In Reply to: Re: chain letters posted by A Philosophy Doctor on December 30, 2009 at 10:01:09:
David or Christians don't get a "free pass" because of importance. THE "free pass" I have is fom God's grace and God's grace is what makes each person significant. When He has the hairs numbered on each persons head, that is significant!"Pastors will do well seeing the effects of personal behavior of celebrities on others and denouncing them as such." Which pastors and which celebrities are you talking about. I am a pastor and which forum should I use for such denoucements?
According to this David did not get a pass.
2 Samuel 12:7-14
7 Then Nathan said to David, "You are the man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul. 8 I gave your master's house to you, and your master's wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah. And if all this had been too little, I would have given you even more. 9 Why did you despise the word of the LORD by doing what is evil in his eyes? You struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and took his wife to be your own. You killed him with the sword of the Ammonites. 10 Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.'
11 "This is what the LORD says: 'Out of your own household I am going to bring calamity upon you. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to one who is close to you, and he will lie with your wives in broad daylight. 12 You did it in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.' "
13 Then David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the LORD."
Nathan replied, "The LORD has taken away your sin. You are not going to die. 14 But because by doing this you have made the enemies of the LORD show utter contempt, [a] the son born to you will die."