“I was Brought Forth in Iniquity”

       The Scriptures record the death of two of David’s sons.  One—the result of his adultery with Uriah’s wife—died in infancy at the age of one week (2 Samuel 12:15-23); the other—Absalom—died as a young man in a coup attempt against the King, Jehovah’s…

David’s Example of Repentance

       Psalm 51 is one of the fruits of repentance which flows from godly sorrow. David wrote it because Nathan the prophet went to him after he had gone in to Bathsheba and rebuked him.  It illustrates the diligence, the clearing, the indignation, the…

The Exceedingly Sinfulness of Sin

       One of the important purposes of the Law of Moses is to expose the exceedingly sinfulness of sin (Romans 7:13).  True spiritual wisdom is attained when you have a firm and growing grasp of the enormity of sin.  In the words of Psalm…