Have you ever seen someone do something totally crazy or out of character and thought to yourself, "What in the world were they thinking?" That might be your first reaction when you read about David and Bathsheba in 2 Samuel 11. We've been looking at David's life for 5 weeks now and there seemed to be no indication that there was this lustful and murderous sin lurking right beneath the surface of this humble worshiper just waiting to explode. Right? But there it is - recorded for all to see in the pages of the Scriptures: lust... abuse of power... adultery... deceit... intentionally getting one of his faithful soldiers drunk... and to top it all off, murder.
Wait a minute, you might be thinking, isn't this David the man after God's own heart? David the giant slayer? David the guy who wrote so many worshipful Psalms? David the one you keep telling us each week that we have "so much to learn" from?
Yeah, that's the guy. How can this be? Go ahead and read 2 Samuel 11 (Psalm 51 might help as well) and join us this Sunday as we answer this question and examine the heart of David when he is at his worst.
Maybe we will discover together that you and I are not all that different from David after all...
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This failure in King David's life, as bad as it was, just shows God's continued grace in reminding us that none of us are above this very same sin. How many times have we been tempted to think we can go someplace we shouldn't go, be with someone we shouldn't be with and keep ourselves from sin? Or how about taking it a step further--the person is OK to be with, but how might we be tempted if we allowed ourselves to be ALONE for any length of time? We're playing with a fire and mocking God if we think we are above reproach...no matter how "good a Christian" we are.
I'm listening to this message today :-) Blessings, Pastor!
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