Praying for Personal Cleansing
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Psalm 51:1-19
1 Have mercy on me, O God, because of your unfailing love. Because of your great compassion, blot out the stain of my sins.
2 Wash me clean from my guilt. Purify me from my sin.
3 For I recognize my rebellion; it haunts me day and night.
4 Against you, and you alone, have I sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. You will be proved right in what you say, and your judgment against me is just.
5 For I was born a sinner— yes, from the moment my mother conceived me.
6 But you desire honesty from the womb, teaching me wisdom even there.
7 Purify me from my sins, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
8 Oh, give me back my joy again; you have broken me— now let me rejoice.
9 Don’t keep looking at my sins. Remove the stain of my guilt.
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a loyal spirit within me.
11 Do not banish me from your presence, and don’t take your Holy Spirit from me.
12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and make me willing to obey you.
13 Then I will teach your ways to rebels, and they will return to you.
14 Forgive me for shedding blood, O God who saves; then I will joyfully sing of your forgiveness.
15 Unseal my lips, O Lord, that my mouth may praise you.
16 You do not desire a sacrifice, or I would offer one. You do not want a burnt offering.
17 The sacrifice you desire is a broken spirit. You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God.
18 Look with favor on Zion and help her; rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.
19 Then you will be pleased with sacrifices offered in the right spirit— with burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings. Then bulls will again be sacrificed on your altar.
INTRODUCTION:
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I- THE PLEA FOR MERCY (PSALM 51:1).
I- THE PLEA FOR MERCY (PSALM 51:1).
1 Have mercy on me, O God, because of your unfailing love. Because of your great compassion, blot out the stain of my sins.
A- Mercy, not justice is sought.
A- Mercy, not justice is sought.
1- Justice would demand David’s punishment.
a. The demands of God’s Law required:
(1) The death Penalty for adultery
(Leviticus 20:10)
10 “If a man commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, both the man and the woman who have committed adultery must be put to death.
(2) The death penalty for murder.
(Numbers 35:30-33)
30 “All murderers must be put to death, but only if evidence is presented by more than one witness. No one may be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.
31 Also, you must never accept a ransom payment for the life of someone judged guilty of murder and subject to execution; murderers must always be put to death.
32 And never accept a ransom payment from someone who has fled to a city of refuge, allowing a slayer to return to his property before the death of the high priest.
33 This will ensure that the land where you live will not be polluted, for murder pollutes the land. And no sacrifice except the execution of the murderer can purify the land from murder.
2- David knew that he did not want justice, he wanted mercy!
a. David felt alienated from God by his sin.
(1) It is observable that the whole psalm is addressed to God (Elohim), and not to Jehovah (the “Lord” in ver. 15 is Adonai), as though the psalmist felt himself unworthy to utter the covenant-name, and simply prostrated himself as a guilty man before his offended Maker.
3- For you and I, justice requires the death penalty
(Romans 3:23)
23 For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard.
(Romans 6:23)
23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.
B- Mercy based upon God's loving kindness and tender mercies.
B- Mercy based upon God's loving kindness and tender mercies.
1- David pled for mercy based upon 2 things:
a. God’s unfailing love.
b. God’s abundant compassion
(Romans 5:8)
8 But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.
II- THE PLAN FOR CLEANSING (Psalm 51:2-12)
II- THE PLAN FOR CLEANSING (Psalm 51:2-12)
A- Wickedness acknowledged:
A- Wickedness acknowledged:
1. David was deadly specific about his actions. (Psalm 51:2-5)
a. Guilt = Transgressions = “To step across the line, to trespass where it is forbidden, to willfully commit an offence.” (Psalm 51:2)
2 Wash me clean from my guilt. Purify me from my sin.
b. sin = Iniquity = to act perversely, to ignore what is required by God’s law and character. (Psalm 51:2)
2 Wash me clean from my guilt. Purify me from my sin.
c. Rebellion = a defiant violation of a law, duty, or moral principle in a way that willfully inflicts pain and suffering on others. (Psalm 51:3)
3 For I recognize my rebellion; it haunts me day and night.
d. Evil = bad, evil, displeasing (Psalm 51:4)
4 Against you, and you alone, have I sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. You will be proved right in what you say, and your judgment against me is just.
e. Sinful nature (born a sinner) (Psalm 51:5)
5 For I was born a sinner— yes, from the moment my mother conceived me.
“Transgressions,” “iniquity,” “sin,” cover every form of moral evil, and, united together, imply the deepest guilt (comp. Psalm 51:3, 5, 9, 14).
B- Washing requested: (Psalm 51:6-12)
B- Washing requested: (Psalm 51:6-12)
1- Purify = [machah /maw·khaw/] to wipe, wipe out, to blot out, obliterate, exterminate, as from a fiscal register. (Psalm 51:7)
7 Purify me from my sins, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
2- Wash = [kabac /kaw·bas/] = be washed, perform the work of a fuller (Psalm 51:7b)
7 Purify me from my sins, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
3- Cleanse = [taher /taw·hare/] to be clean, be pure, to purify, be clean morally, made clean.
4- Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean. (Psalm 51:7)
Psalm 51:7 (NLT)
7 Purify me [with the hyssop branch] from my sins, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
a. “Hyssop” alone could by the Levitical Law cleanse from contact with a corpse (Numb. 19:18) or from the defilement of leprosy (Lev. 14:4).
18 Then someone who is ceremonially clean must take a hyssop branch and dip it into the water. That person must sprinkle the water on the tent, on all the furnishings in the tent, and on the people who were in the tent; also on the person who touched a human bone, or touched someone who was killed or who died naturally, or touched a grave.
4 he will perform a purification ceremony, using two live birds that are ceremonially clean, a stick of cedar, some scarlet yarn, and a hyssop branch.
b. David recognizes that his impurity is of the most extreme kind, and needs the remedy which has the greatest purifying power. Legally, this was the hyssop, with its “blood of sprinkling” (Lev. 14:6, 7); spiritually, it was the blood of Christ, which was thus symbolized.
6 He will take the live bird, the cedar stick, the scarlet yarn, and the hyssop branch, and dip them into the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the fresh water.
7 The priest will then sprinkle the blood of the dead bird seven times on the person being purified of the skin disease. When the priest has purified the person, he will release the live bird in the open field to fly away.
5- Create in me a clean heart.
a. do more than purify me—do more than cleanse me (Psalm 51:10) ; by an act of creative power (בּדא) make in me a new clean heart.
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a loyal spirit within me.
6- Renew a loyal spirit in me. (Psalm 51:10)
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a loyal spirit within me.
a. David, in asking both for a new heart and a new spirit, requests the renovation of his entire mental and moral nature, which he recognizes as corrupt and depraved.
7- Restore fellowship (Psalm 51:11)
11 Do not banish me from your presence, and don’t take your Holy Spirit from me.
C- Waywardness confessed:
C- Waywardness confessed:
1- Confession necessary
(Psalm 51:3-5)
3 For I recognize my rebellion; it haunts me day and night.
4 Against you, and you alone, have I sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. You will be proved right in what you say, and your judgment against me is just.
5 For I was born a sinner— yes, from the moment my mother conceived me.
a. Confession of the inner weight of sin.
(Psalm 51:3)
3 For I recognize my rebellion; it haunts me day and night.
b. Confession of the upward responsibility for the sin.
(Psalm 51:4)
4 Against you, and you alone, have I sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. You will be proved right in what you say, and your judgment against me is just.
c. Confession of the absolute justice of God’s judgment for the sin.
(Psalm 51:4-5)
4 Against you, and you alone, have I sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. You will be proved right in what you say, and your judgment against me is just.
5 For I was born a sinner— yes, from the moment my mother conceived me.
2. True confession leads to complete forgiveness and cleansing.
(1 John 1:9)
9 But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness.
III- THE PURPOSED END OF CLEANSING (Psalm 51:13-19)
III- THE PURPOSED END OF CLEANSING (Psalm 51:13-19)
13 Then I will teach your ways to rebels, and they will return to you.
14 Forgive me for shedding blood, O God who saves; then I will joyfully sing of your forgiveness.
15 Unseal my lips, O Lord, that my mouth may praise you.
16 You do not desire a sacrifice, or I would offer one. You do not want a burnt offering.
17 The sacrifice you desire is a broken spirit. You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God.
18 Look with favor on Zion and help her; rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.
19 Then you will be pleased with sacrifices offered in the right spirit— with burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings. Then bulls will again be sacrificed on your altar.
A- The joy of fellowship restored (Psalm 51:8, 14b).
A- The joy of fellowship restored (Psalm 51:8, 14b).
8 Oh, give me back my joy again; you have broken me— now let me rejoice.
14 Forgive me for shedding blood, O God who saves; then I will joyfully sing of your forgiveness.
1- Unconfessed sin blocks fellowship and robs the believer of the joy that comes from unrestricted fellowship with God and other believers.
(1 John 1:7)
B- The power of witnessing restored. (Psalm 51:13)
B- The power of witnessing restored. (Psalm 51:13)
13 Then I will teach your ways to rebels, and they will return to you.
1- It is only after the heart is cleansed that the power of the witness can be restored and the effectiveness of service returns.
C- The presence of a thankful heart restored. (Psalm 51:15)
C- The presence of a thankful heart restored. (Psalm 51:15)
15 Unseal my lips, O Lord, that my mouth may praise you.
D- The personal sacrifices offered become acceptable to God. (Psalm 51:16-19)
D- The personal sacrifices offered become acceptable to God. (Psalm 51:16-19)
16 You do not desire a sacrifice, or I would offer one. You do not want a burnt offering.
17 The sacrifice you desire is a broken spirit. You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God.
18 Look with favor on Zion and help her; rebuild the walls of Jerusalem.
19 Then you will be pleased with sacrifices offered in the right spirit— with burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings. Then bulls will again be sacrificed on your altar.
CONCLUSION: