“The Thrill Has Gone” (2)

The Thrill Is Gone B.B. King

The thrill is gone The thrill is gone away The thrill is gone baby The thrill is gone away You know you done me wrong baby And you'll be sorry someday The thrill is gone It's gone away from me The thrill is gone baby The thrill is gone away from me Although, I'll still live on But so lonely I'll be The thrill is gone It's gone away for good The thrill is gone baby It's gone away for good Someday I know I'll be open armed baby Just like…

Figure of Speech Description: Change of Noun, Name: Metonymy

“The Thrill has Gone”

Few psalms have found as much use as this one among the saints of all ages, a fact which bears witness to the spiritual needs of God’s people. stands as a paradigm of prayers for forgiveness of sins. Its superscription ascribes the occasion to David’s sin of adultery with Bathsheba (), an incident in which David broke several of the Ten Commandments. Believers have been comforted by the fact that since David’s sins were forgiven theirs can be too.

Poetry often develops the intensity of a moment. Such a moment with David came when he, having been confronted with his sin, confessed it (). Because this psalm deals only with confession and has no word of the forgiveness (which did follow immediately in the historical narrative, ), this psalm must be understood as a full meditation on the importance of confession. After a believer sins, he must obtain forgiveness if he is to enjoy full participation in the service of the Lord.

“Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.”

Psalm 51:10–12 KJV 1900

Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence; And take not thy holy spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; And uphold me with thy free spirit.

Psalm 51:10–12 KJV 1900

Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence; And take not thy holy spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; And uphold me with thy free spirit.

Psalm 51:10–12 KJV 1900

Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence; And take not thy holy spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; And uphold me with thy free spirit.

Psalm 51:10–12 KJV 1900

Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence; And take not thy holy spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; And uphold me with thy free spirit.

BKC

As a corrective for his sinful nature, David petitioned God for inward renewal of his heart attitude (v. 10), preservation in service (v. 11), and restoration of joy (v. 12). He was aware that he had become indifferent in his attitudes so he needed renovation. He was also aware that Saul was removed from the kingship for his sin (signified in the OT by the departure of the Holy Spirit), so David asked that God not take away His Spirit and depose him too. In the New Testament the Spirit does not leave believers; at the moment of salvation He indwells them (cf. ; ). But a Christian may be cast aside from service because of sin (cf. ). David was also aware that in order to experience the joy he once had in his salvation, he needed God’s inner spiritual renewal.

When the thrill has gone, one must:

1. Search for the Real Cause

A. The things going on at home

B. The things going on with family and friends.

C. The Things going on in your head.

2. Petition God for a Clean Heart

A. Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit within me.

B. Heart - means ones interself

And renew a right spirit within me.

C. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

The Holy Bible: King James Version. (2009). (Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version., ). Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.

3. Hope for the Abiding Presence of God

A. ¶ In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.

2 Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.

3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.

4 And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.

5 ¶ Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.

6 Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:

7 And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.

8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

B. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.

4. Spread the News That the Thrill Has Returned

A.