SERMON TITLE: CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD: WHEN YOU SCREW EVERYTHING UP [SUMMARIZE 2 SAMUEL 11] DAVID STAYED HOME. DAVID COMMITS ADULTERY WITH

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1 SERMON TITLE: CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD: WHEN YOU SCREW EVERYTHING UP TEXTS: 2 SAMUEL 12:1-10, 13; PSALM 51:1-12; 1 JOHN 1:7-9 [INTRODUCE SELF] [PRAY] [INTRODUCTION] SERIES, RECAP LAST WEEK [SUMMARIZE 2 SAMUEL 11] DAVID STAYED HOME. DAVID COMMITS ADULTERY WITH BATHSHEBA. DAVID COMMITS MURDER WITH URIAH. DAVID TOOK BATHSHEBA TO BE HIS WIFE. AND THEN [READ 2 SAMUEL 12:1-10, 13] [SUMMARIZE V14 FORWARD] NATHAN THEN INFORMS DAVID THAT THE CHILD THAT WAS CONCEIVED WILL DIE. [SERMON TITLE] CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD: WHEN YOU SCREW EVERYTHING UP DAVID HAS COMMITED ADULTERY, MURDER, HE S COVETED HIS NEIGHBOR S WIFE. HE HAS ROYALLY SCREWED ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING UP. WHAT CAN WE SAY TO GOD WHEN WE SCREW EVERYTHING UP? OR EVEN LESS? WE GET A GLIMPSE OF THE ANSWER IN PSALM 51, WHERE SHORTLY AFTER THIS MOMENT, DAVID PICKS UP THE PEN, IN A GUT-WRENCHING PRAYER BEGS GOD TO FORGIVE HIM, CLEANSE HIM, AND RESTORE HIM. 1

2 [MAIN POINT 1] MERCY // V1-2 1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash away all my iniquity [OR WICKEDNESS] and cleanse me from my sin. WHAT IS MERCY? o NOT GETTING WHAT YOU DO DESERVE [GIVE EXAMPLE]. (GRACE IS GETTING WHAT YOU DON T DESERVE) ACCORDING TO YOUR UNFAILING LOVE, GREAT COMPASSION o DOES DAVID DESERVE GOD S LOVE? OR GOD S COMPASSION? o HAS DAVID SHOWN EVEN A SHRED OF LOVE AND COMPASSION IN THIS MESS HE S MADE? o DAVID APPEALS TO GOD S KHEH SED (LOVE): LOYAL LOVE, STEADFAST LOVE, MERCY. GOD S LOVE MAINTAINS REGARDLESS OF OUR INCONSISTENT FOLLOWERSHIP. GOD S LOVE IS NOT CONTINGENT UPON HOW WE ACT (AND HE CARE S HOW WE ACT). 2

3 [MAIN POINT 2] JUST JUDGEMENT // V3-6 3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me [EVER BEFORE ME]. 4 Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight; so you are right in your verdict and justified when you judge. SIN IS ONLY SIN BECAUSE IT IS AGAINST GOD. WITHOUT GOD, THERE IS NO STANDARD OF RIGHT OR WRONG. DAVID ACCEPTS HIS JUDGEMENT FOR HIS SIN (FROM 2 SAMUEL 12). 5 Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me. ORIGINAL SIN: WE SIN BECAUSE WE ARE BORN SINNERS. 6 Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb; you taught me wisdom in that secret place. GOD DESIRES OUR WORSHIP FROM THE POINT OF CONCEPTION, OBVIOUSLY THE APPLICATION ISN T THE SAME [FILL IN. GOD VALUES HUMANS AT ALL POINTS OF EXISTANCE, EVEN IN THE WOMB]. 3

4 [MAIN POINT 3] TO BE CLEANSED // V7-9; 1 JOHN 1:7-9 7 Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. [WHITE SHOES ILLUSTRATION] [READ 1 JOHN 1:7-9] 8 Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice. THIS SEEMS LIKE A PRETTY SELFISH THING TO ASK FOR. o DAVID ASKS THAT HE MAY EXPERIENCE THE COMFORT OF PARDONED SIN. o HE ASKS THAT GOD WOULD SPEAK, THAT HE WOULD HEAR, AND THAT WOULD BRING HIM JOY. 9 Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity. 4

5 [MAIN POINT 4] RESTORATION // V Create [GEN 1:1] in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast [CONSISTENT, SENSITIVE (IN THAT IS FUNCTIONS RIGHTLY] spirit within me. THIS IS AN ANSWER TO WHY DAVID EVEN FELL INTO THIS PIT IN THE FIRST PLACE. 11 Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. STAY HERE. PLEASE DON T LET ME GO, AND PLEASE DON T LEAVE. 12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. 5

6 [CONCLUSION] REPENTANCE IS FEELING, CONFESSING, AND TAKING ACTION. o WITHOUT DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT, IT S ONLY CONFESSION. TRUE REPENTANCE TAKES ACTION. o WE SHOULD HATE SIN, CHRIST DIED FOR IT (1 PETER 2:24). o A CHRISTIAN S LIFE IS ONE OF REPENTANCE. MARTIN LUTHER GOD FORGETS OUR SIN ( REMEMBERS NO MORE ). [PRAY] 6