How did David express his sorrow after sleeping with another man's wife? David is the man after the heart of God. He became king, and God even made a covenant with him. Even though all these things happened he fell into sin, so how did he repent?
Psalm 51 is written when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had slept with Bathsheba. This is a passage was to ask for the forgiveness, and mercy of God for what he has done to God, Bathsheba and Uriah the hittite. Uriah the hittite was one of the soldiers of David, a very noble man. One day David woke up in the night went on the roof and saw Bathsheba bathing. He made a servant fetch her and he slept with her. Few days later he had told him she is pregnant so in order to keep his sin a secret he killed Uriah the hittite in the war by sending a message to the commander to send him to the front of the battle. Nathan the prophet came to him, and told him a parable about a rich man who takes everything from a poor man which Nathan later reveals is David who took everything away from Uriah. The key themes in this book is that David wanted God to show him mercy, and to cleanse him of his wickedness. “David's first prayer is for pity; his second, to have his offences "blotted out," or "wiped out" - entirely removed from God's book.”(Canon Cook). It is written in the form of a poetry where he sang, and play his harp solemnly to God. Zhang 2 David intended for this hymn to be written for everyone, so they can sing this as a praise or repenting song to ask God for his forgiveness. …show more content…
The preceding context said that David has sinned against God. The context following this passage is that David is asking God for forgiveness, and mercy for his actions against God, Bathsheba and Uriah the hittite. The teaching of this passage is that whenever we sin we ask God the cleanse us. “We must go to God for cleansing from sin.” (Omar C. Garcia). Psalm 51 is similar to many Old Testament ,and New Testament verses. One Old testament is “Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed, and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit!” (Ezekiel 18:31). One New Testament is “and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.” (Colossians 3:10). These are similar because they show how God has cleansed us. Two important words are “transgressions”, and “blot out”. Blot out means the removing a written record. David uses “blot out” to tell God to remove the record of his sin so that he may be forgiven. Transgressions is an act that goes against law. David was condemned by God because of his transgressions which led him to create Psalm 51. This shows that God is a very kind, and merciful God. Although David does get punished it is not as severe as it would have been due to his repentance through Psalm 51. This reveals that Humankind is very corrupt. Although we are given instructions not to do some things we still do because of our sin nature from our lineage from the beginning
Psalm 51 is written when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had slept with Bathsheba. This is a passage was to ask for the forgiveness, and mercy of God for what he has done to God, Bathsheba and Uriah the hittite. Uriah the hittite was one of the soldiers of David, a very noble man. One day David woke up in the night went on the roof and saw Bathsheba bathing. He made a servant fetch her and he slept with her. Few days later he had told him she is pregnant so in order to keep his sin a secret he killed Uriah the hittite in the war by sending a message to the commander to send him to the front of the battle. Nathan the prophet came to him, and told him a parable about a rich man who takes everything from a poor man which Nathan later reveals is David who took everything away from Uriah. The key themes in this book is that David wanted God to show him mercy, and to cleanse him of his wickedness. “David's first prayer is for pity; his second, to have his offences "blotted out," or "wiped out" - entirely removed from God's book.”(Canon Cook). It is written in the form of a poetry where he sang, and play his harp solemnly to God. Zhang 2 David intended for this hymn to be written for everyone, so they can sing this as a praise or repenting song to ask God for his forgiveness. …show more content…
The preceding context said that David has sinned against God. The context following this passage is that David is asking God for forgiveness, and mercy for his actions against God, Bathsheba and Uriah the hittite. The teaching of this passage is that whenever we sin we ask God the cleanse us. “We must go to God for cleansing from sin.” (Omar C. Garcia). Psalm 51 is similar to many Old Testament ,and New Testament verses. One Old testament is “Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed, and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit!” (Ezekiel 18:31). One New Testament is “and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.” (Colossians 3:10). These are similar because they show how God has cleansed us. Two important words are “transgressions”, and “blot out”. Blot out means the removing a written record. David uses “blot out” to tell God to remove the record of his sin so that he may be forgiven. Transgressions is an act that goes against law. David was condemned by God because of his transgressions which led him to create Psalm 51. This shows that God is a very kind, and merciful God. Although David does get punished it is not as severe as it would have been due to his repentance through Psalm 51. This reveals that Humankind is very corrupt. Although we are given instructions not to do some things we still do because of our sin nature from our lineage from the beginning