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onpatrol98

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2. Smiting the innocent child...
Tue Jun 14, 2016, 06:24 AM
Jun 2016

I have wondered about that myself. But, it is my understanding that a child before the age of accountability would be with God. The goal of every Christian is to eventually be with God. But, that would be a tough pill to swallow as a parent. But, a loving God receiving a child to be with Him provides me with considerably more peace.

Yes, the story of David and Bathsheba is a classic story of lust and power. But, it is also a story of God's love for David and provides great hope for Christians.

God's Love for David
Even as Nathan shares the understanding of the story with David, he is emphasizing that David has a God that would have given him anything.

(2 Samuel 7-8)
7 Then Nathan said to David, “You are the man! Thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul. 8 I gave you your master’s house and your master’s wives into your keeping, and gave you the house of Israel and Judah. And if that had been too little, I also would have given you much more!

Hope for Christians
Even after David has committed this horrible sin, he repents (absolutely necessary - we shouldn't live knowingly unrepentant lives if we say we love God), and God forgives him.

(2 Samuel 12:13-14)
13 So David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” (acknowledges his sin)

And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die. (forgiven)


In other words, if there is hope for David, there is hope for every sinner who repents.

14 However, because by this deed you have given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child also who is born to you shall surely die.”

But, with a just God, there are also consequences to sin. (The child is not guilty, the child returns to God. However, David and Bathsheba, no longer have the child.)

These are very interesting scriptures indeed!

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