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David and Bathsheba · Providence Baptist Church - Sermons

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Open up your copy of God's Word.
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The Sacred Scripture, the Holy Writ.
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! Open it up to 2 Samuel chapter 11.
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This has been a seven-part series.
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But last week we looked at David the King
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and how he became king over a united Israel.
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And so far, David has come across like this great, invincible hero.
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But as we know, he is a fallen man, he is a sinful man,
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and he cannot be our Messiah.
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And it's painted very, very clearly for us in 2 Samuel chapters 11 and 12,
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which today we are looking at David and Bathsheba.
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And so it's found in these two chapters.
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But at this point, if you can remember,
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David is at the apex of his military, political, and economical power.
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He has been anointed king over a united Israel,
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of Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Asher, Gad, Issachar, Zebulun,
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Ephraim, Manasseh, and Benjamin.
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He's united all these 12 tribes into one single nation.
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He's made Jerusalem the capital of the nation,
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the center of the political and religious life of the nation.
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And he successfully brought the ark of God into the capital.
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And he has defeated all the pagan enemies that were around him.
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He has conquered all the pagan, demonic deities that were worshipped by these nations
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that had surrounded them for so long.
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He won victories and consolidated his kingdom.
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But most importantly, as we looked at last week,
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God made an unconditional covenant with David to establish his house,
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his dynasty, eternally, promising him an eternal throne.
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We looked at the Davidic covenant,
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how one day God would raise up one from David's line
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who would have an eternal kingdom and would build the Lord's house.
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And ultimately, we know, as we looked at last week,
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that that promise was fulfilled in the person and work of Jesus Christ,
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the son of David, but also the son of God and the Lord of David.
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We looked at Psalm 110 a little bit last week.
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And he built God's true spiritual temple.
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Jesus did.
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First Peter 2.5.
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And Jesus will rule on the throne forever, and his rule will have no end.
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So, as we looked at all this, like truly, God has given David some amazing blessings.
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He's lavished so much love upon one man.
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And at this point, he is probably roughly around 50 years old.
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He's at the height of his power and prosperity.
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It's his time of jubilee.
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He's accomplished all these things.
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He has trusted God and obeyed God.
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And, but, even though he's at the pinnacle of his power as the king,
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however, it's times like this that Scripture teaches that we must be on guard,
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lest we be lulled to sleep.
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Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 10.12,
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Therefore, let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed, lest he fall.
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Alright?
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We must never grow comfortable as believers thinking that we're in such a place of maturity,
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such an advance in our walk with the Lord,
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that we transform from a place of humility and dependence,
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to a place of pride and independence from God.
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We do this often when we are doing well,
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when the life seems to be going well.
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David never ran from a fight while he was being chased by all his adversaries.
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As long as he was being hunted like a deer in the mountains,
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he was always close to God.
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Right?
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But, now, a stealthier foe kind of lurks in the darkness.
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And, while this happens, while he's in a place of security.
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Right?
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So, look at 2 Samuel chapter 11.
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Just look at the first verse.
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First verse.
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We read in 2 Samuel 11.
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In the spring of the year, the time when the kings go out to battle,
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David sent Joab and his servants with him in all Israel.
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And they ravaged the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah.
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But David remained at Jerusalem.
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So, pause.
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This one verse should make us tremble.
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David was the king.
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He was the commander-in-chief.
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Yet, he chooses not to be with his army or his men.
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And he delegates his power to Joab.
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And he seeks ease.
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Often,
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now this is true in my own life,
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and I'm sure it is in yours,
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often the first step towards temptation,
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and then eventually sin is not being where we are supposed to be.
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It happens.
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So, think on it.
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David is no longer a humble shepherd sleeping out in the rain in the fields with smelly sheep.
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He's no longer the chieftain of an outlaw clan like Judah.
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But, to the contrary, now he's had opulence.
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He's had every opportunity to indulge himself in the luxuries of life as the king.
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He has had all the fat of the land brought to him on a platter.
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All the delicacies were brought to him from all over the land that he had conquered.
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He lived a...
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Now he could have a pampered lifestyle if he choose.
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Clothes and fine scarlet and linen.
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The choices so fair to eat.
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And as one man said,
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his soul grew lean while his flesh was pampered.
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Riches of the earth are ours freely,
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and God gives them to us.
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Blessings of providence and his generosity.
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Yet, when we grow at such ease,
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we can often choose to refuse to do the Lord's work.
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And like David, not go out to battle, but fall into slothfulness.
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He pridefully begins to feel entitled and comfort.
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And not remaining humble before God.
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As we're warned in Proverbs 16, 18,
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pride goes before destruction.
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And a haughty spirit before the fall.
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So true.
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Spurgeon wrote of this case,
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There is a devil.
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He will take care to sing your lullaby
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and rock your cradle if you want to sleep.
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For he loves not to see God's warriors alert.
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While they are asleep,
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he knows the war will not go on very briskly.
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An army that is dosed with chloroform
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would be quite as useless
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as if they had chained themselves to the wall.
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While swords sleep in their scabbards,
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no foe needs dreaded them.
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But, O fellow soldiers,
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this is a great artifice of Satan.
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And one of his craftiest devices
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is to lull us into a deep sleep.
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The dog of hell is barking in our hearts
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to keep us awake.
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But, when he ceases his howling,
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our eyelids grow heavy
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unless divine grace prevents it.
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So we see very carefully
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that David has already put himself
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in a very vulnerable position.
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He's being lulled to sleep spiritually
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while his flesh is being pampered.
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And so here we see a story
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of temptation, adultery, cover-up, and murder.
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Yeah, David.
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This great guy we've been reading about.
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He is not the Messiah.
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So, just very quickly,
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if we look at these few verses,
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and like temptation,
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at its core,
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is an enticement to sin.
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Whether arising from desires within
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or circumstances without.
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It's important to know
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that just being tempted
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is not sin.
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But it is the enticement to sin.
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If you're a fish,
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it's the bait that's coming in front of you,
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the lure that's saying,
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you know, bite this.
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Then before you know it,
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you're being hooked in,
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reeled in,
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and gutted on a plate.
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So, it is an enticement to sin.
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It's to take the things
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that God has given us as His gifts
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beyond their God-given limits.
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Sin is the product,
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and temptation is the selling of it to you.
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David was not out to war as he should be.
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Is it the palace?
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I'm just going to summarize
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a lot of this chapter,
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and then we're going to spend
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a lot of the time today
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in Psalm 51,
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which is David's response to his sin.
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But he doesn't go out to war.
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Instead, he's at the palace.
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It says he gets off his couch.
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So, he's already chilling on the couch.
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He goes out into his roof
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or his balcony, right?
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And he sees a beautiful woman bathing,
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probably on a lower rooftop.
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And he lusts after her in his heart.
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And he longs to lay with her.
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David inquires as to who she is.
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So, who is this woman?
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He's informed that it was Bathsheba,
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the daughter of Elam,
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the wife of Uriah, the Hittite.
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So, at this point,
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he could have pulled back.
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The Lord always says
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that He gives us a way of escape.
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But He kept pushing forward.
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He could have fled
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in the face of this temptation.
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Remember Joseph in Genesis
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when he was confronted
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with Potiphar's wife?
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He fled.
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And he actually said
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in Genesis 39, 9,
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How can I do this great wickedness
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and sin against God?
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That's what Joseph said.
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But he doesn't do that.
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What's interesting is
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Joseph didn't have
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the Mosaic Law.
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He didn't have it.
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It was written on his heart, though.
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David did.
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David knew the commandment,
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the seventh commandment,
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to not commit adultery.
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And the tenth commandment,
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that you shall not cover
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your neighbor's wife.
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But still,
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he drew closer
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like a lamb
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to the slaughter.
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One Puritan wrote,
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If you don't want to enter
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the house of sin,
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don't sit
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at the doorway
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of temptation.
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Very interesting.
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Bathsheba,
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the name means
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daughter of an oath.
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So,
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something that's
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kind of honorable,
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pure.
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And shockingly,
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listen to this,
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Uriah.
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So,
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Uriah was a Hittite.
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If you don't know that,
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that's a Gentile people.
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They were very strong
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warriors in the Iron
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and Bronze Age.
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And,
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Uriah means
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Yahweh is my light.
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Isn't that interesting?
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Anybody ever looked up
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his name before?
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So,
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obviously,
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he was a convert.
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He was a Gentile
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who had become a convert
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of the true God.
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Uriah.
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So,
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very clearly,
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this guy says,
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look,
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yeah,
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she's got a father,
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this is his name,
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and she's married
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to a noble warrior,
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Uriah the Hittite.
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But that would have been
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like enough,
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you'd think,
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to kind of like,
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okay,
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never mind.
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But he doesn't.
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He moves forward.
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In verse 4
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of this chapter,
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chapter 11,
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that information
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didn't stop him,
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so he knew
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this was evil
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and he did it anyway.
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He abused his position
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of authority
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and took advantage
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of this young woman.
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He had her brought
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to his chamber.
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He slept with her,
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took his pleasure,
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and then sent her home.
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But then,
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in verse 5
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through 13,
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we see that his sin
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is revealed.
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She later came back
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to him,
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and it says,
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and the woman conceived,
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and she sent
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and told David,
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I am pregnant,
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or I am with child.
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So,
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obviously,
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he panics.
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He's found out.
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This act of adultery
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with Bathsheba,
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she becomes pregnant,
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and this threatens
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David's reputation
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as the king of Israel
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and all that God
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had done.
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So,
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he attempts
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to cover it up.
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Instead of coming clean
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and repenting,
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he attempts
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a cover-up.
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You ever seen
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your kids do something
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they shouldn't be doing
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and they,
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you know,
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they know that you're
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watching them,
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but they try to kind of
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cover it up anyway.
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You're like,
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I see you.
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I see you.
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I know what you're doing.
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It's as if David
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just cuts that off
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and in panic,
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he focuses here
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and not here.
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And so,
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at first,
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he calls Uriah
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back from the battlefield.
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Uriah,
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come back.
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And so,
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Uriah comes back
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and he attempts to,
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he says,
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look,
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man,
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you've been working
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hard out there.
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You've been doing
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the job.
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You've been fighting.
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So,
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why don't you
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just have a night off?
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Go and lay
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with your wife tonight.
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But it doesn't work
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because Uriah
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is such a noble warrior.
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He has this honor
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where he's like,
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I can't do that.
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Like,
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how can I do that
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when all the other soldiers
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are still out there fighting?
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It's just,
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I can't,
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my conscience
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won't allow me.
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So then David goes
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to plan B
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and he says,
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all right,
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well,
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maybe if I get him hammered,
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he'll sleep with his wife.
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Like,
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and maybe,
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and then after that,
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they'll be able to say,
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look,
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you know,
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congratulations,
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you had a baby.
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But Uriah also refuses
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to go back
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even as he's drunk.
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So that fails.
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So then,
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in verses 14
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through 27,
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in growing frustration
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and fear
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of being found out,
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David results
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to the great evil
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of having Uriah
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sent back to war
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with orders to Joab
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to have him
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kind of put out
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in the front line
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and then to have
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the other men
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pull back
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where he's almost
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just to face
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certain death.
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And,
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and he does.
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He's killed,
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but really,
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murdered.
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So now,
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with Uriah
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out of the way,
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David then takes
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Bathsheba
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as his wife,
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his temptation,
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excuse me,
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his reputation
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he thinks is saved
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and the ordeal
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is survived
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or so he thinks.
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Proverbs 15,
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3,
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like,
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remember this one.
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The eyes of the Lord
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are in every place
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watching over the evil
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and the good.
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So,
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the chapter ends,
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the very last two verses
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of this chapter,
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listen to this.
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Verse 26,
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when the wife of Uriah
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heard that Uriah,
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her husband,
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was dead,
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listen to this,
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she lamented
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over her husband
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or she mourned
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greatly over her husband.
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So,
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clearly,
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she loved Uriah.
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Then,
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when her mourning
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was over,
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David sent
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and brought her
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to his house
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and she became
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his wife
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and bore him
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a son.
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But,
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the thing
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that David
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had done
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displeased
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the Lord.
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Scary.
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So,
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David's finally going,
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God,
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okay,
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it worked out.
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Like,
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I'm good.
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But,
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God is not pleased
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and he sees it.
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So then,
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in verse,
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chapter 12,
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1 through 12,
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I'm trying to summarize
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the best I can.
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David is
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clearly living
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an ongoing,
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unrepentant sin
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and God
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starts to deal
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with him.
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David would have
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read from the
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scripture,
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Numbers 32,
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23,
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Behold,
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you have sinned
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against the Lord
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and be sure
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your sin
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will find you out.
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So,
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it's important here
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that those who
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carry out evil
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and sin,
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they cannot
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evade God
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forever.
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Like,
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they will be brought
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into the light.
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So,
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God sends later
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Nathan,
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the prophet,
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to confront David
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and he tells him
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a parable
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of a man
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who had little
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and a man
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who had much.
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And the man
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who had much
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abused his power
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over the one
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who had little
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and took what he had
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and killed it.
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And then,
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so he's telling
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this parable
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but David doesn't
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know it's a parable.
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He thinks it's
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a real thing.
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And then David
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reacts to this
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and declares
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the man who
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acted unjustly,
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he deserves to die.
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Surely,
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he must die.
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Little did he know
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that he is pronouncing
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judgment on himself.
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And Nathan says,
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you are that man.
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So,
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he melts.
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Right?
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So,
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he's caught.
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If you can remember
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like Saul,
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when Samuel
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confronted Saul,
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what does Saul do?
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I meant well.
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It's,
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you know,
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pray for me.
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Just to,
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just has to be
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between us.
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Don't let anybody
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else know.
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Walk with me
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so that people
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will know
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that we're good.
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That was Saul's
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response
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to being called
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out on his sin.
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To make excuses
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and to cover it up.
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But,
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chapter 12,
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verse 13,
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check this out.
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From David's mouth
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comes true repentance.
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sins.
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David said to Nathan,
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I have sinned
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against the Lord.
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And Nathan said
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to David,
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the Lord
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also
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has put away
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your sin
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and you shall
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not die.
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Wow.
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Later on,
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at some point
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after this,
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David
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grabs a pen
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and
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papyrus.
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I'd like to imagine
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he just got alone
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somewhere
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and just poured out
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his heart
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to God.
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And he wrote
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Psalm 51.
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And,
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just briefly,
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he repents.
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The word repent
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means to change,
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in the most simple
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way to say it,
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it means to change
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one's mind
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for the better.
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Sin is a turning
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away from,
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or excuse me,
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repentance is a turning
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away from sin,
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hating it,
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and resolving
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by God's grace
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to never go back
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to it as we turn
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to Him in faith.
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It's a change
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of mind
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that leads
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to a change
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in direction.
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So it's not just
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behavior modification
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on the outside,
19:49
it's thinking
19:50
differently
19:51
and seeing your sin
19:52
differently
19:52
where you hate it
19:54
and you want
19:56
to honor God
19:56
instead
19:57
as you turn
19:57
to faith
19:58
in Christ.
19:58
So,
20:00
we get to
20:01
Psalm 51.
20:02
This is David's
20:03
response
20:03
to the evil
20:05
that has been
20:05
committed,
20:06
that he has
20:06
committed.
20:08
Genuine repentance.
20:10
So if there's
20:11
sin in your life
20:11
and you're struggling
20:12
to know what to do,
20:14
like God has
20:15
given you
20:15
a road map
20:16
here in Psalm 51
20:18
to face
20:19
those things.
20:21
Alright?
20:22
So let's just
20:22
take it apart
20:23
a few verses
20:25
at a time.
20:27
Alright?
20:27
So we have
20:28
some questions
20:28
here.
20:29
Question number
20:29
one,
20:30
if you're
20:31
note-taking,
20:32
question number
20:32
one,
20:32
how does
20:33
David
20:33
approach God
20:35
for mercy
20:36
and forgiveness?
20:38
So how does
20:39
David actually
20:39
come to God?
20:40
What is the
20:41
manner in which
20:41
he does it?
20:42
You see this
20:43
in verses
20:43
one and two.
20:45
David
20:45
prays,
20:46
have mercy
20:47
on me,
20:48
O God,
20:49
according to
20:50
your steadfast
20:50
love,
20:51
according to
20:51
your abundant
20:52
mercy,
20:53
blot out
20:54
my transgressions.
20:55
Wash me
20:56
thoroughly
20:56
from my
20:58
iniquity
20:58
and cleanse
20:59
me of
20:59
my sin.
21:01
So,
21:02
so why?
21:04
He's trying
21:04
to plead a
21:05
case before
21:06
God,
21:06
right?
21:06
He pleads
21:07
with God
21:07
to show
21:08
him mercy
21:08
and forgiveness,
21:10
pardon for
21:11
the evil
21:12
that he's
21:12
done.
21:12
So mercy
21:13
is this
21:13
undeserved
21:14
thing.
21:14
You don't
21:15
merit
21:15
God's
21:16
mercy.
21:17
If you
21:18
merit it,
21:18
it's not
21:19
mercy.
21:20
David has
21:21
no hope
21:22
that God
21:23
will forgive
21:23
him and
21:24
pardon him
21:24
according to
21:25
his own
21:25
goodness,
21:27
according to
21:28
his righteousness
21:29
because he
21:29
doesn't have
21:30
any.
21:31
Look what he
21:31
just did.
21:32
The sin
21:32
itself proves
21:34
that David
21:34
has no
21:35
character to
21:36
argue here,
21:37
not in his
21:38
own worth
21:39
or merit,
21:40
but God's.
21:42
You see
21:42
that?
21:43
According to
21:43
your steadfast
21:44
love,
21:46
according to
21:47
your abundant
21:48
mercies,
21:49
it actually
21:49
means the
21:50
multitude of
21:51
your tender
21:52
mercies,
21:53
compassion.
21:55
So David
21:56
recognizes he
21:57
has no
21:57
entitlement to
21:58
God's favor.
21:59
He doesn't
21:59
deserve life.
22:01
He doesn't
22:01
deserve blessing
22:02
and forgiveness.
22:04
So also,
22:05
we must be
22:05
sensible that
22:06
God does not
22:07
owe us
22:08
forgiveness.
22:09
He doesn't
22:09
owe us
22:10
mercy.
22:11
He doesn't.
22:13
In fact,
22:14
David then
22:15
appeals,
22:16
therefore,
22:17
to God's
22:17
character.
22:19
He appears
22:19
to the very
22:20
nature of
22:21
God because
22:21
he knows
22:22
it's within
22:23
God's character,
22:24
within God's
22:25
nature to
22:25
be merciful.
22:27
So he just
22:28
knows that
22:28
about God.
22:29
So he appeals
22:30
to that.
22:30
I've got no
22:31
case to plea.
22:32
I'm guilty.
22:33
I'm terrible.
22:35
But I know
22:35
you are a
22:36
gracious and
22:37
forgiving member
22:38
in your Bible
22:39
reading,
22:39
in your daily
22:40
life.
22:40
He gives you
22:41
several different
22:42
terms to
22:44
describe the
22:44
sin or the
22:45
crime that he
22:46
had committed
22:46
versus
22:47
transgression.
22:48
transgression.
22:49
See that?
22:51
Transgression,
22:52
as we know,
22:52
is a deliberate
22:53
premeditated
22:54
crossing of the
22:55
line.
22:56
You know that
22:56
you shouldn't
22:57
do it and
22:58
you do it
22:58
anyway.
23:00
No
23:00
trespassing.
23:02
I hate that
23:03
when you're deer
23:03
hunting.
23:04
You're like,
23:04
shoot,
23:04
can't go on
23:05
there.
23:06
So it is a
23:07
deliberate
23:08
crossing of
23:09
the line.
23:09
You know it.
23:11
Iniquity.
23:12
He also
23:13
mentions iniquity.
23:14
That is a
23:14
perverting or
23:15
a twisting of
23:16
what God has
23:17
said.
23:17
A corruption
23:18
of goodness.
23:20
And then
23:20
sin, as we
23:22
know, is
23:22
missing the
23:23
mark that God
23:24
has purpose
23:24
intended.
23:25
Like, this
23:26
is God's
23:26
purpose.
23:27
He has
23:27
intention for
23:28
you and
23:28
you've fallen
23:29
short of
23:29
that.
23:31
And then
23:31
he uses the
23:32
word unholy.
23:33
Mark,
23:34
terrible,
23:35
worse than
23:36
all,
23:37
great wrong,
23:38
unholy.
23:39
So he's not
23:40
holding back.
23:41
He's calling it
23:41
what it is.
23:42
So whenever
23:42
you sin,
23:44
please don't
23:45
do the,
23:46
well, I
23:47
just fell.
23:48
It just
23:49
got me.
23:51
Like a
23:51
victim mentality.
23:54
David owns
23:55
it completely.
23:56
I committed
23:57
transgression,
23:58
iniquity,
23:58
sin, and
23:59
evil.
24:00
He calls it
24:00
what it is.
24:02
But then,
24:02
notice how he
24:03
corresponds to
24:04
those things.
24:04
He uses the
24:05
words blot,
24:07
wash,
24:08
and cleanse.
24:10
Those are
24:11
all words of
24:12
deep spiritual
24:13
restoration
24:13
that only
24:14
God can
24:15
do.
24:16
Blot means
24:16
to wipe
24:17
out,
24:18
to
24:19
obliterate,
24:20
exterminate.
24:21
And remember,
24:22
I've said this
24:23
before,
24:23
but when they
24:24
used to
24:24
write on
24:24
papyrus,
24:26
papyri,
24:27
if I
24:27
pronounce it
24:28
rightly,
24:29
that they
24:30
would often
24:32
reuse it
24:32
by wiping
24:33
it,
24:34
wiping old
24:35
ink off of
24:36
it,
24:36
and then
24:36
writing
24:36
something else.
24:37
so he's
24:38
saying the
24:39
crime that
24:39
I committed,
24:40
blot it
24:40
out,
24:41
erase it.
24:42
Then he
24:42
used the
24:43
term wash,
24:44
to be
24:44
washed by
24:45
treading
24:45
out,
24:46
not just
24:47
being washed
24:48
physically,
24:48
but being
24:49
washed
24:49
inwardly.
24:51
To
24:51
cleanse means
24:52
to purify
24:53
and make
24:53
whole.
24:54
So all
24:55
according to
24:56
God's loving
24:56
kindness,
24:57
all according
24:57
to his
24:58
abundant
24:59
mercy.
25:00
Those are
25:00
all words
25:01
that our
25:01
souls long
25:02
to hear
25:02
when we
25:03
are confronted
25:04
with sin.
25:06
You want
25:06
to hear
25:06
that.
25:07
These are
25:07
words of
25:07
justification,
25:09
to be
25:10
cleaned,
25:11
to be
25:11
made
25:11
right.
25:13
So make
25:13
me right
25:14
in your
25:15
sight,
25:16
is really
25:16
what he's
25:17
praying.
25:18
So that's
25:18
question number
25:19
one,
25:19
how does
25:20
David approach
25:20
God for
25:21
mercy and
25:21
forgiveness?
25:22
This
25:22
verse is
25:22
one and
25:22
two.
25:24
Question
25:24
number
25:25
two,
25:26
how does
25:27
David offer
25:28
true
25:30
confession
25:30
to God?
25:32
How does
25:33
David offer
25:33
true confession
25:34
to God?
25:35
See this in
25:35
verses three
25:36
through five.
25:37
David says,
25:39
for I know
25:39
my transgressions
25:41
and my sin
25:41
is ever before
25:42
me.
25:43
Against you
25:44
and you
25:44
only have I
25:45
sinned and
25:45
done what
25:46
is evil
25:46
in your
25:47
sight,
25:47
so that
25:48
you may
25:48
be justified
25:49
in your
25:49
words and
25:50
blameless
25:50
in your
25:51
judgment.
25:52
Behold,
25:53
I was brought
25:53
forth in
25:54
iniquity and
25:55
sinned and
25:55
my mother
25:56
conceived
25:57
me.
25:59
One man
26:00
that I
26:00
respect a
26:01
lot said
26:02
about Psalm
26:03
51,
26:04
David's
26:05
sin made
26:06
him feel
26:06
dirty and
26:08
he desires
26:08
to be
26:09
clean.
26:10
David's
26:11
guilt made
26:12
him feel
26:13
sick and
26:14
he desires
26:15
to be
26:15
well.
26:17
His
26:18
disobedience
26:19
made him
26:20
feel lonely
26:20
and he
26:22
desires
26:22
relational
26:23
reconciliation.
26:25
His
26:26
rebellion
26:26
made him
26:27
fearful of
26:27
God,
26:28
but now
26:29
he desires
26:30
to be
26:30
pardoned.
26:32
It's a
26:32
summary of
26:33
a lot
26:33
of this.
26:34
But we
26:35
see that
26:35
he truly
26:36
confesses
26:37
his sin.
26:37
He says,
26:37
I know
26:38
my
26:39
transgressions
26:40
and my
26:40
sin is
26:41
ever before
26:41
me.
26:42
I
26:42
humbly
26:43
fully
26:44
acknowledge
26:45
what I've
26:45
done.
26:47
The evil
26:47
that I've
26:48
committed
26:48
is present
26:48
with me
26:49
wherever I
26:49
go.
26:50
You ever
26:50
notice that?
26:50
Like if
26:51
you've
26:51
committed
26:51
great sin
26:53
and evil
26:53
that you
26:54
can't just
26:55
sort of brush
26:55
it away,
26:56
that it
26:56
just kind
26:56
of is on
26:56
your mind
26:57
or your
26:57
conscience
26:58
constantly.
27:00
He's like,
27:00
it's always
27:00
in my
27:01
faith
27:02
staring at
27:03
me.
27:04
When we
27:05
sin against
27:05
the Lord,
27:06
our souls
27:06
are troubled
27:07
and in
27:07
turmoil
27:08
and it
27:09
stays with
27:09
us.
27:10
So not
27:11
just a
27:12
mere
27:12
acknowledgement
27:12
of the
27:13
offense
27:13
you've
27:13
committed,
27:14
like,
27:14
yeah,
27:14
yeah,
27:14
I know
27:14
I've
27:15
sinned.
27:16
That's
27:16
what Saul
27:16
did,
27:17
right?
27:18
But he
27:19
owns it.
27:20
He takes
27:20
full
27:21
responsibility
27:21
bearing the
27:22
consequences
27:23
of that
27:24
sin.
27:25
It's not
27:25
anyone else's
27:26
fault.
27:26
He's
27:26
recognizing
27:26
that,
27:27
God,
27:27
it's not
27:27
your fault.
27:28
It's not
27:29
Bathsheba's
27:29
fault.
27:31
I alone
27:32
am guilty
27:32
for this
27:34
sin.
27:35
So he
27:35
doesn't play
27:36
the victim
27:36
mentality
27:37
of culture.
27:38
This just
27:38
happened to
27:39
me,
27:39
right?
27:42
It's
27:42
because,
27:43
not just
27:43
because of
27:44
my bad
27:44
upbringing,
27:45
right?
27:45
It's,
27:46
he's saying
27:46
like,
27:47
I'm guilty.
27:48
I own
27:49
it.
27:49
I own
27:49
all of
27:50
it.
27:51
And he
27:51
also mentions
27:52
here,
27:52
this is
27:52
very key,
27:54
against you
27:55
and you
27:55
alone,
27:56
have I
27:56
sinned
27:56
against,
27:58
and
27:58
don't
27:58
want
27:58
to
27:58
have
27:58
sinned
27:59
against,
27:59
God,
28:00
I've
28:03
sinned
28:03
against
28:04
Bathsheba.
28:05
I've
28:05
mistreated
28:06
her.
28:07
I dishonored
28:08
her house.
28:08
I dishonored
28:09
her husband.
28:11
He also
28:11
could have
28:12
said,
28:12
I sinned
28:13
against
28:13
Uriah.
28:14
I had a
28:14
loyal soldier
28:15
killed.
28:17
He also
28:17
could have
28:18
said,
28:18
I've sinned
28:18
against the
28:19
nation,
28:19
as the
28:19
king of
28:20
Israel.
28:20
all of
28:21
that would
28:22
have been
28:22
true.
28:23
But why
28:24
does he
28:24
say,
28:25
you and
28:25
you alone
28:25
have I
28:26
sinned
28:27
against?
28:27
It's
28:27
because,
28:28
supremely,
28:28
all sin
28:29
is an
28:30
affront
28:30
to God.
28:31
It opposes
28:32
God and
28:32
all he
28:33
stands for.
28:33
He intrinsically
28:35
!
28:34
He intrinsically
28:35
hates sin
28:36
and has
28:37
vowed to
28:37
destroy it.
28:39
So,
28:40
though sin
28:40
does do
28:41
harm to
28:42
ourselves,
28:43
right,
28:44
it does,
28:44
and others,
28:45
it's ultimately
28:46
against our
28:46
loving creator.
28:47
That's what
28:49
he said in
28:49
verse 13
28:50
of 2 Samuel.
28:52
I've sinned
28:53
against the
28:53
Lord.
28:53
That was his
28:54
first knee
28:54
jerk.
28:55
I've sinned
28:56
against the
28:56
Lord.
28:58
So,
28:58
sin involves
28:58
a turning
28:59
from God
29:01
and unbelief
29:01
and turning
29:02
to idolatry,
29:04
thinking that
29:05
we're going
29:05
to get
29:05
something
29:06
from an
29:07
idol that
29:07
we refuse
29:08
to think
29:08
that we
29:09
can get
29:09
from God,
29:10
to get
29:10
joy,
29:11
get comfort,
29:11
get security,
29:13
when only
29:13
God himself
29:14
can offer
29:15
it.
29:16
So,
29:16
when we
29:17
sin against
29:17
God,
29:18
we're saying,
29:18
I don't
29:18
trust you
29:19
in this
29:19
moment,
29:21
I do not
29:21
believe that
29:21
your way
29:22
is the
29:22
best,
29:23
and I do
29:24
not believe
29:24
that your
29:25
way is the
29:25
wisest.
29:26
When we
29:27
sin,
29:27
those moments
29:28
are turning
29:29
from God.
29:31
This is
29:31
important too.
29:32
Repentance
29:32
is not just
29:33
feeling bad
29:34
about what
29:35
you've done.
29:37
It's not just
29:38
feeling shame
29:38
and guilt.
29:40
Unbelievers
29:40
who don't know
29:41
Christ feel
29:42
shame and guilt.
29:43
You know that?
29:44
They feel bad
29:45
about what they
29:46
did.
29:47
But typically,
29:48
it's always
29:48
tied to the
29:49
consequences that
29:50
they're facing.
29:52
Not that they've
29:52
sinned against
29:53
God.
29:54
They hate that
29:55
they've been
29:55
caught.
29:55
They hate that
29:56
it's causing
29:57
their life
29:57
misery.
29:58
Paul writes
29:59
about this in
30:00
2 Corinthians 7,
30:01
9 and 10.
30:03
He talks about
30:04
a godly sorrow
30:05
and a worldly
30:06
sorrow.
30:08
Paul says,
30:08
as it is,
30:10
I rejoice,
30:11
not because
30:11
you were
30:11
grieved,
30:13
but because
30:14
you were
30:14
grieved into
30:15
repenting.
30:16
For you
30:17
felt a
30:18
godly sorrow
30:19
so that you
30:20
suffered no
30:21
loss through
30:21
us.
30:22
For godly
30:23
grief produces
30:24
a repentance
30:25
that leads to
30:26
salvation
30:27
without regret,
30:29
whereas a
30:30
worldly grief
30:31
produces
30:31
death.
30:33
And so you
30:33
have to examine
30:34
yourself.
30:35
When I sin,
30:36
when I do
30:36
something and
30:37
I'm caught,
30:38
am I mainly
30:39
upset because
30:40
of the
30:40
consequences?
30:42
Is it a
30:42
worldly grief
30:43
or is it a
30:44
godly sorrow,
30:45
a godly grief
30:46
that leads to
30:46
salvation because
30:48
you've sinned
30:48
against God?
30:51
Very important.
30:52
Not just to
30:52
acknowledge that
30:53
we've done it.
30:53
We've sinned
30:54
against the
30:54
Lord God
30:55
Almighty
30:55
Himself.
30:57
Alright,
30:57
so then we
30:58
see next this
31:00
spiritual condition
31:02
of sin.
31:02
David says in
31:03
verse 5,
31:04
I was brought
31:04
forth in
31:05
our iniquity
31:05
and sin
31:06
to my
31:06
mother conceived
31:07
me.
31:08
The reality
31:09
is that sin
31:09
is this dire
31:10
condition,
31:11
not just an
31:11
action.
31:12
We have to
31:13
teach our
31:13
kids this,
31:14
that sin
31:15
is not just
31:16
an action.
31:17
It's a
31:18
condition.
31:19
It's a
31:19
fallen
31:20
spiritual
31:21
problem.
31:23
And so
31:24
these are
31:25
symptoms of
31:26
the bigger
31:27
problem.
31:28
They come
31:29
from within
31:30
us.
31:32
Man is born
31:32
in a state
31:33
of sin.
31:35
We are
31:35
born
31:35
spiritually
31:36
dead.
31:37
Ephesians 2.
31:39
Our
31:39
understanding
31:40
is darkened
31:41
and our
31:41
hearts are
31:41
corrupted
31:42
by evil.
31:43
We are
31:43
enslaved
31:44
to sin
31:45
without
31:46
Christ.
31:47
So,
31:48
he's not
31:48
making an
31:49
excuse.
31:50
He's not
31:50
doing like,
31:51
well,
31:51
I was just
31:51
born this
31:52
way.
31:53
He's
31:53
saying this
31:55
as a
31:56
means to
31:56
implore
31:57
God's
31:57
pity on
31:58
him.
31:58
Like,
31:58
God,
31:58
I am
31:59
so weak.
32:01
I'm so
32:02
helpless.
32:02
There's
32:03
nothing I
32:04
can do to
32:04
save myself
32:05
or change
32:05
myself.
32:06
Please,
32:06
I beg
32:07
you,
32:08
forgive me,
32:09
have mercy.
32:11
I've always
32:12
been this
32:12
way,
32:13
always sinful.
32:14
This goes
32:15
into question
32:15
number three.
32:17
What is the
32:18
evidence of
32:19
true repentance
32:20
in David?
32:21
What is the
32:21
evidence of
32:22
true repentance
32:23
in David?
32:25
And we
32:25
see three
32:26
things
32:26
underneath
32:27
this,
32:28
but let's
32:28
read it.
32:29
Verses
32:29
6-12.
32:32
David says,
32:32
Behold,
32:33
you delight
32:34
in truth
32:35
and the
32:35
inward being,
32:36
and you
32:37
teach me
32:37
wisdom
32:38
and the
32:38
secret
32:38
heart.
32:39
Purge
32:39
me with
32:40
hyssop
32:40
and I
32:40
shall be
32:41
clean.
32:41
Wash
32:42
me,
32:42
I shall
32:42
be whiter
32:43
than
32:43
snow.
32:44
Let
32:45
my heart,
32:46
let me
32:46
hear joy
32:47
and gladness.
32:48
Let the
32:48
bones that
32:49
you have
32:49
broken
32:49
rejoice.
32:51
Hide
32:51
your face
32:52
from my
32:52
sins
32:53
and blot
32:53
out all
32:54
my
32:54
iniquities.
32:56
Create
32:56
in me
32:56
a clean
32:57
heart,
32:57
O God,
32:58
and renew
32:58
a right
32:59
spirit
32:59
within me.
33:00
Cast
33:01
me not
33:01
away
33:01
from
33:01
your
33:02
presence.
33:03
Do
33:03
not
33:03
take
33:04
your
33:04
Holy
33:04
Spirit
33:04
from
33:05
me.
33:06
Restore
33:06
to me
33:07
the joy
33:07
of your
33:08
salvation.
33:09
Withhold
33:09
me
33:09
with a
33:09
willing
33:10
spirit.
33:11
So we
33:12
see three
33:12
things that
33:13
give evidence
33:13
that his
33:14
repentance
33:14
is real
33:15
here.
33:16
The first
33:17
one is
33:17
he has
33:18
a longing
33:19
to be
33:20
right
33:21
with
33:21
God.
33:22
He
33:23
has a
33:23
longing
33:23
to be
33:24
right
33:24
with
33:24
God.
33:24
This
33:25
inward
33:25
renewal.
33:27
Verse
33:27
7,
33:28
the literal
33:29
says,
33:30
it is
33:30
truth
33:31
that gives
33:32
you
33:32
pleasure.
33:34
God
33:35
desires
33:35
not just
33:36
that we
33:36
change our
33:39
actions on
33:39
the outside,
33:40
but from
33:40
the inside.
33:41
So he
33:41
recognizes
33:42
that,
33:42
that God
33:43
loves
33:43
truth.
33:44
He loves
33:44
righteousness
33:45
in the
33:46
deepest
33:46
places
33:46
of our
33:47
hearts.
33:48
So he's
33:48
asking God
33:49
to go
33:49
door-to-door
33:50
in his
33:51
heart,
33:51
to clean
33:51
it out,
33:52
and to
33:52
make it
33:52
holy and
33:54
pure.
33:55
True
33:55
repentance
33:56
brings a
33:57
desire to
33:58
change.
33:58
It
33:59
isn't just
33:59
God
33:59
forgive me,
34:00
but God
34:00
change me
34:01
in a way
34:02
that honors
34:03
you,
34:03
starting in
34:04
my heart.
34:05
Truth
34:05
gives you
34:06
pleasure.
34:07
I don't
34:08
want to
34:08
stay like
34:08
this.
34:09
I want
34:09
to honor
34:09
you.
34:10
Then
34:11
secondly,
34:12
we see
34:13
in verse
34:14
7,
34:14
there's a
34:15
condition here
34:16
that sin
34:17
defiles us.
34:19
Sin
34:19
defiles us.
34:20
Ezekiel
34:21
20,
34:22
verse 43,
34:23
listen to
34:23
this,
34:24
and there
34:25
you shall
34:25
remember
34:26
your ways
34:26
and all
34:27
your deeds
34:28
in which
34:28
you have
34:29
defiled
34:29
yourselves,
34:30
and you
34:31
shall loathe
34:32
yourselves
34:32
for all
34:33
the evils
34:34
that you
34:34
have committed.
34:36
So sin
34:37
causes us
34:38
to feel
34:39
defiled,
34:40
that we
34:40
loathe
34:41
ourselves
34:41
for all
34:43
the evil
34:43
we have
34:43
committed.
34:44
So he
34:44
says,
34:44
purify me,
34:46
wash me,
34:46
me.
34:47
He
34:47
mentions
34:47
hyssop,
34:48
that's
34:48
a plant
34:49
that's
34:49
in the
34:49
mint
34:49
family,
34:51
a cluster
34:51
of flowers,
34:52
it was
34:52
used to
34:53
sprinkle the
34:53
blood over
34:55
the doors,
34:56
the Israelites
34:57
when they
34:57
were in
34:58
Egypt,
34:58
the angel
34:59
of death
34:59
would pass
35:00
over them.
35:01
Then he
35:01
says,
35:02
so he's
35:02
saying
35:03
symbolically,
35:04
cleanse me,
35:04
symbolically,
35:06
wash me,
35:06
I'll be
35:06
whiter than
35:07
snow,
35:08
clean,
35:10
pure,
35:11
unadulterated,
35:13
beautiful,
35:14
whiter than
35:15
snow.
35:15
Repentance
35:16
is the
35:16
desire to
35:17
be clean
35:17
from sin
35:18
and made
35:19
right.
35:21
Look at
35:21
verse 8,
35:22
he says,
35:22
let me
35:23
hear.
35:24
Alright?
35:25
He wanted
35:26
God to
35:27
allow him
35:28
to hear joy
35:28
and gladness
35:29
once again,
35:30
instead of
35:31
just hearing
35:31
condemnation,
35:33
instead of
35:33
just hearing
35:34
gloom
35:35
over his
35:36
sin.
35:37
Sin only
35:38
leads to
35:39
voices,
35:39
y'all know
35:40
this,
35:40
sin leads
35:40
to
35:41
voices
35:41
of guilt,
35:43
shame,
35:43
and
35:43
condemnation,
35:45
anxiety.
35:47
Repentance
35:48
is a
35:48
longing to
35:48
hear God's
35:49
voice again
35:50
as your
35:51
father,
35:53
loving his
35:54
word,
35:54
loving the
35:55
sound of
35:55
his voice.
35:57
And then we
35:57
see in
35:58
verse 9
35:58
that sin
36:00
can separate
36:00
us.
36:02
He says,
36:02
hide your
36:03
face from
36:03
my sin.
36:05
It's important
36:05
to see this.
36:07
Notice that
36:07
David doesn't
36:08
want God to
36:09
hide his
36:09
face from
36:09
him.
36:10
He says,
36:11
hide your
36:11
faith from
36:12
my sin.
36:14
Again,
36:15
to the
36:16
Jews,
36:16
the Hebrews,
36:17
the greatest
36:17
blessing was
36:18
to see
36:18
God's
36:18
face,
36:19
was an
36:21
idea of
36:22
favor,
36:22
fellowship,
36:23
and love,
36:25
and blessing
36:25
from God.
36:26
On the
36:27
other hand,
36:27
the greatest
36:27
curse was
36:28
for God
36:28
to hide
36:29
his face
36:29
from you,
36:31
which meant
36:32
curse,
36:34
displeasure
36:35
of God.
36:35
So he's
36:36
saying,
36:36
hide your
36:36
face from
36:37
what I
36:37
did,
36:38
hide your
36:38
face from
36:38
my sin,
36:39
and not
36:40
me.
36:41
We see
36:41
clearly in
36:42
this that
36:42
it's God's
36:43
fellowship
36:43
that he
36:44
wants.
36:45
He says
36:46
next in
36:46
verse 11,
36:47
cast me
36:48
not away
36:48
from your
36:48
presence.
36:50
Don't
36:50
take your
36:51
Holy Spirit
36:51
from me.
36:53
Remember,
36:53
the Holy
36:53
Spirit is
36:54
how God
36:54
manifests
36:55
himself to
36:56
us.
36:57
And in
36:57
the Old
36:57
Testament,
36:58
he empowered
36:59
men by
37:00
allowing the
37:00
Holy Spirit
37:01
to rest
37:01
on them,
37:02
but he
37:02
ultimately
37:03
could take
37:03
it away.
37:04
He did
37:04
it with
37:04
Samson,
37:05
and even
37:06
closer to
37:06
home to
37:07
David.
37:07
He saw
37:07
what happened
37:09
when King
37:09
Saul had the
37:10
Spirit taken
37:10
away.
37:11
He's like,
37:11
please don't
37:12
let that
37:12
happen to
37:13
me.
37:13
Please don't
37:14
take your
37:15
Holy Spirit
37:15
from me.
37:18
So,
37:18
a lot of
37:19
people want
37:20
to be
37:20
delivered from
37:21
the consequences
37:22
of their
37:23
sin,
37:23
but they
37:23
don't really
37:24
want fellowship
37:25
with God.
37:26
That's a
37:27
problem.
37:28
They want
37:28
his gifts,
37:29
but not
37:29
him.
37:30
Jonathan
37:31
Edwards once
37:31
said,
37:31
you may
37:32
love
37:32
deliverance,
37:33
but hate
37:33
the
37:33
deliverer.
37:36
Then secondly,
37:37
what other
37:38
evidence does
37:38
he give?
37:39
He wants
37:39
fellowship
37:40
with God.
37:40
That's the
37:40
end goal
37:41
here.
37:42
Number two
37:43
is a
37:44
commitment
37:44
to newness
37:46
of life.
37:47
We see
37:47
this in
37:48
verse 12.
37:49
Restore
37:50
to me
37:50
the joy
37:51
of your
37:51
salvation.
37:52
He asked
37:52
God to
37:53
infuse
37:53
him with
37:53
joy and
37:54
gladness
37:55
and thanksgiving
37:56
in his
37:56
soul again.
37:58
Uphold
37:58
me with
37:58
a willing
37:59
and noble
38:00
spirit.
38:00
So sustain
38:02
that.
38:02
Don't just
38:02
let it be
38:03
a flu.
38:03
Give me
38:04
enough joy
38:04
where I
38:05
can just
38:05
be sustained,
38:06
persevered
38:07
in you
38:08
and what
38:08
you have
38:09
done for
38:09
me.
38:11
And then
38:11
I just
38:13
want to
38:14
kind of let
38:14
you know
38:14
this really
38:15
quickly.
38:15
He uses
38:16
this term
38:16
create in
38:17
me a
38:18
clean heart.
38:20
So some
38:20
of you may
38:21
be thinking
38:21
and I
38:22
can testify
38:23
I've
38:23
definitely
38:23
felt this
38:24
way before
38:24
like how
38:26
can God
38:26
change me?
38:27
Like I
38:28
feel like
38:28
everything is
38:29
against me.
38:30
I feel
38:30
hopeless.
38:32
I feel
38:32
like this
38:33
sin just
38:33
dominates
38:34
me and
38:36
my heart
38:36
will just
38:36
remain this
38:37
way.
38:39
So you
38:41
can't change
38:41
yourself.
38:42
Good luck.
38:42
That's what
38:43
our culture
38:43
does.
38:45
Willpower
38:45
resolve and
38:47
it fails.
38:49
But David
38:50
uses an
38:50
incredible
38:51
word,
38:52
Hebrew word
38:53
here,
38:54
the word
38:55
create.
38:55
Think about
38:56
where that
38:56
comes from.
38:57
God
38:58
created
38:58
the heavens
39:02
and the
39:02
earth.
39:02
So David
39:03
is calling
39:04
upon that
39:05
same power
39:06
that created
39:06
the mountains,
39:07
the oceans,
39:08
the universe,
39:10
everything visible
39:10
and invisible.
39:11
He's calling
39:11
on that
39:12
omnipotent
39:12
hand to
39:14
create and
39:15
speak to
39:16
give him a
39:17
new heart.
39:19
God can do
39:19
this by his
39:20
omnipotent
39:21
hand.
39:21
His hand is
39:22
not so
39:22
sure that he
39:23
cannot save.
39:24
And then
39:26
thirdly and
39:26
lastly,
39:28
another evidence
39:29
of true
39:29
repentance is
39:30
sharing God's
39:33
mercy and
39:34
right outward
39:35
worship.
39:37
So often
39:38
when we sin
39:38
we want to
39:39
just make
39:39
amends.
39:40
We want to
39:40
do penance
39:40
which is what
39:41
the Roman
39:41
medieval church
39:42
taught us.
39:43
I'm sorry
39:44
God, now I'm
39:44
going to do
39:44
a bunch of
39:45
good things
39:45
to make
39:47
amends for
39:47
what I
39:48
did.
39:50
He says
39:50
this last.
39:51
This is like
39:52
after I'm
39:52
right with
39:53
you and
39:53
I have
39:53
fellowship
39:53
with you
39:54
and you
39:55
and I
39:56
are well
39:56
then I
39:57
will do
39:58
these things.
39:59
He says
40:00
in verse
40:00
13,
40:02
then I
40:03
will teach
40:03
transgressors
40:04
your ways
40:04
and sinners
40:05
will return
40:05
to you
40:05
out of
40:07
your
40:07
rud
40:07
guiltiness
40:08
O God
40:08
O God
40:09
of my
40:09
salvation
40:10
and my
40:10
tongue
40:10
will sing
40:11
aloud
40:11
of your
40:12
righteousness
40:13
O Lord
40:14
open my
40:15
lips and my
40:16
mouth and I
40:16
will declare
40:17
your praise
40:17
for you
40:20
will not
40:21
deliver
40:22
me.
40:23
You
40:23
will not
40:23
delight
40:24
in
40:24
sacrifice
40:25
otherwise
40:26
I
40:26
would
40:27
give
40:27
it.
40:28
You
40:28
will
40:28
not
40:29
be
40:29
pleased
40:29
with
40:29
the
40:29
burnt
40:30
offering.
40:31
The
40:31
sacrifices
40:32
of God
40:32
are a
40:32
broken
40:33
spirit,
40:33
a
40:33
broken
40:34
and
40:34
contrite
40:34
heart
40:35
O God
40:35
you
40:35
will
40:35
not
40:36
despise.
40:37
Do
40:37
go to
40:38
Zion
40:38
in your
40:39
good
40:39
pleasure.
40:40
Build
40:40
up the
40:40
walls
40:41
of
40:41
Jerusalem
40:42
then
40:42
you
40:43
will
40:43
delight
40:44
in
40:44
right
40:44
sacrifices
40:45
and in
40:45
burnt
40:46
offerings
40:46
and whole
40:47
burnt
40:47
offerings
40:48
then bulls
40:48
will be
40:49
offered
40:49
on the
40:49
altar.
40:50
So again
40:51
many times
40:53
in ancient
40:53
Israel
40:54
the people
40:55
would have
40:55
a daily
40:56
sinful
40:57
lifestyle
40:57
then they
40:58
would just
40:59
run to
40:59
the temple
40:59
make a
41:01
sacrifice
41:01
think they're
41:02
good
41:03
go right
41:03
back out
41:04
to sinning
41:04
again.
41:05
We do the
41:06
same thing
41:06
right
41:07
and just
41:07
in a
41:07
different
41:07
way
41:08
a lot
41:08
of people
41:09
in the
41:10
church
41:10
today
41:10
and he's
41:12
saying
41:12
no no
41:13
no
41:13
no
41:13
no
41:13
he doesn't
41:15
delight
41:15
in
41:15
sacrifice
41:16
he
41:17
delights
41:18
more
41:18
in the
41:19
heart
41:19
of the
41:19
worshipper
41:20
right
41:21
you can't
41:22
just say
41:22
well I'm
41:22
sinning
41:23
against
41:23
God
41:23
so I
41:23
better
41:24
go to
41:24
church
41:24
more
41:24
I
41:25
better
41:25
share
41:25
the
41:25
gospel
41:25
I'll
41:27
read
41:27
my
41:27
Bible
41:27
for an
41:28
extra
41:28
hour
41:28
and
41:28
then
41:28
I'll
41:28
fast
41:29
and
41:29
then
41:29
God
41:29
will
41:29
be
41:30
cool
41:30
with
41:30
me
41:30
it's
41:31
penance
41:32
again
41:32
that's
41:32
penance
41:33
and not
41:33
repentance
41:34
right
41:35
he said
41:36
you
41:36
did not
41:37
delight
41:40
God
41:41
doesn't
41:44
care
41:44
at all
41:45
about
41:46
that
41:46
he cares
41:47
about
41:47
the
41:47
heart
41:48
behind
41:48
the
41:49
worshipper
41:49
so
41:51
what
41:51
God
41:51
truly
41:52
desires
41:52
a
41:53
broken
41:53
shattered
41:54
heart
41:54
over
41:55
sin
41:56
that's
41:57
verse
41:57
17
41:57
it's
41:58
what
41:59
Jonathan
41:59
Edwards
41:59
called
42:00
a
42:00
humble
42:00
broken
42:01
hearted
42:01
joy
42:02
genuine
42:03
repentance
42:04
brings
42:04
about
42:04
a
42:04
change
42:05
in
42:05
our
42:05
attitude
42:05
which
42:06
brings
42:06
about
42:06
a
42:06
change
42:07
in
42:07
our
42:07
actions
42:07
and
42:08
how
42:08
we
42:09
live
42:09
if
42:10
God
42:10
truly
42:11
rules
42:11
our
42:12
hearts
42:12
he
42:12
will
42:12
rule
42:13
over
42:13
our
42:13
actions
42:14
as
42:15
well
42:15
if
42:16
God
42:16
truly
42:17
loves
42:18
us
42:18
and
42:18
we
42:18
will
42:18
be
42:19
transformed
42:19
from
42:20
the
42:20
inside
42:21
out
42:21
so
42:22
not
42:22
just
42:22
our
42:23
morality
42:23
or
42:23
behavior
42:24
modification
42:24
again
42:25
in
42:25
here
42:25
coming
42:26
out
42:27
God
42:28
doesn't
42:28
just
42:28
care
42:29
about
42:29
what
42:29
we
42:29
do
42:30
but
42:30
he
42:30
cares
42:30
about
42:30
our
42:31
motives
42:32
our
42:32
desires
42:33
behind
42:33
that
42:33
are
42:33
they
42:34
for
42:34
him
42:34
for
42:34
his
42:34
glory
42:35
I
42:36
have
42:36
love
42:36
for
42:36
him
42:36
so
42:38
we
43:08
cleanse
43:11
me
43:11
forgive
43:12
me
43:12
you
43:13
have
43:13
the
43:13
power
43:14
to
43:14
do
43:14
that
43:14
and
43:14
then
43:14
I
43:14
will
43:14
sing
43:15
songs
43:15
about
43:15
your
43:16
salvation
43:16
to
43:17
others
43:18
and
43:19
then
43:19
lastly
43:20
verse
43:20
19
43:21
then
43:21
you
43:21
will
43:21
delight
43:22
in
43:22
right
43:22
sacrifices
43:23
then
43:24
I
43:24
offer
43:25
sacrifices
43:26
with
43:26
the
43:26
right
43:26
heart
43:27
behind
43:28
it
43:28
and
43:29
lastly
43:29
he
43:30
just
43:30
offers
43:30
a
43:30
prayer
43:30
for
43:31
the
43:31
nation
43:31
in
43:31
verse
43:32
18
43:32
so
43:33
landing
43:34
the
43:34
plane
43:34
here
43:34
sorry
43:35
last
43:37
question
43:37
question
43:37
number
43:38
four
43:38
gotta
43:39
see
43:39
this
43:40
must
43:40
see
43:40
this
43:41
how
43:42
is
43:42
David's
43:43
forgiveness
43:43
and
43:44
ours
43:45
made
43:46
possible
43:46
so
43:48
again
43:48
it
43:48
isn't
43:49
that
43:49
hard
43:49
to
43:49
do
43:49
but
43:49
how
43:50
can
43:50
God
43:50
pardon
43:51
David
43:51
imagine
43:53
yourself
43:53
being a
43:54
family
43:54
member
43:54
or a
43:55
friend
43:55
of
43:57
Bathsheba
43:58
or Uriah
43:58
you would
44:00
be
44:00
outraged
44:01
you would
44:01
say
44:01
no
44:02
this
44:03
man
44:04
killed
44:05
my
44:06
son
44:06
he
44:06
raped
44:07
my
44:08
daughter
44:08
in
44:08
law
44:08
this
44:09
is
44:09
not
44:09
okay
44:10
we're
44:11
all
44:11
outraged
44:12
when we
44:12
see
44:12
judges
44:12
pardoning
44:13
criminals
44:14
murderers
44:16
child
44:17
rapists
44:18
with a
44:18
slap
44:18
on the
44:18
hand
44:19
we get
44:19
so
44:19
mad
44:19
when we
44:20
see
44:20
that
44:20
kind
44:20
of
44:20
stuff
44:21
it's
44:22
not
44:23
so
44:23
with
44:23
God
44:23
so
44:25
how
44:25
can
44:25
Nathan
44:25
say
44:25
to
44:26
him
44:26
hey
44:26
the
44:26
Lord
44:26
has
44:27
taken
44:27
away
44:27
your
44:27
sin
44:28
this
44:30
because
44:31
David
44:31
knew
44:32
the
44:32
scripture
44:32
right
44:32
Exodus
44:33
34
44:33
6
44:34
that
44:34
God
44:34
will
44:34
by no
44:35
means
44:35
leave
44:36
the
44:36
guilty
44:37
unpunished
44:37
he's
44:37
got to
44:38
punish
44:38
sin
44:38
there's
44:39
where
44:40
we
44:40
end
44:40
look at
44:40
Romans
44:41
chapter
44:41
3
44:41
really
44:42
quickly
44:42
flip
44:42
over
44:42
to
44:43
Romans
44:43
chapter
44:44
3
44:44
and
44:45
look
44:45
at
44:45
verse
44:45
22
44:46
Romans
44:48
3
44:48
verse
44:48
22
44:49
it says
44:53
verse 22
44:54
the righteousness
44:55
of God
44:56
through faith
44:57
in Jesus
44:58
Christ
44:58
for all
44:59
who believe
45:00
for there
45:01
is no
45:01
distinction
45:02
for all
45:02
have sinned
45:03
and fallen
45:03
short of the
45:04
glory of
45:04
God
45:05
here we know
45:05
this universal
45:07
guiltiness of
45:08
sin
45:08
all of us
45:09
past and
45:10
present
45:11
many
45:12
says
45:12
verse 24
45:13
and are
45:13
justified
45:14
by the
45:15
grace
45:15
as a
45:16
gift
45:16
through
45:17
the
45:17
redemption
45:17
that is
45:18
in
45:18
Christ
45:18
Jesus
45:19
whom
45:20
God
45:20
put
45:20
forward
45:21
as a
45:21
propitiation
45:22
by his
45:24
blood
45:24
to be
45:24
received
45:25
by faith
45:26
here's
45:27
how it
45:27
ties into
45:27
David
45:28
any
45:28
person
45:29
in the
45:29
Old
45:29
Testament
45:30
this
45:31
was to
45:31
show
45:32
God's
45:32
righteousness
45:33
because
45:33
in his
45:34
divine
45:34
forbearance
45:35
he passed
45:36
over
45:36
former
45:37
sins
45:37
it was
45:38
to show
45:39
his
45:39
righteousness
45:40
at the
45:40
present
45:41
time
45:41
so that
45:42
he
45:42
might
45:42
be
45:43
just
45:44
and
45:44
the
45:44
justifier
45:45
of the
45:45
one
45:45
who has
45:46
faith
45:46
in
45:47
Christ
45:47
so
45:48
God
45:49
knew
45:49
that
45:49
one
45:50
day
45:50
he
45:50
would
45:50
punish
45:51
David's
45:51
sin
45:52
in
45:53
the
45:53
true
45:53
Messiah
45:54
Jesus
45:54
Christ
45:55
David
45:57
had
45:58
fallen
45:58
and
45:59
sinned
45:59
greatly
46:00
but
46:00
he
46:01
had
46:01
faith
46:02
that
46:03
God
46:03
would
46:03
one
46:03
day
46:03
provide
46:04
through
46:04
his
46:04
line
46:05
of
46:05
descendants
46:05
one
46:06
who
46:07
would
46:07
redeem
46:07
him
46:08
and
46:09
be
46:09
his
46:09
savior
46:09
so
46:10
God
46:11
punished
46:11
all
46:12
that
46:12
sin
46:12
the
46:13
murder
46:13
!
46:15
all
46:17
of
46:17
it
46:17
he
46:17
punished
46:18
it
46:18
in
46:18
Christ
46:19
so
46:20
David
46:20
looked
46:20
forward
46:21
to
46:21
the
46:21
Messiah
46:22
as
46:22
we
46:22
look
46:22
back
46:23
to
46:23
the
46:23
Messiah
46:24
forgiveness
46:25
of sin
46:26
the
46:26
Old
46:26
Testament
46:27
anticipates
46:27
the
46:28
sacrifice
46:28
of
46:28
Christ
46:29
as
46:29
the
46:30
final
46:30
sacrifice
46:31
for
46:31
our
46:31
sins
46:32
so
46:32
in
46:33
God's
46:33
mind
46:33
David's
46:34
sins
46:34
are
46:35
counted
46:35
as
46:35
Christ's
46:36
sins
46:36
and
46:37
Christ's
46:37
righteousness
46:38
is
46:38
counted
46:39
as
46:39
David's
46:39
righteousness
46:40
Jesus
46:41
is
46:42
the
46:42
only
46:42
way
46:42
to
46:43
be
46:43
forgiven
46:43
and
46:43
made
46:43
right
46:44
and
46:44
reconciled
46:45
to
46:45
God
46:45
again
46:46
so
46:46
like
46:46
God
46:47
proves
46:47
his
46:48
righteousness
46:48
like
46:48
I'm
46:49
not
46:49
letting
46:49
that
46:49
go
46:50
I'm
46:50
proving
46:51
that
46:51
I
46:51
take
46:51
sin
46:52
seriously
46:52
and
46:52
how
46:53
am
46:53
I
46:53
going
46:53
to
46:53
do
46:53
that
46:53
by
46:54
punishing
46:54
that
46:55
sin
46:56
and
46:56
my
46:56
only
46:56
son
46:57
so
46:58
David
46:58
by far
46:59
as we
46:59
see
47:00
today
47:00
is
47:00
not
47:00
the
47:01
perfect
47:01
king
47:01
he
47:02
is
47:02
not
47:03
he
47:03
is
47:03
not
47:03
the
47:03
savior
47:04
hero
47:04
in
47:10
the
47:10
one
47:11
who
47:11
rules
47:11
over
47:12
all
47:12
that
47:13
we
47:13
would
47:13
worship
47:14
and
47:14
bow
47:14
down
47:15
to
47:15
him
47:16
and
47:17
David
47:17
did
47:18
David
47:19
knew
47:19
he
47:20
wouldn't
47:20
be
47:20
spared
47:21
and
47:21
listen
47:21
as
47:21
we
47:21
look
47:21
next
47:22
week
47:22
we'll
47:22
see
47:22
that
47:23
though
47:23
he
47:23
is
47:24
forgiven
47:24
he's
47:24
made
47:25
right
47:25
with
47:25
God
47:25
he's
47:26
still
47:26
going
47:26
to
47:26
deal
47:26
with
47:27
a
47:27
lot
47:27
of
47:27
consequences
47:28
in
47:29
this
47:29
world
47:29
because
47:30
of
47:30
his
47:30
sin
47:30
his
47:31
family
47:32
is
47:32
going
47:32
to
47:32
be
47:32
torn
47:32
apart
47:33
he's
47:34
going
47:34
to
47:34
suffer
47:35
greatly
47:35
but
47:37
he's
47:37
with
47:37
the
47:38
Lord
47:38
today
47:39
so
47:40
our
47:40
Christ
47:41
the
47:42
perfect
47:42
sinless
47:43
king
47:43
that's
47:44
who
47:44
we
47:44
worship
47:44
so
47:45
if
47:46
you
47:46
have
47:46
unconfessed
47:47
sin
47:47
if
47:47
you
47:47
have
47:47
something
47:47
you're
47:48
wrestling
47:48
with
47:49
go
47:50
to
47:50
God
47:50
and
47:50
use
47:51
this
47:51
as
47:51
a
47:51
way
47:51
to
47:52
pray
47:52
use
47:53
his
47:54
word
47:54
and
47:55
then
47:55
share
47:55
with
47:56
another
47:56
believer
47:57
to
47:58
confess
47:58
our
47:58
sins
47:58
to
47:59
one
47:59
another
47:59
let's
48:00
pray
48:01
together