September 22 – 2 Samuel 12:7-14
September 22 – 2 Samuel 12:7-14
[7] Nathan said to David, “You are the man! Thus says the
LORD, the God of Israel, ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you
out of the hand of Saul. [8] And I gave you your master’s house and your
master’s wives into your arms and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah.
And if this were too little, I would add to you as much more. [9] Why have you
despised the word of the LORD, to do what is evil in his sight? You have struck
down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and have taken his wife to be your wife
and have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites. [10] Now therefore the
sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised me and have
taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.’ [11] Thus says the LORD,
‘Behold, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house. And I will
take your wives before your eyes and give them to your neighbor, and he shall
lie with your wives in the sight of this sun. [12] For you did it secretly, but
I will do this thing before all Israel and before the sun.’” [13] David said to
Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” And Nathan said to David, “The LORD
also has put away your sin; you shall not die. [14] Nevertheless, because by
this deed you have utterly scorned the LORD, the child who is born to you shall
die.”
In this passage we see that God is warning David that He
will bring rebellion into the family of David. David would see others be
sexually active with his wives as David had been with Bathsheba. God wanted
David to understand that he would reap what he had sown.
Sin is never without consequences. We cannot hide our sin
from God. Be careful where you go, what you see and hear and how you conduct
yourselves. The Bible commands us to walk in a manor worthy of the Lord.
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