Are You Where You're Supposed to Be?

Are You Where You're Supposed to Be?

Are You Where You're Supposed to Be?

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Title: Are You Where You're Supposed to Be? ------------- Date: 08/14/1998

Keywords: "II Samuel" "Bathsheba" "David" "friends" "kings"

The following Bible passage tells about the consequences of lust. It is the story of David, King of Israel, and Bathsheba.

Passage: II Samuel 11: 1-5 (New American Standard Version*)

1. Then it happened in the spring, at the time when kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab and his servants with him and all Israel, and they destroyed the sons of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed in Jerusalem.

2. Now when evening came David arose from his bed and walked around on the roof of the king's house, and from the roof he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was beautiful in appearance.

3. So David sent and inquired about the woman. And one said, "Is this not Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?"

4. And David sent messengers and took her, and when she came to him he lay with her and when she had purified herself from her uncleanness, she returned to her house.

5. And the woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, "I am pregnant."

Questions

1. Verse one says that this was the time when kings go out to battle, but David stayed in Jerusalem. Was David where he was supposed to be?

2. If David had been where he was supposed to be, would any of this have happened?

3. Are you supposed to be on the Internet at a pornographic web site?

4. Could being on the Internet at a pornographic web site lead to other actions that could be harmful to yourself or others?

Practical help

The easiest way to avoid the dangers of pornography is not to be around it. How do you avoid it? Consider these steps:

1. Ask God to help you say no to pornography.

2. Then ask God to bring friends into your life that can help you avoid the desire to participate in pornography.

3. Be where you are supposed to be, and stay away from where you should not be.

For tomorrow

There are other issues from this same Bible passage. Come back tomorrow, and let's explore another way to escape from the world of Internet pornography.

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*"Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLEŽ, Š Copyright The Lockman Foundation 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995. Used by permission."