WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A CHRISTIAN SINS? (4 OF 12)
by Jim Perdue
Scripture: Psalm 51:1-17
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What Happens When a Christian Sins? (4 of 12)
Series: Foundations: What Every Christian Ought to Know
Jim Perdue
Psalm 51:1-17
We're in a series on Sunday mornings called, Foundations: what every Christian ought to know. We are talking about the fundamentals and essentials of our faith. Over the last couple of weeks, we talked about how to have assurance of your salvation and how to be certain you are eternally secure. Today, we shift gears just a bit as we talk about this subject: What Happens When a Christian Sins?
Find, Psalm 51 in your Bible. David wrote this psalm after he had committed the greatest sins of his life. He committed adultery with a lady named Bathsheba and got her pregnant. Then, to cover it up, he had her husband, Uriah, killed in battle. This psalm was written to reflect David's desire to get right with God. It represents genuine brokenness and repentance. READ TEXT - PRAY
*I bet most of us have heard of a cleaning product called, Febreze. It is marketed as an air freshener and a product that eliminates odor. There's really an interesting story about how Febreze got its start. I read this story in a book called The Power of Habit, by Charles Duhigg. He begins by sharing how it was accidentally created by a chain-smoking Proctor & Gamble scientist. The day that scientist discovered it, he went home only to have his wife think he was cheating on her. The reason was that he didn't smell like cigarette smoke so she thought he had changed his shirt and had something to hide. The reality was that the liquid he had worked on had splashed on his shirt and removed the order! Soon, the Proctor & Gamble marketers started product trials and interviewed a park ranger who frequently caught skunks and explained that Febreze had changed her life. She said that while it wasn't hard for her to get dates, the relationships never lasted because everything in her life smelled like skunks. She broke down in tears as she realized that she could do wha ...
Series: Foundations: What Every Christian Ought to Know
Jim Perdue
Psalm 51:1-17
We're in a series on Sunday mornings called, Foundations: what every Christian ought to know. We are talking about the fundamentals and essentials of our faith. Over the last couple of weeks, we talked about how to have assurance of your salvation and how to be certain you are eternally secure. Today, we shift gears just a bit as we talk about this subject: What Happens When a Christian Sins?
Find, Psalm 51 in your Bible. David wrote this psalm after he had committed the greatest sins of his life. He committed adultery with a lady named Bathsheba and got her pregnant. Then, to cover it up, he had her husband, Uriah, killed in battle. This psalm was written to reflect David's desire to get right with God. It represents genuine brokenness and repentance. READ TEXT - PRAY
*I bet most of us have heard of a cleaning product called, Febreze. It is marketed as an air freshener and a product that eliminates odor. There's really an interesting story about how Febreze got its start. I read this story in a book called The Power of Habit, by Charles Duhigg. He begins by sharing how it was accidentally created by a chain-smoking Proctor & Gamble scientist. The day that scientist discovered it, he went home only to have his wife think he was cheating on her. The reason was that he didn't smell like cigarette smoke so she thought he had changed his shirt and had something to hide. The reality was that the liquid he had worked on had splashed on his shirt and removed the order! Soon, the Proctor & Gamble marketers started product trials and interviewed a park ranger who frequently caught skunks and explained that Febreze had changed her life. She said that while it wasn't hard for her to get dates, the relationships never lasted because everything in her life smelled like skunks. She broke down in tears as she realized that she could do wha ...
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