But the history of David furnishes no countenance to sin. It was when he was walking in the counsel of God that he was called a man after God's own heart. When he sinned, this ceased to be true of him until by repentance he had returned to the Lord. The word of God plainly declares, "The thing that David had done was evil in the eyes of the Lord." 2 Samuel 11:27, margin. And the Lord said to David by the prophet, "Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in His sight? . . . Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised Me." Though David repented of his sin and was forgiven and accepted by the Lord, he reaped the baleful harvest of the seed he himself had sown. The judgments upon him and upon his house testify to God's abhorrence of the sin.

Men Davids erfaring er ingen undskyldning for at synde. Det var, mens han vandrede med Gud, at han var manden efter Guds hjerte. Han var det ikke, da han syndede, og blev det først igen, da han havde angret og omvendt sig til Gud. Guds ord siger klart og tydeligt: "Men det, som David havde gjort, var ondt i Herrens øjne." 2. Sam. 11, 27. Desuden sagde Herren til David gennem sin profet: "Hvorfor har du da ringeagtet Herrens ord og gjort, hvad der er ondt i hans øjne? ..... Så skal nu sværdet aldrig vige fra dit hus, fordi du ringeagtede mig." Skønt David angrede sin synd, og Herren tilgav ham og tog imod ham igen, høstede han selv de frygtelige frugter af sin synd. Dommen over ham og hans hus er et vidnesbyrd om Guds afsky for synden.