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David Repents - The Book of 2 Samuel · Bible in a Year with Jack Graham

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  Speaker 1: Let us pray. And Nathan said to David, Thou art
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  Speaker 1: the man. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I
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  Speaker 1: appointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out
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  Speaker 1: of the hand of Saul. 2 Samuel 12.7 Lord, when
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  Speaker 1: I make mistakes in life, I thank you that you
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  Speaker 1: will place people in my life like Nathan that aren't
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  Speaker 1: afraid to tell me the truth, even when it hurts.
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  Speaker 1: I thank you that through my mistake, you constantly give
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  Speaker 1: me opportunities to repent and turn from my bad decisions.
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  Speaker 1: When these moments happen, give me the heart of David
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  Speaker 1: that quickly acknowledges my mistakes and desires only to honor
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  Speaker 1: and reconnect with you, Lord. Even if it may cost
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  Speaker 1: me some things at first, because you are a merciful God,
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  Speaker 1: I can praise you because your abundant mercy will cover
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  Speaker 1: my sins and establish your presence once again over my life.
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  Speaker 1: Like David's new son, Solomon, I declare that I too
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  Speaker 1: will be able to give birth to the dreams and
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  Speaker 1: promises spoken over me. Thank you, God, that there is
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  Speaker 1: no sin or mistake that can separate me from your love.
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  Speaker 1: I come to you with a repentant and open heart.
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  Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, amen. Thanks for making prayer a priority
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  Speaker 2: David repents. In our last story, David remains home from
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  Speaker 2: battle to rest. While his men fight on the front
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  Speaker 2: lines of the Ammonites, David lounges in the sun, basking
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  Speaker 2: in his triumph. David eventually grows complacent and sleeps with
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  Speaker 2: the wife of one of his mighty men, Uriah. She
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  Speaker 2: becomes pregnant, and David sends Uriah to the front lines
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  Speaker 2: to be killed to cover up his sins. Now we
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  Speaker 2: see David caught in a cloud of ignorance to just
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  Speaker 2: how evil his sin was God sends Nathan to reveal
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  Speaker 2: to him his error, and David's heart melts in front
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  Speaker 2: of a holy God. Inspired by the book of 2 Samuel.
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  Speaker 3: Hello, I'm Pastor Jack Graham with today's episode of the
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  Speaker 3: Bible in a Year podcast. In yesterday's reading, we heard
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  Speaker 3: how David became complacent, choosing to stay at home rather
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  Speaker 3: than fight the battles that the Lord had given him.
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  Speaker 3: As a result, he faced the temptation of a beautiful woman, Bathsheba.
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  Speaker 3: And he gave in to the temptation, and when his
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  Speaker 3: lover became pregnant, he tried to deceive her husband in
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  Speaker 3: order to cover it up. Ultimately, David had Uriah killed
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  Speaker 3: to keep his sins hidden. But God sees it all,
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  Speaker 3: and he was grieved, deeply grieved by the king's sin.
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  Speaker 3: Today we'll hear what God says to David through the
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  Speaker 3: prophet Nathan to open the king's eyes to his rebellion
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  Speaker 3: and sin. When David realized the evil that he had done,
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  Speaker 3: it breaks him. and he will soon discover that God
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  Speaker 3: will exact a high price for David's unfaithfulness. But we'll
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  Speaker 3: also see what a heart of true repentance looks like
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  Speaker 3: as David turns back to God. So, let's hear now
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  Speaker 3: the reading for today.
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  Speaker 2: A subtle cloud of darkness covered the land of Israel.
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  Speaker 2: Although the sun still shined brightly, there was still an
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  Speaker 2: ominous feeling permeating throughout the city of Jerusalem. Nathan, the prophet,
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  Speaker 2: felt the unease, especially when he spoke with King David.
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  Speaker 2: There was a flightiness to his demeanor that Nathan could
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  Speaker 2: not ignore. The quick marriage between David and Bathsheba alarmed him,
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  Speaker 2: and he inquired of God what was happening. God confirmed
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  Speaker 2: Nathan's suspicions. David had murdered Uriah to cover up his
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  Speaker 2: affair with Bathsheba. The new child was born out of sin,
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  Speaker 2: and Uriah's blood cried out from the grave to God.
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  Speaker 2: David did his best to numb the pain of his sins.
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  Speaker 2: He did not want to think about Uriah or how
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  Speaker 2: he and Bathsheba met, so David convinced himself to forget.
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  Speaker 2: He buried his shame deep down. David was looking out
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  Speaker 2: the same window as before when he saw Bathsheba. Lost
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  Speaker 2: in thought, David could not hear Nathan opening the door
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  Speaker 2: behind him. Nathan stood behind him for a while, allowing
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  Speaker 2: David to be alone with his thoughts. David turned around
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  Speaker 2: to see Nathan. The two embraced and sat down. David
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  Speaker 2: could see the concern on Nathan's face and asked, What
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  Speaker 2: is wrong? Nathan paused and looked at David. He sighed
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  Speaker 2: and stood up. Nathan began to weave a story before David, saying,
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  Speaker 2: There were two men in a city. One had many riches.
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  Speaker 2: He had great flocks, vineyards, and property. His flock had
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  Speaker 2: over a thousand sheep, and his riches only increased as
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  Speaker 2: he sold and bought them. The other man was poor.
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  Speaker 2: All he had to his name was a little lamb. However,
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  Speaker 2: he loved that lamb dearly. The poor man would feed
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  Speaker 2: the lamb from his own arms and nurse it to
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  Speaker 2: become strong. The lamb was like a daughter to him.
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  Speaker 2: One day the rich man had a guest. However, he
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  Speaker 2: was unwilling to take a sheep from his own flock
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  Speaker 2: to feed his guest. Instead, he stole the poor man's
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  Speaker 2: lamb to feed his guest. And the poor man was
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  Speaker 2: left with nothing. David's eyes widened. A look of shock
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  Speaker 2: and outrage was on his face. Nathan wondered if David
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  Speaker 2: understood the story, yet David stood to his feet and
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  Speaker 2: clenched his fists.' That man deserves to die. To take
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  Speaker 2: that man's only lamb when he has thousands is selfish
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  Speaker 2: and wicked. He ought to—'' You are that man!' Nathan yelled,
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  Speaker 2: pointing his finger at the king.' God has anointed you
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  Speaker 2: to be king over Israel. He delivered you out of
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  Speaker 2: the hand of Saul. He has blessed you with riches
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  Speaker 2: beyond your wildest dreams. Not only do you have a wife,
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  Speaker 2: but you have three, and yet you strike down Uriah
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  Speaker 2: for his. David's soul began to crumble as Nathan spoke
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  Speaker 2: for God, yet he said nothing. Nathan continued and said,
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  Speaker 2: Thus says the Lord, The sword shall not leave your household.
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  Speaker 2: There will be strife in your household and war among
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  Speaker 2: your children. David wept on the floor before Nathan. Sobbing
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  Speaker 2: filled the room as David wailed before God on his knees.
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  Speaker 2: David put his hands over his face and whispered, I
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  Speaker 2: have sinned against you, my God. Nathan looked down at David,
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  Speaker 2: grieved over what he was about to say. David, the
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  Speaker 2: child that has just been born will pass away. but
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  Speaker 2: God will restore you. He will not leave you. David
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  Speaker 2: continued to lie on the ground, sobbing. Nathan left the
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  Speaker 2: room and allowed David to weep before his God. After this,
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  Speaker 2: as had happened with many children in those days, the
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  Speaker 2: infant became sick. David sat before God in silence. He fasted.
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  Speaker 2: He prayed. He sought God intently for seven days on
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  Speaker 2: behalf of his newborn son, however the sickness claimed him,
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  Speaker 2: and the child passed after a week. David was alone
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  Speaker 2: in a dark room where he often prayed to God.
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  Speaker 2: Tears had dried on his face and his body was
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  Speaker 2: trembling from lack of food and water. David could hear
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  Speaker 2: murmurs from some of his servants behind him. Still looking forward,
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  Speaker 2: David asked, Is my son dead? The servants were silent
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  Speaker 2: for a moment and said, Yes, he is dead. David
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  Speaker 2: stood up, washed himself, and changed his clothes. He worshipped
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  Speaker 2: God into the night, singing a song of brokenness and praise.
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  Speaker 2: His voice echoed through the chambers as David sang, Have
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  Speaker 2: mercy on me, O my God, because of your faithful love.
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  Speaker 2: Because of your abundant mercy, cover my sins. Wash me,
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  Speaker 2: cleanse me from all that keeps me from you. David
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  Speaker 2: played his harp as he once did in the hills
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  Speaker 2: of Bethlehem. Slowly his heart began to grow warm from
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  Speaker 2: God's presence. David and Bathsheba mourned their son together and
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  Speaker 2: found comfort in one another's arms. For the first time,
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  Speaker 2: instead of merely having sex, they made love. And the two,
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  Speaker 2: as husband and wife, bore a son. The son's name
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  Speaker 2: was Solomon. He would hold a special place in God's heart.
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  Speaker 2: God would continue with Solomon... as he once did with David,
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  Speaker 2: and it would be through him that the house of
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  Speaker 2: God would be established.
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  Speaker 3: As today's scripture passage begins, the prophet Nathan is paying
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  Speaker 3: the king a visit. Only this time, he isn't bringing
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  Speaker 3: good news of God's favor upon David. God has seen
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  Speaker 3: what David has done, killing Uriah to cover up his
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  Speaker 3: unfaithfulness and the child with Bathsheba, and it greatly displeased him.
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  Speaker 3: So he sends Nathan with a message to the king.
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  Speaker 3: Nathan tells David a story. It's a story of two men,
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  Speaker 3: one rich and one poor. The rich man had many flocks,
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  Speaker 3: but the poor man was blessed with just one sheep
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  Speaker 3: for whom he cared deeply. Yet when the rich man
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  Speaker 3: needed food for a special guest, he took the poor
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  Speaker 3: man's one sheep rather than take one from his own flock.
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  Speaker 3: David was so blind to his own sin in this
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  Speaker 3: moment that he wasn't connecting the dots. He was sure
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  Speaker 3: Nathan was telling him about someone else in his kingdom
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  Speaker 3: and He didn't restrain himself from demonstrating the outrage at
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  Speaker 3: such callous, greedy behavior by the rich man. The penalty
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  Speaker 3: for such actions, David said, must be death. That's when
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  Speaker 3: Nathan broke the news to David. The man in the
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  Speaker 3: story was David himself. God had given him more than
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  Speaker 3: he could ever have imagined. He had rescued him from
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  Speaker 3: Saul and established a powerful kingdom. And yet David had
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  Speaker 3: turned from God's word. He had taken Uriah's wife, and
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  Speaker 3: had an honorable man killed to hide his sin. Because
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  Speaker 3: of his sin, David would suffer great consequences. Rebellion and
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  Speaker 3: strife would fill his home, and his own children would
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  Speaker 3: turn against him and each other. And unlike David's sins,
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  Speaker 3: which had been committed in secret, David's disgrace would be
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  Speaker 3: on display for all to see. David's sin was exposed,
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  Speaker 3: and David should have known this because he believed in
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  Speaker 3: a God who knows everything. but don't miss the magnitude
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  Speaker 3: of what happened next. When Saul sinned, he made excuses
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  Speaker 3: and blamed others. David ultimately owned up to his sin.
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  Speaker 3: And we see the repentant heart, a man after God's
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  Speaker 3: own heart who is now repenting. It is the same
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  Speaker 3: repentant heart that God wants in us. Listen to David's
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  Speaker 3: words and God's reply in 2 Samuel 12, 13. David
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  Speaker 3: said to Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And
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  Speaker 3: Nathan said to David, The Lord also has put away
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  Speaker 3: your sin. You shall not die. God would spare David
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  Speaker 3: from the judgment he deserved, but that did not mean
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  Speaker 3: that his sin would have no consequences. God would restore David,
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  Speaker 3: but the child born of his sin would be taken
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  Speaker 3: from him. Not long after the child became ill and
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  Speaker 3: David pleaded with God for the baby, he fasted and prayed,
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  Speaker 3: asking God not to let the child die. But after
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  Speaker 3: seven days, the baby passed away. David knew something had
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  Speaker 3: changed and asked if the baby was dead. When the
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  Speaker 3: suspicion was confirmed, David did something we might find unusual.
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  Speaker 3: His servants certainly did. He got up, washed himself, and
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  Speaker 3: changed clothes. Then he praised and worshiped God. Even in
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  Speaker 3: his brokenness, with his heart ripped apart by grief, David
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  Speaker 3: turned his praise to God, who is the giver and
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  Speaker 3: the taker of life. Like a lost son, David now
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  Speaker 3: has returned to his father. Soon David and Bathsheba would
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  Speaker 3: have another child, one they named Solomon. And this child
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  Speaker 3: would grow into a man of great wisdom whose life
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  Speaker 3: God would bless and guide and use to establish the
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  Speaker 3: house of the Lord. Let's pray together. Dear God, we
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  Speaker 3: know that sin has consequences, terrible consequences. So Lord, protect
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  Speaker 3: us and keep us from sinning. But when we sin,
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  Speaker 3: may we come to you with confession and true faith
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  Speaker 3: and repentance. We ask that you would forgive us and
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  Speaker 3: change our hearts and change our lives. We thank you
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  Speaker 3: for the cross of the Lord Jesus Christ, which makes
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  Speaker 3: it possible for us to be forgiven, that though our
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  Speaker 3: sins are as scarlet, they can be white as snow
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  Speaker 3: through Jesus our Lord. God, give us a heart that
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  Speaker 3: seeks after you and a heart that is devoted fully
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  Speaker 3: to you. In Jesus' name, amen. Thank you for listening
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  Speaker 3: to today's Bible in a Year podcast. I hope you
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