Subject: God's Grace in the midst of Sin

Matthew 1:6
and Jesse the father of David the king.
And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah,

Subject:  God's Grace in the midst of Sin

God's Word is open and transparent.  God, through His Word, is open and transparent about the lives of those who believe in Him.   God sees our sin and, in the midst of that sin, shows His grace.  The sin of David in regard to adultery with Bathsheba is well documented.  God did not hide it from the world.  He actually published it.   God could have written a book that had only the good things His people did.   However, He didn't.  God shows us in our sins and our failures.   Yet, in the midst of them He shows His grace.  As a result of David's sin a child was born, Solomon.    God not only makes Solomon a great king, but includes the linage of the Messiah through Solomon, David's seed.  Satan wanted to destroy David and His seed.  We will see that a little later in the next chapter as King Herod kills all the male babies of Bethlehem.   But, the sin of David is turned into a step in the process of the birth of Christ.   One of the ways we can make it through tough times and tough circumstances, even circumstances of our own making, God's grace is sufficient in our weakness.  By faith we have to believe that God will and does turn our mistakes to His glory and our failures to His praise.