Correcting
The Stages of Correction
1. What I'm ready to change. Here I'm ready to obey immediately.
2. What I'm supposed to change, but I am slow in changing.
3. What should be changed, but I have resisted hearing it.
4. What I'm unwilling to change and have decided not to hear.
Falling - the things that get us into trouble
1. Being in the wrong place. In 2 Samuel 11:1-5, we see David in the wrong place at the wrong time. He should be out with his men on the battlefield. Instead, he's home and sees Bathsheba on the rooftop bathing.
2. Entertaining wrong thoughts. David dwells on what he's seen and sends for Bathsheba.
3. Asking for wrong things. Once we've messed up, we have two choices: come clean or cover it up. He chooses the latter and involves other people in his plans.
When the prophet confronts him, using a story, he's outraged but doesn't recognize it's about him. The prophet tells him that he's the offender. David repents, but he's opened the door to the enemy. It causes great trouble in his family even though God forgives him.
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