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II Samuel 12:1-14 “. . . why have you despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil
in His sight? . . . Now therefore the sword shall never depart from your house because you
have despised Me . . .” Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” And
Nathan said to David, “The LORD also has put away your sin; you shall not die. However
because by this deed you have given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to
blaspheme, the child also who is born to you shall surely die.”
Though David repented bitterly for his terrible sins (
Psalm 51
), nevertheless, four members of
his family had to die for what he had done; they are as follows:
Baby (II Samuel 12:14-15); Ammon (II Samuel 13:28-29, 32-33); Absalom (II Samuel 18:14),
Adonijah. (I Kings 2:24-25).
From this it is easily seen there is no respect of persons before God. Each one is responsible for
his own actions, good or bad (
Ezekiel 33:18-19
). The following Scripture also makes this known
as has been evidenced in King David’s life:
Proverbs 22:22-23 “Do not ROB the poor because he is poor, nor oppress the afflicted at
the gate. For the LORD will plead their cause and plunder the soul of those who plunder
them.”
Children Stealing from Parents
Children often steal from their parents to supply their drug needs or for other reasons. The
justification for stealing is often reasoned and excused by them, thinking— this is no big thing
because they are my parents; besides they owe it to me, or this
will be from my inheritance, etc.
God does not see it their way any more than He did King David
who justified himself for what he had done:
Proverbs 28:24 “Whoever ROBS his father or his mother, and
says, ‘It is no transgression,’ the same is companion to a
destroyer.’”
No Justification for Stealing
Stealing under any circumstance cannot be justified before God in
heaven above:
Proverbs 6:30-31 “People do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy himself when he is
starving. Yet when he is found, he must RESTORE seven-fold.; he may have to give up all
the substance of his house.”