MEMPHIS SCHOOL OF PREACHING

The broken hallelujah

2 Samuel 12
There is a blaze of light in
every word, it doesn’t
matter which you’ve heard
the holy or the broken
hallelujah
LEONARD COHEN
Sermon outline
DISCUSSION

The composition
The breaking
The darkness
The broken Hallelujahn
The composition
ITHE LORD GAVE DAVID THE
PERFECT MELODY AND THE
PERFECT WORDS TO SING IN
PRAISE TO HIM

1 Sam. 16:7, 12-13;

 THE SONG OF TRUST
The 1 Sam. 17:45: "I come to thee in the name of the

composition Lord hosts, the God of the armies of Israel..."

THE SONG OF VICTORY

2 Sam. 8:14: "And the Lord preserved David
whithersoever he went".

THE SONG OF MERCY

2 Sam. 9:1: "That I may shew kindness for
Jonathan's sake".
The breaking
THE SIN BROKE THE BEAUTIFUL SONG 
The sweet notes of trust, victory and mercy that the Lord had given to
David were turned into a worldly song of sin (2 Sam. 11).

D AV I D I S A M A N W O RT H Y O F D E AT H
The parable depicts the abominable nature of sin: It is a rebellious act of
injustice (2 Sam. 12).

D AV I D D E S P I S E D T H E B L E S S I N G S O F G O D
(12:7B-8).
there is nothing to stop him to commit that which is evil.

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The darkness
JUDGEMENT, MERCY AND PENITENCE

THROUGH THE THROUGH THE THROUGH THE

WORD COMES WORD COMES WORD COMES
JUDGEMENT MERCY PENITENCE
2 Sam. 12:10: Now 2 Sam. 12:13: The LORD 2 Sam. 12:15: "And the
therefore the sword shall also hath put away thy sin; LORD struck the child that
never depart from thine thou shalt not die. Uriah’s wife bare unto
house. David, and it was very
sick".
The broken
Hallelujah
"THEN DAVID AROSE FROM THE
EARTH, AND WASHED, AND
ANOINTED HIMSELF, AND
CHANGED HIS APPAREL, AND
CAME INTO THE HOUSE OF THE
LORD, AND WORSHIPPED..."

2 Sam. 12:20

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 This is what God expects from us
J E S U S C A M E T O S E E K A N D S AV E T H AT W H I C H I S L O S T
Luke 19:10

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