Welcome to the Daily Blade. The Word of God is described as the sword of the spirit, the primary

spiritual weapon in the Christian's armor against the forces of evil. Your hosts are Joby Martin and

Kyle Thompson, and they stand ready to equip men for the fight. Let's sharpen up.

This week we are delving into the topic of godly companionship by looking at the

different things that make up true godly companionship. So far this week, we have talked about how

godly companionship is present and sacrificial. Today we're going to cover this. Godly companionship

is uncomfortable. Godly companionship is uncomfortable. Godly companionship is uncomfortable.

We're going to look at one of my favorite, albeit uncomfortable stories in the entire Old

Testament. We'll be in 2 Samuel 12, but before we read that, if we go back to 2nd Samuel 11,

we see the famous description of King David and Bashiba. Just to remind you of

David's depravity, when he should have been with his men at war, he was on the roof of his palace

where he conveniently notices a good-looking young woman named Bashiba bathing naked on her roof.

He summons her to his private chambers where he has sex with her. He ends up getting her pregnant,

and in order to cover up his treacherous adultery, he essentially ends up having Bathsheba's

husband, Uriah, murdered. So yeah, that's the great King David. So let's pick up the narrative in

2 Samuel 12, verse 1. And the Lord sent Nathan to David. He came to him and said to him,

There were two men in a certain

city, the one rich and the other poor. The rich man had very many flocks and herds, but the poor

man had nothing but one little you lamb, which he had bought. And he brought it up, and it grew up with

him and with his children. He used to eat of his morsel and drink from his cup and lie in his arms, and it was like a daughter to him.

Now there came a traveler to the rich man, and he was unwilling to take one of his own flock or her to prepare for the guests who had come to him,

but he took the poor man's lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to him.

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