"Don’t you dare think you can ever destroy my plan for your life." God

Here is the conclusion of Tim Keller's sermon "Healing of Sin - Part 2", from Psalm 51. Keller refers to Matthew 1:6, "And Jesse the father of David the king. And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah…."

"Yet, of all of the wives David had and of all of the children David had, why did God choose Solomon, the child of David and Bathsheba, to be the joy of David’s life and to be the one who kept on the messianic line and through whom comes Jesus? Why is it that David and Bathsheba, still called Uriah’s wife, is in the genealogy of Jesus in Matthew 1?

"It’s God’s way of saying, 'If you sin, my dear children, there will be consequences, and maybe very long-term ones, but you never, ever, ever go on to plan B. I am so wise and so sovereign, and I love you so much, I will weave even your failures into plan A. I will continue to work through you, even in greater ways, after your sin. Don’t you dare sin. It wrongs me, and it will hurt you, and there will be consequences, but on the other hand, don’t you dare think you can ever destroy my plan for your life. There is no plan B.' Solomon!

"To paraphrase the Westminster Confession, 'As there is no sin so small but it deserves destruction, so there is no sin so great that it can bring destruction upon those who truly repent.'”

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