Yesterday, I ended with the following question: What was the difference between David and Saul that resulted in such different results in their lives? Both men were chosen to lead Israel… Both men believed in the God of Israel… Both men committed grievous sins against the God of Israel… Yet it was only David who […]

Yesterday, I discussed the difference between divine abandonment and divine discipline… And how David exemplified the latter. He was a man who had sinned greatly before Adonai… Yet came to a place of sincere repentance… And in the final analysis was forgiven. So if David was the epitome of a man subjected to God’s divine […]

I think today is a good time to pause and reflect on where we’re currently at in the Bible. We’ve reached a center point that enables us to look back at the Torah principles established at Sinai… And see how they’ll be applied to Israel’s future kings, including the Messiah. So moving forward, we’re gonna […]

“When I acknowledged my sin to you, when I stopped concealing my guilt, and said, “I will confess my offenses to Adonai”; then you, you forgave the guilt of my sin.”  -Psalm 32:5 Psalm 32 reveals that confession is the starting point to restoring our broken relationship with the Lord. Until then, we are dead inside. […]

If there’s one key lesson we can learn from the story of David and Bathsheba, it is this: Sin gives birth to sin. Little sins lead to committing more little sins. And then those little sins turn into big sins. And before we know it, we’re drowning in quicksand. That’s exactly what happened to David. […]