The Lord considered what David had done to be evil (2 Samuel 11:27).
King David is well
known for being a young man who killed an enemy warrior so bad no one wanted to
deal with him. He eventually grew
through the ranks of Israel until he was king.
As a king he led his army into one battle after another, conquering and
taking territory for his country.
During a period of
his life and during a season when kings went out and battled David stayed home
in his castle. While looking over his
balcony one evening he happened to see a woman bathing on her roof top. David may have been looking a few times
before and couldn’t hold back from the temptation, but it is not clear whether or not he was
expecting to see her bathing. What is
clear is that he sent for her, got
her
pregnant and to cover up his affair, he made sure her husband died in
battle; but in having her husband die in battle, several other good
fighters were killed in the process.
Like most people who do terrible things, David must surely have had plenty of excuses to fall back on. I would think that he used all of the following:
1. I am protecting a woman from capital punishment.
2. I am helping to keep a marriage from going bad.
3. I am protecting a child from being considered a bastard.
4. I am protecting my testimony as a leader.
These are common today and I assume they were common back in David's day.
Like most people who do terrible things, David must surely have had plenty of excuses to fall back on. I would think that he used all of the following:
1. I am protecting a woman from capital punishment.
2. I am helping to keep a marriage from going bad.
3. I am protecting a child from being considered a bastard.
4. I am protecting my testimony as a leader.
These are common today and I assume they were common back in David's day.
To
cover up his affair, David had a General let the husband die in battle;
and to kill this husband, the General allowed several others to die.
David was a mass murderer, but his affair was kept secret, or at least
he thought it was. The truth is, his affair was well known - the social
media of his day (gossip) had already spread throughout the land.
David was the most powerful man in area, and as a result he was above the Law, but he was not above God's judgment. When Nathan the Prophet told King a parable of a rich man who brutally took another man's only sheep, David was so enraged that he demanded the rich man be put to death. When Nathan told the king it was him, David's secret was revealed and David was told this:
Why did you despise the word of the LORD by doing what is evil in his eyes? You struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and took his wife to be your own. You killed him with the sword of the Ammonites,,, you have despised me (2 Samuel 12:9-10).
Nathan was repulsed by David's actions and God was disgusted with David's acts of murder and adultery. When I see modern preachers busted for some sin, saying, "Jesus forgives me and that's all that is necessary" so quickly, I find many are offended because it so quickly dismisses the gravity of the situation. I feel like these people believe that God is up there in heaven, disappointed like a parent whose child stole a cookie, but quick to lovingly re embrace and to forgive. King David sought God with his whole heart and yet he dared not take his sin so lightly. His sin was terrible and he knew it.
When I hear preachers today say so quickly that God has forgiven, I am reminded of Psalm 51 where David, who loved God and was used by him in so many ways, pleaded with God for mercy and begged God not to take God's Spirit from him. I see in Psalm 51 a man who is vulnerable and humble.
David was the most powerful man in area, and as a result he was above the Law, but he was not above God's judgment. When Nathan the Prophet told King a parable of a rich man who brutally took another man's only sheep, David was so enraged that he demanded the rich man be put to death. When Nathan told the king it was him, David's secret was revealed and David was told this:
Why did you despise the word of the LORD by doing what is evil in his eyes? You struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and took his wife to be your own. You killed him with the sword of the Ammonites,,, you have despised me (2 Samuel 12:9-10).
Nathan was repulsed by David's actions and God was disgusted with David's acts of murder and adultery. When I see modern preachers busted for some sin, saying, "Jesus forgives me and that's all that is necessary" so quickly, I find many are offended because it so quickly dismisses the gravity of the situation. I feel like these people believe that God is up there in heaven, disappointed like a parent whose child stole a cookie, but quick to lovingly re embrace and to forgive. King David sought God with his whole heart and yet he dared not take his sin so lightly. His sin was terrible and he knew it.
When I hear preachers today say so quickly that God has forgiven, I am reminded of Psalm 51 where David, who loved God and was used by him in so many ways, pleaded with God for mercy and begged God not to take God's Spirit from him. I see in Psalm 51 a man who is vulnerable and humble.
For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun. 2 Samuel 12:12
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