Create in Me a Clean
Heart – Ps 51 – Oct 26, 2008
Intro: Today is our
second message on the book of Psalms.
This message is focusing on the second book division in the book of
Psalms. This second book focuses on
Prayers of the faith in times of trouble and adversity. This second book is from psalms 42-72.
1. The background of
this Psalm is David had committed adultery with Bathsheba.
a. This
Psalm is the record of his confession.
How do you get a clean heart?
This
Psalm answers
this question.
b. The
first way that is to know you need God’s mercy, loving kindness and tender
Mercies to blot out and
cover your multitudes of sins. In
verses 1 and 2 David is
Confessing his
sins. This is what John talked about in 1 Jn 1:9.
2. To
get a clean heart you must acknowledge your part in sin and take
responsibility.
In verses
3-4. Before true change comes we must
acknowledge our problem and sin.
David saw his sin
for what it was. He knew he had not only
sinned against Bathsheba,
And Uriah, but
against God. He knew God was justified
when He spoke and judged.
This is the
second part of true repentance. You
renounced your sin and make a
Decision to not do it again.
3. To keep a clean heart you need
to know you have a battle going inside.
David
Acknowledge his
sinful nature and his desire towards sin.
He understood as Paul
Said in Rom 7:14-21. But note here that David did not use his
sinful nature
Or desire
towards it as an excuse as many do.
a. Many use their
upbringing, family history, circumstances, things that happened to
Them and what
others did to them as an excuse to act, talk, think or have attitudes
towards certain
people or things. Modern secular counselling
is a billion dollar
Business because
most never get past what happened to them.
b. Christians
should know that everything ends at the cross. When you confess your
Sins, renounce
and receive God’s forgiveness. Its
ability to effect your past, present
And future ends
there. As far as God is concerned it is
over. Now there may be
Consequences to
your sin but even in them God will help.
For David and Bathsheba
The next child
born to them was Solomon, the wisest man of the ancient world. We
Are to think,
see, talk and act like Jesus.
4. To
keep a clean heart you have to like David desire purity. In vs. 7-9, David desired
Purity, to be
clean before the Lord. That only comes
with making a decision to keep
Close account
with God and man. Making sure you don’t
allow unforgiveness, hurt
Or bitterness
towards God and others to stay very long in your life.
a. David knew that with
a pure life comes joy and gladness.
David wanted God to hide
His face from his
sins and blot out all his iniquity.
Iniquity is Habitual sin.
b. A
desire for a clean heart, purity and holiness is a recipe against sin.
5. David prays in vs.
10-12, that the Lord will create in him a clean heart and renew
A right Spirit
within him. To not cast him away from
God’s presence or take His
Holy Spirit from
him. David knew that separation
acutely. His sin had separated
Him from that
daily communion with God. He knew how he
felt and he saw the
Results of his
sin. His fear like many is that somehow
he would lose the closeness
That comes with
daily communion with God through the Holy Spirit.
a. He was aware of
the brokenness of the relationship and he wanted it restore again.
He states in vs.
12, God restore unto me the joy of your salvation and renew a right
Spirit within
me. The KJV says a free spirit. A spirit that is not hindered in any way
b. David
understood here that man has a conscious and unconscious mind. The
Conscious part of our mind
is where a person mentally evaluates and perceives
Something, how they feel
about something or an event and they will respond to it.
c. The
unconscious mind is that part of us that can make wrong assumptions because
It is more subject to the
invisible realm. This
is the area where the power of sin has
Most of its power.
d. The
unconscious mind because of sin is headed the wrong direction. People are out
Themselves. Man has two directions, live for God or
self. This is the difference
Between the regenerated
heart and the unregenerated heart.
6. David’s
desire next was to teach others about God’s way. He wanted to share his
Experience as a
warning. Clean hearts want to do that. Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians
That the Bible
characters are given as examples so we don’t have to make the same
Mistakes as they
did. David wanted sinners to be
converted to God. Vs 13
a. In vs. 14, David wanted to be delivered from his blood
guiltiness. He wanted to again
Sing aloud the
Lord’s righteousness. This event had
hindered his ability to praise the
Lord. David knew that people have a capacity to
choose how to live. This is bound to
A person’s
understanding. People will do what they
believe.
b. In vs. 15, David
has seen this personally and he believed and knew he needed God to
Help him again
praise again.
7. In vs. 16-17,
David saw that sacrifices and gifts to God are insufficient. He knew that
True sacrifice to God was a
broken and contrite heart. One
that knows they have
Sinned against
God. Talk about Ben Sieppert just saying
sorry without justification
Or excuse. That is true sorrow. David sees here our need to allow salvation
to fully
Influence our mind, will and
emotions.
a. Emotions are based
upon how we perceive an event. They are a
reflection on how we
See an event.
b. We
react emotionally how we perceive an event and we respond accordingly. Most
Of my
intervention in church disputes have been in wrong perception of statements,
Or actions. A clean heart prevents this.
8. David closes with asking God to do good to Zion and Jerusalem. Be pleased again
With offerings of
righteousness given upon your altar.
David wants God blessing on
All those around
him.
a. As we close today,
my question is how is your heart. If
something I have said today
As caused you to
go ouch. Ask the Holy Spirit to help you
deal with it.
