DAVID’S DANCE · painting & word by Larry James ·

The beloved King David - the one after God’s own heart - committed adultery and murder in his hey day whilst subjected to the unflinching Law of Moses. If that law, with its gamut of sin, judgment and condemnation on the transgressor, made an inequitable exception for the king and later for his successor King Solomon who became polytheistic, is it not the sole sovereign grace of YHVH that preserves the sinning souls of his anointed ones unless one concludes that the law has unquestionably condemned these men to their irrevocable fate in the bowels of hell or perhaps, if otherwise, they had repented at the eleventh hour?

Can we conclude adultery and murder as damnable sins yet pass over the misdemeanors we commit every moment without a prick of conscience - ‘being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; [they are] whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful; who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them.’ (

And what more of these sins - ‘But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints. Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving. For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. Therefore do not become partners with them; (

And here is the mother of all exhaustive demands: with 613 LAWS of the OLD TESTAMENT called the Mitzvot and 38 COMMANDMENTS from the Four Gospels or 1050 COMMANDS via repetition in the NEW TESTAMENT for believers to obey, how else but surely that the just shall live by faith! Bible trivia? (Source: ‘Dake's Study Notes' by Finis Jennings Dake)

Rom 1:29-32 ESV). Eph 5:3-7 ESV)

Salvation that assures one’s eternal security is solely of the Lord, by the Lord and for the Lord.

‘Who then can be saved?’ But Jesus looked at them and said, "His integrity, His blessed assurance will keep me in eternal security; otherwise how can I when, by myself, am contrary to His impeccable standard in thought, word and action willingly and unwillingly and constantly falling short as a child of God, a brother, a father and a husband. Even as I speak, as I breathe, as I convey my expressions in whatever creative medium, have I not offended someone somewhere and is there not some stain of unforgiveness in me? Almost certainly! Jude 1:24. Judgment is coming upon the ungodly... but not upon you. Why? Because you have died with Christ. Because you are covered in the blood of the Lamb. Because your faith and trust are in the Lord Jesus. "Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus," (Romans 8:1) ~ Matt Slick, Col 3:1-11 Raised with Christ, Christian Apologetics & Research MinistryWith man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible." Mat 19:25,26. This is not an excuse for sin nor a cop-out for consecrating one’s self but a due recognition of the true source and strength of our salvation - Yeshua. ‘Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to present faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy’ ~