"Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God. "
Ephesians 4:30
THE HARDNESS OF SIN
Read It: 2 Samuel 11:26-12:1-14
The hardening effect of sin is amazing. You feel real bad at first. You feel kind of bad a little bit later, and a little bad after that. Then particularly ticularly in the case of moral sin, before long you hear, "Everybody's doing it." And finally, "I'm only human." Look how David reacted to Uriah's death (v. 25). David had become so cold and so hard by this time that he said, "Well, you win some, you lose some. That's the way it is. Don't be upset about it." The cover-up was now complete. Uriah was dead, and David was married ried to Bathsheba, so the child was legitimate. Plan C (see yesterday's study) seemed to work to perfection. David had covered all of his tracks ... except one (v 27c). Things would have been fine if the Lord hadn't seen it. The plan would have worked if the Lord hadn't seen it.
David would have gotten away clean. Uriah was killed in action. Play taps for him, fold the flag. Give him a hero's burial. But the Lord saw everything. Husband, if you are running around on your wife, the Lord sees it. Single person, if you are sleeping around, the Lord sees it. The Lord saw David, so chapter 12 opens the same way chapter ter 11 opened: "Then ..." Only it's a different story now. David is going to be called out. It's about one year later by now. But time is no problem for the Lord when He is ready to expose sin. How many people know is no problem either. Nathan the prophet came to David and told him a sad story. David's anger flared against the culprit in the story, and then came the crusher from Nathan: "You are the man!" (v. 7). What God was telling David is: "Your problem is Me! Look at all I've done for you. How could you pull a number like this on Me after all I've done for you? You've made My name look bad. You have soiled My reputation. utation. You have been an affront to Me." Believer, if you think moral sin is a private affair, better think again. The Holy Spirit is in that bedroom or that adult bookstore with you. Think About It At its heart, moral sin is an affront to our holy God. That's the real issue.
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