David stayed at Jerusalem while his men were out fighting battles. It is spring time when love is in the air. As I writing this post, it is one of the first warm weeks of spring, and I truly believe these are some of the most beautiful spring days I can ever remember. Everything is green outside, the temperature is perfect, and the birds are singing. Be gone cold days!! Spring is a special time in my life because March 28th, 1991, was my first date with my angel, Melanie. There is something about spring and love!
Well, instead of true love, David falls into true lust, by committing adultery with a woman named Bathsheba. The entire sin is premeditated with planned deceit and intricate alibis. Throughout this story, we see one sin after another. At the climax of the account, David sends a letter to Joab, his field commander who would later betray him, to have Uriah (the husband of Bathsheba) put in the front lines of the fighting so that Bathsheba's husband would be eliminated. Sounds like a mafia hit or worse. Uriah, a man of integrity, would not sleep with his wife during the war out of loyalty to David and his fellow soldiers. Ultimately, David adds the grievous sin of murder to sexual sin. This is a "man after God's own heart."
Theologically, how can David actually be a man after God’s own heart? Romans 3:28 says, “For we maintain a man is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.” David, like us, was saved through grace.
I would love your feedback and interation...either post here....or email me privately at clbetters@grpc.org. Part three coming tomorrow.
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