Cancelled | Part 3

Psalm 51:1-19

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet

went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O

God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant

mercy blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my

iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin! For I know my transgressions,

and my sin is ever before me. Against you, you only, have I sinned

and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in

your words and blameless in your judgment. Behold, I was brought forth

in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me. Behold, you delight in

truth in the inward being, and you teach me wisdom in the secret

heart. Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall

be whiter than snow.Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones that

you have broken rejoice. Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all

my iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right

spirit within me. Cast me not away from your presence, and take not

your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and

uphold me with a willing spirit. Then I will teach transgressors your ways,

and sinners will return to you. Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, O

God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of your

righteousness. O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your

praise. For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; you will not

be pleased with a burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken

spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.Do

good to Zion in your good pleasure; build up the walls of Jerusalem; then

will you delight in right sacrifices, in burnt offerings and whole burnt

offerings; then bulls will be offered on your altar.

1) God does not separate what a leader does from who

a leader is .

2) The prerequisite for qualification is acknowledging

your sin for this is the first step in restoration.

3) If we want restoration instead of cancellation we

must confess our sins, turn from our sin, and allow

God to move in our hearts.

4) Brokenness is a permanent sense of God

neediness.

5) The sins that we do that affect our community need

to be dealt with in a way that honors our community.