2 Samuel 11 Vs 1 - 5

Recurrent Thought: When we rise to the top, we become the target of the enemy, yet most often we put our guard down.  We should diligently protect virtue  and values that took us to the top.

Background

• God had just made a covenant with David in Chapter 7
• He just built his house
• Wanted to build the temple but God said no
• The Kingdom was united
• Israel had reached the highest pick ever
• He got rest from the enemies around him

Why was it a roof Top a Scandal

• Uriah was not a random dude, he was his friend one of the 30 men close to David 2 Samuel 23 Vs 39
• He slept with a friend's wife technically

Causes of Roof Top Scandal

1. David Stopped doing what took him to the Top Vs1
   • This was the time that Kings fought but he was home instead
   • Our fall begins when we stop paying attention of what really make us
   • Success makes you too comfortable that you rarely go back to what made you successful and before you know it, the decline starts
2. David was looking at what he was not supposed to look at Vs 2
   • Our fall is not by chance it’s a product of what we feed our mind
   • At the top you have opportunities to see things but you have to be selective
   • Jesus said if you look at woman lustfully you have already sinned
   • Job said I have made a covenant with my eyes not to look at woman lustfully
   • David's mistake was to look at the woman sinfully
3. Accountability Company, he was alone
   • It's in isolation that we become comfortable with sin
   • If you want to do something right associate with the right people
4. Abundant Resources Of Resources
   • Some sins are expensive, until you have resources
   • David now had messengers whom he would send
   • He just built his house and from the top he could see further

Impact of Roof Top Scandal

1. Destroyed other lives
   • Uriah' family was destroyed
   • Heart breaks that other man is still struggling with
   • The higher we rise in life, the more we affect others with our wrong decisions
2. When you sin, it takes away your ability to rebuke sin
   • There was a standard that Joab did not follow but David failed to rebuke him because he had told Joab to kill Uriah
   • When you compromise, it takes away our ability to rebuke others
3. Our sin encourages others to sin, especially those that look up to us
   • This sin affected David's Children,
   • Amon slept with his sister,
   • Absalom, slept with his father's concubines,
   • Adonija wanted to marry the king's concubine when David had died
   • Solomon was a womaniser
   • We have responsibility to the people that look up to us
4. There is always a reaping of what you sow 2 Samuel 12 Vs 9 - 12
   • Though it was done in private it will be done in the daylight, many years later it happened
   • There was sword in his house, too much sword

What to do when we find ourselves at Rooftop Scandal

1. Be around the righteous people, people who can speak the truth to you
   • This calls for all of us to be our brother and sister keeper
   • When we hear the rumour, let's talk to him or her
   • There is no love in not rebuking
2. Have a repentant heart
   • Accept you did wrong and be willing to work it out
   • God is a merciful God,
3. Lets take the courage to go back to what we used and even more