Friend or Foe?-part 1

2 Samuel 13 [The Importance of Having the Right Kind of Friends]

David’s sin may be put away (12:13), but the consequences of his sin are not over. “Be sure, your sin will find you out,” and it usually finds you out in your children.  “Chickens have come home to roost”  in the form of lust, rape, incest, hate and murder. One disaster follows after another.

2 Samuel 13 is a depressing chapter. (Sin is depressing!) God is not mentioned in the chapter!

I.   A FORBIDDEN passion (13:1-2).
Two things temporarily kept his passion in check. (v. 2—“…thought it hard for him to do any thing to her”).

A. The Word of God. He knew the Bible forbid incest.“Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother.” (Dt. 27:22 cf. Lev. 20:17).

You must establish standards and convictions based in the Word of God about what is right and wrong. Biblical standards can restrain you from doing something you will later regret.

Partial sermon: See PDF for full sermon

NOTE:  Although VIDEO is two parts, the complete sermon is on the attached PDF.

The 2nd video was recorded 4-7-13 in the PM service.