King David reigned in Israel from ~1001-961BC. He was once described as a “man after God’s own heart.” He was a warrior-poet who composed many of the Psalms we have in the Scriptures today, including the beloved Psalm 23, “The Lord is my Shepherd.”

His reign was a welcome relief to the self-centered reign of his predecessor Saul who at multiple points tried to kill David himself. The Creator God entered into a covenant with David, promising that one of his descendants would sit on his throne and bring world-wide peace and prosperity. David was wildly popular, and everything was going well, until one day he was lured and enticed by his own desires which gave birth to his sin, and that sin grew and spread death in its wake. 

We’re going to look at the beginning of King David’s tragic downfall not only because we can learn much wisdom from it, but also because we can learn something about the heart of the problem that drives humans to do what humans do.

We'll also see what James, the brother of our Lord Jesus, had to say about the heart of the problem.