2 Samuel 11:26—12:10; 12:13–15
2 Samuel 11:26-27
26 When the wife of Uriah heard that her husband was dead, she made lamentation for him. 27 When the mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord,
2 Samuel 12:1-10
1 and the Lord sent Nathan to David. He came to him, and said to him, "There were two men in a certain city, the one rich and the other poor. 2 The rich man had very many flocks and herds; 3 but the poor man had nothing but one little ewe lamb, which he had bought. He brought it up, and it grew up with him and with his children; it used to eat of his meager fare, and drink from his cup, and lie in his bosom, and it was like a daughter to him. 4 Now there came a traveler to the rich man, and he was loath to take one of his own flock or herd to prepare for the wayfarer who had come to him, but he took the poor man's lamb, and prepared that for the guest who had come to him." 5 Then David's anger was greatly kindled against the man. He said to Nathan, "As the Lord lives, the man who has done this deserves to die; 6 he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity." 7 Nathan said to David, "You are the man! Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: I anointed you king over Israel, and I rescued you from the hand of Saul; 8 I gave you your master's house, and your master's wives into your bosom, and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would have added as much more. 9 Why have you despised the word of the Lord, to do what is evil in his sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife, and have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites. 10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from your house, for you have despised me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.
2 Samuel 12:13-15
13 David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the Lord." Nathan said to David, "Now the Lord has put away your sin; you shall not die. 14 Nevertheless, because by this deed you have utterly scorned the Lord, the child that is born to you shall die." 15 Then Nathan went to his house. The Lord struck the child that Uriah's wife bore to David, and it became very ill.
Reflection
It's as if David hurried up and mourned the death of Uriah. Hurry up in the midst of the sin. Hurry up and maybe it will go away. Maybe God won't see the sin that I have committed.
We all have some of this "David" in ourselves. We all are guilty of sin.
So, along comes Nathan with a story. A story that will appeal to David's sense of good. A story that will evoke judgment from one who judges. A story of David's own sin. A story of my sin and your sin as well.
We all have some of this "David" in ourselves. We all are guilty of sin.
David witnesses to the story of Nathan in anger against the man who would take advantage of another man. David proclaims the punishment deserved. We all deserve this just punishment for our sin. But God graciously puts away our sin so that we will not die.
We all have some of this "David" in ourselves. We all are guilty of sin.
Just because God puts away our sin so that we will not die, does not mean that the evil that our sin brought has disappeared. Sin brings with it an infectious spread of pain to those that are innocent. Our sin causes hate to spring forth. Our sin has an impact far wider that we could ever imagine. We will not escape the pain and the stench of our sin in this world. There will be consequences to our sin that we must live with and live through.
We all have some of this "David" in ourselves. We all are guilty of sin.
And that's why we need a Savior. That's why God comes to us. We can't get out of this on our own. God will see us through and put that sin away. So we look and we stare at that cross. We see the blood stains and the body fluids. We hear the painful cries from Jesus and see those dirty rusty spikes in his arms and feet. God knows our sin in Jesus. God puts that sin away. God puts our sin... our "David" sin upon that cross... that awful Friday of darkness and death and sin ends in death. Silent, horrible death ends our sin.
We all have some of this "David" in ourselves. We all are guilty of sin.
So we cry out lonely and desperately and in sorrow to God. "Forgive my sin! Lord, forgive me!" In God alone is there life after sin.
We all have some of the "David" in ourselves. We all are guilty of sin.
We turn to God. We turn from our sin. We seek life from death... and we stare at that cross... and we see our Savior.
We all have some of the "David" in ourselves. We all are guilty of sin.
Prayer
Father, forgive me for I have sinned.......... Only you can grant life... today... tomorrow... and forever. --- Amen
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