Hello, friends,
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this week on 3ABN
Sabbath School Panel,
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we're continuing our study
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on this quarterly's
lesson entitled Rest in Christ.
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And we're in week four,
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and this week
we're going to be talking
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about the Cost of Rest.
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And you know what?
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Again, that's ABSG.Adventist.org
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So buckle up and get ready
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because we're going to be diving
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deep into the Bible
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to learn more about
how we can rest in Christ.
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Hello, friends, and welcome back
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to another edition of
3ABN Sabbath School Panel.
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And, as always,
we're so thankful
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that you are joining us,
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because each and every
week we break open the Bible,
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we take on a new
lesson, and we learn so much.
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And so, my name is Ryan Day.
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And I would like to
take the opportunity
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to introduce the
rest of our family panel.
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And then we'll get
right into our lesson.
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To my direct left is
Pastor John Lomacang.
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Always a blessing
to have you, Brother.
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Good to be here.
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We've been enjoying
this lesson about rest
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and been learning that
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rest is something
that's found in various ways.
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So it's good to be a
part of this one too.
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Just stay tuned.
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God has
something in store for you.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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And then we have
Miss Shelley Quinn
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next to you.
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How are you,
Sister? I'm doing very well.
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Thank you. And I'm
very excited to be here.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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And then Miss Jill Morikone.
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Always a blessing
and we know you have
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a special list for us today.
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Today we have seven
experiences after confession.
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Praise the Lord.
Praise the Lord. Thank you.
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And way down there
at the end of the table,
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but certainly not last.
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Brother Kenny Shelton,
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it's always a
blessing to have you, Brother.
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Blessing to be here
and share God's Word.
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Praise the Lord. Thank you.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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This week lesson number four
in our study on Rest in Christ.
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We're going to be
talking about the cost of rest.
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There is a cost associated
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for having that
special spiritual rest
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in Jesus Christ.
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But before we
get into our study,
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we always need to
invite the Holy Spirit
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to lead and
guide us in this study.
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And so, Sister Shelley,
would you have a prayer for us?
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Absolutely.
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Our glorious Heavenly Father,
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how we praise You and thank You
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for Your plan of
salvation by grace,
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for Jesus Christ,
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for Your Holy
Spirit and Your Word.
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And, Lord, now as
we open Your Word,
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we pray for
Your anointing on us,
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on our minds
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that You would speak through us.
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And, Lord, give
us all ears to hear
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what the Holy Spirit
has to say in Jesus' name.
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen. Thank you so much.
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So I'm going to jump
right into our memory text,
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which to me, it's
one of my favorite texts.
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In fact, it's one of my favorite
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scripture songs to sing.
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And, of course,
that's Psalm 51:10.
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Of course, this is
those powerful words
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coming from the
repentant heart of King David
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as he speaks out and says.
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Again, Psalm 51:10, he says,
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"Create in me a
clean heart, O God,
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and renew a right spirit
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or a steadfast
spirit within me."
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And so, I always like to
find a little bit of a nugget,
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something that you can
find within the study itself
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without having to
read the entire study.
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But every once in a while,
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there's
something just so profound
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and so nice in there
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that I just have to
just read it word for word.
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And I always like to
take that, to do that
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because the writers work so hard
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to produce these lessons,
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and I enjoyed
reading the beginning part
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of Sabbath afternoon study,
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because it has this to say.
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It says,
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"Many people
seem desperate to find
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a little peace and quiet.
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They are willing
to pay for it, too.
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In many big cities
there are internet-free rooms,
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which can be hired by the hour.
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The rules are strict,
no noise, no visitors.
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People are willing to
pay to be able to sit quietly
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and just think or nap.
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There are sleep pods
that can be hired in airports,
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and noise-reducing
earphones are popular items.
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There are even canvas hoods,
or collapsible privacy shields
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that you can buy to
pull over your head and torso
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for a quick workplace break.
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And as I was
reading through that list,
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a couple of them I've heard of,
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but a few of those
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I've never
heard of these things,
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and apparently people
will do a lot these days
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just for a
little peace and quiet.
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And as the lesson brings out,
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sometimes you have
to pay for these things,
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because oftentimes
rest comes at a cost.
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And that certainly
is the same concept
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as we look into
how to rest in Christ.
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It comes at a cost.
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And we're going to talk
about that today in our lesson.
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I want to go right
directly into Sunday's lesson,
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because this actually helps
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to set the
framework, the groundwork
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for what we're
going to be talking today.
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King David is a primary example
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of how we can
have rest in Christ.
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But sometimes, you
know, something can happen
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that can cause
that rest to cease,
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in which we now have to go back
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and we have to plead at
the throne of grace and say,
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"Lord, I want
to be in Your rest.
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I want to restore
that rest in You."
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That was certainly the
truth in King David's situation.
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And so what I want to do is
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I want to go
directly to the scripture.
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So let's find ourselves
in 2 Samuel Chapter 11.
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In fact, the bulk of what
I'm going to be studying today
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or reading from is
2 Samuel Chapter 11.
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We're going to start
at the very beginning.
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This is a story that many of us
have probably heard many times,
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but I suspect that
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there's someone
watching at home right now
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that may have never
heard the story before.
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And there are
certain, certainly some lessons
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we can learn from this.
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And so, 2 Samuel
11:1-5, the Bible says,
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"It happened in
the spring of the year,
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at the time when
kings go out to battle,"
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notice that,
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when kings go
out to battle, right?
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"That David sent Joab
and his servants with him,
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and all Israel,
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and they destroyed
the people of Ammon
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and besieged Rabbah.
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But David
remained at Jerusalem."
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So I just want to,
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just highlight
that for a moment.
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This is, the
Bible's bringing out
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that this is
usually a time of the year
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when kings go out to battle.
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But in this particular case in,
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I don't think
anyone's going to argue
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that King David
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is one of the
great military minds
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in God's kingdom
and God's people,
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especially his nation.
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And so it goes on to say
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that David remained in
Jerusalem during this time
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when perhaps maybe
he would have normally
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been out with his men
battling in this case.
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But it goes on
to say in verse 2,
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"Then it happened one evening
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that David arose from his bed
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and walked on the
roof of the king's house.
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And from the roof
he saw a woman bathing,
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and the woman was
very beautiful to behold.
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So David sent and
inquired about the woman.
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And someone said,
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'Is this not Bathsheba,
the daughter of Eliam,
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and the wife of
Uriah the Hittite?'
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Then David sent
messengers, and took her,
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and she came to
him, and he lay with her,
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for she was
cleansed from her impurity,
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and she returned to her house.
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And the woman conceived,
so she sent and told David,
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and said, 'I am with child.'"
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So, I have to just say, again,
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this is one of those stories,
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you just have, you
read it and you can't help
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but just say this
is one twisted story.
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But yet it is often
in these twisted stories
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that we read that we learn
so many incredible lessons.
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And in this case,
David as the Bible describes
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was a man after God's own heart.
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And even though he
falls into this dreadful sin,
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which we're going to
talk about in further detail.
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We're going to see that
that man after God's own heart,
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he saw his sin, he
repented of that sin,
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and he was able to
restore that rest in Christ.
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But I just have
to make mention here
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that again, the
cost of rest here,
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I don't think
that may be the lesson,
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the person who wrote the lesson
intended for this to be so
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or maybe they did.
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But the idea would be here
that I caught from this is that
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there's a time, you
know, the Bible talks about
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there's a time for this,
and there's a time for that,
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and there's a season for this.
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In this case, there's a time
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when king should
be out to battle,
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and there's a time
when king should be at rest.
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And this time
was probably a time
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when David should
not have been at rest,
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because he found
himself atop of this roof.
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And he found himself
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obviously making
the wrong choice,
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which would
cause a domino effect,
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a snowball effect
of things that I'm sure
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obviously looking back on,
he would have done differently,
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obviously, if it had
not had been done that way.
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So that being said,
let's go on in the scripture,
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verse 6, we're
continuing the story here.
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It says,
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"Then David
sent to Joab, saying,
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'Send me Uriah the Hittite.'"
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Again, Uriah is the
husband of Bathsheba.
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And so he says,
Joab, sent for him.
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"And Joab sent Uriah to David.
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When Uriah had come to him,
David asked how Joab was doing,
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and how the people were doing,
and how the war prospered.
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And David said to Uriah,
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'Go down to your
house and wash your feet.'
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So Uriah departed
from the king's house,
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and a gift of food from
the king followed him.'"
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Now you could just
imagine in this story,
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you can just imagine,
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David has stepped out
of grace at this moment.
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He's not really
thinking straight,
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because he's
already been tempted
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and conceived that
thought, that idea,
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and he has acted upon it,
and now he's committed sin.
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And so in this case, you
know, he's not thinking clearly
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and so much so that
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now he begins
to plan and to plot
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how he can
somehow get out of this.
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And a part of his
plan is, you know what?
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I'm gonna bring Uriah back here.
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I'm gonna say,
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"Hey, brother, I know
you've been working hard.
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You've been out
there doing a good job.
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Get on back to
your house, rest up
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and let me send you
some goodies back with you.
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You've been a good boy, right?
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And so, it didn't actually
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turn out the way
David was hoping.
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Notice what the
Bible says in verse 9.
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"But Uriah slept at the
door of the king's house
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with all the
servants of his lord,
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and did not go
down to his house.
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So when they told David, saying,
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'Uriah did not go
down to his house,'
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David said to Uriah,
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'Did you not
come from a journey?
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Why did you not go
down to your house?'
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And Uriah said to David,
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'Look, the ark
and Israel and Judah
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are dwelling in tents,
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and my lord Joab and
his servants of my lord
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are encamped in the open fields.
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Shall I then go to my
house to eat and drink,
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and to lie with my wife?
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As you live, and
as your soul lives,
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I will not do this thing.'"
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So Uriah takes
the honorable route.
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He says,
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"Look, you know, the
Ark of God's Covenant,
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it's over there in the tent.
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My brothers are in the
field fighting a battle,
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and they're all sleeping
on the ground in the fields.
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How can I in my right mind,
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you know, just go back home
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and lay with my wife,
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and it was act like
everything's not going on.
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That's happening, we're
in battle, we're in war.
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I'm going to sleep
at the Lord's house.
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And so, that was
number two, right?
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Or that was actually number one.
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Now he's gonna try
his attempt number two.
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Notice verse 12.
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It says,
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"Then David said to
Uriah, 'Wait here today also,
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and tomorrow I
will let you depart.'
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So Uriah remained in
Jerusalem that day and the next.
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Now when David called him,
he ate, he drank before him,
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and he made him drunk."
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So get this, I'm
going to make him drunk.
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"And at evening he
went out to lie on his bed
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with the servants of his lord,
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but he did not go
down to his house."
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So I'm going to try to
make this brother drunk.
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This is going to be
his second attempt here now
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to try to cause
Uriah to fall back,
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you know, and so he can
kind of just brush over the sin.
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Again, David's not
thinking right. Why?
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Because he's no longer resting
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in that gracious
relationship with God.
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He has succumbed to sin.
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And so now we go
into verse 14, it says,
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"In the morning it happened
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that David
wrote a letter to Joab
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and sent it by
the hand of Uriah.
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And he wrote in
the letter, saying,
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'Set Uriah in the
forefront of the hottest battle,
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and retreat from him,
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that he may be
struck down and die.'
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So it was that while
Joab besieged the city,
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that he assigned Uriah
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to a place where he
knew there were valiant men.
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And when the men of the city
came out and fought with Joab.
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And some of the people of
the servants of David fell,
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and Uriah the
Hittite died also."
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So when you think this story
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could get any
more twisted, right?
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David's like, look, you
know, I'm gonna send a letter
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and he sends the letter
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by the very person
that he's plotting against.
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This brother's
carrying his death sentence,
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and doesn't realize it.
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But again, this is
the idea, my friends,
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this is what sin does to
you, when you entertain sin,
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and you entertain the
temptations of the enemy.
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This is exactly,
even powerful men,
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mighty men or righteous men,
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and in this case of
David can fall in this case,
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and that's exactly
what we're seeing here.
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And so the Bible goes
on to say in verse 18,
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actually let's
going down to verse 22.
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It says, "So the messenger went,
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and came and told David
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all that Joab had sent by him."
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So they returned to
give him the report."
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And the messenger said to David,
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'Surely the men
prevailed against us
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and came out to us in the field,
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but we drove them back
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as far as the
entrance of the gate.
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The archers shot from
the wall at your servants,
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and some of the
king's servants are dead,
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and your servant Uriah
the Hittite is dead also.'"
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And it's interesting
David's response, again,
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not thinking clearly.
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He's almost like he gives
him like this pat on the back,
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says, there, there,
everything's gonna be okay
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because he
responds with in verse 25,
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"Thus you shall say to Joab:
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'Do not let this
thing displease you,
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for the sword devours
one as well as another.
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Strengthen your
attack against the city,
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and overthrow it.'
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So encourage him.'"
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We look through
all of this and we see
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that because David was, again,
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not in the field
where he should have been,
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but he was resting back home.
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It caused him to fall
from the spiritual rest
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that he had in Christ.
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And now he has
committed this horrible sin,
00:13:47.79\00:13:49.76
again, just created
this snowball effect,
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one thing after another of
David not thinking clearly,
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and him making decisions
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that would ultimately
cost him to a great degree.
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And so in this case,
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and I love a
note that I made here.
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It says,
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"Oftentimes our rest can
lead to decisions and behaviors
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that displeases
the Lord and sometimes.
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Let us always remain
connected to the vine,
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examining ourselves in the Lord,
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and make sure that we
know when it is time to rest."
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In this case, we
need to make sure
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we're always
resting in Jesus Christ.
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So how is David
going to bring himself back
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in harmony with Jesus Christ?
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Well, the rest of the
story is going to come,
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and I'm going to kick it
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to Pastor Lomacang at this time.
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Well, you lay the
foundation beautifully.
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This is an amazing story,
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a heart wrenching
story about David.
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The man that God
called that fell into sin,
00:14:34.67\00:14:37.27
tried to cover
his transgression,
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and then now he feels
no one knows about it,
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but God always has some
way to get our attention.
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Mine is entitled, Wake-Up Call.
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And we go to 2
Samuel Chapter 12,
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beginning with verse 1.
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"Then the Lord
sent Nathan to David.
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And he came to
him, and said to him:
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'There were two
men in one city.'"
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And this is talking
about how to communicate
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in a parabolic way,
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how to find a back
door to a person's heart
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that's full of authority,
00:15:06.10\00:15:08.27
because you can't come
straight out and say to,
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I know what you did.
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Nathan knew David well.
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He knew how to speak to David.
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And the Lord gave
him the skill of a man
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who is familiar
with David's heart,
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but the fortitude and
the integrity of a prophet
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who had to tell David exactly
what God wanted him to know.
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So he used a parable,
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and let's go and look at
the parable that he uses.
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"There were two
men in one city,"
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I'm in 2 Samuel 12:1,
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"one rich and the other poor."
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Verse 2,
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"The rich man had exceedingly
many flocks and herds.
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But the poor man had nothing,
except one little ewe lamb
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which he had
bought and nourished,
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and it grew up together with him
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and with his children.
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It ate of his own food
and drank from his own cup
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and lay in his bosom,
00:15:51.85\00:15:53.18
and it was like
a daughter to him.
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And a traveler
came to the rich man,
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who refused to
take from his own flock
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and from his own herd
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to prepare one
of the wayfaring man
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who had come to him,
00:16:02.46\00:16:03.79
but he took the poor
man's lamb and presented it,
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and prepared it
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for the man who had come to him.
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So David's anger
was greatly aroused
00:16:09.66\00:16:11.97
against the man,
00:16:12.00\00:16:13.34
and he said to Nathan,
00:16:13.37\00:16:14.70
'As the Lord lives,
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the man who has done
this shall surely die!
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And he shall restore
fourfold for the lamb.'"
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I could hear David now telling,
00:16:20.21\00:16:21.54
man, this is something terrible.
00:16:21.58\00:16:23.48
He is becoming righteous
now by trying to cover his sin.
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"Because he did this thing
and because he had no pity.
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Then Nathan said to David, boom,
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'You are the man!
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Thus says the
Lord God of Israel:
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'I anointed you
king over Israel,
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I delivered you
from the hand of Saul.
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I delivered you
from the hand of Saul.
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I gave you your master's
house and your master's wives
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into your keeping,
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and gave you the
house of Israel and Judah.
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And if that had been too little,
00:16:50.81\00:16:52.67
I also would have
given you much more!
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Why have you despised
the commandment of the Lord,
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to do evil in His sight?'"
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And then he repeats what,
00:17:01.08\00:17:02.75
what Ryan brought
out very carefully.
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He plotted the death of
Uriah, Bathsheba's husband,
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and it didn't, you know,
you didn't get to this part.
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But if you look at 2
Samuel 11:26, it says,
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"When the wife of Uriah heard
00:17:16.50\00:17:18.63
that Uriah her husband was dead,
00:17:18.67\00:17:20.80
she mourned for her husband."
00:17:20.84\00:17:22.90
What did David do?
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Verse 27,
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"And when her mourning was over,
00:17:25.67\00:17:27.01
David sent and
brought her to his house,
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and she became his
wife and bore him a son.
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But the thing
that David had done
00:17:31.15\00:17:33.15
displeased the Lord."
00:17:33.18\00:17:34.52
That's right. Yes.
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You know, there is
sin, and there's reckoning.
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And we're going to
now begin to look at
00:17:38.09\00:17:40.92
not only what happened,
00:17:40.96\00:17:43.43
but what
happened to David prior,
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and what happened
to David afterward.
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Now, David was a man
00:17:48.86\00:17:50.20
who sought to hide
his own transgression.
00:17:50.23\00:17:52.03
He sought to do it legitimately.
00:17:52.07\00:17:54.40
He sought to do
it legislatively.
00:17:54.44\00:17:57.21
He sought to do it
with power in his hand,
00:17:57.24\00:17:59.44
but there's one
mightier than all of us,
00:17:59.47\00:18:02.54
who brings us to accountability.
00:18:02.58\00:18:04.35
And this is so vitally important
00:18:04.38\00:18:05.75
because you know that
00:18:05.78\00:18:07.78
the precursors to
any kind of repentance
00:18:07.82\00:18:11.79
is you've got to really
be sorrowful for that sin.
00:18:11.82\00:18:15.42
You can't find
deliverance from sin by saying,
00:18:15.46\00:18:18.56
you know, Shelley, I apologize.
00:18:18.59\00:18:20.10
Hope that's good enough.
00:18:20.13\00:18:21.90
And some people say things like,
00:18:21.93\00:18:24.23
well, if I offended you,
I'm really sorry that I did.
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David had no corner,
00:18:28.04\00:18:29.70
God had taken all
the corners in his life
00:18:29.74\00:18:32.24
and lit them up.
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And he had to now
come to accountability.
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This is where now we
go to Psalm Chapter 51.
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I want to bring out three points
00:18:39.55\00:18:40.88
before we go to Psalm 51
00:18:40.92\00:18:42.25
about sin, what sin does.
00:18:42.28\00:18:44.69
Because you
notice what Nathan said,
00:18:44.72\00:18:46.29
Nathan talked about
00:18:46.32\00:18:47.66
not just the
taking of Uriah's life,
00:18:47.69\00:18:50.46
and the stealing of Uriah's wife
00:18:50.49\00:18:51.86
and impregnating her
00:18:51.89\00:18:53.23
but he said, this
thing displeased the Lord.
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First and foremost, all
sin is a sin against God.
00:18:57.93\00:19:03.84
Go back to Joseph, what he said?
00:19:03.87\00:19:05.47
How can I do
this great wickedness
00:19:05.51\00:19:07.21
and sin against God?
00:19:07.24\00:19:08.81
Why is all sin
a sin against God?
00:19:08.84\00:19:12.58
Because the commandments
are the commandments of God.
00:19:12.61\00:19:15.88
And when we violate
the commandments of God,
00:19:15.92\00:19:17.82
we're transgressing
against the character of God,
00:19:17.85\00:19:20.59
the standard set by God,
00:19:20.62\00:19:22.66
even though it
injures individuals,
00:19:22.69\00:19:25.36
the one that is
being offended directly
00:19:25.39\00:19:28.10
is the Lord who
establishes the standard.
00:19:28.13\00:19:31.20
That's why the first thing,
00:19:31.23\00:19:32.70
if you love Me,
keep My commandments,
00:19:32.73\00:19:34.27
but David chose not to do it.
00:19:34.30\00:19:35.77
So therefore was an offense.
00:19:35.80\00:19:37.14
Not only that
injured Uriah and his wife,
00:19:37.17\00:19:39.64
and led to his
death unfortunately,
00:19:39.67\00:19:42.28
but it was an injury
directly against the God
00:19:42.31\00:19:45.41
who had placed
him in that position.
00:19:45.45\00:19:47.55
And now God calls
David to accountability.
00:19:47.58\00:19:50.52
Sin injures the family,
00:19:50.55\00:19:52.25
as well as sin injures
00:19:52.29\00:19:53.62
also could be broadly
the church, the community.
00:19:53.66\00:19:57.09
James 5:16.
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The Bible says,
00:19:58.63\00:19:59.96
"Confess your
trespasses to one another,"
00:20:00.00\00:20:02.40
but don't just do that,
00:20:02.43\00:20:04.33
"pray for one another,
that you may be healed."
00:20:04.37\00:20:07.80
This is not private prayer.
00:20:07.84\00:20:09.44
And this that James
is talking about here
00:20:09.47\00:20:12.47
is come to the
person that you offended.
00:20:12.51\00:20:15.01
Go to the individual
00:20:15.04\00:20:16.38
that has been
injured by your sin.
00:20:16.41\00:20:18.58
Confess to that individual
00:20:18.61\00:20:20.15
that in, that
individual confesses to you,
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if it's, it's a
dual party transgression,
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and then you
pray for one another,
00:20:25.12\00:20:27.12
so that both of you
can experience healing.
00:20:27.16\00:20:29.92
David needed not
only forgiveness,
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David needed
something more than that.
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Right.
00:20:34.36\00:20:35.70
And that's why the Bible says,
00:20:35.73\00:20:37.07
"The effective fervent prayer
00:20:37.10\00:20:38.43
of a righteous man avails much."
00:20:38.47\00:20:40.04
But also sin drives another nail
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into the hand of Jesus.
00:20:42.34\00:20:43.87
We often don't see that.
00:20:43.91\00:20:45.24
Hebrews 6:4-6,
00:20:45.27\00:20:47.14
"For it is impossible for
those who were once enlightened,
00:20:47.18\00:20:49.74
and have tasted
the heavenly gift,
00:20:49.78\00:20:51.55
and have become
partakers of the Holy Spirit,
00:20:51.58\00:20:53.72
and have tasted
the good word of God
00:20:53.75\00:20:55.78
and the powers
of the age to come,
00:20:55.82\00:20:57.19
if they fall away,
00:20:57.22\00:20:58.55
to renew them
again to repentance,
00:20:58.59\00:21:00.66
since they crucify again
for themselves the Son of God,
00:21:00.69\00:21:03.99
and put Him to an open shame."
00:21:04.03\00:21:06.13
David's sin put
God to an open shame.
00:21:06.16\00:21:09.63
Going on further, number five,
or number four, sin separates.
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Isaiah 59:2,
00:21:13.13\00:21:14.50
"But your iniquities
00:21:14.54\00:21:15.87
have separated
you from your God,
00:21:15.90\00:21:17.81
and your sins have
hidden His face from you,
00:21:17.84\00:21:19.61
so that He will not hear."
00:21:19.64\00:21:21.24
I know that if
David said to the Lord,
00:21:21.28\00:21:23.04
"Okay, okay, I messed up.
00:21:23.08\00:21:24.98
We've got some
battles coming up.
00:21:25.01\00:21:26.35
I just need some advice."
00:21:26.38\00:21:27.72
The Lord would have said,
00:21:27.75\00:21:29.08
"I ain't talking to
you. Do not talk to me.
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I'm not even listening to
you. Get that thing right."
00:21:31.92\00:21:35.09
That's what the iniquity.
00:21:35.12\00:21:36.46
This wasn't
just a momentary sin.
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David, no pun intended,
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conceived the sin and
the sin itself conceived,
00:21:42.70\00:21:45.90
brought forth
death, as James says,
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planned the
death, plotted the death,
00:21:48.74\00:21:50.94
perpetrated the death,
00:21:50.97\00:21:52.44
impregnated the man's
wife, killed her husband,
00:21:52.47\00:21:55.68
this was not an
incidental thing.
00:21:55.71\00:21:57.25
This became a sin of his heart,
00:21:57.28\00:21:58.85
a sin that took
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all the
components of the strength
00:22:00.25\00:22:02.65
that God had given to him
00:22:02.68\00:22:04.29
and lead him down
a path of darkness.
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And, you know, sometimes
00:22:06.12\00:22:07.46
you go down this
path of darkness.
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And when you get down the path,
you say, "How did I get here?"
00:22:08.86\00:22:11.46
And you try to cover your
sin, but you cannot do it.
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So what are the remedies?
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Acts 2:38.
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The only few remedies.
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That's good. That's right.
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"Then Peter said to them,"
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and this applies to David,
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"Repent, and let
every one of you be baptized
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in the name of Jesus Christ."
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I'm going to focus
on the part repent,
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because without repentance,
there is no forgiveness.
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You know, if we
confess our sins,
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He is faithful
and just to forgive
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and cleanse us from
all unrighteousness.
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But let me make a point here.
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Repentance is not something
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that happens outside
of the presence of God
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in a person's life,
00:22:46.96\00:22:48.60
because
admittance and repentance
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are not the same thing.
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You look at this,
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look at the
situation with Judas.
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He got caught.
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I have betrayed the Son
of God, but did he repent?
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No. No.
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And there is this what you
call the lights on, I'm guilty.
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Okay, I did it.
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That is not repentance.
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God will not restore David
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until he came to
the point of repentance.
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Look at Psalm 51:1.
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Look at what he asked,
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and I'm going to
transition to Shelley
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because this is a story
that unfolds continually.
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And there's so many components.
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What did David ask?
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Psalm 51:1,
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"Have mercy upon me, O God,
00:23:25.87\00:23:28.10
according to
Your loving-kindness,
00:23:28.14\00:23:30.27
according to the multitude
of Your tender mercies,
00:23:30.31\00:23:33.68
blot out my transgressions.
00:23:33.71\00:23:37.01
Wash me
thoroughly from my iniquity,
00:23:37.05\00:23:40.58
and cleanse me from my sin."
00:23:40.62\00:23:42.38
Why?
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"For I
acknowledge my transgressions,
00:23:43.79\00:23:46.15
and my sin is ever before me.
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Against You, You
only, have I sinned,
00:23:48.89\00:23:51.06
and done this evil in Your sight
00:23:51.09\00:23:52.89
that You may be
found just when You speak,
00:23:52.93\00:23:55.06
and blameless when You judge."
00:23:55.10\00:23:57.57
He said, I'm guilty.
00:23:57.60\00:23:58.93
I can't even argue
with what I have done.
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I can't even find a way
00:24:00.94\00:24:02.70
to even justly
dismiss what I've done.
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But let's go to 2
Corinthians 7:9-10.
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Look at this.
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How did David get to
the point of repentance?
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Listen to this.
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2 Corinthians 7:9-10,
00:24:15.52\00:24:17.69
"Now I rejoice, not
that you were made sorry,
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but that your
sorrow led to repentance.
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For you were made
sorry in a godly manner,"
00:24:24.99\00:24:27.60
he asked for that,
00:24:27.63\00:24:28.96
"that you might suffer
loss from us in nothing.
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For godly sorrow
produces repentance
00:24:32.17\00:24:34.67
leading to salvation,
00:24:34.70\00:24:36.81
not to be regretted,
00:24:36.84\00:24:39.27
but the sorrow of the
world produces death."
00:24:39.31\00:24:42.74
David could look
back on a godly sorrow,
00:24:42.78\00:24:45.31
and a godly forgiveness,
and a godly repentance.
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And he could regret what he did.
00:24:48.48\00:24:50.32
But he can now rejoice
00:24:50.35\00:24:51.69
in the
transgressions being forgiven,
00:24:51.72\00:24:53.56
and the Lord
extending mercy to him.
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Amen. Amen.
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Thank you so much,
Pastor, I appreciate that.
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Hello, friends, and welcome back
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to 3ABN Sabbath School Panel.
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We're gonna kick it
over to Miss Shelley Quinn
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for Tuesday's lesson.
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Oh, thank you.
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I love my topic for Tuesday,
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it is Forgiven and Forgotten.
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It's good.
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We're going to
continue in 2 Samuel Chapter 12.
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Here, Nathan has
come and told the story
00:26:00.72\00:26:03.96
and you know the king
could have loft off his head.
00:26:03.99\00:26:06.86
But Nathan was so bold.
00:26:06.90\00:26:08.43
So when David hears
00:26:08.46\00:26:10.30
that this little ewe
lamb was taken by a rich man
00:26:10.33\00:26:13.57
and says, off with
his head, basically.
00:26:13.60\00:26:17.11
Do you know when Nathan
said, "You are the man?"
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He got David's attention.
00:26:21.78\00:26:23.11
Now, here's what I
want to point out to you.
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In 2 Samuel 12:13.
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When Nathan told David,
00:26:30.99\00:26:33.72
"You're the man."
00:26:33.76\00:26:36.32
David says to Nathan,
00:26:36.36\00:26:38.46
"I have sinned
against the Lord."
00:26:38.49\00:26:42.50
And Nathan said to David,
00:26:42.53\00:26:45.30
"The Lord has put away your sin,
00:26:45.33\00:26:48.44
you shall not die."
00:26:48.47\00:26:50.21
I propose to you that
00:26:50.24\00:26:52.74
this is such condensed history.
00:26:52.77\00:26:55.34
There's something that happened
before Nathan's response.
00:26:55.38\00:27:00.18
And let me tell you why.
00:27:00.22\00:27:01.72
In 2 Samuel 12,
00:27:01.75\00:27:03.65
we're covering
history in one chapter
00:27:03.69\00:27:06.82
that's about 18 months.
00:27:06.86\00:27:08.66
It goes through
the first pregnancy
00:27:08.69\00:27:11.03
of Bathsheba.
00:27:11.06\00:27:12.39
It goes through the
death of their child.
00:27:12.43\00:27:15.26
It goes through
the second pregnancy
00:27:15.30\00:27:17.70
of Bathsheba.
00:27:17.73\00:27:19.73
And then the birth of Solomon
00:27:19.77\00:27:23.10
is announced in 2 Samuel 12:24.
00:27:23.14\00:27:26.44
So remember, this
is a condensed history,
00:27:26.47\00:27:29.91
that's the thing and
people miss sometimes
00:27:29.94\00:27:32.65
when they're reading the Bible.
00:27:32.68\00:27:34.75
So the repentant David
from the time in 2 Samuel 12,
00:27:34.78\00:27:40.29
when he says,
00:27:40.32\00:27:41.66
"Oh, I've sinned
against the Lord."
00:27:41.69\00:27:45.19
In Psalm 51:1-4,
00:27:45.23\00:27:50.37
here's the title of the song.
00:27:50.40\00:27:53.17
It says, the psalm of David,
00:27:53.20\00:27:56.91
when Nathan the
prophet went to him
00:27:56.94\00:28:00.71
after he'd gone to Bathsheba.
00:28:00.74\00:28:03.61
So what I am
suggesting is that David says,
00:28:03.65\00:28:07.85
"I have sinned
against the Lord."
00:28:07.88\00:28:09.48
He's breathing.
00:28:09.52\00:28:10.85
He goes into Psalm 51,
he repents, he's serious.
00:28:10.89\00:28:15.52
Then Nathan says to him,
00:28:15.56\00:28:18.19
"The Lord has
put away your sin."
00:28:18.23\00:28:20.20
But let's read
Psalm 51:1-4 again,
00:28:20.23\00:28:23.26
because, you know,
00:28:23.30\00:28:24.97
if you aren't sure
how to confess your sin,
00:28:25.00\00:28:29.40
if you're feeling
00:28:29.44\00:28:31.87
kind of a
separation between you and God,
00:28:31.91\00:28:35.14
I encourage you
to get out your Bible
00:28:35.18\00:28:38.58
and read Psalm 51 out
loud and pray it to the Lord.
00:28:38.61\00:28:44.49
And here's what he says,
00:28:44.52\00:28:46.42
"Have mercy on me, O God,
00:28:46.45\00:28:50.59
according to
Your loving-kindness,
00:28:50.63\00:28:52.43
according to the multitude
of Your tender mercies,
00:28:52.46\00:28:56.87
blot out my transgressions."
00:28:56.90\00:29:00.94
See, he knew that
God blotted out sin,
00:29:00.97\00:29:05.34
that He covered sin
with the blood of the Lamb.
00:29:05.37\00:29:09.01
David knew the
plan of salvation.
00:29:09.04\00:29:11.48
Then listen to this.
00:29:11.51\00:29:12.85
He says,
00:29:12.88\00:29:14.22
"Wash me
thoroughly from my iniquity,
00:29:14.25\00:29:17.42
and cleanse me from my sin."
00:29:17.45\00:29:20.76
He knew that that
lamb at the sanctuary
00:29:20.79\00:29:23.83
represented the coming Messiah,
00:29:23.86\00:29:27.86
by whose blood we
would wash away our sins.
00:29:27.90\00:29:32.77
And then he says this,
00:29:32.80\00:29:34.60
"I acknowledge
my transgressions,
00:29:34.64\00:29:38.64
my sin is always before me."
00:29:38.67\00:29:41.81
You know what? Confession?
00:29:41.84\00:29:44.91
1 John 1:9,
00:29:44.95\00:29:46.28
"If you confess your sins,
00:29:46.31\00:29:47.65
He's faithful and
just to forgive your sins,
00:29:47.68\00:29:49.62
and cleanse you of
all unrighteousness."
00:29:49.65\00:29:52.65
Confession is a clearing
house of the conscience.
00:29:52.69\00:29:55.69
And then he says in verse 4,
00:29:55.72\00:29:58.33
"Against You, You
only have I sinned."
00:29:58.36\00:30:01.86
You know, doesn't
that remind you of Joseph
00:30:01.90\00:30:04.00
when Potiphar's wife
00:30:04.03\00:30:05.63
was trying to get
him to lie with her.
00:30:05.67\00:30:09.14
And he said,
00:30:09.17\00:30:10.51
"How can I do this
sin, commit adultery?
00:30:10.54\00:30:13.21
How could I do
this sin against God?"
00:30:13.24\00:30:15.61
He didn't say against Potiphar,
against you, against God.
00:30:15.64\00:30:19.45
So that's what David said,
00:30:19.48\00:30:20.82
"Against You, You
only, have I sinned,
00:30:20.85\00:30:22.22
and done this evil in Your sight
00:30:22.25\00:30:23.75
that You may be
found just when You speak,
00:30:23.79\00:30:27.92
and blameless when You judge."
00:30:27.96\00:30:30.06
So what does it mean
00:30:30.09\00:30:31.43
that God has
taken away David's sin?
00:30:31.46\00:30:34.13
Did He just
wipe the slate clean?
00:30:34.16\00:30:36.90
Did He simply forget about it?
00:30:36.93\00:30:39.73
David's confession
of sin was immediate.
00:30:39.77\00:30:43.61
He did not try to
rationalize with God.
00:30:43.64\00:30:49.41
He didn't justify his sin.
00:30:49.44\00:30:51.75
He knew his sin was horrible.
00:30:51.78\00:30:55.68
And not only had
he committed adultery,
00:30:55.72\00:30:58.22
guilty of murder, manipulation,
00:30:58.25\00:31:00.82
man, I'll tell you
could probably list
00:31:00.86\00:31:02.99
about five
commandments that he'd broken,
00:31:03.02\00:31:05.56
but what does James say,
break one, break them all.
00:31:05.59\00:31:08.46
So he was very guilty.
00:31:08.50\00:31:11.20
And his main plea, of
course, was to cleanse me.
00:31:11.23\00:31:16.60
He had wronged, don't
get this. Don't get me wrong.
00:31:16.64\00:31:20.14
He had wronged Uriah.
He had wronged Bathsheba.
00:31:20.18\00:31:24.98
But ultimately, his sin
was against God's holy law
00:31:25.01\00:31:30.79
and therefore
against God's character.
00:31:30.82\00:31:36.19
When Nathan said that
Lord has put away your sin,
00:31:36.22\00:31:39.09
you shall not die.
00:31:39.13\00:31:40.70
Do you realize justice
demanded David's death?
00:31:40.73\00:31:44.07
But God showed him
mercy by spearing his life.
00:31:47.20\00:31:51.47
Still, God has to protect
00:31:51.51\00:31:56.68
His reputation.
00:31:56.71\00:31:58.51
So sin had to be judged.
00:31:58.55\00:32:02.25
And Bathsheba's baby,
00:32:02.28\00:32:04.92
their first union would die.
00:32:04.95\00:32:09.19
Forgiveness of sin
doesn't always remove
00:32:09.22\00:32:12.23
the consequences of sin.
00:32:12.26\00:32:15.46
Only in the lifetime
to come will that happen.
00:32:15.50\00:32:19.80
And since David had
violently had Uriah killed,
00:32:19.83\00:32:25.64
his own house
00:32:25.67\00:32:27.21
was to continually
be plagued by violence.
00:32:27.24\00:32:30.98
His son Amnon, raped
his own sister, Tamar.
00:32:31.01\00:32:36.52
Absalom murdered Amnon.
00:32:36.55\00:32:40.02
Adonijah rebelled
against his father.
00:32:40.06\00:32:43.16
So for David, he
suffered the consequences of sin
00:32:43.19\00:32:47.33
even though he had God's love.
00:32:47.36\00:32:49.96
Now this is interesting.
00:32:50.00\00:32:51.37
In 1 Kings 14:8.
00:32:51.40\00:32:57.37
God tells the prophet
00:32:57.41\00:33:00.04
to tell the wife
of Jeroboam, the king,
00:33:00.08\00:33:03.28
who is, she's come to
him all clothed in disguise,
00:33:03.31\00:33:07.78
trying to find out
00:33:07.82\00:33:09.15
what's going to
happen with her husband.
00:33:09.18\00:33:11.55
And in 1 Kings 14:8,
00:33:11.59\00:33:13.46
this is after,
after David had died.
00:33:13.49\00:33:18.33
God says,
00:33:18.36\00:33:20.86
"Go tell Jeroboam,
00:33:20.90\00:33:22.43
you have not been
like my servant, David,
00:33:22.46\00:33:27.44
who kept My commandments,
00:33:27.47\00:33:30.67
and who followed Me
with all of his heart
00:33:30.71\00:33:34.78
to only do what
is right in My eyes."
00:33:34.81\00:33:40.42
What?
00:33:40.45\00:33:41.78
We just got through his sin.
00:33:41.82\00:33:43.55
He's guilty of
adultery, he's guilty of murder.
00:33:43.59\00:33:47.29
He's broken these commandments.
00:33:47.32\00:33:49.76
But God says,
00:33:49.79\00:33:51.69
"David did only, he
kept all My commandments,
00:33:51.73\00:33:56.23
did only what was
right in My eyes."
00:33:56.26\00:33:58.50
To me, this absolutely proves
00:33:58.53\00:34:01.00
that God forgets what
we ask Him to forgive.
00:34:01.04\00:34:03.81
But let me explain this.
00:34:03.84\00:34:06.24
In the Bible when it
says, God remembers something.
00:34:06.27\00:34:11.01
It's not that He forgot it.
00:34:11.05\00:34:13.05
And oh, yeah, I
forgot about that
00:34:13.08\00:34:15.32
like in Exodus 2:24,
00:34:15.35\00:34:17.95
when He hears the cries
00:34:17.99\00:34:19.62
of the Hebrew children, it says,
00:34:19.65\00:34:21.66
"Oh, and God
remembered His covenant
00:34:21.69\00:34:23.79
with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob."
00:34:23.83\00:34:26.13
It didn't mean that God goes,
00:34:26.16\00:34:27.66
"Oh, yeah.
00:34:27.70\00:34:29.26
I think I made
those covenant promises."
00:34:29.30\00:34:31.63
You know, see,
00:34:31.67\00:34:33.54
when the Bible
says that God remembers,
00:34:33.57\00:34:37.24
it means He's
going to take action.
00:34:37.27\00:34:39.14
It's good.
00:34:39.17\00:34:40.51
When the Bible
says that God forgets,
00:34:40.54\00:34:42.78
it means He's not
taking any action.
00:34:42.81\00:34:45.65
So He, Isaiah 43:25, God says,
00:34:45.68\00:34:51.25
"I, even I, am He who
blots out your transgressions,"
00:34:51.29\00:34:54.99
He covered it with the blood.
00:34:55.02\00:34:57.43
And He said, "I've
done it for My own sake."
00:34:57.46\00:35:00.16
I don't want to think on it.
00:35:00.20\00:35:01.56
He says, "I will
not remember your sins."
00:35:01.60\00:35:05.37
In other words, I'm
not gonna act on it.
00:35:05.40\00:35:07.87
Now this is interesting.
00:35:07.90\00:35:09.70
In 1 Kings, just one chapter,
after God has spoken this.
00:35:09.74\00:35:14.28
And you know that,
boy, the scribe has,
00:35:14.31\00:35:16.64
I mean, this is
exactly as God quoted it.
00:35:16.68\00:35:20.38
But now, as the
author of 1 Kings
00:35:20.42\00:35:25.15
is pulling it all
together and summarizing,
00:35:25.19\00:35:28.72
he says this,
00:35:28.76\00:35:31.29
"Because David did
00:35:31.33\00:35:32.66
what was right in
the eyes of the Lord,
00:35:32.69\00:35:34.53
and had not turned aside
00:35:34.56\00:35:37.07
from anything
that He commanded him
00:35:37.10\00:35:38.87
all the days of his life,
00:35:38.90\00:35:40.84
except in the matter
of Uriah the Hittite."
00:35:40.87\00:35:46.54
See, God's not trying to cover
00:35:46.57\00:35:50.05
the record of our
sin from the world.
00:35:50.08\00:35:53.25
It doesn't mean your reputation
00:35:53.28\00:35:54.78
is going to be
restored right away.
00:35:54.82\00:35:57.09
But God will blot
out your transgression.
00:35:57.12\00:36:00.62
Amen. Thank you
so much, Shelley.
00:36:00.66\00:36:02.66
Each one of you
a powerful story,
00:36:02.69\00:36:04.66
powerful lesson,
00:36:04.69\00:36:06.29
to me incredible hope
that each one of us have.
00:36:06.33\00:36:10.23
We're going back to Psalm 51.
00:36:10.27\00:36:12.23
I have six verses here.
00:36:12.27\00:36:14.20
We're in Psalm 51.
00:36:14.24\00:36:15.57
We're gonna look at
verses 7 through 12.
00:36:15.60\00:36:18.51
You know, if you're reading
through the Book of Psalms,
00:36:18.54\00:36:20.88
and I love the Book of Psalms.
00:36:20.91\00:36:22.78
When we get to Psalm 51,
00:36:22.81\00:36:24.38
this is the fourth
00:36:24.41\00:36:26.72
and the best known of the,
00:36:26.75\00:36:28.95
what we call the
penitential psalms
00:36:28.98\00:36:31.39
in the Book of Psalms.
00:36:31.42\00:36:32.75
Just meaning, this
is confession of sin.
00:36:32.79\00:36:34.59
This David's confession of sin
00:36:34.62\00:36:37.43
is probably
unmatched in Scripture,
00:36:37.46\00:36:40.16
if you go through
and you read them.
00:36:40.20\00:36:43.16
Interestingly, this
verses 7 through 12,
00:36:43.20\00:36:46.13
which is my portion,
00:36:46.17\00:36:47.50
it parallels the
New Covenant experience
00:36:47.54\00:36:51.27
that we find in
Ezekiel Chapter 36.
00:36:51.31\00:36:54.51
Ezekiel promises cleansing.
00:36:54.54\00:36:56.71
David asks for cleansing.
00:36:56.75\00:36:59.71
Ezekiel promises a new heart.
00:36:59.75\00:37:02.38
David asks for a pure heart.
00:37:02.42\00:37:05.62
Ezekiel promises a new spirit.
00:37:05.65\00:37:08.56
David asks for a
steadfast spirit.
00:37:08.59\00:37:13.46
So I told you at the beginning,
00:37:13.50\00:37:14.90
there are seven experiences
00:37:14.93\00:37:17.77
that you and I
can have as Christians
00:37:17.80\00:37:20.07
following confession.
00:37:20.10\00:37:21.50
Shelley did an incredible job
00:37:21.54\00:37:23.10
talking about
that confession of sin,
00:37:23.14\00:37:26.24
repentance,
asking for forgiveness,
00:37:26.27\00:37:29.01
and we have the
seven experiences.
00:37:29.04\00:37:30.78
I'm going to give you the seven,
00:37:30.81\00:37:32.15
and then we'll go
back and unpack them.
00:37:32.18\00:37:34.02
Number one is
cleansing from sin.
00:37:34.05\00:37:36.18
Number two is assurance
of forgiveness and salvation.
00:37:36.22\00:37:41.02
Number three is joy in Jesus.
00:37:41.06\00:37:44.83
Number four is recreation.
00:37:44.86\00:37:47.76
Number five is renewal.
00:37:47.80\00:37:50.27
Number six is
experiencing Christ's presence.
00:37:50.30\00:37:54.84
And number seven is victory
00:37:54.87\00:37:56.34
that comes from the Holy Spirit.
00:37:56.37\00:37:58.21
So let's look at those seven.
We have cleansing from sin.
00:37:58.24\00:38:00.38
We're in Psalm 51:7.
00:38:00.41\00:38:02.51
David's pouring out
his heart before God.
00:38:02.54\00:38:05.28
"Purge me with
hyssop, and I shall be clean,
00:38:05.31\00:38:08.42
wash me, and I shall
be whiter than snow."
00:38:08.45\00:38:12.09
That word purge
literally means un-sin me.
00:38:12.12\00:38:17.46
Do you want to be un-sinned?
00:38:17.49\00:38:18.93
Do you want it
to be like that sin
00:38:18.96\00:38:21.80
does not exist, and that...
00:38:21.83\00:38:24.60
It's like as if
you had never sinned?
00:38:24.63\00:38:27.10
Un-sin me with hyssop.
00:38:27.14\00:38:30.14
Hyssop, of course, was the plant
00:38:30.17\00:38:32.04
that they used
in cleansing rituals
00:38:32.07\00:38:34.18
in the sanctuary service.
00:38:34.21\00:38:35.98
A bunch of hyssop
would be dipped in blood
00:38:36.01\00:38:39.18
and applied for that sin.
00:38:39.21\00:38:40.85
It reminds me of Isaiah 1:18.
00:38:40.88\00:38:43.28
God is speaking,
00:38:43.32\00:38:44.65
"'Come now, and let
us reason together,'
00:38:44.69\00:38:46.69
says the Lord.
00:38:46.72\00:38:48.06
Though your sins
are like scarlet,
00:38:48.09\00:38:49.42
they shall be white as snow,
00:38:49.46\00:38:51.69
though they are
red like crimson,
00:38:51.73\00:38:53.90
they shall be as wool."
00:38:53.93\00:38:56.30
The blood of Jesus
cleanses our scarlet sins,
00:38:56.33\00:39:00.34
and it turns it white.
00:39:00.37\00:39:01.70
I didn't even understand that
00:39:01.74\00:39:03.07
how the red blood of Jesus
00:39:03.10\00:39:04.64
turns my red sin turns it white.
00:39:04.67\00:39:07.38
I love that.
00:39:07.41\00:39:08.74
And if you look at
the Book of Hebrews,
00:39:08.78\00:39:10.28
Hebrews Chapter 9.
00:39:10.31\00:39:11.91
There's this whole
concept of Hebrews 9:12-14,
00:39:11.95\00:39:15.38
"It's not the blood of
goats and bulls or calves,
00:39:15.42\00:39:18.55
but with His own blood
00:39:18.59\00:39:21.36
He entered the Most
Holy Place once for all,
00:39:21.39\00:39:24.89
having obtained
eternal redemption.
00:39:24.93\00:39:28.50
For if the blood
of bulls and goats
00:39:28.53\00:39:29.86
and the ashes of a
heifer, sprinkling the unclean,
00:39:29.90\00:39:32.17
sanctifies for the
purifying of the flesh,
00:39:32.20\00:39:35.00
how much more shall
the blood of Christ,
00:39:35.04\00:39:38.17
who through the eternal Spirit
00:39:38.21\00:39:40.41
offered Himself
without spot to God,
00:39:40.44\00:39:42.78
cleanse your
conscience from dead works
00:39:42.81\00:39:45.91
to serve the living God?"
00:39:45.95\00:39:48.35
So do you want to be un-sinned?
00:39:48.38\00:39:50.19
"Purge me with hyssop,
00:39:50.22\00:39:51.69
and I shall be clean,
00:39:51.72\00:39:53.86
wash me, and I shall
be whiter than snow."
00:39:53.89\00:39:56.66
Experience number two
00:39:56.69\00:39:58.19
is the assurance of
forgiveness and salvation.
00:39:58.23\00:40:02.56
We're in Psalm 51,
00:40:02.60\00:40:03.93
we're going to jump forward
a couple verses to verse 12.
00:40:03.97\00:40:07.17
"Restore to me the
joy of Your salvation,
00:40:07.20\00:40:11.87
and uphold me by
Your generous Spirit."
00:40:11.91\00:40:15.18
Do you have
confidence in your salvation?
00:40:15.21\00:40:17.61
Do you have assurance
00:40:17.65\00:40:19.21
that if you died today,
00:40:19.25\00:40:22.68
you will be in
the kingdom of heaven
00:40:22.72\00:40:24.75
when Jesus comes again?
00:40:24.79\00:40:26.25
Do you have that assurance?
00:40:26.29\00:40:27.92
I lived years of my life
00:40:27.96\00:40:29.96
not knowing would
I be saved or lost?
00:40:29.99\00:40:32.59
Would I be good
enough for God to accept?
00:40:32.63\00:40:35.23
I know there are many Christians
00:40:35.26\00:40:37.10
of many different denominations
00:40:37.13\00:40:40.04
who do not have
assurance of salvation.
00:40:40.07\00:40:44.17
Sometimes we feel unsure
because we know we're guilty.
00:40:44.21\00:40:47.61
And we clearly know
that we need to be forgiven.
00:40:47.64\00:40:50.81
Sometimes we feel unsure,
00:40:50.85\00:40:52.48
because we don't
understand Scripture,
00:40:52.51\00:40:55.05
or the fact that we're
saved by grace through faith.
00:40:55.08\00:40:57.52
And we think somehow
00:40:57.55\00:40:58.89
we have to work
harder or be better,
00:40:58.92\00:41:01.32
or do something
to merit God's favor.
00:41:01.36\00:41:05.06
Sometimes that might be because
00:41:05.09\00:41:06.53
we can't point to a
specific time in the past.
00:41:06.56\00:41:09.26
This is when I accepted Jesus.
00:41:09.30\00:41:11.23
And it was a gradual experience.
00:41:11.27\00:41:13.20
And so we say,
maybe I'm not saved,
00:41:13.23\00:41:15.54
because I can't
identify a specific moment.
00:41:15.57\00:41:18.97
Sometimes it's because
we just walk by how we feel,
00:41:19.01\00:41:21.84
instead of by faith, and
what the Word of God says.
00:41:21.88\00:41:25.01
What does the Word of God say?
00:41:25.05\00:41:26.45
Ephesians 2:8-9,
00:41:26.48\00:41:27.82
"By grace you have
been saved through faith,
00:41:27.85\00:41:31.25
and that not of yourselves,
it's the gift of God,
00:41:31.29\00:41:33.32
not of works, lest
anyone should boast."
00:41:33.36\00:41:36.39
You see, we are saved
by grace through faith.
00:41:36.42\00:41:39.29
We're not saved by works.
00:41:39.33\00:41:40.66
We're not saved by feeling.
00:41:40.70\00:41:43.10
We are saved by
the blood of Jesus,
00:41:43.13\00:41:45.90
by grace exercise
through that faith.
00:41:45.93\00:41:49.60
I love 1 John 5:11-13,
00:41:49.64\00:41:53.84
"This is the testimony:
00:41:53.88\00:41:55.48
that God has
given us eternal life,
00:41:55.51\00:41:57.98
and this life is in His Son.
00:41:58.01\00:42:00.78
He who has the Son has life,
00:42:00.82\00:42:03.42
he who does not have
the Son does not have life.
00:42:03.45\00:42:06.55
These things I
have written to you
00:42:06.59\00:42:07.92
who believe in the
name of the Son of God,
00:42:07.96\00:42:09.92
that you may know that
you have eternal life."
00:42:09.96\00:42:12.96
What does that say?
00:42:12.99\00:42:14.33
That says to me that
00:42:14.36\00:42:15.70
God wants us to have
assurance of our salvation.
00:42:15.73\00:42:18.83
Amen. Amen. That's right.
00:42:18.87\00:42:20.20
Yes.
00:42:20.24\00:42:21.57
Experience number
three, joy in Jesus.
00:42:21.60\00:42:24.61
Psalm 51, we're
going back to Psalm 51.
00:42:24.64\00:42:26.78
Let's look at verse 8.
00:42:26.81\00:42:28.48
Make me, David's praying.
00:42:28.51\00:42:30.35
"Make me hear joy and gladness,
00:42:30.38\00:42:33.52
that the bones You
have broken may rejoice."
00:42:33.55\00:42:38.22
Joy and gladness,
00:42:38.25\00:42:39.59
that word joy in the
Hebrew means exaltation,
00:42:39.62\00:42:43.39
great rejoicing.
00:42:43.43\00:42:46.09
Make me hear joy and gladness.
00:42:46.13\00:42:48.70
It's interesting to me.
00:42:48.73\00:42:50.07
David does not
ask to be comforted
00:42:50.10\00:42:53.54
until he's cleansed.
00:42:53.57\00:42:54.90
Do you notice that?
00:42:54.94\00:42:56.27
The purging with
hyssop happens first,
00:42:56.30\00:42:59.51
then the joy and rejoicing
comes after the cleansing.
00:42:59.54\00:43:04.45
You know, so many times
we want peace in our heart,
00:43:04.48\00:43:09.02
we want freedom,
we want deliverance,
00:43:09.05\00:43:12.32
but we are not
willing to take the steps
00:43:12.35\00:43:15.56
that are necessary
to achieve that peace.
00:43:15.59\00:43:18.19
We say, "God, would You
give me peace in my sin?"
00:43:18.23\00:43:20.33
That's not gonna work. No.
00:43:20.36\00:43:21.70
That is not biblical.
That is not how God operates.
00:43:21.73\00:43:24.93
First we come before Him,
00:43:24.97\00:43:26.74
and we pray the prayer
that Shelly talked about
00:43:26.77\00:43:29.17
with cleanse me
and blot out my sin,
00:43:29.20\00:43:31.91
purge me with hyssop.
00:43:31.94\00:43:33.91
Then and only then
00:43:33.94\00:43:35.71
can the Lord Jesus
bring peace to your heart
00:43:35.74\00:43:38.15
and then He can bring joy,
00:43:38.18\00:43:40.58
experience the
joy of His salvation
00:43:40.62\00:43:43.08
and joy in Jesus.
00:43:43.12\00:43:44.49
Experience
number four, recreation.
00:43:44.52\00:43:48.19
Psalm 51:10,
first half of the verse,
00:43:48.22\00:43:51.43
"Create in me a
clean heart, O God."
00:43:51.46\00:43:56.73
That word create, bara
means to shape, create,
00:43:56.77\00:44:01.17
and it's used
00:44:01.20\00:44:02.54
when God is the
one doing the creation.
00:44:02.57\00:44:06.61
In this particular form,
00:44:06.64\00:44:07.98
it is used of God's activity
00:44:08.01\00:44:10.81
to create
something from nothing.
00:44:10.85\00:44:13.88
It's used in Genesis 1:1,
00:44:13.92\00:44:15.98
in the beginning
God created, God bara,
00:44:16.02\00:44:18.72
God made something from nothing.
00:44:18.75\00:44:21.36
There was nothing and God spoke
00:44:21.39\00:44:23.43
and this world
came into existence.
00:44:23.46\00:44:25.76
There is nothing in my heart,
00:44:25.79\00:44:27.63
but deadness and
sin and transgression.
00:44:27.66\00:44:30.87
And God spoke and
created in me again.
00:44:30.90\00:44:35.00
He bara a clean heart.
00:44:35.04\00:44:37.84
God can create
something from nothing,
00:44:37.87\00:44:40.31
where your heart
feels dead and empty,
00:44:40.34\00:44:42.71
the trespasses and sins.
00:44:42.74\00:44:44.51
God can create newness of life.
00:44:44.55\00:44:47.78
This word bara is used
only when God is the subject.
00:44:47.82\00:44:51.85
Only God can bara.
00:44:51.89\00:44:53.25
Only God create
something from nothing.
00:44:53.29\00:44:56.02
Only God creates in
you and me a clean heart.
00:44:56.06\00:44:59.66
The fifth
experience is renewing.
00:44:59.69\00:45:02.20
Create in me a
clean heart, O God,
00:45:02.23\00:45:03.87
and renew a
right spirit within me.
00:45:03.90\00:45:07.70
Renew, chadash, to
renew, repair, restore.
00:45:07.74\00:45:11.81
God can restore and
repair what was broken,
00:45:11.84\00:45:15.48
and make you new again.
00:45:15.51\00:45:16.88
Experience number six,
experiencing Christ's presence.
00:45:16.91\00:45:21.58
Psalm 51:11,
00:45:21.62\00:45:23.05
"Do not cast me
away from Your presence."
00:45:23.08\00:45:25.85
Again.
00:45:25.89\00:45:27.22
David does not ask
for Christ's presence
00:45:27.26\00:45:29.12
until he is cleansed.
00:45:29.16\00:45:32.19
Experience number seven
00:45:32.23\00:45:33.56
is victory from the Holy Spirit.
00:45:33.60\00:45:35.56
Do not take Your
Holy Spirit from me.
00:45:35.60\00:45:39.00
Why do you and I
need the Holy Spirit?
00:45:39.03\00:45:41.14
The Holy Spirit
brings conviction of sin.
00:45:41.17\00:45:43.37
The Holy Spirit
draws us in repentance.
00:45:43.41\00:45:46.01
The Holy Spirit teaches us
and guides us into all truth.
00:45:46.04\00:45:49.21
The Holy Spirit allows Christ
00:45:49.24\00:45:50.61
to dwell in our
hearts through faith.
00:45:50.65\00:45:52.61
The Holy Spirit gives
us victory in the battle
00:45:52.65\00:45:54.85
between self and the
spirit and the flesh.
00:45:54.88\00:45:58.22
The Holy Spirit gives us power
00:45:58.25\00:46:00.46
for obedience and sanctifies us.
00:46:00.49\00:46:02.92
The Holy Spirit
intercedes for us
00:46:02.96\00:46:04.69
with groanings
which cannot be uttered.
00:46:04.73\00:46:06.59
The Holy Spirit
bestows spiritual gifts
00:46:06.63\00:46:08.60
in the life of the believer
00:46:08.63\00:46:09.96
and the Holy
Spirit empowers you and I
00:46:10.00\00:46:12.03
to be his witnesses.
00:46:12.07\00:46:14.37
Praise the Lord. Yeah.
00:46:14.40\00:46:15.97
Amen.
00:46:16.00\00:46:17.34
You can't help but like
it, you just love it, right?
00:46:17.37\00:46:18.94
Love the Word of God.
00:46:18.97\00:46:20.31
Thursday's lesson,
we'll quickly get on that,
00:46:20.34\00:46:21.84
Reflections of God's Light.
00:46:21.88\00:46:24.18
Now again this continues on
00:46:24.21\00:46:25.55
with the seed that
you've already planted
00:46:25.58\00:46:27.52
in the Word of God.
00:46:27.55\00:46:28.88
Now, what is a reflector?
00:46:28.92\00:46:30.29
I'm to be a reflector,
00:46:30.32\00:46:31.65
what does that really
mean to be a reflector?
00:46:31.69\00:46:33.36
Webster tells us
to give back an image.
00:46:33.39\00:46:36.76
That's what it does.
00:46:36.79\00:46:38.13
It's a mirror.
00:46:38.16\00:46:39.49
It's to reproduce,
00:46:39.53\00:46:41.30
to bring back a
person that reflects,
00:46:41.33\00:46:43.87
I believe that
we, God created us
00:46:43.90\00:46:45.37
to reflect His
image, no doubt about it.
00:46:45.40\00:46:48.47
And back in
Matthew 5:14, he says,
00:46:48.50\00:46:50.51
"Ye are the light of the world."
00:46:50.54\00:46:53.41
There's no doubt about that.
00:46:53.44\00:46:54.78
Thursday's lesson probably
is somewhere or the other
00:46:54.81\00:46:57.18
is affected all of us probably
in some form or fashion.
00:46:57.21\00:47:00.98
And sometimes we
don't care to admit it.
00:47:01.02\00:47:03.35
But it's good
sometimes just to be open
00:47:03.39\00:47:04.89
certainly with God.
00:47:04.92\00:47:06.29
Memories of failure.
00:47:06.32\00:47:08.39
Some of you have
memories of failure,
00:47:08.42\00:47:09.89
maybe say, let me
say this, you don't.
00:47:09.92\00:47:11.49
But they can be painful.
00:47:11.53\00:47:14.33
They can be embarrassing.
00:47:14.36\00:47:16.60
They can be something you wish
you didn't have to face up to,
00:47:16.63\00:47:20.44
you know, the forgiveness part
00:47:20.47\00:47:22.74
is like, oh, you know, do
I have to go through this,
00:47:22.77\00:47:25.44
or just simply wishing,
00:47:25.47\00:47:26.81
I wish I didn't
have to go through it.
00:47:26.84\00:47:28.71
I wish I could
just forget about it.
00:47:28.74\00:47:30.15
And everybody else would
do, and maybe it'll go away.
00:47:30.18\00:47:32.71
It's not quite like that.
00:47:32.75\00:47:35.72
Sometime we're broken,
and sometime we're broken,
00:47:35.75\00:47:37.79
we come to God and
do it in the right way.
00:47:37.82\00:47:39.85
He puts the
pieces back to better
00:47:39.89\00:47:41.76
than they ever
were to begin with.
00:47:41.79\00:47:43.99
I don't know how He does it.
00:47:44.03\00:47:45.39
But He just says that He will.
00:47:45.43\00:47:46.76
And I've claimed that
in my own heart and life.
00:47:46.80\00:47:48.86
And God's been good.
00:47:48.90\00:47:50.83
I could start with myself
on this Thursday's lesson,
00:47:50.87\00:47:54.40
but I won't do it.
00:47:54.44\00:47:55.77
It'll take way too much time.
00:47:55.80\00:47:57.14
And I don't think
you'd be pleased with it,
00:47:57.17\00:47:58.57
or you'd want to
hear those things.
00:47:58.61\00:48:00.58
So maybe with
that thought in mind,
00:48:00.61\00:48:02.51
everyone's might put
ourselves in those shoes,
00:48:02.54\00:48:04.65
as you brought
out very aptly that
00:48:04.68\00:48:06.75
really basically
there's none good, no, not one.
00:48:06.78\00:48:08.62
That's right. Amen.
00:48:08.65\00:48:09.98
It's all about Jesus in it.
00:48:10.02\00:48:11.45
Psalms 51:13. Just look at that.
00:48:11.49\00:48:13.59
What we're gonna do is
00:48:13.62\00:48:14.96
kind of go over a
few of these verses here.
00:48:14.99\00:48:16.73
Psalms 51:13- 18.
00:48:16.76\00:48:19.33
We see what David wanted to
do in his painful experience.
00:48:19.36\00:48:23.57
Here's what he did.
00:48:23.60\00:48:24.93
And there's a reason
for what he certainly had,
00:48:24.97\00:48:26.30
what he did
00:48:26.33\00:48:27.67
and how he's
explaining it to us.
00:48:27.70\00:48:29.24
And because, you know,
00:48:29.27\00:48:30.71
we're going to go
through some of those things.
00:48:30.74\00:48:32.67
Psalm 51:13, says, notice,
00:48:32.71\00:48:35.04
"Then will I teach
transgressors Thy ways,
00:48:35.08\00:48:38.68
and sinners shall be
converted unto Thee."
00:48:38.71\00:48:42.18
Most powerful, powerful words.
00:48:42.22\00:48:44.59
So what does David do
00:48:44.62\00:48:45.95
as he realizes what's happening,
00:48:45.99\00:48:47.32
what's taking
place, he's making changes,
00:48:47.36\00:48:48.72
he promises to teach.
00:48:48.76\00:48:51.09
Maybe that's what
we should all be doing.
00:48:51.13\00:48:52.49
We should promise because
God has forgiven us, right?
00:48:52.53\00:48:54.66
And that we should
promise to try to teach others
00:48:54.70\00:48:56.60
or maybe lead in
those many experiences,
00:48:56.63\00:48:59.30
some of the things
that we've went through,
00:48:59.33\00:49:01.34
and he's going to teach
the transgressors God's way.
00:49:01.37\00:49:05.44
I think that's
very, very important.
00:49:05.47\00:49:07.41
David had been a transgressor.
00:49:07.44\00:49:09.81
There's no doubt about it.
00:49:09.84\00:49:11.48
Now he wants to use
00:49:11.51\00:49:12.98
as we read here, his
experience, as an example.
00:49:13.01\00:49:16.89
And because he
found mercy with God,
00:49:16.92\00:49:19.05
and certainly when
you found mercy with God,
00:49:19.09\00:49:20.46
when you've been down that road,
00:49:20.49\00:49:21.82
sometimes it's easier to
explain it to other folks.
00:49:21.86\00:49:24.06
I've been there,
that's happened is done,
00:49:24.09\00:49:26.13
and God's goodness to
each and every one of us.
00:49:26.16\00:49:29.40
And he say simply,
00:49:29.43\00:49:30.77
if you want to know how
00:49:30.80\00:49:32.13
do it the same
way that I did it,
00:49:32.17\00:49:33.84
humble yourself,
confess your sin,
00:49:33.87\00:49:35.74
seek God's face.
00:49:35.77\00:49:37.41
And God is always willing.
00:49:37.44\00:49:38.77
I love that, always to
take us back into the fold.
00:49:38.81\00:49:41.51
And true forgiveness
00:49:41.54\00:49:42.91
as He reaches
though we never sinned,
00:49:42.94\00:49:44.45
that's been brought out.
00:49:44.48\00:49:45.81
That's, I mean,
that's so wonderful.
00:49:45.85\00:49:47.18
And then the Bible says
that God loves us, right?
00:49:47.22\00:49:49.35
He loves us as He
loves His own Son.
00:49:49.38\00:49:51.59
I still haven't
gotten my mind around that
00:49:51.62\00:49:53.32
just yet, but I love it.
00:49:53.36\00:49:54.86
I love to hear it, and
I'm encouraged by that.
00:49:54.89\00:49:57.76
Psalm 51:14, he
simply cries out again,
00:49:57.79\00:50:00.53
"Deliver me from
blood guiltless, O God,
00:50:00.56\00:50:04.60
the God of my," what?
00:50:04.63\00:50:05.97
"Salvation.
00:50:06.00\00:50:07.57
And my tongue shall sing
aloud of Thy righteousness."
00:50:07.60\00:50:11.31
David felt the guilt of sin.
00:50:11.34\00:50:14.68
And if you've ever
fallen deep enough into
00:50:14.71\00:50:16.38
and you feel the guilt of sin,
00:50:16.41\00:50:18.85
it becomes too heavy.
00:50:18.88\00:50:20.22
And there comes a time you say,
I can't continue on this way,
00:50:20.25\00:50:23.55
I need God to help me.
00:50:23.59\00:50:24.92
It was... He wanted
so much to be delivered
00:50:24.95\00:50:28.06
and to be set free from it.
00:50:28.09\00:50:29.86
And he prays that,
you know, particular sin,
00:50:29.89\00:50:33.50
that once he had been
guilty of or certainly what?
00:50:33.53\00:50:36.10
Blood, the shedding of blood,
00:50:36.13\00:50:38.13
you know, he planned it,
00:50:38.17\00:50:42.24
you know, and you think,
how much worse can it get?
00:50:42.27\00:50:44.04
It wasn't
accidental, it was planned.
00:50:44.07\00:50:45.91
There was a
reason for why he did it.
00:50:45.94\00:50:48.68
So he now cries
out simply his tears,
00:50:48.71\00:50:51.15
cries out to God for mercy.
00:50:51.18\00:50:53.68
And he cries
out for deliverance.
00:50:53.72\00:50:56.18
David simply says, deliver me,
00:50:56.22\00:50:59.02
you know, I mean,
how often have we said,
00:50:59.05\00:51:00.72
sometimes we don't feel like
we need to be delivered maybe.
00:51:00.76\00:51:03.02
Maybe that's the problem.
00:51:03.06\00:51:04.76
I need to say,
every day of my life,
00:51:04.79\00:51:06.16
O God, deliver me.
00:51:06.19\00:51:08.43
Deliver me. Why?
00:51:08.46\00:51:09.80
Because you
know, sins all around,
00:51:09.83\00:51:11.17
we have to be
careful, it's surrounding us,
00:51:11.20\00:51:12.53
it's trying to take us down.
00:51:12.57\00:51:14.54
David recognized God as
the God of his salvation.
00:51:14.57\00:51:18.94
So maybe that's a good
point for us to remember.
00:51:18.97\00:51:21.28
He's the only one is
a God of our salvation.
00:51:21.31\00:51:23.18
He says,
00:51:23.21\00:51:24.55
"Lord, Thou art the
God of my salvation.
00:51:24.58\00:51:27.45
Therefore, deliver me
from the dominion of sin,
00:51:27.48\00:51:31.55
the handcuffs of sin.
00:51:31.59\00:51:34.12
You got to be careful
with those things, right?
00:51:34.16\00:51:35.96
Only God can
take those things off,
00:51:35.99\00:51:37.63
you know, when we get them on.
00:51:37.66\00:51:38.99
He goes on to say, deliver me.
00:51:39.03\00:51:41.33
And notice this, I found this.
00:51:41.36\00:51:43.57
It was thrilling
and yet informative.
00:51:43.60\00:51:45.83
He said, and if you
when you deliver me,
00:51:45.87\00:51:48.07
my tongue, she'll sing
aloud your righteousness.
00:51:48.10\00:51:51.27
Now what had happened?
00:51:51.31\00:51:52.64
Verse 15,
00:51:52.67\00:51:54.01
"Oh, Lord, open thou my lips,
00:51:54.04\00:51:55.38
and my mouth shall
show forth I praise."
00:51:55.41\00:51:57.85
What happened?
00:51:57.88\00:51:59.21
Sin came in, took
over this individual.
00:51:59.25\00:52:01.35
He no longer could
sing praises unto God.
00:52:01.38\00:52:04.19
He could no longer open
his mouth and praise God,
00:52:04.22\00:52:07.56
the way he used to
00:52:07.59\00:52:09.02
because sin had
taken dominion over him.
00:52:09.06\00:52:11.19
His mind was different.
00:52:11.23\00:52:12.56
His thinking was different.
00:52:12.59\00:52:14.30
And he said,
00:52:14.33\00:52:15.66
"Lord, Lord, help me.
00:52:15.70\00:52:17.10
And if You help me,
I'll abundantly praise you."
00:52:17.13\00:52:19.37
That's right.
You know, abundantly.
00:52:19.40\00:52:20.74
How could he?
00:52:20.77\00:52:22.10
How could he
abundantly praise God?
00:52:22.14\00:52:23.67
He was praising God before sin.
00:52:23.71\00:52:26.01
As big as his heart was,
maybe he needed a bigger heart.
00:52:26.04\00:52:29.24
Maybe we need a bigger heart,
00:52:29.28\00:52:31.18
that we might praise God
more than what we've done
00:52:31.21\00:52:33.18
or what you know,
maybe ever done in our life.
00:52:33.21\00:52:35.72
I think we need to do that.
00:52:35.75\00:52:37.22
Remember, the guilt
had closed his lips,
00:52:37.25\00:52:40.46
they no longer, you know,
00:52:40.49\00:52:42.02
and prayer, he
can no longer pray
00:52:42.06\00:52:44.06
the way that he used to pray.
00:52:44.09\00:52:45.69
What happened?
00:52:45.73\00:52:47.06
David realized
his transgression,
00:52:47.10\00:52:48.60
aggression was fearful.
00:52:48.63\00:52:50.23
Oh, my, it was shameful.
00:52:50.27\00:52:52.60
And you know what?
00:52:52.63\00:52:53.97
He was too ashamed
00:52:54.00\00:52:55.34
to come into
the presence of God.
00:52:55.37\00:52:57.54
Many people fall into sin,
00:52:57.57\00:52:58.94
and they no longer feel a desire
00:52:58.97\00:53:01.78
to come back to church,
00:53:01.81\00:53:03.14
they no longer want
to talk to the pastor.
00:53:03.18\00:53:04.78
They don't
answer his phone calls.
00:53:04.81\00:53:06.82
And they don't answer the door
when you go there, you know,
00:53:06.85\00:53:09.45
not that they have to
stand before an individual,
00:53:09.48\00:53:12.39
but here with David as he felt
00:53:12.42\00:53:14.22
and he realized
his transgression,
00:53:14.26\00:53:15.92
how fearful that was,
00:53:15.96\00:53:18.39
he didn't feel the need
to go into God's presence.
00:53:18.43\00:53:20.83
He wanted to be at,
no, I can't do this.
00:53:20.86\00:53:22.90
I'm too
embarrassed. I'm too ashamed.
00:53:22.93\00:53:24.80
But he changed his approach.
00:53:24.83\00:53:26.23
Praise God for that, you know,
00:53:26.27\00:53:28.30
and it's something I
think we need to really look at.
00:53:28.34\00:53:31.14
I want to skip
to verse 17 quickly
00:53:31.17\00:53:32.67
'cause time's
going right on down.
00:53:32.71\00:53:34.31
He said, the sacrifices of
God, notice this very familiar,
00:53:34.34\00:53:38.01
a broken what?
00:53:38.05\00:53:39.41
Broken spirit, right?
00:53:39.45\00:53:41.25
It's broken and a
contrite heart, O God,
00:53:41.28\00:53:44.09
thou will not despise.
00:53:44.12\00:53:46.25
I like that.
00:53:46.29\00:53:47.66
God looks at the inner man.
00:53:47.69\00:53:50.93
Not look into
outward like we do sometime,
00:53:50.96\00:53:53.03
whether we like
what we see or not,
00:53:53.06\00:53:54.43
we make judgments or whatever,
00:53:54.46\00:53:55.80
but that's not what it is.
00:53:55.83\00:53:57.17
He looks at the inner man.
00:53:57.20\00:53:58.53
And when he sees
that broken heart,
00:53:58.57\00:54:00.64
he sees that broken
spirit as of repentance,
00:54:00.67\00:54:04.77
you know, it's, God looks,
00:54:04.81\00:54:07.64
I believe into the heart
00:54:07.68\00:54:09.01
that's willing to
break away from sin.
00:54:09.04\00:54:13.21
There's a difference to
sin, to break away from sin.
00:54:13.25\00:54:16.79
Yes, pain is
going to be involved.
00:54:16.82\00:54:18.99
We've had a lot
of cards and letters
00:54:19.02\00:54:20.36
and people we've talked to
over and over for months on
00:54:20.39\00:54:22.29
and is making the wrong decision
00:54:22.32\00:54:23.83
and not what God
would have them do.
00:54:23.86\00:54:25.53
You try to explain the
way God says in His Word,
00:54:25.56\00:54:27.86
but it's just
it's just too painful.
00:54:27.90\00:54:29.36
They said, I
don't want to basically,
00:54:29.40\00:54:31.90
you know, we need to
really be praying about that.
00:54:31.93\00:54:34.74
David was willing to
break away from that pain.
00:54:34.77\00:54:37.81
Notice it, a heart must
be pliable also too, right?
00:54:37.84\00:54:42.58
Pain's involved
00:54:42.61\00:54:43.95
and want to get the
life squared away again,
00:54:43.98\00:54:45.31
our heart has to be pliable,
00:54:45.35\00:54:46.82
so that we would, right,
cope with the Word of God,
00:54:46.85\00:54:49.18
and we have to be...
00:54:49.22\00:54:50.55
Listen, we have
to be very patient
00:54:50.59\00:54:52.49
when God begins to
apply the rod of correction.
00:54:52.52\00:54:56.86
Sometimes that's not easy
00:54:56.89\00:54:58.23
when the rod of
correction is being applied,
00:54:58.26\00:54:59.89
we don't like it.
00:54:59.93\00:55:01.26
But yet I know
it's for our own good.
00:55:01.30\00:55:02.63
I praise God for that.
00:55:02.66\00:55:04.20
Remember, it's
me the broken heart
00:55:04.23\00:55:06.97
is only accessible to God.
00:55:07.00\00:55:09.84
It's only accessible
through Jesus Christ, His Son,
00:55:09.87\00:55:13.64
maybe we should
really think about it,
00:55:13.68\00:55:15.41
maybe in our own life
00:55:15.44\00:55:16.78
and what we're
striving for right now.
00:55:16.81\00:55:19.25
As a human being, I
don't know about you,
00:55:19.28\00:55:20.62
but I get tired of
things always being broke
00:55:20.65\00:55:24.42
and you had to fix them.
00:55:24.45\00:55:25.79
That's usually
when they call me.
00:55:25.82\00:55:27.16
Something's broke,
we need you to fix it.
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I get tired of it.
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I'm glad, my point is,
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I'm glad that God
doesn't get tired of it.
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'Cause I come to
Him broken every day.
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And He says, "Kenny,
I'm going to fix you."
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And He says to you, Jim, Sally,
Pete, whatever it might be,
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I'm going to fix you.
00:55:41.94\00:55:43.27
Don't get tired to
come into, coming to Me.
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I know you're
broken, I know, you hurt.
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I know you need help.
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And I'll never leave you
and I'll never forsake you.
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You know, God says to you,
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I love you with
an everlasting love.
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I'll never leave you,
I'll never forsake you.
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Some of the verses we
learned just as a child,
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and I still claim those today.
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And I think today
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that God looks
beyond the broken heart
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and a contrite heart
and says you know what?
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These are the people
that I'm looking for,
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the ones that
will come and help,
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you know, prepare this work
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so that Jesus can
come and go home with us.
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Praise the Lord. Amen.
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Thank you so
much, Brother, for that.
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Let's get right
into our final thoughts.
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Yes, how amazing
that the son of David,
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Solomon wrote a
text about forgiveness.
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He made it clear
in Proverbs 28:13,
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which I believe he learned
from his father's experience.
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It was something that was
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not totally
misunderstood by the family.
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But it was clearly delineated
the foundation of forgiveness.
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The Bible says,
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"He who covers his
sins will not prosper,
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but whoever
confesses and forsakes them
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will have mercy."
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That's the first
thing David asked for.
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Yeah. Amen and amen.
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And I just want to,
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once again, encourage you
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if you're feeling
distanced from the Lord,
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if you're feeling
guilty, or condemned,
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or just, you feel ashamed.
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Go get your Bible.
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Pray Psalm 51 to the Lord.
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And then, here's
what God says to you.
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Isaiah 43:25.
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God's response to you will be,
00:57:16.73\00:57:19.53
"I, even I, am He who
blots out your transgressions
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for My own sake,
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and I will not
remember your sins."
00:57:25.44\00:57:28.04
Yes. Amen.
00:57:28.08\00:57:29.41
I love God. I'm
just so grateful.
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Give Him a chance,
open up your heart to Him.
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Amen.
00:57:32.35\00:57:33.68
David fell, David got
back up by the grace of God,
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and he was a
better man for afterward.
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Amen. Amen. Praise the Lord.
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Each and every
day, I pray to the Lord,
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create in me a
clean heart, O God,
00:57:42.52\00:57:44.69
and renew a
right spirit within me.
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We all need the Holy Spirit
00:57:46.73\00:57:48.06
and the Holy
Spirit has been leading
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and guiding these studies.
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We know that, that
you are learning a lot,
00:57:50.93\00:57:52.27
we're learning a lot.
00:57:52.30\00:57:53.64
We want to invite you
right back here next week
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on 3ABN Sabbath School
Panel for lesson number five
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entitled, Come to Me.
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So get your family together.
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Get your friends together.
00:58:02.84\00:58:04.18
We'll see you right
back here next week.
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