I stopped yesterday with this question: "What will David do?"
The decision that David made was to have an affair with Bathsheba. He then arranged for her husband, Uriah, to die in battle. He was very remorseful after Nathan the Prophet pointed out his sin. Bathsheba conceived a child, and the baby died. David was grief stricken, and his servants were scared to ask what was wrong. David was grieving about his sin more than the loss of their child, and to try to make things better he went to war, and defeated the city that took Uriah's life. After the loss of their first child, they had a second child, Solomon, who became the King of Israel, and built the first temple, where sacrifices were made to God. The first house of Worship. Oh, by the way King Solomon had 500 wives.
Even though David committed adultery, and murder, God still used his bloodline to bring the Savior of the world to us, through Bathsheba, the one with whom his sin was committed.
Recently Pat and I went to dinner at a local restaurant. When we walked in, we noticed Lester, and his wife Edie. We said hi, and asked the usual friend questions. When they were ready to leave Lester stopped at our table and asked, "Why don't you guys stop over some time?" The conversation went on, and Lester always ends by saying, "Well, I'm an old sinner, and probably will end up in hell. But I won't be the only one." As soon as that statement came out of his mouth, I replied, "What if when you go to hell, you find yourself all alone, in solitary confinement for all of eternity?" All of a sudden he had a very serious look on his face, instead of that silly little smirk.
Lester reads the Bible at least once a year; I know one year he read it twice. The word says, If you shall confess with your mouth The Lord Jesus, and shall believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved. For with the heart man believes unto Righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto Salvation. Romans 10: 9-10 (KJV)
Apparently Lester missed that one; maybe I need to point it out to him. It seems terrible to me that he could read The Word of God, and still miss going to heaven.
I've written about three men. Two were called Godly, and one does Godly things, but believes that he is going to Hell. This is what led me to write this blog. What did The Lord show me to share with Lester that might change his mind?
The decision that David made was to have an affair with Bathsheba. He then arranged for her husband, Uriah, to die in battle. He was very remorseful after Nathan the Prophet pointed out his sin. Bathsheba conceived a child, and the baby died. David was grief stricken, and his servants were scared to ask what was wrong. David was grieving about his sin more than the loss of their child, and to try to make things better he went to war, and defeated the city that took Uriah's life. After the loss of their first child, they had a second child, Solomon, who became the King of Israel, and built the first temple, where sacrifices were made to God. The first house of Worship. Oh, by the way King Solomon had 500 wives.
Even though David committed adultery, and murder, God still used his bloodline to bring the Savior of the world to us, through Bathsheba, the one with whom his sin was committed.
Recently Pat and I went to dinner at a local restaurant. When we walked in, we noticed Lester, and his wife Edie. We said hi, and asked the usual friend questions. When they were ready to leave Lester stopped at our table and asked, "Why don't you guys stop over some time?" The conversation went on, and Lester always ends by saying, "Well, I'm an old sinner, and probably will end up in hell. But I won't be the only one." As soon as that statement came out of his mouth, I replied, "What if when you go to hell, you find yourself all alone, in solitary confinement for all of eternity?" All of a sudden he had a very serious look on his face, instead of that silly little smirk.
Lester reads the Bible at least once a year; I know one year he read it twice. The word says, If you shall confess with your mouth The Lord Jesus, and shall believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved. For with the heart man believes unto Righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto Salvation. Romans 10: 9-10 (KJV)
Apparently Lester missed that one; maybe I need to point it out to him. It seems terrible to me that he could read The Word of God, and still miss going to heaven.
I've written about three men. Two were called Godly, and one does Godly things, but believes that he is going to Hell. This is what led me to write this blog. What did The Lord show me to share with Lester that might change his mind?
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