Faith Scale Essay

Faith Scales.

Create in me a clean heart O Lord. (Psalm51)

Intro.
Create in me a clean heart O God.

Let's have a look at some definitions of clean.

(Free dictionary.com) Clean is Free from dirt, stain or impurities; unsoiled.

But To be clean is to be
Free from foreign matter or pollution its Unadulterated:

Has anyone ever watched how clean is your house? Yeah a tad mingling and always makes me want to jump up and clean, not that my house looks like that for a second, but Why do we clean?

‘Well you never know what you have until you clean your room.’
‘I love cleaning up messes I didn't make so I became a wife and a mum.’

But What if you don't like cleaning.
Well You could always post a sign on your door that says :- ‘my
For whatever reason the day this sin took place King David had stayed behind in Jerusalem while Joab and the Isaraelite army went out to fight the Ammonites.
I want you to picture the scene - David after having an afternoon snooze gets out of bed and walks around the palace roof, he can see right across the city.
The King surveys the splendor of His Kingdom, Looking down he spots a very beautiful lady taking a bath. He immediately sends out a messenger to find out who she is. Upon being told that she is Bathsheba the wife of Uriah the Hittite. A messenger was sent back out to request her presence at the palace. Well I bet David couldn't believe his luck not only did The very beautiful Bathsheba arrive, but Her husband Uriah is out at war alongside Joab and the Israelite army. David's senses leave him and an adulteress act is committed.

Ok so a great sin, but he'd made a mistake - one sin committed and lesson learned??
No not David, upon later finding that Bathsheba is pregnant he tries to cover up his act. He summons her Husband Uriah to go on home to his wife for some rest and relaxation, he even sends a present to be waiting for him when he got
Two nights runnings he tries to coax Uriah into going home without success, he point blank refuses, there was no way he was going home when his fellowmen were standing guard against the enemies, and so he stayed at the palace gates with the guards. Uriah was certainly outshining King David In the loyalty department.
David was in it up to his neck, there was no way he could squirm his way out of this one. He was going to have to get rid of Uriah all together.

Now whether he thought because he'd committed one sin he may as well add another I don't know, but David goes from a moment of madness to premeditated murder.
He instructs Joab to place Uriah on the front line where the battle is the fiercest. Uriah was killed alongside those he faithfully stood side by side with for no other reason than to cover up someone else's sin.

Bathsheba mourned her husband, but when the period of mourning was over she was then taken By David to be one of his wives where she bore their son.
Winner winner, David now had a new wife a family and his sin covered up.
But had it? What about his relationship with God while all this had been going