"THOU ART THE MAN"
I. DAVID'S SIN.
A. Saw Bathsheba bathing.
1. Sent for her.
2. Committed adultery.
B. Sin has a way of compounding.
1. When he discovered she was pregnant, he sent for her
husband to come home.
2. Uriah feeling a loyalty to the troops would not go
into his wife.
C. David's sin gets deeper as he orders his general to see that
Uriah was killed in battle.
1. Solomon, David's son later wrote "who ever seeks to
cover his sins shall not prosper."
D. David thought he would not be discovered.
1. With Uriah dead he felt free to marry Bathsheba.
2. No one will know.
II. SIN EXPOSED.
A. There is no secret sin.
1. Though you may hide it from all men, you do not hide
it from God.
B. God sent Nathan the prophet to David.
1. Nathan spoke a parable to David.
2. David became very angry with the man and pronounced
judgment.
C. Nathan said "Thou art that man."
1. It's amazing how awful our sins look to us when
someone else is committing them.
a. We seek to justify our own actions.
b. We so graciously excuse in ourselves the
things we condemn in others.
2. This should teach us to be careful how we judge others.
a. "Thou art inexcusable O man."
III. THE TRAGIC CONSEQUENCES OF SIN.
A. It gave an occasion for the enemies of God to blaspheme.
1. You are the salt of the earth.
a. Sin is a sore.
b. You know what salt does to an open
wound - stings.
2. The world thus loves to see a Christian fall.
B. The child was to die.
C. David's own wives to be publicly humiliated.
D. The sword was not to depart from his house.
IV. THE ONLY THING TO DO WITH SIN.
A. Confess it, "And David said, "I have sinned against the Lord.""
1. Trying to cover your sin will only get you in deeper.
2. Confess unto God your sin.
B. Nathan answered "The Lord hath put away thy sin."
1. It was on this occasion he wrote PS. 32.
2. "If we confess our sin, He is faithful..."
None of us are immune form sin. Do not seek to excuse it or cover
it. Confess it to the Lord and let Him take it away. Know the joy
and blessedness of sins forgiven.
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Chuck Smith (1927 - 2013)
Pastor Chuck was used in the Jesus People revival where he was used along with others to minister to the hippy young people. They saw a work of the Spirit where many were added to the church and discipled. He has raised up many pastors who are a part of the Calvary Chapel movement now and where he pastors the large Costa Mesa church in California.The Calvary Chapel movement is based of simple principles that Chuck Smith taught over the years such as: The priority of agape love, Simple fellowship amongst the saints, the breaking of bread, the teaching of God's word chapter by chapter and verse by verse. And lastly and most importantly the principle not by might nor by power but by my spirit saith the Lord.