A Crying King

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This is a Psalm with which we can all identify. We are all sinners in need of mercy and cleansing. Let's take a look at King David's prayer of repentence.

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A Crying King

A. This is a Psalm with which all can identify.
1. We are all sinners, all guilty. ()
2. We’re all in need of mercy and cleansing.
B. It paints the sad, but touching scene before us.
1. David’s sin with Bathsheba has driven him to prayer.
2. He is confessing his sins and crying out for cleansing.
C. “Though the heart is overwhelmed, yet it may be lifted up to God in prayer” (Matthew Henry)

This is a Cry for Cleansing (vv. 1-2)

Psalm 51:1–2 NKJV
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.
1. The king is painfully aware of his sins.
a. Nathan, the prophet, has faced him with them ()
b. The conscience of the king has been awakened.
c. The convicting work of God is bearing fruit.
2. “Pardon of sin must always be an act of pure mercy and therefore the awakened sinner flees to his pardoning Lord” (C. H. Spurgeon)
a. In these verses, David appealed to God’s love and compassion as he petitioned the Lord to forgive him by grace and cleanse him from sin.
3. We must face our sins before we will seek forgiveness.

This is a Cry of Confession (vv. 3-9)

Psalm 51:3–9 NKJV
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.
1. “I acknowledge my transgressions” (v. 3)
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a. The king holds nothing back.
b. He bares his heart to his forgiving Lord.
2. Confession is always the route to forgiveness. ()
1 John 1:9 NKJV
9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
a. Sins confessed are sins forgiven.
3. “Against You, You only, have I sinned” (v. 4)
4. This confessing one is totally honest. (v. 6)
a. We must also be completely honest with God.
b. Honest confession brings complete cleansing. (v. 7)
Psalm 51:7 NKJV
7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

This is a Cry of Commitment (vv. 10-13)

Psalm 51:10–13 NKJV
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.
1. The confessing king wants a clean heart.
2. David is sick of his sin.
3. “David is sick of sin as sin; his loudest outcries are against the evil of his transgression and not against the painful consequences of it” (C. H. Spurgeon)
4. David determines that his cleansing will result in commitment.
a. “Then will I teach transgressors your ways, and sinners shall be converted to You.”
Conclusion:
A. God meets sinners where they are.
B. Where are you? Are you tired of your sins?
C. Confess your sinfulness to Christ and commit to His service.
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