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INTRODUCTION
There is a principle taught in Scripture that would save us a great deal of hurt if only we would heed its wisdom
This principle is an immutable law of God.
What you sow – you reap!This principle is stated in other forms in the Bible:
Eliphaz stated…
Hosea stated…
This is a principle that is worth talking about, because it could save you and me a world of hurt
There is a story in the Old Testament that shows this immutable law in action.
It is the tragic story of the consequences of David's sin with Bathsheba
In 2 Samuel 11 we have the story of David’s sin
The adultery, the pregnancy, the murder, the cover-up
The cover-up ended, when God sent Nathan to expose David using a parable – it was effective
Notice how quickly the response of God’s forgiveness came once the confession was made
That should be an encouragement for us not to delay in our confession of sin
But notice, even though we can be forgiven of sin, we may still have to suffer the consequences.
This is that immutable law of sowing and reaping
Even though forgiven, we still must reap what was sown
Notice in these verses that David reaped in kind what he had sown.
In David’s family, from then on, there would be adultery (someone close to David would lie with his wives in broad daylight) and murder (the sword would never depart from his house)
Don’t miss that word “never” in verse 10.
David would be reaping the crop he had sown the rest of his life
So that we can get the full impact of these implications, let’s trace the consequences of David's sin through the next few chapters.
There are eight separate consequences that David had to deal with
DISCUSSION
David’s Own Wives Were Violated
Absalom rebelled and took control of the palace
Ahithophel gives Absalom advise…
Notice where the act took place – on the roof, the same place where the sin with Bathsheba took place
The reaping of what was sown was reaping in kind
Death of the Child Conceived in Adultery
Notice another of Nathan’s predictions regarding what David would have to reap due to his sin
Perhaps the thing to notice here is the earnest plea of David to spare the child.
He didn’t eat for seven days!
He slept out on the cold hard ground.
Yet, God did not spare the baby.
Why?
Why didn’t God spare the child?
Certainly David was sincere in his plea.
The answer is found in...
It is important to understand that no amount of pleading can take away certain consequences of sin – this should be a strong deterrent to sin
The Rape of Tamar
Tamar was David’s daughter who was raped by one of David’s sons – Ammon
Ammon was love sick for his sister, and his cousin suggested that he play sick as a plan for getting Tamar into bed
The result of the plan is seen in...
The irony of all of this is that David did nothing about it – notice David’s reaction...
This is all David did, got mad
Well … how could he do otherwise?
He was also guilty of a sex sin.
Ammon could have easily frustrated David’s discipline by saying, “But Dad, I learned it from you.”
Parents we need to practice what we preach, or discipline in our home will be meaningless
You see, the field in which all the seeds David had planted came up in his family
The Hatred Between Brothers in David’s Family
This hatred went on for two years
What do you suppose it would have been like to visit the palace in those days?
What do think it would be like to be in a house full of hate
Where did all this hatred come from?
It was all the fall out of David’s sin with Bathsheba!
The Murder of Ammon
You don’t hold the kind of hatred Absalom had for Ammon inside very long.
Sooner of later it comes out.
And in this case, it came out in murder.
I firmly believe that, had David known what a few moments of passion was going to cause him in heartache to follow, he would never have sinned with Bathsheba.
That was the problem – he didn’t think ahead
Many today are not considering the consequences of sin
Two of David’s sons are now dead because of David’s uncontrolled passion for women
Runaway Son
Absalom runs away and ends up at his grandfather’s house
Notice what this caused David:
Misery from mourning – that went on for days
The missing of his son – this went on for three years
Joab Kills Absalom
Absalom returned home after 3 years, but he and David were never close – the bitterness was never resolved.
Unresolved bitterness comes out in due time
Absalom led a rebellion against his father
David’s son was killed in battle
David was devastated by the news…
There is no greater mourning than the mourning of a loss that you know was your own fault
But this wasn’t the end.
There was yet one more loss for David to bear before he died…
The Death of Adonijah
David was getting old and near death.
It was time to make known his successor – it was Solomon.
Under normal circumstances that would have been the end of it.
But that sword that Nathan had predicted still had not departed from David’s house.
Adonijah was David's oldest living son, and he thought he should be king…
David had Solomon, though, hurriedly anointed king
Adonijah knows he could be put to death as a rival
He begs for mercy ... the response...
Later, after the death of David, Solomon has his brother put to death...
This is fourth son David loss to death
CONCLUSION
Remember, after Nathan’s parable, David’s response?
He demanded a fourfold restitution, which was what the law of Moses required
Now count the sons whom David lost in death: the child born to Bathsheba, Ammon, Absalom, and Adonijah.
A fourfold restitution.
An exacting punishment.
The immutable law of reaping
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