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Nathan Rebukes David--I Sam. I:1-I2; "a.
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Golden Text-Create clean heart O God-Ps, 81 10

YOU may be sure that your sin Will
find you out. 1t may be concealed. yet
David found no easy matter to cover
up his sin. but conscience will some
way show you that you are wrong.
If you do not listen to the voice OF
the mentor of your soul, you Will find
that one sin leads to another To pro
tect Bathsheba from the danger of los
ing her life by being stoned to death.
David planned the murder OF her hus-
band by ordering him to be placed in
the front line of battle. There, fight
ing the battles of the one who had
wronged him, Uriah, the loyal Hittite,
fell fighting on the battlefield Many
a man has fallen on the battlefields of
the world whose death covered UP the
sin of another man in the sight of men.
Uriah's death gave David an oppor-
tunity to protect the one who shared
escape of Jehovah. Gods dissatisfac-
tion with our life calls forth the re-
Dukes that ought to bring US to repent
of our sins and reform our life.
Rebuked, Repented, Reformed.
Prophets perform a perilous service.
No man likes being rebuked for his
sin. The one who has to enter the
court of an eastern despotic ruler to
condemn. censure or criticise the sin
Vi Hhs Mig IS apt 10 lose his life,
Nathan. moved by the spirit of Jehovah.
who loves the sinner and hates his
sin. showed great tact in upbraidine
the hins. by his parable Of the eve
lamb SO that David with the character
istic conduct of transgressor bitterly
condemned the supposed transgressor
1t took strength Of character In Nathan
to tell the king That thou art the
man"
David received the prophets words
with meekness that recalls his better
spirit. He repented of his sin The
conviction that he had been irving to
conceal broke forth in a psalm thai
proved the genuineness of his repent
ance. He is one of the few men whose
names are recorded in scripture as
confessing his sin.
the attitude OF his soul crying out tn
God for pardon for the past, peace for
the present. power for service for the
tutuhe. The salvation secured for us
only that "the past be erased the
present cleansed and the future as
sured" by giving unto us the helm
fulness of the Holy Spirit in this life
Fathers houSe hereafter >'''
The reformation of David's life could
not prevent some of the consenuencss
from his sin following him in this IL.
Wniie COO may answer our cry to Gre
ate in me clean heart" bv rar,nn
ing the separation between oar .n,,i.
and His spirit that is the r4sult ~ 49,,
shining. yet he does not stop tho nbys;
cal consequences of sin They foiiowsd
David throughout his life. aithouah bo
was restored and forgiven. The sins of
parent are still handed down for So
eral generations. The drunkard,. child
enters life handicapped
God is no respecter OF persons David
suffered for his sin for his child died
MS oaushter was ruined, one son was
murdered by his brother. another SON
rebelled against his father. one OF his
servants cursed him. a third son nJotted
against him and one of his General.
was in the plot" Truly he reaned
what he sowed. His repentence restor-
| ration and reformation could not undo
the terflole past or prevent the bitter
consequences of his sins.
The lession calls upon ALL that bave
sinned to repent. return unto the Lord.
seeking new heart and life by its
promise or new opportunity and di-
vine assistance to help win our way
back into NE of purity and power. 1t
warns all against a life of sin for the
record proclatms with trumpet clear
ness the soul that sinneth 1t shall
die. The source of pardon and help
| remains open to all that with David
will say:
against thee. thee only have I sinned.
AND zone that which is evil in Thy
| sight"
| The way to peace. pardon and power
| is open to all repented souls that will
draw near to God in Christ Jesus con-
Tossing their sins as David did to re-
| ceive the new life from above and have
renewed within them "the right spirit
SO that they can be used in building
UP the Masters kingdom.