And 2nd Samuel 12. Here you find David, a man whose heart after God, accepting full responsibility for his sin.

Now, let me speculate just for a moment. Probably between the time that David had committed the sin with Bashiba and then

arranging for the killing of Eurya, which we saw in the last message, probably between that time

and the time that Nathan, the prophet, came and confronted him with that sin, probably David said, well, this is just

a royal prerogative. I am a king, right? Well, this has nothing to do with my spiritual life.

I just need to put this out of my mind and move on. This is not the issue.

The most important issue is that when David was confronted with his sin, when he was

confronted with that travesty, how did he react? You see, that is the heart of the matter. I don't want you to

miss it. How did he react? Don't get sidetracked it, because this is important. Here's the

great news. David did not pass the buck. David did not say, as some people do today, well, you know, it was Beshiba's fault.

She's the one who walked around naked, and it's her fault, or it was Yorai's fault, because

after all, if he handled the sword properly, he wouldn't be killed by the enemies.

Or I just can't help it because my father was a passionate man and his father

before him was a passionate man and I just happened to be a passionate man. Or, you know, my mother

just weaned me too early. Or I was potty trained too soon. Oh, my wife doesn't love me.

My mother dropped me on my head when I was a boy.

Oh, here's the regular one. This is the popular one that I hear it very often. I'm out of love with my wife.

David said nothing of the sort. He did not say any of this. No wonder the Bible said that his heart was turned toward God.

It didn't say that he was perfect. It didn't say that he was sinless. Only Jesus was sinless.

Listen to me, when your heart is turned toward God, you immediately face up to your responsibilities. You accept the

consequences with courage. You will not go around looking for some scapegoats. You will not point

your finger elsewhere. You're not going to pass the blame. David immediately confessed to the Lord and repented

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