The True Confession of King David: A Man After God's Own Heart
Discover the story of King David, a man known for his worship of God but also for his moral failings. Despite his esteemed position, David succumbed to temptation, leading to a series of sinful actions that resulted in grave consequences. Explore the themes of confession, repentance, and the costly nature of sin as exemplified in David's life.
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DAVIDS DAVID S TRUE TRUE CONFESSION CONFESSION
David, a David, a man after man after God s own God s own heart. heart. Psalm 51 was written by David. He was a true worshipper of God and wrote many of the worship Psalms that we sing today. HE WAS A MAN AFTER GOD S OWN HEART and knew the importance to giving God the glory and the value of true confession. David didn t write Psalm 51 at some immature moment of his life. He wrote it at the pinnacle of his life. God had blessed him abundantly. He was the King of Israel. David was a man who hated iniquity and unrighteousness in others but hated it more in himself. Yet, he allowed himself to fall into sin and tried to cover it up. This Psalm is about David s true confession and repentance after he committed sins worthy of death.
11 It happened in the spring of the year, at the time when kings went out to battle, that David sent Joab and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the people of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem. 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, 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. Then David sent messengers to get her. She came to him, and he slept with her. (Now she was purifying herself from her monthly uncleanness.) Then she went back home. The woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, I am pregnant II Samuel II Samuel 11:1 11:1- -4 4
What did David do? What did David do? He let his flesh get the best of him. It was spring and kings were supposed to be on the battlefield. David for whatever reason chose to stay behind and sent Joab, his military general, to lead the army into battle. While he was resting in his bed, he gets up and temptation is waiting. James says once sin is conceived in the heart it brings forth death which for David was an unbearable heartache. SIN IS COSTLY It will cost you more than you want to pay; take you farther than you want to go; and keep you longer than you want to stay.
David Knew What He Was Doing Was Wrong David plans Uriah s murder. He sends him back to the battlefield with a note for Joab. He inquires about the woman and the servant tells David that Bathsheba is the wife of Uriah. The note says to put Uriah in the frontline of the hottest battle where he will be killed. David sends for her anyway, lies with her, and she gets pregnant. Joab follows instructions and Uriah is killed. David starts plotting. He sends for Uriah to come home from battle to spend time with his wife; but Uriah was an honorable man and would not sleep with his wife. He slept with the King s servants. After David receives word of Uriah s death, he sends for Bathsheba and she becomes his wife. AS THE SAYING GOES, YOU MAY GET BY FOR A WHILE, BUT YOU CAN T GET AWAY. Your sins will find you out! UNCONFESSED SIN BEGETS MORE SIN. David finds himself in a web of sinful behavior. David then plans a feast, invites Uriah and gets him drunk hoping he will now sleep with his wife. Once again, David is unsuccessful.
Nathan Confronts David Nathan Confronts David About a year later, the prophet Nathan confronts David about his sin. He tells David a story about a rich man who had many sheep and cattle and a poor man who had nothing but one little lamb. He loved his lamb. He raised it It grew up with him and his children. It shared his food and drank from his cup. It slept in his arms and was like a daughter to him.
Ungodly Behavior Ungodly Behavior A traveler comes to the rich man s house. He wanted to prepare a meal for the traveler. The rich man had plenty of cattle and sheep; however, he didn t want to take an animal from his flock, so he goes and takes the poor man s one little lamb, slaughters it, and prepares it for the evening meal. David was furious when he heard this. He said the man who has done this deserves death and he shall restore the lamb fourfold because he did this and had no pity.
NATHAN SAYS TO DAVID THOU ART THE MAN. Thus says the LORD God of Israel: I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul. 8I gave you your master s house and your master s wives into your keeping, and gave you the house of Israel and Judah. And if that had been too little, I also would have given you much more! 9Why have you despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in His sight? You have killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword; you have taken his wife to be your wife, and have killed him with the sword of the people of Ammon. 2 Sam. 12:7
SIN HAS CONSEQUENCES SIN HAS CONSEQUENCES Nathan continues with the Word of the Lord. Absalom organizes a rebellion against his father to try to take his kingdom. Absalom sleeps with his father s concubines for all Israel to see. This act dishonored his father. 10 Now therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised Me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife. Consequences The baby conceived by Bathsheba died. Amnon, David s son, raped his half sister Tamar. Absalom Killed his half brother Amnon for raping his sister. Absalom is killed by Joab. Before and after David s death, his son Adonijah tried to take the kingship away from Solomon--the rightful heir of the throne. Eventually, Solomon had to have Adonijah, his brother put to death.
Have mercy upon me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness; according to the multitude of Your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions. Psa. 51:1 MERCY is compassion or forgiveness shown to someone when it is within their power to punish or harm. David wanted mercy. He did not want this sin covered up, he wanted it completely blotted out -- erased from God s record book. Micah says, Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy. God is a merciful God. He delights to show mercy. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. David begins his prayer. I John 1:9 With God confession is not lip service, it s a heart issue. True confession must come from the heart. Micah 7:18
David wanted to be cleansed. David wanted to be cleansed. 4Against You, You only, have I sinned, and done this evil in Your sight that You may be found just when You speak, and blameless when You judge. 2Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. David was aware of how filthy he was. He wanted God to cleanse him inside out -- the entire person. David knew he was chosen by God, and 3For I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. He admits his transgressions. Admission is the first step to being forgiven. David knew what he was doing was wrong and he did it any way. It was not a mistake. It wasn t something he just fell into. He planned it. anointed by the Prophet Samuel to be the spiritual, moral and political leader of Israel. Yet, he committed this sin. David understood that even though he brought shame on Israel, wronged Bathsheba and deprived Uriah of his life that his sin was ultimately against God. It is God and God only that he had to stand before. Question????? Has God ever told YOU NOT TO DO SOMETHING and you did it any way. You knew what the Word said, but it felt good to you at the time and you engaged in whatever activity you were not supposed to engage in. HOW DID YOU FEEL?
THE SINFUL STATE THE SINFUL STATE OF MAN OF MAN Being born a sinner is not your choice, but the act of sin is a willful act. Therefore, David is not making any excuse for his sin. 5Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me. We were all born in sin. This is how each of us came into the world. It has nothing to do with whether you think you are a good person or not. It is the human condition. You are a sinner because you were born of the Adamic nature. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO REALIZE THAT BEING BORN IN SIN IS WHY WE NEED TO BE BORN AGAIN. THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT EMPOWERS US TO RESIST THE POWER OF SIN. Paul in Romans 5:12 says, Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: Paul goes on to say: For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Ro. 5:8 THANK GOD FOR THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST. I Cor 15:22
GOD LOOKS INSIDE GOD LOOKS INSIDE OF MAN OF MAN 6Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts, and in the hidden part You will make me to know wisdom. David s heart was toward God. He wanted to do what was right in God s sight. He fell prey to the desires of his flesh. He had been living a lie. David wanted to see God again in nature, in His Word, and in the temple. We must let the Holy Spirit rule and reign in our lives. We must crucify our flesh daily so that we can live victorious lives. 7Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.The priest was supposed to take hyssop and cleanse a leper. David said he needed a cleansing. He is expressing his spiritual condition.
LET ME HEAR JOY AGAIN! LET ME HEAR JOY AGAIN! 8Make me hear joy and gladness, that the bones You have broken may rejoice. David s inner man is broken, his spirit is broken. David was not only a warrior but he was a singer. When he came back from the battlefield, he would lay down his sword and pick up his harp. He would sing praises to God. He listened to the choirs in God s house as they sang praise to Him. In this psalm, David s ears were not open to the music of heaven. David heard sorrow and sadness. The choir was off-key. Everything he heard was wrong. When we are not right on the inside, nothing is going to be right on the outside. 9Hide Your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquities. David was ashamed. He wanted to his face and wanted his iniquities totally erased.
CREATE IN ME A CLEAN HEART, O GOD. . . CREATE IN ME A CLEAN HEART, O GOD. . . Spirit from Saul and gave it to him because of Saul s rebellion. He did not want the same thing to happen to him. 10Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. David had been asking God to cleanse him from his sin but now he is asking him to create in him a new heart. He didn t need his heart washed. He needed a new one. Jeremiah tells us that The heart of man is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? Solomon said keep your heart with all diligence for out of it flows the issue of life. Our hearts today are washed in the blood of Jesus. David constantly depended on God s presence, whether he was writing a psalm or leading an army. Therefore, he was in anguish about possibly losing the powerful presence of God. The Spirit of God dwelled differently with man in the OT than in the NT. In the NT, God s Spirit dwells within man, within US. In the OT, God s Spirit did not dwell in man because had not died on the cross. The Holy Spirit dwelt among men and would come upon them to perform specific tasks like prophesy. 11Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. No doubt David remembered how God took His
Restore to me the joy Restore to me the joy of YOUR salvation! of YOUR salvation!
13Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners shall be converted to You. David is promising that when he is forgiven, he will tell all who commit sin that God forgives. He has not only learned a valuable lesson himself about committing sin, but he promises to pass on this knowledge to others that they might saved. Also, He will show others, from his experience, the bitterness caused by sin. He will tell them that sin has consequences. He will show them the nature of true repentance. In other words, David was going to testify of the goodness of the Lord. TODAY: God has called each of us to be a shinning light in this dark world delivering the gospel message of hope and love. BE A BE A WITNESS! WITNESS!
14Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. When David sinned, he could have brought all kinds of sacrifices; but they would not have pleased the Lord. God was waiting for the sacrifice of a broken heart. 15O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise. RESTORATION RESTORATION OF PRAISE OF PRAISE 16For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering. God wants sincerity from the heart, not religious routine. A broken heart is not remorse, nor is it regret. It is repentance, a turning away from sin. It s telling God you hate sin, are judging it and believing for His forgiveness. Bring to Jesus the sacrifice of a contrite heart and he will in no wise cast it out. Warren Weirsbe 17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. God uses broken things and He starts with broken hearts. This is what repentance is all about. God doesn t listen to the lips. He doesn t measure a material sacrifice. He looks at the heart and says, If your heart is broken, I can cleanse it.
18Do good in Your good pleasure to Zion; build the walls of Jerusalem. 19Then You shall be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering; then they shall offer bulls on Your altar. David ends this Psalm by saying Do good in Your good pleasure to Zion; build the walls of Jerusalem. David in his sin had been tearing down, not building up. He had given opportunity to the enemies of Israel to blaspheme God. When the word got out, everyone knew what David had done. David says, O God, when I was sinning, I was tearing down. I was not pleasing You. Now I want to please You. And because I am pleasing you, I will be building up. And the walls of Jerusalem, walls of protection, will be strong. FOOD FOR THOUGHT Learn from David s Mistakes 1) David laid his armor down (2 Sam. 11). You never lay down your armor. Spiritually speaking Eph.6 tells us to put on the whole armor of God and it doesn t say anything about removing it. Build Up and Build Up and Don t Tear Don t Tear Down Down 2) David was not looking to God. He was looking at Bathsheba. We must turn ourselves to God and love Him with our whole heart, soul and mind. 3) David ignored God s word. The word keeps us clean. Jesus told his disciples in John 15:3 that they were cleaned through the word.
