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2Samuel 22, Not our Righteousness!

2Sa 22:21-24, “The LORD rewarded me according to MY RIGHTEOUSNESS; According to the CLEANNESS OF MY HANDS He has recompensed me. FOR I HAVE KEPT THE WAYS OF THE LORD, And have not wickedly departed from my God. For all His judgments were before me; And as for His statutes, I DID NOT DEPART FROM THEM. I WAS ALSO BLAMELESS BEFORE HIM, AND I KEPT MYSELF FROM MY INIQUITY.

David is not claiming to be perfect for he knows what he did with Uriah & Bathsheba; JUST AS WE KNOW OUR SINS OF THE PAST! THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NO, NOT ONE!

2Sa 12:13, So David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” And Nathan said to David, “THE LORD ALSO HAS PUT AWAY YOUR SIN; … 

GOD HAS ALSO PUT AWAY OUR SINS BY PLACING IT ON HIS OWN SON; WHO BORE

THE CROSS FOR US 1Pe 2:24! IT’S NOT OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT SAVES US, BUT HIS

2Co 5:21, FOR HE MADE HIM WHO KNEW NO SIN TO BE SIN FOR US, THAT WE MIGHT BECOME THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN HIM. 

OUR PAST MAY CONDEMN US IN OUR MINDS THINKING THAT WE ARE NOT WORTHY; WHICH IS TRUE! BUT HE HAS WASHED US FROM OUR SINS AND WE ARE CLEAN IN HIS EYES!

Isa 1:18, …”Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool. 

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2Samuel 12, David’s sin revealed!

2Sa 12:7-8, THEN NATHAN SAID TO DAVID, “YOU ARE THE MAN! Thus says the LORD God of Israel: ‘I ANOINTED YOU king over Israel, and I DELIVERED YOU from the hand of Saul. I GAVE YOU your master’s house and your master’s wives into your keeping, AND GAVE YOU the house of Israel and Judah. And if that had been too little, I ALSO WOULD HAVE GIVEN YOU MUCH MORE!

God told David that his sin was ingratitude. GOD GAVE HIM, ANOINTED HIM, PROTECTED HIM AND WOULD HAVE GIVEN HIM MORE BUT, HE LUSTED AND TOOK THE WIFE OF URIAH!

2Sa 12:9-10, WHY HAVE YOU DESPISED THE COMMANDMENT OF THE LORD, TO DO EVIL IN HIS SIGHT? YOU HAVE KILLED URIAH the Hittite with the sword; YOU HAVE TAKEN HIS WIFE to be your wife, and HAVE KILLED HIM WITH THE SWORD OF THE PEOPLE OF AMMON. Now therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house, BECAUSE YOU HAVE DESPISED ME, AND HAVE TAKEN THE WIFE OF URIAH THE HITTITE TO BE YOUR WIFE.’

THIS IS DAVID, A SINNER, A MURDERER, AN ADULTERER AND A THIEF WHO BEING RICH COVETED THE WIFE OF A POOR MAN! GOD GAVE HIM EVERYTHING GOOD YET HE WANTED MORE! ELIPHAZ TOLD JOB, THAT MAN DRINKS INIQUITY LIKE WATER, WE SIN AS IF OUR LIVES DEPENDANT ON IT TO SURVIVE (Job 15:16). THIS UGLY PART OF DAVID’S LIFE IS ALSO A REFLECTION OF WHAT’S IN OUR HEART. LIKE A MIRROR STRAIGHT INTO OUR SOUL WE SEE THE REAL US!

Rom 7:24, O WRETCHED MAN THAT I AM! WHO WILL DELIVER ME FROM THIS BODY OF DEATH?