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Nathan Rebukes David
The critics who say that God allowed David to get by with his great sin apparently haven’t read the whole story. God’s man can get in sin, but he will not stay in sin. That is what distinguishes God’s man from the man of the world. God left David in his guilty state for almost a …

David’s Punishment and Conquests
In this section we find David’s response to his son’s sickness and death. After Nathan left David, God allowed sickness to come to the child born to he and Bathsheba (vv. 15-16). We do not know what the sickness was but we know that after seven days the child died (vv. 17-18). Da …