First Lesson: 2 Samuel 11:1-15

Theme: The snowballing of sin

Exegetical Note
The well-known story of David’s seduction of Bathsheba and his subsequent complicity in the death of her husband, Uriah, is a classic study of how one sin can lead to another, even worse one. The passage is thus an intimate view into the workings of human nature, which often goes to great and imaginative lengths to make bad situations even worse, and the story’s effect is only heightened by David’s special status with God.

Call to Worship
Leader: We meet as human beings who are prone to sin.
People: SINCE ADAM AND EVE, WE HAVE SINNED IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY.
Leader: We have also shown, in every generation, a great capacity to compound one sin with another.
People: WE THEREFORE COME BEFORE GOD AS PEOPLE WHO, DESPI…