OUR LUSTFUL SINFUL HUMAN NATURE

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)