Welcome to 10-minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life and the time it takes to get to work.

I'm Jensen Holt McNair.

They say that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.

Now, if that were the true definition of insanity,

then we'd all have to admit that we're all at least a little bit insane, right? Like, if I look at

my relationships, the way that I treat my friends, my kids, my spouse, there's a lot of repetition

there, a lot of ill-formed habits that don't serve me well,

that hurt the people I love, anger, blame-shifting, defensiveness, things that have caused my

relationships real pain that have made my life significantly harder. Sin patterns that I know are not good for me.

And yet, again and again, I returned to them over and over, somehow thinking that in this situation,

it's the right move. But it never is, right? Like, the outcome is always the same. And somehow I don't learn my lesson.

Instead, I'm stuck wondering, how do I always end up here? Why can't I be better? Learn my lesson.

Well, in 2 Samuel 13, we've seen the beginning of the fallout from David's sin, sexually assaulting Bathsheba,

murdering her husband, inflicting pain and ruin both on his own life and the lives of

those around him. The man after God's own heart, the king who seemed so faithful, the king who

seemed like he could be the one to get it right, well, he's failed. And the storyline

that unfolds should remind us of another man that came before him. There was another man,

a man who walked with God, who lived in promise. That man was Adam. And Adam failed under the

weight of temptation. He took the forbidden fruit that was not meant

for him, ate it, tried to cover up his wrongdoing, and in doing so, cursed not only himself,

but all of humanity. Now, what followed for Adam was devastating, cast out of his home, forced to live a life separated from God.

And just one chapter later, we see the devastation of sin, his own son murdered by his brother.

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