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Outlines and Suggestive Points
By T. C. Horton
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D A IL Y B IB L E R E A D IN G S M on., M ay 31—2 S am 12:1-10. (T h e L e s so n ). T u es., J u n e 1—2 Sam . 12:13-23. (T h e L e sso n ). W ed ., Ju n e 2—E z ra 9:4-10. F o rsa k in g G o d ’s C om m an dm en ts. T h u rs., J u n e 3— Isa iah 57:15-21. N o peace to th e w icked. F ri., J u n e 4—1 J o h n 1. . “I f w e confess.” S at., Ju n e 5—-H osea 14. A p rom ise o f blessing. S un., J u n e 6— P salm 5 1 :7-19. C o n fessio n a n d repentance.
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vs. 22-24. “ So the messenger went, and came and showed David all that Joab had sent him for . . . and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.” T h e sto ry o f D a v id ’s sin is on e o f th e m o st, rep u lsiv e an d ap p allin g in th e B ible, an d in all h isto ry . H is sin w as o f th e g ro ssest, v ilest an d m o st in ex cu sab le ch aracter. T h e re is n o offense a g ain st m an m o re vile o r aw fu l th a n th a t o f th e a d u lte re r, an d n o sin m o re ap p allin g th a n th a t o f th e m u r d e r e r ; an d D av id w as b o th a n a d u lte re r an d a m u rd ere r. A n d th e m an a g a in st w hom h e sin n ed w as a fa ith fu l serv an t, on e o f h is m o st tru ste d an d fa ith fu l su p p o rters. B u t g ro ss an d vile as w as D a v id ’s sin, th e B ible re c o rd of th a t sin an d its consequences teach es m o st p recio u s lesso n s a n d h a s k ep t back m any o th ers from fallin g in to like sin. T h e first lesson ta u g h t is th a t even a m an w h o h as lived n e a r G od, an d h as c om m u n io n w ith G od, m ay fall in to th e g ro ssest in iq u ity if he g ets h is eyes off G od a n d n eg lects h is d u ty an d b eg in s to trifle w ith sin (ch. 11:1, 2 cf. 1 Cor. 1 0 :1 2 ). T h e second les
son, an d th e m o st p recio u s one, is th a t th e re is p a rd o n even fo r th e g ro ssest sin n er an d th e w o rst b a c k slid er; fo r th o u g h D avid w as a m u rd e re r a n d h ad stain ed his h a n d w ith th e b lood o f a fa ith fu l frien d , h e fo u n d p a rd o n (se e P salm s 32 a n d 5.1). T h e th ird lesson is th a t a m a n ’s sins, even th o u g h he is p ard o n ed , m ay do g h is fo o t steps, an d b rin g d a rk n ess in to his w hole fu tu re life an d m ay th u s c u rse b o th h im self an d his ch ild ren . F ro m th e d ay o f his ad u ltery , D av id ’s sin dog g ed h is fo o t step s; his ow n d a u g h te r fell a p re y to a licentiofls sc o u n d rel (ch. 13:1-20) ; h is eld est son follow ed th e fo o tstep s o f h is fa th e r’s v ileness a n d b ro u g h t d eath u p o n his h ead by d o in g it (ch . 1 3 :1 -2 9 ); a n o th e r son, d e arly beloved, as th e d irec t o u tcom e o f D a v id ’s sin ro se in reb ellio n a g ain st his fath er, an d com m itted a d u lte ry w ith th o se w ho belonged to h is fa th e r a n d d ied an aw fu l d eath , leav in g D av id w ith a b ro k en h e a rt (c h a p te rs 13-18) ;:i D av id ’s tru s te d frien d , A h ith o p h el, a n g ere d by th e c o rru p tio n o f U ria h ’s w ife, w h o w as his ow n
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