How did God forgive David's sin of having sex with Bathsheba?

[tonychanyt]

Dt 22

22 If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.

According to the above, David was to be put to death. David had sex with Uriah's wife, Bathsheba. After that, he murdered Uriah, who was his royal soldier. Prophet Nathan found him out in 2 Samuel 12:

9b You struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and took his wife to be your own. You killed him with the sword of the Ammonites.

David was not put to death. But there were consequences:

10 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.’ 11 Thus says the LORD, ‘Behold, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house. And I will take your wives before your eyes and give them to your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun. 12 For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel and before the sun.’”

Instead of a death sentence, David would experience these serious consequences.

13 Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.”

David did not give any excuses. He was immediately repentant.

Nathan replied, “The Lord has put away [H5674] your sin. You are not going to die.

The usual Hebrew word to forgive was H5545.

On what basis did the Lord put away David's sin?

Vertically, it was due to God's sovereign mercy. Exodus 33:

19b I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.

Horizontally, David was repentant. He wrote in Psalm 51:

1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.

God blotted his sin based on his sovereign mercy, loving devotion, and compassion without a burnt offering:

16 For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings. 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.

God looked at David's contrite/repentant heart.

Nathan continued:

14 But because by doing this you have shown utter contempt for the Lord, the son born to you will die.”

Even though God took away David's sin and he would not die, there were other grave consequences. God still disciplined David.

On what basis did the Lord put away David's transgressions?

1. God had mercy on him. He did not die.
2. He was repentant.
3. He would suffer the consequences.

 

[Ted-01]

Leviticus 20:


According to the above, David was to be put to death. David committed adultery with Bathsheba. After that, he murdered her husband who was his royal soldier. Prophet Nathan found him out in 2 Samuel 12:


Neither David nor Bathsheba were put to death. But there were consequences:


Instead of a death sentence, David would experience these serious consequences.


David did not give any excuses. He was immediately repentant.


The usual Hebrew word to forgive was H5545.

On what basis did the Lord put away David's sin?

Vertically, it was due to God's sovereign mercy. Exodus 33:


Horizontally, David was repentant. He wrote in Psalm 51:


God blotted his sin based on his sovereign mercy, loving devotion, and compassion without a burnt offering:


God looked at David's contrite/repentant heart.

Nathan continued:


Even though God took away David's sin and he would not die, there were other grave consequences. God still disciplined David.

How did God put away David's transgressions of adultery and murder?

1. God had mercy on him. He did not die.
2. He was repentant.
3. He would suffer the consequences.

I would add...
4. God's steadfast love (per Psalm 51)

 

[Mark Quayle]

Leviticus 20:


According to the above, David was to be put to death. David committed adultery with Bathsheba. After that, he murdered her husband who was his royal soldier. Prophet Nathan found him out in 2 Samuel 12:


Neither David nor Bathsheba were put to death. But there were consequences:


Instead of a death sentence, David would experience these serious consequences.


David did not give any excuses. He was immediately repentant.


The usual Hebrew word to forgive was H5545.

On what basis did the Lord put away David's sin?

Vertically, it was due to God's sovereign mercy. Exodus 33:


Horizontally, David was repentant. He wrote in Psalm 51:


God blotted his sin based on his sovereign mercy, loving devotion, and compassion without a burnt offering:


God looked at David's contrite/repentant heart.

Nathan continued:


Even though God took away David's sin and he would not die, there were other grave consequences. God still disciplined David.

How did God put away David's transgressions of adultery and murder?

1. God had mercy on him. He did not die.
2. He was repentant.
3. He would suffer the consequences.

In the final analysis, he forgave him for Christ's sake, the penalty having been placed upon Christ.

 

[BelieveItOarKnot]

We ought to recognize that temptation and sin is "of the devil," 1 John 3:8, Mark 4:15

When recognizing our close proximity to the devil, who fwiw and btw is NEVER forgiven for David's sin or any other, this does bring a very strong basis of fear of the Lord, legitimately so. Not just lip service

 

[Mark Quayle]

We ought to recognize that temptation and sin is "of the devil," 1 John 3:8, Mark 4:15

When recognizing our close proximity to the devil, who fwiw and btw is NEVER forgiven for David's sin or any other, this does bring a very strong basis of fear of the Lord, legitimately so. Not just lip service

Not meaning to dispute your point, but that is not quite what those verses say. Thus, apparently, if you are honest, you think those verses imply what you assert.

When you do that, you need to show HOW those verses result in that implication.

 

[BelieveItOarKnot]

Not meaning to dispute your point, but that is not quite what those verses say. Thus, apparently, if you are honest, you think those verses imply what you assert.

When you do that, you need to show HOW those verses result in that implication.

There's no question sin is of the devil. Scriptures cited in prior post

David's sin was no exemption

 

[KevinT]

God blotted his sin based on his sovereign mercy, loving devotion, and compassion without a burnt offering:

Heb 9:22 And by the law almost all things are purged with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission.

I guess every statement has it's exceptions, as you have pointed out. However, it is quite likely that David did make regular burn offerings, and I would be surprised if he did NOT repent of his sins as he made the offering.

Thanks
KT

 

[Mark Quayle]

There's no question sin is of the devil. Scriptures cited in prior post

David's sin was no exemption

Did I say otherwise? Not sure why you said that.

 

[BelieveItOarKnot]

Did I say otherwise? Not sure why you said that.

There's a false notion that forgiveness is a one sided deal. That David was forgiven and that was it.

Just pointing out that the devil was never forgiven in that incident nor for any other sins

 

[Mark Quayle]

Mark Quayle said:
Not meaning to dispute your point, but that is not quite what those verses say. Thus, apparently, if you are honest, you think those verses imply what you assert.

When you do that, you need to show HOW those verses result in that implication.

There's a false notion that forgiveness is a one sided deal. That David was forgiven and that was it.

Just pointing out that the devil was never forgiven in that incident nor for any other sins

I'm not disputing your point. I'm just saying that I don't see how those verses say, nor imply what you claim they say, and I'm saying that you should show HOW they do say or imply it. It's bad form to do otherwise, not to mention poor logic, a poor hermeneutic, and in the end, bad use of scripture.

 

[BelieveItOarKnot]

Mark Quayle said:
Not meaning to dispute your point, but that is not quite what those verses say. Thus, apparently, if you are honest, you think those verses imply what you assert.

When you do that, you need to show HOW those verses result in that implication.

I'm not disputing your point. I'm just saying that I don't see how those verses say, nor imply what you claim they say, and I'm saying that you should show HOW they do say or imply it. It's bad form to do otherwise, not to mention poor logic, a poor hermeneutic, and in the end, bad use of scripture.

There is no need to twist any scripture. If you don't get it you don't get it.

Luke 8:11
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

 

[RamiC]

"The basis of David's pardon is the Old Testament Gospel Offer. Yet the ground of all atonement through faith in prophecies, shadows and types of the Law rests entirely and exclusively upon this: the infinite merit of Christ's offering of Himself. Christ's ONE death is applied in TWO ways: prospectively and virtually forwards from Creation; and historically and retrospectively back from Calvary (He is God's Lamb slain from the foundation of the world and God's Lamb slain at the Father's right hand)." - the quoted text links to an article explaining more.