David and the Heart of God - Week 10: Moral Collapse

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Scripture: 2 Samuel 11-12, 1 Corinthians 10:12, Psalm 51, Matthew 21:9.

This message deals with the difficult topic of moral collapse, specifically in David’s life. Painful as it is, it can teach us much about the importance of walking faithfully before the Lord and resisting temptation.

David fell into temptation after seeing Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam (a trusted soldier) and the wife of Uriah (one of David’s elite soldiers). David had her brought to the palace and he slept with her resulting in her pregnancy.

Instead of coming clean, David goes deeper into a dark place with more plans. After trying multiple times to cover his actions, David arranges for Uriah’s death and has him killed.

2 Samuel 11:27 tells us that what David had done displeased the Lord. What does the Lord do? 2 Samuel 12:1, God sends Nathan to David. Nathan, in great wisdom, tells David a story and when David hears the story he was incensed saying that the man must die. At this point, Nathan looks at David and confronts him eye to eye, and says, “YOU are the man!”

David is confronted with the horror of what he has done. He had committed a huge moral failure, but David was also a man who understood the heart of God. His response to Nathan is, “I have sinned against the Lord.”

Here’s what we can learn from David.

LESSONS ⁃ Awareness - recognizing that we are all vulnerable and we are all sinners. Be aware of the temptations. ⁃ Consequences - come when we go against God’s purpose and plan in our lives. Consequences can be horrific. There are consequence to disobedience. ⁃ Repentance - after his sin was exposed David freely admitted he had sinned, he did not try to make excuses, he repented. Repentance brings about a change of direction, a turning away. David understood he had fallen. We all sin, but God calls His people to repentance, to not only admit our sin, but to turn away from it and begin anew all over again. ⁃ Forgiveness - The Lord takes away our sin through the death of His Son and we see how good and gracious God really is. He loves us and offered up His own son for us all. **Pastor shares divinely given wisdom around the loss of David’s son, be sure to listen to this message so you don’t miss out on some profound revelation.** ⁃ Restoration - comes from our Father who restores us to relationship with Him through His Son. God restores to us the joy of our salvation and sustains us with the Holy Spirit.

David is described as a man after God’s own heart, yet he made some horrible decisions in his life. David’s story compels us to take seriously the danger of going against God’s plan and purposes for our lives. But this story also shows us the grace and mercy of God. These truths powerfully impact and transform us all.

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