Hope Beyond Failure. (2 Samuel 12: 1-31)

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If a believer commits a colossal sin… is there any hope for that person?

Our instinct is to answer quickly: “Of course there’s hope!” But if we’re honest — and if we’re biblical — the answer is a little more nuanced.

Sometimes the answer is yes. Sometimes the answer is yes, but not right now, and sometimes the answer is yes, but the road back will be long and painful.

So, what determines how that future hope is played out?

That’s exactly what 2 Samuel 12 is about. David has just committed the darkest sin of his life — adultery, deception, and some would say, murder. And now the question hangs in the air: Is there hope for someone like that? Is there hope for a believer who has fallen that far? Is there hope for us when we fail?....

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