Devotion: "Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right"

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Daily Bible Verse

For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swelling, tumults: ~2 Corinthians 12:20

Daily Inspiration

The Devil enjoys it when we whisper behind each other’s backs. Gossip produces anger, sorrow, and violence. We hurt one another when we say hateful things or share personal secrets. We stir up anger which leads to violence when we share false information. Instead, we will focus on our walk to righteousness and share the Good News concerning salvation and our loving Heavenly Father. We want to share hope with our broken world and stop evil in its tracks.

Daily Prayer

Dear Father, we will stop whispering behind each other’s backs and start sharing Your Word. We want to assist You by stopping evil instead of spreading it around with tounges of fire. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

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Two Wrongs Don’t Make a Right

By David Jacobs

Two Wrongs Don’t Make a Right: Envy adultery, murder – what lessons can be learned from Ding David’s sins? ~2 Samuel 11:2-5; 15-17

It is quite common for men and women in positions of power to commit adultery. The sanctity of marriage does not seem as important today as it once did, and many view divorce as almost inevitability. The collapse of the family structure and lack of good relationships examples can help explain the modern issues with marriage and divorce. How can we make sense of David’s actions in these verses?

The Ten Commandments specifically prohibit coveting, committing adultery, and committing murder (Exodus 20). The King of Israel manages to commit all of these sins in these verses. Seeing the beautiful Bathsheba, King David abuses his power and sleeps with her. She gets pregnant, and David tries to get her husband, Uriah, to sleep with so that that he will not think about the pregnancy, but Uriah does not do it. In an attempt to correct the two sins with an even bigger sin, David orders Uriah, a loyal and competent soldier, to be placed in the area where the fighting will be heaviest in the next battle. Uriah dies and David takes Bathsheba, now widowed, to be his wife.

“Two wrongs don’t make a right.” David has more than two wrongs, but the more wrongs you add, the less right the result. In an attempt to correct his mistakes, David sins, making his wife less happy, himself less happy, and giving Uriah no option at all. We can learn from David’s mistakes, realizing that all of the sins are prohibited in the Ten Commandments these sins will hurt us and hurt others.

Prayer

Abba Father, grant me the wisdom to discern what is good and what is not. Lead me away from temptation, for I know that like Adam and Eve, doing what You have prohibited will hurt me and hurt You. I pray that You grant a sense of peace to relationships that may need mending, hoping that more love can be shared instead of sin. Amen.

When You Are Hated Because of Your Faith

Remember the word that I said unto you. The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep Your’s also. ~John 15:20