What Happens When a Christian Sins - Part 2

Psalm 51:1-17 – 1 Have mercy on me, O God, because of your unfailing love. Because of your great compassion, blot out the stain of my sins. 2 Wash me clean from my guilt. Purify me from my sin. 3 For I recognize my rebellion; it haunts me day and night. 4 Against you, and you alone, have I sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. You will be proved right in what you say, and your judgment against me is just. 5 For I was born a sinner – yes, from the moment my mother conceived me. 6 But you desire honesty from the womb, teaching me wisdom even there. 7 Purify me from my sins, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. 8 Oh, give me back my joy again; you have broken me – now let me rejoice. 9 Don’t keep looking at my sins. Remove the stain of my guilt. 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a loyal spirit within me. 11 Do not banish me from your presence, and don’t take your Holy Spirit from me. 12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and make me willing to obey you. 13 Then I will teach your ways to rebels, and they will return to you. 14 Forgive me for shedding blood, O God who saves; then I will joyfully sing of your forgiveness. 15 Unseal my lips, O Lord, that my mouth may praise you. 16 You do not desire a sacrifice, or I would offer one. You do not want a burnt offering. 17 The sacrifice you desire is a broken spirit. You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God. (New Living Translation)

The Consequences of Sin

▸ Sin dirties the soul

▸ Sin dominates the mind

▸ Sin disgraces the Lord

▸ Sin depresses the heart

Proverbs 20:17 – Stolen bread tastes sweet, but it turns to gravel in the mouth. (New Living Translation)

▸ Sin diseases the body

Proverbs 17:22 – A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength. (New Living Translation)

1 Corinthians 11:30 – That is why many of you are weak and sick and some have even died. (New Living Translation)

▸ Sin defiles the spirit

▸ Sin destroys the testimony

Four Steps for Getting Right with God

Step 1 – _____________________

Romans 5:8 – But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (New King James Version)

Step 2 – _____________________

Proverbs 28:13 – People who conceal their sins will not prosper, but if they confess and turn from them, they will receive mercy. (New Living Translation)

1 John 1:9 – If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (New King James Version)

Step 3 – _____________________

Isaiah 1:18 – [The Lord says,] “Though your sins are like scarlet, I will make them as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, I will make them as white as wool.” (New Living Translation)

1 John 1:7 – . . . and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin. (New Living Translation)

Step 4 – ________________________

2 Samuel 11:1 – In the spring of the year, when kings normally go out to war, . . . David stayed behind in Jerusalem. (New Living Translation)