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SIN'S SINKHOLE (7 OF 14)

by Robert Dawson

Scripture: 2 Samuel 11:1-27


Sin's Sinkhole (7 of 14)
Series: 2 Samuel
Robert Dawson
2 Samuel 11:1-27


For the past 5 weeks, we have dealt with some theological questions and spiritual issues related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that has swallowed our nation. I hope and pray they have been a help and encouragement to you. Today, I want us to resume our study on the life of David. I'd like for you to turn to 2 Samuel 11. As we once again hit the play button, we find ourselves staring at the most disappointing and disturbing scene in David's life.

To this point, with few minor exceptions, we have proudly watched him faithfully and honorably face every challenge, endure every valley and overcome every setback.

Now we are forced to watch in horror as one of the Bible's great heroes' tumbles from the mountain peaks of success into the miry pits of sin and failure.

2 Samuel 11.1-15, 26-27 - Then it happened in the spring, at the time when kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab and his servants with him and all Israel, and they destroyed the sons of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem.

2 Now when evening came David arose from his bed and walked around on the roof of the king's house, and from the roof he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful in appearance. 3 So David sent and inquired about the woman. And one said, ''Is this not Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?'' 4 David sent messengers and took her, and when she came to him, he lay with her; and when she had purified herself from her uncleanness, she returned to her house. 5 The woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, ''I am pregnant.''

6 Then David sent to Joab, saying, ''Send me Uriah the Hittite.'' So Joab sent Uriah to David. 7 When Uriah came to him, David asked concerning the welfare of Joab and the people and the state of the war. 8 Then David said to Uriah, ''Go down to your house, and wash your feet.'' And Uriah went out ...

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