David committed adultery with Bathsheba and arranged for her husband Uriah to be killed. He tried to conceal his sins but was confronted by Nathan. David repented and confessed his sins. Though forgiven, David still faced consequences for his actions, including the death of his child with Bathsheba. However, through repentance, David was able to find joy in God's salvation again. True repentance requires a changed heart and relying on God rather than oneself to avoid future sins. David's story shows that no matter how serious the sin, God is willing to forgive those who repent.
As a child of God, when you pray, you should pause and listen for directions from the Holy Spirit. Prayer is not a one way communication. God wants to speak to you but you need to listen for His voice.
As a child of God, when you pray, you should pause and listen for directions from the Holy Spirit. Prayer is not a one way communication. God wants to speak to you but you need to listen for His voice.
Lesson by Mike Smith
The overwhelming need for people today who want to live with a ready mind to serve God faithfully is to develop the attitude of repentance.
based on an excerpt from Udovic, Edward R. C.M., Ph.D. (2014) "Conversion and Discernment According to Vincent de Paul,"Vincentian Heritage Journal: Vol.32 : Iss. 1 , Article 1.
The story of Jonah and the Whale is complex. It leads us to ask: where is God in suffering? When Jonah is sitting in the pitch dark in his whale, with only the smell of decomposing fish for company, a long, long way from the light of the sun, he sang a psalm of both lament and praise. Is God somehow active in the dark night of the soul?
Read more at http://cafechurch.org/content/jonah-and-night-journey
Series passages that pump me up - part 12 - stupid choices & second chance...LifePointe Church
This is Part 12 of Pastor Chuck Bernal’s message series, “Passages That Pump Me Up”. This entire message is taken from the Old Testament book of Jonah. Jonah life can be summed up in four words, "STUPID CHOICES/SECOND CHANCES". In this message, Pastor Chuck discusses Jonah's situation and the liife lessons we can apply to our lives today. These life lessons deal with, rebellion, wrong attitudes and most importantly forgiveness and new beginnings. This messsage was delivered at LifePointe Church in Crowley, TX on Sunday, August 16, 2015
I WAS TELLING MY PASTOR YESTERDAY ON HOW I HAVE A PART-TIME JOB AT CHOCOLATE WORLD...
She responded "you have a really good attitude"
THANKS BE TO GOD!!!
Part 38 ''The Judgement of this World Concerning God's House.'' Ralph W Knowles
The change from flesh to Spirit. He is taking away our veil of wretchedness. The identity of the Mountain of human obstacles. Looking for the silver lining in all things. Is stubbornness included in God's Victorious Judgement? The righteous purpose in God's judgement.
The story of Job is not a story of
sickness overcoming man, it’s about God overcoming sickness in man; (Isaiah 53:3, Psalm 103:2 Matthew 8:17)
It’s not about God allowing or
sending trials, it’s about God
bringing Job into ultimate victory
over the devils worst abuses.
A major mistake in our thinking is the assumption that forgiveness of sin means that there are no consequences to our lives once we are forgiven. This chapter shows
us that it is folly to think this way. David is forgiven for his adultery with Bathsheba, and he is allowed to live rather than die as the law of God demanded.However, there is a heavy load of judgment that comes upon David for his sin of
adultery and murder. God is the judge and he does not carry out capital punishment, but he still has very harsh penalties to inflict on David. He does not get by with his sin, and God does not treat it lightly. He pays an enormous price for his folly. It is important that we see this lest we think that we can confess our sin and be forgiven, and that ends the matter. It is not so, for we still reap as we sow, and the hope of forgiveness ought not to be an enticement to go ahead and sin. Forgiveness does not wipe away the threat of punishment at all. We want forgiveness to mean
that all is forgotten, but that is not how it works. Forgive and forget can apply to many offenses, but not when it comes to breaking one of God's major commandments.
Lesson by Mike Smith
The overwhelming need for people today who want to live with a ready mind to serve God faithfully is to develop the attitude of repentance.
based on an excerpt from Udovic, Edward R. C.M., Ph.D. (2014) "Conversion and Discernment According to Vincent de Paul,"Vincentian Heritage Journal: Vol.32 : Iss. 1 , Article 1.
The story of Jonah and the Whale is complex. It leads us to ask: where is God in suffering? When Jonah is sitting in the pitch dark in his whale, with only the smell of decomposing fish for company, a long, long way from the light of the sun, he sang a psalm of both lament and praise. Is God somehow active in the dark night of the soul?
Read more at http://cafechurch.org/content/jonah-and-night-journey
Series passages that pump me up - part 12 - stupid choices & second chance...LifePointe Church
This is Part 12 of Pastor Chuck Bernal’s message series, “Passages That Pump Me Up”. This entire message is taken from the Old Testament book of Jonah. Jonah life can be summed up in four words, "STUPID CHOICES/SECOND CHANCES". In this message, Pastor Chuck discusses Jonah's situation and the liife lessons we can apply to our lives today. These life lessons deal with, rebellion, wrong attitudes and most importantly forgiveness and new beginnings. This messsage was delivered at LifePointe Church in Crowley, TX on Sunday, August 16, 2015
I WAS TELLING MY PASTOR YESTERDAY ON HOW I HAVE A PART-TIME JOB AT CHOCOLATE WORLD...
She responded "you have a really good attitude"
THANKS BE TO GOD!!!
Part 38 ''The Judgement of this World Concerning God's House.'' Ralph W Knowles
The change from flesh to Spirit. He is taking away our veil of wretchedness. The identity of the Mountain of human obstacles. Looking for the silver lining in all things. Is stubbornness included in God's Victorious Judgement? The righteous purpose in God's judgement.
The story of Job is not a story of
sickness overcoming man, it’s about God overcoming sickness in man; (Isaiah 53:3, Psalm 103:2 Matthew 8:17)
It’s not about God allowing or
sending trials, it’s about God
bringing Job into ultimate victory
over the devils worst abuses.
A major mistake in our thinking is the assumption that forgiveness of sin means that there are no consequences to our lives once we are forgiven. This chapter shows
us that it is folly to think this way. David is forgiven for his adultery with Bathsheba, and he is allowed to live rather than die as the law of God demanded.However, there is a heavy load of judgment that comes upon David for his sin of
adultery and murder. God is the judge and he does not carry out capital punishment, but he still has very harsh penalties to inflict on David. He does not get by with his sin, and God does not treat it lightly. He pays an enormous price for his folly. It is important that we see this lest we think that we can confess our sin and be forgiven, and that ends the matter. It is not so, for we still reap as we sow, and the hope of forgiveness ought not to be an enticement to go ahead and sin. Forgiveness does not wipe away the threat of punishment at all. We want forgiveness to mean
that all is forgotten, but that is not how it works. Forgive and forget can apply to many offenses, but not when it comes to breaking one of God's major commandments.
Was it pride, or a neglect of God's law? We may never know. But, know this, sin affects more people - possibly many more people - than you'll ever know.
it is always good to get closer to God. for he is our hope and our Lord. when one is with God, a new life, a great life and a wonderful leaving is attained. the only thing that separates us from God is always sin. so seek God's forgiveness today.
To Him Who Is Able Jude 24-25 Adapted from a sermon by Steve Shepherd http://www.sermoncentral.com/sermons/to-him-who-is-able-steve-shepherd-sermon-on-god-brings-hope-127856.asp
Why was Jesus proud of his ancestor David? David did adultery with Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah the Hittite, and then he got him murdered and then married her. Solomon was a child born of adultery, wasn't he?
The first thing to understand is that God judges men by their hearts, not simply their deeds.
You may do a thing for many reasons, but you may also have regrets for those things, that matters to God.
To understand why David was a man after God’s own heart, we need to see what characteristics he had to qualify for such a description.
In the book of Acts, Paul speaks of God’s feelings about King David:
“And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave their testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.” (Acts 13:22).
This Psalm is a paradox, for the first part is about the praise of a man doing very well, but the second part is about one who is fearful in doing very ill. Ambivalence is
when opposite emotions are experienced at the same time. One can be fearful and faithful, courageous and cowardly, joyful and sad all in the same few moments. Our capacity for feeling opposites is great, and we can honestly praise and complain in the same prayer. It can be a good day and a bad day on the same day.
How blessed are those in Christ who have their sins covered by His blood! Even David in Psalm 32 declares the blessing of covered sins. Just as the death angel passed over the Hebrews in Egypt because they were "covered by the blood on the mantle", we escape the wrath of God because the blood covers us!
In Jude 17-23 Jude shifts from piling up examples of false teachers from the Old Testament to a series of practical exhortations that flow from apostolic instruction. He preserves for us what may well have been part of the apostolic catechism for the first generation of Christ-followers. In these instructions Jude exhorts the believer to deal with 3 different groups of people: scoffers who are "devoid of the Spirit", believers who have come under the influence of scoffers and believers who are so entrenched in false teaching that they need rescue and pose some real spiritual risk for the rescuer. In all of this Jude emphasizes Jesus' call to rescue straying sheep, leaving the 99 safely behind and pursuing the 1.
What Should be the Christian View of Anime?Joe Muraguri
We will learn what Anime is and see what a Christian should consider before watching anime movies? We will also learn a little bit of Shintoism religion and hentai (the craze of internet pornography today).
Lesson 9 - Resisting Temptation Along the Way.pptxCelso Napoleon
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Presentation: Missionary Celso Napoleon
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The PBHP DYC ~ Reflections on The Dhamma (English).pptxOH TEIK BIN
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Homily: The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity Sunday 2024.docxJames Knipper
Countless volumes have been written trying to explain the mystery of three persons in one true God, leaving us to resort to metaphors such as the three-leaf clover to try to comprehend the Divinity. Many of us grew up with the quintessential pyramidal Trinity structure of God at the top and Son and Spirit in opposite corners. But what if we looked at this ‘mystery’ from a different perspective? What if we shifted our language of God as a being towards the concept of God as love? What if we focused more on the relationship within the Trinity versus the persons of the Trinity? What if stopped looking at God as a noun…and instead considered God as a verb? Check it out…
3. “When I kept silent, my bones became brittle through my
groaning all day long. For day and night Your hand was
heavy upon me. My strength was drained as in the
droughts of summer.” (Psalm 32:3-4 TLV).
Sin takes our rest away. Getting it back has a cost:
repentance (Psalm 32:5). The story of David’s sin and
repentance is a notable example of this process.
I have sinned! What should I do?
Conceal it? 2 Samuel 11
Confess it? 2 Samuel 12:1-13
Then what?
Consequences of sin. 2 Samuel 12:14-23
A new heart. Salmo 51:1-12
New words. Salmo 51:13-19
4. “But the thing that David had done displeased the
Lord.” (2 Samuel 11:27)
David’s fall was
a consequence of a chain
of mistakes.
He did not fulfill his duty as a
king (v. 1)
He did not turn away, but took
pleasure in the temptation
(v. 2; Job 31:1)
He found a way to fulfill his
desire (v. 3)
He committed a sin (v. 4)
5. He tried to conceal his sin by
fooling a good man (v. 5-12)
He put Uriah in a dangerous
position by getting him drunk
(v. 13)
He arranged a murder
(v. 14-25)
He tried to conceal his sin by
marrying Bathsheba (v. 26-27)
“But the thing that David had done displeased the
Lord.” (2 Samuel 11:27)
David’s fall was
a consequence of a chain
of mistakes.
6. “So David said to Nathan, ‘I have sinned against the Lord.’ And Nathan said to
David, ‘The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die.’” (2 Samuel 12:13)
God did not sit back and do nothing. He reacted to David’s flagrant
sin by sending prophet Nathan. Nathan used a parable to touch
David’s conscience, appealing to David’s sense of justice and his
experience as a shepherd (v. 1-6).
David’s repentance went beyond feeling
guilt over his sin against Uriah and
Bathsheba. He understood he had sinned
against God (Psalm 51:4).
Our sins ultimately hurt God and drive another nail into
the rough beam pointing heavenward on Golgotha.
Thanks to Jesus’ sacrifice, there is an immediate
response to true repentance: “The Lord also has put
away your sin.”
7. David was forgiven immediately, but God did not
prevent the consequences of his sin.
David sentenced himself to the loss of four of his sons:
the first son of Bathsheba, Amnon, Absalom, and
Adonijah.
However, repentance also had consequences. David
recovered “the joy of Your salvation.” (Psalm 51:12)
God forgave an adulterer, manipulator, and murderer.
Wouldn’t He forgive us too? God’s grace is so great that
He is always willing to forgive us, no matter how serious
our sins are.
8. “Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a
steadfast spirit within me.” (Psalm 51:10)
Only the Holy Spirit can change our hearts this
way (v. 11). He leads us to sanctification,
makes us new, strengthens us to resist
temptation, and gives us rest.
David asked God to erase his sins, to
purify him, and to change his thoughts
and feelings.
He did not want to rely on himself
anymore. We can have true safety, joy,
and happiness by relying on God alone.
9. “Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, and
sinners shall be converted to You.” (Psalm 51:13)
David was ashamed of his sin. He did not forget that
stain on his record. However, there was something
greater than shame: forgiveness.
He could not stay silent (v. 15). He had to warn
others, so they did not make the same mistake. And
they had to know that God was willing to forgive
them if they had sinned.
We cannot keep this important news secret: “If we
confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us
our sins and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness.” (1 John 1:9)
10. “God’s forgiveness is not merely a
judicial act by which He sets us free
from condemnation.
It is not only forgiveness for sin,
but reclaiming from sin.
It is the outflow of redeeming love
that transforms the heart.”
E. G. W. (Thoughts From the Mount of Blessing, cp. 5, p. 114)