OVERCOMING TEMPTATIONS 3
NIV:In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, David sent Joab out with the king’s men and the whole Israelite army. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained in Jerusalem.
AMP:In the spring, when kings go forth to battle, David sent Joab with his servants and all Israel, and they ravaged the Ammonites [country] and besieged Rabbah. But David remained in Jerusalem.
NIV:One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful,
AMP:One evening David arose from his couch and was walking on the roof of the king’s house, when from there he saw a woman bathing; and she was very lovely to behold.
NIV:and David sent someone to find out about her. The man said, “She is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.”
AMP:David sent and inquired about the woman. One said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
NIV:Then David sent messengers to get her. She came to him, and he slept with her. (Now she was purifying herself from her monthly uncleanness.) Then she went back home.
AMP:And David sent messengers and took her. And she came in to him, and he lay with her—for she was purified from her uncleanness. Then she returned to her house.
NIV:The woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, “I am pregnant.”
AMP:And the woman became pregnant and sent and told David, I am with child.
NIV:So David sent this word to Joab: “Send me Uriah the Hittite.” And Joab sent him to David.
AMP:David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. So Joab sent [him] Uriah.
NIV:When Uriah came to him, David asked him how Joab was, how the soldiers were and how the war was going.
AMP:When Uriah had come to him, David asked him how Joab was, how the people fared, and how the war progressed.
NIV:Then David said to Uriah, “Go down to your house and wash your feet.” So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king was sent after him.
AMP:David said to Uriah, Go down to your house and wash your feet. Uriah went out of the king’s house, and there followed him a mess of food [a gift] from the king.
NIV:But Uriah slept at the entrance to the palace with all his master’s servants and did not go down to his house.
AMP:But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord and did not go down to his house.
NIV:David was told, “Uriah did not go home.” So he asked Uriah, “Haven’t you just come from a military campaign? Why didn’t you go home?”
AMP:When they told David, Uriah did not go down to his house, David said to Uriah, Have you not come from a journey? Why did you not go down to your house?
NIV:Uriah said to David, “The ark and Israel and Judah are staying in tents, and my commander Joab and my lord’s men are camped in the open country. How could I go to my house to eat and drink and make love to my wife? As surely as you live, I will not do such a thing!”
AMP:Uriah said to David, The ark and Israel and Judah live in tents, and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are camping in the open field. Shall I then go to my house to eat and drink and lie with my wife? As you live and as my soul lives, I will not do this thing.
NIV:Then David said to him, “Stay here one more day, and tomorrow I will send you back.” So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the next.
AMP:And David said to Uriah, Remain here today also, and tomorrow I will let you depart. So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the next.
NIV:At David’s invitation, he ate and drank with him, and David made him drunk. But in the evening Uriah went out to sleep on his mat among his master’s servants; he did not go home.
AMP:David invited him, and he ate with him and drank, so that he made him drunk; but that night he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord and did not go down to his house.
NIV:In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.
AMP:In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.
NIV:In it he wrote, “Put Uriah out in front where the fighting is fiercest. Then withdraw from him so he will be struck down and die.”
AMP:And he wrote in the letter, Put Uriah in the front line of the heaviest fighting and withdraw from him, that he may be struck down and die.
NIV:So while Joab had the city under siege, he put Uriah at a place where he knew the strongest defenders were.
AMP:So when Joab was besieging the city, he assigned Uriah opposite where he knew the enemy’s most valiant men were.
NIV:When the men of the city came out and fought against Joab, some of the men in David’s army fell; moreover, Uriah the Hittite died.
AMP:And the men of the city came out and fought with Joab, and some of the servants of David fell. Uriah the Hittite died also.
NIV:Joab sent David a full account of the battle.
AMP:Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war.
NIV:He instructed the messenger: “When you have finished giving the king this account of the battle,
AMP:And he charged the messenger, When you have finished reporting matters of the war to the king,
NIV:the king’s anger may flare up, and he may ask you, ‘Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Didn’t you know they would shoot arrows from the wall?
AMP:Then if the king’s anger rises and he says to you, Why did you go so near to the city to fight? Did you not know they would shoot from the wall?
NIV:Who killed Abimelek son of Jerub-Besheth? Didn’t a woman drop an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?’ If he asks you this, then say to him, ‘Moreover, your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.’”
AMP:Who killed Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth (Gideon)? Did not a woman cast an upper millstone upon him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you go near the wall? Then say, Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
NIV:The messenger set out, and when he arrived he told David everything Joab had sent him to say.
AMP:So the messenger went and told David all for which Joab had sent him.
NIV:The messenger said to David, “The men overpowered us and came out against us in the open, but we drove them back to the entrance of the city gate.
AMP:The messenger said to David, Surely the men prevailed against us and came out to us in to the field, but we were upon them even to the entrance of the gate.
NIV:Then the archers shot arrows at your servants from the wall, and some of the king’s men died. Moreover, your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.”
AMP:Then the archers shot at your servants from the wall. Some of the king’s servants are dead, and your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
NIV:David told the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Don’t let this upset you; the sword devours one as well as another. Press the attack against the city and destroy it.’ Say this to encourage Joab.”
AMP:Then David said to the messenger, Say to Joab, Let not this thing disturb you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack upon the city and overthrow it. And encourage Joab.
NIV:When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him.
AMP:When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for Uriah.
NIV:After the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing David had done displeased the Lord.
AMP:And when the mourning was past, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of the Lord. 2 Sam 11: 1-27
Good morning dear reader. I hope you had an amazing and peaceful night rest. Welcome to a very beautiful and lovely Friday morning. In the part 1 and 2 of this series we looked at what temptation is, what the purpose of temptation is and some of the tools Christ has given us to overcome temptations. Specifically in part 2, we started treating each of these tools. I encourage you to read up the previous parts of this series. Today, we will be looking at the remainder of them.
3. The Holy Spirit:
The best gift that God has given me as a believer is not the gift of prophecy or speaking in tongues or what have you. The best gift that God has given me that am most and always very grateful for is the gift of the person of the Holy Spirit. Yes, I said the person of the Holy Spirit. He is a person not a thing or an expression. He is the best gift every and any Christain should have. Well, am so excited talking about the Holy Spirit, alleluia. But this morning we are concentrating on the influence of the Holy Spirit in helping us overcome our temptations. The Holy Spirit guides, directs and leads us through his promptings. He tells us ever so gently want to do, persons to keep away from, circumstances and situations to avoid etc. He supplies us with abundant grace to make and keep us as holy beings, temples of God, ambassadors of Christ etc. Sometimes, you wake up in the morning or He even wakes you up in the middle of the night to pray for you to receive strength in your spirit man for a challenge you will come up against later in the day or month. When you are confronted with a temptation, he quickly tells you what to do to overcome. My friend, let me tell you the secret of all great servants of God, their secret is their intimacy with the Holy Spirit.
4. Prayers :
When you are faced with trails and it seems you can't carry on, what do you do? You pray. What is prayer ? Prayer is simply communicating and talking to God and He replying you. Most of us don't realize that we also derive strength in our place of prayer. Scriptures says, if you fall in the day of adversity, your strength is weak. Prayer is not just about binding and loosing. But sometimes you just have to go to God and pour out your heart to Him. God is happy when you do so. When you honestly pour out your heart to Him and ask for assistance and help, He is happy. When you see people who are going through tough times and you still see them smiling, you wonder how they do that. One of their reasons is because of the effect of the place of prayer in their lives. Go talk to God dearly beloved and be refreshed. Scriptures tell us that David strengthened himself in the lord.
5. Right mindset :
The main purpose of this write-up so for us to get the right mindset about temptations and trials. Temptations and trials do not come our way to make us fall and miserable but rather as an opportunity for our faith to be strengthened to produce patience that is very precious which will make us lack nothing. Read up OVERCOMING TEMPTATIONS 1. Like apostle James tells us, we should rejoice when temptations come our way.
Even if you fall into temptations and trials that doesn't make you the unrighteousness of God. Read up SPIRITUAL WARFARE series, so you will understand better. When you hear believers say, I am holy, an habitation for the living God, they are not bragging. That is just the truth, don't let the devil steal away the joy of your salvation because you offended God. Rather just ask him for forgiveness and resolve not to do the same thing because he has already forgiven you. Let me explain with this story. A man had two daughters their names were Jane and Mary. Both loved their father dearly and of course he also loved them dearly. One day they broke into a heated argument and both sisters got angry with their dad, both of them insulted their father while Mary even went as far as slapping him. Now they both felt very bad about it but only Jane went to their father to ask for forgiveness. The dad laughed and said he had already forgiven them. Mary couldn't bring herself to ask for forgiveness because she felt her dad must really hate her. So she left home neither calling or texting. Five years later, the daughter couldn't take it anymore, she went home to meet her dad and ask for forgiveness. Then the dad said he had forgiven her five years ago. she didn't want to believe that, she denied herself of the wonderful relationship with her father for five years because she didn't want to believe her father could ever forgive her.
Many of us are like Mary. We rate our sins and pass judgements on ourselves. I said this in our spiritual warfare series but I will say this again. Just the way when you were an unbeliever, an unsaved and a slave of sin in which nothing you ever did could make you a slave of righteous. In the same way, now that you are a believer, saved and a righteousness of God, nothing you did, do or will ever do will change that status.
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