![]() What Happens to a Child of God When His Presence Departs? Cast me not away from Thy presence and take not Thy Holy Spirit from me" (Psalm 51:3, 10, 11). ![]() So David cried out, "Oh, God, I acknowledge my sin, it is ever before me! Create in me a clean heart and renew a right spirit within me. He had seen the evil spirit that possessed Saul. David knew what the end was like for a man who loses the presence of God. He had wept at the sight of a once powerful man of God cursing, living in fear, without hope. David had seen this great man of God fall apart he had seen him fall into madness when the presence of God departed. No, David is remembering what happened to Saul because of sin and rebellion. David cries out, "I've sinned against the Lord." (2 Samuel 12:13).ĭavid is terrified, not because of Nathan's prophecy that he will lose his wives. Then came these awful words, "I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto them unto thy neighbor." (2 Samuel 12:11). Terror grips his heart as Nathan cries out, "Wherefore have you despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in His sight?" (2 Samuel 12:9). Nathan swings around abruptly, looks David in the eye, points a finger, and says, "You, David! You are the man! You stole Bathsheba! You are the selfish killer!" David is speechless. I'll tell my captain to bring this man in right away. How terrible! I'll make him restore the lamb fourfold. He replies to Nathan's story, "Nathan, do you mean this horrible, selfish rich man had many flocks and herds, but when company came and he needed meat he stole the only lamb from a poor neighbor? And that lamb was the household pet, living in the house, playing with the children, sleeping with them? And this selfish, greedy rich man stole that lamb? So help me, Nathan, as surely as the Lord lives, I'll kill him. David is relieved! "He doesn't know! He's not here to expose me! He's upset about someone else's sin!" David is all ears now. Nathan turns away and begins to tell David about the horrible sin of a rich man who stole somebody's little lamb. David slumps in his chair, ghostly white. Taking slow, deep breaths, he instructed his servant, "Bring Nathan into my private chamber." And suddenly, there is the prophet with those deep, piercing eyes, that holy man of God, Nathan. His thoughts raced, "Oh, no! He knows! He must know! He's a prophet! God must have told him about my secret affair with Bathsheba! He knows Uriah didn't die accidentally he knows I had him killed! It's all over! I'm done! Finished! He'll expose me!" David dismissed everyone quickly. ![]() I can see David turning ashen white, the blood draining quickly from his face, unable to move, paralyzed with fear. He says it's a matter of life and death!" He's impatient and insists on seeing you right now. One day, perhaps while in a high government session with foreign ambassadors, someone approached the king and whispered, "Sir, the prophet Nathan is here. Bathsheba became queen, and David went about his kingly duties. ![]() David committed adultery with Bathsheba, ".and the thing that David had done displeased the Lord" (2 Samuel 11:27). ![]()
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