Nathan the Prophet Confronts David About His Sin | 2 Samuel 12:1-15

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The message is called “Nathan the Prophet Confronts David About His Sin”

0:00 Introduction
4:57 A few things the Bible says about repentance and forgiveness - #1 Peter talks about one of the reasons Jesus has not returned (2 Peter 3:9)
6:47 #2 The call of sinners to repentance (Luke 5:32)
7:08 #3 Jesus loves, rebukes and chastens (Revelation 3:19)
7:30 #4 The goodness of God leads us to repentance (Romans 2:4)
8:13 #5 Godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation (2 Corinthians 7:10)
9:24 David judges someone else’s lighter sin in a severe way (2 Samuel 12:1-6; 1 Corinthians 11:31)
12:23 Nathan reveals David's sin (2 Samuel 12:7-8; James 1:15-17)
17:23 When we live a sinful lifestyle, we are despising the commandments of the Lord (2 Samuel 12:9-15)
25:39 David repents from his sin (Psalm 51)
31:50 The joy of forgiveness (Psalm 32:1-11)
34:56 God gives people time to repent. Are you in the middle of that time now?
35:38 The only sin God cannot forgive is the one you will not repent from
36:14 When we turn to sin, we are forgetting about God’s goodness
36:39 Closing prayer

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Teacher: Robert Furrow
Series: A Study in the Life of David

[Melody-cg]

Thank you for sharing this message! God bless all those who heard this message and need forgiveness! Amen and Amen 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[BeastyAnt]

A really good message and worship was really great.

I’d love if one day we could just come together and just have a worship service and just praise God

[Sychman]

This was so awesome I was watching it again, I missed this part while sitting in church.

I had asked you this during a Q&A, but as a kind of a trick question because the answer is, as you said, "both".

Did David sin against God alone as the Psalm says, or did he sin against Bathsheba (et al) as well?

Both are absolutely true. Bathsheba did not create the world nor write the law. She did not impose a standard of righteousness to which anyone has to adhere. Our sin is against God, and God alone--*in this context.*

Jesus spoke about this in an entirely different situation. "If a brother sins against you..." He was more like saying, "If a brother breaks God's Law in such a way that trespasses against you..." and gave instructions for that scenario.

Anyway, here's what I think happened. David was gazing back fondly on his sin, (despite the horrible collateral damage) at his initial encounter with Bathsheba and the resulting wife & child whom he loved. Currently, David was no longer breaking any of God's Laws in regards to that situation. He probably kind of thought things were square. So God sent Nathan to talk to him. When Nathan finished, David sought the Lord and God had a talk with him. He had to teach David that if he truly loved Him, sinning against Him should break his heart.

Then David jotted down this stuff in a nice little Psalm so we could learn from this experience, too.