Class 1 from this series was used in GCT Episode 386.<\/p>\n
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\nDavid’s ask that we take an
\nintroductory reading this <\/p>\n
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\nmorning of Romans chapter 4
\nverses one through 8. <\/p>\n
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\nRomans chapter 4, verses one
\nthrough 8. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd this is from the New King
\nJames Version. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd what shall we say then?
\nThat Abraham our father is found<\/p>\n
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\naccording to the flesh.
\nFor if Abraham was justified by <\/p>\n
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\nworks, he has something to boast
\nabout, but not before God. <\/p>\n
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\nFor what does the Scripture say?
\nAbraham believed God, and it was<\/p>\n
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\naccounted to him for
\nrighteousness. <\/p>\n
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\nNow to him who works, the wages
\nare not counted as grace, but as<\/p>\n
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\nFor it. <\/p>\n
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\nTo him who does not work, but
\nbelieves on him who justifies <\/p>\n
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\nthe ungodly, his faith is
\naccounted for righteousness, <\/p>\n
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\njust as David also describes the
\nblessed, the blessedness of the <\/p>\n
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\nman whom God imputes
\nrighteousness as apart from <\/p>\n
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\nworks.
\nBlessed are those whose lawless <\/p>\n
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\ndeeds are forgiven and whose
\nsins are covered. <\/p>\n
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\nBlessed is the man to whom the
\nLord is. <\/p>\n
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\nShall not impute righteous, or
\nshall not impute sin. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is Watch and Lake Bible
\nSchool 2025. <\/p>\n
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\nOur speaker is our brother David
\nWisnasky, and his series for the<\/p>\n
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\nweek is Developing Spiritual
\nIntelligence from the Lives of <\/p>\n
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\nDavid and Jonathan.
\nThis is his fifth class entitled<\/p>\n
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\nFaith, and we had an
\nintroductory reading of Romans <\/p>\n
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\nchapter 4, verses one through 8.
\nWell, good morning once again, <\/p>\n
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\nmy dear brothers and sisters.
\nOK, we are awake. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is going to be a tough one.
\nWell, if you would put a marker <\/p>\n
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\nin Romans 4, because we’re going
\nto go back to the Psalm that we <\/p>\n
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\nended with yesterday, which was
\nPsalm one O 1, and start there, <\/p>\n
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\nbut we will in due time come
\nback to Romans 4. <\/p>\n
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\nOur consideration is, you may
\nhave guessed from the screen <\/p>\n
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\nbefore you is David in his sin
\nand the process of <\/p>\n
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\nreconciliation.
\nWe’ve already witnessed this <\/p>\n
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\nman.
\nDavid was an incredible man of <\/p>\n
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\nfaith, a man whose faith
\novercame a giant. <\/p>\n
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\nBefore that, a lion and a bear
\nand then 10s of thousands of <\/p>\n
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\nPhilistines as the women sang,
\nas he returned back into Israel,<\/p>\n
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\ninto Jerusalem.
\nOr rather Gibby I guess it was <\/p>\n
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\nat that time.
\nWho had faith to? <\/p>\n
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\nOvercome Syrians, Edomites,
\nAmmonites, Moabites, Amalekites,<\/p>\n
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\nAramites.
\nBut our class today is a <\/p>\n
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\nconsideration of a battle of a
\ndifferent type, a battle in <\/p>\n
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\nwhich his faith in God is put to
\nan ultimate test. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so in our class yesterday,
\nwe considered the inspiration <\/p>\n
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\nthat Jonathan had and a couple
\nof Psalms that David had penned,<\/p>\n
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\nand one of those was Psalm 133.
\nAnd the last was Psalm one O one<\/p>\n
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\nO 1, which I suggested was
\nDavid’s prayer to God before he <\/p>\n
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\nascended to the throne.
\nAnd he makes a personal <\/p>\n
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\ncommitment to God, and he also
\nmakes a commitment concerning <\/p>\n
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\nthe circle of influence that he
\nwould create for himself as he <\/p>\n
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\nruled from God’s throne over
\nGod’s people. <\/p>\n
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\nThat personal commitment is
\nfound in verses 2 and 3 of Psalm<\/p>\n
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\none.
\nO 1, I will behave myself wisely<\/p>\n
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\nin a perfect way.
\nO when wilt thou come unto me, I<\/p>\n
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\nwill walk within my house with a
\nperfect heart. <\/p>\n
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\nI will set no wicked thing
\nbefore mine eyes. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd there was David’s personal
\ncommitment when he came to the <\/p>\n
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\nthrone before his God.
\nAnd then, secondly, we saw that <\/p>\n
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\nhe would discern who would be in
\nthat circle of influence in <\/p>\n
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\nDavid’s life.
\nAnd so we read in verse 4A. <\/p>\n
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\nFroward heart shall depart from
\nme. <\/p>\n
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\nI will not know a wicked person
\nwho so privileth privily <\/p>\n
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\nslandereth his neighbor Him will
\nI cut off him that hath an high <\/p>\n
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\nlook and a proud heart Will I
\nnot suffer? <\/p>\n
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\nBut mine eyes shall be upon the
\nJonathans of the land, that they<\/p>\n
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\nmay dwell with me.
\nHe that walketh in a perfect <\/p>\n
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\nway, he shall serve me well.
\nFirst, I want to consider <\/p>\n
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\nDavid’s failure in the second
\ncommitment to limit his circle <\/p>\n
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\nof influence to those that were
\nspiritual, like Jonathan. <\/p>\n
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\nDo you remember David’s criteria
\nthat he gave for someone to rise<\/p>\n
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\nto the position of the captain
\nor the general over his army? <\/p>\n
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\nThis would be a person that
\nwould stand beside him and <\/p>\n
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\nstrategize in battle.
\nThis is the person that would <\/p>\n
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\nhelp him take the Kingdom.
\nThis is the person that would <\/p>\n
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\nhelp him win over the hearts of
\nIsrael. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is the person that would be
\nbeside him through thick and <\/p>\n
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\nthin, through trial and triumph.
\nAnd what was the contest? <\/p>\n
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\nWell, it was a contest of
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\nWho could take Jabus?
\nAnd so the man who took J Boost,<\/p>\n
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\nthe man that went underneath the
\ncity and came up into the middle<\/p>\n
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\nof city and heroically defeated
\nthat city was Joab. <\/p>\n
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\nA man who was loyal to himself
\nand his own interests, A man who<\/p>\n
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\nwas proud, a man that had a high
\nlook, a man that was willing to <\/p>\n
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\nkill anyone who got in his way.
\nAnd that was the first of those <\/p>\n
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\nclosest peoples of influence
\nthat David would put beside him <\/p>\n
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\nas he sat upon the throne later.
\nWe know that he learnt because <\/p>\n
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\nwhen David lists his Mighty Men
\nof Valor in Second Samuel 23, <\/p>\n
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\nthere’s a very obvious and
\nglaring absence in the list. <\/p>\n
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\nThe person who had been the most
\nmighty, the person who had <\/p>\n
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\ntriumphed over the Jebusites,
\nthe person who had won the <\/p>\n
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\ncontest to become his captain
\nwas not listed in his Mighty Men<\/p>\n
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\nof Valor.
\nBut another person’s name was <\/p>\n
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\nfound in that list.
\nThat was Uriah’s name and many <\/p>\n
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\nGentiles were in that list in
\nSecond Samuel 23. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd of course in the first half
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\nhalf of David’s service of king,
\nhe spent most of his time <\/p>\n
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\nkilling Gentiles.
\nAnd then when he wished to build<\/p>\n
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\na temple, which is the topic of
\nconsideration, God willing <\/p>\n
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\ntomorrow, and was rejected from
\ndoing so because he was a man of<\/p>\n
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\nblood, he started to think about
\nhis ways and he started to <\/p>\n
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\nconvert Gentiles.
\nAnd although the process of <\/p>\n
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\nconversion is not spelled out
\nfor us in the scriptural record,<\/p>\n
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\nwe know from Second Samuel 23,
\nwe know from Absalom’s rebellion<\/p>\n
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\nthat David’s court started to be
\nfilled not just with Jews but <\/p>\n
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\nalso with Gentiles, which was
\nhis motivation then for bringing<\/p>\n
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\nthe tart, the Ark of the
\nCovenant, to Jerusalem. <\/p>\n
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\nOf course, that was where God
\nhad said he wanted the ark <\/p>\n
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\nthroughout the law, but his
\nmotivation in setting up a <\/p>\n
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\nseparate tent and not bringing
\ndown the Tabernacle was so that <\/p>\n
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\nall of those that were part of
\nhis circle of influence could <\/p>\n
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\nworship God together, united and
\nJerusalem. <\/p>\n
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\nBut David at this time, at the
\noutset, had failed in upholding <\/p>\n
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\nthis commitment to God, and then
\nhe also failed in his personal <\/p>\n
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\ncommitment to behave himself
\nwisely in a perfect way, to walk<\/p>\n
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\nwithin his house with a perfect
\nheart, and to set no wicked <\/p>\n
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\nthing before his eyes.
\nTurn with me back, please, to <\/p>\n
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\nSecond Samuel Chapter 11.
\nWe won’t belabor the point. <\/p>\n
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\nWe know David’s sin, but we want
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\nthat will help us.
\nI believe in similar battles <\/p>\n
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\nagainst sin in our own life.
\nWe read it Second Samuel 11 and <\/p>\n
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\nverse one, and it came to pass
\nafter the year was expired. <\/p>\n
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\nAt the time when kings go forth
\nto battle, the David sent Joab <\/p>\n
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\nand his servants with him and
\nall Israel, and they destroyed <\/p>\n
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\nthe children of Ammon and
\nbesieged Rabba. <\/p>\n
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\nBut David tarried still at
\nJerusalem. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I suggest, brothers and
\nsisters, that this is where <\/p>\n
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\nDavid failed in his battle
\nagainst the flesh. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is where the failure began,
\nas Joab and his servants and all<\/p>\n
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\nIsrael went out of Jerusalem at
\nthat time, should not David have<\/p>\n
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\nreflected upon this action that
\nhe was acting more like Saul <\/p>\n
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\nthan he was like Jonathan?
\nAnd David, of course, would have<\/p>\n
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\nknown his own weakness.
\nThis was not the first time, <\/p>\n
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\nSecond Samuel Chapter 11 that he
\nwould have met Bathsheba. <\/p>\n
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\nUriah was his in his mighty men.
\nUriah frequented the court of <\/p>\n
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\nDavid’s house.
\nUriah and his wife would have <\/p>\n
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\nsat at his table as as would the
\nother mighty men and their wife <\/p>\n
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\nand their children, who were
\nwelcomed into the court, the <\/p>\n
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\nRoyal Court, the House of David.
\nAnd so David makes his first <\/p>\n
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\nmistake here.
\nHe creates his own opportunity <\/p>\n
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\nfor sin in his life.
\nHe creates his own opportunity <\/p>\n
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\nfor sin in his life.
\nAnd so we need to be cognizant, <\/p>\n
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\nbrothers and sisters, of the
\npath that we take to <\/p>\n
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\ntransgression and sin.
\nWe need to know ourselves. <\/p>\n
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\nWe need to judge ourselves.
\nPaul says that we be not judged.<\/p>\n
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\nAnd in judging ourselves, maybe
\nwe need to write it down on a <\/p>\n
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\npiece of paper.
\nWe can burn it when we’re done. <\/p>\n
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\nBut just to acknowledge what was
\nthe path that led to the sin <\/p>\n
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\nthat I committed?
\nWhat was the first step? <\/p>\n
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\nWhat was the trigger?
\nSee in in in Second Samuel <\/p>\n
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\nChapter 11 and verse 1.
\nThe lust was not yet inflamed in<\/p>\n
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\nDavid at this point in time.
\nHe’s made a mistake, but the <\/p>\n
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\nwoman is not in front of him, in
\nhis sight. <\/p>\n
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\nHe could have simply gone out to
\nbattle, as he had always done <\/p>\n
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\nbefore Israel, and given himself
\nno occasion to sin. <\/p>\n
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\nSo may we behave ourselves
\nwisely with a perfect heart, and<\/p>\n
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\nmight we walk in our homes in a
\nperfect way by understanding our<\/p>\n
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\nweakness, by comprehending our
\ntriggers, and by removing or <\/p>\n
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\nsafeguarding ourselves against
\nthose triggers in our own homes <\/p>\n
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\nand in our own lives.
\nThere’s an old adage that says <\/p>\n
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\nif you play with fire, well, you
\nwill get burned. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd not only that, but then
\nDavid gives himself a second <\/p>\n
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\nopportunity when we come to
\nSecond Samuel 11 and verse 2. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd it came to pass at evening
\ntide that David arose from off <\/p>\n
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\nhis bed.
\nIt was past the time of bed. <\/p>\n
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\nHe’d already gone to bed.
\nHe should have just stayed in <\/p>\n
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\nbed.
\nBut instead he gets up and he <\/p>\n
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\nwalks on the roof of the King’s
\nhouse, and he aspires a woman <\/p>\n
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\nWell, with that background, let
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\nAnd those were in the reading
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\nbefore the law existed.
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\nWhat shall we say then at verse
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\npertaining to the flesh hath
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\nglory, but not before God.
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\nAbraham believed God and it was
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\nrighteousness.
\nWell, let’s go back to the place<\/p>\n
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\nkeeping a marker in Romans 4 and<\/p>\n
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\ngoing back to Genesis chapter
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\nbattle against Keeter Leomer and
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\nnatural family of Abraham and
\nbringing them back into the <\/p>\n
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\nland, and after having
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\nthe Lord came to Abraham in a
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\nAnd Abram said, Lord God, what
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\ngiven me no seed, lo, one born
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\nshall not be thine heir, for he
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\nthine own bowels, and of Sarah
\nshall be thine heir. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd he brought him forth abroad,
\nand said, Look now toward the <\/p>\n
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\nAnd he said unto him, so shall
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\nAnd he believed in Yahweh, and
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\ngiven him, who would be heir to
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\ntells him to put him to death.
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\nHe believed God and it was <\/p>\n
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\nSo turning back to Romans
\nchapter 4, we may say to <\/p>\n
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\nwhy Paul has taken us back to <\/p>\n
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\nown son, his only begotten son, <\/p>\n
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\nwhereby he takes on the name,
\nthe friend of God, because he <\/p>\n
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\nsame location that David carried<\/p>\n
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\nplace where Abraham would offer <\/p>\n
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\nLord will not impute sin. <\/p>\n
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\nthen he sees us as righteous. <\/p>\n
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\nagain from the dead so that he <\/p>\n
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\npromises that he had made. <\/p>\n
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\nspectrum, he gives us David, who<\/p>\n
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\none of his best friends after <\/p>\n
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\nstealing his wife and taking her
\nto himself. <\/p>\n
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\nof just expositing to the <\/p>\n
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\necclesia in Rome, expositing
\nthat outside the law, you can be<\/p>\n
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\nDavid was outside the law. <\/p>\n
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\n00:25:59,520 –> 00:26:02,960
\nThere was no sacrifice for the
\nsins that David had committed. <\/p>\n
337
\n00:26:04,440 –> 00:26:08,680
\nAnd so giving these two
\nexamples, as he does in Romans <\/p>\n
338
\n00:26:08,680 –> 00:26:15,040
\nchapter 4, he sets the bounds,
\nas it were, of God’s grace and <\/p>\n
339
\n00:26:15,040 –> 00:26:18,840
\nof God’s mercy.
\nAnd So what Paul is telling us <\/p>\n
340
\n00:26:18,840 –> 00:26:23,720
\nis that if you’re somewhere
\nbetween Abraham, whose faith in <\/p>\n
341
\n00:26:23,720 –> 00:26:27,600
\nGod was so great that he was
\nwilling to sacrifice his own <\/p>\n
342
\n00:26:27,600 –> 00:26:32,640
\nchild, probably a little higher
\nthan most of us ever achieved in<\/p>\n
343
\n00:26:32,640 –> 00:26:35,720
\nour life.
\nOr if your faith is greater than<\/p>\n
344
\n00:26:35,720 –> 00:26:42,280
\nDavid, who committed murder and
\nadultery, probably lower than <\/p>\n
345
\n00:26:42,280 –> 00:26:47,120
\nany of us will ever sink.
\nIf you fit somewhere in that <\/p>\n
346
\n00:26:47,120 –> 00:26:58,440
\nrange, well, God is able to
\nforgive your sin if you believe <\/p>\n
347
\n00:27:00,200 –> 00:27:07,480
\nthat God is able to.
\nThere is only one sin that <\/p>\n
348
\n00:27:07,480 –> 00:27:14,520
\ncannot be forgiven, and that is
\nany sin that you do not believe <\/p>\n
349
\n00:27:14,840 –> 00:27:19,600
\nGod can forgive.
\nI’ll repeat that there is only <\/p>\n
350
\n00:27:19,600 –> 00:27:24,480
\none sin that cannot be forgiven,
\nand that is any sin that you do <\/p>\n
351
\n00:27:24,480 –> 00:27:33,680
\nnot believe God can forgive.
\nSo what God asks of us is it no <\/p>\n
352
\n00:27:33,680 –> 00:27:40,200
\nmatter how bad we feel after
\nwe’ve committed a sin and <\/p>\n
353
\n00:27:40,200 –> 00:27:44,520
\nwhether it’s a sin that’s only
\nimpacted us because only we know<\/p>\n
354
\n00:27:44,520 –> 00:27:49,360
\nabout it, or it’s a sin that has
\nimpacted the whole ecclesia or <\/p>\n
355
\n00:27:49,360 –> 00:27:53,120
\nmaybe even an ecclesial
\ncommunity, and maybe has us <\/p>\n
356
\n00:27:53,120 –> 00:27:55,600
\nwondering how we’re even able to
\nmove on. <\/p>\n
357
\n00:27:55,800 –> 00:28:03,280
\nThe only thing God asks of us is
\nto believe that he is able. <\/p>\n
358
\n00:28:06,320 –> 00:28:15,520
\nHe is able to forgive that sin
\nand he is able to give us his <\/p>\n
359
\n00:28:15,520 –> 00:28:20,160
\nKingdom.
\nThere’s the scope of <\/p>\n
360
\n00:28:20,160 –> 00:28:24,080
\njustification, as it were, not
\nto say that if somebody’s <\/p>\n
361
\n00:28:24,080 –> 00:28:26,880
\ncommitted to sin worse than
\nDavid, that couldn’t be <\/p>\n
362
\n00:28:26,880 –> 00:28:29,800
\nforgiven.
\nThose are just the outer <\/p>\n
363
\n00:28:29,800 –> 00:28:32,800
\nextremities that Paul draws on
\nby way of reference to <\/p>\n
364
\n00:28:32,800 –> 00:28:38,200
\ndemonstrate to us how broad is
\nGod’s mercy. <\/p>\n
365
\n00:28:41,320 –> 00:28:46,600
\nWell, David recognized that God
\ncould forgive sins that the law <\/p>\n
366
\n00:28:47,120 –> 00:28:51,440
\ncondemned to death.
\nLet’s turn back now, leaving <\/p>\n
367
\n00:28:51,440 –> 00:28:56,360
\nRomans 4 once again to the Old
\nTestament record, Second Samuel,<\/p>\n
368
\n00:28:56,840 –> 00:29:12,000
\nchapter 12.
\nIn Second Samuel chapter 12 we <\/p>\n
369
\n00:29:12,000 –> 00:29:16,520
\nread it verse one, and the Lord
\nsent Nathan unto David. <\/p>\n
370
\n00:29:18,000 –> 00:29:21,000
\nWe read it verse 27 of second
\nSamuel Chapter 11. <\/p>\n
371
\n00:29:21,200 –> 00:29:26,360
\nBut the thing that David had
\ndone displeased the Lord, the <\/p>\n
372
\n00:29:26,360 –> 00:29:30,480
\nmurder of Uriah and adultery
\nwith Bathsheba. <\/p>\n
373
\n00:29:31,800 –> 00:29:34,440
\nAnd how much time do we think
\nmay have transpired? <\/p>\n
374
\n00:29:34,440 –> 00:29:38,000
\nWell, we know at least nine
\nmonths, because in this chapter <\/p>\n
375
\n00:29:38,000 –> 00:29:40,960
\nthe child born of adultery will
\ndie. <\/p>\n
376
\n00:29:42,600 –> 00:29:46,720
\nBut actually we know, do we not,
\nthat this was not the first son?<\/p>\n
377
\n00:29:47,200 –> 00:29:50,280
\nFirst Chronicles chapter 3 and
\nverse 5 tells us that Solomon <\/p>\n
378
\n00:29:50,840 –> 00:29:56,440
\nwas actually the fourth son.
\nSo the son that replaced this <\/p>\n
379
\n00:29:56,440 –> 00:30:01,680
\nson that died was Bathsheba’s
\n4th child. <\/p>\n
380
\n00:30:03,560 –> 00:30:06,600
\nSo David, after having committed
\nadultery with Bathsheba and <\/p>\n
381
\n00:30:06,600 –> 00:30:12,280
\nmurder of Uriah, sits on the
\nthrone and continues to govern <\/p>\n
382
\n00:30:12,280 –> 00:30:15,480
\nIsrael while the first child
\nstarts to grow. <\/p>\n
383
\n00:30:15,680 –> 00:30:20,160
\nAnd then he has a second child
\nwith Bathsheba, and he remains <\/p>\n
384
\n00:30:20,160 –> 00:30:24,880
\non the throne unrepentant, and
\nhas a third child with <\/p>\n
385
\n00:30:24,880 –> 00:30:29,880
\nBathsheba.
\nAnd now Nathan is sent by Yahweh<\/p>\n
386
\n00:30:29,920 –> 00:30:37,120
\nunto David, and by this time God
\nis angry with David. <\/p>\n
387
\n00:30:38,240 –> 00:30:42,640
\nThat was done this thing in
\nsecret, but I will do it before <\/p>\n
388
\n00:30:42,640 –> 00:30:49,360
\nall Israel, says the Lord.
\nHe had been given over three <\/p>\n
389
\n00:30:49,360 –> 00:30:58,360
\nyears to bring his sin privately
\nto God, to confess and ask, <\/p>\n
390
\n00:30:58,360 –> 00:31:03,600
\nrepent and ask for forgiveness,
\nbut he persists. <\/p>\n
391
\n00:31:03,640 –> 00:31:08,160
\nDavid talks about this period of
\ntime in his life as it being a <\/p>\n
392
\n00:31:08,160 –> 00:31:14,240
\nroaring because he’s not dealt
\nwith this sin in his life. <\/p>\n
393
\n00:31:15,480 –> 00:31:21,920
\nAnd so Nathan comes to him with
\nan absolutely brilliant method <\/p>\n
394
\n00:31:21,960 –> 00:31:25,760
\nof exposing sin.
\nAnd I want to think about the <\/p>\n
395
\n00:31:25,760 –> 00:31:30,240
\nprocess here that Nathan uses,
\nno doubt by divine instruction, <\/p>\n
396
\n00:31:31,160 –> 00:31:34,680
\nbut none the less what David
\ndoes by telling this parable of <\/p>\n
397
\n00:31:34,680 –> 00:31:38,000
\nthese two men in a city, one
\nwho’s rich and one who’s poor, <\/p>\n
398
\n00:31:38,280 –> 00:31:41,320
\nrich with many flocks, poor with
\njust one little lamb. <\/p>\n
399
\n00:31:42,160 –> 00:31:44,920
\nAnd the little lamb is is there,
\nit’s in their house. <\/p>\n
400
\n00:31:44,920 –> 00:31:48,040
\nIt drinks from his cup, it
\nsnuggles into him at night at <\/p>\n
401
\n00:31:48,040 –> 00:31:51,040
\nplays with his children.
\nAnd the rich man, when a <\/p>\n
402
\n00:31:51,040 –> 00:31:54,520
\ntraveler comes, takes that
\nlittle lamb and he slays the <\/p>\n
403
\n00:31:54,520 –> 00:31:58,360
\npoor man’s little lamb instead
\nof going to one of his own <\/p>\n
404
\n00:31:58,360 –> 00:32:04,640
\nflock.
\nBy telling this story, what <\/p>\n
405
\n00:32:04,640 –> 00:32:11,480
\nNathan accomplishes is helping
\nDavid realize that what he’s <\/p>\n
406
\n00:32:11,480 –> 00:32:14,920
\ndone is sin before he starts
\nwith the accusation. <\/p>\n
407
\n00:32:16,160 –> 00:32:19,440
\nDo you see that?
\nIt’s as if David has pulled <\/p>\n
408
\n00:32:19,600 –> 00:32:23,880
\nNathan, has pulled David to his
\nside, and by telling the story <\/p>\n
409
\n00:32:23,880 –> 00:32:28,200
\nhas has caused David to look at
\nthe sin without getting <\/p>\n
410
\n00:32:28,200 –> 00:32:30,320
\ndefensive because he hasn’t
\nidentified. <\/p>\n
411
\n00:32:30,320 –> 00:32:31,520
\nIt as his.
\nOwn sin. <\/p>\n
412
\n00:32:31,520 –> 00:32:37,000
\nYet what an incredible skill
\nthis was to be able to tell a <\/p>\n
413
\n00:32:37,000 –> 00:32:40,720
\nstory, to give an account of
\nsomething parallel to the sin <\/p>\n
414
\n00:32:40,720 –> 00:32:44,640
\nthat that brings us to the same
\nconclusion that what had been <\/p>\n
415
\n00:32:44,640 –> 00:32:49,840
\ndone was sinful.
\nSo that the person beside us can<\/p>\n
416
\n00:32:49,840 –> 00:32:54,240
\nwalk with us down the path of
\nrecognizing this is sin. <\/p>\n
417
\n00:32:55,480 –> 00:33:01,520
\nAnd then after having given that
\nrecognition, Nathan says to <\/p>\n
418
\n00:33:01,520 –> 00:33:06,360
\nDavid at verse 7, thou art the
\nman. <\/p>\n
419
\n00:33:08,720 –> 00:33:12,880
\nAnd so if we’re going to be a
\nNathan brothers and sisters, <\/p>\n
420
\n00:33:14,320 –> 00:33:18,880
\nthen let’s not sit across the
\ntable from our brother or our <\/p>\n
421
\n00:33:18,880 –> 00:33:21,360
\nsister.
\nDefinitely. <\/p>\n
422
\n00:33:21,360 –> 00:33:25,040
\nLet’s not pick up the phone
\nhorrifically. <\/p>\n
423
\n00:33:25,040 –> 00:33:30,640
\nLet’s not send a text message or
\na social media message or an <\/p>\n
424
\n00:33:30,640 –> 00:33:37,200
\ne-mail or even a letter.
\nBut sit beside your brother, <\/p>\n
425
\n00:33:37,840 –> 00:33:44,400
\nyour sister, and help them first
\nacknowledge that the activity <\/p>\n
426
\n00:33:44,400 –> 00:33:49,080
\nthat has brought the two of you
\ntogether is indeed sin. <\/p>\n
427
\n00:33:51,160 –> 00:33:55,160
\nAnd having come to that
\nacknowledgement together, you <\/p>\n
428
\n00:33:55,160 –> 00:34:01,000
\nmake room for growth.
\nYou make room for <\/p>\n
429
\n00:34:01,000 –> 00:34:05,120
\nacknowledgement, you make room
\nfor repentance. <\/p>\n
430
\n00:34:08,080 –> 00:34:14,679
\nAnd so after issuing this
\ncommand, he then goes on to give<\/p>\n
431
\n00:34:14,679 –> 00:34:19,040
\nthe consequences of David’s sin.
\nBecause even if we’re forgiven <\/p>\n
432
\n00:34:19,040 –> 00:34:24,080
\nfrom our sin, we know that sin
\nhas consequences. <\/p>\n
433
\n00:34:24,639 –> 00:34:28,040
\nEven if it’s a private sin, the
\nProverbs tell us, can someone <\/p>\n
434
\n00:34:28,040 –> 00:34:30,679
\ntake fire into their bosom and
\nnot get burned? <\/p>\n
435
\n00:34:30,880 –> 00:34:35,840
\nEven the secret sins that we
\ncommit still burn. <\/p>\n
436
\n00:34:36,840 –> 00:34:39,800
\nThey still make an impact in our
\nlife. <\/p>\n
437
\n00:34:40,840 –> 00:34:44,960
\nEven once we’ve been forgiven.
\nBut there’s another point that <\/p>\n
438
\n00:34:44,960 –> 00:34:48,120
\ncomes out in Second Samuel
\nchapter 12. <\/p>\n
439
\n00:34:49,560 –> 00:34:53,920
\nWhat was David’s response when
\nNathan tells him the parable <\/p>\n
440
\n00:34:54,800 –> 00:34:57,480
\nabout a man who steals another
\nman’s lamb? <\/p>\n
441
\n00:34:58,880 –> 00:35:03,280
\nWhat was David’s judgement?
\nWhat was David’s sentence for <\/p>\n
442
\n00:35:03,280 –> 00:35:08,280
\ntheft?
\nHe’ll repay him fourfold and <\/p>\n
443
\n00:35:08,280 –> 00:35:14,200
\nthen put him to death.
\nPut them to death for theft. <\/p>\n
444
\n00:35:14,880 –> 00:35:17,680
\nWas that the law?
\nDeath for theft. <\/p>\n
445
\n00:35:19,800 –> 00:35:23,200
\nAnd what we’re being told,
\nbrothers and sisters, is that <\/p>\n
446
\n00:35:23,200 –> 00:35:32,360
\nwhen we have unresolved sin in
\nour life, it clouds our <\/p>\n
447
\n00:35:32,360 –> 00:35:36,680
\njudgment.
\nWhat I’m not saying. <\/p>\n
448
\n00:35:37,960 –> 00:35:41,480
\nIs that if we haven’t figured
\nout how to overcome sin, it <\/p>\n
449
\n00:35:41,480 –> 00:35:44,120
\nclouds our judgement.
\nI am not saying that because <\/p>\n
450
\n00:35:44,360 –> 00:35:49,440
\neither if that were the case,
\nthen none of us could help our <\/p>\n
451
\n00:35:49,440 –> 00:35:52,240
\nbrother, our sister with sin in
\ntheir life. <\/p>\n
452
\n00:35:52,840 –> 00:35:57,240
\nWhat I’m saying is if we have
\nunresolved sin, if we’re David <\/p>\n
453
\n00:35:57,240 –> 00:36:00,600
\nsitting on the throne three
\nyears later, four years later, <\/p>\n
454
\n00:36:00,600 –> 00:36:04,480
\nstill denying that adultery and
\nmurder was sin. <\/p>\n
455
\n00:36:05,840 –> 00:36:11,240
\nIt clouds our judgement if we
\nhaven’t gone through the process<\/p>\n
456
\n00:36:11,240 –> 00:36:14,960
\nthat David does that we’ll walk
\nthrough together with him in <\/p>\n
457
\n00:36:14,960 –> 00:36:22,040
\nPsalm 5051 in a moment.
\nWe’re not in a position to judge<\/p>\n
458
\n00:36:25,000 –> 00:36:31,120
\nbecause judgement becomes
\nextreme when we have unresolved <\/p>\n
459
\n00:36:31,120 –> 00:36:35,160
\nsin in our own life.
\nPut a man to death. <\/p>\n
460
\n00:36:35,680 –> 00:36:40,440
\nFor theft they clouded his own
\njudgement. <\/p>\n
461
\n00:36:42,560 –> 00:36:47,840
\nSo once Samuel is done, at the
\nend of verse 12, thou has done <\/p>\n
462
\n00:36:47,840 –> 00:36:50,040
\nthis thing secretly, but I will
\ndo this. <\/p>\n
463
\n00:36:50,040 –> 00:36:52,080
\nThe sword will not depart from
\nthine house. <\/p>\n
464
\n00:36:52,760 –> 00:36:57,280
\nYour wives will be taken to it
\nby a neighbor they’ll be laying <\/p>\n
465
\n00:36:57,280 –> 00:37:01,280
\nwith under the sun, which ended
\nup being Absalom, one of his own<\/p>\n
466
\n00:37:01,280 –> 00:37:04,120
\nsons.
\nYou did this thing secret <\/p>\n
467
\n00:37:04,120 –> 00:37:06,440
\nsecretly.
\nI will do it before all Israel <\/p>\n
468
\n00:37:06,800 –> 00:37:09,960
\nand before the sun.
\nAnd so in fact, the picture that<\/p>\n
469
\n00:37:09,960 –> 00:37:13,240
\nI put before you, I’m not
\nconvinced of myself. <\/p>\n
470
\n00:37:14,240 –> 00:37:19,040
\nI’m not sure I, I selected this
\nor I, I had AI create this <\/p>\n
471
\n00:37:19,040 –> 00:37:24,760
\npicture because Matthew 18 says
\ngo and confront your brother in <\/p>\n
472
\n00:37:24,760 –> 00:37:28,680
\nprivate.
\nBut I’m not 100% sure that that <\/p>\n
473
\n00:37:28,680 –> 00:37:30,720
\nwould have been the case.
\nHe may have been sitting on the <\/p>\n
474
\n00:37:30,720 –> 00:37:35,040
\nthrone.
\nSurrounded by the court of the <\/p>\n
475
\n00:37:35,040 –> 00:37:41,600
\nking, we don’t know, but I do
\nbelieve that after Samuel <\/p>\n
476
\n00:37:41,600 –> 00:37:46,400
\nfinishes, David falls to his
\nknees and says a prayer to God <\/p>\n
477
\n00:37:46,760 –> 00:37:49,520
\nbefore he says to Nathan, I have
\nsinned against Yahweh. <\/p>\n
478
\n00:37:50,240 –> 00:37:53,520
\nAnd that prayer is found in
\nPsalm 51. <\/p>\n
479
\n00:38:09,640 –> 00:38:17,400
\nAnd so David begins his prayer.
\nThe process of reconciliation <\/p>\n
480
\n00:38:18,640 –> 00:38:25,040
\nfirst began with sin being
\nexposed, which took Nathan to do<\/p>\n
481
\n00:38:25,040 –> 00:38:28,160
\nin this case.
\nBut it doesn’t have to involve a<\/p>\n
482
\n00:38:28,160 –> 00:38:31,200
\nNathan.
\nIf we judge ourselves, we will <\/p>\n
483
\n00:38:31,200 –> 00:38:34,560
\nnot be judged.
\nSo it can be our own selves that<\/p>\n
484
\n00:38:34,560 –> 00:38:38,640
\nacknowledges, that exposes our
\nsin before God. <\/p>\n
485
\n00:38:40,800 –> 00:38:43,040
\nSo David falls to his knees and
\nhe prays. <\/p>\n
486
\n00:38:43,040 –> 00:38:47,000
\nHave mercy upon me, O God,
\naccording to thy loving <\/p>\n
487
\n00:38:47,000 –> 00:38:50,280
\nkindness.
\nTo what does David appeal to <\/p>\n
488
\n00:38:50,280 –> 00:38:55,960
\nGod’s own character, according
\nto thy loving kindness, and <\/p>\n
489
\n00:38:55,960 –> 00:38:58,960
\naccording unto the multitude of
\nthy tender mercies? <\/p>\n
490
\n00:38:59,280 –> 00:39:04,040
\nBlot out my transgression, wash
\nme throughly from mine iniquity,<\/p>\n
491
\n00:39:04,320 –> 00:39:09,480
\nand cleanse me from my sin.
\nAnd so David, clearly <\/p>\n
492
\n00:39:09,520 –> 00:39:15,000
\nunderstanding God’s character
\nfrom Exodus 33 and Exodus 34, <\/p>\n
493
\n00:39:15,520 –> 00:39:20,000
\nappeals to God’s loving kindness
\nand to God’s mercy to forgive <\/p>\n
494
\n00:39:20,000 –> 00:39:22,760
\nhis sin.
\nAnd the first thing he does <\/p>\n
495
\n00:39:22,760 –> 00:39:26,200
\nthen, in verse 3 and 4 is
\nacknowledge his sin. <\/p>\n
496
\n00:39:26,440 –> 00:39:30,240
\nFor I acknowledge my
\ntransgressions, and my sin is <\/p>\n
497
\n00:39:30,240 –> 00:39:35,600
\never before me against thee.
\nThee only have I sinned and done<\/p>\n
498
\n00:39:35,600 –> 00:39:39,880
\nthis evil in thy sight, that
\nthou mightest be justified when <\/p>\n
499
\n00:39:39,880 –> 00:39:44,520
\nthou speakest, and be clear when
\nthou judgest I deserve death. <\/p>\n
500
\n00:39:45,960 –> 00:39:54,120
\nYou know it says in Lamentations
\n3, If God were not merciful, we <\/p>\n
501
\n00:39:54,120 –> 00:39:59,600
\nwould all perish.
\nIf God were not merciful, how <\/p>\n
502
\n00:39:59,600 –> 00:40:05,240
\nwould his plan and purpose?
\nBe worked out if God were not <\/p>\n
503
\n00:40:05,280 –> 00:40:10,600
\nmerciful, we all deserve death
\nfor the sins that we committed. <\/p>\n
504
\n00:40:11,280 –> 00:40:14,880
\nWhether it’s a little sin, a
\nslip up of the tongue and saying<\/p>\n
505
\n00:40:14,880 –> 00:40:18,320
\nsomething bad about someone else
\nor whether it’s murder and <\/p>\n
506
\n00:40:18,320 –> 00:40:22,320
\nadultery.
\nThe wages of sins is Paul is <\/p>\n
507
\n00:40:22,840 –> 00:40:24,800
\ndeath, doesn’t matter which one
\nit is. <\/p>\n
508
\n00:40:25,840 –> 00:40:28,360
\nSo I guess in a sense, David
\nmight have been right with theft<\/p>\n
509
\n00:40:28,360 –> 00:40:31,480
\nis death, the wages of sin is
\ndeath. <\/p>\n
510
\n00:40:33,360 –> 00:40:36,320
\nBut if God executed that
\njudgement, well, we would all be<\/p>\n
511
\n00:40:36,320 –> 00:40:39,920
\ndead, and there would be no one
\nto fill the earth with his <\/p>\n
512
\n00:40:39,920 –> 00:40:44,280
\nrighteousness, with his
\ncharacter, with his glory, when <\/p>\n
513
\n00:40:44,280 –> 00:40:47,440
\nthe Kingdom comes to be
\nestablished upon the earth. <\/p>\n
514
\n00:40:48,480 –> 00:40:56,880
\nAnd so God is in name merciful
\nand loving and kind, and he <\/p>\n
515
\n00:40:56,880 –> 00:41:02,320
\nacknowledges that should God
\njudge he was worthy of death. <\/p>\n
516
\n00:41:03,360 –> 00:41:07,400
\nIn fact, he says in verse 16,
\nFor thou desirest not sacrifice,<\/p>\n
517
\n00:41:07,400 –> 00:41:09,280
\nthere is no sacrifice.
\nUnder the law. <\/p>\n
518
\n00:41:09,520 –> 00:41:12,760
\nElse would I give it Thee.
\nThou desire delightest not in <\/p>\n
519
\n00:41:12,760 –> 00:41:15,680
\nburnt offerings.
\nThe sacrifices of God are a <\/p>\n
520
\n00:41:15,680 –> 00:41:19,640
\nbroken spirit, a broken and a
\ncontrite heart. <\/p>\n
521
\n00:41:19,640 –> 00:41:31,280
\nO God, thou wilt not despise.
\nSee, sin in its own way has a <\/p>\n
522
\n00:41:31,280 –> 00:41:36,360
\nway to create a spirit in US
\nunlike any other experience in <\/p>\n
523
\n00:41:36,360 –> 00:41:42,960
\nour walk in the truth.
\nIt truly creates humility and a <\/p>\n
524
\n00:41:42,960 –> 00:41:48,560
\ncontrite spirit.
\nIt creates in us an emptiness, <\/p>\n
525
\n00:41:48,560 –> 00:41:56,280
\nrealizing how far we have gone
\nand letting our Father down and <\/p>\n
526
\n00:41:56,280 –> 00:42:02,800
\nhaving come to that point in our
\nlife, then we desire to fill our<\/p>\n
527
\n00:42:02,800 –> 00:42:09,240
\nlife back up with godly things
\nbecause you recognize that in <\/p>\n
528
\n00:42:09,240 –> 00:42:13,920
\nUS, outside of God’s work in us,
\nthere is no good thing. <\/p>\n
529
\n00:42:15,920 –> 00:42:20,800
\nSo David acknowledges this and
\nthen he goes on to repent as we <\/p>\n
530
\n00:42:20,800 –> 00:42:25,000
\ncome down to verse 10.
\nCreate in me a clean heart, O <\/p>\n
531
\n00:42:25,000 –> 00:42:28,360
\nGod, and renew a right spirit
\nwithin me. <\/p>\n
532
\n00:42:29,680 –> 00:42:31,880
\nDo you notice what David does
\nnot say? <\/p>\n
533
\n00:42:32,760 –> 00:42:38,520
\nGod, I commit to you never to
\nsin again. <\/p>\n
534
\n00:42:40,480 –> 00:42:48,400
\nNo, what he does is he asks God
\nto help him fight this battle, <\/p>\n
535
\n00:42:49,520 –> 00:42:53,360
\nto fight these battles.
\nHe doesn’t say I’m never going <\/p>\n
536
\n00:42:53,360 –> 00:42:56,880
\nto do that sin again.
\nHe says God create in me a clean<\/p>\n
537
\n00:42:56,880 –> 00:42:59,000
\nheart, renew a right spirit
\nwithin me. <\/p>\n
538
\n00:42:59,160 –> 00:43:03,440
\nWithout you God, I can not
\novercome. <\/p>\n
539
\n00:43:05,560 –> 00:43:07,760
\nAnd that is a fact in the
\nreality. <\/p>\n
540
\n00:43:07,760 –> 00:43:14,600
\nWithout God we cannot overcome.
\nIt is only with God helping us <\/p>\n
541
\n00:43:15,440 –> 00:43:20,080
\nto make the right decision to go
\nout with the army of Israel and <\/p>\n
542
\n00:43:20,080 –> 00:43:24,280
\nnot create opportunity for sin
\nin our life that we are able to <\/p>\n
543
\n00:43:24,320 –> 00:43:29,320
\novercome.
\nAnd finally, as he did at the <\/p>\n
544
\n00:43:29,320 –> 00:43:31,480
\noutset, he does again at verse
\n7. <\/p>\n
545
\n00:43:31,840 –> 00:43:35,360
\nHe does again through verse 9.
\nHe does again at verse 14. <\/p>\n
546
\n00:43:35,720 –> 00:43:39,840
\nHe prays for forgiveness.
\nDeliver me from blood, blood <\/p>\n
547
\n00:43:39,840 –> 00:43:44,120
\nguiltness.
\nO God, Thou God of my salvation,<\/p>\n
548
\n00:43:44,120 –> 00:43:47,440
\nand my tongue shall sing aloud
\nof thy righteousness. <\/p>\n
549
\n00:43:48,280 –> 00:43:51,120
\nAnd indeed, that was the last
\npart of his prayer, wasn’t it? <\/p>\n
550
\n00:43:52,560 –> 00:43:59,760
\nHaving experienced the mercy of
\nGod before now, David <\/p>\n
551
\n00:44:00,320 –> 00:44:03,560
\nintellectually knew about the
\nmercy of God. <\/p>\n
552
\n00:44:04,680 –> 00:44:09,640
\nHe no doubt could quote Exodus
\n34 and the character of God in <\/p>\n
553
\n00:44:09,640 –> 00:44:13,520
\nverses 6 and seven.
\nHe does hear in his prayer as he<\/p>\n
554
\n00:44:13,520 –> 00:44:18,160
\nkneels before Nathan, know
\nbefore God, and acknowledges his<\/p>\n
555
\n00:44:18,160 –> 00:44:23,440
\nsin.
\nHe knew it intellectually, but <\/p>\n
556
\n00:44:23,440 –> 00:44:28,520
\nnow, now he will know it
\nexperientially. <\/p>\n
557
\n00:44:28,520 –> 00:44:34,480
\nBecause when we turn back to
\nSecond Samuel chapter 12, David <\/p>\n
558
\n00:44:34,480 –> 00:44:37,040
\nsays to Nathan, I have sinned
\nagainst Yahweh. <\/p>\n
559
\n00:44:38,320 –> 00:44:44,160
\nAnd Nathan says unto David, And
\nYahweh has put away thy sin, <\/p>\n
560
\n00:44:45,240 –> 00:44:51,080
\nThou shalt not die.
\nAnd now David had experienced <\/p>\n
561
\n00:44:52,280 –> 00:44:56,960
\nlove.
\nNow David had experienced <\/p>\n
562
\n00:44:57,520 –> 00:45:02,080
\npatience.
\nNow David had experienced <\/p>\n
563
\n00:45:02,520 –> 00:45:07,800
\nforgiveness.
\nNow David had experienced mercy.<\/p>\n
564
\n00:45:09,040 –> 00:45:12,000
\nHe didn’t just know about it
\nfrom what he’d read or what he <\/p>\n
565
\n00:45:12,000 –> 00:45:15,400
\nheard, he now had experienced
\nit. <\/p>\n
566
\n00:45:16,200 –> 00:45:22,040
\nAnd having experienced it, he
\nsaid, God, I want to help others<\/p>\n
567
\n00:45:23,200 –> 00:45:32,720
\nexperience what I experienced.
\nI want to help others experience<\/p>\n
568
\n00:45:32,720 –> 00:45:41,160
\nyour mercy by acknowledging
\ntheir sin to you, by asking you <\/p>\n
569
\n00:45:41,160 –> 00:45:46,320
\nto work mightily in their lives
\nto help them overcome sin, and <\/p>\n
570
\n00:45:46,320 –> 00:45:51,520
\nthen to receive your outpouring
\nof love and mercy and kindness <\/p>\n
571
\n00:45:51,520 –> 00:45:59,200
\nand forgiveness.
\nHow do we respond, brothers and <\/p>\n
572
\n00:45:59,200 –> 00:46:05,560
\nsisters, when our sin is
\nexposed, maybe by a spouse, <\/p>\n
573
\n00:46:05,560 –> 00:46:10,480
\nmight be by a sibling, maybe a
\nparent, maybe a friend, maybe <\/p>\n
574
\n00:46:10,480 –> 00:46:12,440
\nanother brother or sister in the
\necclesia? <\/p>\n
575
\n00:46:13,080 –> 00:46:18,280
\nWhat is our response when
\nsomebody comes and exposes to us<\/p>\n
576
\n00:46:18,280 –> 00:46:23,360
\na sin that we’ve committed?
\nProverbs says reprove not a <\/p>\n
577
\n00:46:23,360 –> 00:46:27,960
\nscorner lest he hate thee, but
\nrebuke a wise man, a wise woman,<\/p>\n
578
\n00:46:28,520 –> 00:46:32,280
\nand they will love thee.
\nEcclesiastes says it is better <\/p>\n
579
\n00:46:32,280 –> 00:46:36,200
\nto hear the rebuke of the wise
\nthen for a man to hear the song <\/p>\n
580
\n00:46:36,200 –> 00:46:38,080
\nof fools.
\nOf course we love hearing <\/p>\n
581
\n00:46:38,080 –> 00:46:42,000
\npraise, but praise isn’t going
\nto get us into the Kingdom. <\/p>\n
582
\n00:46:43,920 –> 00:46:54,040
\nBut if someone has the courage,
\nif someone takes the time, if <\/p>\n
583
\n00:46:54,040 –> 00:47:02,160
\nsomeone exposes themself by
\ncoming to us to rebuke us, to <\/p>\n
584
\n00:47:02,200 –> 00:47:08,360
\nexpose a sin in our life that
\nwe’re not dealing with well, <\/p>\n
585
\n00:47:08,360 –> 00:47:14,920
\nlet’s be a wise man and a wise
\nwoman and receive it in the <\/p>\n
586
\n00:47:14,920 –> 00:47:16,800
\nspirit within which it was
\ngiven. <\/p>\n
587
\n00:47:18,520 –> 00:47:26,080
\nCan you imagine being Nathan?
\nI want you to put yourself for a<\/p>\n
588
\n00:47:26,080 –> 00:47:31,320
\nmoment into Nathan’s shoes.
\nThis was a man who loved David. <\/p>\n
589
\n00:47:31,320 –> 00:47:35,280
\nWe know that’s the case.
\nSecond Samuel 7, which is part <\/p>\n
590
\n00:47:35,280 –> 00:47:38,640
\nof the topic of consideration
\nfor a class tomorrow when David <\/p>\n
591
\n00:47:38,640 –> 00:47:42,040
\nwants to build a temple.
\nNathan is so enthusiastic. <\/p>\n
592
\n00:47:42,040 –> 00:47:46,200
\nYes, go for it, David.
\nNathan was there in the court, <\/p>\n
593
\n00:47:46,200 –> 00:47:48,000
\nhe was in his house, he was with
\nDavid. <\/p>\n
594
\n00:47:48,160 –> 00:47:51,600
\nHe was a confidant of David, he
\nwas a counselor of David. <\/p>\n
595
\n00:47:52,920 –> 00:47:56,280
\nAnd for these three 4-5 years
\nthat David sitting on the <\/p>\n
596
\n00:47:56,280 –> 00:47:59,440
\nthrone, Nathan has no idea.
\nAnd then one day God says <\/p>\n
597
\n00:47:59,760 –> 00:48:03,720
\nNathan, David actually murdered
\nUriah. <\/p>\n
598
\n00:48:03,720 –> 00:48:06,040
\nThat wasn’t an accident when he
\ndied in battle. <\/p>\n
599
\n00:48:07,960 –> 00:48:14,240
\nAnd he actually took Bathsheba
\nbefore Uriah died, not after. <\/p>\n
600
\n00:48:18,160 –> 00:48:23,080
\nNathan would have been in tears
\non the floor. <\/p>\n
601
\n00:48:23,400 –> 00:48:28,040
\nDavid, the one who has a heart
\nafter your own heart, the one <\/p>\n
602
\n00:48:28,040 –> 00:48:35,480
\nwho walks in integrity.
\nDavid has murdered Uriah and <\/p>\n
603
\n00:48:35,480 –> 00:48:37,600
\ncommitted adultery with
\nBathsheba. <\/p>\n
604
\n00:48:39,880 –> 00:48:44,320
\nAnd after Nathan picks himself
\nup off the floor, he realizes <\/p>\n
605
\n00:48:44,320 –> 00:48:48,200
\nwhat God’s asking him to do,
\nwhat he’s been compelled to do, <\/p>\n
606
\n00:48:48,400 –> 00:48:51,960
\nto go talk to David.
\nWell, this is the king. <\/p>\n
607
\n00:48:51,960 –> 00:48:54,520
\nThe king could have his head cut
\noff, of course. <\/p>\n
608
\n00:48:54,520 –> 00:48:57,440
\nHe was, I’m sure, confident
\nthat’s not how it would go. <\/p>\n
609
\n00:49:00,400 –> 00:49:06,960
\nBut this was his friend and he
\nnow needed to go talk to David <\/p>\n
610
\n00:49:06,960 –> 00:49:13,280
\nface to face and exposed to
\nDavid the sin that he had <\/p>\n
611
\n00:49:13,280 –> 00:49:18,320
\ncommitted.
\nI can tell you brothers and <\/p>\n
612
\n00:49:18,320 –> 00:49:24,960
\nsisters, it takes courage beyond
\nwhat we naturally have. <\/p>\n
613
\n00:49:27,040 –> 00:49:32,400
\nWe can only have such courage
\nwhen we ask God for help to go <\/p>\n
614
\n00:49:32,400 –> 00:49:39,200
\nand talk to those that we love,
\nthose that we have self <\/p>\n
615
\n00:49:39,200 –> 00:49:45,840
\nsacrificing love for, those that
\nwe’re willing to put above <\/p>\n
616
\n00:49:46,680 –> 00:49:50,280
\nourselves because none of us
\nwant to go and have that <\/p>\n
617
\n00:49:50,280 –> 00:49:55,240
\nconversation.
\nAnd it takes God’s wisdom, <\/p>\n
618
\n00:49:55,680 –> 00:49:59,440
\nwisdom beyond what we have.
\nAnd you know what? <\/p>\n
619
\n00:49:59,440 –> 00:50:03,480
\nIf somebody comes before us and
\nexposes our sin and they say it <\/p>\n
620
\n00:50:03,480 –> 00:50:07,520
\nin an awful way, like a verbal
\nslap across the face, it’s OK <\/p>\n
621
\n00:50:08,720 –> 00:50:16,280
\nbecause we need to pause, take a
\ndeep breath, let the animal part<\/p>\n
622
\n00:50:16,280 –> 00:50:19,520
\nof our brain be suppressed by
\nthe logical part of our brain <\/p>\n
623
\n00:50:19,520 –> 00:50:24,760
\nwhere the Spirit resides, the
\nspirit word of God, and think to<\/p>\n
624
\n00:50:24,760 –> 00:50:30,720
\nourselves, how much courage, how
\nmuch time did it take for this <\/p>\n
625
\n00:50:30,720 –> 00:50:35,440
\nperson to build up the courage
\nand come and talk to me? <\/p>\n
626
\n00:50:37,840 –> 00:50:43,080
\nAnd then what do you say?
\nWell, what Nathan said was <\/p>\n
627
\n00:50:43,080 –> 00:50:44,760
\nbrilliant.
\nWe already went through that, <\/p>\n
628
\n00:50:44,760 –> 00:50:47,800
\ndidn’t we?
\nHe pulled David alongside of <\/p>\n
629
\n00:50:47,800 –> 00:50:50,520
\nhim.
\nHe didn’t stand up on the table <\/p>\n
630
\n00:50:50,520 –> 00:50:52,720
\nand point down to David and
\nsaid, you’re a Sinner. <\/p>\n
631
\n00:50:53,240 –> 00:50:59,800
\nNo, he stood alongside him.
\nSee, that’s why we shouldn’t try<\/p>\n
632
\n00:51:00,320 –> 00:51:03,520
\nto help other people root sin
\nout of their own lives before <\/p>\n
633
\n00:51:03,840 –> 00:51:09,680
\nwe’ve learned the process that
\nDavid went through in Psalm 51 <\/p>\n
634
\n00:51:10,640 –> 00:51:16,720
\nof making ourselves bare before
\nour God, of asking God to help <\/p>\n
635
\n00:51:16,720 –> 00:51:23,040
\nus overcome in temptation
\nbecause then we have a right <\/p>\n
636
\n00:51:23,040 –> 00:51:26,000
\nspirit.
\nNow we’re in a position to <\/p>\n
637
\n00:51:26,000 –> 00:51:28,120
\njudge.
\nDavid was not in a position to <\/p>\n
638
\n00:51:28,120 –> 00:51:36,880
\njudge, but once he prayed, once
\nhe was humbled, well then he had<\/p>\n
639
\n00:51:36,880 –> 00:51:41,800
\nthe right spirit to be able to
\njudge because he recognized that<\/p>\n
640
\n00:51:42,040 –> 00:51:45,560
\nno matter what that sin is that
\nyour brother, your sister has <\/p>\n
641
\n00:51:45,560 –> 00:51:53,880
\ncommitted, we’re no better.
\nThe sentence is the same whether<\/p>\n
642
\n00:51:53,880 –> 00:51:59,240
\nyou just lied and they’ve
\ncommitted adultery, whether you <\/p>\n
643
\n00:51:59,240 –> 00:52:02,720
\ngossiped and they’ve stood up
\nand taught false doctrine and <\/p>\n
644
\n00:52:02,720 –> 00:52:05,400
\nLED people away.
\nYes, they may be different <\/p>\n
645
\n00:52:05,400 –> 00:52:09,600
\nconsequences to the two sins,
\nbut ultimately the sin has the <\/p>\n
646
\n00:52:09,600 –> 00:52:12,840
\nsame ultimate consequence,
\ndeath. <\/p>\n
647
\n00:52:14,640 –> 00:52:20,320
\nSo we’re together, we’re here,
\nwe both deserve death. <\/p>\n
648
\n00:52:20,800 –> 00:52:24,000
\nAnd if it weren’t for God’s
\nmercy, says Jeremiah and <\/p>\n
649
\n00:52:24,000 –> 00:52:26,160
\nLamentations, we would all be
\nconsumed. <\/p>\n
650
\n00:52:27,240 –> 00:52:33,400
\nNow we’re ready to share that
\nGod is able to put away sin and <\/p>\n
651
\n00:52:33,400 –> 00:52:35,920
\nto help someone else walk
\nthrough the process. <\/p>\n
652
\n00:52:38,280 –> 00:52:44,200
\nAnd David was justified, says
\nPaul. <\/p>\n
653
\n00:52:45,720 –> 00:52:50,480
\nDavid was justified.
\nWhy? <\/p>\n
654
\n00:52:51,920 –> 00:52:57,440
\nBecause our God, our heavenly
\nFather, is faithful. <\/p>\n
655
\n00:52:59,200 –> 00:53:04,440
\nHe’s faithful to his own name,
\nto his own character. <\/p>\n
656
\n00:53:05,320 –> 00:53:08,800
\nAnd not only does he want to
\nforgive our sins, not only is it<\/p>\n
657
\n00:53:08,800 –> 00:53:12,880
\nhis very nature, his very being
\nto forgive our sins, He <\/p>\n
658
\n00:53:12,880 –> 00:53:17,600
\njustifies us when we believe
\nthat he has forgiven our sins. <\/p>\n
659
\n00:53:20,440 –> 00:53:25,760
\nFor God has not appointed us to
\nwrath, but to obtain salvation. <\/p>\n
660
\n00:53:26,520 –> 00:53:30,480
\nBy our Lord Jesus.
\nChrist, you know what? <\/p>\n
661
\n00:53:30,480 –> 00:53:38,040
\nSome point in time after this, I
\nthink a shattering thought came <\/p>\n
662
\n00:53:38,040 –> 00:53:44,200
\ninto David’s mind.
\nWe’re in First Samuel 12, Second<\/p>\n
663
\n00:53:44,200 –> 00:53:47,440
\nSamuel 12.
\nIn Second Samuel 7, what had <\/p>\n
664
\n00:53:47,440 –> 00:53:50,920
\nhappened?
\nGod had made a covenant with <\/p>\n
665
\n00:53:50,920 –> 00:53:54,640
\nDavid.
\nGod had promised David his Son <\/p>\n
666
\n00:53:54,640 –> 00:53:58,240
\nwould sit upon his throne.
\nGod had promised David that he <\/p>\n
667
\n00:53:58,240 –> 00:54:01,280
\nwould be the father to his son.
\nGod had promised David that his <\/p>\n
668
\n00:54:01,280 –> 00:54:04,760
\nson would build a house.
\nAnd David might have wondered, <\/p>\n
669
\n00:54:05,840 –> 00:54:11,720
\nis all of that undone by my sin?
\nI think he did. <\/p>\n
670
\n00:54:11,720 –> 00:54:15,960
\nTurn over to Second Samuel
\nchapter 23 and consider these <\/p>\n
671
\n00:54:15,960 –> 00:54:24,520
\nwords.
\nSecond Samuel 23 at verse one. <\/p>\n
672
\n00:54:26,000 –> 00:54:32,800
\nNow these be the last words of
\nDavid. <\/p>\n
673
\n00:54:34,080 –> 00:54:37,960
\nDavid, the son of Jesse said,
\nand the man who was raised up on<\/p>\n
674
\n00:54:37,960 –> 00:54:41,920
\nhigh, the anointed of God, the
\nJacob, the God of Jacob, the <\/p>\n
675
\n00:54:41,920 –> 00:54:46,600
\nsweet psalmist of Israel, the
\nspirit of the Lord spake by me, <\/p>\n
676
\n00:54:46,600 –> 00:54:50,400
\nand his word was in my tongue.
\nThe God of Israel said, the rock<\/p>\n
677
\n00:54:50,400 –> 00:54:53,640
\nof Israel spake to me.
\nHe that ruleth over men must be <\/p>\n
678
\n00:54:53,640 –> 00:54:57,000
\njudge, just ruling in the fear
\nof God. <\/p>\n
679
\n00:54:57,320 –> 00:55:00,440
\nAnd He shall see the light be as
\nthe light of the morning when <\/p>\n
680
\n00:55:00,440 –> 00:55:04,400
\nthe sun riseth, even as morning
\nclouds as the tender grass <\/p>\n
681
\n00:55:04,400 –> 00:55:08,040
\nspringing out of the earth by
\nclear shining after rain. <\/p>\n
682
\n00:55:08,480 –> 00:55:19,960
\nAlthough my house was not always
\nso with God, yet He hath made <\/p>\n
683
\n00:55:19,960 –> 00:55:27,880
\nwith me an everlasting covenant,
\nordered in all things and sure. <\/p>\n
684
\n00:55:28,560 –> 00:55:32,680
\nFor this is all my desire.
\nFor this is all my salvation, <\/p>\n
685
\n00:55:32,680 –> 00:55:38,680
\nand all my desire, though He
\nmake it, not to grow so at the <\/p>\n
686
\n00:55:38,680 –> 00:55:42,960
\nend of his life.
\nDavid’s very last words, he had <\/p>\n
687
\n00:55:42,960 –> 00:55:46,800
\nconsidered that God might undo
\nhis covenant because of that. <\/p>\n
688
\n00:55:48,800 –> 00:55:53,720
\nAnd that’s why I believe the
\ncovenant with David becomes <\/p>\n
689
\n00:55:53,720 –> 00:55:57,800
\nknown as the sure mercies of
\nDavid, which of course speak of <\/p>\n
690
\n00:55:57,800 –> 00:56:00,480
\nthe resurrection.
\nThey were applied to Christ in <\/p>\n
691
\n00:56:00,480 –> 00:56:04,480
\nActs 13.
\nDo you know how Isaiah 55, which<\/p>\n
692
\n00:56:04,640 –> 00:56:09,080
\ntalks about the sure mercies of
\nDavid, goes on It says, the let <\/p>\n
693
\n00:56:09,080 –> 00:56:12,640
\nthe wicked forsake his way, and
\nthe unrighteous man his <\/p>\n
694
\n00:56:12,640 –> 00:56:16,120
\nthoughts, and let him return
\nunto the Lord, and he will have <\/p>\n
695
\n00:56:16,120 –> 00:56:20,600
\nmercy upon him and to our God,
\nfor he will abundantly pardon. <\/p>\n
696
\n00:56:21,000 –> 00:56:26,040
\nSure mercies of God are
\nintroduced in the in the context<\/p>\n
697
\n00:56:26,280 –> 00:56:34,720
\nof God’s mercy in forgiving sin.
\nFor my thoughts are not your <\/p>\n
698
\n00:56:34,720 –> 00:56:39,440
\nthoughts, neither are your ways
\nmy ways. <\/p>\n
699
\n00:56:41,680 –> 00:56:47,200
\nBrothers and sisters, how many
\ntimes have we misquoted that <\/p>\n
700
\n00:56:47,200 –> 00:56:50,760
\nverse?
\nBecause I’ve heard that verse <\/p>\n
701
\n00:56:50,840 –> 00:56:56,040
\nmany times quoted to indicate,
\nwell, God is sinless and we’re <\/p>\n
702
\n00:56:56,040 –> 00:56:59,760
\nsinners.
\nThat’s not the context of Isaiah<\/p>\n
703
\n00:56:59,760 –> 00:57:04,240
\n55 and verse 8.
\nGod saying my thoughts are not <\/p>\n
704
\n00:57:04,240 –> 00:57:07,560
\nyour thoughts, Neither are your
\nways my ways because I’m able to<\/p>\n
705
\n00:57:07,560 –> 00:57:11,800
\nforgive where so often you would
\nnot be able to. <\/p>\n
706
\n00:57:13,440 –> 00:57:17,760
\nThat’s the context of My
\nthoughts are not your thoughts. <\/p>\n
707
\n00:57:18,080 –> 00:57:24,600
\nGod’s thoughts are that He wants
\nevery wicked person upon the <\/p>\n
708
\n00:57:24,640 –> 00:57:30,080
\nearth to repent, for He takes no
\npleasure in the death of the <\/p>\n
709
\n00:57:30,080 –> 00:57:33,720
\nwicked.
\nThose are God’s thoughts. <\/p>\n
710
\n00:57:34,800 –> 00:57:39,960
\nGod’s thoughts are is that He
\nwants to have mercy upon us and <\/p>\n
711
\n00:57:39,960 –> 00:57:45,720
\nabundantly pardon.
\nAnd consider how abundantly he <\/p>\n
712
\n00:57:45,720 –> 00:57:50,440
\npardoned David.
\nThis is how God remembers David <\/p>\n
713
\n00:57:50,880 –> 00:57:54,600
\nto Solomon.
\nIf you, Solomon, walk before me <\/p>\n
714
\n00:57:54,760 –> 00:57:59,240
\nas David thy father walked in
\nintegrity of heart and in <\/p>\n
715
\n00:57:59,240 –> 00:58:01,480
\nuprightness, well, hold on a
\nminute. <\/p>\n
716
\n00:58:01,480 –> 00:58:04,840
\nDidn’t he murder Uriah?
\nDidn’t he commit adultery, <\/p>\n
717
\n00:58:06,160 –> 00:58:11,200
\nintegrity of heart, uprightness?
\nOr later when he chastises <\/p>\n
718
\n00:58:11,200 –> 00:58:14,920
\nSolomon, who turned and says
\nyour heart has not been perfect <\/p>\n
719
\n00:58:15,160 –> 00:58:18,640
\nwith the Lord your God, as was
\nthe heart of David his father. <\/p>\n
720
\n00:58:19,240 –> 00:58:23,760
\nDavid’s heart was perfect with
\nYahweh Elohim of Israel. <\/p>\n
721
\n00:58:25,120 –> 00:58:28,400
\nOr later when he talks to
\nJeroboam and says, You have not <\/p>\n
722
\n00:58:28,400 –> 00:58:31,800
\nbeen as my servant David, who
\nkept my commandments, who <\/p>\n
723
\n00:58:31,800 –> 00:58:36,080
\nfollowed me with all his heart
\nto do only that which was right <\/p>\n
724
\n00:58:36,080 –> 00:58:40,400
\nin mine eyes.
\nAnd throughout the Scriptures, <\/p>\n
725
\n00:58:40,400 –> 00:58:44,560
\nwhen God refers to David, he
\nstill calls him a man after his <\/p>\n
726
\n00:58:44,560 –> 00:58:47,480
\nown heart, a man who had a
\nperfect heart, a man who walked <\/p>\n
727
\n00:58:47,480 –> 00:58:50,080
\nintegrity, a man who did all
\nthat he commanded. <\/p>\n
728
\n00:58:50,240 –> 00:58:53,720
\nGod knew that he sinned.
\nGod knew that he had committed <\/p>\n
729
\n00:58:53,720 –> 00:58:55,960
\nadultery.
\nGod knew that he had committed <\/p>\n
730
\n00:58:55,960 –> 00:58:59,360
\nmurder.
\nAnd what God is teaching us is <\/p>\n
731
\n00:58:59,360 –> 00:59:03,520
\nthat his way is not our way, and
\nHis thoughts are not our <\/p>\n
732
\n00:59:03,520 –> 00:59:06,480
\nthoughts.
\nAnd although we can’t forget, <\/p>\n
733
\n00:59:08,240 –> 00:59:12,280
\nGod can.
\nFor my thoughts are not your <\/p>\n
734
\n00:59:12,280 –> 00:59:16,760
\nthoughts, neither are your ways
\nmy ways. <\/p>\n
735
\n00:59:17,680 –> 00:59:22,360
\nI can wipe it from the record.
\nI can cast your sins behind my <\/p>\n
736
\n00:59:22,360 –> 00:59:25,240
\nback.
\nI can separate you from your <\/p>\n
737
\n00:59:25,240 –> 00:59:27,560
\nsins as far as the East is from
\nthe West. <\/p>\n
738
\n00:59:27,560 –> 00:59:33,760
\nAnd of course they never meet.
\nThat’s how God can deal with our<\/p>\n
739
\n00:59:33,760 –> 00:59:37,320
\nsins.
\nWe’re not quite the same, and He<\/p>\n
740
\n00:59:37,320 –> 00:59:41,040
\ndoesn’t expect us to be the
\nsame, because we can’t forget. <\/p>\n
741
\n00:59:43,800 –> 00:59:50,600
\nMay we, brothers and sisters,
\nhave the greater faith of David.<\/p>\n
742
\n00:59:52,000 –> 00:59:56,720
\nSure, he had faith to slay lions
\nand bears and giants and armies,<\/p>\n
743
\n00:59:57,680 –> 01:00:05,080
\nbut now he had the faith that
\ncould slay the thinking that had<\/p>\n
744
\n01:00:05,080 –> 01:00:09,640
\novertaken his mind.
\nNot that he would overcome every<\/p>\n
745
\n01:00:09,640 –> 01:00:14,240
\ntime, but now he knew the
\nprocess that just as God would <\/p>\n
746
\n01:00:14,240 –> 01:00:18,560
\nhelp him in the battle against
\nGoliath and guide that stone, so<\/p>\n
747
\n01:00:18,560 –> 01:00:24,760
\nGod could help him.
\nIf he sought God’s help in <\/p>\n
748
\n01:00:24,760 –> 01:00:29,800
\nclosing opportunities for sin
\ninstead of creating <\/p>\n
749
\n01:00:29,800 –> 01:00:33,360
\nopportunities of sin.
\nAnd so may we have faith like <\/p>\n
750
\n01:00:33,360 –> 01:00:37,720
\nDavid, not creating
\nopportunities for sin, but <\/p>\n
751
\n01:00:37,720 –> 01:00:41,240
\nrecognizing that even when
\nmoving forward seems impossible,<\/p>\n
752
\n01:00:42,200 –> 01:00:48,000
\nGod will forgive.
\nAnd not just forgive, but count <\/p>\n
753
\n01:00:48,000 –> 01:00:56,160
\nit to us for righteousness,
\nbecause we believed that God is <\/p>\n
754
\n01:00:56,160 –> 01:01:01,720
\nfaithful and God is able.
\nAnd so there’s our first <\/p>\n
755
\n01:01:02,320 –> 01:01:06,520
\nprinciple in developing the
\nspiritual quotient of faith, <\/p>\n
756
\n01:01:07,320 –> 01:01:10,320
\nrecognizing that God is
\nfaithful. <\/p>\n
757
\n01:01:11,440 –> 01:01:19,080
\nThe second is experiencing God’s
\nmercy, which transforms <\/p>\n
758
\n01:01:19,080 –> 01:01:23,120
\nintellectual knowledge into
\nexperiential knowledge that <\/p>\n
759
\n01:01:23,120 –> 01:01:27,200
\nwe’re able to share with others.
\nThe third is learning to put our<\/p>\n
760
\n01:01:27,200 –> 01:01:32,200
\ntrust, our belief, our faith in
\nGod who was able able to forgive<\/p>\n
761
\n01:01:32,200 –> 01:01:37,280
\nour sins and able to see us
\nwithout sin that we might enter <\/p>\n
762
\n01:01:37,280 –> 01:01:42,240
\ninto his Kingdom.
\nThe 4th is to understand that <\/p>\n
763
\n01:01:42,520 –> 01:01:47,160
\nrebuke well received by us
\nbuilds our faith. <\/p>\n
764
\n01:01:47,920 –> 01:01:54,000
\nAnd finally, having learned how
\nto receive rebuke and receive <\/p>\n
765
\n01:01:54,000 –> 01:01:59,400
\nGod’s mercy, also understand
\nthat rebuke, well delivered, <\/p>\n
766
\n01:02:00,360 –> 01:02:02,320
\nbuilds the faith of others.\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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