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Psalm 51:1-19
INTRODUCTION:
A-
I- THE PLEA FOR MERCY (PSALM 51:1).
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)
(2) The death penalty for murder.
(Numbers 35:30-33)
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)
(Romans 6:23)
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)
II- THE PLAN FOR CLEANSING (Psalm 51:2-12)
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)
b. sin = Iniquity = to act perversely, to ignore what is required by God’s law and character.
(Psalm 51:2)
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)
d.
Evil = bad, evil, displeasing (Psalm 51:4)
e. Sinful nature (born a sinner) (Psalm 51:5)
“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)
1- Purify = [machah /maw·khaw/] to wipe, wipe out, to blot out, obliterate, exterminate, as from a fiscal register.
(Psalm 51:7)
2- Wash = [kabac /kaw·bas/] = be washed, perform the work of a fuller (Psalm 51:7b)
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).
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.
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.
6- Renew a loyal spirit in me.
(Psalm 51:10)
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)
C- Waywardness confessed:
1- Confession necessary
(Psalm 51:3-5)
a. Confession of the inner weight of sin.
(Psalm 51:3)
b.
Confession of the upward responsibility for the sin.
(Psalm 51:4)
c.
Confession of the absolute justice of God’s judgment for the sin.
(Psalm 51:4-5)
2. True confession leads to complete forgiveness and cleansing.
(1 John 1:9)
III- THE PURPOSED END OF CLEANSING (Psalm 51:13-19)
A- The joy of fellowship restored (Psalm 51:8, 14b).
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)
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)
D- The personal sacrifices offered become acceptable to God. (Psalm 51:16-19)
CONCLUSION:
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