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David & Bathsheba (Forbidden Fruit)

08.11.2018: DAVID AND BATHSHEBA (FORBIDDEN FRUIT)

PASTOR JESSE

2 SAMUEL 11, 12

 

DAVID

  • MAN AFTER GOD’S OWN HEART BUT END UP HAVING A SIN OF HEART
  • DEUTORONOMY 17:17 – KING ONLY ONE WIFE
  • MATTHEW 5:27  - DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY

 

VULNERABILITY TO TEMPTATION:

  • WHEN WE ARE GETTING COMPLACENT AND AT REST; WHEN WE LEAST EXPECT IT
  • WHEN WE ARE EXPERIENCING SUCCESS
  • WHEN WE ARE NOT IN THE PLACE WHERE  YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE
  • WHEN WE ARE EVADING GOD’S RESPONSIBILITY
  • WHEN WE ARE NOT ENGAGE ON GODLY ACTIVITY

 

LESSONS:

  • BE AT THE MANTLE OF GOD’S PROTECTION
  • WHEN WE SIN, HUMBLE OURSELVES THE MOMENT WE GET AN OPPORTUNITY
  • SIN HARDENS OUR HEART, ONE SIN CAN CAUSE ANOTHER SIN
  • WE CANNOT HIDE OUR SIN TO GOD
  • IT’S EASIER TO  JUDGE THE SIN OF OTHER THAN RECOGNIZING OUR OWN SIN
  • RECOGNIZE THAT OUR SUCCESS AND PROVISION CAME FROM GOD
  • TO SIN IS TO LOOK FOR OTHER THAN GOD’S PROVISION WHICH IS ENOUGH
  • WE WILL NEVER BE SATISIFED WITH SIN
  • ACTIONS AND OUR SINS HAS CONSEQUENCES
  • HUMBLE ADMISSION AND REPENTANCE IS THE ONLY APPROPRIATE RESPONSE
  • THE LORD IS ALWAYS WAITING AND EVER PRESENT

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08.12.2018: DAVID AND BATHSHEBA (FORBIDDEN FRUIT)

PASTOR FERNANDO

2 SAMUEL 11, 12

 

WHEN GODLY PEOPLE COMMITS UNGODLY DEEDS

 

  1. WHEN WE PRESUME TO DESERVE SOMETHING / SOMEONE THAT’S FORBIDDEN
    1. PROPHETIC WARNING:
      • DEUTORONOMY 17:17
      • MATTHEW 5:18
    2. DAVID IS A MAN AFTER GOD’S OWN HEART
      • 1 SAMUEL 6:17
      • 1 SAMUEL 13:14
      • ACTS 13:22
    3. ISOLATED AND IDLE; DEVIL’S PLAYGROUND; FORBIDDEN PLACE
      • 1 PETER 5:8
    4. GUILT IS A POWERFUL EMOTION THAT CAN OVER POWER REASON AND CONVICTIONS
    5. LUSTFUL DESIRES BIRTH SINS
      • JAMES 4:1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.    IT TAKES TWO TO TANGO

    1. BATHSHEBA’S PART; ALONE AND TAKING A BATH AT NIGHT
    2. RESERVED THE RIGHT TO REFUSE SINCE SHE’S MARRIED
    3. MAYBE ATTRACTED TO DAVID
      • 1 SAMUEL 17:42 – EVEN GOLIATH NOTICED THE HANDSOMENESS OF DAVID
    4. MAYBE AFRAID OF OFFENDING THE KING
    5. THE GOOD AND BAD NEWS: I’M PREGNANT

 

3.    WHEN CONTINGENCY PLAN DON’T WORK

COVER UP #1 – 2 SAMUEL 11:6-11 – ASK URIAH TO GO TO HIS WIFE

COVER UP #2 – 2 SAMUEL 11:12-13 – GET THE URIAH DRUNK

COVER UP # 3 – 2 SAMUEL 11:14-17 – SET URIAH TO THE FRONTLINES TO DIE

 

UNWILLING ACCOMPLICES TO THE MURDER:

    • THE VICTIM
    • THE GENERAL – CONVICTION OF A SOLDIER
    • OBEY FIRST  BEFORE YOU COMPLAIN

 

4.    WHEN THE GODLY ARE DECEIVED

    • LIVING IN SIN SEEMS NORMAL
    • CONFUSED EVEN SANCTIMONIOUS
    • WILL LISTEN ONLY TO SPIRITUAL PERSON WHO HAS EARNED THE RIGHT BE HEARD
    • NEEDS THE MERCY AND GRACE OF GOD AND SINCERE REPENTANCE FOR

  FORGIVENESS AND RESTORATION

 

 

5.    WHEN BILLS ARE DUE

    • LOVING AND WISE CONFRONTATION
    • BE CAREFUL IN PRONOUNCING JUDGEMENT / BE VERY SURE YOU ARE NOT DOING THE SAME SIN
    • CONSEQUENCES/PUNISHMENTS
    • ACCEPTANCE OF DISCIPLINE

 

6.  LESSONS LEARNED

    1. NEGLIGENCE IS THE START OF DISASTER
    2. MISPLACED PRIORITIES CREATE CHAOS
    3. AVOID PLACE OF WEAKNESS
    4. DON’T PRESUME WE ARE STRONGER THAN WHAT WE REALLY ARE
    5. SIN WILL ALWAYS FIND US OUT
    6. COVERING UP SIN ONLY MAKES IT WORST
    7. MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT UNWILLING ACCOMPLICES OF THE DEVIL’S SCHEMES
    8. IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO REPENT FOR OUR GOD IS A LOVING AND A MERCIFUL GOD
    9. BE GENTLE AND LOVING CONFRONTING A SINNING BROTHER

10.BE CERTAIN HAT YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE HEARD