God’s Weak Spot

“Belief in Jesus Christ is total identity in Him. There is no such thing as partial belief or partial salvation. A person who does not totally commit himself to Christ disbelieves in Him, no matter how many positive things he may have to say about Him.”  - John Macarthur

Overview: The prophet Nathan confronted King David when he committed adultery with Bathsheba.  Nathan rebuked David in 2 Samuel 12 and pronounced the judgment of God on his life. King David would live, but the child conceived in his sin with Bathsheba would die. David pours out his heart in Psalm 51 in deep repentance to God for the sin he’d committed.  He acknowledges his transgressions and asks the Lord to cleanse him. He desires a clean heart be formed in him and a steadfast spirit within.  He longs for the joy of his salvation.  David realizes and confesses what God really wants from him – a broken spirit, a broken and a contrite heart.

Memory Verse: Psalm 51:10 - Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

Psalm 51

1 Have mercy upon me, O God, According to Your lovingkindness;
According to the multitude of Your tender mercies, 
Blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, 
And cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I acknowledge my transgressions, 
And my sin is always before me.
4 Against You, You only, have I sinned, 
And done this evil in Your sight—
That You may be found just when You speak,
And blameless when You judge.
5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, 
And in sin my mother conceived me.
6 Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts,
And in the hidden part You will make me to know wisdom.
7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; 
Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
8 Make me hear joy and gladness,
That the bones You have broken may rejoice.
9 Hide Your face from my sins, And blot out all my iniquities.
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, 
And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
11 Do not cast me away from Your presence, 
And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.
12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, 
And uphold me by Your generous Spirit.
13 Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, 
And sinners shall be converted to You.
14 Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, 
O God, The God of my salvation,
And my tongue shall sing aloud of Your righteousness.
15 O Lord, open my lips,
And my mouth shall show forth Your praise.
16 For You do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it;
You do not delight in burnt offering.
17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, 
A broken and a contrite heart
These, O God, You will not despise.
18 Do good in Your good pleasure to Zion; 
Build the walls of Jerusalem.
19 Then You shall be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, 
With burnt offering and whole burnt offering;
Then they shall offer bulls on Your altar.

Confession: I will confess my sins and You will be faithful to forgive me. I will praise You and sing of Your righteousness as you restore to me the joy of my salvation!

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