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Day 118
Backtracking...as I have been praying and pondering over David's sin with Bathsheba.
Deu 22:22 If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.
According to the law...both David and Bathsheba should have died. God spared them. Showing mercy. The legalistic part of me wants to cry out, 'Not fair!'
Only by HIS grace are any of us spared from our sin and wickedness...I hold firmly to the doctrine of election, knowing it is only by HIS sovereign will that any are spared. When someone says that is not fair, the response is, 'True, we all deserve the death penalty.' So who am I to say anything against God's elect? And how HE decides to handle their sin.
Though David was cursed with the sword never departing from his house as today's reading shows.
Gal 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
Which should REALLY scare all of us...what have we sown that we will reap? O' Lord help us to sow abundantly spiritually, bringing forth a massive harvest to Your glory, but let those words, thoughts, deeds and/or actions be sowed sparingly. Lord, help us to weed out behavior and thoughts which do not give a proper estimate of who You are.
Birth of Solomon - 2 Samuel 12:24-25
Absalom's rebellion - David and Joab capture Rabbah - 2 Samuel 12:26-31; 1 Chronicles 20:1-3
Psalm 21
Troubles of Amnon, David's son, rapes his sister Tamar - 2 Samuel 13:1-22
Absalom's vengeance and flight - 2 Samuel 13:23-39
Joab persuades Absalom to return - 2 Samuel 14:1-33
Amnon could have asked for Tamar. Why did he pursue such a violent action? Wickedness, pure wickedness. Then David does not deal with the sin. Why not? Did he feel guilty for his sin and chose to not discipline? Lord, help us, though flawed to speak forth Your words, even if doing so cuts us to the quick because of our own sins.
Absalom chose to handle the situation...yet flees...is persuaded to return...finally sees his dad, King David, who says nothing about all that has transpired. Lord, help us not to sweep sin and/or rebellion under the 'rug,' but to deal with it, expose the rot to the light of Your Word. Help Your people to be bold witnesses, to give a proper account of who You are in every area of our lives.
Backtracking...as I have been praying and pondering over David's sin with Bathsheba.
Deu 22:22 If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.
According to the law...both David and Bathsheba should have died. God spared them. Showing mercy. The legalistic part of me wants to cry out, 'Not fair!'
Only by HIS grace are any of us spared from our sin and wickedness...I hold firmly to the doctrine of election, knowing it is only by HIS sovereign will that any are spared. When someone says that is not fair, the response is, 'True, we all deserve the death penalty.' So who am I to say anything against God's elect? And how HE decides to handle their sin.
Though David was cursed with the sword never departing from his house as today's reading shows.
Gal 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
Which should REALLY scare all of us...what have we sown that we will reap? O' Lord help us to sow abundantly spiritually, bringing forth a massive harvest to Your glory, but let those words, thoughts, deeds and/or actions be sowed sparingly. Lord, help us to weed out behavior and thoughts which do not give a proper estimate of who You are.
Birth of Solomon - 2 Samuel 12:24-25
Absalom's rebellion - David and Joab capture Rabbah - 2 Samuel 12:26-31; 1 Chronicles 20:1-3
Psalm 21
Troubles of Amnon, David's son, rapes his sister Tamar - 2 Samuel 13:1-22
Absalom's vengeance and flight - 2 Samuel 13:23-39
Joab persuades Absalom to return - 2 Samuel 14:1-33
Amnon could have asked for Tamar. Why did he pursue such a violent action? Wickedness, pure wickedness. Then David does not deal with the sin. Why not? Did he feel guilty for his sin and chose to not discipline? Lord, help us, though flawed to speak forth Your words, even if doing so cuts us to the quick because of our own sins.
Absalom chose to handle the situation...yet flees...is persuaded to return...finally sees his dad, King David, who says nothing about all that has transpired. Lord, help us not to sweep sin and/or rebellion under the 'rug,' but to deal with it, expose the rot to the light of Your Word. Help Your people to be bold witnesses, to give a proper account of who You are in every area of our lives.
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