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          Bill Clinton Is Our King David, From The Bible
   


   It finally became clear to me this morning as I recognized that we
   are now in battle with Iraq: Bill Clinton is our modern-day King
   David, from the Bible!
   
   As a Bible Christian, I believe that the Bible contains the word of
   God, sufficient for all good works, according to 2 Timothy 3:16-17.

       "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is useful
        for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction
        in righteousness, so that the man of God may be complete,
        thoroughly equipped for all good works." (2 Timothy 3:16-17)


   In the Bible, God has given us the basic information he wants us to
   have for our lives. Some of this information He gives to us as
   commandments: "Do this; don't do that!" But much of our information
   from Him comes in the form of stories and parables. The Old Testament,
   in particular, is filled with stories. These are God's stories,
   intended for us to have and to apply to our own lives.
   
   ALL MAJOR SITUATIONS THAT WE EVER FACE IN LIFE ARE ACCURATELY
   REPRESENTED IN BIBLE STORIES! Just as we today use stories to teach
   our children, so also does God use Bible stories to teach us. He wants
   us to apply these stories to our own lives, to guide us. He has truly
   provided for all our needs, including air, water, food, natural
   medicines, raw materials, physical mates and spiritual guidance. We
   lack nothing!
   
   One of the major Old Testament Bible characters is King David of
   Israel. As a simple teen-aged shepherd boy, David killed Goliath, the
   gigantic champion warrior of the enemy Philistines, in battle, with
   one stone thrown from a hand-held sling. (That story is found in your
   Bibles in 1 Samuel, Chapter 17.) Later, God selected David to become
   King of Israel. David loved God, and God loved David. God said that
   David was a man "after his own heart." (1 Samuel 13:14) It was David
   who wrote most of the Psalms in the Bible, including the most famous
   one, The Twenty-Third Psalm.
   
   David loved women, and women loved him. As permitted by God at that
   time, David had multiple wives and concubines. (A concubine was a
   live-in woman you had sex with but she was not quite as high-status as
   a wife.)

      "And David took for himself more concubines and wives out of
       Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron; and there were more
       sons and daughters born to David." (2 Samuel 5:13)


   But it was his love for women that got him into the most trouble with
   God. He seduced Bathsheba, the wife of one of his soldiers, got her
   pregnant, then made sure that her husband, Uriah the Hittite, was
   killed in the next battle. Then he took Bathsheba to be one of his own
   wives. Thus he committed adultery, which was clearly forbidden, and
   covered it up with abuse of power (some would call it murder). This
   story is found in 2 Samuel, Chapter 11.
   
   Because of this adultery and abuse of power, God was very displeased
   with David. God then sent the prophet Nathan to see David and point
   out David's sin. When David realized exactly how wrong he had been, he
   begged God to forgive him. God forgave him, but as punishment God
   killed the child born to him and Bathsheba in their adultery. Then
   David was reconciled with God. He and Bathsheba then had another
   child, Solomon, who later became King and who was considered the
   wisest man who had ever lived. David then continued his victorious
   leadership of Israel. (This story is found in 2 Samuel, Chapter 12.)
   
   So, my friends, this is God's story for us today in the Clinton
   situation. Clinton was wrong, and he knows it. He cannot legally admit
   to perjury, because perjury is a crime, and under our Constitution he
   cannot be forced to incriminate himself by his own testimony. But he
   has admitted that he was very wrong, and he has asked us for our
   forgiveness. Following the Biblical model we have been given, our job
   now is to forgive him, punish him somehow, and then let him
   continue to be our President.
   
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   May the Lord God Almighty, Creator of the Universe, bless this
   exposition of His Holy Word. May it go forth according to His will,
   providing light in the darkness, and warmth to the cold-hearted.
   Amen. 

   Yours in Christ,

     Bill McGinnis  <><
     bmcgin@patriot.net
     http://www.patriot.net/users/bmcgin/ministries.html

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