Sermon Tone Analysis

Introduction

Name

Family

Church

School

Reading of God’s Word

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Hear the Word of the Lord.

May God bless the reading of His Word!

Prayer

May God bless the reading of His Word!

Before we work through this text, let us go to the Lord in prayer.

Sin

God’s Mercy

Repentance

Reconciliation

Reformation

Handle your Word rightly...

Amen.

Story

A few months ago, my godly and awesome wife came to me and confronted me about my own sin.

For the married men in this room, you might understand how difficult a situation that can be.

I wish I could tell you that I reacted well, but I can’t.

I tried everything in the book to discount it, hide it, deny it.

Dedra was resolute, careful, caring, and loving.

In , we find that God sends Nathan to David to confront him with his sin...

Wife confronted me with sin.

Exposition of the Text

How do you react?

I tried to hide it.

Deny it.

Discount it.

TO THE CHOIRMASTER.

A PSALM OF DAVID, WHEN NATHAN THE PROPHET WENT TO HIM, AFTER HE HAD GONE IN TO BATHSHEBA.

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Provides great context.

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There we can learn a few things about why Nathan went to David.

2 Sam 11

David’s sin was not just with Bathsheba.

Should have been with his men in war.

Idle

Saw Bathsheba (lust)

Adultery

Pregnancy

Hid his sin

Sent her husband to war and had him killed

David despised God’s Word

This informs of a something vital to understanding the text

David did not acknowledge his sin until he was confronted by Nathan (David went… Nathan went… When we run away from God as His children, He pursues us…)

We can be blind to our own sin.

We need help!

God’s Word

Family

Church

He continued to lead worship

Provide sacrifices

Be king

Here in , we find David’s response when being confronted by sin...

In 2 Sam, we find when David is confronted by Nathan about his sin, David immediately confesses it.

Here, we find the words of this confession...

What a blessing Psalms are for our hearts…

In this confession, we can notice two things...

God’s great love and mercy

The ugliness of our sin

Blot out… make us spotless

And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, 14 by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands.

This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.

The Holy Bible: English Standard Version.

(2016).

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Wheaton: Standard Bible Society.

Wash me thoroughly… repeatedly

Wash me thoroughly… repeatedly

Sin pollutes.

Destroys.

Kills.

Breaks.

Unmakes.

Calvin: “Makes us loathsome in the sight of God”

Clean me!

David continues his confession through repentance...

For I know my transgressions...

If we are called by God into this great covenant of grace, we cannot abide sin.

When David is made aware of it, he runs to God.

Brothers and sisters, fathers and mothers, let us run to the Lord.

If sin is on your conscious, may the Lord make it every before you!

And whom have we sinned against?!?

Psalm 51

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

God is the ultimate judge of sin.

Sin, certainly, can affect those around us.

Friends might minimize

The world might excuse sin, but God does not… He can not

God’s mercy trumps

The second part of this verse might seem a bit strange… But remember that God made a covenant with David promising a Savior through him.

And here, we see that David is not that Savior...

Is all hope lost?

No, Paul in helps our heads navigate this text well.

He reminds us that a man’s unfaithfulness does not nullify the faithfulness of God.

Saints are still sinners.

As God works on our hearts and continues to sanctify us, we will be made aware of sin.