2-Samuel 11,12
Reap what you sow
King David is the most known Israel King because of his faithfulness to the Lord. But just like any human being David had flaws and sinned. One of the major sins that is recorded in Bible is his act of adultery which lead to him killing a loyal and innocent man along with a few more of his warriors.
David saw a beautiful woman, Bathsheba, bathing. After asking about her, he found out that she was married to one of the great warriors from his army, but regardless of this knowledge his desires took over his heart and he took Bathsheba into his chamber, slept with her and she became pregnant.
Her husband did not know of this and so David acted out of his own wisdom to cover up his mistake. He ordered the leader of the militia, Joab to put Bathsheba's husband, Uriah in the front line so he would get killed. Joab listened to David and thus David thoughts he covered his shameful act of adultery, and took Bathsheba as his wife.
"But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord" (Ch.11 verse 27)
God sent Nathan to tell David that he will be punished for this act.
God says that "The sword shall never depart from your[David's] house." (Ch.12 verse 10)
"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" (Ch.12 verse 11)
David then realizes his sin and repents, but his sin does not go unpunished, and Nathan says that David's son that Bathsheba bore him will die. In seven days the child was dead.
But Bathsheba bore David another child named Solomon, and the Lord loved him.
Today...
David was one of the greatest king in the history of God's people, but I believe it is important to realize that he was a human too, and he had flaws.
First David had though about the act of adultery, by looking and desiring Bathsheba. Then he acted on this thought by asking about her. He found out that she was married to one of his loyal warriors, and he knew the what he was doing was wrong but the desire was stronger and he committed the sin of adultery. I think that he felt guilty and therefore ordered Joab to place Bathsheba's husband in the line of attack so he will die. He sacrificed not only the life of Uriah, but also other warriors who died when Joab was putting David's order into play. And in front of people David seemed innocent but our God is everywhere and has seen everything.
When we sin and know we've done something wrong we have two choices: either to cover up our sin with a lie or by doing something else or to repent and to accept the blame and punishment.
There are countless example in my life when I chose to cover my mistakes up by a lie rather than admitting to them and accepting the punishment. There were so many times in my childhood when my parents would tell me to be careful with a delicate object like a vase. Later in the day that vase would be crushed or dropped and shattered. I would of course hide it somewhere and when my parents discovered the missing vase I would lie and say I don't know what happened to it. Then when they find the hidden broken vase I would lie that it wasn't my fault or that I didn't know who did it. This snowball of lies would just keep getting bigger and bigger. Until my parents would tell me that they can see right though me and then I got punished not only for breaking the vase but also for lying.
It's hard to stop sinning and it's much easier to cover things up and go on with our lives like it didn't ever happen. But covering up requires more sinning. Unless we choose to shine the light of the Lord into our lives and accept our wrong doings and repent we will always find excuses to sin.
Everyone will reap what they have sown but if we repent and turn away from your sinful ways while living here on earth we will reap what we've sown on this earth and not in the everlasting life, others who deny their sinful nature and reject Jesus will reap what they sow in their everlasting life.
King David is the most known Israel King because of his faithfulness to the Lord. But just like any human being David had flaws and sinned. One of the major sins that is recorded in Bible is his act of adultery which lead to him killing a loyal and innocent man along with a few more of his warriors.David saw a beautiful woman, Bathsheba, bathing. After asking about her, he found out that she was married to one of the great warriors from his army, but regardless of this knowledge his desires took over his heart and he took Bathsheba into his chamber, slept with her and she became pregnant.
Her husband did not know of this and so David acted out of his own wisdom to cover up his mistake. He ordered the leader of the militia, Joab to put Bathsheba's husband, Uriah in the front line so he would get killed. Joab listened to David and thus David thoughts he covered his shameful act of adultery, and took Bathsheba as his wife.
"But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord" (Ch.11 verse 27)
God sent Nathan to tell David that he will be punished for this act.
God says that "The sword shall never depart from your[David's] house." (Ch.12 verse 10)
"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" (Ch.12 verse 11)
David then realizes his sin and repents, but his sin does not go unpunished, and Nathan says that David's son that Bathsheba bore him will die. In seven days the child was dead.
But Bathsheba bore David another child named Solomon, and the Lord loved him.
Today...
David was one of the greatest king in the history of God's people, but I believe it is important to realize that he was a human too, and he had flaws.
First David had though about the act of adultery, by looking and desiring Bathsheba. Then he acted on this thought by asking about her. He found out that she was married to one of his loyal warriors, and he knew the what he was doing was wrong but the desire was stronger and he committed the sin of adultery. I think that he felt guilty and therefore ordered Joab to place Bathsheba's husband in the line of attack so he will die. He sacrificed not only the life of Uriah, but also other warriors who died when Joab was putting David's order into play. And in front of people David seemed innocent but our God is everywhere and has seen everything.
When we sin and know we've done something wrong we have two choices: either to cover up our sin with a lie or by doing something else or to repent and to accept the blame and punishment.
There are countless example in my life when I chose to cover my mistakes up by a lie rather than admitting to them and accepting the punishment. There were so many times in my childhood when my parents would tell me to be careful with a delicate object like a vase. Later in the day that vase would be crushed or dropped and shattered. I would of course hide it somewhere and when my parents discovered the missing vase I would lie and say I don't know what happened to it. Then when they find the hidden broken vase I would lie that it wasn't my fault or that I didn't know who did it. This snowball of lies would just keep getting bigger and bigger. Until my parents would tell me that they can see right though me and then I got punished not only for breaking the vase but also for lying.
It's hard to stop sinning and it's much easier to cover things up and go on with our lives like it didn't ever happen. But covering up requires more sinning. Unless we choose to shine the light of the Lord into our lives and accept our wrong doings and repent we will always find excuses to sin.
Everyone will reap what they have sown but if we repent and turn away from your sinful ways while living here on earth we will reap what we've sown on this earth and not in the everlasting life, others who deny their sinful nature and reject Jesus will reap what they sow in their everlasting life.
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