Psalm 51

Psalms 51:13

Psalms 51:10

• “Create in me a clean heart”

  • What was wrong with David’s heart?

  • This is David’s prayer of repentance after Nathan confronted him about his sin with Bathsheba.

  • David needed a clean heart. He had dirtied it with sin.

  • David needed a heart transplant in the spiritual sense.

  • The Bible heart:

    • Intellect

      • Thinks – Proverbs 23:7

      • Reasons – Mark 2:8

      • Believes – Romans 10:10

      • Understands – Matthew 13:15

    • Emotion

      • Loves – Matthew 22:37

    • Will

      • Obeys – Romans 6:17

    • Conscience

      • Approves or disapproves – I John 3:20-21

  • Psalms 73:1 – How can a man have his heart cleaned? By faith! Acts 15:9

    • Galatians 5:6; I Peter 1:22-23 – A faith that obeys.

  • II Corinthians 5:16 – We are new creatures in Christ – with a new heart.

• “renew a right spirit in me”

  • How can one have a right spirit (mindset)?
    • Colossians 3:17; II John 1:9; I Corinthians 9:27; II Corinthians 10:4-5
  • To get to heaven, this is what we must have!

Psalms 51:11

• We must all draw nigh to God and have a close relationship with Him.

• II John 1:9

• I Corinthians 9:27

Psalms 51:12

• David was not getting his joy from God when he lusted after Bathsheba and schemed to murder her husband.

• We should find joy in God and rejoice in God’s salvation.

• Philippians 3:3; Romans 12:10; I John 1:4; Psalms 5:11; I Peter 1:8; I Thessalonians 5:17 – Rejoice!

• If we don’t enjoy serving God, we are not rightly serving God.

Psalms 51:13

• When we get all these things right, they we will also be able to teach sinners God’s ways. We must learn and practice these things first lest we be seen as hypocrites.

What about my heart? Does it need cleaning?