THE UTTER DESTRUCTIVENESS OF SINFUL ACTIONS
One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful, and David sent someone to find out about her. The man said, “She is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.” Then David sent messengers to get her. She came to him, and he slept with her. —II Samuel 11:2-4
How could I go to my house to eat and drink and make love to my wife? As surely as you live, I will not do such a thing!… At David’s invitation, he ate and drank with him, and David made him drunk. But in the evening Uriah went out to sleep on his mat among his master’s servants; he did not go home. In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah. In it he wrote, “Put Uriah out in front where the fighting is fiercest. Then withdraw from him so he will be struck down and die.” —II Samuel 11:11, 13-15
When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him. After the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing David had done displeased the Lord. —II Samuel 11:26-27
Temptation… if we continue being tempted then we will wind up doing something that will be regretted later and yet the destruction in another’s life could already be great. This is what happen to David—
- David couldn’t sleep
- He went for a walk on the roof of the palace
- From the roof he saw a woman bathing
- He saw that the woman was beautiful
- He sent someone to find out about her
- She was one of David’s faithful fighting men’s wives
- He sent for her
- She came to him
- He slept with her
- He tried covering his sexual sin
- He had someone killed to cover his sexual sin
- He believed He has covered up his sexual sin
- But God knew all about it
- God was displeased
To try to cover his sin, and Bathsheba was pregnant, he had Uriah, her husband, come back from the front lines of battle. Twice David encouraged Uriah to go home to his wife, but twice he refused and would not do it, but stayed among the soldiers. David, seeing his plan to have Uriah go down to his wife failed, devised another plan. “In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah. In it he wrote, “Put Uriah out in front where the fighting is fiercest. Then withdraw from him so he will be struck down and die.” And that is exactly what happened. “When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him. After the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing David had done displeased the Lord.”
A glance, continued look, temptation, giving into the temptation, sinning, seeking to cover the sin, destruction of lives… and thinking nobody knows… “But the thing David had done displeased the Lord.” The Lord knew what David did. He knew everything about David and He knows everything about us. Dear Father, may I not seek to “hide” or cover-up my sin, but immediately confess it to you. Please keep me from temptation and deliver me from the evil one. May this be so by the power of Your Holy Spirit and in the authority of Your Son Jesus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q70rky3GRXg&list=RDQ70rky3GRXg&start_radio=1