It is a heartbreaking thing to watch a child of God fall. The moral implosion of a formerly faithful believer often leaves a trail of destruction. David had been powerfully committed to his God for decades, but in a prolonged season when the battles were few and the blessings were many, David, the man after God’s own heart, dropped his guard. Through the study of David's infamous encounter with Bathsheba, we are instructed and warned about how sin can ambush and defeat a true believer. Nobody is immune from temptations, but we can deny them access to our lives if we are wisely informed and inwardly prepared before the temptations arise. From David’s personal collapse, we can learn about how the faithful fall, and how we can keep our names off the long list of believers who have gone before us and experienced the devastation of painful sin.