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April 9 - Evening
"David burned with anger against the man and
said to Nathan,
'As surely as the Lord lives, the man who did this
must die! He must pay for that lamb four times
over, because he did such a thing and had no pity.'
Then Nathan said to David,
'You are the man!
This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says:
"I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered
you from the hand of Saul. I gave your master’s house to you, and your master’s wives into your arms.
I gave you all Israel and Judah. And if all this had
been too little, I would have given you even more.
Why did you despise the word of the Lord by doing
what is evil in his eyes? You struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and took his wife to be your own. You killed him with the sword of the Ammonites.
Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you despised me and took the
wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own." ’ "
- Second Samuel 12:5-10 |
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After David had sinned and then concealed his sin with Bathsheba, the prophet Nathan came and told David a parable of a rich man who slaughtered his neighbor’s pet lamb to feed a traveling stranger. When David heard this story the king demanded justice by stating that, “the man…must die! He must pay for that lamb four times over!”
Nathan’s response rocked David’s world when Nathan said, “You are that man!”
Nathan then unfolded the entire conspiracy that could have been called “Bathsheba-gate” by telling David the hidden details of his fiasco along with God’s thoughts and planned judgments for David’s cover up.
The Bible does preserve for us David’s song and prayer after Nathan had left him stunned with his prophetic confrontation. Psalm 51 is described in the Hebrew text as, “A psalm of David. When the prophet Nathan came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba.”
Here are the first 14 verses of Psalm 51:1-19
Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love;
according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions.
Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.
Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight;
so you are right in your verdict and justified when you judge.
Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb; you taught me wisdom in that secret place.
Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
Let me hear joy and gladness; the bones you have crushed rejoice.
Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity.
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me.
Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
Then I will teach transgressors your ways, that sinners will turn back to you.
Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, you who are God my Savior.”
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"The scriptures teach us
the best way of living,
the noblest way of suffering, and the most comfortable way of dying."
- John Flavel
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By 120 AD Poycarp had referenced sixteen of the
New Testament letters
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Homologeo (Gr) – confess (Eng) – homologeo is Greek word that literally means “to speak the same thing” and “agree with.” Homologeo comes from homo, meaning “same,” and logeo,
meaning “speak.” Homologeo is translated “confess” and means to “admit” and “declare.” Homologeo is used in John 1:20; Acts 24:14; Romans 10:9, 10;
1 Timothy 6:12; Titus 1:16; Heb. 11:13; 13:15; 1 John 1:9. |
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An Egyptian document from the 18th or 19th Dynasty (1500-1200 BC) called
The Admonitions of Ipuwer includes statements like this:
“The river is blood. People refuse to drink it, and
thirst for water.”
“The land is without light.”
“Grain has perished on every side…Neither fruit nor
herbage can be found… everywhere barely has perished.”
“All animals, their hearts weep. Cattle moan...”
“Fire has mounted up on high. Its burning goes
forth against the
enemies
of the land.”
“The children of princes are cast out in the streets…He who places his brother in
the ground is everywhere.”
“Gold and lapis lazuli, silver and malachite, carnelian and bronze... are fastened on
the neck of female slaves.”
(Full text here and here.
Details here, here, here,
here and here.) |
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I will confess my sin to the Lord.
I will not hide my sin or conceal an evil attitude, but will instead go openly to the Lord.
I will daily
express the knowledge of my sins to God and seek his forgiveness and strength.
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"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding."
- Proverbs 9:10 |
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| Reps & Sets is a daily Bible devotional for Christians from Generation Word Bible Teaching used each morning and evening. |
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