Psalm 32:9 NKJV,NLT

"THOU ART THE MAN" Intro: David, though called "a man after God's own heart" was far from perfect. Sin with Bathsheba. Thought he had covered his guilt. I. THE PARABLE OF NATHAN. A. David's anger kindled. 1. How evil our sins look when somebody else is committing them. 2. "The man shall surely die."... Read More

"THOU ART THE MAN" I. DAVID'S SIN. A. Saw Bathsheba bathing. 1. Sent for her. 2. Committed adultery. B. Sin has a way of compounding. 1. When he discovered she was pregnant, he sent for her husband to come home. 2. Uriah feeling a loyalty to the troops would not go into his wife. C. David's sin gets... Read More

Intro: One of 7 penitential Psalms. Written after Nathan came to David. "Thou art the man" - "I have sinned against Jehovah" - "Jehovah also hath put away thy sin." This psalm is an interpretation of David's confession to Nathan. I. SIN IN RELATION TO GOD. A. David cast himself on God's mercy "Have ... Read More

Friends,—All that are moved of the Lord by his power, light, and life, to go into other nations, as messengers of his covenant [Mal 3:1] of light [Isa 42:6], to preach the gospel, according to that which shows the secrets of every man's heart [1 Cor 14:25], wherein nations are brought into covenant ... Read More

The CAUSE OF GOD AND TRUTH. Part 4 Chapter 1—Of Predestination Section 13—Basilius Caeariensis. A.D. 370. Basil, commonly called the Great to distinguish him from others of the same name, was bishop of Caesarea; he died A.D. 378. He held the doctrine of predestination, and asserts, that whatever com... Read More

A Body of Doctrinal Divinity Book 7—Chapter 2 OF THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL Though the body dies, and when it dies, the soul dies not; it survives the body, and not only lives after it, but lives for ever, it never dies: though the body without the soul is dead, yet the soul without the body is not... Read More

“Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule.” (Psa. 32:9) It seems to me that the horse and the mule picture two wrong attitudes we might have when we are seeking the Lord’s guidance. The horse wants to charge ahead; the mule wants to lag behind. The horse tends to be impatient, high-spirited and impetu... Read More

“Wisdom is the principal thing; Therefore get wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding” (Proverbs 4:7). For most westerners, life is about acquiring things. We spend most of our waking hours working to earn money to buy things and then a lot of the rest of the time is spent thinking about ... Read More

The first disciples of Christ were called from that company of young men who were gathered out of Galilee by the ministry of John the Baptist. The first chapter of John (verses 35-51) records the calling of the first five John (the writer of the gospel), Andrew, Peter, Philip, and Nathanael otherwis... Read More

David is the principal object before the mind of the Spirit of God in both the 1st and the 2nd books of Samuel. In the 1st book we see him brought from obscurity into honour and praise, and there standing, by the good hand of God, in full righteousness amid the persecutions of the wicked. In the 2nd... Read More