This document discusses the phrase "I knew it" and uses examples from the Bible to illustrate situations where people knew something was wrong but did it anyway. It analyzes King David, King Solomon, Adam and Eve, Judas, and the Israelites as examples of people who knew something was wrong or forbidden but did it anyway. The document then examines Psalms 51 and how David acknowledges his transgressions, iniquity, and sin against God despite knowing better. It suggests true repentance, restoration, and new resolutions as the proper response to such situations of knowing wrong but doing it anyway.

2. I knew it!

3. I knew it!
(but did it anyways)

4. I knew it!
(but did it anyways)
A devotional on Psalms 51

5. The usage of “I Knew It!”
• When we have a hindsight bias- intuition

6. The usage of “I Knew It!”
• When we have a hindsight bias- intuition
• A correct guess you made

7. The usage of “I Knew It!”
• When we have a hindsight bias- intuition
• A correct guess you made
• A form of excuse, “ I knew it, but just
testing you”

8. The usage of “I Knew It!”
• When we have a hindsight bias- intuition
• A correct guess you made
• A form of excuse, “ I knew it, but just
testing you”
• You knew it and did it out of rebellion or
disobedience

9. Who else knew, but it did
anyways?
• A dam and eve knew… but they ate the
fr uit

10. Who else knew, but it did
anyways?
• A dam and eve knew… but they ate the
fr uit
• King David knew… but he committed
adultery

11. Who else knew, but it did
anyways?
• A dam and eve knew… but they ate the
fr uit
• King David knew… but he committed
adultery
• King Solomon knew… but he mar r ied
pagan wives

12. Who else knew, but it did
anyways?
• A dam and eve knew… but they ate the
fr uit
• King David knew… but he committed
adultery
• King Solomon knew… but he mar r ied
pagan wives
• Judas knew… but he betrayed Jesus

13. Who else knew, but it did
anyways?
• A dam and eve knew… but they ate the
fr uit
• King David knew… but he committed
adultery
• King Solomon knew… but he mar r ied
pagan wives
• Judas knew… but he betrayed Jesus
• The Israelites knew… but they wor shipped
other gods

14. What did you know, but did it
anyways?

15. • Psalms 51 describes this disobedience is
thr ee ways:
1. Tr ansgr ession (vs 1)
2. Iniquity (vs 2)
3. Sin (vs 2)

16. Transgr ession:
deliberately break or violate a law, breach of
command or rebellion

17. Transgr ession:
“ A gainst
You, You only, have I sinned, and
done evil in Your sight” (Ps 51: 4)

19. Iniquity:
Crookedness, perverseness, moral
distortion. Not an action, but a character of
action

20. Iniquity:
“ Behold, I was br ought for th in iniquity, and in
sin did my mother conceive me.” (Ps 51: 5)

21. Sin:
archery term, “Missing the mark”
(of God’s standards)

24. Psalms 51: 1
Have mercy on me, O God,
A ccor ding to your unfailing love;
A ccor ding to your gr eat compassion
Blot out my transgr essions.
Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me
fr om all my sin.

25. How did the psalmist see God?
1. God’s mercy :
•
With hold of judgment towar ds someone who
deser ves punishment

26. How did the psalmist see God?
1. God’s mercy :
•
With hold of judgment towar ds someone who
deser ves punishment
1. God’s unfailing love:
•
Unending and unconditional love despite our
mor al degr adation and r ebellion

27. How did the psalmist see God?
1. God’s mercy :
•
With hold of judgment towar ds someone who
deser ves punishment
1. God’s unfailing love:
•
Unending and unconditional love despite our
mor al degr adation and r ebellion
1. God’s great compassion:
•
Full of mer cy, kindness, second chance

28. How did the psalmist see God?
1. God’s mercy : Tr ansgr ession
•
With hold of judgment towar ds someone who
deser ves punishment
1. God’s unfailing love:iniquity
Unending and unconditional love despite our
mor al degr adation and r ebellion
Sin
1. God’s great compassion:
• Full of mer cy, kindness, second chance
•

29. Psalms 51: 7, 9
Cleanse me with hyssop and I will be clean,
wash me, and I will be whiter than snow…
hide your face from my sins and blot out all
my iniquity.

30. The

31. How do we respond?
1. Tr ue repentance: godly sor row and tr ue
r epentance
“Against you only have I sinned and done what is
evil in your sight and you are right in your
verdict and justified when you judge” (vs 4)

32. How do we respond?
1. Tr ue repentance: godly sor row and tr ue
r epentance
2. Begin restor ation: br oken emotions,
r uined relationships, r elationship with
God
“Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a
steadfast spirit within me… Restore to me joy
of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit,
to sustain me” (vs 12)

33. How do we respond?
1. Tr ue repentance: godly sor row and tr ue
r epentance
2. Begin restor ation: br oken emotions,
r uined relationships, r elationship with
God
3. Start new resolution: lifestyle changes
and accountability

34. How do we respond?
“ Then I will teach transgressors your ways,
so that sinner s will tur n back to you” (Ps
51: 13)

35. How do we respond?
“ Then I will teach transgressors your ways,
so that sinner s will tur n back to you” (Ps
51: 13)
“He who cover s his sins shall not be blessed;
but whoever confesses and leaves them shall
have mercy.” (Prov 28:13)

36. How do we respond?
“ Then I will teach transgressors your ways,
so that sinner s will tur n back to you” (Ps
51: 13)
“He who cover s his sins shall not be blessed;
but whoever confesses and leaves them shall
have mercy.” (Prov 28:13)
“Confess faults to one another, and pr ay for
one another, that you may be healed.”
(James 5:16)

37. “My sacr ifice, O God is a br oken spir it; a
br oken spirit and a contrite hear t you, God,
will not despise” (vs 16)