Repentance at the Altar

Psalm 51: 10-12 (NIV) – ¹⁰ Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. ¹¹ Do not cast me from your presence    or take your Holy Spirit from me. ¹² Restore to me the joy of your salvation    and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.

God can’t grow new life in soil that is choked by old sin.

What you don’t pull today will overrun tomorrow.

These offerings weren’t meant to be punishments, they were pathways to restoration.

Mercy = Not getting what we deserve

David had a pattern of rebellion that he needed God to deal with.