David's Psalm 51: Seeking Mercy and Forgiveness
Explore Psalm 51, where David repents for his sins of adultery and murder, seeking mercy and forgiveness from God. This psalm delves into the personal, practical, and profound aspects of confession, cleansing, and restoring fellowship with the Divine.
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To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bath-she'-ba. Events recorded in 2 Samuel 11-12
David lusted after his neighbors wife. He committed adultery; she became pregnant. He made her husband drunk. He had him killed. He tried to cover the whole matter for at least a year.
1. This Psalm is very personal. 2. This Psalm pulls no punches. 3. This Psalm is very practical. This Psalm is very personal. This Psalm pulls no punches. This Psalm is very practical. 1. 2. 3.
Mercy is the ability to be touched by the plight of another, and to be moved to help them. While grace is giving man something he does not deserve, mercy is not giving man that which he does deserve.
1. Transgressions set boundary. 2. Iniquity 3. Sin Transgressions rebellion, to trespass a 1. Iniquity inward crookedness, perversity. Sin to miss the mark. 2. 3.
1. Blot Out indictment against him. He wishes the crime to be removed from his record. 2. Wash Me Thoroughly that man is powerless to remove. 3. Cleanse Me cleansing is the ends. Blot Out the record of his sin is an 1. Wash Me Thoroughly sin leaves a stain 2. Cleanse Me washing is the means, 3.
David finally dealt with his sin in the proper way (2 Sam. 12:13). Confession is the first step in receiving forgiveness (1 John 1:9). We must own our sin before God will forgive our sin.
The sin of adultery may have brought momentary pleasure, but there remained a haunting guilt that would not go away. It robbed him of his peace (Ps. 32:3-4). It robbed him of his joy (Ps. 51:8). It robbed him of his fellowship (v. 11).
Sin is first and foremost a violation against God (Gen. 39:9). David sinned against Bathsheba, Uriah, and the entire nation - but all of this vanished away in the enormity of the realization that his sins were committed against God. Sin is against God s nature, authority, love and design.
1. We must seek Gods mercy. 2. Sin is rebellion, perversity, and over stepping the boundaries. 3. We must acknowledge our sins. 4. We are powerless to remove the guilt of our sins on our own. 5. All sin is a violation against God. We must seek God s mercy. Sin is rebellion, perversity, and over- - stepping the boundaries. We must acknowledge our sins. We are powerless to remove the guilt of our sins on our own. All sin is a violation against God. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
