Homebuilding 101: Living the Truth

What is the worst thing you have ever done? Besides you, who knows about it? Good news: God knows. When David covered up his sin against Bathsheba and Uriah, God cared enough to send David the “gift” of accountability, Nathan who told him the truth. When David heard the truth, he confessed his sin and found forgiveness. I know we love to double down on why we were right to do what we did. This story shows us a better way to live our lives and build our homes on the foundation of truth and forgiveness. Message based on 2 Samuel 12: 1-13. Quotes:Eugene Peterson: He quits giving out opinions on other people's lives, good or bad, realizes his position before God—a sinner! A person in trouble, a person who needs help, a human being who needs God." And immediately comes the astonishing response: The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die.Duane Brooks: How do we respond to the conviction of the Holy Spirit? We could double down. Or we can come clean. Which will it be?Jim Bakker: I Was Wrong!Unknown: To err is human, to admit it is stupid.Dietrich Bonhoeffer: In confession the light of the Gospel breaks into the darkness and seclusion of the heart. The sin must be brought into the light. The unexpressed must be spoken openly and acknowledged. It is a hard struggle until the sin is openly admitted.Duane Brooks: If I can’t think of any sin in my life to confess, then I have found my sin: self-righteousness.Duane Brooks: If a Christian is in the fellowship of confession with a fellow-believer, he will never be alone again, anywhere. When someone tells us the truth about ourselves, how do we respond?Duane Brooks: We need to make full confession. We can't settle for partially opening up our heart. We can't settle for partially confessing our sin. God want us to come completely clean about our guilt.John Claypool: I am more free now than at any time in the last twenty years.Duane Brooks: For nine months, David had pretended to live in silence and secrecy. But on this day, he came clean, and he never committed the sin of adultery again. That means there is hope for us.  We don’t ever have to go back to our old sins again.Charles Wesley:He breaks the power of canceled sinHe sets the prisoner freeHis blood can make the foulest cleanHis blood availed for me! Isaiah 1:18: Come let us reason, together, that’s what God says.  For though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow.  Though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.To discover more messages of hope, go to tallowood.org/sermons/.Follow us on X and YouTube @tallowoodbcFollow us on Instagram @tallowood.baptistFollow us on FaceBook @tallowoodbaptist