David Part 5 Failure and Forgiveness 2 Samuel 11:1-4 "In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, David sent Joab out with the king’s men and the whole Israelite army. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained in Jerusalem. 2 One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful, 3 and David sent someone to find out about her. The man said, “She is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.” 4 Then David sent messengers to get her. She came to him, and he slept with her.”
How do we typically respond to sin and failure?
Disguise
Luke 8:17 Jesus said “there is nothing that is hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open.”
2. Rationalize
3. Agonize Psalm 32:3-4 When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night your hand was heavy on me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer.[b]
Psalm 38:4-8 “My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear. 5 My wounds fester and are loathsome because of my sinful folly. 6 I am bowed down and brought very low; all day long I go about mourning. 7 My back is filled with searing pain; there is no health in my body. 8 I am feeble and utterly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.”
4. Compromise
1 Timothy 4:2 “Their consciences became seared as with a hot iron”
Psalm 51:1-12 NLT “Have mercy on me, O God, because of your unfailing love. Because of your great compassion, blot out the stain of my sins. 2 Wash me clean from my guilt. Purify me from my sin. 3 For I recognize my rebellion; it haunts me day and night. 4 Against you, and you alone, have I sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. You will be proved right in what you say, and your judgment against me is just.[a] 5 For I was born a sinner— yes, from the moment my mother conceived me. 6 But you desire honesty from the womb,[b] teaching me wisdom even there. 7 Purify me from my sins,[c] and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. 8 Oh, give me back my joy again; you have broken me— now let me rejoice. 9 Don’t keep looking at my sins. Remove the stain of my guilt. 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a loyal spirit within me. 11 Do not banish me from your presence, and don’t take your Holy Spirit[d] from me. 12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and make me willing to obey you. What does David do when he realizes his sin?
He admits it
Proverbs 28:13 says is like this “If you hide your sins you will not succeed, but if you confess and reject them you will receive mercy.”
2. He ASKS GOD to forgive it
I John 1:9 “if we confess our sin he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleans us from all unrighteousness,”
3. He ACCEPTED his forgiveness and moved on
Romans 8:1 “Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus”
Romans 3:24 “We are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came through Christ Jesus.”
