Yes, David sinned with Bathsehba.

Yes, after a while (though months and months later) David repented of those sins. (As usual, one sin led to another. Fornication, I should say adultery, then deceit, ultimately even murder!)

But when David confessed all that wrongdoing, the Lord forgave him! That’s Grace indeed! (2 Samuel 12:13)

But … even though forgiven now, David heard these words from the Lord. Words spoken though the mouth of the Prophet Nathan …

“Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.” 2 Samuel 12:10

Wow!

Sins, even when confessed and forsaken … still have consequences?

Yes they do.

Wait a minute …

Let’s see if this threat (promise) from the Lord really happened. I strongly suspect it did. God never speaks idly!

First of all, the little baby the expectant Bathsheba bore David … the child died! In the Bible 2 Samuel 12:15-19 tells the sad story. The grief has already begun!

Some time later David’s Son Amnon raped David’s Daughter Tamar! (Do we reap when we sow? God is not mocked!) See 2 Samuel 13:1-17, a detailed account!

After that one of David’s Sons Absalom killed the rapist Amnon (a half brother)! Read 2 Samuel 13:28-29, if you want the Scriptural Record.

There’s more?

The sword never departed from David’s house, folks!

His beloved son Absalom led a rebellion against his own Dad, One that nearly succeeded! David did have to temporarily abdicate the Throne! But even this ended in tragedy, in death. (2 Samuel 18:14-15 relate the killing by Joab, David’s military commander.)

One more of David’s Sons, Adonijah, was put to death after the King died, King Solomon having ordered the assassination in 1 Kings chapter 2. This unnecessary death was (again) due to insubordination. Even more bloodshed!

The “point” of today’s Lesson, briefly stated … “Sin, the most expensive thing in the world!”

Not only for the sinner, the lost man … but even for Believers who will go to Heaven when they die!

Sins can be forgiven … but still the scars remain!

At least they did with David, a man after God’s Own Heart!

— Dr. Mike Bagwell

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