The Wages of Sin

RECAP ANNOUNCEMENTS for P.C.C. or SOUND VOLUNTEER TRAINING??

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TURN W/ ME TO 2 SAMUEL CHAPTER 12...

PICKING UP in 2ND HALF of VS. 15

OPEN in PRAYER

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INTRO: “DOMINO EFFECT”

HOW MANY HERE HAVE ENJOYED SETTING UP/KNOCKING OVER DOMINOS BEFORE??

FLICK ONE

CHAIN REACTION—SERIES of DOMINOES BEGIN to TUMBLE

SHOWS US PRACTICAL EXAMPLE of CAUSE & EFFECT.

ALWAYS GOES FASTER THAN ANTICIPATED

ONCE UNDERWAY,, IT’S HARD to STOP IT.

DOMINOES in MOTION… WILL STAY in MOTION UNTIL the LAST ONE FALLS...

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DOMINOES…CAUSE & EFFECT...CAN FUNCTION LIKE a METAPHOR in LIFE IN a NUMBER of WAYS...

POSITIVELY: GOOD DOMINOES LEAD to GOOD THINGS

KNOCK DOMINO—LOSING 20-30 LBS—

FIND OTHER DOMINOES RELATED to HEALTH BEGIN to FALL,,

FEEL BETTER,,

PROBABLY EXTENDING YOUR LIFE,,

STEERING DOMINOES AWAY FROM HEART DISEASE

KNOCK DOMINO— COLLEGE/TRADE SCHOOL—

IDEALLY KNOCKS DOWN DOMINO of FINDING a JOB.

MANY DOMINOES HAVE POSITIVE RESULTS FROM CAUSE & EFFECT.

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SOMETIMES DOMINOES CAN FUNCTION NEGATIVELY TOO:

WE MAKE ONE MISTAKE = COMPOUNDED BY MANY

ALSO a HELPFUL METAPHOR FOR SIN & IT’S CONSEQUENCES...

**DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DOMINOES & REAL LIFE:

WE CAN’T SEE ALL the DOMINOES AHEAD THAT WILL FALL AFTER a DECISION...

WE FLICK the FIRST ONE—WE DON’T KNOW WHERE the REST WILL LEAD.

SOMETIMES WE CAN CONTROL THINGS,, OR AT LEAST SET THINGS UP WISELY...

BUT BY in LARGE— DOMINOES/ CAUSE & EFFECT HAPPENS THAT = OUTSIDE of OUR CONTROL…ONCE THE DOMINOES START FALLING.

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LOOKING @ FIRST DOMINO—TEMPTATION to SIN (THEY ARE TEMPTING!)

CHOOSING to SIN = CHOOSING to FLICK the DOMINO

SERIES of THINGS CAN UNFOLD YOU WEREN’T PREPARED FOR… BECAUSE YOU DIDN’T SET the DOMINOES UP...

James 1:14–15 (ESV)

14 But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire.

15 Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.

TEMPTATION BY DESIRE

DESIRE,, CONCEIVED = SIN

SIN FULLY GROWN = DEATH.

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SIN RESULTING in DEATH— SHOWS US SIN = SERIOUS…ACT of REBELLION AGAINST HOLY, CREATOR, GOD.

ALL DEATH/SUFFERING = RESULT of SIN

ULTIMATELY —> SPIRITUAL DEATH/ SEPARATION FROM GOD = CONSEQUENCES FOR SIN

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(T) BUT BEYOND “SPIRITUAL CONSEQUENCES” THERE ARE OFTENTIMES “NATURAL CONSEQUENCES” FOR OUR SIN.

>>> MORE DOMINOES END UP FALLING THAN WE ANTICIPATED

NEED:

TEXT = GOING to REMIND US SOMETIMES THERE ARE UNAVOIDABLE NATURAL CONSEQUENCES to SIN

GOD = INCREDIBLY FORGIVING & GRACIOUS GOD...

**BUT GRACE DOESN’T ALWAYS OVERRIDE REAPING & SOWING.**

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EMBEZZLE FUNDS @ WORK —> NATURAL CONSEQUENCE = LOSE YOUR JOB.

**CAN FIND FORGIVENESS W/ GOD…BUT JOB = GONE**

DR. JOHN DELONY SHOW:

MAN LEFT WIFE & KIDS FOR COWORKER

GETS DUMPED

WANTS BACK W/ WIFE

BUT SHE DIDN’T WANT HIM BACK.

MAN LOOKING AROUND @ SCATTERED DOMINOES

WISHING HE COULD UNFLICK IT…BUT DAMAGE HAD BEEN DONE.

THINGS GOT WORSE THAN HE ANTICIPATED

NATURAL CONSEQUENCES FOR HIS SIN.

IN REAL LIFE—WE CAN’T JUST SET THE DOMINOES UP AGAIN & PRETEND NOTHING HAPPENED...

(T) AS WE LOOK TO THE BIBLICAL TEXT TODAY,

WE’RE GOING TO SEE THIS CONCEPT BEGINNING TO PLAY OUT IN THE LIFE OF DAVID.

BEFORE BEGINNING- QUICK RECAP...

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RECAP: “A LOOK IN THE MIRROR”

RECENT WEEKS:

DOWNFALL OF KING DAVID.

EXEMPLARY KING…HAD DONE SO MUCH GOOD....

THEN DAVID & BATHSHEBA EPISODE:

STAYS HOME FROM WAR

SEES WOMAN BATHING

TAKES HER & COMMITS ADULTERY

FINDS OUT SHE’S PREGNANT

SENDS FOR HER HUSBAND

WHEN HUSBAND REFUSED to GO HOME,, DAVID ARRANGES FOR HIM to be KILLED in BATTLE.

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HORRIFIC SIN....

HUMANLY SPEAKING—DAVID GOT AWAY W/ IT

**BUT GOD SAW IT ALL & WASN’T HAPPY**

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LAST WEEK:

GOD SENT NATHAN, PROPHET, to CONFRONT DAVID REGARDING HIS SIN

DAVID REPENTS

GOD FORGIVES & SPARES DAVID’S LIFE

BUT the PROPHET FORETELLS CONSEQUENCES ARE SURE to COME.

DAVID WOULD REMAIN UNDER DIVINE DISCIPLINE

SIN of this CALIBER COMING FROM THE LEADER OF GOD’S PEOPLE, ISRAEL REQUIRED SIGNIFICANT CONSEQUENCES

(T) DAVID — FLICKED 1ST DOMINO....

THROUGHOUT REST of 2 SAMUEL,, WE’LL SEE DOMINOES CONTINUE to FALL & DAVID’S LIFE SPIRALS OUT of CONTROL...

WE’LL SEE THIS BEGIN IN TODAY’S TEXT.

LOOK W/ ME @ 2 SAM 12:15… the TEXT SAYS...

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TEXT: 2 SAMUEL 12:15B-31 ESV

SETTING/INCITING INCIDENT (V15B)

2 Samuel 12:15–31 (ESV)

15 And the Lord afflicted the child that Uriah’s wife bore to David, and he became sick.

1ST CONSEQUENCE of DAVID’S SIN:

CHILD CONCEIVED in ADULTERY—DESTINED to DIE.

LORD CAUSES the CHILD to BECOME SICK.

DAVID SAID RICH MAN (LAST WEEK: PARABLE) OUGHT to PAY 4X FOR the STOLEN LAMB

DAVID OFFERED his OWN SENTENCE… HE WOULD PAY FOR URIAH’S DEATH W/ PREMATURE DEATHS of 4 SONS...

CHILD CONCEIVED IN ADULTERY.

**NOTE AGAIN: “URIAH’S WIFE”

WITH HIS SON AMNON.

WITH HIS SON ABSALOM.

WITH HIS SON ADONIJAH.

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CHURCH, I WANT TO REMIND US THIS MORNING...

CONSEQUENCES ARE ONE WAY THAT GOD SHOWS TO US THE SEVERITY OF OUR SIN.

I’M SURE WE’VE ALL OFFERED UP HALF-HEARTED “REPENTANT” PRAYERS @ SOME POINT in LIFE...

EASY to SAY “I’M SORRY”

IT’S HARDER to MEAN IT.

**USING GOD’S GRACE as LICENSE to SIN...

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(Q) HOW MANY W/ CHILDREN KNOW CONSEQUENCES REALLY MAKE KIDS SORRY?

REPENTANCE GETS TURNED UP

ARE THEY SUDDENLY MORE SORRY THEY DID IT??

OR JUST TRYING to AVOID PUNISHMENT/CONSEQUENCES??

CHURCH…GOD as HEAVENLY FATHER DISCIPLINES US @ TIMES FOR OUR SIN…REMINDING US of SEVERITY of IT...

“GOOD GOOD FATHER…IT’S WHO YOU ARE”

& A GOOD, GOOD FATHER DISCIPLINES DISOBEDIENT, REBELLIOUS CHILDREN.

THAT PART DOESN’T MAKE the LYRICS on CHRISTIAN RADIO.

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GOD HATES SIN

SIN = CAUSE of ALL RUIN in GOD’S GOOD CREATION

SIN’S CONSEQUENCES = DEATH

ULTIMATELY SPIRITUAL DEATH—SEPARATION FROM GOD.

SIN = SO SERIOUS—PUT JESUS on CROSS...

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SO SIN ISN’T TAKEN LIGHTLY by GOD… & WE SEE DAVID UNDER DIVINE DISCIPLINE...

RICHARD PHILIPPS: EXPLAINS THAT THIS PUNISHMENT SHOULD CHALLENGE DAVID NOT TO ABUSE HIS POWER IN THE FUTURE AND IT DRIVES HOME TO DAVID THAT HE COULDN’T TAKE THIS MATTER LIGHTLY.[1]

DAVID as KING,, HAD NO ONE EARTHLY to TELL HIM WHAT to DO...

GOD STEPS IN,, TO CORRAL DISOBEDIENT KING.

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STRUGGLING W/ CHILD PAYING for DAVID’S CRIME??

DAVID HAD to PAY FOR URIAH’S DEATH 4-FOLD BY HIS OWN DECREE

FEW THOUGHTS:

CHILD WOULDN’T PAY ETERNALLY FOR DAVID’S SIN.·

CAUGHT in the CROSSFIRE NATURALLY,, BUT TEMPORARILY...

CHILD TAKEN STRAIGHT to GLORY

ACT of JUDGMENT UPON DAVID? YES.

BUT ACT of MERCY UPON the CHILD? YES.

WE’LL SEE in SUBSEQUENT WEEKS the LIFE this CHILD WAS SPARED FROM.

LAST—WE MUST REMEMBER— GOD as the GIVER of LIFE… HE ALONE is AUTHORIZED to TAKE LIFE.

WE DON’T ALWAYS KNOW WHY GOD DOES WHAT HE DOES

BUT as CREATOR…HE CAN DO WHAT HE THINKS is BEST

***HE RUNS the UNIVERSE WAY BETTER THAN WE EVER WOULD***

(T) AND WITH A SICK CHILD AT HOME, WHAT DO YOU DO?

LOOK W/ ME @ VS 16... THE TEXT SAYS,

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RISING ACTION (V16-17)

16 David therefore sought God on behalf of the child. And David fasted and went in and lay all night on the ground.

17 And the elders of his house stood beside him, to raise him from the ground, but he would not, nor did he eat food with them.

DAVID DESPERATELY WANTS to SEE CHILD SPARED.

FASTING & PLEADING W/ GOD to SPARE CHILD

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AT TIMES,, GOD TURNS FROM FORETOLD JUDGMENT

BECAUSE of REPENTANT HEARTS

& CRIES of INTERCESSION

ABRAHAM—IF THERE BE ## of RIGHTEOUS in the CITY,, GOD WOULD YOU SPARE THEM??

LATER—PROPHET JONAH— DIDN’T WANT to go to NINEVEH,, BECAUSE HE KNEW GOD = FORGIVING & THAT HE MIGHT SPARE THE NINEVITES!

GORDON KEDDIE EXPLAINS, “NO MATTER HOW INEVITABLE SOME FUTURE EVENTUALITY MAY SEEM, WE ARE NEVER PROHIBITED FROM PRAYING THAT THE LORD WOULD ARREST IT AND RETURN A BLESSING.”[1]

DAYS & DAYS… DAVID LIES SPRAWLED OUT BEFORE GOD

REFUSING DRINK & WATER

GENUINELY REPENTANT

PRAYING FOR GOD’S MERCY UPON the CHILD...

(T) WE WONDER IF THIS WOULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR GOD TO ALLOW THE CHILD TO LIVE,

WILL HE GRANT DAVID’S REQUEST?

LOOK W/ ME @ VS 18...THE TEXT SAYS,

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CLIMAX (V18-20A)

18 On the seventh day the child died. And the servants of David were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they said, “Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spoke to him, and he did not listen to us. How then can we say to him the child is dead? He may do himself some harm.”

19 But when David saw that his servants were whispering together, David understood that the child was dead. And David said to his servants, “Is the child dead?” They said, “He is dead.”

20 Then David arose from the earth and washed and anointed himself and changed his clothes. And he went into the house of the Lord and worshiped.

CHURCH: GOD WILL ANSWER ALL OF OUR PRAYERS,

BUT GOD DOES NOT NECESSARILY GRANT ALL OF OUR PRAYERS.

NO is AN ANSWER...

MANY TIMES WE SEE DAVID UNDER GOD’S GUIDANCE,, ANSWERED PRAYERS, ETC...

THIS TIME— GOD SAYS NO.

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THIS CONSEQUENCE to SIN DAVID WOULD HAVE to BEAR…CHILD DIES...

& DAVID HUMBLY ACCEPTS GOD’S WILL.

GOES to HOUSE of LORD & WORSHIPS...

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CHURCH,, HOW DO YOU RESPOND WHEN GOD SAYS NO?

EASY to SAY WE WANT GOD’S WILL to BE DONE.

BUT WHEN GOD’S WILL DIFFERS FROM OURS…IS IT STILL TRUE??

DO WE ACTUALLY WANT GOD’S WILL....

OR DO WE JUST WANT OUR WILL to BE WHAT GOD WANTS??

CHURCH: ARE WE CONTENT to HUMBLY ACCEPT GOD’S WILL & WORSHIP HIM ANYWAYS??

IS GOD STILL WORTHY WHEN HE SAYS NO?

IS GOD STILL GOOD WHEN HE SAYS NO?

HOW DO YOU RESPOND?

AT TIMES of DISAPPOINTMENT…

WE MUST TRUST THAT GOD DOES a BETTER JOB of BEING GOD THAN WE EVER WOULD...

Job 1:21 (ESV)

21 And he said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”

· DAVID’S TRIAL CAME AS A CONSEQUENCE OF HIS SIN.

· JOB’S CAME AS A TEST.

REGARDLESS, THESE SERVANTS OF THE LORD LEARNED TO TRUST IN HIM AND BELIEVE THAT GOD DID WHAT WAS BEST.

AT TIMES, TRIALS IN OUR LIVES WILL TEACH US THE SAME.

(T) AND AFTER DAVID RESPONDS WITH THIS HUMBLE, WORSHIPFUL ACCEPTANCE OF THE WILL OF GOD, WHAT DOES HE DO NEXT?

LOOK WITH ME AT THE NEXT PART OF VERSE 20, THE TEXT SAYS,

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FALLING TENSION? (V20B-23)

He then went to his own house. And when he asked, they set food before him, and he ate.

21 Then his servants said to him, “What is this thing that you have done? You fasted and wept for the child while he was alive; but when the child died, you arose and ate food.”

22 He said, “While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, ‘Who knows whether the Lord will be gracious to me, that the child may live?’

23 But now he is dead. Why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me.”

NOW, THE SERVANTS = SHOCKED WITH HOW READILY DAVID MOVES ON…

CHILD = DEAD…WHAT MORE COULD DAVID DO??

SO, WHILE THE CHILD LIVED, DAVID WAS FASTING AND PRAYING,

BUT ONCE THE CHILD DIED, DAVID HUMBLY ACCEPTED GOD’S HAND IN THIS.

· DAVID SAYS: HE WASN’T SURE WHETHER OR NOT GOD MIGHT SPARE THIS CHILD.

FOR DAVID KNEW GOD’S GRACE & MERCY:

Psalm 103:8 (ESV)

8 The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

WHY NOT ASK to BE SPARED of CONSEQUENCES?

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SAD STORY ENDS W/ MEASURE of HOPE...

CHILD MIGHT NOT COME BACK

BUT DAVID WILL GO to HIM.

DAY of REUNION BECAUSE of GOD’S SURPASSING GRACE

^^^AGAIN THANK GOD,, NO ONE PAYS ETERNALLY FOR the SINS of ANOTHER^^^

(T) AND NOW THAT DAVID HAS RECEIVED THIS ANSWER AND SUBMITS THE RESULTS TO GOD’S HAND,

THE TEXT GOES ON TO SAY,

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RESOLUTION (V24-25) “SOLOMON’S BIRTH”

24 Then David comforted his wife, Bathsheba, and went in to her and lay with her, and she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon. And the Lord loved him

25 and sent a message by Nathan the prophet. So he called his name Jedidiah, because of the Lord.

IN MIDST of SADNESS & DEATH…THERE’S a STORY of NEW LIFE...

NEW CHILD COMES

LORD LOVES HIM… GOD SENDS MESSAGE BY NATHAN the PROPHET!

THIS SON WHO ENDS UP BEING THE NEXT KING IN ISRAEL.

THIS SON WHO IS IN THE GENEALOGY OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.

THIS IS THE SON…FROM RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DAVID AND BATHSHEBA!

GOD’S COVENANT W/ DAVID—THEY COULDN’T MESS it UP!

THIS COVENANT WAS ETERNAL.

DAVID HAD a TASTE of a GRACE THAT WAS GREATER THAN ALL HIS SIN....

HOW GREAT & GRACIOUS is OUR GOD!

(T) AND NOW OUR TEXT IS GOING TO CLOSE IN VERSES 26 THROUGH 31. THE TEXT SAYS,

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CONCLUSION (V26-31) “RABBAH IS CAPTURED”

26 Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and took the royal city.

27 And Joab sent messengers to David and said, “I have fought against Rabbah; moreover, I have taken the city of waters.

28 Now then gather the rest of the people together and encamp against the city and take it, lest I take the city and it be called by my name.”

29 So David gathered all the people together and went to Rabbah and fought against it and took it.

30 And he took the crown of their king from his head. The weight of it was a talent of gold, and in it was a precious stone, and it was placed on David’s head. And he brought out the spoil of the city, a very great amount.

31 And he brought out the people who were in it and set them to labor with saws and iron picks and iron axes and made them toil at the brick kilns. And thus he did to all the cities of the Ammonites. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

I’M SURE MANY of US FORGOT ABOUT RABBAH & AMMONITES ((LARGER SETTING))

FOR OVER a YEAR,, POSSIBLY 2,, JOAB HAS BEEN FIGHTING RABBAH FOR DAVID

WHEN it FINALLY ENDS—THEY SUMMON DAVID to ENSURE HE GETS the CREDIT...

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PRIVATELY,, DAVID’S WORLD WAS ABOUT to BE FALLING APART EVEN MORE...

PUBLICLY,, HE’S GIVEN a CROWN...

STORY THAT BEGAN on ROOFTOP in JERUSALEM ENDS W/ GREAT VICTORY

DAVID HAD FOUND FORGIVENESS

BUT DAVID’S SIN WAS GOING to HAVE GREATER CONSEQUENCES...

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STORY ENDS: INCREDIBLE & SOBERING CHALLENGE.

CHURCH....HOW WE LOOK BEFORE OTHERS ISN’T WHAT MATTERS MOST.

PEOPLE DRESS LIVES UP FOR SOCIAL MEDIA

**ANYONE CAN GET it TOGETHER LONG ENOUGH to TAKE a PICTURE…**

ON the SURFACE....PUBLICLY…WHAT PEOPLE CAN SEE.... IT’S ALL GREAT.

BUT WHAT’S BELOW the SURFACE MATTERS MUCH MORE....

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SPIRITUALLY…SAME PRINCIPLE APPLIES....

PEOPLE PUT on FACE at CHURCH…

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“PROFESSING” CHRISTIAN

THIS ISN’T WHAT MATTERS

WHERE IS YOUR HEART AT?

IS YOUR RELIGION JUST an OUTWARD SHOW FOR OTHERS?

ARE YOU WALKING W/ the LORD TODAY?

ARE YOU GROWING in YOUR LOVE FOR HIM, TODAY?

OR is YOUR PRIVATE LIFE STARKLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE SEE HERE TODAY?

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—> REMEMBER, GOD SEES it ALL. GOD KNOWS the TRUTH...

& HIS OPINION is the ONLY ONE THAT COUNTS....

DON’T WEAR a CROWN in PUBLIC IF YOUR PRIVATE WORLD is FALLING APART.

GET HELP

CONFESS YOUR SIN

MAKE CHANGES YOU NEED to MAKE

DON’T GO ON LIVING a LIE...

WHETHER IT’S SIN or STRUGGLE… YOU CAN FIND FORGIVENESS, GRACE W/ GOD TODAY

(T) AND SO WE SHOULD LEARN FROM THIS PASSAGE TODAY, THE IDEA THAT,

HOMILETICAL IDEA:

· SOMETIMES FORGIVENESS DOESN’T SPARE US OR OTHERS FROM THE NATURAL CONSEQUENCES OF OUR SINS.

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GOSPEL: “CONSEQUENCES OF SIN; THE TRANSFER OF GUILT?”

TODAY’S TEXT: DAVID SUFFERS the LOSS of SON

DAVID DID EVERYTHING in HIS POWER to TRY & SPARE THIS BOY.

PRAYING,, FASTING,, LYING in HOUSE of GOD...

I’M SURE MANY PARENTS WITH HURTING CHILDREN HAVE HAD SIMILAR EXPERIENCES...

BECAUSE WE LOVE OUR KIDS…EVEN IF SOME of THEM MIGHT COME as a SURPRISE...

WE’D DO ANYTHING FOR OUR KIDS…RIGHT?

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SOME PEOPLE MIGHT CHARGE GOD W/ WRONGDOING in TAKING THIS SON AWAY FROM DAVID

HOW COULD GOD PUT the PENALTY of ONE’S SIN on ANOTHER?

(T) GOD DOESN’T JUST TAKE,, THE LORD ALSO GIVES...

&& GOD KNOWS WHAT IT’S LIKE to HAVE a SON DIE.

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JUST as DAVID HAD a SON WHO ENDED UP SUFFERING on BEHALF of SINS HE DIDN’T COMMIT...

SO THERE WAS the GREATER SON of DAVID…THE SON of GOD…THAT SUFFERED on BEHALF of SINS HE DIDN’T COMMIT..

>>> ONLY SINLESS ONE…ONLY ONE UNDESERVING of DEATH <<<

AND THIS SON WASN’T TAKEN FROM GOD…BUT WAS WILLINGLY GIVEN....

>>> THINK ABOUT the GREAT LOVE of GOD FOR US…THAT HE WAS WILLING to GIVE HIS SON FOR US....

GOD SO LOVED the WORLD —>> HE GAVE.

WHILE WE WERE STILL SINNERS....

Romans 8:32 (ESV)

32 He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?

GOD GAVE HIS SON,, to PAY the PENALTY for OUR SIN.

Romans 6:23 (ESV)

23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

LIFE OUTSIDE of CHRIST… IN SIN...—WORKING

PAYCHECK?? — DEATH.

THAT’S the WAGES....

BUT GOD OFFERS a GIFT of ETERNAL LIFE

NOT WORKED FOR!!

Ephesians 2:9 (ESV)

9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH…YOU CAN BE SAVED TODAY

& SPARED from ALL ETERNAL CONSEQUENCES for YOUR SIN.

NATURAL CONSEQUENCES MAY COME…BUT THEY’RE TEMPORARY.

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IF YOU TURN FROM YOUR SIN to the SAVIOR TODAY in NEED

BELIEVING HE DIED FOR YOU & WAS RAISED

YOU PROFESS HE is LORD

YOU CAN BE FORGIVEN…GIVEN an ADVOCATE BEFORE the FATHER...

HAVE QUESTIONS,,

DON’T KNOW WHERE YOU STAND W/ GOD

TALK to US AFTER SERVICE.

(T) AND NOW, IN CLOSING, I’D LIKE TO SHARE SOME TAKEAWAY THOUGHTS WITH YOU ALL TODAY.

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TAKEAWAYS:

FIRST, WHAT DO WE LEARN ABOUT GOD?

GOD IS TRUE TO HIS WORD. EVEN THE PARTS WE DON’T LIKE WHERE HE FORECASTS JUDGMENT.

GOD PROMISED THIS JUDGMENT WAS GOING TO COME & IT DID…

AS a FATHER,, GOD WAS DISCIPLINING DAVID for HIS SIN...

GOD FOLLOWS THROUGH 100% on HIS WORD..

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AND WHAT DO WE LEARN FOR US?

IMPORTANCE of HUMBLY ACCEPTING GOD’S WILL WHEN HE ANSWERS “NO” to OUR PRAYER...

DAVID GOES to HOUSE of LORD to WORSHIP

SECOND, WE SEE THE GREAT HOPE OF BEING REUNITED WITH THOSE WHO ARE LOST, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN.

DAVID WAS CONFIDENT IN THE FACT THAT HE WOULD GO TO THE CHILD, EVEN IF THE CHILD COULDN’T RETURN TO HIM.

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APP: FIGHTING TEMPTATIONS TO SIN?

FINALLY: I WANT US to CONSIDER ALL WE’VE LEARNED FROM DAVID’S FAILURE LAST FEW WEEKS…

WHAT it TEACHES US REGARDING SIN & TEMPTATION...

TWO WEEKS AGO: GOD’S OMNIPRESENCE MEANS HE SEES EVERYTHING WE DO… & SIN = EVIL in HIS EYES...

HE SEES EVERY SIN WE COMMIT… WE CAN’T HIDE ANYTHING FROM HIM.

GOD’S PRESENCE = COMFORT DURING TRIALS

SHOULD BRING HEALTHY REVERENTIAL FEAR REGARDING SIN..

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LAST WEEK: SAW OUR SINS WILL FIND US OUT

BECAUSE GOD SEES, WE CAN’T HIDE FOREVER

CAN HIDE FROM FRIENDS, FAMILY, SPOUSE, COWORKERS, ETC....

BUT GOD WILL PURSUE US AND DRAW US to REPENTANCE...

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TODAY: WE SAW THAT THERE ARE OFTENTIMES NATURAL CONSEQUENCES FOR OUR SINS THAT WILL COME.

GOD = GRACIOUS & FORGIVING

BUT FORGIVENESS DOESN’T ALWAYS SPARE ALL CONSEQUENCES

SOMETIMES OTHERS ARE CAUGHT in CROSSFIRE...

FLICKED DOMINOES CONTINUE TUMBLING,, AND WE DON’T KNOW ALL THAT WILL ENTAIL...

I BELIEVE THESE TRUTHS = WHY DAVID’S FAILURE IS RECORDED in SCRIPTURE...

THAT WE MIGHT USE KNOWLEDGE of GOD’S OMNIPRESENCE,,

HIS CHASING US DOWN,,

AND the CONSEQUENCES THAT MAY COME to FIGHT TEMPTATION to SIN

**WE NEED POWER of NEW LIFE in CHRIST**

BUT EVEN in NEW LIFE…WE STILL NEED to PRACTICALLY LIVE THESE THINGS OUT....

THESE LESSONS FUNCTION as TOOLS…IMPORTANT REMINDERS...

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KEEPING ALL THESE TRUTHS IN MIND SHOULD HELP US TO FIGHT SIN

AND TO LEAD GOD-GLORIFYING LIVES...

WHEREBY WE OVERCOME SIN IN THIS LIFE, AMEN?

CLOSE IN PRAYER