I. Comfort Keeps Us from Where
2 Samuel 11:1 (NLT) “In the spring of the year, when kings normally
go out to war, David sent Joab and the Israelite army to fight the
Ammonites. They destroyed the Ammonite army and laid siege to
the city of Rabbah. However, David stayed behind in Jerusalem.”
II. Idle Hearts Chase
2 Samuel 11:2 (NLT) “Late one afternoon, after his midday rest, David
got out of bed and was walking on the roof of the palace. As he
looked out over the city, he noticed a woman of unusual beauty
taking a bath.”
2 Samuel 11:4-5 (NLT) “Then David sent messengers to get her; and
when she came to the palace, he slept with her…Then she returned
home. Later, when Bathsheba discovered that she was pregnant, she
sent David a message, saying, “I’m pregnant.””
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III. Small Become Big
2 Samuel 11:6 (NLT) “Then David sent word to Joab: “Send me Uriah
the Hittite.” So Joab sent him to David.”
2 Samuel 11:8-9 (NLT) “Then he (David) told Uriah, “Go on home and
relax.” David even sent a gift to Uriah after he had left the palace. But
Uriah didn’t go home. He slept that night at the palace entrance with
the king’s palace guard.”
2 Samuel 11:10-11 (NLT) “When David heard that Uriah had not gone
home, he summoned him and asked, “What’s the matter? Why didn’t
you go home last night after being away so long?” Uriah replied, “The
Ark and the armies of Israel and Judah are living in tents, and Joab
and my master’s men are camping in the open fields. How could I go
home to wine and dine and sleep with my wife? I swear that I would
never do such a thing.”
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than , it becomes an idol.
2 Samuel 11:14-15 (NLT) “So the next morning David wrote a letter to
Joab and gave it to Uriah to deliver. The letter instructed Joab,
“Station Uriah on the front lines where the battle is fiercest. Then
pull back so that he will be killed.””
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IV. God Loves Us Enough to
2 Samuel 11:27 (NLT) “But the LORD was displeased with what David
had done.”
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Psalm 51:10 (NLT) “Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a loyal
spirit within me.”
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