THE SIN AND THE PUNISHMENT

PROCLAMATION

“Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of The Lord, to do evil in His sight?  Thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.  Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house …”  2 Samuel 12:9-10 (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.  After King David had slept with Bath-Sheba and after he had her husband Uriah killed, The Lord God sent Nathan to David with a message. (2 Samuel 12:1-4)  Nathan told David a parable.  After he heard the parable, David was angry with the man in the parable.  He said that man must pay four times over for doing such a thing and he must die.  Nathan told David that he was that man. (2 Samuel 12:5-7)  By his actions David had shown no regard for the law of God, the Ten Commandments.  The sixth commandment is: “Thou shalt not kill.” (Exodus 20:13)  The seventh commandment is: “Thou shalt not commit adultery.” (Exodus 20:14)  Nathan told David that someone from his own household would openly sleep with his wives, and that the child of David’s union with Bath-Sheba would die. (2 Samuel 12:7-14)  After Nathan left, the child born to David and Bath-Sheba became ill and died. (2 Samuel 12:15-19)  While the child was ill, David fasted and wept, but when he died David resumed normal activities. (2 Samuel 12:21-23)  Bath-Sheba would later bear David a second son, Solomon whom God loved. (2 Samuel 12:24)  David would soon have to flee his palace for fear of his son Absalom. (2 Samuel 15:13-14)  Afterwards, Absalom would sleep with David’s concubines during the day in the sight of all Israel. (2 Samuel 16:22)

 

APPLICATION

There will be a price to pay for willful disregard and disobedience of God’s Word.  It does not matter who we do wrong to or with, all sin is a sin against The Lord God. (Psalm 51:4)  As a believer we will not lose our salvation because of a sin, but we interrupt the fellowship and lose our joy. (Psalm 51:12)  We need to acknowledge our sins (Psalm 51:3) and ask for God’s mercy and forgiveness. (Psalm 51:1-2)  Only The Lord God can clean us up after we sin, (Psalm 51:7) and only He can create within us a clean heart and a righteous spirit. (Psalm 51:10)