A and B Choices, David

King David

Prime Example of “B” choices:

King David went through a period in his life where he did not make good choices. It affected the future of his throne and the history of his family. Let’s walk together through these choices for David and see what we can learn.

2 Sam 11:1-5
1          Then it happened in the spring, at the time when kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab and his servants with him and all Israel, and they destroyed the sons of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem.
2          Now when evening came David arose from his bed and walked around on the roof of the king's house, and from the roof he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful in appearance.
3          So David sent and inquired about the woman. And one said, "Is this not Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?"
4          And David sent messengers and took her, and when she came to him, he lay with her; and when she had purified herself from her uncleanness, she returned to her house.
5          And the woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, "I am pregnant."
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David tried to get Uriah to sleep with his wife, so they could cover things up, but Uriah did not cooperate. David decided to have him killed.

2 Sam 11:13-15
13        Now David called him (Uriah), and he ate and drank before him, and he made him drunk; and in the evening he went out to lie on his bed with his lord's servants, but he did not go down to his house.
14        Now it came about in the morning that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah.
15        And he had written in the letter, saying, "Place Uriah in the front line of the fiercest battle and withdraw from him, so that he may be struck down and die."
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What were the choices that David made in his life?

He did not go to war.
He did not turn away when he saw the woman.
He invited her up to dinner.
Several steps happened to get her to bed.

What were the choices that Bathsheba made in her life?

She bathed in sight of the king.
She agreed to his invitation.
She stayed after dinner.

At what point could this have been stopped?

It is easiest to stop early. The earlier we stop a process, the easier it is to stop. The further we are in a fall toward sin, the harder it is to stop. Trying to stop while we are laying in bed is a little late!