2 Samuel 11-13

The corrosive effects of sin tarnish every family. Even the family of David. If the king had not piled high the sins of adultery, murder, and lying would the passion of Amon and Absolom been restrained? Would Tamar have been violated? Would Absolom have rose us in armed rebellion against his father? We cannot know the outcome of what might have been. But we are witnesses to what God accomplished in David's family in spite of those awful transgression. We are the recipients of the grace that came about through the Son of David, the rightful king of the Jews. That victory out of miserable defeat should be an encouragement to all of God's people.
Stuart