Title: Give me revival (Repentance and Renewal)
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Give me revival ① Repentance and renewal / Psalm 51:1-15
There was a little boy in Germany.
His dream was to become a pastor.
He also had a natural talent for singing, so he did not study music at all, but became a member of the monastery choir.
I enjoyed reading books in various fields such as history, philosophy, and art.
Loved animals very much.
While in the military, a dog that lost its owner came into a trench.
He took care of the puppy more than anyone else.
One day, when the dog was gone, like a man who lost consciousness, he did not eat for several days and was grieving.
There was warm love and concern for the poor and marginalized.
When a little boy bumped into a chair and cried, he was kind and loving enough to comfort himself by hitting his head on the chair.
Who would have imagined that this young man would be the main character in the maddening massacre of six million Jews?
Would you have thought you would become the infamous Adolf Hitler, the provocateur of World War II that plunged Europe into a crucible of terror?
It is ironic indeed that in the first half of Hitler's life, who lived a demonic life, there was a good side of such a beautiful human being.
We humans live with extreme ambivalence.
On the outside, he looks good, good, and beautiful, but on the inside, he hides the claws of evil thoughts and ugly greed.
The root of sin that cannot be broken by human strength is deeply rooted within us.
That is why even the great Apostle Paul laments.
“I see another law in my members wrestling with the law of my heart and bringing me captive to the law of sin that is in my members. O wretched man I am, who will deliver me from this body of death” (Romans 7:23-24).
In my heart, I want to do good, but in real life, I see myself doing evil.
He says that there are things that take him captive and lead him into an evil way he does not want to go. Confess that it is sin. (Romans 7:17, 20)
Sin takes our lives and leads us into evil ways.
It leads to the road to destruction, to the road to destruction.
Today we meet a man who groans and cries in the pit of sin.
That's David.
David is a man of great faith, whose name appears 800 times in the Bible. He is the most respected and trusted protagonist in the history of Israel.
David was a man of obedience who loved God.
He was a courageous man who went out before Goliath with a slingshot when he was a boy.
He was a man of faith who completely trusted God.
Although he had been unfairly pursued by King Saul for over 10 years, he never once blamed God.
He was a man of God who could have killed King Saul, but refused to be able to kill the king whom God had anointed.
He is a person of praise who put up all the love that God has given him in beautiful praise and poetry.
He is a man who has longed for the temple of God and made all the preparations to build the temple.
Looking at the first half of David's life, he seems like a man who will never fall.
It seems that they will keep their faith before God for the rest of their lives and live in a pure state. But he fell.
When did David fall?
He becomes the king, and the Taepyeongseongdae comes to visit.
The moment the country grew rich and commanded the world with a strong army, I fell.
While his men are fighting for their lives on the battlefield, he has left his seat and was leisurely strolling through the palace.
He saw a beautiful woman taking a bath in his eyes.
Human sin begins with seeing.
When Adam and Eve sinned, sin entered through sight.
What did Eve look like when she was tempted by Satan and saw the forbidden fruit?
It was pleasing to the eye, good for food, and desirable enough to make one wise.
The woman in David's eyes, who had already departed from his relationship with God, captured his heart. The woman taking the bath looks so beautiful.
He brings the woman into the palace and slept with her.
But soon after, they hear that the woman is pregnant.
David, who has lost his face as a king, rationalizes his sin and devises an excuse.
So he came up with a letter to General Joab who is out on the battlefield.
Uriah, Bathsheba's husband, should be sent home immediately.
Uriah returns home without knowing English.
But Uriah, who was a loyal servant, goes home and does not sleep with his wife.
His co-workers are fighting for their lives on the battlefield, and I can't sleep peacefully with my wife.
How loyal and trustworthy are you?
If this is the case, shouldn't David realize and turn around?
But the sinner makes excuses and rationalizes himself.
This is because Adam, the ancestor of mankind, was like that.
When God comes to visit after eating the forbidden fruit, Adam makes excuses and rationalizes himself.
It was said that Eve, the wife God had given him, gave it to him and ate it.
So, he rationalizes by pretending that he is not at fault.
This is also reflected in the image of us as descendants of Adam.
When his plans to cover up his sin fail, David's thoughts become even more sinister.
He sent a letter to General Joab, telling him to send Uriah to the battlefield on the front lines to die.
Once we fall into sin, it drives us deeper and deeper.
This is the danger of sin.
Eventually, Uriah dies on the battlefield.