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This morning we’re in week 8 of The Power of One Life series.  Last week I had shared about how different the Bible is from how you may have learned it in Sunday School.  Instead of being a collection of heroes to emulate, the Bible is really about one hero, God, who pours out His love and grace on people who don’t deserve it, and how He continues to use them despite the many times they mess up.  One of the crazy things about the Bible is that even the heroes often do not act like heroes.  Take for instance David – yes, he slayed Goliath, he was the king of Israel, and he was called a man after God’s own heart.  Yet David’s life was not always an example of what it means to know and follow God.  Listen to what is written about him in 1 Kings 15:4-5:

1 Kings 15:4-5 - Nevertheless, for David's sake the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem by raising up a son to succeed him and by making Jerusalem strong.  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.

Maybe you’ve never heard of what happened in the case of Uriah the Hittite, but if you have, you know that this line is kind of like saying, “Michael is a perfect driver – except for that time when he drove drunk and caused a 20 car pileup,” or “The Titanic was a powerful, indestructible ship – except in the case of that iceberg.”  David was a man after God’s own heart, not failing to keep any of the Lord’s commands – except for the train wreck of a story that is found in 2 Samuel 11.  Let’s read that story now: