The next two messages, the last two in our current series, represent one of the most well-known and deeply painful episodes in the life of King David. This Sunday we’ll be in 2 Samuel 11-12 looking at David’s adultery with Bathsheba and murder of her husband, Uriah. It shows David at his worst, having committed wilful sin against so many and the undermining of his leadership over the nation of Israel. Having been called out by the prophet, David and Bathsheba face the devastating consequences of his sin. The episode provides us with a template upon which to gauge our own wilful sins and see that we don’t go down the same path. There won’t be anything easy about what we must talk about together on Sunday. Then, on Sunday, January 26 we’ll look at David’s heartfelt response to God in Psalm 51.

Series: The Great Exchange

Todd Dugard

Message: 14 – From Shattered to Forgiven Part 1

Harvest Bible Chapel

Text: 2 Samuel 11:1-12:25

January 19, 2025

I sin willfully when I…

…make provision for it (11:1-4)

David has everything—and yet does not have enough.

Ronald F. Youngblood

Ephesians 4:27

Romans 13:14

…disregard the consequences (11:5)

1 Corinthians 10:12

…cover it up (11:6-27)

…play the hypocrite (12:1-6)

…ignore the Word of God (12:7-9)

I am quite certain that until we are prepared to put the label "Sin" where God puts it—taking not our own estimate of it, but God's—and until our hearts are broken and we are brought to acknowledge before Him that we have failed, there will be no breaking through of the power of God in victory and blessing.

- Alan Redpath, The Making of a Man of God

Matthew 5:28

…experience God’s correction (12:10-25)

Hebrews 12:6

Isaiah 53:5b