Galatians 6 7 8 Do not be deceived

Galatians 6: 7 -8: Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh shall from the flesh reap corruption…

Hosea 8: 7: They sow the wind, and they reap the whirlwind.

I Peter 1: 15: …like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior.

There are two kinds of suffering: 1. The kind we deserve – because we were the ones who disobeyed.

There are two kinds of suffering: 1. The kind we deserve – because we were the ones who disobeyed. 2. The kind we don’t deserve – we didn’t do anything but we experience the backwash of someone else’s sin.

2 Samuel 12: 14: However, because by this deed you have given occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child also that is born to you shall surely die.

Helpful guidelines for us to follow 1. David acknowledged what he had done before God and the prophet Nathan.

2 Samuel 12: 13: Then David said to Nathan, ‘I have sinned against the LORD…. ’

2. David fell down in prayer.

2 Samuel 12: 15 -16: So Nathan went to his house. Then the Lord struck the child that Uriah’s widow bore to David, so that he was very sick. David therefore inquired of God for the child, and David fasted and went and lay all night on the ground.

3. David went to go Worship

2 Samuel 12: 19 -20: But when David saw that his servants were whispering together, David perceived that the child was dead; so David said to his servants, “Is the child dead? ” And they said, “He is dead. ” So, David arose from the ground, washed, anointed himself, and changed his clothes; and he came into the house of the LORD and worshipped….

4. David claims God’s Truths

2 Samuel 12: 23: Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me.

5. David refused to give up.

Riding out the storm is… A Lonely experience

Riding out the storm is… A Lonely experience A temporary experience

Riding out the storm is… A Lonely experience A temporary experience A Humbling experience

Deuteronomy 8: 2: And you shall remember all the ways which the LORD you God has led you in the wilderness these forty years, that He might humble you, testing you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.