PROCLAMATION
“And it
came to pass … that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of
the king’s house; and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the
woman was very beautiful to look upon.
And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, ‘Is not this Bath-Sheba, the
daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?’ And David sent messengers, and took her; and
she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her
uncleanness; and she returned unto her house.”
2 Samuel 11:2-4 (KJV)
EXPLANATION
It was springtime
and time to go to war, but this time King David did not go with the Israelite
army, he chose to remain in Jerusalem. (2 Samuel 11:1) While walking
around on the rooftop patio of his palace, David saw a beautiful woman bathing,
probably on the roof of her home. After
he found out who she was, David sent for her, and she came to him, and he slept
with her. David let his lustful human nature take control and he
sinned. Actually, David had compounded the first sin, lust, with a
second sin, adultery, and then later with another sin, murder. David
had her husband killed so that the sin which he had committed with Uriah’s
wife, and her subsequent pregnancy, would not be discovered. (2 Samuel 11:14-17) After a period of mourning for Uriah, Bath-Sheba
became David’s wife and she bore him a son. His actions displeased
The Lord God and David would have to pay for his sins. (2 Samuel 11:27)
APPLICATION
David was a
man after God’s own heart, (1 Samuel 13:14) but he was human, he was a man, and
like all men he was a sinner. (Romans 3:23) Here he let his lust for
Bathsheba get the best of him. David was not where he was supposed
to be, he was idle, he had a wandering eye, he did not suppress his sinful
thoughts, he acted on them. We all have weakness for one sin or
another, and a sin is a sin. We are more likely to fall into
temptation when we are not where we are supposed to be. There is an
old saying, “An idle mind is the devil’s workshop.” We all occasionally have sinful thoughts
(Proverbs 23:7 and Matthew 5:28) and at times we act on those thoughts and
thereby committing another sin. That is why we need to pray and ask
to be forgiven for our sinful thoughts, words, and actions. We also
need to ask The Lord God to create within us a clean heart and mind, (Psalm
51:10) and for Him to guide and direct us. (Proverbs 3:6)
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