King David and Jesus

The leaders in the life and times of Jesus were Kings, Emperors and Governors. A main king in time of Jesus was King David. David devoted his life to God. As a shepherd, he spent a great deal of time alone in the fields with his sheep. he used his time wisely, praising God and learning to hear God's voice. Though David was special to God, it didn't spare him from difficulty.He had to face many challenges and even lied as a fugitive. Samuel had anointed David to be King after Saul. David became almost a brother to Saul's son, Jonathan and was husband to Saul's daughter, Michal. Saul saw David recieving love and favour frfom God and his country and became jealous. He tried many times to kill David or have him killed. Even though he was pursued and under threat of death, David trusted in the Lord. God had told David he would be king and David believed and trusted God. He knew that God would see him through adversity. But David was far from Perfect. When he sinned, he sinned big. David became infatuated with Bath-Sheba, a woman married to David's soldier, Uriah. David had and affair with Bath- Sheba and she became pregnant. He componded his sins by trying to cover them up. He arranged for Uriah to be sent into a particularly hot battle where Uriah was killed. The Lord sent Nathan to David with a story about a man wronged. David decreed the wrongdoer should be killed and the wronged mannn should be restored four times over. Then Nathan says that David is the wrongdoer and David confesses his sin. Without hesitation, David asks for forgiveness and accepts the consequences of his sin. “So David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the Lord." And Nathan said to David, "The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die. However, because by this deed you have given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child also who is born to you shall surely die." David’s sins were severe and so were the consequences of his sins. Yet, he didn’t try to hide from them or blame God for their consequence. He accepted responsibility for his actions and dealt with the pain they caused. Many of us try to hide from our sins, too and even when confronted with them we deny them.

From what we know about King david he was devoted to God and when he sinned he asked for forgivness which shows he was a remarkable man.

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