Psalm 51:10-17 ESV

10Create in me a clean heart, O God, and

renew a right spirit within me.
11Cast me not away from Your presence, and

take not Your Holy Spirit from me.

 Psalm 51:10-17 ESV
12Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and
uphold me with a willing spirit.
13Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,

and sinners will return to You, You will not

despise.
 Psalm 51:10-17 ESV
14Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, O
God of my salvation, and my tongue will
sing aloud of Your righteousness.
15O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will

declare Your praise.

 Psalm 51:10-17 ESV
16For You will not delight in sacrifice, or I
would give it; You will not be pleased with
a burnt offering.
17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a

broken and contrite heart, O God, You will

not despise.
 John 15:16 KJV
Jesus said, “Ye have not chosen me, but I
have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye
should go and bring forth fruit, and that your
fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall
ask of the Father in My name, He may give it
you.”
 1 Samuel 16:1-13
The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve
over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king
over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send
you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for
myself a king among his sons.” 2And Samuel said,
“How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me.” And the
Lord said, “Take a heifer with you and say, I have come
to sacrifice to the Lord.’
 1 Samuel 16:1-13
3And invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you

what you shall do. And you shall anoint for me him
whom I declare to you.” 4Samuel did what the Lord
commanded and came to Bethlehem. The elders of
the city came to meet him trembling and said, “Do you
come peaceably?” 5And he said, “Peaceably; I have
come to sacrifice to the Lord. Consecrate yourselves,
and come with me to the sacrifice.” And he consecrated
Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.
 1 Samuel 16:1-13
6When they came, he looked on Eliab and thought,
“Surely the Lord's anointed is before him.” 7But the Lord
said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on
the height of his stature, because I have rejected him.
For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the
outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”
8Then Jesse called Abinadab and made him pass before
Samuel. And he said, “Neither has the Lord chosen this
one.” 9Then Jesse made Shammah pass by. And he said,
“Neither has the Lord chosen this one.”
 1 Samuel 16:1-13
10And Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel.
And Samuel said to Jesse, “The Lord has not chosen
these.” 11Then Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your sons
here?” And he said, “There remains yet the youngest,
but behold, he is keeping the sheep.” And Samuel said
to Jesse, “Send and get him, for we will not sit down till
he comes here.” 12And he sent and brought him in. Now
he was ruddy and had beautiful eyes and was
handsome. And the Lord said, “Arise, anoint him, for
this is he.”
 1 Samuel 16:1-13
Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed
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him in the midst of his brothers. And the Spirit of

the Lord rushed upon David from that day
forward. And Samuel rose up and went to
Ramah.
Be Broken to Live
After God’s Heart
 David’s Greatness
Serve the King 1 SAM. 16:14-23
Killed Goliath 1 SAM. 17
Friendship with Jonathan 1 SAM. 18:1-5
Escaped Saul’s rage 1 SAM. 19
Anointed king of Judah and Israel 2 SAM.
Jesus’ birth follows David’s lineage.
 2 Samuel 11:1-15
1In the spring of the year, the time when kings go
out to battle, David sent Joab, and his servants
with him, and all Israel. And they ravaged the
Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David
remained at Jerusalem. 2It happened, late one
afternoon, when David arose from his couch and
was walking on the roof of the king's house, that
he saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the
woman was very beautiful.
 2 Samuel 11:1-15
3And David sent and inquired about the woman.
And one said, “Is not this Bathsheba, the
daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?”
4So David sent messengers and took her, and she

came to him, and he lay with her. (Now she had

been purifying herself from her uncleanness.)
Then she returned to her house. 5And the woman
conceived, and she sent and told David, “I am
pregnant.”
 2 Samuel 11:1-15
6So David sent word to Joab, “Send me Uriah the
Hittite.” And Joab sent Uriah to David. 7When
Uriah came to him, David asked how Joab was
doing and how the people were doing and how
the war was going. 8Then David said to Uriah, “Go
down to your house and wash your feet.” And
Uriah went out of the king's house, and there
followed him a present from the king.
 2 Samuel 11:1-15
9But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house
with all the servants of his lord, and did not go
down to his house. 10When they told David,
“Uriah did not go down to his house,” David said
to Uriah, “Have you not come from a journey?
Why did you not go down to your house?”
 2 Samuel 11:1-15
Uriah said to David, “The ark and Israel and
11

Judah dwell in booths, and my lord Joab and the

servants of my lord are camping in the open field.
Shall I then go to my house, to eat and to drink
and to lie with my wife? As you live, and as your
soul lives, I will not do this thing.” 12Then David
said to Uriah, “Remain here today also, and
tomorrow I will send you back.” So Uriah
remained in Jerusalem that day and the next.
 2 Samuel 11:1-15
And David invited him, and he ate in his
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presence and drank, so that he made him drunk.

And in the evening he went out to lie on his
couch with the servants of his lord, but he did not
go down to his house.
 2 Samuel 11:1-15
14In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and
sent it by the hand of Uriah. 15In the letter he
wrote, “Set Uriah in the forefront of the hardest
fighting, and then draw back from him, that he
may be struck down, and die.”
 DANGER OF SIN
But each person is tempted when he is lured
14

and enticed by his own desire. 15Then desire

when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin
when it is fully grown brings forth death.
James 1:14-15
 DANGER OF SIN
Take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of
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the Spirit, which is the WORD OF GOD.

Ephesians 6:17
WITHOUT GOD’S WORD David committed . . .
 Idolatry
 Adultery
 Murder
 Deceit
 DANGER OF SIN
Effects of sin
 The child died
 His son committed rape and incest
 His son was murdered by another son
 His “beloved son” led a rebellion against him.
 His “beloved son” was murdered.
 He took a census that displeased God and
resulted in a plague.
HOW DID IT ALL STARTED?
 2 Samuel 11:1-2
1In the spring of the year, the time when kings go
out to battle, David sent Joab, and his servants
with him, and all Israel… But David remained at
Jerusalem. 2It happened, late one afternoon,
when David arose from his couch and was
walking on the roof of the king's house, that he
saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the
woman was very beautiful.
 Matthew 5:28
Jesus said, “I say to you that everyone who looks
at a woman with lustful intent has already
committed adultery with her in his heart.”
 DANGER OF SIN
The danger of sin is that it starts small, unnoticed
by most and it happens when we least expect it.
Sin begets more sin and the consequences are
deadly.
Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to
sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth
death. James 1:15
 Psalm 32:2-4
Blessed is the man against whom the LORD
counts no iniquity,
and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away
through my groaning all day long.
For day and night your hand was heavy upon me;
my strength was dried up as by the heat of
summer.
 THE PERFECTION OF MERCY
We see the depths of David’s sinfulness, but we
also see the perfection of God’s mercy at work.
The Lord sends Nathan the prophet to convict
David of his sin. Yet God did not use harsh words
to judge David — He used a story to open David’s
heart to the ugly truth about himself (2 Samuel
12:1-9).
 2 Samuel 12:1-10
And the Lord sent Nathan to David. He came to
him and said to him, “There were two men in a
certain city, the one rich and the other poor. 2The
rich man had very many flocks and herds, 3but the
poor man had nothing but one little ewe lamb,
which he had bought. And he brought it up, and it
grew up with him and with his children. It used to
eat of his morsel and drink from his cup and lie in
his arms, and it was like a daughter to him.
 2 Samuel 12:1-10
4Now there came a traveler to the rich man, and he
was unwilling to take one of his own flock or herd to
prepare for the guest who had come to him, but he
took the poor man's lamb and prepared it for the man
who had come to him.” 5Then David's anger was greatly
kindled against the man, and he said to Nathan, “As the
Lord lives, the man who has done this deserves to die,
6and he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did
this thing, and because he had no pity.”
 2 Samuel 12:1-10
7 Nathan said to David, “You are the man! Thus says
the Lord, the God of Israel, I anointed you king over
Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.
8And I gave you your master's house and your master's
wives into your arms and gave you the house of Israel
and of Judah. And if this were too little, I would add to
you as much more.
 2 Samuel 12:1-10
9Why have you despised the word of the Lord, to do
what is evil in his sight? You have struck down Uriah
the Hittite with the sword and have taken his wife to
be your wife and have killed him with the sword of the
Ammonites. 10Now 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.’
 THE PERFECTION OF MERCY
David was quick to judge the character in the
story as a wicked man deserving of death (2
Samuel 12:5-6) all the while blind to the fact that
he was that man, until Nathan puts it bluntly to
him (2 Samuel 12:7).
 THE PERFECTION OF MERCY
God sends Nathans to us to rebuke us with
gentleness, opening our eyes to our sins and
leading us to repentance.
Do you presume on the riches of His kindness and
forbearance and patience, not knowing that
God's kindness is meant to lead you to
repentance? Romans 2:4
 THE PERFECTION OF MERCY
When God convicts us, it is not to condemn us,
but rather to save us if we repent.
For God did not send his Son into the world to
condemn the world, but in order that the world
might be saved through him. John 3:17
It is only through Jesus that all sinners can
experience the perfection of God’s mercy instead
of death that our sins deserve.
 THE RESTORATION THAT COMES WITH REPENTANCE
David’s repentance is evident by the admission of
his guilt, the confession of his sin against the Lord.
David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the
Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also
has put away your sin; you shall not die. 2Sam.
12:13
 Psalm 51:10-17 ESV
10Create in me a clean heart, O God, and
renew a right spirit within me.
11Cast me not away from Your presence, and

take not Your Holy Spirit from me.

 Psalm 51:10-17 ESV
12Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and
uphold me with a willing spirit.
13Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,

and sinners will return to You, You will not

despise.
 Psalm 51:10-17 ESV
14Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, O
God of my salvation, and my tongue will
sing aloud of Your righteousness.
15O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will

declare Your praise.

 Psalm 51:10-17 ESV
16For You will not delight in sacrifice, or I
would give it; You will not be pleased with
a burnt offering.
17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a

broken and contrite heart, O God, You will

not despise.
THE RESTORATION THAT COMES WITH REPENTANCE
Proverbs 28:13-14
13Whoever conceals his transgressions will not

prosper,
but he who confesses and forsakes them will
obtain mercy.
14Blessed is the one who fears the Lord always,

but whoever hardens his heart will fall into

calamity.
THE RESTORATION THAT COMES WITH REPENTANCE
Offer to God a heart that is broken over sin, for
He graciously forgives every time. But there is a
warning for all of us that we can learn from
David’s extraordinary life. Yes, he was completely
forgiven and restored but was not spared from
sin’s consequence.
 THE MIRACLE OF GRACE
David certainly went through much difficulty,
pain and suffering in his extraordinary life. He
was not a perfect man, yet, how was he able to
accomplish so much from writing psalms to
defeating armies?
 THE MIRACLE OF GRACE
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to
forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness.
1 John 1:9
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a
broken and contrite heart, O God, You will not
despise.
Psalm 51:17
 CONCLUSION
God used David’s greatest failure and turned it
into God’s greatest triumph through Jesus Christ,
the Son of David.
David was a man after God’s own heart, a
king who failed to fulfill all of God’s
commands.
 CONCLUSION
Jesus is God after man’s heart, the true King who
was faithful to fulfill all of his Father’s will even
unto death, so that all of us who are called and
believe in Him can have a heart after God’s own
heart and become fellow heirs with Him.
 CONCLUSION

Be broken to live after

God’s heart!