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  good singing this morning very, very
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  much. I want you to turn with me to the
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  book of 2 Samuel, chapter number 12.
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  While you're finding your place there, I
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  was praying this week and not preaching
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  from this text today. We'll be in 2
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  Samuel 12. But I ran across this verse
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  and I've studied this many times, but I
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  just wanted to share this with you this
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  morning. And uh before I get into the
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  message there, 2 Samuel 12, Jesus was
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  talking to his disciples in John 16, and
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  he was telling them that he was going to
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  leave them and was talking to him about
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  how he was going to have to go away and
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  that the comforter was going to come.
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  And he said this in verse number verse
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  number 26. He said, "At that day, you
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  shall ask in my name, and I say not unto
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  you that I will pray the father for
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  you." In essence, what he was saying was
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  that he's telling them when the Holy
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  Spirit comes, I'm you're not going to
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  have to come to me and ask me to pray
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  for the father, pray to the father. He
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  said, but you're going to have to talk
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  to the father. And he says this in verse
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  27, and this phrase has been just jumped
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  off the page at me this week, that first
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  phrase of verse 27, what does that say?
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  For the father himself loveth you.
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  >> Amen.
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  You say, "Preacher, I know that, but
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  have you thought about it?"
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  >> Amen.
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  >> The father himself
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  loveth you.
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  >> Jesus looked at them boys, all of them
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  failures, and he tells them in the next
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  few verses, he says, "Every one of you
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  is going to leave me." He said, "I'm
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  going to be left all alone. Y'all are
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  all going to walk away." But he said in
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  verse number 32, he said, "Every man
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  will be scattered, every man to his own,
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  and shall leave me alone. And yet I am
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  not alone because the father,
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  >> Amen,
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  >> is with me.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> I want to tell you what that got away
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  with me this week. Just to think about
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  the fact that he loves me. The father,
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  God the father himself. You realize
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  there's nobody higher than him.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> And he himself loves me.
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  >> And when I'm alone, all alone, he is
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  still with me. Amen. I'm telling you
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  that'll help you this morning. Amen.
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  Bless the name of the Lord. 2 Samuel 12
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  and I'll share with you the thought
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  that's on my heart
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  and I was praying about the service
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  today and just thinking about the fact
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  that God loves us. And uh I tell you
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  this, there's nobody in this room
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  perfect. Amen.
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  >> We all need God's help. And I want to
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  preach this morning out of this text. I
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  want to look at David for just a little
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  while and I'll say a little bit more
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  about it here in just a minute. But I
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  want to read 2 Samuel 12 verse number
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  Let's read verse number 23
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  through 25.
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  2 Samuel 12 verse number 23. You find
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  your place if you would stand on
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  reference to the reading of God God's
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  word if you're able this morning. If
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  you're not, don't do that. But if you're
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  able, let's stand. Let's read there
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  verse number 23 or verse number 22.
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  2 Samuel 12. And he said, "While the
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  child was yet alive, I fasted and wept.
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  For I said, who can tell whether God
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  will be gracious to me that the child
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  may live? But now he is dead. Wherefore
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  should I fast? Can I bring him back
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  again? I shall go to him, but he shall
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  not return to me." Verse 24. And David
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  comforted Ba Sheeba his wife, went in
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  unto her, and lay with her, and she bare
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  a son, and he called his name Solomon.
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  Notice this. And the Lord loved him. And
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  he sent by the hand of Nathan the
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  prophet, and he called his name Jedodiah
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  because of the Lord. Now, Father, I ask
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  you humbly this morning as we've
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  gathered here today to worship. I pray,
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  Father, you would remove every
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  hindrance. Lord, I realize, Father, this
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  morning that there's lost people here
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  today. And God, I pray, Father, that
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  your grace and your mercy, Lord, would
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  reach out to them. God is there's no
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  doubt in my mind it already has. Lord,
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  when they sang those songs talking about
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  what God has done, Lord, their heart,
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  they don't know what you've done. But
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  Lord, I realize this morning that the
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  greatest thing they could realize this
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  morning is that you have done all for
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  them.
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  >> They can be saved. They can be forgiven
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  today. And Lord, I pray that you would
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  work in their heart, draw them to a
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  place of conviction and repentance. And
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  I pray for every father that's here this
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  morning, God, that we would be
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  challenged and changed by the word of
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  God. I pray that we would see no man
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  save Jesus only and help us to receive
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  with meekness the engrafted word this
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  morning. And Lord, I ask you, God, you
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  would give me liberty. God, I need it
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  this morning. Hide me behind the cross.
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  And Lord, be sure to thank you for what
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  you do because we ask it in Jesus name.
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  Amen. You can be seated. Thank you for
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  standing this morning.
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  2 Samuel 12 introduces us to a stage in
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  David's life where David has sinned
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  against the Lord. Chapter 11 tells us of
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  David's sin with Ba Sheba and his
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  intentional murder of Uriah on the
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  forefront of the hottest battle. And
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  when I think about David, most of the
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  time we think of David as the psalmist
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  or uh the king David. We think of him as
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  the root of Jesse. We think of him as
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  the prophet. We think of David as a lot
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  of things, but I want to tell you the
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  greatest title that David had is the day
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  that we're celebrating. And that is that
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  David was a father. David was a daddy.
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  Amen. And I want to preach on that
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  thought today on David a father. You
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  say, "What do you mean?" Well, I said
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  that it's the greatest title he had
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  because before he was ever a king, he
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  was a daddy. Amen. before he was ever uh
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  blessed in in such a way by God as he
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  was in his kingship, he was a daddy. And
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  I want to say this, there's no higher
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  title that you hold this morning,
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  father, than that title of dad. Amen.
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  And uh when I think about this text, I'm
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  reminded that as that was the greatest
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  gift David was given, it was also what I
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  believe David's greatest failure.
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  >> And I this ain't probably ain't going to
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  be a shouting message, but I'm going to
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  share it with you. Amen. You look at
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  David's life, history tells us that
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  David had probably it's about 20
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  children that were named from about
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  seven or eight different wives. Amen.
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  And we know the Bible stance on that.
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  God is not for polygamy. Somebody say,
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  "Amen."
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  >> David was blessed by God in spite of all
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  of his failures. But I I notice in this
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  text, David has sinned with Ba Sheba.
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  And out of that, David has went a year.
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  And in this sin, he has somewhat covered
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  it up in the murder of Uriah. But how
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  many of you know the Bible says, "He
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  that coverth his sin shall not prosper."
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  Amen. But he that confessth and
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  forsaketh them shall have mercy. And
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  David here in the text has tried to
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  cover his sin. But if you try to cover
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  your sin, God will uncover it. But let
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  me say this, if you uncover your sin
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  before God, God will cover it. Amen. God
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  will take care of whatever you need in
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  your life this morning. But I want to
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  say David has tried to cover his sin.
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  And when I look at this text, you'll
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  notice a few things. By way of
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  introduction in chapter 12 and verse
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  number one, you notice the preacher
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  shows up in verse number one. And the
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  Lord sent Nathan, notice this, unto
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  David. And God has done told the
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  preacher man, "All right, David has
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  sinned against the Lord." Nathan's
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  probably picked up on it. And I want to
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  say this. I think it's a great character
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  of Nathan that many times throughout the
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  ministry of David when David got out of
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  line that God went to Nathan and told
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  him, "Hey, you need to go straighten him
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  out." Amen. And I want to say this,
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  every one of you needs somebody in your
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  life. Amen. That's going to help you
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  stay straight. Amen. You husbands, you
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  need your wife. You wives, you need your
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  husband. Amen. You need somebody. Amen.
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  In this church, you need this preacher.
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  Amen. I love each and every one of you.
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  But God has entrusted me to be your
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  pastor. And whether you like it or not,
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  you need me this morning. Amen. And I
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  want to say this. I need you. Amen. But
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  I notice David has been called out.
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  Nathan here has been called sent to
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  David because of his defilement and over
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  God's hot displeasure with him. Notice
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  verse 27 of chapter 11. But the thing
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  that David had done, what's your Bible
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  say? Displease the Lord. God had noticed
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  David's sin. And I want to say this,
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  your sin is never hidden from the eyes
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  of an allseeing God. And the preacher
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  comes to David in this text. And God has
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  a word for David when he is in his sin.
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  I notice not only the preacher, but I
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  noticed the parable in the text. You
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  see, there is a parable of a rich man,
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  of a poor man, of a lamb, and of a
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  traveler that's mentioned in verses one
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  down through verse number six. And
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  Nathan tells this story to David. how
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  the rich man and the poor man in the
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  text the rich man had exceeding many
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  flocks and herds which represents David
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  and the poor man had nothing save one
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  little U lamb and that poor man is Uriah
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  and that little you lamb is Ba Sheeba
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  and the Bible says in verse two verse
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  three that he had bought and nourished
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  up and it grew together with him and
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  with his children it did eat of his own
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  meat and drink of his own cup and lay in
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  his bosom and was unto him as a
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  daughter. Verse four, and there came a
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  traveler, and this represents the devil
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  or David's flesh. In verse four, the
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  Bible says that he spared to take of his
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  own flock. That's the rich man and of
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  his own herb to dress for the wayfairing
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  man that was come unto him. But he took
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  the poor man's lamb and dressed it for
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  the man that was come to him. Verse
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  five, David's anger was greatly kindled
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  against the man. You see David here in
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  the text, he gets angry at this story
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  that Nathan tells. How this man steals
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  the little U lamb in the text. And out
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  of this, David foretells his own
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  punishment. Look what he says. As the
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  Lord liveth in verse number five, the
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  man that hath done this thing shall
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  surely die and he shall restore the lamb
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  fourfold because he did this thing and
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  because he had no pity. And Nathan gives
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  him this parable. The preacher tells him
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  the story. And you notice out of all of
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  this, David rebukes this man and gets
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  angry at this man for taking this little
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  U lamb. But notice what the Bible says
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  in verse number seven. And Nathan said
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  to David, here's the proclamation.
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  Notice it, church, thou art the man.
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  >> Right?
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  >> And you know what? I believe David's
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  heart just melted.
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  I believe on the inside he just withered
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  away because the preacher had given the
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  parable and the proclamation was right
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  at him. How many of you ever been in
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  church on Sunday? Amen. And the preacher
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  preach a sermon and he might as well
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  have called your name from the time that
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  he stood up to the time that he sat
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  down. Amen. I've been there. Amen.
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  You've been there as well. Amen. And I
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  want to say this this morning. It's good
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  for us to realize that we are the
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  problem. I'll say this. You see, man,
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  it's amazing the hypocrisy and the
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  inconsistency of David. David was mad at
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  this man for taking this little U lamb,
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  but he had took another man's wife.
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  You're
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  >> right.
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  >> He was mad at this man for murdering a
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  lamb, but he had killed another woman's
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  husband.
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  >> Right.
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  >> Amen. David has committed a greater sin.
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  And isn't that the truth? Amen. this
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  morning that so many times we want to go
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  around picking specks out of our brother
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  and out of our sister's eyes when we've
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  got a 2x4 sticking out of ours. Amen.
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  What I'm saying is the proclamation set
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  down the punishment. David is the one
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  that's in the wrong. And God through the
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  mouth of the preacher sticks his finger
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  in the face of David and reveals that he
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  is the one that is at fault. But he also
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  doesn't only remind him of his sinner,
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  but he reminds him of his blessings. In
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  verse number seven, he said, "I've
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  anointed thee king. I delivered thee out
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  of the hand of the s hand of Saul, King
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  Saul, and I gave thee thy master's house
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  and thy master's wives under thy bosom,
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  and gave thee the house of Israel of
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  Judah. And if that had been too little,
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  I would moreover have given unto thee
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  such and such things." And David, Nathan
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  tells David, "Look, God would have done
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  anything that you asked, but this one
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  thing, you just had to have it.
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  >> Come on.
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  >> You wasn't right with me.
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  >> You didn't appreciate me." And the
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  proclamation declares the punishment of
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  David in verse number 12. He reveals
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  that David is the sinner. He reminds him
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  of his blessings. And he requests an
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  answer for his actions. In verse number
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  nine, "Wherefore hast thou despised the
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  commandment of the Lord?" He asked David
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  why did you do this? And then he says in
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  verse number 10, now therefore the sword
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  shall never depart, notice this phrase,
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  from thine house.
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  You see, David was a king. David was a
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  psalmist. David was a preacher. David
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  was a prophet. David was a man after
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  God's own heart. But you know where
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  David's greatest failure was? His
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  family. And you know what? I don't care
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  how much you say that you do for the
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  cause of Christ, but if you fail your
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  family, you have failed God.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> That's right.
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  >> Amen. You have failed the Lord. And the
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  Bible says that his punishment in this
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  text is this. There would be death of
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  his children. Therefore, the sword shall
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  never depart from thine house because
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  thou hast despised me. Not only death of
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  his children, but defilement of his
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  house. In verse 11, behold, I will raise
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  up evil against thee out of thine own
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  house, and I will take thy wives before
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  thine eyes, and give them unto thy
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  neighbor, and he shall lie with thy
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  wives in the sight of the son. So
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  there's death of his children,
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  defilement of his house. And then
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  there's the display of the wickedness.
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  Verse 12, for thou destly, but I will do
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  this thing before all Israel, and before
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  the son. You remember what I said? If
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  you try to cover your sins, God will
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  uncover them.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> Amen. You try to hide them, God will
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  take them out of hiding and put them on
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  display. Amen. You say, "Preacher, why
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  would God do such a thing as that?"
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  Well, you got to remember, judgment
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  begins with the Lord.
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  >> Amen. He's the one that's responsible
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  for retribution. You say, "Preacher, is
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  this going to get better?" Yeah, it's
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  going to get better, but you're going to
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  have to hang on with me. Amen. I'm
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  saying all of this because of David's
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  decisions. You understand what God has
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  said. These are not threatenings from
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  God, but these are sure prophecies of
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  punishment that we know from the pages
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  of scripture would come to pass and did
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  come to pass.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> God told David exactly what was going to
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  happen. And let me say this to you,
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  Daddy, this morning. God has told you
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  some things that's going to happen to
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  your family and to your life if you
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  refuse to obey the commandment of the
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  Lord. Amen.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> You're in danger this morning. Notice
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  this. You say, "Preacher, well, what can
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  I do?" Well, you see that this sin has
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  debased David. He He has defiled Bath
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  Sheba. He's killed Uriah. Uriah's dead.
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  Joab's disloyal to him. And the sin of
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  David has done much hurt. And I'll say
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  this, it's hurt more than just David.
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  But I want to say this, David is in a
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  grave place in this text. But I want to
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  say this, when you get to rock bottom,
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  I'm thankful, friend, you can tap into
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  the top of the Lord. Amen. And David in
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  this text, the Bible says in verse 13,
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  look at this. And David said unto
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  Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord.
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  And I want to talk to you for a little
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  while. Four things about David as a
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  father. Now, we we think when we think
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  about David this morning, y'all y'all
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  y'all y'all here with me this morning.
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  Y'all all right? Y'all real quiet this
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  morning? All right. Y'all going to have
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  to help me preach. I'm going to preach
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  longer. Amen. Amen. Is that all right?
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  I'm going to preach a long time if you
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  don't say amen. Okay.
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  But four things about David as father.
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  When we think about David, what are the
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  chapters we think about? We think about
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  about 1st Samuel 17 when he's wiping out
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  Goliath.
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  We think about David as king. He's
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  taking out Saul, running from Saul. We
• 17:05
  think about David in Psalm 51 when he's
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  praying in repentance for his sin with
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  Ba Sheba. We think about all kinds of
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  different stories, but very seldom do we
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  think about David and his children. Very
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  seldom do we think about David as a
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  father. But in this chapter, we see
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  probably I I want to say one of the
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  greatest turnarounds in all the word of
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  God in the life of a daddy. You say,
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  "Preacher, what does that mean?" Well, I
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  don't know where you're at as a dad this
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  morning, but I can say you're in one of
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  these four places this morning. And I
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  want you to notice four things this
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  morning about David as a father. And I
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  number one, I would say this morning, we
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  see a broken father in this man David.
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  You say, "What do you mean?" Well, verse
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  13, look what the Bible says. "And David
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  said unto Nathan, notice it. I have
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  sinned against the Lord." What was his
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  sin? Well, his sin was with Ba Sheba.
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  His sin was against Uriah. His sin was
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  against those men that died because of
• 18:04
  that battle that he put Uriah in to die.
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  His sin was adultery. His sin was
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  murder. His sin was fornication. Well,
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  let me tell you what his sin was. Number
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  one, his sin was turning his back on
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  God.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> Amen. And David in this text is broken.
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  You see, David had realized some things
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  by the preaching of Nathan. I'll tell
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  you this, it's still preaching that gets
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  it done in this day and time. Amen. If
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  you're going to have some help, you're
• 18:29
  not going to find it in 10 steps to a
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  better self-image. You're not going to
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  find it down at the the self-help
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  conference. Amen. You're going to find
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  it from a preacher. Amen. And the
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  preaching of the word of God. Amen.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> Y'all going to help me preach this
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  morning.
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  >> I see a father's brokenness. What does
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  he realize? Well, he has realized that
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  he has sinned against the Lord. David
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  said in Psalm 51, he said, "My
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  transgression, my sin is ever before
• 18:57
  me." He said, "Against thee and against
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  thee only have I sinned and done this
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  evil in thy sight." David recognized
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  that his sin was against God. And you
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  know why he recognized that his sin was
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  against God was because he was seeing
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  the punishment upon his children.
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  >> You're right.
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  >> Notice the text. David is broken in this
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  text. He's realized he has sinned
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  against God. But you see, his sin has
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  birthed a child.
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  You say, "What do you mean?" Well, out
• 19:27
  of this relationship with Ba Sheba, the
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  Bible tells us, chapter 11, turn back
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  here and look verse number five. And the
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  woman conceived and sent and told David
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  and said, "I am with child." David's
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  relationship with Ba Sheeba has
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  conceived a child. So, you know what's
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  happened? David has birthed a child in
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  sin.
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  >> Amen. It's a sinful relationship that
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  has birthed this child. And out of that
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  sinful relationship, the Bible tells us
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  in verse number 14 or verse 13, the Lord
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  also hath put away thy sin, thou shalt
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  not die. So we can rejoice in that.
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  David said the man ought to die.
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  >> Amen. That's what he told Nathan. He
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  said, "This man shall surely die." And
• 20:09
  Nathan looked at him and said, "You
• 20:11
  better be thankful. God's merciful."
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  Amen. You're not going to die.
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  >> You're right.
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  >> But somebody was going to have to
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  dies. Notice verse 14. How be it,
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  because by this deed thou has given
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  great occasion to the enemies of the
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  Lord to blaspheme. The child also that
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  is born unto thee shall surely die. You
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  know what was going to happen? David was
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  going to live. God forgave him. But this
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  son had to die in hisstead. And you know
• 20:38
  what? David is broken.
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  He's broken because of his sin. He's
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  broken because he is going to lose his
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  son. David's fatherhood of this child
• 20:48
  was nonetheless the same as the others
• 20:51
  was was on with only one difference.
• 20:53
  David brought this child into the world
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  in a sinful act.
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  And you know what? Because of that death
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  was going to hold stand around this
• 21:03
  child for the rest of its life. You say,
• 21:06
  "Preacher, why would God allow that?"
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  Well, let me ask you something. Why'
• 21:09
  David do what he did?
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  >> You know, we get the question wrong.
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  >> Amen. We always say this stuff and this
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  is what atheists say. You know, why
• 21:17
  would God allow this to happen? Why
• 21:18
  would a loving God allow such and such
• 21:21
  to happen?
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  >> Let me ask you this. Why would a people
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  who have been given mercy on top of
• 21:26
  mercy on top of mercy and grace to do
• 21:29
  what's right time and time and time
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  again? Why would we put oursel in the
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  situation where we know that judgment
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  has to come?
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  >> You're right.
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  >> Why would we bring ourselves to the
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  point, Dad? Why would we get our family
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  to the place where we're in a mess and
• 21:42
  then we have to pray and try to bring it
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  out? Why not just prevent it from the
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  start?
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  >> Amen. Why not just bridle your lust? Why
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  not just take care of your wife? Why not
• 21:51
  just live with your family and take care
• 21:53
  of them and love them and cherish them
• 21:55
  and protect them? Amen. Instead of
• 21:57
  getting down the road and your son's
• 21:59
  strung out and your daughter's been
• 22:01
  messed up in the world. Amen. And then
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  YOU WANT TO PRAY AND ASK GOD FOR HELP.
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  I'M SAYING KEEP THEM OUT OF THE WORLD.
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  AMEN.
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  >> You say, "Preacher, well, what do we
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  do?" Well, I'm going to say this. If
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  you're broken, you're in a good place,
• 22:16
  >> right?
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  >> I tell you this. I've known some Amen.
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  Some daddies that their children got out
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  of the world and they wasn't broken
• 22:22
  about it at all.
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  >> You know what? The first thing's going
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  to have to happen for you. You're going
• 22:27
  to have to get broken.
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  >> You're right.
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  >> You say, "Preacher, why is that?" WELL,
• 22:31
  IT'S YOUR SIN that's brought this
• 22:33
  judgment into their life.
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  >> You're right.
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  >> IT'S YOUR DEFILEMENT. IT'S YOUR
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  DESTRUCTION. IT WAS YOUR DECISION. And
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  you have brought the consequences into
• 22:42
  their life.
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  Now, I know before you say anything, you
• 22:47
  say, "Preacher, you always preach sweet
• 22:48
  on Mother's Day." Well, if y'all was
• 22:49
  here on Mother's Day, I didn't preach
• 22:51
  sweet on Mother's Day. Amen. So, y'all
• 22:53
  getting it double. All right.
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  >> I'm telling you the truth, though.
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  Here's what this thing comes back to.
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  Until you get broken, there's never
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  going to be any hell.
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  >> You're right. If you are not broken over
• 23:04
  the state of your wavered children, if
• 23:06
  you are not broken over the state of
• 23:07
  your children living in sin, you cannot
• 23:09
  have any help or hope for them. You see,
• 23:13
  David brought this child into the world
• 23:15
  in a sinful act, but God forgave David,
• 23:18
  but the child suffered the consequences.
• 23:20
  Let me say this. You know what? You'll
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  be forgiven for the things you do. But
• 23:24
  your children will suffer the
• 23:25
  consequences of your sin.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> What you do against God, they will
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  suffer for it.
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  Notice this. David has now realized that
• 23:35
  the things he has done has defiled and
• 23:37
  will destroy his home. And you say,
• 23:39
  "Preacher, why? Why is it that David,
• 23:41
  why is God going to take this child?"
• 23:43
  Well, notice God tells the reason in
• 23:45
  verse 14. "How be it? Because by this
• 23:47
  deed, thou has given great occasion to
• 23:49
  the enemies of the Lord to what?
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  Blasphe. The child also that is born
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  unto thee shall surely die." All right.
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  Now, let me let me tell you something
• 23:59
  that the Christian world does not like
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  to hear. When preachers fall out,
• 24:03
  families bust up, sin's revealed, you
• 24:06
  know, and and everybody's like, "Well,
• 24:08
  you know, that was kind of expected."
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  >> Let me tell you this. When somebody who
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  has proclaimed the name of Christ, when
• 24:14
  they fall out, you know what? That
• 24:16
  angers the heart of God, not because
• 24:18
  they fell out, but because the world
• 24:19
  looks at them and they make fun of us.
• 24:22
  >> You're right.
• 24:23
  >> He said the enemies, you've caused the
• 24:25
  enemies to blasphe. And let me say this.
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  When you as a church do not live right
• 24:31
  out in this world
• 24:32
  >> and you cause the world to blaspheme,
• 24:34
  when you cuss like a sailor and you show
• 24:36
  yourself, Amen. You walk around
• 24:38
  unclothed as a churchgoer, as a
• 24:40
  Christian, you know what you're doing?
• 24:41
  You are causing the enemies of the Lord
• 24:43
  to blasphe.
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  >> Amen.
• 24:45
  >> Amen. And God don't take it lightly.
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  >> You know what? This boy is going to have
• 24:49
  to die because of that. You're
• 24:51
  >> right.
• 24:52
  >> Notice it. You have given great occasion
• 24:54
  to the enemies of the Lord to blasphe
• 24:57
  the child also that is born unto thee
• 24:59
  shall surely die. David is in a broken
• 25:02
  place. But I want to say this. He didn't
• 25:05
  allow his brokenness to keep him from
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  begging.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> You say, "What do you mean?" Well, I see
• 25:10
  nextly out of this that there's a father
• 25:12
  that's begging in this text. You know
• 25:14
  what I'm not seeing in this day and
• 25:16
  time? I don't see too many fathers
• 25:18
  begging for anything.
• 25:19
  >> Amen.
• 25:21
  Now, I see a whole lot of fathers that's
• 25:23
  lack sitting on a church pew and could
• 25:26
  care less about what's going on in their
• 25:27
  home.
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  >> You know what David does in this text?
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  Because of his brokenness, he finds
• 25:33
  himself to a place to weep. Look what
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  your Bible says. The Bible says in verse
• 25:38
  15, "And Nathan departed unto his house,
• 25:41
  and the Lord struck the child that
• 25:43
  Uriah's wife bear unto David, and it was
• 25:45
  very sick." Verse 16. David therefore
• 25:49
  besought God for the child. And David
• 25:52
  fasted and went in and lay all night
• 25:54
  upon the earth. You see, David's
• 25:56
  brokenness led to him led him to beg God
• 25:59
  to beseech the Lord. You see, David did
• 26:01
  what we all must do when we fail, and
• 26:03
  that is throw ourselves upon the mercy
• 26:05
  of God. David is praying. He besought
• 26:08
  God for the child. In verse 16, David is
• 26:11
  persisting. The Bible said in verse 16
• 26:13
  that David fasted and went in and lay
• 26:16
  all night upon the earth. David is
• 26:18
  begging God. He is doing everything that
• 26:20
  he can. Why is that? Because he knows
• 26:23
  that God is a God of mercy and that God
• 26:26
  will have grace if he'll pray. Amen.
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  Hey, the Bible still says in 2
• 26:30
  Chronicles chapter number 7 and verse
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  number 14, "If my people which are
• 26:35
  called by my name will humble themselves
• 26:37
  and pray and seek my face," he said,
• 26:39
  "then will I hear from heaven and will
• 26:41
  forgive their sin and will heal their
• 26:44
  land." But you know what the problem is?
• 26:46
  Nobody's broken.
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  >> You're right.
• 26:49
  >> And because nobody's broken, nobody's
• 26:51
  begging.
• 26:52
  >> Amen. David did what we all must do when
• 26:55
  we fail. We must throw ourselves on the
• 26:58
  mercy of God. When we when we are in the
• 27:00
  midst of sin's consequences, we must
• 27:03
  persist in prayer. David is interceding
• 27:06
  for this child. You say, "Preacher, how
• 27:08
  long does it last?" Well, we see his
• 27:11
  prayer and his persistence. But notice
• 27:12
  the period. Verse number 18. And it came
• 27:15
  to pass on the seventh day. David fast
• 27:18
  and prays an entire week.
• 27:22
  >> Why? because he didn't want that baby to
• 27:24
  die because of his sin.
• 27:28
  When's the last time you got broken
• 27:29
  because of your sin? Watching somebody
• 27:32
  else suffer for it. He's begging. David
• 27:36
  represents to us how we are to intercede
• 27:38
  for our children. We're to intercede
• 27:41
  consistently, compassionately, and as
• 27:43
  long as there is a chance for their
• 27:46
  deliverance. You see, when the child
• 27:48
  died, David got up. Notice what the
• 27:50
  Bible says. They find out verse number
• 27:52
  18 after the seventh day the child died.
• 27:55
  Verse 19, David saw the servants
• 27:57
  whispered about his death. Verse 20,
• 27:59
  then David arose from the earth and
• 28:01
  washed and anointed himself and changed
• 28:03
  his apparel. Notice this. And came into
• 28:05
  the house of the Lord and what? Worship.
• 28:09
  David got up. He washed up. And he went
• 28:12
  to the house of God and worshiped.
• 28:14
  He said, "Preacher, why did he change
• 28:17
  so quickly after he realized the child
• 28:20
  had died?" Well, you know what he
• 28:22
  realized? He realized that that death
• 28:23
  was a deliverance for this child. And I
• 28:26
  want to tell you something this morning.
• 28:27
  We all get brokenhearted over babies
• 28:29
  that die with cancer and sickness and
• 28:31
  things like that nature. And that's the
• 28:32
  hardest thing anybody could ever
• 28:34
  experience. It's hard for us to imagine
• 28:36
  miscarriages. And you know what? I I'm
• 28:38
  seeing this day and time that godly
• 28:39
  people are having miscarriages one right
• 28:42
  after another.
• 28:43
  good people, godly people that are
• 28:45
  trying to have children. And then you
• 28:47
  got these worldlings, amen, that they're
• 28:49
  they're they're getting pregnant and
• 28:50
  they're aborting them by the millions.
• 28:51
  God ain't within a million miles of
• 28:53
  that. And those people are going to
• 28:54
  suffer the consequences for that. But I
• 28:56
  want to say this, we ought to remember
• 28:58
  that sometimes death is a deliverance
• 29:00
  for a child.
• 29:03
  >> If they're going to have a disease,
• 29:04
  amen, and God takes them out of this
• 29:06
  world prematurely, amen, it's the mercy
• 29:08
  of God giving them grace because you
• 29:10
  know where they go? They go straight to
• 29:11
  heaven.
• 29:12
  >> Go ahead.
• 29:13
  And I want to give you this. All right.
• 29:15
  We see David's begging. The father is
• 29:17
  begging. Let me say this. You're not
• 29:18
  much of a father if you don't pray for
• 29:20
  your children.
• 29:20
  >> Amen.
• 29:22
  >> You see, the servants, they question his
• 29:24
  actions. He he's he's got up. He's
• 29:26
  washed up. He's worshiped. Now he's
• 29:27
  ready to eat. In verse 20, they question
• 29:30
  his actions in verse 21. But notice what
• 29:32
  the Bible said in verse 22. And he said,
• 29:34
  "While the child was yet alive, I fasted
• 29:37
  and wept. For I said, "Who can tell
• 29:39
  whether God will be gracious to me that
• 29:41
  the child may live?" Well, to re
• 29:43
  reiterate what I've already said, David
• 29:45
  prayed because he knew God's merciful.
• 29:47
  >> Amen.
• 29:48
  >> You know what David said? You know what?
• 29:49
  That man should surely die. God didn't
• 29:51
  kill him. Amen.
• 29:53
  >> And so, you know what he did? He threw
• 29:54
  himself upon the mercy of God and said,
• 29:56
  "Please spare the life of my child." You
• 29:59
  say, "Preacher, well, there's no hope
• 30:00
  for my child." Well, I'll tell you this.
• 30:02
  You don't really love them if you're not
• 30:03
  praying for them.
• 30:04
  >> Amen.
• 30:05
  >> Preacher, they're too far gone. Well, if
• 30:07
  you're not praying for them, they
• 30:08
  probably are too far gone.
• 30:12
  >> What if your prayer is the only thing
• 30:14
  standing between them and predition?
• 30:15
  >> Amen.
• 30:16
  >> They're too far gone, preacher. Well,
• 30:18
  they probably are going to be gone if
• 30:20
  you don't pray for them. Amen. David
• 30:22
  made sure that he did all that he could
• 30:24
  do. And you as a daddy, you as a mama
• 30:27
  ought to do all that you can DO TO SAVE
• 30:29
  THEIR LIFE. AMEN.
• 30:32
  >> I understand that, preacher. Well,
• 30:35
  they've got to live in the world. No,
• 30:36
  they don't.
• 30:37
  >> That's right.
• 30:38
  >> They don't have to be subdued and
• 30:40
  subducted into this world. Amen. They do
• 30:42
  not have to experience EVERY SIN THAT
• 30:45
  THIS WORLD HAS TO OFFER. WELL, THEY GOT
• 30:48
  TO SEW THEIR WILD OATS. NO, THEY DON'T.
• 30:51
  >> FROM THIS PREACHER'S HEART, LET ME TELL
• 30:52
  YOU THIS MORNING, THEY DON'T HAVE TO
• 30:54
  LOSE THEIR PURITY. AND THEY DON'T HAVE
• 30:56
  TO LOSE, AMEN. THEIR CLEANLINESS, AMEN,
• 30:59
  WHEN IT COMES TO ALCOHOL AND SMOKING AND
• 31:02
  doping and ALL OF THAT OTHER STUFF. THEY
• 31:04
  DO NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT. YOU'RE
• 31:06
  RIGHT.
• 31:07
  >> I don't care what you believe about. I
• 31:09
  DON'T CARE WHAT YOU SAY ABOUT IT. THE
• 31:10
  END OF THE DAY IS THIS. THEY DO NOT HAVE
• 31:13
  TO LIVE through that.
• 31:15
  >> But you know what? IF THEY DO, IT IS
• 31:17
  YOUR RESPONSIBILITY AND IT IS MY
• 31:19
  RESPONSIBILITY TO PRAY FOR THEM THAT GOD
• 31:22
  WOULD BRING THEM OUT of that.
• 31:24
  >> Amen.
• 31:27
  >> I'll say this. You say, "Preacher,
• 31:29
  what's going to do that?" Well, you're
• 31:30
  going to have to get broke about it.
• 31:33
  >> You're going to have to be begging God
• 31:34
  for it. But I want to tell you this, and
• 31:36
  this is the most important one. I see a
• 31:38
  father not only broken and begging, but
• 31:41
  I see a father believing.
• 31:43
  >> Amen.
• 31:44
  >> You say, "What do you mean?" Look what
• 31:46
  the Bible said in verse 22. "And he
• 31:48
  said, while the child was yet alive, I
• 31:49
  fasted and wept. For I said, who can
• 31:52
  tell whether God will be gracious to me
• 31:53
  that the child may live? But now he is
• 31:55
  dead. Wherefore should I fast? Can I
• 31:57
  bring him back again? I shall go to him,
• 32:00
  but he shall not return to me." You see,
• 32:02
  David is believing God. You say, "What
• 32:04
  does that mean?" Well, his faith is here
• 32:05
  expressed. Number one, in God's mercy
• 32:07
  for the possibility of this child
• 32:09
  living. Look what he said. Verse 22. Who
• 32:12
  can tell whether God will be gracious to
• 32:14
  me that the child may live? David
• 32:17
  believed in God's mercy. God could have
• 32:19
  healed that child in just a moment.
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  >> You're right.
• 32:20
  >> You know what? They ain't a disease,
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  ain't a cancer, ain't a sickness. Amen.
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  There ain't a disorder that God can't
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  fix in a moment.
• 32:26
  >> You're right.
• 32:27
  >> And cleaned it up. But I'll tell you
• 32:29
  this, God don't always do that.
• 32:31
  >> Right. And David said, "I fasted and
• 32:33
  prayed that God in his mercy might make
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  this possibility take place." David knew
• 32:38
  firsthand the mercy of God on his life.
• 32:41
  You say, "How is that?" Well, you think
• 32:43
  about all the years of David's running.
• 32:45
  All the times that he had run from Saul
• 32:46
  and that God had protected him. David
• 32:49
  was protected while he was with the
• 32:51
  Philistines out of the will of God in
• 32:52
  1st Samuel 28 and 29. David was
• 32:55
  protected when he put that ark on a new
• 32:57
  cart out of the will of God in 2 Samuel
• 32:59
  6. and Oza died because of it. And David
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  speaks of these prayers in Psalms 32:es
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  number one down through verse number
• 33:06
  six. David tells about the fact that God
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  has been merciful to him time and time
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  and time again. And David one more time
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  throws himself upon the mercy of God,
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  believing that God is able TO DELIVER
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  THIS CHILD. THE POSSIBILITY HE prayed
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  that God might bring it to pass.
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  >> Amen.
• 33:27
  >> Here's what happens.
• 33:29
  We decide in our mind our doubt and
• 33:31
  unbelief. We forget about God. It's that
• 33:34
  interesting. We get in a situation
• 33:36
  that's just a little bit bigger than we
• 33:37
  can handle. We just forget that God's
• 33:39
  even in the world.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> This is just too big, preacher. It's
• 33:44
  just too bad. You're
• 33:45
  >> right.
• 33:45
  >> It's just too awful. There's no hope for
• 33:47
  this preacher. There there's nothing
• 33:48
  that we can do. Let me say this. God can
• 33:51
  do anything.
• 33:52
  >> Right? And it is your responsibility to
• 33:55
  believe in the possibility of God's
• 33:58
  mercy showing up. But I'll say this. You
• 34:01
  say, "Preacher, what if that possibility
• 34:03
  don't come to pass?" Well, let me tell
• 34:06
  you, it didn't come to pass in David's
• 34:08
  life, did it? That baby died. But you
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  know what? David had something beyond
• 34:13
  the possibility.
• 34:14
  >> You say, "What do you mean?" Well,
• 34:16
  notice the text again. 12:23.
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  But now he is dead. Wherefore should I
• 34:21
  fast? Can I bring him back again? David
• 34:24
  said, "He's dead now. What good is it
• 34:26
  going to do me to fast? I'm not going to
• 34:27
  pray him back to life again." You say,
• 34:30
  "Preacher, well, that's doubt." No,
• 34:31
  there's no doubt in this text. Because
• 34:33
  notice what he says next. Notice verse
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  23. But now he is dead. Wherefore should
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  I fast? Can I bring him back again?
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  What's that next phrase, church? I shall
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  go to him. You see, David had faith in
• 34:47
  God's mercy. David believed in God's
• 34:49
  mercy for the possibility that his son
• 34:51
  could live. But I'll tell you this,
• 34:53
  David believed in God's mercy.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> For the promise that he would one day
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  live with that baby.
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  >> Right.
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  >> You say, "Preacher, what does that
• 35:02
  mean?" Well, I can say this. The
• 35:04
  possibility may never come to pass in
• 35:06
  your life, but you've got a promise
• 35:08
  beyond the possibility.
• 35:10
  >> You're right.
• 35:11
  >> That one day you'll live with him.
• 35:12
  >> Amen.
• 35:13
  >> You say, "Preacher, my mistakes have
• 35:15
  have cost me my children. They don't
• 35:17
  love me. They don't walk. They've walked
• 35:19
  away from me because of what I did.
• 35:20
  Well, I'll tell you this. You can pray
• 35:22
  for them and God can spare them. God can
• 35:24
  save them. God can do a work in their
• 35:26
  life. And you may never see it on this
• 35:27
  side. But I'll tell you this. If you're
• 35:29
  saved and you're right with God, Amen.
• 35:31
  If you're saved, you're going to heaven.
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  Amen. And that promise goes beyond the
• 35:34
  possibility.
• 35:35
  >> You're right.
• 35:37
  >> He was believing. David said he I shall
• 35:39
  go to him. He knew his his lie. This
• 35:42
  life is not all there is. I want to
• 35:44
  remind you of that. This life's not all
• 35:46
  there is.
• 35:47
  >> Right?
• 35:49
  >> There will be a glad reunion day.
• 35:51
  >> To all of you that's lost your fathers,
• 35:53
  this ain't all there is.
• 35:55
  >> To all of you that may have lost your
• 35:56
  children, they're out in the world, not
• 35:58
  where they're supposed to be. This
• 36:00
  life's not all there is. You're
• 36:01
  >> right.
• 36:02
  >> Notice this. This is where I want to get
• 36:04
  to and I'll be done. You see, a father
• 36:06
  believing that's the necessity.
• 36:07
  Whatsoever is not of faith is what? Sin.
• 36:12
  It's the prerequisite. David is
• 36:14
  believing God. But I'll tell you this
• 36:16
  and I'll be done. We see a father's
• 36:19
  brokenness here. We see a father begging
• 36:21
  in the text. We see a father believing.
• 36:24
  You say, "Preacher, what comes out of
• 36:25
  that?" Well, I see that there's a father
• 36:28
  that's blessed in this text.
• 36:30
  Said, "What do you mean?" Well, notice
• 36:31
  verse 24. And David comforted Basheba,
• 36:34
  his wife, went in unto her, lay with
• 36:36
  her, she bare a son, and he called his
• 36:38
  name Solomon. The Lord loved him. and
• 36:42
  he's sent by the hand of Nathan the
• 36:43
  prophet and he called his name Jedai
• 36:45
  because of the Lord. You see, for the
• 36:49
  first time in over a year, David's
• 36:51
  finally doing what's right. See, David's
• 36:54
  walked in disobedience to God up to this
• 36:56
  point. David's walked out of fellowship
• 36:59
  with God up to this point. But you know
• 37:01
  what the death of that child did? It
• 37:04
  brought David back into reality.
• 37:05
  >> Amen.
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  >> The death of this child caused David to
• 37:08
  get on his knees a place where he hadn't
• 37:10
  been in a long time. Right.
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  >> You know what? What you lose may may
• 37:13
  bring you back.
• 37:14
  >> Amen.
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  >> To the place where you're supposed to
• 37:16
  be. You say, "Preacher, well, that
• 37:18
  innocent child had to lose its life.
• 37:19
  That child went straight to heaven."
• 37:21
  >> Amen.
• 37:22
  >> You know what that child brought that
• 37:23
  You know what that child was? That that
• 37:25
  child was a reminder for David.
• 37:28
  >> That child was a revelation for David.
• 37:30
  Hey, son, you need to get back right
• 37:32
  again.
• 37:35
  >> But you know what? David's story doesn't
• 37:37
  end there.
• 37:39
  He's now doing what's right. You say,
• 37:41
  "What do you mean?" Well, I see Ba
• 37:42
  Sheba's blessed in this text. The Bible
• 37:45
  says that David comforted Ba Sheba's
• 37:47
  wife. Think about all that she's been
• 37:48
  through,
• 37:49
  >> right?
• 37:50
  >> Bath Sheba lost her husband a year ago.
• 37:52
  Uriah, he was killed in battle. Then,
• 37:55
  not only that, she has this child with
• 37:57
  David. Then, she loses this child. Can
• 37:59
  you imagine that?
• 38:00
  >> Amen.
• 38:01
  >> Loses her husband and loses a child. But
• 38:03
  you know what the Bible says? The first
• 38:04
  thing David does is he goes to Ba Sheba
• 38:06
  and what does he do? He comforts her.
• 38:09
  You say, "Preacher, but this
• 38:11
  relationship is so wrong." Well, the
• 38:13
  Bible says they're married.
• 38:16
  You
• 38:16
  >> say, "What do you mean, preacher?" Well,
• 38:18
  they're married. God God doesn't like
• 38:21
  putting away. God hates putting away,
• 38:23
  the Bible says. And so, you know what
• 38:25
  he's doing? He's doing his husbandly
• 38:28
  duty.
• 38:29
  >> Right?
• 38:30
  >> If you have a wife, I don't care what's
• 38:33
  went on before that. If you have a wife
• 38:35
  presently at this moment, it is your
• 38:36
  husbandly duty to comfort and protect
• 38:39
  her. You're
• 38:40
  >> right.
• 38:40
  >> Bath Sheba is blessed in this text.
• 38:42
  She's lost your eye. She's lost her son.
• 38:45
  He's broke. She's broken, but David
• 38:47
  comforts her. There's Ba Sheba is
• 38:49
  blessed. And then there's a birth that
• 38:50
  is blessed. The Bible says that she bear
• 38:52
  a son. Verse 24. They have another
• 38:56
  child. And you know what? Out of this,
• 38:58
  there is not only a birth that's
• 39:00
  blessed. You think say, what was the
• 39:02
  blessing about the birth? Well, this
• 39:03
  baby didn't die.
• 39:06
  This baby didn't get sick.
• 39:08
  Anybody in the building
• 39:11
  >> say, "What do you mean?" Well, they
• 39:13
  there's Ba Sheba's blessed and there's a
• 39:15
  birth that's blessed. Amen. Nothing
• 39:17
  happens cuz let's just be real. Every
• 39:19
  time somebody sin in the Bible, a lot of
• 39:21
  times God up their womb.
• 39:23
  >> You're right.
• 39:24
  >> He could have made Basheba barren.
• 39:28
  >> But you know what? There's another son.
• 39:30
  >> There's a blessed birth. Basheba is
• 39:32
  blessed. But I'll say this, there's a
• 39:33
  blessed boy.
• 39:34
  >> Amen.
• 39:36
  >> You're right.
• 39:36
  >> Amen.
• 39:37
  >> Bible says she bare a son and he called
• 39:40
  his name Solomon. What's that say? And
• 39:44
  the Lord loved him.
• 39:47
  >> You say, "Preacher, what does that
• 39:48
  mean?" Well, you see this boy Solomon by
• 39:51
  name, he's blessed not because of
• 39:53
  anything other than just the mercy of
• 39:55
  God on his daddy.
• 39:56
  >> You're right.
• 39:56
  >> You know what? You may never do anything
• 39:58
  right in your life, Dad. And I and this
• 40:00
  is the way I feel. Amen. I feel like
• 40:02
  God's going to have to help me.
• 40:04
  >> Amen. Some of y'all's young age you're
• 40:06
  at right now, I'm thinking, man, I've
• 40:07
  got a long way to go
• 40:09
  >> till we get to that point. God's going
• 40:12
  to have to help me.
• 40:13
  >> Amen.
• 40:13
  >> But I'll tell you this. You know why
• 40:14
  Solomon was loved by God was because
• 40:18
  David threw himself upon the mercy of
• 40:20
  God.
• 40:21
  >> Amen.
• 40:22
  >> Solomon was loved by God because David
• 40:24
  loved God. And the mercy of God on David
• 40:28
  brought Solomon into fellowship with the
• 40:31
  Lord. You say, "What does that mean?"
• 40:33
  Well, the name Solomon means peaceful.
• 40:36
  You know what David was saying? All this
• 40:39
  time there's been turmoil. There was
• 40:40
  death. There's despair. There's agony
• 40:42
  because of his sin. And you know what?
• 40:44
  When God forgave him, they had a son
• 40:48
  he's named peaceful. Because you know
• 40:50
  what? There was no longer enmity between
• 40:52
  him and God anymore.
• 40:53
  >> Amen. There was no longer strife between
• 40:55
  him and God. But Solomon represented the
• 40:58
  peace that was now between him and God
• 41:00
  and in his home. I want to say this. I
• 41:03
  don't know where you're at in your home,
• 41:04
  but from this day forward, you can't
• 41:06
  have a peaceful place.
• 41:08
  >> You're right.
• 41:09
  >> You say, "Dad," you say, or you say,
• 41:10
  "Preacher, how do I do that?" I want to
• 41:12
  say this. The Bible tells us in verse
• 41:14
  number 25, "And he sent by the hand of
• 41:17
  Nathan the prophet, and he called his
• 41:19
  name Jedai because of the Lord." You
• 41:22
  know what interests me about this text
• 41:25
  is the fact that when Solomon is born,
• 41:29
  Nathan left his house. The last thing
• 41:30
  that the preacher had to say to this man
• 41:33
  was, "Look, your baby's going to die."
• 41:36
  And you know what? When the preacher
• 41:37
  shows back up again, you know what he
• 41:38
  says? He's coming to tell him about his
• 41:41
  next child. Not that he's going to die,
• 41:43
  but that he's going to be divinely
• 41:45
  blessed.
• 41:46
  >> Amen.
• 41:47
  >> By God.
• 41:48
  >> Amen. And I'll say this,
• 41:51
  it's wonderful when God puts it in my
• 41:55
  heart and I see it in these kids. I can
• 41:58
  see that God wants to do something in
• 41:59
  their life. I can't explain that to you.
• 42:01
  Something about God gives the vision of
• 42:03
  the pastor. I don't know how all that
• 42:04
  works, but I can tell you this. I see
• 42:06
  some of these kids and God wants to do
• 42:08
  something in their life, but you know
• 42:10
  what? I see some of them and I see some
• 42:12
  of them and ain't going to make it
• 42:15
  because of daddy and mama's decisions.
• 42:17
  Amen.
• 42:19
  >> You say, "Preacher, you got some
• 42:21
  something special with God." No, I'm
• 42:22
  just telling you, he gives a pastor
• 42:24
  discernment.
• 42:27
  >> Say, "Preacher, you don't know
• 42:28
  anything." Well, I tell you what, I may
• 42:29
  not, but Nathan did. Notice verse 25. He
• 42:33
  sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet,
• 42:34
  and he called his name Jedai. What's
• 42:37
  that say? Because of the Lord. You know
• 42:41
  what that name Jedodai literally means?
• 42:43
  It means beloved.
• 42:45
  means beloved. You know what?
• 42:49
  God blessed David's house when he
• 42:52
  finally decided,
• 42:54
  I'm gonna turn it all over to you.
• 42:56
  >> Amen.
• 42:56
  >> He lost a son. But you know what? God
• 42:58
  gave him another one. And this one was
• 43:00
  loved by the Lord. Why was that? Because
• 43:03
  David did what David was supposed to do.
• 43:06
  Every head bowed and every eye closed. I
• 43:07
  want to ask you this question. Let me
• 43:10
  ask you, Daddy, do you want your
• 43:11
  children to be blessed?
• 43:16
  Do you want your children to be blessed?
• 43:18
  Say, "Preacher, my children are grown
• 43:20
  and gone." Well, you still got children,
• 43:22
  don't you? Do you want your children to
• 43:24
  be blessed? You don't know how you do
• 43:26
  that? How how you get that? You love
• 43:28
  God. You can't control what they do, or
• 43:31
  who they are now. But you know what you
• 43:34
  do? You love God.
• 43:36
  You serve God in spite of what they do,
• 43:39
  where they go, who they are. You love
• 43:41
  God and be who you're supposed to be.
• 43:43
  And God will do in their life what they
• 43:45
  cannot do for themselves.
• 43:48
  Let me ask you, are your are your are
• 43:50
  your children broken because of your
• 43:52
  past?
• 43:55
  You know what you need to do? You need
• 43:57
  to intercede.
• 44:02
  Say, "Preacher, my children are
• 44:03
  suffering because of my mistakes."
• 44:08
  You know what you need to do? You don't
• 44:09
  need to go in a corner somewhere and
• 44:11
  have a pity party, but you what you need
• 44:13
  to do is go find your prayer closet and
• 44:15
  beg God to intercede on their behalf.
• 44:21
  Let me ask you this. Do you need
• 44:23
  forgiveness from God?
• 44:26
  You know how you get it? You acknowledge
• 44:29
  your sin
• 44:31
  and you get broken.
• 44:34
  You'll never get better until you get
• 44:36
  broke.
• 44:38
  You'll never know the joy
• 44:41
  of what it really means to be a father
• 44:46
  until you're close to the one who is
• 44:47
  your father.
• 44:51
  And I go back to what Jesus said. He
• 44:53
  told those disciples, he said, "The
• 44:55
  Father himself loveth you.
• 44:59
  You're never alone because the Father's
• 45:01
  always with you."
• 45:03
  I want to ask you this morning. You say,
• 45:05
  "Preacher,
• 45:08
  preacher, I've not been the dad I should
• 45:10
  be.
• 45:11
  Preacher, I've failed miserably.
• 45:15
  Preacher, I really I've realized today
• 45:18
  that
• 45:19
  God's pointed out some things in my life
• 45:21
  that I am broken over. I realize it's my
• 45:24
  fault. And I'm going to do my best to
• 45:26
  beg God for mercy.
• 45:29
  and I'm going to believe him that
• 45:32
  whether the possibility comes to pass or
• 45:34
  not, that his promises are true and that
• 45:38
  I'm going to be blessed because I'm
• 45:39
  going to do what God tells me to. You
• 45:42
  said, "Preacher, would you pray for me?
• 45:43
  God, help me do that." Daddy, you be
• 45:46
  honest.
• 45:48
  You just slip your hand up. I'll pray
• 45:50
  for you.
• 45:52
  I'll do that.
• 45:56
  Say, "Preacher, I know I need to step
• 45:57
  up.
• 46:00
  God knows you hard."
• 46:05
  You know what the truth is? Every one of
• 46:07
  us
• 46:09
  need more of that. You need to be broken
• 46:12
  over your sin. You need to be begging
• 46:14
  God for your children. You need to be
• 46:16
  believing God for your family.
• 46:20
  That's the only way you can ever expect
• 46:22
  blessing from God.
• 46:25
  Father,
• 46:28
  I know it's been a different day today.
• 46:31
  Lord, I've tried my best to deliver the
• 46:33
  message you laid on my heart.
• 46:36
  And God, I know these daddies, they're
• 46:38
  hard workers, and I appreciate them.
• 46:43
  Well, I don't think any of them's lazy.
• 46:47
  God, I've seen them work. I've seen them
• 46:49
  serve.
• 46:51
  But Lord, all of that labor and all of
• 46:53
  that serving that they do, Father, be in
• 46:56
  vain if they lose their family.
• 46:59
  And God, I pray that you would help
• 47:00
  them.
• 47:02
  Help them to keep their family close to
• 47:04
  you.
• 47:05
  Help them to stay on their knees, keep
• 47:08
  their sin confessed. Lord, if they are
• 47:10
  in sin, help them to confess it, get
• 47:11
  broke over it, and forsake it and beg
• 47:15
  you to get back to a place where they're
• 47:16
  supposed to be.
• 47:18
  believe your word and your promises,
• 47:20
  God, that you can bring deliverance.
• 47:22
  Lord, I ask you humbly this morning that
• 47:24
  you would help us all to take these
• 47:25
  verses and apply them to our hearts and
• 47:27
  lives. Save the one that's nearest hell
• 47:29
  today. We ask it all in Jesus name. For
• 47:32
  his sake we pray. Amen.
• 47:35
  Amen. Well, I appreciate you being here
• 47:37
  today and uh I tell you this, I'm
• 47:42
  thankful that we don't have to be like
• 47:43
  David.
• 47:44
  >> Thank you for joining our service today.
• 47:47
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• 47:49
  the next time you are able at Meadows
• 47:51
  Baptist Church. Our physical address is
• 47:54
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• 47:58
  Carolina. Our service times are Sunday
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• 48:08
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