What Went Wrong?

• David took a woman he  

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    and  
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    her husband. (2 Samuel 11)
  

• David’s behavior set a  

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   :

• Indulge your  

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•  

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    what you  
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• Use  

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    to remove your  
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   .
  

• God punished David by letting him  
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    in the kingdom his actions  
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   . (2 Samuel 12:7-12)
  

• David’s son Amnon  

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    his half-sister Tamar and  TOOK  her.(2 Samuel 13:1-22)

• Tamar’s brother Absalom  

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    Amnon, so he  
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    him. (2 Samuel 13:23-29)

• Absalom  

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    the kingdom, so he  
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    it—and his father’s  
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   . (2 Samuel 15-17)

• David’s hit man, Joab,  

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    Absalom against David’s  
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   . (2 Samuel 18)

• David’s remaining sons continued his pattern of  

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    and  
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   . (1 Kings 1-2)
  

• The violence and chaos of David’s reign followed the  
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    of his own  
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   .
  

The Kingdom of Heaven

• As rulers, our actions are never  

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   —they  
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    the world we live in. (Luke 6:37-38; Matthew 26:52)
  

• When we act out of  

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    desire, we create a  
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    world—and we have to live in it.
  

• The  

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    of God gives us the freedom—and responsibility—to create a world of  
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    around us. (Matthew 7:7-12)