Reckless Inclusivity - Bathsheba

Scripture Passages: 2 Samuel 12:1-14

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Reckless Inclusivity

"There is a place for you at Mountainview"

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Reckless Genealogy

5 Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab,

Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth,...

David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah’s wife,

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Rahab - faith in action

Ruth - loyal love lived

Bathsheba - ??

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Advent: anticipate Christ coming and coming again

"Let every heart prepare him room"

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1. Crime

David - home - sees - takes - pregnant - cover attempt - kills - carrys-on

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2a. Confrontation

1 The Lord sent Nathan to David. When he came to him, he said, “There were two men in a certain town....

5 David burned with anger against the man

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2b. Confrontation

7 Then Nathan said to David, “You are the man!... You struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and took his wife to be your own.

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3a. Confession

13 Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.”

Psalm 51

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3b. Confession

Psalm 51:1 Have mercy on me, O God,

according to your unfailing love.

...so you are right in your verdict

...wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

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3c. Confession

10 Create in me a pure heart, O God...

13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways, so that sinners will turn back...

17 My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart

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4. Consequences

Nathan replied, “The Lord has taken away your sin. You are not going to die. 14 But because by doing this you have shown utter contempt for the Lord, the son born to you will die.”

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5. Covenant Constancy

She gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. The Lord loved him;

David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah’s wife,

December 19th - Reckless Inclusivity: Bathsheba