CURSED FOR HIS PRIOR SINS

PROCLAMATION

“And when King David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera; he came forth, and cursed still as he came.  And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of King David; and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.  And thus said Shimei when he cursed, ‘Come out, come out, thou blood man, and thou man of Belial;  The Lord hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and The Lord hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son; and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, because thou art a blood man.’ ”  2 Samuel 16:5-8 (KJV)

 

EXPLANATION

These words were written under the influence of The Holy Spirit of God after the death of the prophet Samuel by Nathan the prophet and Gad the seer.  Because his son Absalom had become popular with the people, and had amassed himself a large army, and had declared himself to be king, David and his loyal followers and his family fled Jerusalem.  He went up to the top of the Mount of Olives. (2 Samuel 15:30)  On the other side of the summit he approached the town of Bahurim.  It was here that the man from Saul’s clan came out, cursed him, and threw rocks at him. (2 Samuel 16:5-8)  One of Davis’s men wanted to kill him for cursing the king, but David stopped him.  Even though he had not killed Saul, or his sons, or any members of his household as Shimei accused him of doing, he was a murderer.  David considered Shimei’s cursing to be part of God’s punishment for his sin with Bathsheba and Uriah and he humbly accepted it. (2 Samuel 16:9-13)  Meanwhile Absalom and his men came into Jerusalem and those who had remained there became loyal to him. (2 Samuel 16:15-19)  Then on the advice of Ahithophel, David’s former council, Absalom slept with David’s concubines. (2 Samuel 16:20-23)

 

APPLICATION

As believers in Jesus, The Christ, we do not lose our salvation because we sinned after being saved.  We may lose the joy of our salvation and The Lord God may permit us to suffer as part of our punishment for our sins.  Some of the troubles that we endure and the storms of life that we go through may be things that we brought upon ourselves.  “For whom The Lord loveth He chastened …” (Hebrews 12:6)  The Lord God forgives us of our sin once we confess and repent.  However, the devil continues to bring our past sins to our remembrance in order to make us feel unworthy and to doubt with our relationship with The Lord.