On Any Given Sunday Service• “I wonder when service will be over… I’m starving.”• “Wow, she’s really good looking.”• “We need to hurry up… I can’t wait to watch some
March Madness.”• “I hate him!”• Rest of the week?
It Could Happen to Any of Us• It did to a man after God’s own heart! 2 Sam. 11-12• While no one knew it, he lusted after another man’s wife.• He went further and employed that lust in the form of
adultery.• Further, he murdered the woman’s husband.• Ultimately, he sinned
against God through all this.
Reality: We Have Unclean Hearts• We’re polluted. Matt. 15:10-11, 15-20a.– We try to create laws to do the right things… but the
heart remains unclean. Matt. 23:27-28; Col. 2:20b-23– We try to “will ourselves” to have a clean heart only to
find we simply lapse into the “old man”. Rom. 7:24
David Knew the Answer• The answer was not within him.• A clean heart starts with God’s creative power at
work within us. Psa. 51:10– In this way, we cannot glory in our ability (because it is
imperfect).– Instead, we glory
in our God!
The Answer is Found in Our Savior• God did not write “new laws” as if that would
somehow clean our hearts.• He did not tell us to “try harder” as if that would
be our salvation.• He gave us Jesus.
Through Christ…• We have the forgiveness of sins. Wonderful!• Forgiveness alone, however, does not change our
polluted hearts.• Ultimately, God must cleanse our hearts and
renew our spirits. Psa. 51:10-17
