Let's look for hidden pearls (10 mins.)
2Sa 12:13. Why did Jehovah spare David and Bath-sheba? (it-1 639 para. 3).
David and Bath-Sheba had to answer for their mistakes by God's justice, but Jehovah spared their execution according to the Mosaic law because David had shown himself to be merciful and both showed their repentance before God. Jehovah discussed the matter in detail and appreciated the feelings that were in their hearts after these acts.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
The law given by Jehovah through Moses was very clear that adultery and murder were considered serious sins and those responsible should be killed. If Jehovah allowed David and Bath-sheba to be judged by the elders of Israel, they would surely die, as well as the being that Bath-sheba carried in her womb. That is why Jehovah was in charge of exposing sin, he did not keep it hidden.
He himself attended to this particular case in view of the kingdom covenant he had made with David. Because he observed repentance from both and that David had also shown mercy to both of them. However, he did not let them go unpunished. Jehovah expressed through the mouth of the prophet Nathan: "Here I am raising up calamity against you from your own house."
He showed them mercy, due to the covenant of the kingdom, in addition David on previous occasions had also shown mercy, for example, to Saul, and both David and Bath-sheba showed deep repentance before Jehovah, but he did not free them from the consequences of their actions .
Because Jehovah himself took charge of the case of David and Bath-Sheba, he knew that if they were judged according to the Law they would have died, but since David was an important part of the Promise of the Descent he decided to be merciful, however, that did not mean that the two would go unpunished for what they did.
What spiritual gems have you found about Jehovah, the ministry, and other topics in this week's Bible reading?
2 Samuel 11:1. As the biblical account mentions that the kings should be in the activity together with their army. Had he been busy fighting the sons of Ammon in Rabbah, along with his general Joab, David would never have exposed himself to the kind of attention he succumbed to with Dat seba. He took things in stride.
2 Samuel 11:2. It tells us that David is going to be attracted to sin by what he observes, thus leaving us a great warning, and that is that just by looking at something inappropriate we can let ourselves be seduced by sin and end up failing Jehovah, so we must be very careful with what we let into our minds and hearts through our eyes.
2 Samuel 11:2,3. As soon as David saw her, he already knew what he wanted or was going to do. From this verse we can learn that as humans we may have certain tendencies that we need to change or that are not Christian. And seeing something can prompt us to do or think something contrary to the Bible. We must remove from our minds and hearts any image or brief thought that comes to us, because if we do not, we can end up sinning as David did.
2 Samuel 11:3. The message had already told him that this woman was married, but David didn't care. This teaches us that a bad desire can control and blind us so that we do not care about the consequences and end up doing something that we will regret for the rest of our lives. We have to control our desires and discard all the bad ones.
2 Samuel 11:3. Eliam is the father of Bath-sheba, the wife of Uriah, his name being simply formed by transposing the components of the name Ammiel and meaning "God of the People" and it is an interesting fact that he was probably the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite, the David's adviser who later betrayed him.
2 Samuel 11:4. Let us not plan against Jehovah's rules. In this text we can see that Bath-sheba was purifying himself, since he had recently menstruated. David knowing this, he could have calculated that nothing would go wrong for her, but she got pregnant. Let's be careful to make plans against Jehovah's rules because things will surely not go as planned.
2 Samuel 11:7. Uriah had no idea of David's intentions or what was happening, he kept obeying and doing what he had to do. We learn that if we are not honest and sincere, our actions, desires or acts can cause harm in the life of our brother, and we have no right to do so. Let us treat our brothers with love and not for hidden interests or with lies involved, since this is not theocratic.
2 Samuel 11:5-11. We see that David tries to hide his sin with Bath-Sheba by wanting Uriah to have intercourse with his wife and so it would seem that the pregnancy was his, but it did not work because Uriah did not go to his wife to sleep with her, with this we can to see that wanting that whoever has a hidden sin will do everything possible to hide it and in this way think that he will be freed from the consequences.
2 Samuel 11:11. After learning that Bath-sheba was pregnant, David wanted to appear interested in Uriah's family welfare. But this man repeatedly demonstrated that he fully understood the theocratic arrangement of keeping himself sanctified for such a special occasion as fighting on behalf of Jehovah and his people.
2 Samuel 11:11. If one day we become full-time special servants or circuit overseers, let us be like Uriah by being supportive and using the same quality of bed, room, transportation, food as the local brothers and do not seek our own comfort.
2 Samuel 11:11. We can say that Uriah was someone just and that he respected Pure Worship, his words, his conduct, as well as the fact that he was married to a Jewish woman and lived in Jerusalem, near the king's palace, suggests that he adopted the worship of Jehovah God as a circumcised proselyte, his case shows that there are people who, when they come to know Jehovah, are willing to make all the necessary changes to adopt the way of life that Jehovah expects of his servants.
2 Samuel 2:13. It teaches us that King David, due to his lack of self-government, made many mistakes that even ended with the life of a person, which emphasizes the importance that as servants of God we cultivate self-control, in order to bring very serious consequences for the rest of our lives.
2 Samuel 11:2,15. It says how it is that the king chosen by Jehovah commits very serious sins, and God, for his part, made all that be recorded, thus indicating the sincerity and veracity of all his stories, which makes us trust him even more.
2 Samuel 11:15. This verse teaches us that we can sin in many ways, it is not necessary that we are directly the cause of something. He who throws the stone and hides his hand is also sinning and causing indirect harm to our neighbor. But Jehovah sees all our actions, and they must be sincere and loving in order to be blameless servants in Jehovah's eyes.
2 Samuel 11:16-18. Joab's behavior also teaches us many things. And it is that although he obeyed the orders of his King, these orders were not correct. Above everything, everything in life, are the divine norms and values that Jehovah teaches us, and no matter how high the order of any human comes, it will never be as high as what the Word of God says in the Bible. If we obey like donkeys what men tell us when it goes against God, we will also answer for our actions before Jehovah.
2 Samuel 11:21. A law in war is not to get so close to the enemy, because someone who is not even prepared like this woman in the story killed a great warrior with a simple stone. In the same way, even if we are great spiritual warriors, getting so close to the world believing that it will not affect us can result in tripping over the least expected person. Be careful brothers.
2 Samuel 11:23-25. We see that, at one point in history, when David is told everything that had happened in the war and the death of Uriah, he only cared that his plan to hide his sin, he may not have thought about the casualties or in the fact that the army did something reckless by approaching the walls, it shows that a sin can even cloud the way people think and act.
2 Samuel 11:20,27. David had hatched a plot to get rid of Uriah and take Bath-sheba as his wife. In life, we may see plots to get something, we should not be a part of it. As Christians we must be honest and sincere, not hide things or transform the truth to convey a confusing or contrary idea, as Jehovah's Witnesses we must always tell the truth, be honest and stay away from all kinds of plots or human interests.
2 Samuel 11:16,27. We see how it is that David at all costs wanted to try to hide his sin, but he forgets that Jehovah sees everything, in our case if we commit some serious sin, we should not try to hide it, but rather we have to confess it to Jehovah and seek help from the elders of the congregation in order to obtain their forgiveness.
2 Samuel 12:1. David had committed serious sins, had sexual relations with a married woman named Bath-sheba and then had her husband killed, Jehovah then sends Nathan the prophet to talk to David t with the help of the holy spirit, Nathan chooses well the words with which he will approach the king, so Jehovah through his holy spirit can help us choose our words when preaching or defending the truth.
2 Samuel 12:4,5. The prophet Nathan and David were good friends and the task Nathan had been given was not an easy one. The prophet himself had just learned of the sin and had to convey the judgment that Jehovah had issued. He had to choose the right words to reach David's heart and get him to repent.
2 Samuel 12:1,6. It shows us how it is that Nathan with an illustration makes David realize the seriousness of his actions, this teaches us that as Bible teachers we must make our listeners reach the correct conclusions on their own, and Nathan knew well that, Inside, David loved justice and righteousness, and with his illustration he appealed to those qualities, just as illustration appealed to those qualities, in the same way we can also appeal to the sense of justice of good-hearted people to help them understand Jehovah's views.
2 Samuel 12:7. Natán gave him a comparison in which David himself was reflected, but he had not realized it. This teaches us that we have to remember where we come from, that everything we have has been given to us by God. Sometimes, when people become very rich, they forget their humble origins and become greedy, without natural love and selfish, as happened to David, and worst of all, it may happen to us without realizing it.
2 Samuel 12:10. How interesting how Jehovah sees things. When we take something from someone else, it is as if we despise what he was preparing us to give. Let us never take anything away from anyone, neither objects, nor honor, nor attention, nor privileges, let us not despise what Jehovah is preparing for us.
2 Samuel 12:12. David, as the verse says, acted in secret, and now he would suffer the consequences of his actions. Let us remember brothers, that we cannot have two personalities, one of them can live on the edge of what the Bible says or even cross that line when we are in privacy or in the dark where we think that no one sees us. Jehovah if he sees us, always, before Him we cannot hide anything and He will judge these actions.
2 Samuel 12:13. When David understood that his sin had not gone unnoticed by Jehovah, he acted immediately recognizing his mistake without blaming anyone. This immediate repentance served him to receive Jehovah's forgiveness and thus maintain his friendship even though he had consequences for his wrongdoing.
2 Samuel 12:7-14. The story of the prophet Nathan has taken effect, David has been judged and condemned and Nathan only tells him that he himself is that man, through the mouth of the prophet, God indicates that he is very offended by what David did by disobeying the divine laws, he has shown great disrespect and what makes David realize everything he had done was wrong.
2 Samuel 12:14. He mentions that Nathan explains to David that, although he is forgiven by Jehovah, he will have to suffer the consequences of his actions, this teaches us that not because Jehovah receives us back in his people, of course if we take the necessary steps to be forgiven, this does not It means that it will free us from all the consequences that the sin we have committed can bring to our lives.
2 Samuel 12:19. These servants of David teach us an important lesson. They, of course, were afraid to tell David that his son had died, but when asked, they did not hesitate and answered forcefully with the truth, even fearing the consequences of this. This teaches us that in the face of tribulation, no matter how afraid we may be of the consequences, we must be forceful with our responses, always putting Jehovah first.
2 Samuel 12:19,20. It is interesting how David sees things instead of being depressed by the death of his son, he respected Jehovah's decision, he went to worship Jehovah in his house and continued with his activities. As well after fasting will not make the deceased return. Let's try to have that way of thinking not only in those cases, but also in other types of tragedies or losses that we have in life.
2 Samuel 12:22. We see the attitude and behavior of David, and the question that is read in this verse says it all "Who knows?". As servants of God we dedicate our lives to Jehovah because we love him, we believe in him, in his justice and in the promises he has made to us. We do not serve Jehovah for Who knows if all that will happen? o Who knows if he exists and is watching us? We are convinced of our beliefs, and we know for sure and we defend the Kingdom of God and His Justice against this wicked system with heart and sword.
2 Samuel 12:24, 25. After accepting Jehovah's punishment and showing repentance, Jehovah showed kindness to David by causing Bath-Sheba to become pregnant and give birth to a son to be named Solomon or Jedidiah, a name that Jehovah himself would put him because he loved him, without a doubt all this showed David that Jehovah had forgiven him, when we repent of all the sins we have committed we will also see Jehovah's forgiveness.
2 Samuel 12:27,28. How humble of Joab, instead of wanting recognition for all the months he was in battle, he spoke to David so that he would get the credit in front of everyone. Very few Christians are like that and we should strive to do that, instead of wanting everyone to know the things we did for the Kingdom, we should give credit to Jehovah.
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