Repentance | Psalms of Lent Week 2 | Pastor Andrew Cromwell

Luke 24:44 NIV: He said to them, “This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.”

Psalms 51 ESV: Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin! For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment. Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me. Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being, and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart. Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones that you have broken rejoice. Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit. Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will return to you. Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, O God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness. O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise. For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; you will not be pleased with a burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. Do good to Zion in your good pleasure; build up the walls of Jerusalem; then will you delight in right sacrifices, in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on your altar.

Three Words for Sin

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• • Definition: To “miss the mark” or fall short of God’s standard, either intentionally or unintentionally.

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• • Definition: A deliberate, willful violation of a known command or boundary.

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• • Definition: Moral crookedness, wickedness, or perversity, often referring to a deeper heart condition or inclination toward evil.

Anatomy of David’s Sin (and Ours)

James 1:14-15 NLT: Temptation comes from our own desires, which entice us and drag us away. These desires give birth to sinful actions. And when sin is allowed to grow, it gives birth to death.

Wrong Place, Wrong Time

2 Sam. 11:1: at the time when kings go out to war, David sent Joab out with the king’s men and the whole Israelite army.

Boredom

2 Samuel 11:2 NIV: One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful…

“Innocent” Investigation

2 Samuel 11:3 NIV: and David sent someone to find out about her….

The Act of Sin

2 Samuel 11:4 NIV: Then David sent messengers to get her. She came to him, and he slept with her.

The Cover-Up

2 Samuel 11:5-6 NIV: The woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, “I am pregnant.” So David sent this word to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” And Joab sent him to David.

Escalation: From Adultery to Murder

2 Samuel 11:15 NIV: Put Uriah out in front where the fighting is fiercest. Then withdraw from him so he will be struck down and die.

The Consequence

2 Samuel 11:27 NIV: …But the thing David had done displeased the LORD.

A Chance to Repent

2 Samuel 12:7 NLT: “You are that man!

2 Samuel 12:13 NLT: Then David confessed to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.”

Real Repentance

1. Real repentance about sin.

Psalms 51:4: Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment.

2. Real repentance is motivated by , not self-preservation.

Psalm 51:10-11: Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from your presence, and take not your Holy Spirit from me.

3. Real repentance results in .

Psalms 51:12-13: Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit. Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will return to you.

The Problem for David – No Sufficient Sacrifice

Psalms 51:16: For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; you will not be pleased with a burnt offering.

Psalms 51:17: The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

Psalm 51:7: Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

John 19:30 ESV: When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.