PROCLAMATION
“Two years later … Absalom went to the king ‘… please
let my brother Amnon come with us’ … Absalom
ordered his men, ‘Listen! When Amnon is
in high spirits from drinking wine and I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon down,’ then
kill him. Don’t be afraid. Haven’t I given you this order? Be strong and brave.’ So Absalom’s men did to Amnon what Absalom
had ordered …” 2 Samuel 13:23-28 (NIV)
EXPLANATION
David’s son Amnon became obsessed with his beautiful
half-sister, Tamar. (2 Samuel 13:1-2)
With the help of his advisor, Amnon developed a plan, pretending to be
sick, to have King David send Tamar to care for him and feed him. (2 Samuel
13:3-7) Tamar went to his house and
prepared a meal for him. When she took
the food to his bedroom, he grabbed her, then he raped her. (2 Samuel
13:8-14) When Absalom found out what had
happened to his sister, he hated Amnon, but he kept quiet about it. (2 Samuel
13:20-22) Years later he devised a plan
to kill Amnon for disgracing his sister.
APPLICATION
The Bible teaches us to flee fornication (1
Corinthians 6:18) and that no one is to have sexual relations with any close
relative. (Leviticus 18:6-18) Forced
sexual relations with an unmarried relative just make a bad situation worse,
and the passage of time does not erase the sin.
While we are taught not to hold a grudge against one another, (James
5:9) some people can hold a grudge for a long time. Just because time passes by does not mean
that we got away with a sin without getting caught. Man may not catch us, but The Lord God sees
all (Psalm 33:13) and one day we will have to give an account for our actions.
(Luke 16:2 and Revelation 20:12-13)
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