1 Samuel 28:1-2 Backsliding, “the infirmities of the best men”!

 ”Now it happened in those days that the Philistines gathered their armies together for war, to fight with Israel. And Achish said to David, “You assuredly know that you will go out with me to battle, you and your men.” So David said to Achish, “Surely you know what your servant can do.” And Achish said to David, “Therefore I will make you one of my chief guardians forever.”“ ‭‭

I Samuel‬ ‭28‬:‭1‬-‭2‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

a. Achish said to David, “You assuredly know that you will go out with me to battle, you and your men”: David had lied to Achish, telling him that he had raided the people of Israel. Now David is forced to live the lie he gave to Achish.

b. David said to Achish, “Surely you know what your servant can do”: Here, David seems completely surrendered to the ungodly Achish. He will fight for the Philistines, against Israel. We might wish that David was really operating as a “double agent” and he planned to turn on the Philistines in the midst of battle. But the text gives us no reason for such an optimistic perspective. David has come to a very low place.

i. To some degree, most Christians have been where David was in this back-sliding state. We can understand what David was doing, but it was still wrong, and was dangerous.

ii. “But it pleased God to leave David to himself in this, as well as in other particulars, that those might be sensible demonstrations of the infirmities of the best men; and of the necessity of God’s grace, and daily direction and assistance; and of the freeness and riches of God’s mercy, in passing by such great offences.” (Poole)

(Guzik)

Backsliding, “the infirmities of the best men”!

Poole’s comment about David addresses the problem of free will in a fallen world with  everyone because all of us even with the best intentions, backside in one way or another.

But the wise person of faith will recognize the backside, repents and falls on the mercy cross and asks for forgiveness.

Do you believe in “the necessity of God’s grace, and daily direction and assistance”?

Blessings 

https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-verses-about-backsliding.html