The High Cost of Compromise

Key Scriptures

2 Samuel 11:1 (CSB):
“In the spring when kings march out to war, David sent Joab with his officers and all Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David remained in Jerusalem.”

2 Samuel 11:27b (CSB):
“However, the Lord considered what David had done to be evil.”

James 1:14–15 (CSB):
“But each person is tempted when he is drawn away and enticed by his own evil desire. Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin, and when sin is fully grown, it gives birth to death.”

Reflection Questions

Am I staying in the position God has called me to, or am I spiritually “on the rooftop” in idleness?

Where am I vulnerable to compromise, and how can I guard myself against temptation?

What does this chapter teach me about the seriousness of sin, even for believers?

How can I respond quickly to conviction before sin multiplies?