Lessons from David pt 5
“A Fallen King pt a”
Thesis: David’s sin came because he stopped doing what he was supposed to be doing. A nobody became a somebody who became a fugitive who then became a king and then forgot that he was accountable to God for all his actions!
Scripture Texts:
II Samuel 11
David and Bathsheba
In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, David sent Joab out with the king’s men and the whole Israelite army. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained in Jerusalem.
One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful,
and David sent someone to find out about her. The man said, “Isn’t this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite?”
Then David sent messengers to get her. She came to him, and he slept with her. (She had purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she went back home.
The woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, “I am pregnant.”
So David sent this word to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” And Joab sent him to David.
When Uriah came to him, David asked him how Joab was, how the soldiers were and how the war was going.
Then David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king was sent after him.
But Uriah slept at the entrance to the palace with all his master’s servants and did not go down to his house.
When David was told, “Uriah did not go home,” he asked him, “Haven’t you just come from a distance? Why didn’t you go home?”
Uriah said to David, “The ark and Israel and Judah are staying in tents, and my master Joab and my lord’s men are camped in the open fields. How could I go to my house to eat and drink and lie with my wife? As surely as you live, I will not do such a thing!”
Then David said to him, “Stay here one more day, and tomorrow I will send you back.” So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the next.
At David’s invitation, he ate and drank with him, and David made him drunk. But in the evening Uriah went out to sleep on his mat among his master’s servants; he did not go home.
In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.
In it he wrote, “Put Uriah in the front line where the fighting is fiercest. Then withdraw from him so he will be struck down and die.”
So while Joab had the city under siege, he put Uriah at a place where he knew the strongest defenders were.
When the men of the city came out and fought against Joab, some of the men in David’s army fell; moreover, Uriah the Hittite died.
Joab sent David a full account of the battle.
He instructed the messenger: “When you have finished giving the king this account of the battle, the king’s anger may flare up, and he may ask you, ‘Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Didn’t you know they would shoot arrows from the wall?
Who killed Abimelech son of Jerub-Besheth? Didn’t a woman throw an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?’ If he asks you this, then say to him, ‘Also, your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.’”
The messenger set out, and when he arrived he told David everything Joab had sent him to say.
The messenger said to David, “The men overpowered us and came out against us in the open, but we drove them back to the entrance to the city gate.
Then the archers shot arrows at your servants from the wall, and some of the king’s men died. Moreover, your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.”
David told the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Don’t let this upset you; the sword devours one as well as another. Press the attack against the city and destroy it.’ Say this to encourage Joab.”
When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him.
After the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing David had done displeased the LORD.
II Samuel 12:
Nathan Rebukes David
The LORD sent Nathan to David. When he came to him, he said, “There were two men in a certain town, one rich and the other poor.
The rich man had a very large number of sheep and cattle,
but the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food, drank from his cup and even slept in his arms. It was like a daughter to him.
“Now a traveler came to the rich man, but the rich man refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare a meal for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the ewe lamb that belonged to the poor man and prepared it for the one who had come to him.”
David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan, “As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this deserves to die!
He must pay for that lamb four times over, because he did such a thing and had no pity.”
Then Nathan said to David, “You are the man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.
I gave your master’s house to you, and your master’s wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah. And if all this had been too little, I would have given you even more.
Why did you despise the word of the LORD by doing what is evil in his eyes? You struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and took his wife to be your own. You killed him with the sword of the Ammonites.
Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’
“This is what the LORD says: ‘Out of your own household I am going to bring calamity upon you. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to one who is close to you, and he will lie with your wives in broad daylight.
You did it in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.’”
Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” Nathan replied, “The LORD has taken away your sin. You are not going to die.
But because by doing this you have made the enemies of the LORD show utter contempt, the son born to you will die.”
After Nathan had gone home, the LORD struck the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and he became ill.
David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and went into his house and spent the nights lying on the ground.
The elders of his household stood beside him to get him up from the ground, but he refused, and he would not eat any food with them.
On the seventh day the child died. David’s servants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they thought, “While the child was still living, we spoke to David but he would not listen to us. How can we tell him the child is dead? He may do something desperate.”
David noticed that his servants were whispering among themselves and he realized the child was dead. “Is the child dead?” he asked. “Yes,” they replied, “he is dead.”
Then David got up from the ground. After he had washed, put on lotions and changed his clothes, he went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they served him food, and he ate.
His servants asked him, “Why are you acting this way? While the child was alive, you fasted and wept, but now that the child is dead, you get up and eat!”
He answered, “While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept. I thought, ‘Who knows? The LORD may be gracious to me and let the child live.’
But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”
Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and lay with her. She gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. The LORD loved him;
and because the LORD loved him, he sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah.
Meanwhile Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal citadel.
Joab then sent messengers to David, saying, “I have fought against Rabbah and taken its water supply.
Now muster the rest of the troops and besiege the city and capture it. Otherwise I will take the city, and it will be named after me.”
So David mustered the entire army and went to Rabbah, and attacked and captured it.
He took the crown from the head of their king—its weight was a talent of gold, and it was set with precious stones—and it was placed on David’s head. He took a great quantity of plunder from the city and brought out the people who were there, consigning them to labor with saws and with iron picks and axes, and he made them work at brickmaking. He did this to all the Ammonite towns. Then David and his entire army returned to Jerusalem.
Introduction:
The last few weeks we have been studying the life of David. We discovered that a nobody became a somebody, a somebody became a fugitive, a fugitive became king and the king grew the kingdom and now the king falls into sin because he thought he was somebody special and above the law of God.
Swindoll states, The Bible never flatters its heroes. All the men and women of Scripture have feet made of clay, and when the Holy Spirit paints a portrait of their lives, He’s a very realistic artist. He doesn’t ignore, deny, or overlook the dark side. Personally, when I step into this chapter in David’s life, I am forever grateful that God has finished writing Scripture. There is not a person I know who would want to have his failures and vices recorded for all generations to read and discuss and make movies about and write books on and preach sermons on down through the centuries “(David, 179).
Video Clip from HBO “The Trials of Ted Haggard”
MacDonald states, “We can be thankful that Scripture deals openly with failure. The defects of the saints are not edited out. The dark sides of people who made a difference in their generations are there for all to see: King David’s adultery and murderous scheming, Elijah’s loss of nerve, Jonah’s vindictive spirit.”
Personal Story: Years ago after becoming a Christian – I guess maybe three years old in the Lord a temptress came in to my life. She was the sister of a friend of mine. She confessed to being Born Again. So she and I went out a few times and it became obvious that she wanted more than just a dating relationship – and hinted that she wanted more than just a kiss. I prayed to the Lord what I should do about this relationship – here are the Bible references which popped in to my mind – right after my prayer:
Proverbs 31: 3: Do not spend your strength on women, your vigor on those who ruin kings.
Proverbs 7:24-27: Now then, my sons, listen to me; pay attention to what I say. Do not let your heart turn to her ways or stray into her paths. Many are the victims she has brought down; her slain are a mighty throng. Her house is a highway to the grave, leading down to the chambers of death.
The Bible is about real life. It shows us the good with the bad. This is was God’s intention was when He had it penned for us. We need to use it to grow in life because it is filled with wisdom and insight. It will give us insight and direction in what to do and what not to do. If we learn its lessons well then we will save ourselves a lot of heartache.
T. S. - Lets now explore the life of David as he fell into sin and learn lessons from the king’s failure.
I. What causes kings or queens to fall? What causes leaders in the Kingdom of God to fall?
a. A lesson from a fallen king - David’s life is set in Scripture to teach us what to do and what not to do in life and in leadership (II Samuel 11).
i. When you become a king or queen in the kingdom there are things we need to guard against. The first one is to make sure you are where God wants you to be at all times. Being in the wrong place at the wrong time and doing the wrong thing has brought many kings down.
1. Illustration: Humpty Dumpty character
a. Have you ever asked yourself this question about Humpy Dumpty:
i. “Why was an egg sitting on the edge of the wall?”
1. Eggs belong in a safe container so they will not get broke.
b. It sounds to me that this big egg was in the wrong place. He should have been where he was suppose to be in an egg carton.
i. Just a thought on the big egg!
2. But reality sets in II Samuel as we discover David is acting like Humpty Dumpty he sitting on the top of his palace leaning over peeping at a women taking a bath and he is about to fall over the edge and go splat and the result will be scrambled David on the verge of being fried.
3. II Samuel 11: 1 gives us our first flag of warning - 1. In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, David sent Joab out with the king’s men and the whole Israelite army. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained in Jerusalem.
a. There is a big - BUT- here that flags us as leaders in the kingdom.
b. David was not where he was supposed to be!
i. It would have been safer for him on the battlefield.
ii. BUT he is at home in idleness enjoying the good life of prosperity.
iii. He is 51 and taking in the pleasure of leisure.
iv. He tells himself” I have earned this!”
c. Instead of leading his men into battle he was at home being idle-doing nothing eating-enjoying his wives, laying in the sun, and soaking in his palace. But he is in the wrong place!
i. His being at the wrong place at the wrong time was about to cost him dearly.
ii. His idleness was going to extract a terrible price on his life, his families lives and on others lives.
iii. Scripture warns us against idleness.
1. Proverbs 31:27 “She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.”
2. I Thess. 5:14 “says warn those who are idle.”
3. I Thess. 3:6-15 -Talks about the danger of idleness and warns against it. Paul states, “We hear that some among you are idle. They are not busy they are busybodies.”
d. Right here is where whistles start blowing and the word Danger starts flashing over, and over!
i. The Holy Spirit is yelling and David is yawning.
ii. Flesh is rising up above the Spirit and it is taking over. The life of David is going to spin out of control.
iii. Why because David gets caught up in idleness and forgets about God.
1. He did not heed to the instructions of Deut. 17:14-20 which tells him to stay focused on the Lord not on other things.
e. Something has begun to deteriorate in our hero- “Our man after God’s own heart!” has started to digress from being God centered to self-centered!
i. All the years of doing what is right is about to be tarnished by the failure of the up and coming moment.
1. F.B.Meyer states, “One brief spell of passionate indulgence, and then-his character blasted irretrievably; his peace vanished; the foundation of his kingdom imperiled; the Lord displeased; and great occasion given to his enemies to blaspheme!”
f. Success has a way of doing this to people. If they do not guard their hearts after they have become successful then pride, ego, self-centeredness starts to rise to the forefront.
i. David did so well under hardship that he never saw the subtle temptation of success as a means that could destroy him. It was the good life that led the king’s heart away from the Lord.
1. A strong warning to America today is being sounded by the Holy Spirit but pride is causing this nation to blow it off!
ii. Swindoll states, “Our most difficult times are not when things are going hard. Hard times create dependent people. You don’t get proud when you’re dependent on God. Survival keeps you humble. Pride happens when everything is swinging in your direction” (183).
iii. David bit on the bit and it bit him back ferociously.
1. He bit on the philosophy of the “pursuit of happiness”.
2. He had a right to enjoy pleasure upon pleasure!
iv. Some of the most successful leaders are not defeated from an outside force but from an inward force.
1. It’s an internal slow slide from Gods ways.
2. This disease affects the roots and slowly rots away the roots and eventually the tree falls over.
ii. The Second thing to guard against is the attitude of not being willing to here the warnings of those who are around you. II Samuel 11:3, “and David sent someone to find out about her. The man said, “Isn’t this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite?”
1. In other words “She’s married!”
a. “Watch it David she is already married –don’t be stupid –wake up and get your lust under control-quit drooling!”
i. The voices echoes in the background!
b. Swindoll states,’ I believe that the servant knew exactly what David was thinking. He could see her down there. He was a man as well. He knew his master. He’d seen the harem. He’d watched David operate with women, and so he warned him as he answered him” (187).
c. Indirectly he is saying how many wives do you have David – that one belongs to a faithful warrior of yours?
i. Once again this is contrary to what the Lord says to do in Deut. 17:17 a king was not to take many wives for they would lead him astray.
1. Quick thought on lust- It does not matter how many women you have or men it will never be satisfied because it keeps wanting more and more. It’s never fulfilled.
2. It’s bondage not a blessing!
3. Genuine love is a blessing- not selfish lust!
iii. The third aspect to guard yourself against and watch out for is that when you open the door for sin to come in it will roar in like a flood.
1. David not only looked and lusted he invited it into his house with him.
a. This would have future impact upon his family, his nation, his position as king, and his position in the sight of the Lord.
i. At the time sin seems so insignificant -so what if I sleep with him or her- big deal!
ii. Some just fall into these situations and forget about God!
1. Because the flesh is in control!
iii. Others say, “It’s only one night- God will forgive me.” “He is a God of grace- no one will know!”
2. Sin always has consequences that are far reaching. Take a look at society:
a. 50% Divorce rate.
b. Fatherless families
c. Motherless families
d. Drug addictions
e. Broken homes
f. Abortion-the killing of innocent unborn babies by the millions.
g. Lies and more lies everywhere.
h. An anti-God attitude.
i. A society falling from within!
j. A nation not under God but under sin!
i. Their forgetting about God and letting the flesh lead and direct.
iv. Ben Stein’s commentary – see copy
1. Swindoll notes, “It’s been my observation over the years that the devil never tips his hand in temptation. He shows you only the beauty, the ecstasy, the fun, the excitement, and the stimulating adventure of stolen desires. But he never tells the heavy drinker. ‘Tomorrow morning there’ll be a hangover. Ultimately your ruin your family.” He never tells the drug user early on, ‘This is the beginning of a long, sorrowful, dead-end road.’ He never tells the thief. ‘Your going to get caught, friend. You do this, and you’ll wind up behind bars.’ He certainly doesn’t warn the adulterer, ‘You know, pregnancy is a real possibility.’ Or, ‘You could get a life threatening disease.’ Are you kidding? Face it, when the sin is done and all the penalties of that sin come due, the devil is nowhere to be found. He smiles as you fall…but leaves you with no encouragement when the consequences kick in” (187,188).
a. This principle needs to be learned to keep from falling. We must realize that ONE SIN always leads to more sin and more destruction.
i. It has a domino effect. It affects more than just the sinner.
ii. Once sin is in-it multiplies itself.
b. The first step is always the hardest but the more you do it the easier it gets to keep on doing it.
i. It’s like the safety is removed from a gun and the lock is unlocked so it’s easy to shoot, to shoot, and to shoot.
ii. Without ever thinking about it or pondering before you do it.
1. Sin starts to be fired everywhere and at everyone and win it hits it hurts and it will cause destruction!
iii. The problem is you quit asking God for direction and let the flesh start telling you what to do.
1. One lie always leads to more lies to cover up the first lie.
2. One affair leads to more affairs and deception comes in to cover up every encounter. Lies role off the tongue and out of the heart.
3. When they cannot cover it up anymore they go deeper into sin and use more and more drastic measures to hide the original sin.
iv. They take on a delusional mind-set.
1. They start calling evil good and good evil.
2. They start justifying sin after sin.
3. They sear the heart with the hot iron of sin and desensitize it to the Holy Spirit’s correction.
4. It’s going on all over the place today!
5. Sin abounds and people continue trying to hide sin with sin.
6. Deception never leads to freedom and revival it only leads to bondage and destruction.
v. The fourth lesson you need to learn about dropping you guard is that if you try to cover it up – God promises to expose you (Luke 12:1-3).
1. Luke 12:1-3 Jesus tells us, “Meanwhile, when a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples, saying: "Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known. What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the roofs.”
a. God sees every sin and every unrepentant sin and it will be exposed!
a. It will come out in the light!
i. Illustration from the movie we saw the other night. “Meet the Parents.”
b. Sin is always uncovered!
T.S. - David fell into sin because his heart strayed from the things of the Lord and it took a revival encounter to see him restored.
II. David’s life models for us how to receive revival in the midst of our failures (II Samuel 12).
a. The proper understanding of the revival is:
i. In the New Testament, revival is a translation of the compound word anazao, which literally means, “again to live”. It is used in the spiritual sense of bringing life to a Christian who has fallen asleep, or rebelled against God.
ii. Wilkerson states, ‘ In this law (The law of revival), revival refers to the process of bringing back to full life a Christian who has fallen into sin and is living in known disobedience to the Lord.”
b. Nathan’s as a prophet of God models for us how to bring revival to a fallen king or queen. David models for us how to receive revival even after we have fallen. (The following information is taken and adapted from Dr. Wilkerson’s book The Seven Laws Of The Learner.)
i. Step one in revival starts when God decides to send someone to the fallen person to point out their predicament.
1. II Samuel 12:1a – “The Lord sent Nathan to David…”
a. Nathan was commissioned by God to go to David.
i. Commissioned means to be given authority to carry out the task at hand. He was granted certain power and position by God to deal with the king.
ii. When Nathan appeared before the king he knew he was doing God’s will.
iii. Our direct commission from God is what gives us the right to confront in love when someone is wrong.
2. The key to seeing people restored is found in the fact that God still does love fallen individuals.
a. That’s demonstrated in the cross!
3. The Lord will send people to confront them and ask for a change of heart so He can restore them. It’s actually an act of love and not hate! Here this –let it sink in NOW!
a. But if you confront – you make sure you have God’s permission and if it’s in the church the permission of the leadership!
ii. Step two of igniting revival in a person’s heart is confrontation.
1. II Samuel 12:1b-9 - A fallen person must come to the realization that they are wrong.
a. It’s the idea of pointing out a boundary that has been illegally crossed and violated.
b. Confrontation brings the individual face to face with the truth of their boundary violation.
c. Nathan in our passage did this with David. His confrontation helped David see himself in God’s true spotlight. And conviction flooded down upon David.
d. The Prophet lead David to discover his error by doing three things:
i. He confronted him with a parable to drive home how unjust this person was (II Samuel 12:1b-6)
ii. He confronted through describing the nature of God (II Samuel 12:7-8).
iii. He confronted by listing specific sins (12:9-10)
e. Nathan knew that to be effective in confronting sin you had to be direct, specific and true. He did not beat around the bush he shared the truth in love right there and then!
f. Confrontation is not easy for anyone, but the Lord admonishes us to do it.
i. Just remember these valuable lessons:
1. Make sure God has commissioned you to be the confronter.
2. Always use the Biblical word for the sin they have committed.
3. Do not move beyond this step of revival unless the person admits their sin.
iii. The third step in revival caused by them admitting they have sinned against God and the teachings of the Biblical.
1. We should confront fallen individuals when we are sure they have broken clear Biblical mandates.
a. The Bible is God’s word. There are no absolutes without the Bible. But, with the Bible, we can all know whether an act is a sin or not.
b. The Word of God establishes those boundaries not man.
i. This is not about what you or I think!
ii. We see what happens when there are no absolutes in a society.
1. Look at this election.
2. Look at the court cases.
3. Men and women are deciding what they think is right and wrong.
c. The point here is to get the individual to admit they have broken God’s law to give them its Biblical name.
d. To get them to come clean and be willing to confess their sin.
iv. The fourth step in revival is to restore but let the individual know that there are consequences for their sin (II Samuel 12:10-14).
1. When a person disobeys God’s Word, they underestimate two things.
a. The seriousness of their sinful behavior
b. The negative consequences of that behavior to themselves, their family, their friends, their relationships, their church, and their community.
2. Confrontation that leads to revival helps the person see the past and its sinful acts, consequences help the person see the present and future harm of the sin’s results.
a. Nathan noted five categories of consequences.
i. Consequence to the individual.
ii. Consequence to the immediate family.
iii. Consequence to the Community- Israelite or Christian
iv. Consequence to the Community- non-Israelite or Christian
v. Consequences to the Lord God- His pain as a result of our sin. He experiences it too!
v. The fifth step to revival is when the fallen one confesses (II Samuel 12:13) and experiences God’s grace.
1. Confession means to undeniably make known to others, one’s error or wrongdoing. David states in verse 13 “I have sinned against the Lord!’
a. Confession is the first step on the positive side of revival, and represents the hinge swinging between revival and rebellion.
b. David’s full confession is found in Psalm 51
i. Note especially verse 17a, “The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart…”
c. Many want to put the pressure on God for Revival when in essence revival has to do with our actions or lack of action when it comes to sin.
d. II Chronicles 7:14 “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and heal their land.”
1. In this passage of Scripture God makes it clear that there are 4 conditions to revival.
a. Will you humble yourself?
b. Will you pray?
c. Will you seek God’s direction?
d. Will you turn from your wicked ways?
ii. Dr. Wilkinson states, “But how could turning from my wicked ways be a condition of revival? I had always thought acts of repentance and obedience were the results of revival, not the conditions for it. I had incorrectly thought that when God finally decided, in his sovereignty, to send revival, then I’d finally have the power to overcome my sins. So ultimately, then, who was I blaming for my wicked ways? In my confusion, who did I feel was responsible for not sending revival and solving all my problems? God! I sought for away to escape full responsibility for my action-and found none. If I wanted God to hear, forgive and heal, then I must first turn from my wicked ways. Could revival be that clear? Could revival be within the grasp of any of us who choose to obey God’s conditions? Yes, II Chronicles 7:14 forever answers the question of who is responsible to act so that revival can and will occur” (353).
III. What are four conditions necessary to have revival in your heart? (2 Chronicles 7:14)
a. “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place. I have chosen and consecrated this temple so that my Name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there.”
i. A humble heart!
ii. A heart of prayer!
iii. A heart seeking after God’s direction and plan!
iv. A heart that turns from wicked ways!
Conclusion: What have we learned today?
We have learned to guard against steps toward sin so that we don’t fall into sin’s deadly grip?
1. We are to be where we are supposed to be, not where we are not suppose to be!
2. We need to be receptive and listen to the warnings from those around us!
3. We need to learn that if we allow sin in the door it usually rolls in like a flood! And when sin is in the house it breeds more and more sin that affects everyone!
4. When you sin you need to understand, it will be exposed in time!
What are the five steps to seeing revival in a fallen individual’s heart?
1. The first step to revival happens when God sends someone to deal with sin.
2. The second step to revival is when that someone confronts and individual who sinned and they admit it.
3. The third step to revival is that when the sent one confronts sin it’s done through Biblical standards not their own standards and there is true repentance.
4. The fourth step to revival is to restore but then be honest and share the consequences of their sin.
5. The fifth step to revival is where the individual confesses his/her sin and asks for forgiveness and they experience the grace of God.
What are four conditions necessary to have revival in your heart? (2 Chronicles 7:14)
1. A humble heart!
2. A heart of prayer!
3. A heart seeking after God’s direction and plan!
4. A heart that turns from wicked ways!
Once we learn these principles then we will experience revival!
