God's Extreme Make Over

GOD’S EXTREME MAKEOVER

PSALMS 51

1.THE TEXT. DAVID’S DISPOSITION REFLECTED HIS CONDITION.

a)HE WAS BURDENED AND BESEIGED BY GUILT THAT RADIATED FROM A SINFUL HEART.

b)DAVID WAS GUILTY OF ADULTERY WITH BATHSHEBA AND HAVING HER HUSBAND MURDERED IN ORDER TO CONCEAL HER PREGNACY.

c)SIN DRIVES MEN AND WOMEN TO FOOLISH DESPERATION.

d)HIS UNCONFESSED SIN PERMITTED HIM TO CARRY ON AS BUSINESS AS USUAL, BUT HE FOUND NO JOY, (MOUSE ILLUSTRATION).

e)DAVID DID NOT REPENT UNTIL HE WAS CONFRONTED BY NATHAN THE PROPHET.

2.SIN IS A CANCER THAT MUST BE TREATED OR ELSE…

a)WHEN SIN DISRUPTS OUR FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD, WE HAVE NO RIGHT TO DIVINE BLESSINGS.

b)THANK GOD HE FORGIVES, 1 JOHN 1:9,” IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS, HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST TO FORGIVE US OUR SINS, AND TO CLEANSE US FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS.”

c)FORGIVENESS IS AN ACT OF DIVINE GRACE, WHEREBY SIN IS BLOTTED OUT. AMAZING GRACE!!

d)WITH GOD’S FORGIVENESS COMES NEWNESS OF LIFE.

e)SPIRITUAL RENEWAL LEADS TO GODLINESS.

f)REPENTANCE- THE FIRST STEP TO REPENTANCE IS CONTRITION, SECOND, CONFESSION, THIRD, AMENDMENT OF LIFE.

3.ALL HAVE SINNED.

a)ALL OF US NEEDS GOD’S EXTREME MAKEOVER.

b)WITH GOD, THERE ARE NO BIG AND LITTLE SINS.

c)IN THE SECULAR WORLD, MAKEOVERS OCCUR WHEN WE ENTRUST OURSELVES TO THE HANDS OF OTHERS.

d)IN THE SACRED WORLD, MAKEOVERS OCCUR WHEN WE ENTRUST OURSELVES INTO THE HANDS OF GOD.

e)PHYSICAL MAKEOVERS AFFECT THE OUTSIDE.

f)SPIRITUAL MAKEOVERS AFFECT THE INSIDE, BUT SHOW UP OUTWARDLY.

4.WITHOUT A MAKEOVER WE WILL BE HELD HOSTAGE BY SIN. SIN CAUSES:

a)A THIRST IT CANNOT QUENCH.

b)A HUNGER IT CANNOT SATISFY.

c)LONLINESS IT CANNOT COMFORT.

d)FEAR IT CANNOT REMOVE.

e)HEARTACHE IT CANNOT EASE.

f)STORM IT CANNOT STILL.

g)SHAME IT CANNOT REMOVE.

h)PROBLEMS IT CANNOT SOLVE.

i)DESPAIR IT CANNOT DISPEL.

5.SIN CAN MAKE..

a)THE RICH INTO BEGGARS.

b)THE WISE INTO FOOLISH.

c)THE TRUSTWORTHY INTO DISHONEST.

d)JUNK OUT OF JEWELS.

e)TRASH OUT OF TREASURES.

f)RAGS OUT OF ROBES.

6.SIN IS..

a)THE MOTIVATION OF ALL MISERY.

b)THE REASON FOR REBELLION.

c)THE BACKBONE FOR ALL BLASPHEMY.

d)THE GROUND FOR ALL GRIEF.

e)THE SOURCE FOR ALL SUFFERING.

f)THE FOUNDATION OF ALL FEAR.

7 CONCLUSION

a)GOD’S DIVINE MAKEOVER PRODUCES PRAISE.

b)GOD’S DIVINE MAKEOVER AFFECTS THOSE AROUND US, DAVID SAID THEN WILL I TEACH TRANSGRESSORS THY WAYS, AND SINNERS SHALL BE CONVERTED UNTO THEE.