Am I Playing with Fire?

The Life of DAvid

Am I Playing with Fire?

2 Samuel 11

These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the culmination of the ages has come. So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall! 1 Corinthians 10:11-12

I’m flirting with Temptation when…

1.I am I shouldn’t

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. Vs. 1

2. I at what I shouldn’t

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, and David sent someone to find out about her. Vs. 2-3

3. I what’s not for

The man said, “She is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.” Then David sent messengers to get her. She came to him, and he slept with her.

Vs. 3-4

The Problem with Cover-Ups

1. sin leads to sin Vs. 6-25
2. Sins are never really

When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him. 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. Vs. 26-27

How to Handle Temptation and Sin

1.Be and Be

David sent Joab out with the king’s men and the whole Israelite army. Vs. 1

As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another. Proverbs 27:17

2. When tempted, look for the

No temptation^[c]has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it. 1 Corinthians 10:13

3. When I Sin, it don’t it

Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy. Proverbs 28:13

4. Develop a for Sin

God’s Commands don’t prevent us from our lives,

they prevent us from our lives!