King David, Israel’s most illustrious ruler a man after God’s own heart (Acts 13:22; cf. 1 Samuel 13:14), became the seducer, the adulterer, the liar, the murderer utterly pitiless and unmoved by his monstrous misdeeds. Israel’s ruler was now ruled by sin (cf. 2 Samuel 11:1-27).<\/p>\n
A year had passed since David committed adultery with Bathsheba and orchestrated the murder of her husband (2 Samuel 11:1-4; 2 Samuel 11:6-17). David deteriorated physically and emotionally. His gnawing conscience kept him restless and melancholy. At night he tossed and turned.<\/p>\n
When David was brought face to face with his corruption (2 Samuel 12:1-12), his defenses crumbled and He cried, “I have sinned against the Lord” (2 Samuel 12:13). And Nathan the prophet replied, “The Lord also has put away your sin.” Despite the devastating consequences of David’s sin, he was assured of God’s forgiveness (2 Samuel 12:13-14).<\/p>\n
After realizing the extent of his sin and its consequences, David penned Psalm 51, a song of repentance and pleading for God’s forgiveness. “I acknowledge my transgressions …. Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow” (Psalm 51:3 – NKJV; Psalm 51:7 – NKJV).<\/p>\n
Are we suffering the consequences of our sin? Let’s admit our wrongs and ask God to “forgive us our sins” (1 John 1:9). He will show abundant mercy and restore to us the “joy of Your [God’s] salvation” (Psalm 86:5 – NKJV; Psalm 51:12 – NKJV).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
King David, Israel’s most illustrious ruler a man after God’s own heart (Acts 13:22; cf. 1 Samuel 13:14), became the seducer, the adulterer, the liar, the murderer utterly pitiless and unmoved by his monstrous misdeeds. Israel’s ruler was now ruled by sin (cf. 2 Samuel 11:1-27). A year had passed since David committed adultery with … Continue reading “The Joy Of God's Salvation – Bible study”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47071\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}