And not the good kind. Sin has consequences, and while those consequences may be not be immediate, the effects can last for a lifetime. David’s sin with Bathsheba had been many years before, and yet here we see one more tragic outcome.
Yes, God forgive and restores. His grace is greater than our sin. But we do well to heed to accounts like this one and let them teach us.
And let us teach them to our children and grandchildren, so they don’t repeat our errors.
2 Samuel 12:11-12 ESV
[11] Thus says the Lord, ‘Behold, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house. And I will take your wives before your eyes and give them to your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun. [12] For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel and before the sun.’”
2 Samuel 16:21-22 ESV
[21] Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Go in to your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the house, and all Israel will hear that you have made yourself a stench to your father, and the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.” [22] So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof. And Absalom went in to his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.
