Q4. Punishment and Disgrace

[wifee]

4a)David is guilty of breakingOTlaw, willful putting his own lusts/actions of deceit &murder before his love&obedience of God&demonstrating rebellion against God.He deserves punishment of death the sword for adultery

.b)Instead because he admits he has sinned,God takes away his sin,giving him mercy and demonstrates his punishment for David’s rebellion not directly but through calamity of his household,people in the death of the son that Bathsheba bore,&David’s sons who go on to repeat the pattern of sexual sin&murder themselves e.gson Absalom sleeping with concubines publically.David

c)The covenant provisions that breaking covenant results in punishment through people the rod of men& floggings afflicted by men.

d)David’s sins hurt God’s reputation with his enemies,making the unbelievers belittle the God of David.

e)Our sins also hurt God&his reputation with unsaved.We misrepresent Christ in our actions closing the door to salvation,when we disrespect the Lord&his commandments.The lost say we believers are no different from them if we demonstrate darkness in what we do,instead of light

[karynjg]

(2 Samuel 12:10-14) What punishment does David deserve? What does he get instead? How does this punishment relate to the provisions of the Davidic Covenant in 2 Samuel 7:14-15? How do David's sins hurt God's glory? How do our sins reflect on Jesus Christ?

 

I believe David deserves harsh punishment because he had been anointed and hugely blessed by God, and was the highest leader of the nation of Israel, followed by many people.  God could have removed him from his position, or ruined his kingdom.  God chooses to punish him through the loss of a child, which is severe in itself.  This sint disturbs God's glory because so many people are watching David's actions and plans are delayed because of the punishment.  The same happens when we are in rebellion and these actions observed by people who may be confused by our behavior and wonder about our relationship to God. 

[Zibuyile]

1.What punishment  David  deserve? He deserved to die.

2. What he got instead? The death of his son with Badsheba

3.How does this punishment  relate toto GpDavidic covenant? The word says " I will punish him with a sword of men" Meaning his family will die at man's hand

[crissy464]

David deserves death he went against  God, but he lived and his baby died.

David feels severe reget over what he has done, and will have to live with it for the rest of his life.

God forgave David’s sins, but forgiving still has consequences (loss of child)

[Irmela]

Q4. (2 Samuel 12:10-14)

What punishment does David deserve?

What does he get instead?

How does this punishment relate to the provisions of the Davidic Covenant in 2 Samuel 7:14-15?

How do David's sins hurt God's glory?

How do our sins reflect on Jesus Christ?

The punishment was a life for a life. So David actually deserved death.  David is not the one who dies but the baby born to him and Bathsheba , dies.  

David's sin is forgiven him, but he will get to reap the consequences of his sin.  Shame will come on his reputation.  He had committed the sin in secret, his concubines/wives will be sexually molested in broad daylight, for all to see, and on top of it all by his son.  Many of his offspring will commit sexual sins and commit murder.  

Punishment /Discipline is meted out to David.  In the Covenant, God promised that He would punish the perpetrator as a father would punish his son.  He also added that he would have mercy on him.  

The nation's round about, saw that up till now David had proved to be different. He had shown clearly in his conduct that he was serving God and not following the footsteps of other earthly rulers, and now this conduct had marred that reputation.  In the same way, if we sin, be it by bad mouthing someone, stealing, sexual sins, or whatever it is, we are displaying to the world that this is the way someone who follows Jesus Christ acts.  It is not us they see but they see that it is way of life of a Christian.  This is not a true reflection of Christ.  His image is tarnished by our lifestyle.