Tangled In Deception
November 5, 2023
2. Acting like everything is
3. ‘Blessing’ someone under
4. When being deceptive, we can bring others into our plot and cause them to
5. Duplicity causes us to
6. Living in deception leads to an ugly trail of
7. The most egregious sin in all this is how we hurt the
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1. Looking back at your notes from this week’s teaching, was there anything that particularly caught your attention, challenged, or confused you?
2. Clearly, David fell - in many ways. What is the difference between temptation and sin? Is it a sin to be tempted? (Cite some verses of Scripture that back up your responses.)
3. When David talked to Uriah in verse 7, David seemed to be initiating nothing more than idle chit-chat, as if nothing was wrong. When we sin against someone, we can either deal with it or we can ignore it as if everything is (or will be) OK. Why is the latter response wrong? What damage can that cause? How should this initial conversation with Uriah have gone differently?
4. Why did David’s first 2 attempts at covering up his sin not work? Why do we tend to try to cover up our sin or even blame someone else at times? Why is it wrong / futile / disastrous to try to hide or cover up our sin?
5. How does Uriah respond to David (vv.9-13)? How was David surprised? What do we learn about the character of Uriah, and how was it apparently different than David’s in this account?
6. We have watched David slide from an exemplary, devoted follower of God to an adulterer and murderer. We discussed last week some things David should have done differently that could have prevented this. What in the life of a Christ-follower today causes/contributes to a “slow fade”? What steps can we take to maintain spiritual fervor and strength?