Loading Content...
Share a Link to this Message
The link has been copied to your clipboard; paste it anywhere you would like to share it.
CloseBernard Gabbott - Sunday, 11 July 2021
How can I have the Good Life?
We have the word of God here with a very clear historical backdrop: the events of 2 Samuel 11-12. And, as we read that account of avoidance of responsibility, of adultery and corruption and murder, we cannot help asking ourselves, ‘How can a man like that have the good life?’ And then we consider ourselves—either with a ‘big’ sin that dominates our lives, or besetting sin that runs our lives, or even just the realization that we are ‘normal sinners’. And we ask the same question: ‘How can a sinner like me have the good life?’ It was a question God’s people asked as they returned from Exile. It is a question we ask continually. Psalm 51 answers it: the sinner can have the good life by throwing themselves upon the character of God with a contrite and broken heart. The Bible calls such an action ‘repentance’: to return to God with the appropriate brokenness.
Scripture References: Psalms 51:1-19, 2 Samuel 11:1-13, 2 Samuel 12:1-15
Related Topics: Psalms, Trust | More Messages from Bernard Gabbott | Download Audio
From Series: "Psalm"
More Messages
Are we open to hearing from Jesus?Dan Rowe - Sunday, 9 April 2023Luke 23:55-56, Luke 24:1-12 |
||
The Goodness of TodayBernard Gabbott - Friday, 7 April 2023Luke 23:32- 56 |
||
Being disciples togetherPhil Firth - Sunday, 2 April 2023Matthew 18:1-14 |
||
God Loves the WorldBernard Gabbott - Sunday, 26 March 2023John 3:16 |
||
What Jesus do you trust in?Bernard Gabbott - Sunday, 19 March 2023Matthew 17:14-27 |
||
Who is Jesus?Bernard Gabbott - Sunday, 12 March 2023Matthew 17:1-13 |
||
GoingBernard Gabbott - Sunday, 5 March 2023Matthew 28:16-20 |
||
GrowingStephen Bailey - Sunday, 26 February 2023Matthew 28:16-20 |
||
GatheringBernard Gabbott - Sunday, 19 February 2023Matthew 28:16-20 |
||
GospellingBernard Gabbott - Sunday, 12 February 2023Matthew 28:16-20 |
||