Ted Haggard

[Sam]

I think we have to go to the Bible for that.

David was a man after God's own heart. God chose him to be king over Israel and to be the father/sire/ancestor for His own Son who would some day come as a man to rule over the earth as King of kings and Lord of lords.

David started off well, but failed. He committed adultery and murder and lied to cover it up. If David could be restored, cleansed, and forgiven then there is hope for some of the rest of us. I guess we need to look at whether David was ever effective for God after that or not. Do we accept any of the stuff he wrote after his fall as being inspired of God and Scripture? Do we accept any of his lineage born after his little tryst with Bath Sheba as proper for the lineage of the Son of God? Was David set aside and replaced by someone else in the program of God?