What is it Going to Cost You to Put Away Sin?

We like our heroes to be flawless.

We love the story of David standing over Goliath because we love an underdog. But scripture refuse to hide the dark side of Israel's greatest king. We don't like to talk about the civil war David fought against his own son, or the ten concubines he left behind to be violated in the sight of all Israel. Yet, it took the fracture of his family and the ripping apart of his nation for David to finally lock those concubines away—putting a radical, painful end to the sexual compromise that had defined his life.

In another deep-dive archive sermon from 2024, Clayton opens up 2 Samuel 20:3 and Matthew 5 to ask a piercing question: What is it going to cost you to finally put away your sin? True sanctification isn't a passive, effortless experience. It requires a brutal, Holy Spirit-driven determination to cut off the things that entice us. Join us as we look past the sanitized versions of biblical history to explore the high cost of holiness, the delusion of trying to serve two masters, and why it is infinitely better to lose your worldly comforts than to forfeit your soul.

In this episode, we explore:

• The Unsanitized King: Why God exposes the deep moral failures of a man after His own heart.
• Radical Amputation: What Jesus actually meant when He commanded us to gouge out our eyes and cut off our hands.
• The Trapped Concubines: Understanding the historical justice, shame, and sobriety behind David's decision to lock the doors.
• The Price of Freedom: Why killing your sin might cost your friendships, your reputation, or your comfort—and why Christ is worth it all.