2 SAMUEL 11
Pastor Rick Jackson
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 2 Samuel
11. 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]
Gal. 6:4 But let every man prove his own work, and then
shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
Eph. 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.
1 Th. 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 Th. 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.
Mt. 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 Tm. 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!
Mt. 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.
Jn. 15:14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command
you.
Jm. 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.
Eph. 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.
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