Unthankfulness – A Root Sin

Introduction 2 Samuel 24 records David’s sin of numbering the people.  David’s act of numbering the people was a grievous sin.  The awful consequences of his sin certainly underscore how grievous a sin it was.  David’s sin was grievous because at bottom it was the sin than which there is none greater for the child of God: the sin of ingratitude.  David was not thankful and was not living thankfully before God.  He was not living thankfully before God for his salvation.  And not living...