Chapter 11:
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2 Samuel 11
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David's adultery. (1-5) He tries to conceal his crime.
(6-13) Uriah murdered. (14-27)
Verses 1-5
Observe the occasions of David's sin; what led to it. 1. Neglect of his
business. He tarried at Jerusalem. When we are out of the way of our duty, we
are in temptation. 2. Love of ease: idleness gives great advantage to the
tempter. 3. A wandering eye. He had not, like Job, made a covenant with his
eyes, or, at this time, he had forgotten it. And observe the steps of the sin.
See how the way of sin is down-hill; when men begin to do evil, they cannot soon
stop. Observe the aggravations of the sin. How could David rebuke or punish that
in others, of which he was conscious that he himself was guilty?
Verses 6-13
Giving way to sin hardens the heart, and provokes the departure of the Holy
Spirit. Robbing a man of his reason, is worse than robbing him of his money; and
drawing him into sin, is worse than drawing him into any wordly trouble
whatever.
Verses 14-27
Adulteries often occasion murders, and one wickedness is sought to be covered by
another. The beginnings of sin are much to be dreaded; for who knows where they
will end? Can a real believer ever tread this path? Can such a person be indeed
a child of God? Though grace be not lost in such an awful case, the assurance
and consolation of it must be suspended. All David's life, spirituality, and
comfort in religion, we may be sure were lost. No man in such a case can have
evidence to be satisfied that he is a believer. The higher a man's confidence
is, who has sunk in wickedness, the greater his presumption and hypocrisy. Let
not any one who resembles David in nothing but his transgressions, bolster up
his confidence with this example. Let him follow David in his humiliation,
repentance, and his other eminent graces, before he thinks himself only a
backslider, and not a hypocrite. Let no opposer of the truth say, These are the
fruits of faith! No; they are the effects of corrupt nature. Let us all watch
against the beginnings of self-indulgence, and keep at the utmost distance from
all evil. But with the Lord there is mercy and plenteous redemption. He will
cast out no humble, penitent believer; nor will he suffer Satan to pluck his
sheep out of his hand. Yet the Lord will recover his people, in such a way as
will mark his abhorrence of their crimes, to hinder all who regard his word from
abusing the encouragements of his mercy.
Chapter 11:
| Darby
| Geneva
| Gill
| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Matthew Henry
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| Wesley
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