Because David did [that which was] right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any [thing] that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
(1st Kings 15:5)
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David's last recorded words:
2nd Samuel 23:1-7 Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man [who was] raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, 2 The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word [was] in my tongue. 3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men [must be] just, ruling in the fear of God. 4 And [he shall be] as the light of the morning, [when] the sun riseth, [even] a morning without clouds; [as] the tender grass [springing] out of the earth by clear shining after rain. 5 Although my house [be] not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all [things], and sure: for [this is] all my salvation, and all [my] desire, although he make [it] not to grow. 6 But [the sons of] Belial [shall be] all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands: 7 But the man [that] shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the [same] place.
To answer a question
Here are some chapters that should guide you toward the answer: Romans 5; John 8; Ephesians 2.
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Romans 5 talks on how Jesus came and died for his enemies.
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John 8 talks about how the works of man show if he is a child of God or a child of Satan, and that a child of God would recognize Jesus.
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Ephesians 2 talks about how man is controlled by Satan's spirit (the spirit of the world) until the Holy Spirit (Jesus' spirit) comes in and overthrows Satan's spirit. Remember how John 3 speaks on being "born again? This is what is going on behind the scenes, it is a spiritual battle going on inside your body for the ownership of your soul, the old you (controlled by Satan) needs to die, so the renewed you can live. The Holy Spirit renews you and the forgiveness from sin (by Jesus' sacrifice on the Cross) restores relations with God in Heaven. Before these relations are restored, you are counted among the enemies of God, and if he were to judge the world at that time, you would be judged and condemned as an enemy of God. So Satan rules the world through man because man gave up his communion with God.