Keep Your SUDs in the Bucket (Lesson five)

This is lesson five of a five part series about experiencing forgiveness and restoration.

Noah, Abraham, Moses, Solomon and Peter all have something in common.

They all made seemingly unimportant decisions or SUDs, which ended up allowing sin into their lives. 

If you have been a Christian for any length of time, you probably can go ahead and add your name to the list, because you have not kept your SUD’s in the bucket.

2 Samuel 12:15 -16 & 22-24 NASB

(15)  So Nathan went to his house.  Then the LORD struck the child that Uriah's widow bore to David, so that he was very sick.

(16)  David therefore inquired of God for the child; and David fasted and went and lay all night on the ground.

(22)  He said, "While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept; for I said, 'Who knows, the LORD may be gracious to me, that the child may live.'

(23)  "But now he has died; why should I fast?  Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me."

(24)  Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and went in to her and lay with her; and she gave birth to a son, and he named him Solomon. Now the LORD loved him

(From last week) God says that if we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive our sins.  This doesn’t mean that we can just plan and do things and then run to God.  David’s SUD was staying home when he should have been doing God’s work.  The result was horrible and we will see later that even though David’s sin was forgiven he would still suffer from the consequences of his SUDS.

This week is later.  Since David had disobeyed God and had given his enemies reason to blaspheme God.  God would take the child that was conceived with Bathsheba. 

See even though there is forgiveness for sin, there is also consequences for the decisions we make.  However, let us never forget that we serve a merciful God.  God gave David and Bathsheba another child and his name was Solomon. 

Solomon would build God’s Temple and rule Israel with wisdom. 

EVEN THOUGH  our Seemingly unimportant decisions or SUDs

Can bring Sin into our lives we can rest assured that God will deal with us with all justice and mercy.  

It is always better to …

Keep Your Suds in the Bucket