David's experience is very instructive to us. While it teaches us that God can and will forgive us, if we repent of our great and gross sins yet it also teaches us that sin is an evil and a bitter thing; and that, though the guilt of it may be removed, the evil consequences of it will cling to us and be a subject of sorrow to us until God shall wipe away all tears from our eyes!
- Charles H. Spurgeon
