Key Verse: Verse 4 - “And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house.”
The steps of sin never change, whether it be Adam and Eve in the garden, Achan at Jericho, or David on the roof. Sin all begins by being out of God’s will. David was supposed to be at a battle of the kings, but instead he went for a walk on his roof. He was out of God’s will. The path of sin is always the same.
- Step One: I saw (verse 2 “and saw the woman”),
- Step Two: I coveted (verse 2 “the woman was very beautiful”),
- Step Three: I took (verse 4 “and took her”), and
- Step Four: I fell (verse 4 “he lay with her”).
In 1986, Gordon MacDonald was the president of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. He was admired and respected by countless people throughout the Christian community. Within a year he was a broken man. He had committed adultery. By 1988, he was on the long road to healing and wrote a therapeutic book which dealt with his own brokenness, Rebuilding Your Broken World. In this book, MacDonald shared an experience which took place several years before his adulterous relationship. While on campus to speak at a college commencement, he struck up a conversation with a school board member. After some pleasantries the new acquaintance asked, “If Satan were to blow you out of the water, how do you think he would do it?” “I’m not sure I know,” said MacDonald. “All sorts of ways, I suppose; but I know there’s one way he wouldn’t get me.” “What’s that?” “He’d never get me in the area of my personal relationships,” answered MacDonald. “That’s one place where I have no doubt I’m as strong as you can get.” Satan is wise and powerful. That’s why Paul wrote, “Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall” (I Corinthians 10:12).
What to do:
✞Nothing good comes from adultery. Note what comes as a result of adultery. There was 1) death, 2) deception, and 3) disloyalty. You are free to do what you want to do, but you are not free to choose the consequences of your action
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