Grace That Is Greater Than Our Sin

March 3, 2013

2 Samuel 12:1-13

2•Samuel has two parts:
•Chapters 1-10 deal with the Triumphs of David Chapters 11-24 deal with the Troubles of David.

David’s troubles begin with an adulterous affair with Bathsheba. After this the glow in David’s life dims considerably. SIN CHANGES A MAN—From kindness to killing (9:1-3; 10:2; cf. 11:15).

REVIEW 2 Samuel 11

With Uriah, Bathsheba’s husband, out of the way, David takes her as his wife and she bares him a son. It appears “that is that”… end of story.

Well, not quite! 2 Samuel 11 closes with these words, “But the thing that David had done DISPLEASED THE LORD.” Adultery and murder displeases the Lord. It displeased God back then, and it still does today! Although David brushed aside his sin and is ready to move on, God will not be brushed off. “Be sure your sin will find you out.”

Approximately one year went by before God confronted David about his sin. Never presume the silence of God means the absence of God. God may appear silent, but He is not sightless.

It may have looked on the outside that David successfully covered up his sin, yet on the inside his guilt was like a festering boil on his soul.

The guilt of sin is like a warning light on the dashboard of a car. A man may be driving down the highway, and a warning light comes on. If he ignores it, it won’t be long and his motor will break down. When we sin, if we don’t properly deal with it, we will be headed for a spiritual break down.