AREAS DAVID WAS NOT RIGHT WITH GOD

Pastor Rick Jackson

II SAMUEL 11

Sometimes we get the idea if we go to church, pray over our meals, and drop something in the offering plate we can otherwise live any way we desire and God is pleased. The truth is God [Psalm 51:6] "desires truth in the inward parts:" and He wants the inward part to show forth in the outward parts. We have responsibilities which, if not kept, become sin to us and a stumbling block to others. We have to keep our hearts!

A great example of what I am talking about is found in our text. David was not right with God and it showed forth in 5 separate areas of his life. It can just as easily be seen in our lives if we do not consider ourselves, lest we also be tempted.

David was not right with God because he was not right with his responsibilities in the area of:

I. WORK [11:1]

Galatians 6:4 But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.

Ephesians 4:28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

Colossians 3:23 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

1 Thessalonians 4:11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

2 Thessalonians 3:10-12 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies. Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

II. MORAL PURITY [11:2-4, Gal. 5:19-26]

Do men have a responsibility to be pure or is that just for women? Purity is for both men and women, girls and boys. Men have to guard their eyes but women must be careful how they dress. The Bible covers both areas of responsibility.

Matthew 5:28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

1 Timothy 2:9 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;

III. MONEY [11:8, 13]

We should not use our money for wrong things. We should be careful that our money doesn't lead others astray.

Habakkuk 2:15 Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!

Matthew 6:19-20 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

IV. FRIENDSHIP [11:13]

Pr 17:17 A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Pr 18:24 A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

Pr 27:6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

John 15:14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

James 4:4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

V. HOME [11:26-27]

Malachi 2:15 And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

Ephesians 5:31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

1 Peter 3:7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

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It is a rare thing when a sin stands alone. If it does stand alone it generally doesn't stay that way for long. Let's keep short accounts with God. Let us live as a child of God ought live.