God Illustrates the Consequence Engine
In II Samuel 12, we find the start of a sketch of David’s last 20 years of life. What shapes the problems for the next two decades, more than anything else humanly speaking, were the sins of David’s “mid-life crisis” and his ensuing adultery.
From God’s perspective, David’s years of suffering began with his fall into sin with Bathsheba. Everything in this man of God’s life: from 2 Samuel 11 (Bathsheba) to 1 Kings 2 (David’s death) was touched, affected, and colored by that event.
As Biblical Counselors, we need to always be aware of this, and share these truths as we counsel:
Although God forgives sins and forgets iniquities, He doesn’t wipe out the consequences.
As a result of David’s sin with Bathsheba, he would now reap many great pains; among them: a son’s betrayal, the verbal abuse by Shimei, and then the physical abuse and death threats of Absalom.
But the best news of all is that, by the grace of God, David faced every one of these consequences, and endured them with the promises of God.
His responses as we’ll see recorded in the Psalms, record some of the most hope-filled pages of Scriptures.
There are lessons to be learned from David that are very difficult but so necessary.
INESCAPABLE AND PAINFUL CONSEQUENCES
One thing is certain—sin always pays back both believers and unbelievers with boredom, guilt, shame, loneliness, confusion, emptiness, loss of purpose, and loss of rewards.
The negative consequence engine for the Christian should never be thought of as punishment because Jesus has already been fully punished for the believer’s sins.
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