This Sunday, I begin a new series called "Repentance: The Theology of Apology". I invite you to prepare, along with me, to hear and discern God's Word!
Some Information about this three-part series, beginning September 13
Part of the package in being human is making mistakes. But is it possible to repair our mistakes, especially when they harm other people, and to reorient our lives? How can we be restored when we’ve done something that brings shame to us? How do we deal with the whole mistake-prone, harm-causing nature that comes with being human?
As we will explore in this series, Christian faith offers us a tool—a divine gift, really—that enables us to heal what is broken, through the power of God’s grace. The most common name for this gift is repentance. Doing a 180. A process that begins with God’s reach into our lives, and asks of us a life-altering response that enables us to repair what's broken.
An Invitation to Prepare
1. Read this week's scripture lesson, on which the sermon will be based: 2 Samuel 12:1-15.
2. Ponder some questions that I'm pondering. Respond below if you'd like.
What prevents David from seeing how destructive his own behavior is?
Why does Nathan use this particular technique to deal with David's moral blindness?
If there is a first-step to repentance - repairing what's been damaged and reorienting our life - what is it and why is it necessary?
3. Extra credit. Do some study on the scripture: click here.
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I enjoyed reading the scripture reading for Sunday and the commentary that followed the scripture on the link provided. A response to the question: What prevents David from seeing how destructive his own behavior is? David did not think about anything other than his own desire to have Bathsheba. Desire is a culprit. I think that David also was not concerned with how an action on his part might hurt any one. He was acting as if he were a small child who just wanted what he wanted. So, undisciplined desire was a culprit. But the bigger reason for why could not see the destructiveness of his behavior is that he turned away from God, actually turned his back on God and in so doing became blind. The blind David lost the ability to love and be God's servant. Forgetting he was God's servant was the biggest culprit.
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