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Jesus in Matthew 6 effectively tells us to start every prayer with God, with a standard opening which includes Verse 13 which says “...lead us not into temptation...” The temptation of David’s son Amnon leads to a mess of things which forces David to flee his throne.
Not that David wasn’t aware of the turmoil that would befall him after he seduced the wife of Uriah the Hittite. There, David too was a victim of temptation, but what did him in was his arranging that Uriah be out in a battlefield amidst the heat of battle, knowing that Uriah stood a good chance of being killed. After Uriah is killed, a prophet named Nathan comes to David and tells him the Lord is angry with him, and henceforth, as it says in Verse 10 he tells David the Lord said “Now therefore the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.’
Like father like son of sorts, because in Verse 13 of 2 Samuel we learn that David’s son Amnon becomes attracted to his half-sister Tamar. As Deuteronomy 27:22 says “‘Cursed be anyone who lies with his sister, WHETHER THE DAUGHTER OF HIS FATHER or the daughter of his mother...” so, the temptation of Amnon, for that’s what it is since there is no temptation except to do evil, leads to his death by his half-brother Absalom.
Absalom is held to account because Amnon was influential in the area he lived, and Absalom makes a widow of Amnon’s wife. Absalom flees, and returns later, and when David refuses to see him, Absalom connives the inhabitants into believing he is the king. (Don’t ask, it’s a long story!) King David, believing his life is in danger, flees his throne. Thus, the prophesy of turmoil as it relates to the sword in David’s household is fulfilled.
As we see here, temptation can be a real killer, costing Amnon his life, and it makes a mess in David’s household. And the irony with David is that the Book of Palms contain many of his prayers. You would think that David, through his prayers, had a special relationship with God which would compel him to be compliant with His Commandments including “thou shalt not commit adultery,” and his son Amnon would know of Deuteronomy 27:22 and that HE would be compliant.
I guess the lesson here is that no matter what your stature is, you can be prone to temptation. It’s a reminder of the evil which prevails in the world and is ready to grab the morally weak among us. As God through Lord Jesus is our only defense against such evil, Jesus’ opening prayer for us to say, serves as a reminder of life’s pitfalls we should avoid.
Not that David wasn’t aware of the turmoil that would befall him after he seduced the wife of Uriah the Hittite. There, David too was a victim of temptation, but what did him in was his arranging that Uriah be out in a battlefield amidst the heat of battle, knowing that Uriah stood a good chance of being killed. After Uriah is killed, a prophet named Nathan comes to David and tells him the Lord is angry with him, and henceforth, as it says in Verse 10 he tells David the Lord said “Now therefore the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.’
Like father like son of sorts, because in Verse 13 of 2 Samuel we learn that David’s son Amnon becomes attracted to his half-sister Tamar. As Deuteronomy 27:22 says “‘Cursed be anyone who lies with his sister, WHETHER THE DAUGHTER OF HIS FATHER or the daughter of his mother...” so, the temptation of Amnon, for that’s what it is since there is no temptation except to do evil, leads to his death by his half-brother Absalom.
Absalom is held to account because Amnon was influential in the area he lived, and Absalom makes a widow of Amnon’s wife. Absalom flees, and returns later, and when David refuses to see him, Absalom connives the inhabitants into believing he is the king. (Don’t ask, it’s a long story!) King David, believing his life is in danger, flees his throne. Thus, the prophesy of turmoil as it relates to the sword in David’s household is fulfilled.
As we see here, temptation can be a real killer, costing Amnon his life, and it makes a mess in David’s household. And the irony with David is that the Book of Palms contain many of his prayers. You would think that David, through his prayers, had a special relationship with God which would compel him to be compliant with His Commandments including “thou shalt not commit adultery,” and his son Amnon would know of Deuteronomy 27:22 and that HE would be compliant.
I guess the lesson here is that no matter what your stature is, you can be prone to temptation. It’s a reminder of the evil which prevails in the world and is ready to grab the morally weak among us. As God through Lord Jesus is our only defense against such evil, Jesus’ opening prayer for us to say, serves as a reminder of life’s pitfalls we should avoid.
