The Shadow King - Week 11

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Proverbs 28:13

Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.

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2 Samuel 12:1-2

The LORD sent Nathan to David. When he came to him, he said, “There were two men in a certain town, one rich and the other poor. The rich man had a very large number of sheep and cattle,

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2 Samuel 12:3

but the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food, drank from his cup and even slept in his arms. It was like a daughter to him.

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2 Samuel 12:5-6

David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan, “As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this must die! He must pay for that lamb four times over, because he did such a thing and had no pity.”

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2 Samuel 12:7

…You are the man!…

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2 Samuel 12:7-9

…Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul… And if this were too little, I would add to you as much more. Why have you despised the word of the LORD, to do what is evil in his sight?…

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2 Samuel 12:13-14

David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” And Nathan said to David, “The LORD also has put away your sin; you shall not die. Nevertheless, because by this deed you have utterly scorned the LORD, the child who is born to you shall die.”

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– We hide
– We justify
– We blame-shift
– We repent

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Psalms 51:1

Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your steadfast love;
according to your abundant mercy

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The mercy of God + nothing.

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Is God’s mercy big enough? Or are there strings attached?

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Psalms 51:3

For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is ever before me.

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Psalms 51:5

Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,
and in sin did my mother conceive me.

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You’re not deprived, you’re depraved.

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Psalms 51:4

Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight…

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Psalms 51:6

Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being, and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.

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Our focus is on behavior. God focuses on the heart.

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“I didn’t just commit adultery. I have become the kind of person who commits adultery.”

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Psalms 51:7

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

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Psalms 51:8

Let me hear joy and gladness;
let the bones that you have broken rejoice.

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Psalms 51:9-12

Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.

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Psalms 51:13-15,18

Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will return to you. Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, O God of my salvation,
and my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness. O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise… Do good to Zion in your good pleasure; build up the walls of Jerusalem;

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The God of the cross and resurrection.

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