the murder and betrayal of uriah the hittite

THE HEADLINE:Famous person does something really bad... whole country is shocked and outraged...

THE HEADLINE:Famous Christian person does something really bad... whole country is shocked and outraged...

10 ways that we respond to Sin!?

The SIN:The Murder and betrayal of Uriah

the Hittite...

(otherwise known as David and Bathsheba’s affair)

2nd Samuel 111 In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, David sent Joab out with the king's men and the whole Israelite army. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained in Jerusalem. 2 One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful, 3 and David sent someone to find out about her. The man

said, "She is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite." 4 Then David sent messengers to get her. She came to him, and he slept with her. (Now she was purifying herself from her monthly uncleanness.) Then she went back home. 5 The woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, "I am pregnant."

Cover it up...#1

Cover it up...#1 "I am pregnant."

David’s coverup attempts:1. Bring Uriah back...2. Get him drunk...3. Murder him...

Cover it up...#1 "I am pregnant."

David’s coverup attempts:1. Bring Uriah back...2. Get him drunk...3. Murder him...

Cover it up...Comparison...

make our sin seem less dramatic by measuring ourselves against other people and their sins...

Comparison...#2 How do you live with yourself after this?

Maybe David thought that compared to King SAUL... or the other local kings.... He was still doing ok...

Comparison...#2 How do you live with yourself after this?

Maybe David thought that compared to King SAUL... or the other local kings.... He was still doing ok...

Cover it up...Comparison...Minimize/Sanitize...

#1#2#3

make the sin and consequences smaller than they are... and make the sin sound not as bad as it really is...

#1#2#3

make the sin and consequences smaller than they are... and make the sin sound not as bad as it really is...

Minimize/Sanitize...#3Well, he will have a better life now... or Uriah might have died in battle anyway

Bathsheba will have a better life now...

Minimize/Sanitize...#3Well, he will have a better life now... or Uriah might have died in battle anyway

Bathsheba will have a better life now...

Claim Grace...

#1#2#3#4

God will forgive me he always does... (Secretly we think we got away with it...)

Claim Grace...

#1#2#3#4

God will forgive me he always does... (Secretly we think we got away with it...)

Claim Grace...#42nd Samuel 1126 When Uriah's wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him. 27 After the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son.

But the thing David had done displeased the LORD.

Claim Grace...#42nd Samuel 1126 When Uriah's wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him. 27 After the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son.

But the thing David had done displeased the LORD.

Claim Grace...Make it about us...

#1#2#3#4#5

forgetting that every sin really effects more than just us...

#1#2#3#4#5

forgetting that every sin really effects more than just us...

Make it about us...#52nd Samuel 1126 When Uriah's wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him.

“He who saves a life... saves a nation in time...”

~We will never know what would have become of those who would have been born to Uriah the Hittite..

Make it about us...#52nd Samuel 1126 When Uriah's wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him.

“He who saves a life... saves a nation in time...”

~We will never know what would have become of those who would have been born to Uriah the Hittite..

BUT...:if someone else sins we

respond differently...

2nd Samuel 121 The LORD sent Nathan to David. When he came to him, he said, "There were two men in a certain town, one rich and the other poor. 2 The rich man had a very large number of sheep and cattle, 3 but the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food, drank from his cup and even slept in his arms. It was like a daughter to him. 4 "Now a traveler came to the rich man, but the rich man refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare a meal for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the ewe lamb that belonged to the poor man and prepared it for the one who had come to him." 5 David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan, "As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this must die! 6 He must pay for that lamb four times over, because he did such a thing and had no pity."

2nd Samuel 12 7 Then Nathan said to David, "You are the man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul. 8 I gave your master's house to you, and your master's wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah. And if all this had been too little, I would have given you even more. 9Why did you despise the word of the LORD by doing what is evil in his eyes? You struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and took his wife to be your own... 12 You did it in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.' " 13 Then David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the LORD."

Cover it up...#1

UnCover the details#6

Once you hear about someone’s else’s sin... the detective work begins... there is nothing quite like a good rumor...

UnCover the details#6

Once you hear about someone’s else’s sin... the detective work begins... there is nothing quite like a good rumor...

UnCover the details#62 Sam 12:5 David burned with anger against the man

TextBecause David did not recognize himself in the story... The story was a no brainer... He was able see it with such moral clarity.

UnCover the details#62 Sam 12:5 David burned with anger against the man

TextBecause David did not recognize himself in the story... The story was a no brainer... He was able see it with such moral clarity.

UnCover the details

Comparison...#6#7

“I would never __________...”

UnCover the details

Comparison...#6#7

“I would never __________...”

Comparison...#7 “I would never __________...”

(12:7) Nathan’s reply... you are the man!

The one David found so repulsive was David...

Comparison...#7 “I would never __________...”

(12:7) Nathan’s reply... you are the man!

The one David found so repulsive was David...

#1#2#3

UnCover the details

Comparison...Exaggerate...

#6#7#8

...make the sin and consequences bigger than they should be... find the worst way to say it...

UnCover the details

#6#7#8

...make the sin and consequences bigger than they should be... find the worst way to say it...

Exaggerate...#8"As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this must die! 6 He must pay for that lamb four times over, because he did such a thing and had no pity." ~DAVID

Before we exaggerate the sins of others... perhaps we should take a better look at our own...

GOD: I gave you a crown, protection, a house, wives, a nation... And if all this had been too little, I would have given you even more.

Exaggerate...#8"As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this must die! 6 He must pay for that lamb four times over, because he did such a thing and had no pity." ~DAVID

Before we exaggerate the sins of others... perhaps we should take a better look at our own...

GOD: I gave you a crown, protection, a house, wives, a nation... And if all this had been too little, I would have given you even more.

Claim Grace...

#1#2#3#4

Claim Grace...

#1#2#3#4

UnCover the details

Claim Judgement...

#6#7#8#9

God should punish that person...

UnCover the details

Claim Judgement...

#6#7#8#9

God should punish that person...

Claim Judgement...#9"As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this must die! ~DAVID

It is normal to ask God for Grace for our sins, and judgement against those who sin against us...But it probably isn’t right...

Claim Judgement...#9"As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this must die! ~DAVID

It is normal to ask God for Grace for our sins, and judgement against those who sin against us...But it probably isn’t right...

#1#2#3#4#5

UnCover the details

Claim Judgement...Make it about us... and everyone else

#6#7#8#9#10

Where we claim that our sin only effects us... we are are quick to point out how others’ sins effect the whole world, and especially us...

UnCover the details

Claim Judgement...Make it about us... and everyone else

#6#7#8#9#10

Where we claim that our sin only effects us... we are are quick to point out how others’ sins effect the whole world, and especially us...

Make it about us... and everyone else#10

Psalm 51: 1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. 3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. 4 Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight; so you are right in your verdict and justified when you judge.

Make it about us... and everyone else#10

Psalm 51: 1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. 3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. 4 Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight; so you are right in your verdict and justified when you judge.

What do we do now?1. Ask good questions..

1. Why do we tend to judge the actions of others, but justify our own actions? How do we stop doing both? 1.

2. Do you see people as less valuable because of their sinfulness?

3. In what areas of my life and I: on the roof; attempting a coverup; judging another; pretending it never happened”

What do we do now?

2. Get more concerned about dealing with our sins... than those of everyone else

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