P.
The Wife of Uriah (Bathsheba) comes from man's transgression and repentance plus God's
David murdered Uriah and took his wife, Bathsheba. She was the
wife of a Hittite, a heathen (2 Sam. 11:3). She was remarried as a
result of adultery (2 Sam. 11:26-27).
Q. Solomon
After David committed murder and adultery, he was rebuked by the
prophet Nathan, whom God sent purposely to condemn him (2 Sam.
12:1-12). After he was condemned, David repented. Psalm 51 is
David's psalm of repentance. David repented and God forgave (2
Sam. 12:13). There was repentance and there was forgiveness.
Altogether we have three items here: transgression, repentance, and
forgiveness. If we put all three together, the result is Solomon. First
there were transgression and repentance plus forgiveness. After that,
there was Solomon (2 Sam. 12:24), the one who built God's temple.
Solomon is the result not only of transgression and repentance, but
of transgression, repentance, and God's forgiveness. Here we see two
marriages. The first was a marriage between David and Bathsheba.
The second was a spiritual marriage, the marriage of David's
transgression and repentance with God's forgiveness. God's
forgiveness married David's transgression and repentance. This
marriage brought forth the man named Solomon who built the
temple of God. The church is always built up by this kind of person,
Solomon, the issue of man's transgression and repentance plus God's
forgiveness.
After David received God's forgiveness and the joy of his salvation
was restored, he prayed for Zion, for the building of the walls of
Jerusalem, for the strengthening of his kingdom (Psa. 51:18).
Eventually, as the result of God's forgiveness of his sin, God gave him
a son to build the temple of God for God's presence as the center of
the city of Jerusalem.
I hope the Lord will show you what human words cannot say. If you
have been and still are a typically good person who has never
murdered others, who has never transgressed, and who has never
needed to repent, then God does not need to forgive you. If this is the
case, then there will never be a Solomon, and the temple of God will
never be built up. As we have seen, the building up of God's temple
forgiveness.
One day I said to the Lord, "Lord, my transgression and repentance
need Your forgiveness. But, Lord, You know better than I that Your
forgiveness also needs my transgression. My transgression needs
Your forgiveness, and Your forgiveness needs my transgression. If I
have no transgressions, then You don't have a place to spend Your
forgiveness." When I said this to the Lord, it seemed that He said,
"Yes. Because of your transgression and repentance, I do have an
opportunity to spend My forgiveness. I am happy about this." But
you should never say, "Let us do evil that good may come." You must
do your best. But no matter how hard you may try to do everything
right in the eyes of the Lord, sooner or later something will happen.
Suddenly, you will murder, take over others, transgress. However,
after you transgress, there will be a way for you to repent. If you
repent, God will be ready to forgive you. Then you will beget a son
and name him Solomon. The name Solomon means "peaceful" (2
Sam. 12:24; 1 Chron. 22:9). But Solomon also has another name,
"Jedidiah" (2 Sam. 12:25), which means "beloved of the Lord." To
you, Solomon means "peaceful," but to the Lord, he means "beloved
of the Lord." This son will be the one who will build up the house of
God, today's church.
You need to be right in the eyes of God all the time. But be assured
that your being right is not good for building up the church. However,
you should not say, "Let me do wrong!" I tell you, even if you try to
be wrong, you will discover that you are not able to do wrong. I do
not know what kind of sovereignty this is. But one day you will do
something awful. All the brothers will shake their heads, unable to
believe that you could have done such a thing. Nevertheless, you
have done it! Then you need to read Psalm 51, make it your psalm,
and go to the Lord, saying "Lord, I repent. Against Thee and only
Thee have I done this evil thing. Forgive me." After this repentance,
you will have another marriage, the marriage of your transgression
and repentance with God's forgiveness. This will bring forth a
Solomon, one who is peaceful to you and beloved of the Lord. This
person will build up the church, God's temple. At that time you will
be very useful in the building up of the church.
You may say, "What about today? What shall we do—wait for that
kind of person to come?" No, do not wait. Your waiting does not
avail. We should just walk in the presence of the Lord and let the
Lord do it. As Charles Wesley said in one of his hymns, "'Tis mercy
all!" Yes, it is altogether a matter of God's mercy. Forget about your
background, your situation, or what may happen in the future. You
simply need to trust in the Lord's sovereign mercy. If you have a
heart for Him and for His people, He will work everything out. He
will give you the full enjoyment of the birthright of Christ.
These verses in the genealogy of Christ are very difficult. They are
not milk or meat; they are bones. If we spend an hour or two praying
over these verses and over the points covered in this message, we
shall see something more. We shall see that we need to be a person
with a real seeking heart, a heart seeking God and God's people.
Then we shall be today's Boaz, Ruth, Obed, Jesse, David, and
eventually today's Solomon, building up the house of God.
Life-Study of Matthew, Chapter 3, Section 4
transformed Israel, realizing that it is absolutely due to the Lord’s
mercy that we have been selected to be associated with Christ. We
continue with Boaz. He redeemed Ruth as well as the birthright for
her. Daily, we should take care of others’ birthright and enjoyment of
Christ, not only our own. Next is Ruth. As Ruth, if we have a heart
that seeks after God and God’s people, then we are in a position to be
accepted into the birthright of Christ. Following Ruth, through Jesse
we see that Christ must be our source and our issue. Proceeding to
Jesse’s son, David, we see that living in resurrection will often
require us to be the end of one situation and the beginning of
another. Finally, Solomon was the issue of man’s transgression and
repentance plus God’s forgiveness. The church is always built up by
this kind of person.
Holy Word for Morning Revival, The: Matthew, Vol. 1 (1:1-
7:29), Chapter 1, Section 7

IN SOLOMON ARE SEEN THE ISSUE OF GOD’S

FORGIVENESS AND THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE
A. The Issue of God’s Forgiveness
David committed only one evil in his whole life: he murdered Uriah
for lust to marry his wife Bathsheba. In a single act, he committed
the two great sins of fornication and murder. God intentionally sent
the prophet Nathan to rebuke and condemn him (2 Sam. 12:1-12).
After he was condemned, he repented and confessed to God. Psalm
51 is David’s psalm of repentance. Following David’s repentance,
God forgave him and he begat Solomon (2 Sam. 12:24). Thus,
Solomon is the fruit of man’s transgression and repentance along
with God’s forgiveness.
Truth Lessons, Level 1, Vol. 1, Chapter 11, Section 3

In Christ we need, first, the life of Abraham. We need to forget what

we are, live by Christ, and trust in Him. Second, in Christ, we have
no need of Ishmael, our doing; we need Isaac, His doing. Further, we
do not need the supplanting, striving, natural Jacob, but the