returning to the front line 2 sam 11

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Returning to the Front Line 2 SAM 11.1-13

1. In the whole of the Old Testament literature there is no chapter more tragic or full of

solemn and searching warning than this. Desobediencia-decepcion-desastre-disciplina.

2. Dios NO PERMITE QUE SUS HIJOS PEQUEN EXITOSAMENTE.

3. In the spring of the year, at the time when kings go out to battle: In that part ofthe world, wars were not normally fought during the winter months because rainsand cold weather made travel and campaigning difficult. Fighting resumed in thesprin

4. David sent Joab . . . But David remained at Jerusalem: David should have beenout at the battle but he remained behind. In 2 Samuel 10 Joab and the army of themighty men were preserved against the Syrians and the Ammonites but they didnot win a decisive victory. The decisive victory came when David led the battle atthe end of 2 Samuel 10. Both through custom and experience God told David, "Youneed to be at the battle." But David remained at Jerusalem.

5. The principle of Galatians 5:16 rings true: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfillthe lust of the flesh. If David had his attention where God wanted it, he would neverput it where God didn'twant it. "While Joab is busy in laying siege to Rabbah,Satan is to David, and far sooner prevailed.

6. No fue un apasionado adolescente el que se meti a propsito en este pecado, sino un hombre de Dios que haballegado a la edad me- diana. Es fcil ver cmo David cay en este pecado: (1) se senta confiado en s mismo,despus de disfrutar victorias y prosperidad; (2) fue desobediente, quedndose en casa cuando debera haber estadoen el campo de batalla; (3) estaba ocioso, acostado al atardecer; (4) se dio a la indulgencia, dando libertad a susdeseos cuando debera haber estado autodisciplinndose; y (5) fue descuidado, permitiendo que sus ojos vagaran yse rindieran a los deseos de la carne y los deseos de los ojos (1 Jn 2.16). El soldado cristiano nunca debedescuidar su armadura (Ef 6.10ss).

7. Nevertheless, it is wrong to think that this was the beginning of the chain

of events David followed all the way down to adultery and murder. Davidshowed his disregard God's plan for marriage many years before when hetook more than one wife (1 Samuel 25:42-43, 2 Samuel 3:2-5). David'spractice of adding wives showed a lack of romantic restraint and anindulgence of his passions. This corrupt seed, sown long ago, has grownunchecked long enough and will now begin to bear bitter fruit.

8. David poda haber vencido esta tentacin (porque no es pecado ser tentado) acudiendo a la Palabra de Dios (x20.14), o al considerar que Betsab era hija de un hombre y esposa de otro (v. 3). Es ms, estaba casada con uno delos soldados ms valientes del ejrcito de David (23.39) y tambin era nieta de Ahitofel, quien ms tarde se revelcontra David y tom partido del lado de Absaln (23.34 y caps. 1617). David tena ya muchas esposas y Dios lehubiera dado ms (12.8). Es en extremo malo que la historia de este hombre piadoso qued man- chada para

siempre por la cuestin de Uras heteo (1 R 15.5). Por supuesto, debemos admitir que la mujer particip de laculpa, pero David, siendo el rey, de seguro tiene ms culpa.

9. As I think of what happened, of this I am sure, that it did not happen all at once.This matter of Bathsheba was simply the climax of something that had been goingon in his life for twenty years.

10. Therefore, staying home from the battle merely provided opportunityfor the long-standing lack of romantic restraint and indulgence of passion to display itsel

11. David arose from his bed and walked on the roof: The Hebrew verb formofwalkedsuggests that David paced back and forth on the roof. He couldn't sleepand was uneasy - uneasy because he wasn't where God wanted him to be

12. We must be an occasion for sin in others, even in how we dress. Paul's word 1

Timothy 2:9 is relevant here: the women should adorn themselves in modestapparel, with propriety and moderation


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13. He saw a woman bathing: Davids sin was not in seeingBathsheba. It wasunlikely that he expected or planned to see her. David's sin was in choosingtokeep his eyes on an alluring image after the sight came before his eyes.

14. Christians - men, especially - must learn to never let their eyes (or theirmind) reston alluring images except for what "belongs" to them in marriage. Our

eyes must "bounce" off of an alluring image that comes in sight.15. Davids many wives did not satisfy his lust. This was because you cant satisfylusts

of the flesh, because they are primarily rebellious assertions of self. It wasnt somuch that David wanted Bathsheba; it was that he could not be satisfied with whatGod gave him.

16. The principle would be illustrated in an exaggerated way in the life of Solomon,David's son. Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines. David and Solomonshow us that if one woman isn't enough, 1000 women aren't enough

17. David looked at Bathsheba and said "beauty" but God saw this as ugly. Thepleasures of sin deceive us like the bait hides the hook. We must call it what Godcalls it - sin. We want to say, "affair" but God says "adultery." We want to say,"love" but God says "lust." We want to say "sexy" but God says "sin." We want tosay, "romantic" but God says "ruin." We want to say, "destiny" but God says"destruction."

18. So David sent and inquired: David could have ended the temptation by leavingthe scene at that time, even after entertaining the temptation for a while. Instead,David put himself into a more tempting situation

19. David committed adultery in his heart up on the roof. Now he knows that he has anopportunity to commit adultery in practice. Adultery in the heart and mind is bad;adultery in practice is far worse.

20. David should have received the news of the woman's identity as a warning. He

learned that this woman was related to men close to David. In taking BathshebaDavid sinned against Uriah, Eliam, and Ahithophel - each men close and importantto David.

21.David encuentra la tentacin.v.222.David persigue la tentacin. V.323.David abraza la tentacin.v.424. The David sent messengers, and took her: In this the man after God's heart

went against his own heart, following through on a lustful impulse. David ignoredevery warning and way of escape God set before him.

25. In the expression he took her, and she came to him there is no intimation whatever

that David brought Bathsheba into his palace through craft or violence, but ratherthat she came at his request without any hesitation, and offered no resistance tohis desires. Consequently Bathsheba is not to be regarded as free from blame.

26. He lay with her: David knewthis was wrong, yet he did it. It's hard to explainDavid's thinking here, because he wasn'tthinking. He acted on feeling and impulseinstead ofthinking.

27.An unwanted pregnancy28. The murder of a trusted friend29. A dead baby30. His daughter raped by his son31. One son murdered by another son


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32. A civil war led by one of his sons33. A son who imitates David's lack of self-control and it leads him and

much of Israel away from God34. Send me Uriah the Hittite: When David heard the disastrous news of

Bathsheba's pregnancy he should have used it as a prompting to repent. Instead,David did what most unrepentant sinners do: hide his sin. He wanted to draw Uriahback home to have relations with Bathsheba to give a reason for her pregnancy.

35.The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents: This shows thatUriah had a passion for the glory of God, even though he was a Hittite andnot a native Jew.

36. David had expected and hoped that Uriah would prove to be like himself; insteadhe proved to be a man of integrity, whose first loyalty was to the kings interests

rather than to his own pleasure.37. But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord.Vs. 27.38. God gives us a helmet of salvation, a breastplate of righteousness, a shield of faith and a sword

because we are in a war. I encourage you to return to the front line if you have left. I encouragemore to get on the front line if you have never been there.

39. He showed up in the list of thirty-plus men who were Davids mighty men. Though David was guiltyof murder, he still had the heart to list Uriah there because Uriah was a hardened soldier, a mightyman of valor.Being a Hittite, he had obviously turned his back on the false gods of his father to serve the one andonly true God, Jehovah God, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.Uriah married a beautiful young Jewish girl named Bathsheba. He joined the army and moved upquickly through the ranks to the place of prosperity and promise. His house was in the samedevelopment with the kings.

40. His conversion experience was such a life-changing decision that he became a red-hot patriot,anxious to fight the battles of his king and for his country.

To Uriahs surprise, David, for ulterior motives, offered this valiant soldier what most every soldierdreams of in the heat of the battlea leave from the front line with full benefits and pay.41. Thank God for the tenacity of a man who saw something bigger than even the king saw. Uriah

realized that a battle was raging. He wanted to return to the front line. He desired to be where thebattle was hot.Ladies and gentlemen, a battle is still raging in our world. Satan is as alive as he has ever been. Heis fighting as hard as he has ever fought. In fact, he has turned up the heat, realizing he has but ashort time.

42. As fundamental, Bible-believing Christians, we are in the fight of our lives. Casualties are mountingas we fail to reproduce ourselves even in our own children. Folks are quitting on God right in themiddle of the battle. Some are tired, some are apathetic, some have wrong priorities, and some areeven switching sides! Were in a mess!Fundamental Christians now, more than ever before, are needed on the front line, needed in the

fight. We need more Sunday school teachers! more bus workers! more nursery workers! more soulwinners! more preachers! more evangelists!43. It is not time to retreat! It is time to return to the front line!

We need more Christian school teachers, more choir members and more tithers. God knows weneed godly moms and dads who are willing to teach children the old-time religion instead of what ispopular. We need parents who will teach little girls to be little girls, and little boys to be little boys.We need preachers who will rise up and oppose the worldliness that is creeping into the churches.And we need deacons who will back up the preacher!

44. You have too much at stake not to be outspoken! You have too much at stake not to return to thefront line.I am right now extending to you a call to return to the front line.You say, Why should I risk my popularity? Im saved. Im on my way to Heaven. Give me one goodreason why I should give up my free time to serve God. Give me a good reason why I should

demand that my family be at church every time the doors are open.45. Our Faith Is Under Attack


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When you realize that your faith is being attacked, you will return to the front line.Uriah said, The ark is out there. May I remind you that the ark was not just a symbol of God but aplace of Gods abode at that time. God put His mark on that ark, and they took it to war. Uriah said,As long as the ark of God is out there, I will not sit back, eat, drink and be merry. God is out there;were in a battle; so Im not about to retreat!Our faith is being attacked in our country. Because of that, I cant stay home. The government is

after our church. Hollywood is after our kids. Sodomites are after the pure lifestyles of our country.The media is trying to make us look like idiots. Humanists are trying to steal the very heart and soulof America. Evolutionists are after the Creator who created the heavens, the earth and man.

46. Ladies and gentlemen, he was talking about you and me!Since the world and the Devil are attacking our faith, it is not time for us to sit around with ourmouths closed. We have the truth, and it is time to take a stand once again! It is time we return tothe front line

47. has lost her heart and soul, and it is the sinner behind the gun who is killing people.The same thing that closed the doors and churches in other countries will close them in this countryif people dont return to the front line. We have liberty in America because men have bled and diedon the battlefield.

48. We also have our spiritual liberty because godly teachers, preachers, deacons and Christianworkers who lived before this generation carried the torch high. They have lived and died, sweat and

bled, to give us what we have today.

Im not going to drop my sails just because Im of the generation that has taken the ball right now.Some others of my generation feel the same way, and I praise God for every one of them. May theirtribe increase!Preacher, give me one good reason why I should return to the front line. Because the thing that youhold near and dear as a Christianyour very faithis being attacked every day!

49. Our Nation Is Under AttackUriah said, The ark and Israel are out there. What was he talking about? His nation was beingattacked.Twenty-five years ago the sodomites were not in office, or if they were, you didnt know about it.Thirty-five years ago people valued human life, and abortion was illegal. Now we kill babies and selltheir tissue for profit and research! God help us! Dont tell me were not in a holy war!

Twenty-five years ago the youth of America had values; now drive-by shootings and other crimesrule our streets. I read an article about a judge in the juvenile court, just retired, who said, Thirtyyears ago, our detention center occupants were truce breakers; now they are murderers.I heard this just last night: Every twenty-three seconds a car is stolen in America.

50. Were at war in America! Some of that war is being waged inside our border51. Twenty-five years ago the sodomites were not in office, or if they were, you didnt know about it.

Thirty-five years ago people valued human life, and abortion was illegal. Now we kill babies and selltheir tissue for profit and research! God help us! Dont tell me were not in a holy war!Twenty-five years ago the youth of America had values; now drive-by shootings and other crimesrule our streets. I read an article about a judge in the juvenile court, just retired, who said, Thirtyyears ago, our detention center occupants were truce breakers; now they are murderers.I heard this just last night: Every twenty-three seconds a car is stolen in America.

52. Our Family Is Under AttackUriah said, The ark is out there. My nation Israel is out there. Judah is out there. Uriah was aHittite, but he married a Jewish girl, Bathsheba. Look on down through the passage, and you willsee that he married into the family of Judah. When he said, Judah is out there, he was saying, Ivebrothers-in-law, uncles and relatives out there. David, you have just called me back from fightingalongside my family. I will not do this thing! His family was under attack.

53. You may not think it is your job to defend and fight for the Bible nor to fight for your church byserving God in some ministry nor to fight for your countrys sake. It is your fight, though I may not beable to convince you that it is.I cannot understand why Gods people will leave the front line of serving God and fighting the goodfight just to sit around, when the spiritual welfare of their little boys and little girls is on the line!I love my wife; I love our teenage son. I wonder what kind of America Joel is going to grow up in. Wehave the freedoms we have right now because men fought, bled and died. Were able to worship

here and say what were saying because men held the line! Yet folks are drifting off, going off intowild things.54. New Evangelicalism says, Heres your doctrine, but forget your separation.


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Charismatic televangelists are filling up auditoriums all over America.There are those who say, Well, whatever will be, will be.I have always been taught that blood runs thicker than water. I was trained to fight for my family. Imgoing to do my part to make a way for my family to serve and worship God until Jesus comes.Would to God that others would help me!

55. Our Leaders Are Under Attack

You say, Give me one good reason why I should take a stand.Give me one good reason why I should cut my hair.Give me one good reason why I shouldnt put on a miniskirt.Give me one good reason why I shouldnt smoke or drink beer.Give me one good reason why I shouldnt play the lottery.Give me one good reason why I should teach my kids to hold the line.Give me one good reason why I should make my kids come to church and why they should beinvolved in some Christian club at the church.The ark is out there! Israel is out there! Judah is out there! Joab is out there! Joab was the leader.I say to you, the pastor of your church is out there. Does anybody care?

56. If I were a member of your church, one of the many reasons why I would toe the line, stay on thefront line and be faithful to soul winning and bus visitation is that I would have so much love andrespect for my preacher that I wouldnt do anything to be disloyal to him.

We need a church full of people like that. Fundamental, God-fearing, Bible-believing pastors are notfound everywhere.Joab is out there! Whoever your preacher is, if he is a man of God, you ought to love him

57. Our Fellow Christians Are Under Attack

Then Uriah said, The servants of God are out there, the people in the church. I love Gods peopleand enjoy being around them. I have the time of my life fellowshiping with the people at Godshouse.Uriah said they were encamped in the open fields. The enemy in this case had a walled city, butGods people were in an open field.In our generation, evil is protected, and we have to fight for righteousness. Isaiah said:

58. Picture yourself standing in the open field of slaughter compared to Satans enormous army. Thetruth is, we have always been a minority. There was a time in the 70s when we thought we were the

moral majority, but if we are now, you surely cant tell it. Maybe were the silent majority.We stand in an open field as immorality on television shoots like a machine gun. Christians say, Itsharmless. Yet it mows them down in the open field, deceiving them and stripping away their values.Our young people stand in an open field of drugs and alcohol, the number-one killer amongteenagers today. Satan deceives them into thinking it is harmless. You wont get hooked, he says.Yet we laugh at the beer commercials on television and think theyre funny.Theyre not funny! Were standing in an open field.Our young ladies stand unprotected in the open field of promiscuity. They are mowed down with thelie, Everyone is doing it. Everyone is not doing it!

59. The pressure comes. Oh, we dont need to be out there soul winning. Nobody is doing that now.Yes, some still are.The pressure comes. Oh, you fundamentalists! Dont you know everybody now is goingevangelical? No, not everybody! A Christian still ought to live like a Christian. A Christian still oughtto dress like a Christian.When the pressure comes, we need somebody to stand up and say, The ark of God is out there!My country is out there! My family is out there! My pastor is out there! My friends are out there! As Ilive, I will not do this thing!

60. It seems kind of crazy to want to return to the front line, but Im having the time of my life on the frontline. I love what I do. I love being a Christian.You say, Well, let someone else do it. No! You do it!If you are on the front line serving God, stay there! If you have left the front line for one reason oranother, I beg you, come back.There are teenagers sitting in here who need to enlist for duty. Some young men need to say, Ill bea preacher. Ill go to Miami. Ill learn Spanish if I have to. Ill go to California. Ill go to the Northeast.Ill go!Some of you young people need to walk down this aisle and say, Ill keep myself pure.Some of you young ladies need to say, I want to marry a preacher.Some dads need to say, Ill jerk the knot on the end of the rope and stop the slide that my kids are


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