Sacrifices Made For Sexual Sin
- Min. Jamille Noble
- May 15, 2015
- 9 min read
When it comes to sexual sins that people are determined to do, they often go to great lengths. It is amazing regarding the things that people are willing to do, and the sacrifices that they will make in order to engage in illicit sexual encounters and relationships. We hear all the time about drug users who steal from their loved ones, and who will live a life on the streets without the comforts of home to keep getting that utopia feeling of being high. They don’t care about their family, jobs, health, hygiene, etc. They spend money needed for other things. Sometimes they will hock or give away prized possessions, even their bodies to get drugs or money for drugs. Well many people get entangled in sexual sin, and become addicted to sex. They don’t care what they lose. Sometimes they purposefully sacrifice stuff that should be precious. The text for this message is below.
2 Samuel 11 King James Version (KJV) 11 And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem. 2 And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon. 3 And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite? 4 And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house. 5 And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child. 6 And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David. 7 And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered. 8 And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king. 9 But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house. 10 And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey? why then didst thou not go down unto thine house? 11 And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing. 12 And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow. 13 And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house. 14 And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah. 15 And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die. 16 And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were. 17 And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also. 18 Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war; 19 And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king, 20 And if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall? 21 Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. 22 So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for. 23 And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entering of the gate. 24 And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; and some of the king's servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. 25 Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him. 26 And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband. 27 And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord
Now if we look at 11:1, we will see that David was out of position. He should have been with the rest of his men who were fighting the battle. Being out of position, and not where God would have one to be, sets up opportunities for temptations and falling. In 11:2, we can see that David had too much time on his hands. An idle mind or idle soul, is the devil’s workshop. I do not know if this was David’s first sexual encounter or not. The Bible doesn’t make it clear when David lost his virginity. But doing something like this affair with Bathsheba certainly was an example of David sacrificing his purity and integrity regardless of if he was a virgin or not at the time. We all know that David was called a man after God’s heart. Eventually David found out that the sex with Bathsheba resulted in pregnancy. Now 11:3 clearly shows that David knew that Bathsheba was married before they had sex. He was told that she was Uriah’s wife. Yet he invited her over and had sex with her anyway. After the fornication/adultery, David felt he had to start doing sins and deception to cover up the affair, and the pregnancy. These were more sacrifices of integrity. David sacrificed his peace because he had to put so much effort into the cover up. I’m sure the stress about worrying that he would be found out caused an unrest in his spirit. That happens today when people are creeping with someone they have no business being with. They didn’t have DNA tests back then. There were no talk shows like Maury Povitch and Steve Wilkos have now to do DNA tests and lie detector tests to find out who the baby daddy is, and if an affair occurred. So in those Biblical times, it was easier to get away with blaming pregnancies on someone else. However God knows the truth. He is omniscient, and sees all. David tried to set it up so that Uriah would have sex with Bathsheba, and think that it was his child. That didn’t work, so he had Uriah set up to be killed in a military battle. 11:24 shows that Davis also sacrificed the lives of people close to him. Uriah was his servant. Other servants of David’s died too. He didn’t even mourn. There are a few more scriptures I want to highlight from the next chapter. 2 Samuel 12:14-18,23 14 Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die. 15 And Nathan departed unto his house. And the Lord struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick. 16 David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth. 17 And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them. 18 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead? 23 But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me. By sinning and engaging in fornication and adultery, David and Bathsheba sacrificed their own child in a way. God punished them for their sins by letting the child die. See 12:14 and 12:18. But in 12:23 we see that they were able to know that they would see that child again one day in heaven. However they sacrificed that opportunity on earth, and only had the child for a short period of time. Some people now days sacrifice their children conceived through fornication and adultery by killing the child themselves after birth or by having an abortion. They often use this to hide the pregnancy and sin. By not acknowledging their sins, and not paying attention to the conviction from God, they are able to keep sinning by sacrificing their baby’s life. Remember the verse in 12:23. This gives hope to women who have had abortions, and those who murdered babies they delivered. If they are saved or get saved before they die, they will see those aborted babies in heaven. But if they live into their 80’s or 90’s, that is a long time to go without seeing their child. They sacrifice relationships with their children, getting grandchildren, etc. People that engage in affairs that are adultery, or those fornicating with multiple partners are making some big sacrifices regarding their relationships. They can’t go out publicly with their significant other because of the risk of being seen or caught. They can’t post pictures or relationship status on social media. They can’t sit together at church or in the cafeteria at work. They can’t take holiday card photos together. If a man has 2 families with both his wife and his mistress, he can’t spend certain special occasions with some of those people/loved ones. Now I must emphasize that while it is possible for people to love all of their children whether conceived in wedlock, or conceived in sin, it is always lust and not love they have with the adults that they are fornicating or in adultery with. People in sexual sin sacrifice their own health and the health of all their partners. Abortions can cause infertility. STD’s are a risk. A lot of times sexual sin is spontaneous and condoms are not used. And even when protection is used, nothing is 100% effective or foolproof. Sexual sins can affect one’s health like sins such as drinking, smoking, drugs, etc. The Bible even tells us that David had an STD, although we don’t know from which sexual partner.
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