25/11/2025
*CHRIST APOSTOLIC CHURCH*
*[Nigeria and Overseas]*
*THE LIVING WATER DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE*
*DATE: Tuesday, November 25, 2025.*
*TOPIC: THE REWARD OF KILLING THE INNOCENT*
*MEMORISE:*
If the righteous will be recompensed on the earth, how much more the ungodly and the sinner *(Proverbs 11:31).*
*READ: 2 Samuel 12:1-18*
1. Then the Lord sent Nathan to David. And he came to him, and said to him: “There were two men in one city, one rich and the other poor.
2. The rich man had exceedingly many flocks and herds.
3. But the poor man had nothing, except one little ewe lamb which he had bought and nourished; and it grew up together with him and with his children. It ate of his own food and drank from his own cup and lay in his bosom; and it was like a daughter to him.
4. And a traveler came to the rich man, who refused to take from his own flock and from his own herd to prepare one for the wayfaring man who had come to him; but he took the poor man’s lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to him.”
5. So David’s anger was greatly aroused against the man, and he said to Nathan, “As the Lord lives, the man who has done this shall surely die!
6. And he shall restore fourfold for the lamb, because he did this thing and because he had no pity.”
7. Then Nathan said to David, “You are the man! Thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.
8. I gave you your master’s house and your master’s wives into your keeping, and gave you the house of Israel and Judah. And if that had been too little, I also would have given you much more!
9. Why have you despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in His sight? You have killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword; you have taken his wife to be your wife, and have killed him with the sword of the people of Ammon.
10. Now therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised Me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.’
11. Thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, I will raise up adversity against you from your own house; and I will take your wives before your eyes and give them to your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.
12. For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, before the sun.’”
13. So David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die.
14. However, because by this deed you have given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child also who is born to you shall surely die.”
15. Then Nathan departed to his house. And the Lord struck the child that Uriah’s wife bore to David, and it became ill.
16. David therefore pleaded with God for the child, and David fasted and went in and lay all night on the ground.
17. So the elders of his house arose and went to him, to raise him up from the ground. But he would not, nor did he eat food with them.
18. Then on the seventh day it came to pass that the child died. And the servants of David were afraid to tell him that the child was dead. For they said, “Indeed, while the child was alive, we spoke to him, and he would not heed our voice. How can we tell him that the child is dead? He may do some harm!”
*EXPOSITION*
Law enforcement job requires diligent carrying and usage of arms and ammunitions, because these weapons are supposed to be used in accordance with professional regulation and discipline. However, a misuse of this privilege can lead to fatal accident and all sorts of mishaps. The implication is that arbitrary use of authority and power is unacceptable. That you are privileged to wield certain measure of power should not make you misbehave and end up in abuse of such powers.
Many kings and warlords in the ancient times were guilty of this dastardly act, and even today, many people in position of authority do not count it as anything to terminate lives, in order to get going, or hold unto power. Saul used his position to annihilate some Gibeaonites and he had to pay for it with the life of his grandchildren. God did not allow David to do what he desired for Him because he had shed some blood, including the blood of his faithful soldier to permanently take over his wife. What a godless act! Be warned! He who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword (Rev. 13:10). There is always a payback time.
*PRAYER POINTS*
1. Lord Jesus, don't let me be killed before You fight for me.
2. Lord, save those who are awaiting trial for no just cause and give them freedom, in Jesus' name.
3. Pray for CAC Sophia Ajayi Region, our father in the Lord. the Regional Superintendent, and other officers at the various levels as led by the Spirit of God.
*SUGGESTED HYMN FOR TODAY: CAC GHB 727*
*C M*
1. Am I a soldier of the Cross-
A foll'wer of the Lamb?
And shall I fear to own His cause,
Or blush to speak His name?
2. Must I be carried to the skies
On flowery beds of ease,
While others fought to win the prize,
And sailed through bloody seas?
3. Are there no foes for me to face?
Must I not stem the flood?
Is this vile world a friend to grace,
To help me on to God?
4. Since I must fight if I would reign,
Increase my courage, Lord!
I'll bear the toil, endure the pain,
Supported by Thy Word.
Amen.
*EXTRA READING FOR TODAY: Galatians 4-6*
*AUTHOR: CAC, Christian Education Department*
