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Meet
God in the Psalms
The
God who Pardons Psalm 51
King
David has grievously sinned with Bathsheba (2 Sam. 11 & 12) and
the thing that David had done displeased the Lord. (11:27). Nathan came
to say "You are the man." (12:7) and he heard the response
from David, "I have sinned against the Lord" (12:13) .
From those events David wrote Psalm 51 to show us how terrible our sin
is but also to tell us that we have a God who abundantly pardons.
1. His
Pain
- Blackness
-David is defiled and needs to be washed. v2,7,10.
- Brokenness
-Broken by God v8. He was broken-hearted v17
- Barrenness
-No joy. v8,12. no witness v13-15.
- Bloodguiltiness
-His sin was ever before him v3, and he longed for deliverance. v14.
2. His Penitence
- His
agreement with God about sin.
Transgression
/ rebellion v1,3.
Iniquity
/ crookedness v2,5,9.
Sin
/ failure, error, missing the mark v2,3 4,5 9.
evil
/ bad v4.
- His
admission of his guilt. Guilty conscience v3.
- His
awareness of its gravity God sees it all v4
- His
alarm at sin's grip The root of sin lies deep v5.
Having
grasped the horror of his sin, he turns to God.
3. His Prayer
Purity
Ps.79:9
Pardon
Is.55:7.
Power
v11.
Praise
v12.
- See
his confidence v7 "I shall be..." v6 "You shall..
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