It was a hard life for me (and everyone around me) on the losing side, but God didn’t leave me there. He taught me how to fight, gave me the spiritual strength to do so, and I’m happy to share the lessons I have learned with you.
Ephesians 6:11 says, “Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes”. The Bible describes our Christian lives as war and calls us Christian soldiers, shows us that we are given armor to wear and so that we can stand up against our own evil desires. “Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand” (Ephesians 6:13).
We’re in a war, soldier, and it’s time you learned how to fight!
In any battle, the side that wins is the side most prepared. They have plans and contingency plans and strategies galore, and they are armed to the teeth - it is the only realistic approach. In war, it’s life or death, and we must take this spiritual battle more seriously than anything else in our lives.
In this course, I’m going to be sharing with you very specific things I’ve done and still do to win against enemies more powerful and craftier than me. I also want to learn from you what you’re going to do to fight the good fight so that we learn from each other.
Do you remember when we started this study discussing King David, who sinned so grievously? We saw how he was walking around indulging his flesh with no regard for others, attempting to hide his sin, finally committing adultery and murder, but do you know how it all started? Look at this with me:
"In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, David sent Joab out with the king's men and the whole Israelite army. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained in Jerusalem. 2 One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the palace. From the roof, he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful, 3 and David sent someone to find out about her. The man said, “She is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.” 4 Then David sent messengers to get her. She came to him, and he slept with her. (Now she was purifying herself from her monthly uncleanness.) Then she went back home." 2 Samuel 11:1-4 (NIV)
Question 3. What time was it when David had this fall to sexual immorality?