If you’re not yet a Christian, the 70,000 dead bodies this chapter tells us about is a message to us that sin is far more serious than we realise. You may not think your sin is a big deal. But are you going to trust your fallen human mind on that over God? If you don’t think your sin is […]

David says in verse 17: ‘Behold, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done?’ David can see his own sin more clearly than the sin of others. And that’s the way it should be – but so often isn’t. David here is willing to take more than his fair share of the blame. […]

While confessing our sin takes away guilt. It doesn’t take away the consequences of our sin in this life. And here David is going to have to face consequences for his sin. Although actually while we talk about David’s sin here, the chapter starts with the explanation for all that follows, and that is that God is angry with Israel. […]