WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.700 Grateful for everybody participating. 00:00:01.840 --> 00:00:03.899 If you have your Bibles, I ask you to turn with me, 00:00:03.960 --> 00:00:05.219 if you will, to 2 Samuel. 00:00:06.459 --> 00:00:09.339 2 Samuel, we're going to be looking at verses 11, 00:00:09.679 --> 00:00:11.900 or chapter 11, verses 1 through 15. 00:00:17.400 --> 00:00:22.160 One late Saturday evening in November of 2008, 00:00:22.620 --> 00:00:26.060 so Saturday night, I received a phone call 00:00:26.060 --> 00:00:29.460 from the former youth pastor at my last church. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:32.780 And he informed me or shared with me 00:00:32.780 --> 00:00:35.280 that one of our prominent church members 00:00:35.280 --> 00:00:37.439 had been arrested that day. 00:00:37.939 --> 00:00:40.740 And it came as a great shock to me 00:00:40.740 --> 00:00:42.719 because this particular church member 00:00:42.719 --> 00:00:44.560 had been a Sunday school teacher. 00:00:45.439 --> 00:00:46.620 He had been a deacon. 00:00:47.079 --> 00:00:50.379 He had even served as the chairman of deacons for a term. 00:00:51.140 --> 00:00:53.439 And my friend, the former youth pastor, 00:00:53.560 --> 00:00:57.400 shared with me that J.V. Huffman had been arrested 00:00:57.400 --> 00:00:59.460 for running a Ponzi scheme. 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:02.619 He had run the largest Ponzi scheme 00:01:02.619 --> 00:01:07.019 in North Carolina history to the tune of $25 million. 00:01:08.640 --> 00:01:12.540 And after he was arrested, I visited him in jail 00:01:12.540 --> 00:01:15.640 and had an opportunity to talk with him. 00:01:15.780 --> 00:01:18.280 And he shared with me that over the years, 00:01:18.379 --> 00:01:19.299 the way it happened. 00:01:19.299 --> 00:01:22.920 When he first began being an investor, 00:01:23.819 --> 00:01:26.939 he shared with me that he took a loan 00:01:26.939 --> 00:01:31.379 out of his accounts that he was investing for other people. 00:01:31.479 --> 00:01:33.060 And he thought, it won't be any big deal. 00:01:34.439 --> 00:01:35.979 You know, I'll pay it back. 00:01:36.319 --> 00:01:38.299 And nobody will even know. 00:01:39.159 --> 00:01:42.640 And yet one loan turned into a second, 00:01:43.140 --> 00:01:45.500 to a third, and so on. 00:01:45.500 --> 00:01:50.120 He had gotten to the point where he wanted people to respect him. 00:01:50.200 --> 00:01:52.079 He wanted people to look up to him 00:01:52.079 --> 00:01:55.420 and think of him as this great investor. 00:01:56.200 --> 00:01:59.280 And so he spent money like mad. 00:01:59.379 --> 00:02:02.299 I mean, he was very generous to the church 00:02:02.299 --> 00:02:04.760 and to others around him. 00:02:04.879 --> 00:02:06.780 They would go on vacations every year. 00:02:06.939 --> 00:02:08.699 College students, you might have wanted to be there 00:02:08.699 --> 00:02:09.400 for a short time, 00:02:09.400 --> 00:02:12.200 because he would take the college students on cruises 00:02:12.200 --> 00:02:14.300 and pay for every bit of it. 00:02:14.840 --> 00:02:17.080 He would take the college students out to eat 00:02:17.080 --> 00:02:18.659 every Sunday night 00:02:18.659 --> 00:02:21.200 and buy every appetizer on the menu. 00:02:21.860 --> 00:02:24.840 And he would continue to just flaunt 00:02:24.840 --> 00:02:26.400 and flourish his money, 00:02:27.400 --> 00:02:29.800 thinking that it would never be known 00:02:29.800 --> 00:02:32.780 and it would never come back to haunt him 00:02:32.780 --> 00:02:35.319 and never, you know, 00:02:35.420 --> 00:02:37.819 have the repercussions that it did. 00:02:37.819 --> 00:02:40.459 But J.B. Huffman was arrested 00:02:40.459 --> 00:02:44.239 and he was sentenced to 30 years in prison 00:02:44.239 --> 00:02:46.639 without any possibility of parole. 00:02:47.159 --> 00:02:48.939 Now you think back to 2008, 00:02:49.400 --> 00:02:52.979 he has not even served yet half of his sentence. 00:02:53.519 --> 00:02:57.019 And during that time, his wife has died. 00:02:57.859 --> 00:02:58.939 He had four children. 00:02:59.060 --> 00:03:00.379 All of them have gotten married. 00:03:00.959 --> 00:03:02.780 He's had grandchildren born. 00:03:02.780 --> 00:03:06.400 And he missed every bit of that 00:03:06.400 --> 00:03:09.960 because he thought he could take out 00:03:09.960 --> 00:03:12.039 one simple little loan 00:03:12.039 --> 00:03:14.680 and nobody would know 00:03:14.680 --> 00:03:17.219 and that he would be able to return that. 00:03:17.300 --> 00:03:21.099 But he didn't notice the ripple effect 00:03:21.099 --> 00:03:23.759 and the impact that one turned into another, 00:03:23.920 --> 00:03:25.280 to another, to another, 00:03:25.280 --> 00:03:27.860 to where it grew out of control 00:03:27.860 --> 00:03:31.000 to the point where he could never pay it back. 00:03:31.000 --> 00:03:35.259 And the impact and the effect that he had 00:03:35.259 --> 00:03:37.639 on not only his own life 00:03:37.639 --> 00:03:39.379 and not only his family's life, 00:03:39.580 --> 00:03:41.419 but upon all those who had invested. 00:03:42.039 --> 00:03:44.139 He had more than 500 investors 00:03:44.139 --> 00:03:45.979 stretching from Kansas to Florida. 00:03:46.919 --> 00:03:49.300 Many retirees had invested 00:03:49.300 --> 00:03:51.719 their entire retirement with him 00:03:51.719 --> 00:03:54.659 because he was claiming to pay more out 00:03:54.659 --> 00:03:57.439 than what you could get anywhere else in investment. 00:03:57.879 --> 00:04:00.719 In 2006, remember, the housing market collapsed. 00:04:01.159 --> 00:04:02.340 Retirement went down. 00:04:02.960 --> 00:04:03.840 I mean interest. 00:04:04.240 --> 00:04:06.699 And he claimed he was still paying 8%, 00:04:06.699 --> 00:04:09.919 8.5%, 9% interest. 00:04:10.520 --> 00:04:13.079 And so people put all their money with him. 00:04:13.620 --> 00:04:15.099 But when he was arrested, 00:04:15.939 --> 00:04:17.399 it was all gone. 00:04:17.920 --> 00:04:20.079 People who had worked their entire lives 00:04:20.079 --> 00:04:21.939 to invest money for retirement, 00:04:22.540 --> 00:04:23.319 it was gone. 00:04:23.319 --> 00:04:26.740 It took them five years to collect anything back 00:04:26.740 --> 00:04:29.879 and they got pennies on the dollar. 00:04:30.759 --> 00:04:33.740 There is no such thing as a private sin. 00:04:34.600 --> 00:04:39.340 And sin will always cost us more than we think. 00:04:39.860 --> 00:04:42.040 And it affects our relationship with the Lord. 00:04:42.120 --> 00:04:44.439 Those little sins that we think are private, 00:04:45.540 --> 00:04:47.759 that we think no one else will know, 00:04:48.240 --> 00:04:49.840 and it won't hurt anyone, 00:04:50.680 --> 00:04:51.660 well, God knows. 00:04:51.660 --> 00:04:55.140 And it affects our relationship with the Lord. 00:04:55.540 --> 00:04:57.439 It impacts our relationship 00:04:57.439 --> 00:05:02.160 because sin severs that relationship, 00:05:02.160 --> 00:05:03.380 at least for a time, 00:05:03.439 --> 00:05:06.720 and impacts our intimacy and our closeness with the Lord. 00:05:06.780 --> 00:05:08.280 As Christians today, 00:05:09.000 --> 00:05:12.520 we emphasize that God is a loving and forgiving God, 00:05:12.580 --> 00:05:13.340 and he is. 00:05:13.340 --> 00:05:16.340 But what we fail to also recognize 00:05:16.339 --> 00:05:19.539 is that God has called us to be holy, 00:05:20.399 --> 00:05:23.219 to be holy as he is holy. 00:05:23.519 --> 00:05:25.139 And what we don't understand 00:05:25.139 --> 00:05:27.259 or don't emphasize so much 00:05:27.259 --> 00:05:29.399 is that even those small sins 00:05:29.399 --> 00:05:31.659 that we label small sins, 00:05:32.120 --> 00:05:33.719 private, secret sins, 00:05:33.919 --> 00:05:37.059 they have a big impact in our lives 00:05:37.059 --> 00:05:38.859 and our relationship with the Lord. 00:05:38.939 --> 00:05:41.059 And when they affect us, 00:05:41.939 --> 00:05:44.539 when they affect our relationship with God, 00:05:44.540 --> 00:05:46.180 there's a ripple effect 00:05:46.180 --> 00:05:49.280 that it has around in our families 00:05:49.280 --> 00:05:50.340 and others around us. 00:05:50.340 --> 00:05:52.720 If you're a father or a mother or a grandparent 00:05:52.720 --> 00:05:55.360 and you've got secret sin in your life 00:05:55.360 --> 00:05:57.540 that's affecting your relationship with God, 00:05:57.660 --> 00:05:59.460 that's affecting your spouse, 00:05:59.620 --> 00:06:01.020 it's affecting your children, 00:06:01.160 --> 00:06:02.540 it's affecting your grandchildren 00:06:02.540 --> 00:06:05.259 because you're not walking with the Lord 00:06:05.259 --> 00:06:07.180 as you should be. 00:06:07.700 --> 00:06:09.240 Well, today I want us to take a look 00:06:09.240 --> 00:06:11.020 at a passage in 2 Samuel 00:06:11.020 --> 00:06:13.759 that gives us a remarkable account 00:06:13.759 --> 00:06:19.000 of how sin had a major impact upon David. 00:06:19.659 --> 00:06:21.000 But not only David, 00:06:21.139 --> 00:06:22.620 we will see the ripple effect 00:06:22.620 --> 00:06:25.599 that it had throughout his entire family 00:06:25.599 --> 00:06:27.860 and others around him. 00:06:28.399 --> 00:06:30.899 David believed that he could commit sins 00:06:30.899 --> 00:06:33.459 such as adultery and murder 00:06:33.459 --> 00:06:34.759 and not get caught. 00:06:34.860 --> 00:06:36.620 I mean, hey, after all, he was the king. 00:06:36.620 --> 00:06:40.899 He didn't feel that he would get caught 00:06:40.899 --> 00:06:43.860 or have the impact that it had 00:06:43.860 --> 00:06:45.560 upon other people's lives. 00:06:45.660 --> 00:06:47.019 But David was very wrong. 00:06:48.160 --> 00:06:49.620 David was just as wrong 00:06:49.620 --> 00:06:51.680 as you and I standing here today 00:06:51.680 --> 00:06:54.319 thinking that we can have secret private sin 00:06:54.319 --> 00:06:56.000 and it not affect our lives 00:06:56.000 --> 00:06:57.740 or the others around us. 00:06:58.300 --> 00:06:59.480 David was very wrong 00:06:59.480 --> 00:07:02.439 that he could commit these sins 00:07:02.439 --> 00:07:04.480 because he involved others around him 00:07:04.480 --> 00:07:06.680 and it impacted his entire family 00:07:06.680 --> 00:07:07.740 for years to come. 00:07:08.100 --> 00:07:09.279 So look with me, if you will, 00:07:09.319 --> 00:07:10.060 at 2 Samuel. 00:07:10.160 --> 00:07:10.959 We're going to begin 00:07:10.959 --> 00:07:13.000 by looking at chapter 11 00:07:13.000 --> 00:07:13.819 and we're just going to read 00:07:13.819 --> 00:07:15.839 the first five verses to start with. 00:07:15.839 --> 00:07:18.199 In the spring, 00:07:18.799 --> 00:07:21.179 at that time when kings go off to war, 00:07:21.739 --> 00:07:24.379 David sent Joab out with the king's men 00:07:24.379 --> 00:07:25.799 and the whole Israelite army. 00:07:26.439 --> 00:07:28.079 They destroyed the Ammonites 00:07:28.079 --> 00:07:29.359 and besieged Rabah. 00:07:30.000 --> 00:07:32.079 But David remained in Jerusalem. 00:07:32.839 --> 00:07:35.079 One evening, David got up from his bed 00:07:35.079 --> 00:07:37.319 and he walked around on the roof of the palace. 00:07:37.899 --> 00:07:40.679 From the roof, he saw a woman bathing. 00:07:41.319 --> 00:07:42.819 The woman was very beautiful 00:07:42.819 --> 00:07:46.360 and David sent someone to find out about her. 00:07:47.199 --> 00:07:47.959 The man said, 00:07:48.099 --> 00:07:50.860 She is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam 00:07:50.860 --> 00:07:53.459 and the wife of Uriah, the Hittite. 00:07:54.000 --> 00:07:56.079 Then David sent messengers to get her. 00:07:56.620 --> 00:07:58.719 She came to him and he slept with her. 00:07:59.219 --> 00:08:00.879 Now she was purifying herself 00:08:00.879 --> 00:08:02.519 from her monthly uncleanness. 00:08:03.199 --> 00:08:04.620 Then she went back home. 00:08:05.019 --> 00:08:06.000 The woman conceived 00:08:06.000 --> 00:08:08.000 and sent word to David saying, 00:08:08.139 --> 00:08:08.779 I am pregnant. 00:08:09.339 --> 00:08:10.480 Let's go to the Lord in prayer. 00:08:12.819 --> 00:08:15.120 Father, we come to your word today. 00:08:16.920 --> 00:08:18.060 We ask, Lord, 00:08:18.139 --> 00:08:20.060 that you would speak to each of us. 00:08:21.019 --> 00:08:23.000 Open our eyes that we might see. 00:08:23.980 --> 00:08:26.699 Open our ears that we may hear. 00:08:27.740 --> 00:08:29.159 And soften our hearts 00:08:29.159 --> 00:08:31.759 that we may allow your word 00:08:31.759 --> 00:08:34.360 to penetrate deep within our hearts. 00:08:36.080 --> 00:08:38.779 Convict us of sin that may be in our lives. 00:08:38.779 --> 00:08:41.819 And plant a desire in our hearts 00:08:41.819 --> 00:08:43.899 to be holy as you are holy. 00:08:44.419 --> 00:08:46.500 And to seek you and to know you. 00:08:47.059 --> 00:08:48.399 And we thank you for this, Lord, 00:08:48.480 --> 00:08:49.379 in Jesus' name. 00:08:49.819 --> 00:08:50.120 Amen. 00:08:51.360 --> 00:08:52.539 You know, one evening, 00:08:52.699 --> 00:08:55.339 David must have had trouble sleeping 00:08:55.339 --> 00:08:56.539 because he went out 00:08:56.539 --> 00:08:59.799 and was walking on the roof of the palace. 00:09:00.559 --> 00:09:01.339 And it was here 00:09:01.339 --> 00:09:02.839 that he noticed 00:09:02.839 --> 00:09:05.319 a beautiful young lady bathing. 00:09:05.320 --> 00:09:07.220 Now, that may seem really kind of weird. 00:09:07.720 --> 00:09:09.220 If you've been in church your whole life, 00:09:09.280 --> 00:09:10.280 you know this story. 00:09:10.840 --> 00:09:11.800 But if you haven't been, 00:09:11.879 --> 00:09:15.000 this is not so strange 00:09:15.000 --> 00:09:16.100 in that day and time. 00:09:16.240 --> 00:09:18.300 Their buildings had flat roofs. 00:09:18.860 --> 00:09:20.280 Their buildings were very hot 00:09:20.280 --> 00:09:20.879 from the day. 00:09:20.960 --> 00:09:23.300 And the heat remained 00:09:23.300 --> 00:09:24.420 with the inside 00:09:24.420 --> 00:09:25.580 well into the night. 00:09:25.680 --> 00:09:26.240 So a lot of times, 00:09:26.300 --> 00:09:28.180 they'd go sit on the roof of the house 00:09:28.180 --> 00:09:30.520 after the sun had gone down 00:09:30.520 --> 00:09:31.440 to cool off. 00:09:31.660 --> 00:09:34.460 They also placed things on the roof. 00:09:34.460 --> 00:09:36.620 I guess bathtubs was one of them. 00:09:37.259 --> 00:09:39.860 And Bathsheba was taking a bath. 00:09:40.019 --> 00:09:42.060 And her beauty must have been 00:09:42.060 --> 00:09:43.340 very great 00:09:43.340 --> 00:09:45.440 because the king noticed her 00:09:45.440 --> 00:09:47.879 and he had to know her name. 00:09:48.240 --> 00:09:50.100 And so he began asking his servants 00:09:50.100 --> 00:09:51.639 within the palace 00:09:51.639 --> 00:09:53.879 to find out about her 00:09:53.879 --> 00:09:55.960 and to find out what her name was. 00:09:56.000 --> 00:09:57.100 And they came back and said 00:09:57.100 --> 00:09:57.460 it was Bathsheba, 00:09:58.220 --> 00:10:00.139 the wife of Uriah the Hittite. 00:10:00.139 --> 00:10:03.819 David knew that Uriah 00:10:03.819 --> 00:10:05.199 was one of the soldiers 00:10:05.199 --> 00:10:06.740 and he was off to war 00:10:06.740 --> 00:10:08.620 with the other men in battle. 00:10:08.740 --> 00:10:09.980 And so he sent a message 00:10:09.980 --> 00:10:12.480 to have her brought to him. 00:10:13.120 --> 00:10:14.179 It was at this time 00:10:14.179 --> 00:10:16.519 that David took Bathsheba 00:10:16.519 --> 00:10:19.039 and committed adultery with her. 00:10:19.659 --> 00:10:21.439 And then he sent her back home 00:10:21.439 --> 00:10:23.740 as if nothing had even happened. 00:10:24.620 --> 00:10:25.799 David must have felt 00:10:25.799 --> 00:10:28.599 that he could commit such a sin 00:10:28.599 --> 00:10:30.799 as adultery. 00:10:30.959 --> 00:10:33.699 Even though he involved others, 00:10:34.099 --> 00:10:35.339 the servants in the palace, 00:10:35.459 --> 00:10:36.459 he involved them. 00:10:37.199 --> 00:10:38.959 But somehow he must have thought 00:10:38.959 --> 00:10:41.299 he could commit such a sin, 00:10:41.579 --> 00:10:42.459 keep it private, 00:10:42.839 --> 00:10:44.359 and have no effect 00:10:44.359 --> 00:10:47.079 or no consequences in his life. 00:10:47.139 --> 00:10:48.620 But he was very wrong. 00:10:48.620 --> 00:10:50.539 He was very wrong. 00:10:50.539 --> 00:10:52.620 Even if Bathsheba 00:10:52.620 --> 00:10:54.579 had not become pregnant, 00:10:55.219 --> 00:10:57.620 there would have been repercussions 00:10:57.620 --> 00:10:58.779 and an impact 00:10:58.779 --> 00:11:00.779 upon his spiritual life. 00:11:01.360 --> 00:11:01.919 There would have been 00:11:01.919 --> 00:11:04.279 an impact upon those he involved. 00:11:05.059 --> 00:11:07.799 David made some very unwise choices. 00:11:08.519 --> 00:11:10.839 And we're going to see very soon 00:11:10.839 --> 00:11:12.360 in the scripture 00:11:12.360 --> 00:11:13.579 that the choices left 00:11:13.579 --> 00:11:15.839 some very lasting consequences 00:11:15.839 --> 00:11:18.019 to be paid by David 00:11:18.019 --> 00:11:19.779 as well as his family, 00:11:19.779 --> 00:11:21.879 the palace servants, 00:11:22.059 --> 00:11:23.240 and many others. 00:11:23.959 --> 00:11:25.000 You know, David may have felt 00:11:25.000 --> 00:11:26.439 that he got away with his sin. 00:11:27.000 --> 00:11:28.000 But if Bathsheba 00:11:28.000 --> 00:11:29.279 had not become pregnant, 00:11:29.779 --> 00:11:32.220 his sin still impacted 00:11:32.220 --> 00:11:35.740 his heart and his life 00:11:35.740 --> 00:11:37.959 and his walk with the Lord. 00:11:38.360 --> 00:11:38.919 It caused, 00:11:39.360 --> 00:11:41.480 but his sin did become public. 00:11:41.480 --> 00:11:43.399 It caused Bathsheba's shame. 00:11:44.259 --> 00:11:46.179 It caused Uriah's death. 00:11:46.659 --> 00:11:48.039 Now, if you read on in scripture, 00:11:48.039 --> 00:11:50.579 you'll notice that it was 00:11:50.579 --> 00:11:52.980 not only Uriah that was killed. 00:11:54.000 --> 00:11:55.539 David had Uriah sent 00:11:55.539 --> 00:11:56.679 to the front line 00:11:56.679 --> 00:11:58.139 of the fiercest battle. 00:11:58.519 --> 00:11:59.279 I mean, they went up 00:11:59.279 --> 00:12:01.059 to the wall of the city 00:12:01.059 --> 00:12:02.879 and then were to have 00:12:02.879 --> 00:12:04.699 all the other soldiers withdraw 00:12:04.699 --> 00:12:06.480 and have Uriah killed. 00:12:06.579 --> 00:12:07.599 But if you keep reading 00:12:07.599 --> 00:12:08.759 here in 2 Samuel, 00:12:09.139 --> 00:12:10.179 you'll see that there were 00:12:10.179 --> 00:12:11.059 other soldiers 00:12:11.059 --> 00:12:12.620 who were killed as well. 00:12:13.000 --> 00:12:13.659 I mean, that was just 00:12:13.659 --> 00:12:14.480 a no-brainer. 00:12:14.480 --> 00:12:15.980 You don't approach the wall 00:12:15.980 --> 00:12:17.920 because they had archers. 00:12:18.220 --> 00:12:19.259 People could just throw rocks 00:12:19.259 --> 00:12:20.720 over the side of the wall 00:12:20.720 --> 00:12:21.320 and hit you 00:12:21.320 --> 00:12:22.920 and severely injure you. 00:12:22.980 --> 00:12:23.879 That was a no-brainer. 00:12:23.980 --> 00:12:25.300 But David gave the orders 00:12:25.300 --> 00:12:26.600 for them to do that. 00:12:26.940 --> 00:12:28.639 And it caused not only Uriah, 00:12:28.740 --> 00:12:31.659 but other soldiers died as well. 00:12:32.500 --> 00:12:33.519 Other repercussions 00:12:33.519 --> 00:12:35.060 were conflict and rebellion 00:12:35.060 --> 00:12:36.100 in the house of David, 00:12:36.480 --> 00:12:37.860 which eventually led 00:12:37.860 --> 00:12:40.360 to his son Absalom's death. 00:12:40.360 --> 00:12:42.180 And the fact that all this 00:12:42.180 --> 00:12:43.680 is recorded in the Bible, 00:12:44.340 --> 00:12:45.560 it has been studied 00:12:45.560 --> 00:12:46.759 for generations. 00:12:47.659 --> 00:12:49.259 It took what David thought 00:12:49.259 --> 00:12:52.500 was a private, secret sin 00:12:52.500 --> 00:12:54.840 and it made it very public 00:12:54.840 --> 00:12:57.379 for generations of people 00:12:57.379 --> 00:13:01.180 to study and learn from, 00:13:01.519 --> 00:13:03.620 but to Daniel's embarrassment. 00:13:03.860 --> 00:13:04.940 You know, that's one of the reasons 00:13:04.940 --> 00:13:06.360 we know the Bible's true. 00:13:07.480 --> 00:13:09.080 If this was a fairy tale 00:13:09.080 --> 00:13:10.639 or if this was a book 00:13:10.639 --> 00:13:13.220 that wasn't really God's word, 00:13:13.360 --> 00:13:14.560 it would oftentimes paint 00:13:14.560 --> 00:13:16.139 a picture of perfection. 00:13:16.800 --> 00:13:18.240 And the heroes of the Bible 00:13:18.240 --> 00:13:19.680 would always be painted 00:13:19.680 --> 00:13:21.340 with that perfection. 00:13:21.540 --> 00:13:22.759 And we'd never see 00:13:22.759 --> 00:13:25.259 the flaws of men like David. 00:13:25.620 --> 00:13:27.480 But the Bible does reveal 00:13:27.480 --> 00:13:30.160 the ugliness of sin 00:13:30.160 --> 00:13:32.960 that often lurks within our hearts. 00:13:32.960 --> 00:13:34.500 And we need to learn 00:13:34.500 --> 00:13:35.879 from this passage. 00:13:35.879 --> 00:13:37.700 We need to learn 00:13:37.700 --> 00:13:39.120 from passages like this 00:13:39.120 --> 00:13:41.039 that we are no different 00:13:41.039 --> 00:13:42.299 than men like David. 00:13:42.460 --> 00:13:43.960 God had described David 00:13:43.960 --> 00:13:46.439 as a man after his own heart. 00:13:48.019 --> 00:13:49.639 When I was in seminary, 00:13:50.480 --> 00:13:52.539 I probably heard this 00:13:52.539 --> 00:13:55.200 from every professor we had. 00:13:56.259 --> 00:13:57.860 They would tell our classes 00:13:57.860 --> 00:13:59.539 at least once a semester, 00:13:59.679 --> 00:14:02.059 if not numerous times, 00:14:02.059 --> 00:14:05.359 if you think this can't happen to you, 00:14:06.039 --> 00:14:08.119 then you're who I'm worried about. 00:14:08.859 --> 00:14:11.779 If you think you can't be tempted to sin 00:14:11.779 --> 00:14:14.119 or be pulled into sin, 00:14:14.719 --> 00:14:16.599 then we're worried about you 00:14:16.599 --> 00:14:18.039 because we're all vulnerable. 00:14:18.839 --> 00:14:22.879 We all can be tempted into sin. 00:14:22.939 --> 00:14:24.199 That's why the Bible tells us 00:14:24.199 --> 00:14:26.079 to guard our hearts, 00:14:26.599 --> 00:14:28.039 protect our hearts, 00:14:28.039 --> 00:14:29.919 and make sure that we're not 00:14:29.919 --> 00:14:31.459 lied to and deceived 00:14:31.459 --> 00:14:33.059 by the enemy 00:14:33.059 --> 00:14:35.059 to be lured into sin. 00:14:35.740 --> 00:14:37.759 Do you realize the impact 00:14:37.759 --> 00:14:40.399 that sin has in your life? 00:14:41.019 --> 00:14:42.480 Do you realize the impact 00:14:42.480 --> 00:14:45.120 that sin has upon those around you? 00:14:45.759 --> 00:14:46.779 For some individuals 00:14:46.779 --> 00:14:48.599 that you have relationships with, 00:14:48.679 --> 00:14:50.519 you might be the only glimmer 00:14:50.519 --> 00:14:52.199 of Jesus Christ 00:14:52.199 --> 00:14:53.740 that they have in their lives. 00:14:53.740 --> 00:14:57.000 You may be the only one 00:14:57.000 --> 00:14:58.759 truly walking with Christ 00:14:58.759 --> 00:15:02.460 that they see the image of Jesus in you. 00:15:02.840 --> 00:15:04.600 And when we allow ourselves 00:15:04.600 --> 00:15:06.279 to be lured into sin, 00:15:06.700 --> 00:15:08.879 what an impact negatively 00:15:08.879 --> 00:15:11.180 that has on those individuals. 00:15:11.960 --> 00:15:13.539 Too often we play around 00:15:13.539 --> 00:15:15.120 with small sins 00:15:15.120 --> 00:15:16.460 only for it to grow 00:15:16.460 --> 00:15:19.000 until it is out of control. 00:15:20.299 --> 00:15:22.879 I've shared these statistics before, 00:15:22.879 --> 00:15:25.080 but I want to share something with you 00:15:25.080 --> 00:15:26.279 that might blow your mind 00:15:26.279 --> 00:15:26.939 a little bit. 00:15:28.139 --> 00:15:29.559 And men, you can look around 00:15:29.559 --> 00:15:30.159 or you cannot. 00:15:31.220 --> 00:15:32.539 But statistics show 00:15:32.539 --> 00:15:34.600 that one in four men 00:15:34.600 --> 00:15:36.779 inside the church today 00:15:36.779 --> 00:15:38.399 is addicted to pornography. 00:15:40.840 --> 00:15:42.139 I don't know how many men 00:15:42.139 --> 00:15:42.860 we have here, 00:15:43.360 --> 00:15:44.779 but if statistics are right, 00:15:44.860 --> 00:15:46.240 there's men sitting in here today 00:15:46.240 --> 00:15:47.600 that are addicted to pornography. 00:15:48.659 --> 00:15:49.940 I didn't bring my phone, 00:15:49.940 --> 00:15:53.920 but it is so easily accessible. 00:15:54.920 --> 00:15:56.360 We have it at our fingertips 00:15:56.360 --> 00:15:58.860 and it's so tempting 00:15:58.860 --> 00:16:01.000 to people to get into that. 00:16:01.300 --> 00:16:02.920 And I had a man in my last church 00:16:02.920 --> 00:16:03.620 who came to me 00:16:03.620 --> 00:16:04.880 and admitted that he was addicted 00:16:04.880 --> 00:16:05.540 to pornography 00:16:05.540 --> 00:16:07.740 and he was trying to take the steps 00:16:07.740 --> 00:16:08.980 to break that addiction. 00:16:09.340 --> 00:16:10.340 And what he found out 00:16:10.340 --> 00:16:11.160 was pornography 00:16:11.160 --> 00:16:12.840 is a greater addiction 00:16:12.840 --> 00:16:14.260 to break than cocaine. 00:16:14.259 --> 00:16:16.980 that once you get sucked 00:16:16.980 --> 00:16:18.559 into pornography, 00:16:18.879 --> 00:16:21.120 you almost can't get out of it. 00:16:21.200 --> 00:16:22.620 You can't get those images 00:16:22.620 --> 00:16:23.960 out of your mind. 00:16:24.679 --> 00:16:26.019 And so we need to make sure 00:16:26.019 --> 00:16:29.519 that we are guarding our hearts, 00:16:29.740 --> 00:16:30.860 guarding our minds, 00:16:31.500 --> 00:16:32.299 guarding our lives 00:16:32.299 --> 00:16:32.919 to make sure 00:16:32.919 --> 00:16:34.399 that we don't ever even 00:16:34.399 --> 00:16:35.899 look at something 00:16:35.899 --> 00:16:37.720 just out of curiosity. 00:16:38.899 --> 00:16:40.340 Also, studies indicate 00:16:40.340 --> 00:16:42.180 that the morality 00:16:42.180 --> 00:16:44.500 inside the church 00:16:44.500 --> 00:16:45.620 in America today 00:16:45.620 --> 00:16:48.320 lags behind in society 00:16:48.320 --> 00:16:50.300 by only 20 years. 00:16:50.800 --> 00:16:52.460 That means that the morality 00:16:52.460 --> 00:16:53.800 within our churches 00:16:53.800 --> 00:16:55.120 in America today 00:16:55.120 --> 00:16:57.280 is the morality of society 00:16:57.280 --> 00:16:58.720 about 2003. 00:17:00.320 --> 00:17:01.259 I don't know about you, 00:17:01.340 --> 00:17:02.800 but that doesn't say a lot, 00:17:02.860 --> 00:17:03.280 does it? 00:17:04.279 --> 00:17:04.640 You know, 00:17:04.680 --> 00:17:06.620 because the morality in 2003 00:17:06.620 --> 00:17:07.920 wasn't that great. 00:17:07.920 --> 00:17:09.960 I remember when it turned 1980 00:17:09.960 --> 00:17:11.039 and everybody's like, 00:17:11.140 --> 00:17:12.500 hey, it's the 80s, 00:17:12.560 --> 00:17:12.820 you know, 00:17:12.900 --> 00:17:15.140 let's lighten up, 00:17:15.259 --> 00:17:15.880 loosen up. 00:17:16.680 --> 00:17:17.700 Is that the morality 00:17:17.700 --> 00:17:18.440 that we have 00:17:18.440 --> 00:17:19.500 in our churches today? 00:17:20.960 --> 00:17:21.539 You know, 00:17:21.600 --> 00:17:22.460 not long ago, 00:17:23.060 --> 00:17:24.640 there was a new TV show 00:17:24.640 --> 00:17:25.420 that came out. 00:17:26.060 --> 00:17:27.100 It was the hottest, 00:17:27.539 --> 00:17:29.100 the best TV show 00:17:29.100 --> 00:17:31.240 everybody had to watch it, 00:17:31.900 --> 00:17:32.519 Yellowstone. 00:17:33.460 --> 00:17:34.660 And that was the type 00:17:34.660 --> 00:17:35.460 of thing I thought, 00:17:35.560 --> 00:17:37.240 I liked Kevin Costner 00:17:37.240 --> 00:17:37.700 and I thought, 00:17:37.839 --> 00:17:38.500 I could watch, 00:17:38.819 --> 00:17:39.480 get into that, 00:17:39.579 --> 00:17:40.339 out in Montana, 00:17:40.759 --> 00:17:41.579 beautiful scenery. 00:17:41.579 --> 00:17:44.319 I started watching it 00:17:44.319 --> 00:17:46.940 and it didn't take very long 00:17:46.940 --> 00:17:48.240 that I was appalled. 00:17:49.740 --> 00:17:50.620 The cussing, 00:17:51.400 --> 00:17:52.480 sexual content, 00:17:53.120 --> 00:17:54.440 violence that's in that, 00:17:54.579 --> 00:17:56.140 no Christian should watch. 00:17:57.440 --> 00:17:58.220 And if you're hooked 00:17:58.220 --> 00:17:59.059 on Yellowstone, 00:17:59.200 --> 00:17:59.740 I'm sorry. 00:18:00.779 --> 00:18:02.319 But TV shows like that 00:18:02.319 --> 00:18:02.839 and others, 00:18:03.039 --> 00:18:04.779 we should not entertain 00:18:04.779 --> 00:18:07.779 our minds with these shows 00:18:07.779 --> 00:18:09.579 because the more we entertain, 00:18:10.059 --> 00:18:12.339 the more we accept sin. 00:18:12.720 --> 00:18:15.119 We compromise our morality 00:18:15.119 --> 00:18:16.579 that God has told us 00:18:16.579 --> 00:18:18.439 in the Word of God. 00:18:18.799 --> 00:18:20.179 And as we compromise, 00:18:20.419 --> 00:18:21.720 we accept, 00:18:22.480 --> 00:18:24.319 we normalize sin 00:18:24.319 --> 00:18:27.740 to the point 00:18:27.740 --> 00:18:28.559 where it begins 00:18:28.559 --> 00:18:29.679 to come out 00:18:29.679 --> 00:18:31.179 in our lives. 00:18:32.039 --> 00:18:32.799 There's not much 00:18:32.799 --> 00:18:33.460 on television 00:18:33.460 --> 00:18:34.619 you can watch today. 00:18:35.079 --> 00:18:35.759 Maybe go back 00:18:35.759 --> 00:18:36.240 and watch 00:18:36.240 --> 00:18:36.980 Annie Griffin, 00:18:38.659 --> 00:18:40.480 Little House on the Prairie. 00:18:40.480 --> 00:18:42.519 But we need 00:18:42.519 --> 00:18:43.399 to be careful. 00:18:44.480 --> 00:18:45.639 We need to guard 00:18:45.639 --> 00:18:46.619 our minds 00:18:46.619 --> 00:18:47.579 and our hearts 00:18:47.579 --> 00:18:49.839 and not allow sin 00:18:49.839 --> 00:18:51.159 into our mind, 00:18:51.359 --> 00:18:52.539 not into our heart, 00:18:52.539 --> 00:18:54.000 because before long 00:18:54.000 --> 00:18:54.799 we'll have those 00:18:54.799 --> 00:18:57.180 secret, private sins 00:18:57.180 --> 00:18:59.059 lurking within us 00:18:59.059 --> 00:19:01.180 and it will come out. 00:19:01.700 --> 00:19:01.960 You know, 00:19:02.019 --> 00:19:03.279 if Satan can get you 00:19:03.279 --> 00:19:04.659 to think about something 00:19:04.659 --> 00:19:05.819 long enough, 00:19:07.119 --> 00:19:08.000 he can get you 00:19:08.000 --> 00:19:09.220 to act upon it. 00:19:09.220 --> 00:19:10.680 If you entertain 00:19:10.680 --> 00:19:13.159 thoughts that are sinful, 00:19:13.659 --> 00:19:14.619 Satan will, 00:19:15.879 --> 00:19:16.680 he will 00:19:16.680 --> 00:19:18.720 get you to act upon it. 00:19:18.799 --> 00:19:20.339 David made a mistake here 00:19:20.339 --> 00:19:21.680 in that he should have done 00:19:21.680 --> 00:19:23.299 exactly what Joseph did. 00:19:23.700 --> 00:19:24.840 He should have run. 00:19:25.060 --> 00:19:26.100 He should have fled. 00:19:27.299 --> 00:19:28.120 He should have not 00:19:28.120 --> 00:19:29.720 entertained his ideas 00:19:29.720 --> 00:19:31.100 of being with Bathsheba. 00:19:31.660 --> 00:19:33.000 He was a married man. 00:19:34.600 --> 00:19:35.920 He should have not 00:19:35.920 --> 00:19:38.019 committed that sin. 00:19:38.820 --> 00:19:39.980 Sin is to be taken 00:19:39.980 --> 00:19:40.700 very seriously 00:19:40.700 --> 00:19:41.920 because it will always 00:19:41.920 --> 00:19:43.600 take us further away 00:19:43.600 --> 00:19:44.140 from God 00:19:44.140 --> 00:19:45.380 than we intended to go. 00:19:46.320 --> 00:19:46.840 Today, 00:19:47.340 --> 00:19:49.000 if there is sin 00:19:49.000 --> 00:19:49.940 in your life, 00:19:50.920 --> 00:19:53.319 unrepentant sin 00:19:53.319 --> 00:19:54.380 that is lurking 00:19:54.380 --> 00:19:55.240 in your heart, 00:19:55.559 --> 00:19:56.559 the only thing 00:19:56.559 --> 00:19:57.380 you can do 00:19:57.380 --> 00:19:58.480 is to confess 00:19:58.480 --> 00:19:59.279 that sin 00:19:59.279 --> 00:19:59.960 to the Lord, 00:20:00.619 --> 00:20:02.019 repent of that sin, 00:20:02.180 --> 00:20:03.660 turn away from that sin, 00:20:03.880 --> 00:20:06.019 and turn to Christ. 00:20:06.380 --> 00:20:07.559 We have to not only 00:20:07.559 --> 00:20:08.579 just turn away 00:20:08.579 --> 00:20:09.240 from sin, 00:20:09.500 --> 00:20:10.380 but you have to 00:20:10.380 --> 00:20:12.180 pursue Christ 00:20:12.180 --> 00:20:13.380 and run, 00:20:14.160 --> 00:20:15.279 run to God, 00:20:15.420 --> 00:20:16.500 seek God. 00:20:16.500 --> 00:20:18.059 And I want to tell you 00:20:18.059 --> 00:20:19.480 one of the ways 00:20:19.480 --> 00:20:20.119 of doing that. 00:20:21.400 --> 00:20:22.400 You'll notice 00:20:22.400 --> 00:20:24.039 at the doors 00:20:24.039 --> 00:20:26.160 there's a bookmark. 00:20:26.920 --> 00:20:27.559 Every quarter 00:20:27.559 --> 00:20:28.359 there's a new one. 00:20:29.400 --> 00:20:30.019 Pastor Daniel 00:20:30.019 --> 00:20:31.079 has put these out 00:20:31.079 --> 00:20:33.400 for us as a church 00:20:33.400 --> 00:20:34.539 to stay in 00:20:34.539 --> 00:20:35.599 the Word of God. 00:20:35.880 --> 00:20:36.720 If you don't have that, 00:20:36.799 --> 00:20:37.599 it's on the back 00:20:37.599 --> 00:20:39.740 of your bulletin. 00:20:39.819 --> 00:20:40.640 Every week, 00:20:40.779 --> 00:20:41.299 the scriptures 00:20:41.299 --> 00:20:42.460 that we should be reading. 00:20:42.599 --> 00:20:43.960 If we're not in the Word 00:20:43.960 --> 00:20:45.200 and we're not studying 00:20:45.200 --> 00:20:45.660 the Word, 00:20:46.100 --> 00:20:47.360 Satan will twist 00:20:47.360 --> 00:20:49.279 whatever we think 00:20:49.279 --> 00:20:49.980 is in our mind 00:20:49.980 --> 00:20:50.779 and he'll make us 00:20:50.779 --> 00:20:51.940 believe that it's truth 00:20:51.940 --> 00:20:52.840 and he'll get us 00:20:52.840 --> 00:20:54.559 to follow his deceptions 00:20:54.559 --> 00:20:55.920 and lies 00:20:55.920 --> 00:20:56.920 and we'll be 00:20:56.920 --> 00:20:58.180 in predicaments 00:20:58.180 --> 00:20:58.960 like David 00:20:58.960 --> 00:21:00.080 or J.B. Huffman 00:21:00.080 --> 00:21:00.860 or others 00:21:00.860 --> 00:21:02.779 that fall to sin. 00:21:03.900 --> 00:21:05.039 We've got to stay 00:21:05.039 --> 00:21:07.160 in the Word of God. 00:21:07.759 --> 00:21:08.539 But we need 00:21:08.539 --> 00:21:09.580 to confess sin. 00:21:09.700 --> 00:21:10.840 1 John 1.9, 00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:11.700 I didn't put this 00:21:11.700 --> 00:21:12.200 in the PowerPoint, 00:21:12.819 --> 00:21:14.100 but 1 John 1.9 00:21:14.100 --> 00:21:14.340 says, 00:21:14.339 --> 00:21:15.439 if we will confess 00:21:15.439 --> 00:21:16.359 our sin, 00:21:16.720 --> 00:21:17.899 he is faithful 00:21:17.899 --> 00:21:19.500 and just 00:21:19.500 --> 00:21:20.819 to forgive us 00:21:20.819 --> 00:21:22.039 our sin. 00:21:22.599 --> 00:21:23.439 But repentance 00:21:23.439 --> 00:21:24.720 is turning away 00:21:24.720 --> 00:21:25.220 from it. 00:21:25.379 --> 00:21:26.079 It's not just saying, 00:21:26.240 --> 00:21:26.899 oh, forgive me, Lord, 00:21:26.959 --> 00:21:27.740 and then we go on 00:21:27.740 --> 00:21:28.539 and keep doing it. 00:21:29.759 --> 00:21:30.279 Repentance 00:21:30.279 --> 00:21:31.319 is turning away 00:21:31.319 --> 00:21:32.220 from that sin 00:21:32.220 --> 00:21:34.259 and not doing it anymore 00:21:34.259 --> 00:21:35.579 and asking God 00:21:35.579 --> 00:21:36.539 to fill our hearts 00:21:36.539 --> 00:21:37.659 with the Holy Spirit 00:21:37.659 --> 00:21:39.159 and empower us 00:21:39.159 --> 00:21:40.879 to break the chains 00:21:40.879 --> 00:21:41.699 that bind us 00:21:41.699 --> 00:21:42.679 and free us 00:21:42.680 --> 00:21:44.000 from sin. 00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:46.400 We must turn 00:21:46.400 --> 00:21:47.340 away from that. 00:21:47.420 --> 00:21:48.019 Which, by the way, 00:21:48.100 --> 00:21:48.380 men, 00:21:48.940 --> 00:21:50.400 I'm leading a Bible study 00:21:50.400 --> 00:21:52.060 on Wednesday nights 00:21:52.060 --> 00:21:52.960 at 6 o'clock. 00:21:53.019 --> 00:21:53.700 If you're not 00:21:53.700 --> 00:21:54.779 with the youth 00:21:54.779 --> 00:21:56.000 or in the choir already, 00:21:56.539 --> 00:21:57.360 a great way. 00:21:57.420 --> 00:21:58.200 And we follow, 00:21:59.000 --> 00:22:00.039 we have a Bible study 00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:00.920 based on 00:22:00.920 --> 00:22:01.980 a passage 00:22:01.980 --> 00:22:03.220 that's being read 00:22:03.220 --> 00:22:04.660 on the bookmarks 00:22:04.660 --> 00:22:05.700 throughout the week. 00:22:05.700 --> 00:22:07.380 if you're interested 00:22:07.380 --> 00:22:07.860 in getting 00:22:07.860 --> 00:22:08.740 in a men's group 00:22:08.740 --> 00:22:09.660 that we hold 00:22:09.660 --> 00:22:10.559 each other accountable, 00:22:11.019 --> 00:22:12.180 we uplift one another, 00:22:12.319 --> 00:22:13.580 we pray for one another, 00:22:14.380 --> 00:22:15.660 and we help study 00:22:15.660 --> 00:22:16.100 the Word, 00:22:16.360 --> 00:22:17.100 we wrestle with 00:22:17.100 --> 00:22:18.000 the Word together, 00:22:18.660 --> 00:22:19.980 come in the back 00:22:19.980 --> 00:22:20.700 entrance 00:22:20.700 --> 00:22:22.019 by the overhang. 00:22:22.080 --> 00:22:22.620 That's the only 00:22:22.620 --> 00:22:23.900 door I unlock. 00:22:24.019 --> 00:22:24.600 I think Brian 00:22:24.600 --> 00:22:26.019 will have the front doors 00:22:26.019 --> 00:22:26.900 unlocked for choir, 00:22:26.980 --> 00:22:27.500 but you'll have to 00:22:27.500 --> 00:22:28.360 wander through the building. 00:22:28.700 --> 00:22:29.360 Come to the back 00:22:29.360 --> 00:22:29.819 of the building, 00:22:29.940 --> 00:22:30.840 come in the overhang, 00:22:30.839 --> 00:22:32.039 and we have a great time 00:22:32.039 --> 00:22:33.259 at 6 o'clock 00:22:33.259 --> 00:22:36.139 on Wednesday nights. 00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:37.099 Well, let's look 00:22:37.099 --> 00:22:37.819 at what happens 00:22:37.819 --> 00:22:39.279 next in David's life 00:22:39.279 --> 00:22:41.480 because he gave 00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:42.039 in to sin 00:22:42.039 --> 00:22:43.019 and left the sin 00:22:43.019 --> 00:22:43.659 unconfessed. 00:22:43.740 --> 00:22:44.259 Let's look at 00:22:44.259 --> 00:22:46.079 verses 6 through 15. 00:22:48.599 --> 00:22:49.720 So David sent 00:22:49.720 --> 00:22:50.919 this word to Joab, 00:22:51.179 --> 00:22:52.119 send me Uriah 00:22:52.119 --> 00:22:52.819 the Hittite. 00:22:53.279 --> 00:22:53.980 And Joab 00:22:53.980 --> 00:22:55.059 sent him to David. 00:22:55.439 --> 00:22:56.059 When Uriah 00:22:56.059 --> 00:22:56.899 came to him, 00:22:57.059 --> 00:22:57.879 David asked him 00:22:57.879 --> 00:22:59.559 how Joab was, 00:22:59.720 --> 00:23:00.559 how the soldiers 00:23:00.559 --> 00:23:01.000 were, 00:23:01.119 --> 00:23:01.940 and how the war 00:23:01.940 --> 00:23:02.559 was going. 00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:03.919 Then David said 00:23:03.919 --> 00:23:04.779 to Uriah, 00:23:05.039 --> 00:23:06.299 go down to your house 00:23:06.299 --> 00:23:07.259 and wash your feet. 00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:08.200 So Uriah 00:23:08.200 --> 00:23:09.179 left the palace 00:23:09.179 --> 00:23:10.679 and a gift 00:23:10.679 --> 00:23:11.440 from the king 00:23:11.440 --> 00:23:12.539 was sent after him. 00:23:12.980 --> 00:23:13.619 But Uriah 00:23:13.619 --> 00:23:14.819 slept at the entrance 00:23:14.819 --> 00:23:16.000 to the palace 00:23:16.000 --> 00:23:16.759 with all of his 00:23:16.759 --> 00:23:17.579 master's servants 00:23:17.579 --> 00:23:18.859 and did not go down 00:23:18.859 --> 00:23:20.099 to his house. 00:23:20.579 --> 00:23:21.480 David was told 00:23:21.480 --> 00:23:23.200 Uriah did not go home. 00:23:23.659 --> 00:23:24.839 So he asked Uriah, 00:23:25.440 --> 00:23:26.619 haven't you just come 00:23:26.619 --> 00:23:28.139 from a military campaign? 00:23:28.299 --> 00:23:29.419 Why didn't you go home? 00:23:29.420 --> 00:23:31.480 Uriah said to David, 00:23:31.980 --> 00:23:32.440 the ark 00:23:32.440 --> 00:23:33.180 and Israel 00:23:33.180 --> 00:23:33.779 and Judah 00:23:33.779 --> 00:23:35.019 are staying in tents 00:23:35.019 --> 00:23:36.019 and my commander 00:23:36.019 --> 00:23:36.680 Joab 00:23:36.680 --> 00:23:37.740 and my lord's men 00:23:37.740 --> 00:23:38.660 are camped 00:23:38.660 --> 00:23:39.759 in the open country. 00:23:40.100 --> 00:23:41.000 How can I go 00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:41.700 to my house 00:23:41.700 --> 00:23:42.680 to eat and drink 00:23:42.680 --> 00:23:43.300 and make love 00:23:43.300 --> 00:23:43.980 to my wife? 00:23:44.320 --> 00:23:44.900 As surely 00:23:44.900 --> 00:23:45.860 as you live 00:23:45.860 --> 00:23:46.660 I will not 00:23:46.660 --> 00:23:47.820 do such a thing. 00:23:48.360 --> 00:23:48.880 Then David 00:23:48.880 --> 00:23:49.500 said to him, 00:23:49.640 --> 00:23:50.100 stay here 00:23:50.100 --> 00:23:50.880 one more day 00:23:50.880 --> 00:23:51.620 and tomorrow 00:23:51.620 --> 00:23:52.860 I will send you back. 00:23:53.200 --> 00:23:54.000 So Uriah 00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:55.300 remained in Jerusalem 00:23:55.300 --> 00:23:56.019 that day 00:23:56.019 --> 00:23:56.880 and the next. 00:23:56.880 --> 00:23:58.520 At David's invitation 00:23:58.520 --> 00:23:59.160 he ate 00:23:59.160 --> 00:24:00.280 and drank with him 00:24:00.280 --> 00:24:01.080 and David 00:24:01.080 --> 00:24:02.080 made him drunk. 00:24:02.940 --> 00:24:03.980 But in the evening 00:24:03.980 --> 00:24:04.960 Uriah went out 00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:05.500 to sleep 00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:07.640 among his master's servants. 00:24:08.060 --> 00:24:09.620 He did not go home. 00:24:10.100 --> 00:24:10.900 In the morning 00:24:10.900 --> 00:24:12.120 David wrote 00:24:12.120 --> 00:24:13.460 a letter to Joab 00:24:13.460 --> 00:24:14.160 and sent it 00:24:14.160 --> 00:24:15.100 with Uriah. 00:24:15.580 --> 00:24:16.320 In it he wrote, 00:24:16.480 --> 00:24:17.080 put Uriah 00:24:17.080 --> 00:24:17.820 out in front 00:24:17.820 --> 00:24:18.540 where the fighting 00:24:18.540 --> 00:24:19.260 is fiercest 00:24:19.260 --> 00:24:19.980 then withdraw 00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:20.680 from him 00:24:20.680 --> 00:24:22.120 so he will be 00:24:22.120 --> 00:24:23.020 struck down 00:24:23.020 --> 00:24:23.860 and die. 00:24:23.859 --> 00:24:26.919 These verses 00:24:26.919 --> 00:24:28.000 do not show 00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:28.939 a very common 00:24:28.939 --> 00:24:30.399 composed response 00:24:30.399 --> 00:24:31.579 from David. 00:24:31.719 --> 00:24:32.519 No, it appears 00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:33.379 that David 00:24:33.379 --> 00:24:34.699 realizes 00:24:34.699 --> 00:24:35.619 he is going 00:24:35.619 --> 00:24:36.240 to get caught 00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:36.859 and he begins 00:24:36.859 --> 00:24:37.439 to panic 00:24:37.439 --> 00:24:38.119 and so he 00:24:38.119 --> 00:24:38.639 immediately 00:24:38.639 --> 00:24:40.240 sends for Uriah 00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:41.000 under false 00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:41.659 pretenses. 00:24:42.719 --> 00:24:43.439 When Uriah 00:24:43.439 --> 00:24:43.899 arrived 00:24:43.899 --> 00:24:44.539 David tempted 00:24:44.539 --> 00:24:45.119 him with the 00:24:45.119 --> 00:24:45.519 privilege 00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:46.919 of going home 00:24:46.919 --> 00:24:48.019 to wash his feet 00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:48.879 and to rest. 00:24:49.559 --> 00:24:49.959 You know David 00:24:49.959 --> 00:24:50.519 was actually 00:24:50.519 --> 00:24:51.319 trying to get 00:24:51.319 --> 00:24:52.339 Uriah to spend 00:24:52.339 --> 00:24:52.740 the night 00:24:52.740 --> 00:24:53.579 with his wife 00:24:53.579 --> 00:24:54.559 so that it 00:24:54.559 --> 00:24:55.460 would not look 00:24:55.460 --> 00:24:56.500 as if this 00:24:56.500 --> 00:24:57.059 child that 00:24:57.059 --> 00:24:57.679 was conceived 00:24:57.679 --> 00:24:58.379 was his 00:24:58.379 --> 00:24:59.659 but would be 00:24:59.659 --> 00:25:00.939 Uriah's. 00:25:01.279 --> 00:25:01.699 However, 00:25:02.500 --> 00:25:03.639 Uriah refused 00:25:03.639 --> 00:25:04.480 to go home 00:25:04.480 --> 00:25:05.460 and he slept 00:25:05.460 --> 00:25:06.279 at the entrance 00:25:06.279 --> 00:25:07.220 of the palace 00:25:07.220 --> 00:25:07.899 with the other 00:25:07.899 --> 00:25:08.500 servants. 00:25:09.119 --> 00:25:09.639 David then 00:25:09.639 --> 00:25:10.240 tried to get 00:25:10.240 --> 00:25:10.899 him drunk 00:25:10.899 --> 00:25:12.059 and send 00:25:12.059 --> 00:25:12.500 him home. 00:25:12.619 --> 00:25:13.039 However, 00:25:13.599 --> 00:25:14.939 even intoxicated 00:25:14.939 --> 00:25:15.679 Uriah would 00:25:15.679 --> 00:25:16.399 not go home. 00:25:16.519 --> 00:25:16.919 He showed 00:25:16.919 --> 00:25:18.720 greater righteousness 00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:19.480 than David 00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:20.599 even drunk 00:25:20.599 --> 00:25:22.119 and he would 00:25:22.119 --> 00:25:22.679 not go 00:25:22.680 --> 00:25:24.039 because the 00:25:24.039 --> 00:25:24.539 Ark of the 00:25:24.539 --> 00:25:24.860 Covenant 00:25:24.860 --> 00:25:26.220 as well as 00:25:26.220 --> 00:25:26.759 the armies 00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:27.360 of Israel 00:25:27.360 --> 00:25:28.100 were in 00:25:28.100 --> 00:25:28.519 the field 00:25:28.519 --> 00:25:29.080 of battle. 00:25:29.600 --> 00:25:29.940 So out 00:25:29.940 --> 00:25:30.779 of desperation 00:25:30.779 --> 00:25:32.140 David 00:25:32.140 --> 00:25:33.519 became more 00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:34.000 aggressive 00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:34.560 to try 00:25:34.560 --> 00:25:35.200 to cover 00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:35.740 up his 00:25:35.740 --> 00:25:36.100 sin. 00:25:36.539 --> 00:25:37.180 By writing 00:25:37.180 --> 00:25:37.660 a letter 00:25:37.660 --> 00:25:38.360 to Joab 00:25:38.360 --> 00:25:38.700 who was 00:25:38.700 --> 00:25:39.240 the commander 00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:39.980 of the armies 00:25:39.980 --> 00:25:40.900 he planned 00:25:40.900 --> 00:25:41.539 a strategy 00:25:41.539 --> 00:25:42.000 to have 00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:42.720 Uriah sent 00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:43.240 to the front 00:25:43.240 --> 00:25:44.060 line of battle 00:25:44.060 --> 00:25:45.299 and ultimately 00:25:45.299 --> 00:25:45.840 killed. 00:25:45.940 --> 00:25:46.539 And as I said 00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:47.259 a minute ago 00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:48.620 it wasn't just 00:25:48.620 --> 00:25:49.820 Uriah that was 00:25:49.820 --> 00:25:50.660 killed because 00:25:50.660 --> 00:25:51.160 of this. 00:25:51.279 --> 00:25:51.540 There were 00:25:51.540 --> 00:25:52.279 several other 00:25:52.279 --> 00:25:52.900 soldiers that 00:25:52.900 --> 00:25:53.320 were killed 00:25:53.320 --> 00:25:53.880 as well. 00:25:54.480 --> 00:25:55.160 But David's 00:25:55.160 --> 00:25:55.920 actions 00:25:55.920 --> 00:25:57.380 could never 00:25:57.380 --> 00:25:58.200 be covered 00:25:58.200 --> 00:25:59.800 could cover 00:25:59.800 --> 00:26:00.560 up his sin. 00:26:01.360 --> 00:26:02.380 These actions 00:26:02.380 --> 00:26:03.320 only made it 00:26:03.320 --> 00:26:04.140 worse and he 00:26:04.140 --> 00:26:04.779 got deeper 00:26:04.779 --> 00:26:05.340 and deeper 00:26:05.340 --> 00:26:06.100 into sin. 00:26:06.519 --> 00:26:07.200 This act 00:26:07.200 --> 00:26:07.800 of adultery 00:26:07.800 --> 00:26:08.680 with Bathsheba 00:26:08.680 --> 00:26:09.800 just continued 00:26:09.800 --> 00:26:10.340 to grow 00:26:10.340 --> 00:26:10.940 to now 00:26:10.940 --> 00:26:11.480 not only 00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:12.140 an adulterer 00:26:12.140 --> 00:26:12.720 he is 00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:13.720 a murderer. 00:26:14.440 --> 00:26:14.940 It's hard 00:26:14.940 --> 00:26:15.640 to imagine 00:26:15.640 --> 00:26:16.500 a man like 00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:17.180 David who 00:26:17.180 --> 00:26:17.700 God had 00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:18.800 described as 00:26:18.800 --> 00:26:19.420 a man of 00:26:19.420 --> 00:26:20.160 God's own 00:26:20.160 --> 00:26:20.539 heart. 00:26:21.080 --> 00:26:21.700 A man who 00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:22.160 had gone 00:26:22.160 --> 00:26:22.539 through the 00:26:22.539 --> 00:26:23.000 things he 00:26:23.000 --> 00:26:23.460 had gone 00:26:23.460 --> 00:26:24.100 through as 00:26:24.100 --> 00:26:25.100 he knew 00:26:25.100 --> 00:26:25.920 God won 00:26:25.920 --> 00:26:26.440 the battle 00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:26.980 to defeat 00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:27.580 Goliath. 00:26:28.019 --> 00:26:28.440 He knew 00:26:28.440 --> 00:26:29.279 God had 00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:30.700 protected him 00:26:30.700 --> 00:26:31.560 and spared him 00:26:31.560 --> 00:26:32.539 when King Saul 00:26:32.539 --> 00:26:33.620 was chasing him 00:26:33.620 --> 00:26:34.360 and trying to 00:26:34.360 --> 00:26:34.920 kill him. 00:26:35.259 --> 00:26:35.779 It's hard 00:26:35.779 --> 00:26:36.380 to imagine 00:26:36.380 --> 00:26:37.080 a man like 00:26:37.080 --> 00:26:37.900 this has sunk 00:26:37.900 --> 00:26:38.420 and fallen 00:26:38.420 --> 00:26:39.259 so deep 00:26:39.259 --> 00:26:40.440 into sin. 00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:42.019 However the 00:26:42.019 --> 00:26:42.860 story continues 00:26:42.860 --> 00:26:43.700 to unfold 00:26:43.700 --> 00:26:45.060 as you get 00:26:45.060 --> 00:26:45.779 into the next 00:26:45.779 --> 00:26:46.580 chapter of 00:26:46.580 --> 00:26:47.900 2 Samuel 00:26:47.900 --> 00:26:48.340 we won't 00:26:48.340 --> 00:26:48.940 read it this 00:26:48.940 --> 00:26:49.240 morning. 00:26:49.420 --> 00:26:50.539 But God 00:26:50.539 --> 00:26:52.200 sends a 00:26:52.200 --> 00:26:53.240 prophet because 00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:54.940 David did 00:26:54.940 --> 00:26:55.620 these things 00:26:55.620 --> 00:26:56.180 and then just 00:26:56.180 --> 00:26:56.840 went on about 00:26:56.840 --> 00:26:57.759 life as if 00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:58.720 nothing even 00:26:58.720 --> 00:26:59.200 happened. 00:27:01.300 --> 00:27:02.080 And so God 00:27:02.080 --> 00:27:02.980 sent the 00:27:02.980 --> 00:27:03.960 prophet Nathan 00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:05.279 to confront 00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:05.740 him. 00:27:07.460 --> 00:27:08.180 And once 00:27:08.180 --> 00:27:09.640 David realized 00:27:09.640 --> 00:27:10.860 that he had 00:27:10.860 --> 00:27:11.519 been caught 00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:12.759 and that God 00:27:12.759 --> 00:27:13.759 knew his sin 00:27:13.759 --> 00:27:15.460 and that Nathan 00:27:15.460 --> 00:27:16.240 had pointed it 00:27:16.240 --> 00:27:17.680 out, David 00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:18.600 breaks down and 00:27:18.599 --> 00:27:20.159 acknowledges his 00:27:20.159 --> 00:27:20.480 guilt. 00:27:20.599 --> 00:27:21.219 He confessed 00:27:21.219 --> 00:27:25.699 his sin and 00:27:25.699 --> 00:27:26.819 pleaded with 00:27:26.819 --> 00:27:27.359 God for 00:27:27.359 --> 00:27:27.959 forgiveness. 00:27:27.959 --> 00:27:30.240 And yes, God 00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:31.079 forgave him. 00:27:31.839 --> 00:27:32.519 God is a 00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:33.399 forgiving God. 00:27:33.899 --> 00:27:34.639 But there are 00:27:34.639 --> 00:27:35.939 often consequences 00:27:35.939 --> 00:27:37.919 to be paid for 00:27:37.919 --> 00:27:38.839 our actions and 00:27:38.839 --> 00:27:40.299 our sin even 00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:41.179 though we've 00:27:41.179 --> 00:27:41.819 been forgiven. 00:27:41.819 --> 00:27:43.679 for one, the 00:27:43.679 --> 00:27:44.339 son that was 00:27:44.339 --> 00:27:45.799 conceived died 00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:47.119 that was born 00:27:47.119 --> 00:27:47.879 to Bathsheba. 00:27:47.879 --> 00:27:48.980 Also because 00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:49.919 David was guilty 00:27:49.919 --> 00:27:50.939 of having Uriah 00:27:50.939 --> 00:27:52.200 killed, Nathan 00:27:52.200 --> 00:27:52.939 told him that 00:27:52.939 --> 00:27:53.839 God would never 00:27:53.839 --> 00:27:54.819 remove the sword 00:27:54.819 --> 00:27:55.480 from his own 00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:56.099 household. 00:27:56.819 --> 00:27:57.439 This meant that 00:27:57.439 --> 00:27:58.399 David would have 00:27:58.399 --> 00:27:59.119 to endure 00:27:59.119 --> 00:28:00.779 constant conflict 00:28:00.779 --> 00:28:02.059 and rebellion 00:28:02.059 --> 00:28:03.599 within his 00:28:03.599 --> 00:28:04.679 household. 00:28:05.599 --> 00:28:06.980 If this could 00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:07.879 happen to David, 00:28:08.879 --> 00:28:09.539 it could happen 00:28:09.539 --> 00:28:10.299 to any one of us 00:28:10.299 --> 00:28:10.680 today. 00:28:11.579 --> 00:28:12.000 You know, this 00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:13.039 story should serve 00:28:13.039 --> 00:28:13.799 as a strong 00:28:13.799 --> 00:28:15.119 warning for us 00:28:15.119 --> 00:28:17.299 to take sin 00:28:17.299 --> 00:28:18.419 seriously. 00:28:19.139 --> 00:28:20.139 There's no such 00:28:20.139 --> 00:28:21.579 thing as a small 00:28:21.579 --> 00:28:24.019 sin or a private 00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:24.720 sin. 00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:26.279 We need to not 00:28:26.279 --> 00:28:28.480 play around with 00:28:28.480 --> 00:28:30.539 what we think is a 00:28:30.539 --> 00:28:32.419 small sin or a 00:28:32.419 --> 00:28:33.220 secret sin. 00:28:33.779 --> 00:28:35.019 If we allow it to 00:28:35.019 --> 00:28:36.159 remain in our lives, 00:28:36.399 --> 00:28:37.619 it will lead us 00:28:37.619 --> 00:28:38.720 further and further 00:28:38.720 --> 00:28:39.960 away from a 00:28:39.960 --> 00:28:41.079 relationship with 00:28:41.079 --> 00:28:41.900 Jesus Christ. 00:28:42.039 --> 00:28:43.220 It will lead us 00:28:43.220 --> 00:28:44.000 to where we do 00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:44.880 not have that 00:28:44.880 --> 00:28:46.140 intimate, personal 00:28:46.140 --> 00:28:48.319 love relationship 00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:49.019 with Jesus. 00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:49.900 And the further 00:28:49.900 --> 00:28:51.640 we get away from 00:28:51.640 --> 00:28:53.559 Christ, the more 00:28:53.559 --> 00:28:54.460 we allow these 00:28:54.460 --> 00:28:55.640 things to get us 00:28:55.640 --> 00:28:56.960 off track, the 00:28:56.960 --> 00:28:58.680 easier a target you 00:28:58.680 --> 00:29:00.019 are for Satan to 00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:01.980 just wreak habit in 00:29:01.980 --> 00:29:02.600 your life. 00:29:02.599 --> 00:29:05.439 Jesus said that 00:29:05.439 --> 00:29:07.039 Satan is a thief 00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:07.899 and a liar and he 00:29:07.899 --> 00:29:09.099 came to kill, steal, 00:29:09.219 --> 00:29:09.819 and destroy. 00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:11.299 And he wants to do 00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:12.899 that in your life. 00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:14.099 And he will do it 00:29:14.099 --> 00:29:15.719 with lies of 00:29:15.719 --> 00:29:17.039 deception, of 00:29:17.039 --> 00:29:18.459 luring you into 00:29:18.459 --> 00:29:20.279 small, private, 00:29:21.339 --> 00:29:22.799 secret sin. 00:29:23.639 --> 00:29:24.619 And he'll lead you 00:29:24.619 --> 00:29:25.639 from there to take 00:29:25.639 --> 00:29:26.679 another step, to take 00:29:26.679 --> 00:29:27.719 another step, to take 00:29:27.719 --> 00:29:28.399 another step. 00:29:28.400 --> 00:29:29.660 And before long 00:29:29.660 --> 00:29:30.740 you're so far away 00:29:30.740 --> 00:29:31.340 from the Lord you 00:29:31.340 --> 00:29:32.880 don't know how to 00:29:32.880 --> 00:29:33.460 get back. 00:29:33.540 --> 00:29:34.580 But Jesus said I 00:29:34.580 --> 00:29:35.420 have come to give 00:29:35.420 --> 00:29:37.280 you life and to 00:29:37.280 --> 00:29:38.320 give you life more 00:29:38.320 --> 00:29:39.040 abundantly. 00:29:39.360 --> 00:29:40.540 The commandments that 00:29:40.540 --> 00:29:41.800 God gives us is not 00:29:41.800 --> 00:29:43.040 to try to take us 00:29:43.040 --> 00:29:44.180 away from the Lord or 00:29:44.180 --> 00:29:46.340 keep us, you know, 00:29:46.800 --> 00:29:48.019 squash our fun in 00:29:48.019 --> 00:29:48.400 life. 00:29:49.120 --> 00:29:50.280 It's to give us a 00:29:50.280 --> 00:29:52.720 life more abundantly, 00:29:53.280 --> 00:29:55.180 to have an abundant 00:29:55.180 --> 00:29:55.600 life. 00:29:55.599 --> 00:29:57.219 If we follow the 00:29:57.219 --> 00:29:58.359 truths of God and 00:29:58.359 --> 00:30:00.240 his commands, he 00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:02.219 created us and he 00:30:02.219 --> 00:30:03.219 knows that this is 00:30:03.219 --> 00:30:04.859 what we need to have 00:30:04.859 --> 00:30:07.079 the joy-filled life 00:30:07.079 --> 00:30:09.199 of peace that he came 00:30:09.199 --> 00:30:10.959 to give us. 00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:14.039 You know, 1 John 1.6 00:30:14.039 --> 00:30:15.759 says, if we say that 00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:16.819 we have fellowship with 00:30:16.819 --> 00:30:17.759 him and walk in 00:30:17.759 --> 00:30:19.899 darkness, we lie and 00:30:19.899 --> 00:30:21.779 do not practice the 00:30:21.779 --> 00:30:22.299 truth. 00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:25.019 We cannot walk in 00:30:25.019 --> 00:30:26.200 fellowship with both 00:30:26.200 --> 00:30:28.700 God and a lifestyle 00:30:28.700 --> 00:30:30.000 of sin. 00:30:31.079 --> 00:30:33.539 Therefore, if we as a 00:30:33.539 --> 00:30:34.059 believer have 00:30:34.059 --> 00:30:35.119 unconfessed sin in our 00:30:35.119 --> 00:30:37.599 life and we refuse to 00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:40.240 confess that to him, to 00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:42.639 repent of that sin and 00:30:42.639 --> 00:30:44.980 turn to him, then we're 00:30:44.980 --> 00:30:46.180 in danger of being 00:30:46.180 --> 00:30:47.319 disciplined by the 00:30:47.319 --> 00:30:47.579 Father. 00:30:47.660 --> 00:30:48.660 If you're a true child 00:30:48.660 --> 00:30:51.019 of God, the Bible tells 00:30:51.019 --> 00:30:51.900 us that he will 00:30:51.900 --> 00:30:53.180 discipline us. 00:30:53.780 --> 00:30:55.540 And 1 Corinthians 11.30 00:30:55.540 --> 00:30:59.060 indicates that at times 00:30:59.060 --> 00:31:00.080 this could even mean 00:31:00.080 --> 00:31:00.560 death. 00:31:02.560 --> 00:31:03.940 You know, Paul warned the 00:31:03.940 --> 00:31:05.860 believers in Corinth because 00:31:05.860 --> 00:31:07.060 of the way they were 00:31:07.060 --> 00:31:08.780 mistreating the Lord's 00:31:08.780 --> 00:31:09.720 Supper that some of them 00:31:09.720 --> 00:31:11.100 had become weak, some of 00:31:11.100 --> 00:31:12.600 them were sick, and others 00:31:12.600 --> 00:31:14.080 of them had even died. 00:31:14.079 --> 00:31:16.679 And if God fails to 00:31:16.679 --> 00:31:18.179 discipline you, that's a 00:31:18.179 --> 00:31:19.099 whole other story. 00:31:20.059 --> 00:31:21.460 If you're a child of God 00:31:21.460 --> 00:31:22.480 or you believe you're a 00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:24.119 child of God and you can 00:31:24.119 --> 00:31:26.079 sin and never feel 00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:28.119 convicted by the Holy 00:31:28.119 --> 00:31:30.759 Spirit or you don't sense 00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:32.679 God's discipline in your 00:31:32.679 --> 00:31:33.939 life to bring you back, 00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:35.419 like Paul felt a thorn in 00:31:35.419 --> 00:31:36.919 the flesh to humble him 00:31:36.919 --> 00:31:37.899 and bring him to his 00:31:37.899 --> 00:31:38.259 knees. 00:31:38.579 --> 00:31:41.480 If you can sin and not 00:31:41.480 --> 00:31:43.359 feel conviction or 00:31:43.359 --> 00:31:44.339 discipline in your life, 00:31:44.399 --> 00:31:44.919 then you need to 00:31:44.919 --> 00:31:46.459 reevaluate your relationship 00:31:46.459 --> 00:31:47.119 with God. 00:31:47.439 --> 00:31:48.879 Because the Bible clearly 00:31:48.879 --> 00:31:50.139 tells us that if we are 00:31:50.139 --> 00:31:52.039 children of God, he will 00:31:52.039 --> 00:31:53.119 discipline us. 00:31:53.159 --> 00:31:54.799 And he disciplines out of 00:31:54.799 --> 00:31:55.539 love. 00:31:56.579 --> 00:31:57.219 Out of love. 00:31:57.279 --> 00:31:59.119 Not anger, but out of love 00:31:59.119 --> 00:32:01.399 to bring us back into an 00:32:01.399 --> 00:32:02.939 intimate relationship with 00:32:02.939 --> 00:32:05.240 him, walking in his ways 00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:07.259 that will bring, you know, 00:32:07.519 --> 00:32:10.059 that abundant life that he 00:32:10.059 --> 00:32:12.319 desires for us to have. 00:32:13.139 --> 00:32:15.039 This morning, do you have 00:32:15.039 --> 00:32:16.179 unconfessed sin in your 00:32:16.179 --> 00:32:18.179 life that seems to have 00:32:18.179 --> 00:32:19.619 dominion over you? 00:32:19.619 --> 00:32:22.240 Do you have unconfessed 00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:24.659 sin or have you complacency 00:32:24.659 --> 00:32:27.819 of just being complacent and 00:32:27.819 --> 00:32:29.980 not seeking God? 00:32:31.299 --> 00:32:32.899 We're going to have a time of 00:32:32.899 --> 00:32:34.700 invitation in just a moment. 00:32:35.500 --> 00:32:36.960 And this time, I don't want the 00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:38.079 congregation to sing. 00:32:38.079 --> 00:32:39.799 Brian, if you'll just sing, I 00:32:39.799 --> 00:32:41.179 want you to have a time of 00:32:41.179 --> 00:32:43.319 meditation and reflection and 00:32:43.319 --> 00:32:45.179 allow the Holy Spirit to speak 00:32:45.179 --> 00:32:46.279 to your heart. 00:32:47.639 --> 00:32:49.240 Allow the Holy Spirit to reveal 00:32:49.240 --> 00:32:52.259 truth into you and you respond 00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:54.299 as the Lord is leading. 00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:58.119 you loves DANK to have a 00:32:58.180 --> 00:33:00.839 story about building and 00:33:00.839 --> 00:33:02.299 clearly beingç­” Friday. 00:33:02.859 --> 00:33:04.759 For those, the rest, if you 00:33:04.759 --> 00:33:05.960 were in the Chat room, take 00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:06.919 me to appear. 00:33:07.299 --> 00:33:08.879 If I would just a crow 00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:11.940 invite you back to come to 00:33:12.079 --> 00:33:13.000 Psalm 1 and Eli 00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:15.579 with your partner. 00:33:15.819 --> 00:33:17.779 All right. 00:33:18.200 --> 00:33:19.680 Is that what I want you to 00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:20.639 charge for again? 00:33:20.799 --> 00:33:21.539 Yes.