2 Samuel 11:27b (NLT) “But the Lord was displeased with what David had done.”
I. God sends before He sends
1. The detector
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II. Sin us to our own
2 Samuel 12:1-4 (NLT) There were two men in a certain town. One was rich, the other poor. The rich man owned many sheep and cattle. The poor man owned nothing but one little lamb he had bought. He raised that little lamb, and it grew up with his children… One day a traveler came to visit the rich man… he took the poor man’s lamb and served it to his guest.
2 Samuel 12:5-6 (NLT) David was furious. ‘As surely as the Lord lives,’ he vowed, ‘any man who would do such a thing deserves to die! He must repay four lambs to the poor man, for he had no compassion.’
2 Samuel 12:7 (NLT) Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man!”
1. The
2. Every one of us needs a
2 Samuel 12:13 (NLT) Then David confessed to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” Nathan replied, “Yes, but the Lord has forgiven you, and you won’t die for this sin.”
3. Accountability: AND
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III. Confession is the , not the
Psalm 51:10 (NLT) Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a loyal spirit within me.
1. The bone
2 Samuel 12:13b (NLT) …the Lord has forgiven you, and you won’t die for this sin.
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