read the passage and respond to these questions

1. Which of the Ten Commandments did David break in his affair with Bathsheba? (see 2 Samuel 11:1—12:15 and Exodus 20:1-17)
   
2. David’s sin involved Bathsheba and Uriah, too.  Why does he say, “Against you [God], you only, have I sinned” (v. 4)?
   
3. What are the two things David fears to lose through his sin?  What is their significance? (v. 11)
   

“Surely You desire truth in the inner parts” (Psalm 51:6). 

Sin thrives and grows in secret.  After his adulterous affair, David tried to cover it up by encouraging Uriah to sleep with Bathsheba.  When that failed, David secretly had Uriah murdered.  Each secret sin led to an even greater secret sin.
 

Ted Bundy was a serial murderer who preyed on women.  He got away with it for a long time because outwardly he looked and acted like an ordinary guy.  When he was finally caught, friends and family were shocked and dismayed that he had been able to hide such evil from them for so long. In an interview with Dr. James Dobson just hours before execution, Bundy said that inside of him was a “black hole” where he was able to hide his evil deeds even from himself.
God desires truth in our “inward parts.”  None of us should have a “black hole” inside.  That is why confession is so important.  Confession is the anti-sin. Confession shines the light of God’s truth into our “black hole” of sin.  The darkness is driven away, and healing starts.
“When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.  For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer.  Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity.  I said ‘I will confess my transgressions to the Lord’ – and you forgave the guilt of my sin.”  (Psalm 32:3-5)
prayer
      Pray for the courage to “desire truth in the inner parts,” and confess your sins.