If your lives connect with other people you have influence.
If you have an offense against me, do you know you can't repent of my sin? You can only plead your own personal pardon at the throne of God.
You cannot control sin. Sin will control you. Do not try to manage sin.
Forgiveness is not cheap even though it's free.
The question is not what was different about Bathsheba. The difference was what had become different about David.
Influence is not the same as authority. Authority can be abused by influence gives.