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  THEN THE KING AROSE, AND TARE HIS GARMENTS,
  by F.B. Meyer
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Summary: The sermon emphasizes the consequences of sin and the promise
of God's grace to transmute those consequences into blessings.

Topics: "God's Grace", "Consequences of Sin"
Scripture References: 2 Samuel 12:10, Galatians 6:7

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F.B. Meyer reflects on King David's profound anguish and remorse
following the tragic events in his family, emphasizing that these
sorrows were the direct consequences of his own sins. David's actions,
including the sin against Uriah and the resulting turmoil within his
household, illustrate the biblical principle that one reaps what they
sow. Meyer highlights the distinction between the penal consequences of
sin, which Christ bore for humanity, and the natural consequences that
remain, even for those who are forgiven. He encourages believers to seek
God's grace to transform the natural consequences of their sins into
opportunities for growth and blessing. Ultimately, the sermon serves as
a reminder of the weight of sin and the hope found in God's redemptive
power.

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Then the king arose, and tare his garments,

and lay on the earth. 2 Sam, xiii. 31.

THROUGHOUT the incidents of this chapter, the soul of David touched the
bottom of the sea of anguish and remorse. The circumstances narrated
were in themselves sad enough; but there was a more bitter element in
them for David, because he knew that they were the harvest of which his
own sin was the seed. Here began to be fulfilled the sentence of God
through Nathan, "The sword shall never depart from thine house."

He had broken up the peace of another's home, and peace had quitted his
home, never to return. He had defiled the purity of Uriah's wife, and
the purity of his own daughter had been trampled under foot. He had
smitten Uriah, and now Absalom had murdered Amnon. Through those awful
hours when the entire fate of the whole of his family seemed trembling
in the balance, he drank to the dregs the cup of bitterness. Oh, how
true are the apostle's words: "Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he
also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap
corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap
life everlasting."

Sin resembles the Australian weed, which when once it is sown in the
waters will spread with such rapidity as to spoil their beauty, and
choke their flow. We must distinguish between the penal and natural
results. The penal were borne by Christ for us all, and are remitted for
evermore; but the natural remain even to forgiven penitents, as they did
to David. Still, God's grace may transmute them into blessings, and
cause pearls to grow where before there had been gaping wounds. Ask God
to take in hand the natural consequences of your sins, and make them
means of grace and ennoblement.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/fb-meyer/then-the-king-arose-and-tare-his-garments/
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