In II Samuel chapter 11 we find 4 things that caused David to sin in his sin with Bathsheba. These are also 4 things that can cause us to sin if we are not careful .
- Wrong Place (II Samuel 11:1)
When you get away from serving God, it is easier to leave andallow sin to enter your life. When you find yourself in the worng place be assured that the Devil is close by seeking to destroy you. - Taking the 2nd Look (II Samuel 11:2-3)
Once you find that you are in the wrong place, many of us stay and participate rather than leaving. If you go to a party and there is smoking or drinking then you know you are at the wrong place. The next step is the most important, do you leave right away or do you stay and partake? Remember, an alcoholic or drug addict never took his first drink/hit hoping in his mind that he would become addicted that that very substance. It was the act of taking the 2nd look that hooked them. - Covering up Sin (II Samuel 11:11-13)
We do whatever we can to try and hide our sin, when in fact the act of covering up sin actually invite more sin in. We need to confess our sin and keep short account of sin with God. We cannot hide from GOD: God see's ALL - Compounds Sin (II Samuel 11:14-17)
Sin is just like a tiny snowball at the top of a mountain. Once you start down the mountain the snowball collects more snow and gets bigger and bigger and bigger and harder to stop. Sin is the same. Sin causes more sin which then causes more sin and so on. The compounding nature of sin is what make it so destructive to our lives. What starts out as a "little" lie turn out to be an huge fabricated story that never was true from the beginning.
- We just focused on the bad and how sin causes destruction in our lives. What about the good? In Proverbs 13:13 we find the 1 thing to help keep us from sin.
Obey God's Commandments
- Love God
- Love others
- Go and Tell
Philippians 4:7 tells us to get out heart and mind right. What better way than obeying God's Commandments? Matthew 28:19-20 tells us to go out a preach Christ. You see if we are obeying God's commandments and our life is preaching Christ, then we will naturally avoid sin.
