II
Samuel 12. David Repents
“And
the Lord sent Nathan unto David.” Nathan is going to tell David a story. It is a story that will reveal David as
though he were looking in a mirror. The Word of God is a mirror that reveals us
as we are. He told David a story about two men in one city. One man was rich, and the other man was poor-
a typical city with its ghetto and its rich estates. The rich man had many
flocks and herds. The poor man had one little lamb. It was all the poor man
had. David thought Nathan had brought before him a case for someone in the
kingdom and was asking for David to rule upon it. David had a sense of right
and wrong. He also had a sense of justice.
It
is interesting how easily we can see the sin in someone else, but we cannot see
the sin in our own life. That was David’s problem.
It
took courage for Nathan to say “David, you are the guilty one.”
God
would have given David anything his heart wanted, but David longed for
something that was not his. Today’s mew morality says it is not sin, God still
says this is sin, and the man after God’s own heart cannot get by with it.
Can
a Christian sin? The answer is yes.
David should have died for his sin. God spared David’s life and put away his
sin, but David’s baby died. David went before God and pleaded for Him to spare
little fellow’s life. Finally, they brought word to David that the child was
dead. David knew that the little baby was saved, He said, “I will go to him
someday.”
When
a little baby dies today, that baby goes immediately to be with the Lord. That
is the teaching of the Word of God.
“And
David comforted Bath-Sheba, his wife, and went in to her, and lay with her: and
she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the Lord loved him.”
Please
read the chapter listed so that you can understand God’s Word better.
If
you have missed any lessons, you can go to: God Plans For You at https://sherrysouthard.blogspot.com. J. Vernon McGee Commentary and NKJ Bible and
Nelson’s Quick Reference.
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