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NASB | Acts 13:22 "After He had removed him, He raised up David to be their king, concerning whom He also testified and said, 'I HAVE FOUND DAVID the son of Jesse, A MAN AFTER MY HEART, who will do all My will.' |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 13:22 "And when He had removed him, He raised up David to be their king: of him He testified and said, 'I HAVE FOUND DAVID the son of Jesse, A MAN AFTER MY OWN HEART [conforming to My will and purposes], who will do all My will.' [1 Sam 13:14; Ps 89:20; Is 44:28] |
Bible Question:
ebrain, thanks for your reply. Praise God for your salvation! But I guess a point was not addressed. David LIVED with these many wives all his life. For this, he never repented because he never divorced them. So it still seems that he lived in adultery and it seems difficult to accept that he could be such an important model for a Christian and such a paradigm of one whose heart was after God's own heart. Finder |
Bible Answer: Woe... Wait a minute. Perhaps I have misunderstood you. I may have overlooked something here, but I do not remember David, or any "important Christian role model" just living with a woman. "ALL HAVE SINNED AND COME SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD. THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NO NOT ONE." Can we not see the fact that even one who is after the very heart of God, is less than peerfect? Does this not attest to the fact that Christians too, are less than what an onlooker may consider perfect? A Christian is supposed to set a godly example. David, a man after Gods own heart often set poor examples. First of all; A woman is not a wife, if the man is just "living" with that woman. Davids only adultry was with Bathsheba, prior to his having her husband murdered because he refused to sleep with her while his fellow soldiers were sleeping under the stars without such comfort. David was attempting to cover his sin. Then, to avoid the public shame they would both have suffered, he had her husband murdered so he could marry her. This is why the Lord chose to take the child who was concieved in David's and Bathsheba's sin. I believe you may be refering to Davids "concubines." Webster defines concubine : a woman with whom a man cohabits without being married: as a : one having a recognized social status in a household below that of a wife b : MISTRESS Again, I may be wrong (I am sure someone will correct me and provide scriptural foundation for their correction if I am,)but I do not remember David having any concubines. In my particular corner of this world, such a woman is known as a "shack up." In such a case, there would be no such thing as divorce. I guess each simply goes their own way.. There is much which can be learned from the life of one such as David. First of all, if you allow yourself to look on a woman in lust.... Watch out... Second, one seemingly small sin (lustful gazing,) tends to lead to something larger. In Davids case, adultry, then murder. Finally there is the wages of sin. Look at the comparrison of David's sins to those of his children. Davids first sin was adultry. Amnon, Davids son raped his half sister, Tamar. Davids next sin was murder. Tamars blood brother, Absalom murdered his half brother who had raped his sister. (David, being King, should have pronounced punishment on Amnon for his horendus crime. His failure led to his other sons becoming a murderer,and nearly becoming king in his place.) What kind of examples do we set? Are we any less saved because of our poor examples? Right on down to the third and fourth generation, How many of our sins will our children pay for? |