And in sin

Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me. - Psalm 51v5

Man is sick. He has a very serious illness that is part of his DNA. It is a common trait to all of mankind from the very beginning. Every ancestor in every person's past has the same incurable illness.

David knew all about it. He did not think that he was a sinner because he sinned. He knew that he sinned because he was a sinner. It was a part of his nature. He was rotten to the core. He knew that his problem went a whole lot deeper that a moment of pleasure with Bathsheba.

Sin is the most fatal of all fatal diseases. Sin entered the world through one man. Because of Adam's sin death was passed on to every generation and all men are sinners.

Because David knew that his problem was a problem from birth he knew that there was really nothing he could do about it. He knew that only God could solve that problem. That is why he threw himself on the mercy of God.

We are the same. We can't 'fix it.' Our only hope is a full reliance on the finished work of Christ on the cross. Though David may not have clearly seen the cross, he did know that he had to have God's mercy to have any hope.

Praise God for His cure for the illness we were born with!