A blasphemous idea has been floated in
support of Trump. We are told that the
David of the Bible was "a man after God's own Heart" - despite the
fact that David was an adulterer, having had sex with a married woman. Worse, David tried to cover it up. Even worse, far worse, he arranged to have
the woman's husband killed. Since that's
the case, they say, then Trump is also (holding back a gag reflex here) "a
man after God's own Heart".
They neglect a very important fact. Being "after God's own heart"
doesn't mean David was like God, or that a little adultery didn't mean
anything. Consider the following verses
- first, the "Heart" concept about
David that is inappropriately applied to Trump:
"Acts 13:22 And when he had removed him,
he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony,
and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart,
which shall fulfill all my will."
I take this to mean that being a man after
God's own heart is linked with the desire (which David certainly had) to
fulfill all God's will.
However, David was a man - and although he
desired to always do God's will - he failed miserably - and visibly - at least
once. Consider these verses:
"1 Kings 15:5 For David had done what
was right in the eyes of the Lord and had not failed to keep any of the Lord’s commands
all the days of his life—except in the case of Uriah the Hittite."
Because of that, God was very
displeased. He sent Nathan the prophet
to tell David this:
"2 Samuel 12;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.
2 Samuel 12;14 "But because by doing
this you have shown utter contempt for the Lord, the son born to you will die.”
I think it should be clear by now that we
should not celebrate that we have a President who is a serial adulterer.
David's heart's desire was to obey all the commandments of the Lord, but being
a man, he failed once - miserably - in the matter of Uriah the Hittite. The punishment was severe. Don't dare to equate God's heart with that of
an adulterer - or to equate David's heart with the heart of our President. Be warned.
It is blasphemy.
God is the same now, and forever. Think about it
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