Throwback – Pastor Steve
May 2016
2 Samuel 12:9-12 “Why have you despised the word of the Lord by doing evil in His sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and have taken his wife to be your wife. You have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites. Now, therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.’ Thus says the Lord, ‘Behold, I will stir up evil against you from your own household; and I will take your wives before your eyes and give them to your companion, and he will lie with your wives in broad daylight. Indeed you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, and in broad daylight.’”
What is the punishment for King David committing adultery with Uriah’s wife and killing him? When it comes to justice, God is in the business of poetic justice. What you sow, you will reap accordingly.
God was the One who stirred up David’s household. God allowed David’s wives to be taken by another man (who was his son, Absalom) in public when David did it secretly. God took the life of King David’s baby as David had taken the life of Uriah.
We need to be very careful with our actions, as there may be serious consequences. Because of King David’s sin, in the end, he ultimately lost his son, Absalom, and experienced much tribulation. Many other lives were lost through Absalom’s rebellion, including his baby by Bathsheba.
What we currently experience is usually our own harvest or fruit. Stop blaming the devil. The devil does become a problem when we sin. King David had to endure the humiliation and pass his tests to be restored back to his kingdom.
When King David’s son, Amnon, had raped his half-sister, Tamar, and then Absalom took revenge, killing Amnon, was this all the fault of the devil? When families are in chaos like this, will we continue to blame the devil?
God told King David when he had sinned by killing Uriah and stealing his wife, God would be the One to stir up the trouble in David’s life. It was his judgment. King David had to then endure the bad season and pass his tests to be restored.
Pastor Steve Kim