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them: they have made them a
molten calf, and have worshipped it,
and have sacrificed thereunto, and
said, These be thy gods, O Israel,
which have brought thee up out of
the land of Egypt (Exodus 32:7,8).
The Israelites underestimated God’s
greatness, and they put their trust in
an object made of gold instead of in
the all-knowing and all-seeing God. You
may be putting your trust in a person
or in something that is man-made, but
God Almighty is the only one you should
put all your trust in. He is the one who
created you; and He knows everything
about you, even how many hairs are on
your head.
God Uncovered David’s Sin
Think about the sin of King David
when he slept with another man’s wife,
and she became pregnant. King David
knew he was in trouble when Bathsheba
told him about her pregnancy, so he
came up with a plan—he decided to
bring back Bathsheba’s husband, Uriah,
from the battlefield to be with his wife.
After sleeping with her, Uriah would then
think that he had gotten her pregnant.
King David was weaving a great web of
deceit to try to cover up his sin.
If that plan had worked, the child
would have grown up thinking Uriah
was his dad instead of David; but the
plan didn’t work because Uriah did not
sleep with Bathsheba. He didn’t think it
was fair to the other soldiers for him to
be with his wife when they could not be
with their wives.
King David then had to travel further
down his dark path of sin, and he
devised another plan to have Uriah killed
in battle. When that devilish deed was
done, David thought he had gotten away
with his sin; and he married Bathsheba.
He thought all was well until he received
a visit from Nathan, a prophet of God.
And the LORD sent Nathan unto
David. And he came unto him, and
said unto him, There were two
men in one city; the one rich, and
the other poor. The rich man had
exceeding many flocks and herds:
But the poor man had nothing,
save one little ewe lamb, which he
had bought and nourished up: and
it grew up together with him, and
with his children; it did eat of his
own meat, and drank of his own
cup, and lay in his bosom, and was
unto him as a daughter. And there
came a traveler unto the rich man,
and he spared to take of his own
flock and of his own herd, to dress
for the wayfaring man that was
come unto him; but took the poor
man’s lamb, and dressed it for the
man that was come to him. And
David’s anger was greatly kindled
against the man; and he said to
Nathan, As the LORD liveth, the
man that hath done this thing shall
surely die: And he shall restore the
lamb fourfold, because he did this
thing, and because he had no pity
(II Samuel 12:1–6).
King David was so angry that he
was ready to have that man killed; but
then Nathan said to David, Thou art
the man (II Samuel 12:7). Imagine
how David must have felt when he
heard that. How many times have you
been angry with someone when you
had done the same thing they had
done?
David Paid for His Sin
Nathan goes on to tell King David
what his punishment for his sins
was going to be from the Lord. Now
therefore the sword shall never
depart from thine house; because
thou hast despised me, and hast
taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite
to be thy wife. Thus saith the
LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil