David broke three of the Ten Commandments in simply this one setting. He coveted one other man’s spouse, dedicated adultery together with her, and murdered the person to cowl his sin. But God forgave him. So, how may we ever really feel like our sins are too nice to obtain God’s forgiveness or like we will’t be redeemed and restored?
This was initially a part of final week’s lesson, however I made a decision that was an excessive amount of to cowl so this week we add Psalm 51 to the passage in 2 Samuel 12:24-25 and discuss repentance and redemption. Subsequent week we are going to examine Psalm 32 and discuss how David lined up his sin and what he ought to have executed as a substitute.
David’s Sin Summarized (2 Samuel 11-12)
David took benefit of the excessive place he had been given as Israel’s king. He had the ability to be with any accessible girl within the land, but he took the spouse of one of many Mighty Males who was gone preventing for him. Then, he took benefit of his place once more by sending that man to the frontlines to die. No different particular person would have had the ability to cover his sin in such a method. As a result of David apparently didn’t perceive the magnitude of what he’d executed, Nathan instructed him the story in regards to the wealthy man who took the poor man’s beloved lamb with none regard for his emotions.
David’s preliminary response to Bathsheba’s being pregnant was to cowl it as much as try to keep away from the implications of his actions. However when Nathan pressured him to take a look at his selfishness and the ache he brought on to harmless folks, he was deeply remorseful and turned to God. Psalm 51 was written after Nathan confronted David about his sin.
A Track of Repentance – Psalm 51
David started by asking for mercy, which was solely attainable due to God’s enduring love and forgiving nature. David didn’t deserve what he was asking for, however his soul wanted it. So, he requested the Lord to cleanse him of those sins.
He made no excuses however readily acknowledged that he had sinned in opposition to God. Clearly, he additionally sinned in opposition to Uriah, however God’s regulation is a trainer. As a result of David was the king and the entire kingdom belonged to him, he had not considered the truth that some issues had been nonetheless off limits to him. However even when he couldn’t see how his actions would have an effect on others, if he would have regarded God’s regulation, he wouldn’t have harm so many individuals. However now that Nathan confirmed him his sin by way of one other man’s eyes and revealed his blatant disregard for God’s legal guidelines, David was repentant. He needed God to know that he took His guidelines severely and understood that what he did was evil. Although he harm Uriah, and possibly Bathsheba too, his offense was in the end in opposition to God. He deserved the Lord’s judgment.
David additionally knew this was not the one time he had sinned in opposition to God. He was born with a sin nature, and he couldn’t hold himself from wrongdoing with out God’s assist. He wanted the Lord to information him in fact and train him knowledge. David needed to be cleaned of his sin and be restored. He requested God to create a clear coronary heart inside him and renew his spirit in righteousness. We are able to take the supplies given to us and construct one thing, however solely God can create one thing completely new. David was asking God to make him a brand new creation, altering him from the within out, and restore their relationship. As a result of God withdrew His Spirit from Saul, David requested God not to do this with him. He didn’t need his sin to separate them, so he was drawing nearer to the Lord, and he requested that God stay with Him.
If God preserved him, he would use this example to show others so they might flip to God in repentance, too. David would inform everybody how God forgave his sins and urge them to hunt the Lord’s forgiveness, too. Although God requested them for animal sacrifices, David understood they had been speculated to level the folks to their sin and make them repentant. God’s true want was that sin would break their hearts, trigger them to show away from it, and draw nearer to the Lord. An animal sacrifice wouldn’t have been a lot of a sacrifice for a king anyway. So, he supplied the Lord a damaged spirit and a contrite coronary heart, believing in God to just accept his heartfelt apology.
David ended his music by asking God to not maintain his sin in opposition to the nation. As an alternative, he requested the Lord to bless them and construct them up, to guard them and proceed accepting their sacrifices.
God Restores – 2 Samuel 12:24-25
Forgiveness doesn’t essentially imply God will exempt us from penalties. Though David was repentant, God didn’t take away his four-fold consequence. The son he conceived with Uriah’s spouse didn’t stay, the sword would by no means depart David’s home, these in his circle of relatives would come out in opposition to him, and different males would sleep together with his wives, too. However God noticed David’s true repentance and his story didn’t finish in punishment. After the demise of their son, God acknowledged Bathsheba as David’s spouse and allowed them to have one other son. His beginning not solely introduced redemption to David’s life but additionally restored his relationship with the Lord. God held a particular place in His coronary heart for Solomon, too, which was revealed in his Hebrew identify which means “beloved of the Lord.”
