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“When Heroes Let Us Down”
“When Heroes Let Us Down”
“Shoeless” Joe Jackson played in the majors from 1908-
1920 Lifetime .356 average
“Say It Ain’t So, Joe”
Chicago “Black Sox” Scandal
“Shoeless” Joe Jackson allegedly received $5,000 to help players
from the White Sox throw the 1919 World Series.
“Say It Ain’t So, Joe”
Legend has it that a little boy uttered the words, “Say it ain’t so,
Joe” as JAckson exited the courthouse following his trial.
Those words express the dismay we all feel when one of our heroes
lets us down.
“When Heroes Let Us Down”
“Say It Ain’t So, Joe”
Joe Paterno
Joe Paterno
Penn State Football Coachfrom 1966 – 2011
409 wins (most ever)
“When Heroes Let Us Down”
“Say It Ain’t So, Joe”
Joe Paterno
“Say It Ain’t So, Joe”
Paterno was fired by Penn State Trustees in November, after the
arrest of an assistant coach on his staff on child sexual abuse
charges.
“When Heroes Let Us Down”
“Say It Ain’t So, Joe”
Joe Paterno
“Say It Ain’t So, Joe”
How much Joe Paterno knew of the abusive behavior of his assistant
coach remains to be seen.
Ted HAggard
Pastor of 14,000 member church and president of 30
Million member National Assoc. Of Evangelicals
Ted HAggard
Was forced to resign from his church and N.A.E. as a result of
a scandal involving a male masseuse
2 Sam. 1:17-19 “Then David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son, and he told them to teach the children of Judah the Song of the Bow… “The
beauty of Israel is slain on your high places!
How the mighty have fallen!”
what is your response to these downfalls?
ANGer?Disappointment?
Cynicism?
David’s DownFall 2 Sam. 11:1 “It happened in the spring of the year, at the
time when kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the
people of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at
Jerusalem.”
David’s DownFall 2 Sam. 11:2 “Then it
happened one evening that David arose from his bed and
walked on the roof of the king’s house. And from the roof he
saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to
behold.”
David’s DownFall 2 Sam. 11:3-4 “So David sent
and inquired about the woman. And someone said, ‘Is this not
Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?’ Then David sent
messengers, and took her; and she came to him, and he lay
with her…”
David’s DownFall 2 Sam. 11:5 “And the woman
conceived; so she sent and told David, and said, ‘I am with
child.’”
David committed adultery. Bathsheba became pregnant.
Rather than confess and repent, He tried to cover-up
his sin.
David’s DownFall David brought Uriah back from the front and encouraged him to go home and sleep with his wife, Bathsheba, so he would
think the child was his.
Uriah could not do so in good conscience while his fellow
soldiers remained in the field.
David’s DownFall David’s cover-up turned
deadly as he sent Uriah back to the front carrying instructions to the commander of the army to place Uriah directly in front
of the enemy. When word came back to David that Uriah was Killed in battle, David took Bathsheba as his wife.
God Speaks2 Sam. 12: 7-9 “…Thus says the LORD God of Israel: ‘I anointed you king over
Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul. I gave you your
master’s house and your master’s wives into your keeping, and gave you the house of Israel and Judah. And if that had been too little, I also would
have given you much more! Why have you despised the commandment of
the LORD, to do evil in His sight?’”
What is the Christian Response to heroes who let us down?
1. Pray for them - responsibility
- repentance - restoration
What is the Christian Response to heroes who let us down?
2 Sam. 12:13 “So David said to Nathan, ‘I have
sinned against the LORD.’”
What is the Christian Response to heroes who let us down?
2. Resist the urge to “Pile On”
“All have sinned and fall short…” Rom. 3:23
What is the Christian Response to heroes who let us down?
3. Avoid putting leaders on pedestals. We all have “feet of clay” (Daniel 2:31-33)
What is the Christian Response to heroes who let us down?Prov. 16:18 “Pride
goes before destruction, And a
haughty spirit before a fall.”
What is the Christian Response to heroes who let us down?
4. Do not use Leader’s sin as a license for your own. Learn from their mistakes - Don’t repeat them.
What is the Christian Response to heroes who let us down?
5. REMEMBER THAT JESUS WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN!
What is the Christian Response to heroes who let us down?Heb. 13:5 “For He
Himself has said, ‘I will never leave you nor
forsake you.’”
What is the Christian Response to heroes who let us down?
Heb. 4:15 “For we do not have a high priest who is unable to
empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one
who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did
not sin.
Hope for AllDavid repented of his sin (read Psalm
51) and received God’s
discipline. God showed David grace &
eventually restored him.
Hope for AllIn Acts, Paul refers to David as “A Man After God’s Own Heart,” and reminds his listeners that Jesus’ lineage
goes through David’s family.
Hope for AllNone of us are beyond
the reach of God’s Grace!
Receive It Today!
Pray for God’s forgiveness in Christ!