{"id":33980,"date":"2021-04-08T18:27:04","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T23:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=33980"},"modified":"2021-04-08T20:09:35","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T01:09:35","slug":"david-a-man-after-gods-own-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/david-a-man-after-gods-own-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"David &#8211; A Man After God&#8217;s Own Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/David-A-Man-After-Gods-Own-Heart.mp3\" \/><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-33980-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/David-A-Man-After-Gods-Own-Heart.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/David-A-Man-After-Gods-Own-Heart.mp3\">https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/David-A-Man-After-Gods-Own-Heart.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n\t<p>by Ross Ward<\/p>\n<p>Text: I Samuel 13:14<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The Story\n<ol>\n<li>II Samuel 11:2-5 &#8211; sin with Bathsheba\n<ol>\n<li>A time when Kings go to war<\/li>\n<li>Bathsheba was very beautiful<\/li>\n<li>David inquires about her<\/li>\n<li>David summons her<\/li>\n<li>Has a relationship with her<\/li>\n<li>A child is conceived<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Progression of sin\n<ol>\n<li>Saw<\/li>\n<li>Dwelt on her<\/li>\n<li>Inquired about her<\/li>\n<li>Summoned her<\/li>\n<li>Had relationship<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Way of escape?\n<ol>\n<li>I Corinthians 10:13<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>II Samuel 11:6-13 &#8211; sin against Uriah\n<ol>\n<li>Uriah a valiant man<\/li>\n<li>Engaged in war with Ammon<\/li>\n<li>David summons him home\n<ol>\n<li>Releases him hoping he goes home<\/li>\n<li>Gets him drunk<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>II Samuel 11:14-17 &#8211; sin against Uriah\n<ol>\n<li>Sends him back to battle with a letter<\/li>\n<li>Joab fulfills David&#8217;s instructions\n<ol>\n<li>Other men also lose their life<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>II Samuel 11:26-27 &#8211; David takes Bathsheba as wife\n<ol>\n<li>KJV reference: &#8220;it was evil in the sight of Jehovah&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Deuteronomy 17:17 &#8211; shall not have multiple wives<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>David confronted\n<ol>\n<li>II Samuel 12:1-4 &#8211; Nathan&#8217;s parable\n<ol>\n<li>Nathan a prophet of God<\/li>\n<li>Parable of a rich man and a poor man\n<ol>\n<li>Rich man takes the poor mans only sheep<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>II Samuel 12:5-6 &#8211; David&#8217;s judgment\n<ol>\n<li>Man shall restore 4 times<\/li>\n<li>Man shall be executed<\/li>\n<li>Because he lacked pity\n<ol>\n<li>Sympathy<\/li>\n<li>Covetous\/greed<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>II Samuel 12:7 &#8211; Nathan&#8217;s judgment\n<ol>\n<li>Thou art the man!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>II Samuel 12:7-12 &#8211; Jehovah&#8217;s judgment\n<ol>\n<li>Vs. 10 &#8211; the sword will never depart from his house<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Summary\n<ol>\n<li>Relationship with Bathsheba<\/li>\n<li>Deceives Uriah<\/li>\n<li>Kills Uriah<\/li>\n<li>Takes Bathsheba as a wife<\/li>\n<li>Progression of sin all along the way<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>A man after God&#8217;s own heart\n<ol>\n<li>II Samuel 12:13 &#8211; I have sinned!<\/li>\n<li>I Samuel 24:5-6- repenting of an incident with Saul<\/li>\n<li>Contrasting King Saul\n<ol>\n<li>I Samuel 15:13-15, 20-21 &#8211; &#8220;I have obeyed but the people&#8230;&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>I Samuel 15:24 &#8211; &#8220;I feared the people&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>A recipient of God&#8217;s mercy\n<ol>\n<li>Not because he was perfect or sinless<\/li>\n<li>Because he turned back to God\n<ol>\n<li>Psalms 51<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Hebrews 11:32 &#8211; the faithful<\/li>\n<li>David &#8211; The Victor!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Lessons\n<ol>\n<li>How should we respond to our sin?\n<ol>\n<li>Turn to God for mercy<\/li>\n<li>Only he can carry that burden<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<ol>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/portraits-of-gods-leaders\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPortraits of God&#8217;s Leaders\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Ross Ward Text: I Samuel 13:14 The Story II Samuel 11:2-5 &#8211; sin with Bathsheba A time when Kings go to war Bathsheba was very beautiful David inquires about her David summons her Has a relationship with her A child is conceived Progression of sin Saw Dwelt on her Inquired about her Summoned her&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[119,32],"tags":[111,1322,179,129],"class_list":["post-33980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio","category-sermon","tag-david","tag-devotion","tag-sin","tag-trust"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":55622,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-consequence-of-sin-can-outlive-us\/","url_meta":{"origin":33980,"position":0},"title":"The Consequence of Sin Can Outlive Us","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"November 7, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"by Kent Heaton The apostle Paul declared in Galatians 6:7, \"Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; 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