David responds to the story as he should. But he doesn’t yet see that it’s about him. He’s indignant that someone else would do this – but he can’t see that he’s done things far worse. In fact his religious indignation in vs 5 and 6 is almost sickening. David can talk about God, he can quote God’s law, and […]

In the first verse of chapter 12, after all the scheming and sending and deception, God is the one who sends. That’s good news. It’s good news because it tells us that God won’t allow his servants to remain comfortable in their sin, but will expose it, lest they settle down in it. You may succeed in your unfaithfulness. But […]

2nd Samuel 12 is undoubtedly a solemn chapter. David is confronted with the terrible sins he has committed. Before the chapter ends, his infant child dies because of that sin. Yet this is also a chapter that’s full of God’s grace. It describes a day that David dreaded, a day which David probably hoped would never come. Yet how much […]