2 Samuel 12:15-31
“While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept. I thought, ‘Who knows? The Lord may be gracious to me and let the child live.’ But now that he is dead, why should I go on fasting? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”
Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and made love to her. She gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. The Lord loved him; and because the Lord loved him, he sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah.
Meanwhile, Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal citadel. Now muster the rest of the troops and besiege the city and capture it. Otherwise, I will take the city, and it will be named after me.” So David mustered the entire army and went to Rabbah, and attacked and captured it.
God forgives him, but he is punished and despite David's anguished prayer the child dies. Nor is there yet any resurrection hopes to comfort him in his loss.
But this is not the end of the relationship with Bathsheba, nor is she rejected: for out of the grief and the comforting comes to another life, and 'the Lord loved the boy Solomon.
All this time David's army has been campaigning against the Ammonites. Joab has set things up for David to come in at the head of his troops and capture Rabbah/Amman.
Why?
David really knows what he can do and what he can't do, so he got up to eat when his child is dead. This is the rule that life belongs to the Lord, we pray for others, and my life long is under the hand of the Lord.
God loves David and forgave his sin, so the new life Solomon through Bathsheba means the salvation if completed.
Joab is smart and he knew give honor to the king.
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大衛順服神的審判,帶走他的孩子。去讚美敬拜神表示真正的順服。
我們禱告,有時候神沒有垂聽,我們是否像大衛一樣,真正的敬拜神,是願意承擔神的審判、安排,這才是真正的悔改。
所羅門含意是平安的意思。
約押攻打亞門人 事大約中斷兩年,戰爭中,先處理罪的問題,如果罪的問題不處理,不能在世界的事情上得勝。
我們每次領聖餐,都是要求先認罪悔改。
認罪後,勝利的成果就來了,得到亞們人王的王冠戴在大衛頭上。真正的接受,是我們真正的悔改,神的管教,令人不舒服,但是我們願意接受。
Really confession is accepted the result of God gives us, accept the punishment and results. God may do not listen to our prayer, but we accepted it and continue to praise the Lord. This is real regret and confession.
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How?
Humble my self before the Lord. My life is in the hand of the Lord, God loves me so I may comfort when I follow the word of God.
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