1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:04,000 Not every story in the Bible. Is it true allegory? 2 00:00:04,100 --> 00:00:07,300 Now, they're an allegory is just a simple story or a simple 3 00:00:07,300 --> 00:00:11,600 statement that has a much deeper a much more profound symbolical 4 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:14,000 meaning and there are allegories in the Bible. 5 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:18,300 In fact, Paul talks about one in particular in Galatians 4 and 6 00:00:18,300 --> 00:00:21,700 verse 24. But while not, every story is an 7 00:00:21,700 --> 00:00:24,500 actual allegory. There are a lot of stories that 8 00:00:24,500 --> 00:00:28,100 do illustrate spiritual principles, or spiritual truth. 9 00:00:28,300 --> 00:00:31,700 Paul said, for example, in Romans, 15 and verse 4 for 10 00:00:31,700 --> 00:00:33,500 whatsoever. Things were written aforetime 11 00:00:33,500 --> 00:00:36,300 were written for our learning that we through patience and 12 00:00:36,300 --> 00:00:39,900 comfort of the scriptures might have hope First Corinthians 10 13 00:00:39,900 --> 00:00:42,700 and verse 11, he adds after having talked about some of the 14 00:00:42,700 --> 00:00:45,900 events in the life of Moses, he said now, all these things 15 00:00:45,900 --> 00:00:49,200 happened unto them for in samples and they are written for 16 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:52,600 our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. 17 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:55,400 Well, there's a story like that that I want to study with you 18 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:59,000 tonight for a little while. It's a story about a king who 19 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:05,400 raises And incapable and an undeserving man from param 20 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:08,800 position and places him at a bountiful table. 21 00:01:09,100 --> 00:01:13,300 And really this story is a compelling portrait of how the 22 00:01:13,300 --> 00:01:17,700 grace of God works in the world today to allow Sinners to be 23 00:01:17,700 --> 00:01:21,400 saved from their sin. There's a lot of great people 24 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:25,800 who are mentioned in the bible, both men and women great in 25 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:28,900 their achievements, great in their character but you wouldn't 26 00:01:28,900 --> 00:01:31,400 really read them as Great Personalities. 27 00:01:31,700 --> 00:01:35,300 In fact, in my judgment, there's very few that you'd rate is 28 00:01:35,300 --> 00:01:37,700 really great Personalities in the New Testament. 29 00:01:37,700 --> 00:01:41,100 You obviously have the Apostle, Peter, you'd have the Apostle 30 00:01:41,100 --> 00:01:44,300 Paul in the Old Testament. I think you'd have to include 31 00:01:44,300 --> 00:01:47,900 Joseph. And David, David was one of the 32 00:01:47,900 --> 00:01:50,800 greatest men who ever lived David was a. 33 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:54,200 He was a great poet. You know. 34 00:01:54,300 --> 00:01:57,000 You think about the great Poets of history and could very well 35 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:58,900 be that you have your favorite poet. 36 00:01:58,900 --> 00:02:00,500 Did you know that? It's very Possible. 37 00:02:00,500 --> 00:02:04,500 That David was the greatest poet who ever lived, he was a great 38 00:02:04,500 --> 00:02:07,600 musician. He was the sweet singer of 39 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:10,699 Israel and I think about these singers and these musicians 40 00:02:10,699 --> 00:02:15,500 today that are heartthrobs for millions of fans all over the 41 00:02:15,500 --> 00:02:16,900 world. That could very well be that 42 00:02:16,900 --> 00:02:20,300 David was the greatest musician of his time. 43 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:24,600 He was a great warrior. He was a man really of 44 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:29,900 unparalleled military genius. He was a great king. 45 00:02:30,100 --> 00:02:31,600 NG. In fact, the greatest King 46 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:35,600 really that Israel ever knew he was a great administrator. 47 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:39,200 He was a great planner. He was a great prophet. 48 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:42,800 But, you know, I think in back of all of that was his 49 00:02:42,900 --> 00:02:47,600 fascinating personality, dated had sort of a charismatic 50 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:51,700 personality that seemed to just compel those who knew him to 51 00:02:51,700 --> 00:02:58,300 admire him all of Israel. Loved David King Saul loved him 52 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:00,000 when he wasn't insane with jealousy. 53 00:03:00,100 --> 00:03:03,600 We'll see. So some Jonathan loved him, 54 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:09,700 David's own men, loved him, but most importantly, the Lord loved 55 00:03:09,700 --> 00:03:12,700 him. He had this, as I said, this, a 56 00:03:12,700 --> 00:03:16,300 personality that just seemed to compel those who knew him to 57 00:03:16,300 --> 00:03:19,100 admire him. We know more about David really 58 00:03:19,100 --> 00:03:21,200 than any other character. In the Bible, with the exception 59 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:25,800 of Our Lord, his biography is by far, the longest by comparison, 60 00:03:26,100 --> 00:03:28,800 the story of Abraham is told in fourteen chapters. 61 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:33,600 The story of Jacob Bob is told in 11 chapters but there are 62 62 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:37,200 chapters that tell us the story of David and we know about him, 63 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:40,900 not only from these narratives but also from his writings in 64 00:03:40,900 --> 00:03:46,200 the Psalms, well, obviously the turning point in David's, career 65 00:03:46,500 --> 00:03:50,200 came with the killing of the great Giant Goliath. 66 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:53,300 You know, it wasn't long after he killed Goliath that he was 67 00:03:53,300 --> 00:03:56,700 appointed to a post and King Saul standing Force. 68 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:59,900 He was sent out from time to time on raids against the enemy. 69 00:04:00,500 --> 00:04:05,800 And David's courage and David's Brilliance for military 70 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:09,800 engagement with something that caused him to grow in favor. 71 00:04:09,900 --> 00:04:12,500 In the eyes of King, Saul every day. 72 00:04:12,500 --> 00:04:15,700 He was well on his way to Fame and Fortune. 73 00:04:15,900 --> 00:04:19,899 Well, it was at this point that David befriended, King Saul's 74 00:04:19,899 --> 00:04:22,900 son. Jonathan, and we know about 75 00:04:22,900 --> 00:04:25,900 great friendships and history, you know, you you think about 76 00:04:25,900 --> 00:04:28,200 some of the friendships and history here, one name he just 77 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:30,700 automatically associate the other Her name. 78 00:04:30,700 --> 00:04:33,100 I doubt very seriously. If there's ever been a greater 79 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:37,900 friendship than the friendship between David and Jonathan, what 80 00:04:37,900 --> 00:04:40,600 made this such a great friendship is that it was 81 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:44,900 founded really upon the proper basis and that basis of that 82 00:04:44,900 --> 00:04:48,300 Foundation, was the fact that both of these men were men of 83 00:04:48,300 --> 00:04:53,400 great piety, by that, I mean, both of these men truly love. 84 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:59,100 God, they truly wanted to be pleasing to God. 85 00:04:59,100 --> 00:05:03,500 They had a great reverence. For a God and that common bond, 86 00:05:03,500 --> 00:05:07,200 that common quality between these two men became the 87 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:09,600 foundation for this great friendship. 88 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:13,300 You know, the Bible tells us that well, I think that we can 89 00:05:13,300 --> 00:05:17,100 can infer from the story of day that you know, what undoubtedly 90 00:05:17,100 --> 00:05:20,500 that Jonathan was there on that occasion, when David slew, the 91 00:05:20,500 --> 00:05:24,300 great Philistine Giant Goliath, but later when he was, so when 92 00:05:24,300 --> 00:05:27,500 David was introduced into King Saul's Court began to be 93 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:31,400 introduced around everybody, there was not a Trace trace of 94 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:33,700 jealousy in the heart of Jonathan. 95 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:38,800 In fact, Jonathan was just as in all of what David had done and 96 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:42,700 he was just as in a bird with his personality as was all of 97 00:05:42,700 --> 00:05:45,500 Israel. In fact, the Bible tells us that 98 00:05:45,500 --> 00:05:50,600 Jonathan took off his own War cloak and placed it around the 99 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:54,300 shoulders of David. He gave David his own bow. 100 00:05:54,300 --> 00:05:58,600 Now, Jonathan was a great Archer and he gave David his own bow. 101 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:01,900 Gave him his own. Let's his own sword. 102 00:06:01,900 --> 00:06:04,900 I took off his expensive belt and place that around. 103 00:06:04,900 --> 00:06:08,600 David's waste. Now this was unheard of Jonathan 104 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:11,800 was the Crown Prince. He was next in line to be the 105 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:16,100 king of Israel succeeding. His own father King Saul and yet 106 00:06:16,100 --> 00:06:20,300 he put his attire, the attire of the Crown Prince on David as 107 00:06:20,300 --> 00:06:24,000 though, he felt David was more deserving to succeed. 108 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:27,300 His own father later, they entered into a covenant of 109 00:06:27,300 --> 00:06:31,000 friendship, according to 1st Samuel, the 20th chapter Are you 110 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:33,800 know what I think about when I think about this bond that they 111 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:38,400 made, when I was kid, I used to watch a program on television 112 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:41,900 called broken era. It was about the great Apache, 113 00:06:41,900 --> 00:06:46,100 chief Cochise, and I'll never get on one episode. 114 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:52,000 He and the fella down at the Trading Post, Tom Poston, that 115 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:53,900 might have been his real name. Anyhow, the got out the Trading 116 00:06:53,900 --> 00:06:57,200 Post, they became Blood Brothers and what they did. 117 00:06:57,200 --> 00:06:59,200 He know, we shudder to think about this today. 118 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:03,100 Well, what they did was they, Cut themselves on their wrists 119 00:07:03,100 --> 00:07:06,600 respectively, then they reached out and clasp each other by the 120 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:10,000 forearm with their hand and they rub their bloody wrists together 121 00:07:10,500 --> 00:07:14,400 and it is said that they became Blood Brothers. 122 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:18,700 They entered into a covenant of Brotherhood sealed by their own 123 00:07:18,700 --> 00:07:22,400 blood and that Blood Brother Covenant. 124 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:25,100 You know, they pledged loyalty each other as though they were 125 00:07:25,100 --> 00:07:27,000 brothers for the rest of their lives. 126 00:07:27,100 --> 00:07:30,000 Well, really in essence, that's what David and Jonathan did. 127 00:07:30,100 --> 00:07:33,300 Did they pledge this loyalty to each other? 128 00:07:33,300 --> 00:07:36,900 In fact, in 1st Samuel, 20, beginning of verse 14. 129 00:07:37,300 --> 00:07:40,800 Jonathan said today that he said, I pray the Lord will bless 130 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:44,700 you as he used to brag. Bless my father, King Saul. 131 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:48,000 He said now, one day the Lord is going to wipe out all of your 132 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:52,600 enemies he said if I'm still alive then I just ask that you 133 00:07:52,700 --> 00:07:57,400 be as kind to me as the Lord has been, but it said, if I'm dead I 134 00:07:57,400 --> 00:08:00,000 ask that you be kind to my family. 135 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:04,600 What day did agree with that, they pledged that to each other 136 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:08,400 and it wasn't long after that, that David got Jonathan rather 137 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:10,700 got an opportunity to demonstrate his loyalty today 138 00:08:10,700 --> 00:08:14,400 that you know, in first Samuel, 18 verses 7 through 9. 139 00:08:14,500 --> 00:08:18,400 The scripture says that David had returned back home from a 140 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:24,200 very successful battle and upon entering into the kingdom, some 141 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:27,600 of the young girls in the Kingdom began to serenade him 142 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:30,000 with the song that they had composed. 143 00:08:30,100 --> 00:08:34,500 About him. And they sang Saul has slain his 144 00:08:34,500 --> 00:08:42,700 thousands but David his ten thousands saw heard it and it 145 00:08:42,700 --> 00:08:45,500 angered him and he thought to himself. 146 00:08:45,500 --> 00:08:48,400 Now this boys popularity is getting out of hand. 147 00:08:48,900 --> 00:08:50,800 I'll be there. They're writing songs about him 148 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:54,600 now and singing that I've seen my a thousands but that he has 149 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:57,400 slain his ten thousands and waste got everything but the 150 00:08:57,400 --> 00:09:01,200 kingdom and you know, the Bible says this all began to look at 151 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:07,000 him at that point with a jealous suspicion that jealousy soon 152 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:10,900 turned into hatred. So tried to kill David on 153 00:09:10,900 --> 00:09:13,600 numerous occasions he chased him out of the country. 154 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:18,800 He To them into the Wilderness. He gave his wife to another man 155 00:09:19,300 --> 00:09:23,200 and falsely accused him of treachery and treason and all 156 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:26,000 the while David refused to strike back. 157 00:09:26,100 --> 00:09:29,700 In fact, on one occasion saw lay upon the ground to sleep, his 158 00:09:29,700 --> 00:09:32,500 massive spear sticking in the ground beside him. 159 00:09:32,700 --> 00:09:36,000 All David had to do was walk up there and and the pullout to 160 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:38,700 spear out of the ground and thrust it, through Sol's heart 161 00:09:38,700 --> 00:09:41,100 and he would have been rid of his arch enemy, but he wouldn't 162 00:09:41,100 --> 00:09:43,200 do it. Even if the urging of his men, 163 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:45,900 he wouldn't do it. He said I'm not going to slay 164 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:49,900 the anointed of God. He said God will take care of 165 00:09:49,900 --> 00:09:53,700 King Saul when it was at this point that Jonathan really 166 00:09:53,900 --> 00:09:58,000 demonstrated his loyalty today that even over his own father, 167 00:09:58,100 --> 00:10:01,500 King Saul David was on the Run, he was hiding out in the 168 00:10:01,500 --> 00:10:04,000 wilderness. He knew that Saul and his men 169 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:08,000 were trying to locate him so they could kill him and somehow 170 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:12,200 Jonathan found him. And he told him about a plot 171 00:10:12,500 --> 00:10:16,600 that his father had That very well, could have been a plot to 172 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:19,600 have David killed in on that occasion. 173 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:23,300 They, they re pledge their loyalty and their love for each 174 00:10:23,300 --> 00:10:26,500 other and then Jonathan departed. 175 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:31,600 When it wasn't long after that until David received word that 176 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:35,200 King Saul. Jonathan and Jonathan's brothers 177 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:40,400 were all killed in battle, but instead of rejoicing that he was 178 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:44,200 rid of his arch enemy and that he now would be the king of 179 00:10:44,300 --> 00:10:46,600 Israel. The Bible says that David 180 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:50,800 grieved over the news of the death of King Saul and he is 181 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:54,800 specially grieved over the news of the death of his beloved 182 00:10:54,800 --> 00:10:58,300 friend. Jonathan in 2nd Samuel 1 verses 183 00:10:58,300 --> 00:11:04,900 25 and 26, David Expresses in a Psalm, the great love that he 184 00:11:04,900 --> 00:11:10,100 and Jonathan had for each other. Well David became the king then 185 00:11:10,100 --> 00:11:13,000 he succeeded King Saul. This took a little time you 186 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:15,700 know, a few years but nevertheless he ascended to the 187 00:11:15,700 --> 00:11:19,800 throne and it was pretty much the custom back in that time 188 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:25,500 when a king had been toppled and the new king replaced him, they 189 00:11:25,500 --> 00:11:29,600 would round up the surviving family members of the former 190 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:33,900 King and execute them so that they couldn't rise up at a later 191 00:11:33,900 --> 00:11:36,300 date and challenge for the throne. 192 00:11:37,300 --> 00:11:40,200 Sure enough. One day, David called in a 193 00:11:40,208 --> 00:11:44,300 former servant of King Saul's and asking his King. 194 00:11:44,300 --> 00:11:48,200 Saul have any surviving family members, but it wasn't for the 195 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:51,200 purpose of executing them. It was for the purpose of 196 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:54,300 extending them, a kindness and notice them. 197 00:11:54,300 --> 00:11:58,400 Second Samuel 9 verse 1. And David said, is there yet any 198 00:11:58,400 --> 00:12:00,700 that is left in the house of Saul that? 199 00:12:00,700 --> 00:12:05,600 I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake. 200 00:12:06,500 --> 00:12:10,700 It's not uncommon, really for one person to show kindness to 201 00:12:10,700 --> 00:12:13,500 another person, for the sake of somebody else. 202 00:12:14,100 --> 00:12:18,000 I've got a hunch that all of us here tonight of any age, and all 203 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:21,900 any maturity at all, probably have been extended, kindness. 204 00:12:21,900 --> 00:12:25,000 We've maybe been given an opportunity, not because of what 205 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:29,300 we've done, but maybe because they knew our folks and they 206 00:12:29,300 --> 00:12:33,100 respected our folks and had a fondness for them or maybe an 207 00:12:33,100 --> 00:12:37,400 older brother or an older sister and because they knew Them and 208 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:40,300 have such a high regard for them, they were willing to give 209 00:12:40,300 --> 00:12:44,200 us a break, extend to us in opportunity. 210 00:12:46,300 --> 00:12:50,200 Could you imagine will say youngster about 12 years old 211 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:52,400 coming to your house and ringing? 212 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:56,100 The doorbell will say about 6:30, 7:00 some night and you go 213 00:12:56,100 --> 00:12:58,200 to the front door to open the door there stands. 214 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:02,300 This strange young man, and he looks up at you with big eyes 215 00:13:02,300 --> 00:13:05,900 and says, can I come in and spend the night tonight? 216 00:13:07,500 --> 00:13:11,200 How would you reply to that? You probably think, well, well 217 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:14,700 who are you anyway? And what are you doing over here 218 00:13:14,700 --> 00:13:17,000 at my house, asking to spend the night? 219 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:20,800 Do your folks can do what you're doing and you'd be reluctant to 220 00:13:20,808 --> 00:13:23,700 let him hear. But suppose that saying young 221 00:13:23,700 --> 00:13:28,600 man came home with your son. And your son came in and said, 222 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:31,400 hey Dad, would it be okay if Johnny spends the night with us? 223 00:13:31,400 --> 00:13:34,200 Tonight, at tonight's try tonight and his folks had be 224 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:36,200 okay with them? Well sure. 225 00:13:36,300 --> 00:13:39,300 Hey, come on in, have dinner with us. 226 00:13:39,300 --> 00:13:43,100 Make yourself to home and and you extend this kindness to him, 227 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:46,600 not because of what he's done, but you do it for your son's 228 00:13:46,700 --> 00:13:49,900 sake. And that's exactly the case with 229 00:13:49,900 --> 00:13:53,300 Jonathan and David. David was looking for an 230 00:13:53,300 --> 00:13:58,300 opportunity to extend the kindness to the Of King Saul and 231 00:13:58,300 --> 00:14:04,100 Jonathan for Jonathan's sake and that's exactly how it works in 232 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:07,700 the world today in are obtaining forgiveness of God. 233 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:10,300 Listen in Ephesians 4 and verse 32. 234 00:14:10,500 --> 00:14:15,000 Paul said and be a kind one to another tender-hearted forgiving 235 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:19,800 one another even as God for Christ's sake. 236 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:24,100 Hath forgiven you in first John 2 and verse 12, John adds, I 237 00:14:24,100 --> 00:14:27,200 write unto you little children because your sins is are 238 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:30,900 forgiven you for his name's sake. 239 00:14:31,800 --> 00:14:36,100 We studied earlier in the week that in Hebrews and at chapter 240 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:40,800 were told that Jesus became the mediator of a New Covenant. 241 00:14:41,300 --> 00:14:45,000 Now the conditions of entering into that Covenant agreement are 242 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:47,900 made very clear. We are to hear the word of God 243 00:14:47,900 --> 00:14:51,800 talk Romans 10, verse 14, we're to believe it. 244 00:14:51,900 --> 00:14:55,800 Romans 1 and verse 16. We're to repent of our sins acts 245 00:14:55,800 --> 00:15:00,200 17 verse 30 where it confess the name of Jesus before others, 246 00:15:00,300 --> 00:15:04,600 according to Matthew 10 verse 32 and then we're to be baptized in 247 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:08,400 water for the remission of sins, Acts 2 and verse 38. 248 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:13,400 Now premiums, when we comply genuinely with these conditions, 249 00:15:13,900 --> 00:15:20,000 we enter into a covenant agreement with God in Jesus 250 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:25,000 Christ and God for Christ's sake. 251 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:31,400 Forgives us of our sins. He adopts us into the family and 252 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:35,500 we become the recipient of all spiritual blessings. 253 00:15:36,100 --> 00:15:39,100 Now, the notice with me in verses 2 through 6 of our text, 254 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:43,600 the need of every sinner. And there was of the House of 255 00:15:43,600 --> 00:15:45,100 Saul a servant, whose name was I. 256 00:15:45,100 --> 00:15:47,900 But, and when they had called him on today, to the king said, 257 00:15:47,900 --> 00:15:51,300 unto him, art thou cyber, and he said, thy servant is he? 258 00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:54,300 And the King said, is there not yet any of the House of Saul 259 00:15:54,300 --> 00:15:58,000 that I may show the kindness of God unto him in cyber said unto 260 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:02,600 the king Jonathan hath. Yet a son, which is laying on 261 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:05,400 his feet and the King said unto him, where is he? 262 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:07,500 And cyber said unto the king behold. 263 00:16:07,500 --> 00:16:10,400 He is in the house of maker. The son of a mule in Lodi bar, 264 00:16:10,900 --> 00:16:13,500 then King David's an Get him out of the house of maker. 265 00:16:13,500 --> 00:16:18,000 The son of a mule from Lodi bar. Now, when mephibosheth the son 266 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:20,800 of Jonathan, the son of Saul was coming today. 267 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:24,000 That he fell on his face and did reverence and David said, 268 00:16:24,100 --> 00:16:28,100 mephibosheth and he answered Behold thy servant. 269 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:31,400 Now David asks this former servant of King Saul. 270 00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:34,100 He says does King. Saul have any surviving family 271 00:16:34,100 --> 00:16:36,600 members? And the servant said, yes he 272 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:38,900 does. He has a grandson said in fact. 273 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:48,300 It's Jonathan, son. and he said, you know, he's laying on both 274 00:16:48,300 --> 00:16:51,400 his feet and he lives over in Lodi bar. 275 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:56,700 And his name is mephibosheth. I had to work on that. 276 00:16:57,000 --> 00:17:00,600 That's hard for me to say. I'd like to hear you say it four 277 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:02,700 times, real fast. Just kind of like trying to say 278 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:05,599 rubber baby buggy. Bumpers four times real fast. 279 00:17:05,700 --> 00:17:08,900 You know, I get to I love these names from the Bible. 280 00:17:08,900 --> 00:17:12,200 Especially those old testament names because every one of them 281 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:18,000 have a has significance. The fact is that God changed 282 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:20,700 Abrams. Name to Abraham the name, 283 00:17:20,700 --> 00:17:23,900 Abraham, his father of many nations, very appropriate name 284 00:17:23,900 --> 00:17:26,500 for the patriarchal. Father, you remember that when 285 00:17:26,500 --> 00:17:32,600 God told Abraham age, hit Abraham and Barren, Sarah, that 286 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:35,600 they were going to have a child Sarah laughed. 287 00:17:36,100 --> 00:17:38,900 And later when the child was born, they named him Isaac, 288 00:17:39,300 --> 00:17:44,100 which means laughter, I mentioned, Jacob and Rachel. 289 00:17:44,500 --> 00:17:48,800 They had a little Boy and Rachel died in childbirth, and they 290 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:53,700 named the little boy been only, which means, son of my sorrow 291 00:17:54,100 --> 00:17:57,300 and I always thought that was so unfortunate to have a name that 292 00:17:57,300 --> 00:18:00,200 would remind you every time you heard it that it was your birth 293 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:02,800 that was responsible for the death of your mother. 294 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:07,400 Fortunately, Jacob later changed, the name to Benjamin, 295 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:10,100 which means son of my right hand. 296 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:15,100 Jesus added the name Peter to the to sign it. 297 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:17,000 The name Peter, which means a rock. 298 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:19,600 So, all of these names have significance. 299 00:18:19,900 --> 00:18:23,900 And I just really, honestly, never cease to be amazed at some 300 00:18:23,900 --> 00:18:26,700 of the names that people tag their children will did. 301 00:18:26,700 --> 00:18:29,100 You know that there was a governor? 302 00:18:29,500 --> 00:18:31,400 I'm not making this up. There was a governor of the 303 00:18:31,408 --> 00:18:35,000 state of Texas. He was governor around 1900, the 304 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:39,900 honorable James a hog H. OG G had a bunch of boys and 305 00:18:39,900 --> 00:18:43,200 that he and his wife had a little girl, and they named her. 306 00:18:43,300 --> 00:18:47,200 I'm a, I'm a ho Ugh. You know, anybody who would do 307 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:51,400 that to a child ought to be horsewhipped at least and it 308 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:54,800 makes me thankful that my family is stuck with the old basic 309 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:58,800 traditional American names, like referred and Hootie. 310 00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:03,200 This may mephibosheth is really interesting to me though, 311 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:08,800 because it literally means the dispeller of Shame, the 312 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:13,300 dispeller of shame. But what is ironic is that he 313 00:19:13,300 --> 00:19:15,300 was not one who is going to be dispelling. 314 00:19:15,300 --> 00:19:18,100 Shame, he was the object of shame. 315 00:19:18,500 --> 00:19:21,700 I mean he was living in Exile. In constant fear, he knew that 316 00:19:21,700 --> 00:19:26,300 it was the custom for the succeeding peeing to round up 317 00:19:26,300 --> 00:19:29,500 the family members of the former King and kill them all and he 318 00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:32,700 was in Exile. He was terrified that they're 319 00:19:32,700 --> 00:19:34,100 going to find him and execute him. 320 00:19:34,100 --> 00:19:38,000 And can you imagine what he thought when King David's men 321 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:41,200 rode up before the house where he was hiding and said King 322 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:44,200 David wants to see you boy. You suppose he thought. 323 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:47,900 All right, I got an invitation to the king's Palace know, he 324 00:19:47,900 --> 00:19:51,900 was thinking, I'm a dead man. They took him back over to the 325 00:19:51,900 --> 00:19:55,500 Palace of King David. He went in before him terrified 326 00:19:56,200 --> 00:20:00,100 prostrated himself on the floor face down and said I am your 327 00:20:00,100 --> 00:20:02,700 servant. You know what? 328 00:20:02,700 --> 00:20:06,000 Baby's first words were to him, don't be afraid. 329 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:10,300 That illustrates though, the watching The Heart Of The 330 00:20:10,300 --> 00:20:14,000 Sinner, the one, who knows? He's separated from God, he's 331 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:16,500 afraid. And he doesn't want to confront 332 00:20:16,500 --> 00:20:19,500 the king. He's like, Adam and Eve in, 333 00:20:19,500 --> 00:20:22,700 Genesis 3, and verse 8. He wants to hide from God. 334 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:27,000 That's a perfect portrait of the alien sinner, who separated from 335 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:28,100 God. He's terrified. 336 00:20:29,700 --> 00:20:33,200 Furthermore, he was destitute, he lived in Lo debar, the name, 337 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:38,000 Lo debar means of barren land and that again illustrates the 338 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:41,900 condition of the rebellious in Psalm 68 and verse 6. 339 00:20:41,900 --> 00:20:45,600 David says that the rebellious dwell in a dry land away from 340 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:49,800 God, the sinner is lodging in the house of poverty, Isaiah 44, 341 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:54,600 verse 20, Luke 15 and verse 16, and furthermore he was helpless. 342 00:20:55,400 --> 00:20:59,900 He was blame on both his feet. Now, the way this happened a few 343 00:20:59,900 --> 00:21:05,600 years before he was, just a very small child when word got back 344 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:08,300 to the Palace that his grandfather King Saul and that 345 00:21:08,300 --> 00:21:10,300 his father. Jonathan and his uncle's had 346 00:21:10,300 --> 00:21:13,300 been killed in paddle. They knew that the very probably 347 00:21:13,300 --> 00:21:18,200 the men of the succeeding king would be swooping down upon them 348 00:21:18,300 --> 00:21:21,000 at any moment looking for surviving family members. 349 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:24,700 And so with that in mind, a nurse ran in scooped him up in 350 00:21:24,700 --> 00:21:28,500 her arms and she began to flee with him from the palace and as 351 00:21:28,500 --> 00:21:32,700 she do, she dropped him and It damaged both his feet. 352 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:35,900 And he was crippled for the rest of his life. 353 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:45,400 Most families have similar physical characteristics. 354 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:48,900 You know, you can look at a lot of families. 355 00:21:48,900 --> 00:21:51,000 You kind of tell that their kinfolks always thought that 356 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:54,900 Kennedy Brothers looked a lot of like and I think the Bush family 357 00:21:54,900 --> 00:21:57,900 have, I think members and that family have similar physical 358 00:21:57,900 --> 00:22:00,900 characteristics, I have a brother that's just two years 359 00:22:00,900 --> 00:22:03,700 older than I and there. A lot of people think we look 360 00:22:03,700 --> 00:22:05,600 alike. In fact, we had a friend in 361 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:08,200 college Years Ago, thought we were the same person. 362 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:11,500 For one semester until he saw us in the Student Union together. 363 00:22:11,500 --> 00:22:13,600 One day and that explained a lot. 364 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:16,600 You know, sometimes he'd say something to one of us that was 365 00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:18,000 reference to what he had said to the other one. 366 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:20,300 He thought he's talking to the same person for a whole 367 00:22:20,300 --> 00:22:23,000 semester. I don't really see that. 368 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:26,100 We look all that much alike, but everybody says we do, but 369 00:22:26,100 --> 00:22:29,200 anyhow, you know, you would expect that, that was the case 370 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:33,600 in Bible times as well, and I'll tell you, King Saul was an 371 00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:37,000 impressive. Physical specimen, I mentioned 372 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:39,800 the other evening that the Bible talks, Talks about for men. 373 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:47,600 That were built well and handsome and one of them was 374 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:53,000 King, Saul King Saul was tall and he was powerful and he cut 375 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:57,400 up an impressive figure. As far as people were concerned 376 00:22:57,400 --> 00:23:01,000 and you know, Samuel the prophet warned of the people of Israel. 377 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:03,500 Really that that's what they were looking at when they 378 00:23:03,500 --> 00:23:05,300 decided to select him as their King. 379 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:08,800 But he said that the Lord looks upon the heart. 380 00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:14,400 So he was an impressive, man. His son, Jonathan was a great 381 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:17,300 athlete. He was a great Archer, probably 382 00:23:17,300 --> 00:23:21,700 the greatest Archer of his time, and he would expect the same of 383 00:23:21,700 --> 00:23:24,900 Jonathan son, mephibosheth, but to learn that. 384 00:23:24,900 --> 00:23:28,700 That was not only not the case, but that he was that he was 385 00:23:28,700 --> 00:23:31,600 crippled. You know, you could just hear 386 00:23:31,700 --> 00:23:34,300 King David saying, you mean, this boy can't even walk. 387 00:23:35,100 --> 00:23:36,800 I mean, what service can you provide? 388 00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:38,700 He has no wealth, no education though. 389 00:23:38,900 --> 00:23:41,000 No training and who knows what he looks like. 390 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:43,100 And where is he living? Loading bar. 391 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:49,900 They didn't say to such thing. For Jonathan's sake. 392 00:23:49,900 --> 00:23:51,800 Now, he didn't say well, where is his? 393 00:23:51,800 --> 00:23:54,700 Crippled boy. Where is this? 394 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:55,600 Lame? Kid. 395 00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:59,200 No, for Jonathan's sake. He just simply says. 396 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:02,100 Where is he? Another translation says, where 397 00:24:02,100 --> 00:24:05,300 is this son? And that's significant. 398 00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:09,100 Because up to this point in the narrative, that's the first time 399 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:12,700 that mephibosheth name has been mentioned and not immediately 400 00:24:12,700 --> 00:24:17,500 followed by his affliction. A lot of people know what it's 401 00:24:17,500 --> 00:24:22,500 like to have a stigma. And you know, everywhere you go, 402 00:24:22,500 --> 00:24:24,400 every time his name is mentioned, your stigma, 403 00:24:24,500 --> 00:24:28,100 immediately follows. Olaf's all soldiers over the 404 00:24:28,100 --> 00:24:30,000 other day you know, you know, he's divorced. 405 00:24:31,100 --> 00:24:35,000 Or got a letter from old, watch his face. 406 00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:40,000 You know, he's an alcoholic. All right, saw so-and-so 407 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:42,100 downtown. Yeah, you know it's just seems 408 00:24:42,100 --> 00:24:45,700 like she can't keep a job. It's like a pesky little 409 00:24:45,700 --> 00:24:48,600 brother, pesky little sister. Everywhere, you go, your past 410 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:52,700 seems to follow because I want you to know tonight that when 411 00:24:52,700 --> 00:24:58,400 you enter into a covenant relationship with God, this 412 00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:02,800 Covenant that was sealed and ratified by the shed blood of 413 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:07,600 Christ. Beginning at that point, God 414 00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:09,300 does not throw up your past to you. 415 00:25:10,100 --> 00:25:13,100 He's not going to remind you of your moral frailties or your 416 00:25:13,100 --> 00:25:16,700 spiritual failings. But from that point, you simply 417 00:25:16,700 --> 00:25:21,500 become his child. First John 3 and verse 1 John 418 00:25:21,500 --> 00:25:26,400 said beloved now, are we the sons of the children of God? 419 00:25:27,300 --> 00:25:31,400 Well, David told mephibosheth, he said, he said, I don't be 420 00:25:31,408 --> 00:25:35,100 afraid, he said, I'm going to restore to you all of your 421 00:25:35,100 --> 00:25:38,600 grandfather, King, Saul's lands. I'm going to give you back all 422 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:40,900 his crops. I'm going to give you all of his 423 00:25:40,900 --> 00:25:45,800 servants and he said, I want you to sit at my table as though 424 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:48,700 you're my own son for the rest of your life. 425 00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:54,800 Mephibosheth was absolutely overwhelmed and according to 426 00:25:54,800 --> 00:26:00,200 verse 8 he said to David but I am but a dead dog. 427 00:26:01,300 --> 00:26:04,600 Now, that is obviously a derisive description, but it may 428 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:07,000 be more derogatory than you think. 429 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:09,800 You know, in our culture today, dogs are family pets. 430 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:13,000 They become like members of the family but that's not the way it 431 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:14,100 was. And Israel. 432 00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:18,100 Dogs were scavengers and they roamed in packs and they ate 433 00:26:18,100 --> 00:26:21,800 dead carcasses in the streets and therefore they run clean. 434 00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:24,600 They were despised, they were repulsive. 435 00:26:24,700 --> 00:26:28,300 They were disgusting for him to have called himself. 436 00:26:28,700 --> 00:26:33,900 A dog would have been bad but Said a dead dog touching. 437 00:26:33,900 --> 00:26:37,100 Anything dead was unclean under the law of Moses so that would 438 00:26:37,100 --> 00:26:39,500 be like a you know it'd be like are saying look man. 439 00:26:39,700 --> 00:26:41,800 You know I don't have any intrinsic value. 440 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:45,200 Why are you doing this? I'm like a I'm like a roadkill 441 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:48,100 skunk or I'm like a crushed cockroach. 442 00:26:48,500 --> 00:26:50,600 I don't have any value. Why are you doing this? 443 00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:54,900 And David was very quick to point out that he was doing this 444 00:26:54,900 --> 00:27:00,700 for his father Jonathan's sake. Now, the fact that he was 445 00:27:00,700 --> 00:27:04,000 brought from where he was in exile over to the king's Palace 446 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:06,700 and went in there, and and humble himself before, King 447 00:27:06,700 --> 00:27:08,200 David that didn't put Dave in his debt. 448 00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:13,500 David didn't owe him anything. But it was for Jonathan's sake 449 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:16,900 and Friends by the same token. When we respond to the 450 00:27:16,900 --> 00:27:20,200 invitation and we comply with these conditions, we don't put 451 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:22,300 God in our debt. God doesn't owe us anything. 452 00:27:22,500 --> 00:27:27,100 But for Christ's sake, he forgives us. 453 00:27:28,500 --> 00:27:32,800 He adopts us into the family and we become the recipient of all 454 00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:36,200 spiritual blessings in Swift succession. 455 00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:40,700 David returned to me, Felicia, Paul of his grandfather's lands 456 00:27:40,700 --> 00:27:43,900 and crops and servants, and four times. 457 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:49,000 He tells mephibosheth, I want you to sit at my table. 458 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:52,500 Now I'll tell you just have King Saul's land his servants, his 459 00:27:52,500 --> 00:27:56,400 crops and all that. That would be prestigious, but 460 00:27:56,400 --> 00:28:00,700 all of that together doesn't even begin to compare with The 461 00:28:00,700 --> 00:28:05,100 Prestige of sitting at the Kings Table. 462 00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:08,400 I hope you can picture this in your mind as tonight. 463 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:12,700 Could you imagine the dinner bell sounding in the Palace of 464 00:28:12,700 --> 00:28:17,400 King David? David comes in takes his seat at 465 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:19,000 the head of the table. Now, we're not talking about 466 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:26,300 just anybody We're talking about the greatest poet who ever lived 467 00:28:26,900 --> 00:28:31,600 the sweet singer of Israel. We're talking about the most 468 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:36,600 brilliant military strategist who ever engaged in Conflict. 469 00:28:37,100 --> 00:28:41,300 The greatest, King that Israel ever nood a great Builder, a 470 00:28:41,300 --> 00:28:44,700 great planner, the most charismatic personality in the 471 00:28:44,700 --> 00:28:48,500 world. Takes his seat at the head of 472 00:28:48,500 --> 00:28:51,700 the table. This posed, his son, amnon 473 00:28:52,500 --> 00:28:56,100 cunning crafty, and then comes down sits down at his father's 474 00:28:56,200 --> 00:29:01,200 lived. And then Tamar Charming. 475 00:29:01,900 --> 00:29:06,600 Strikingly beautiful comes in and sits down by her brother, 476 00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:11,200 and then get this door opens over here and out of the study 477 00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:15,500 steps Solomon. Brilliant. 478 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:22,500 Precocious a little distracted comes out of the study. and 479 00:29:22,500 --> 00:29:30,400 finds his seat at the table and then Absalom Absalom has one of 480 00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:34,600 the four that the Bible says was built well and handsome. 481 00:29:35,100 --> 00:29:38,100 He had hair as black as a raven's Wing. 482 00:29:38,500 --> 00:29:41,600 He had his father's charismatic personality, he could win people 483 00:29:41,600 --> 00:29:44,800 over. He came in and took his seat at 484 00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:46,700 the table. That's posed on this occasion. 485 00:29:46,700 --> 00:29:50,800 That David invited, joab. Now, joab was his right-hand, 486 00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:53,300 man. He was a Fearless Warrior. 487 00:29:53,300 --> 00:29:56,900 He was the commander of his troops and the suppose he came 488 00:29:56,900 --> 00:29:59,400 in. And Brahms and muscular he set 489 00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:03,300 down near the king. Now you talk about a gathering 490 00:30:03,300 --> 00:30:10,800 of Royal personalities and they sit there and wait patiently and 491 00:30:10,800 --> 00:30:13,400 pretty soon. They began to hear the shuffling 492 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:18,200 of feet and they hear the clumping of crutches echoing 493 00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:25,500 down the hall as mephibosheth. Awkwardly and slowly makes his 494 00:30:25,500 --> 00:30:29,600 way into the dining room. Involves in his seat. 495 00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:34,900 And when he looks up and surveys this Gathering of Royal 496 00:30:35,100 --> 00:30:38,400 personalities, I ask you tonight. 497 00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:44,000 Do you think he understood what it meant to have a kindness? 498 00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:47,200 Done him for the sake of somebody else? 499 00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:52,200 And can you see ourselves in that picture? 500 00:30:53,300 --> 00:30:56,500 Can you see that? We were crippled by sin? 501 00:30:57,500 --> 00:31:02,100 That we were living in spiritual Exile in that Barren land of 502 00:31:02,100 --> 00:31:06,800 Lodi bar. But thanks to the covenant made 503 00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:10,900 possible by the shed blood of Jesus Christ. 504 00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:15,400 God for Christ's sake, forgives us. 505 00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:20,700 Adopts us into the family and allows us to sit at the Kings 506 00:31:20,700 --> 00:31:23,400 Table. I want to read you just a 507 00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:27,400 partial list of what is found at the Kings Table, Romans 8, and 508 00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:31,100 verse 1. If you are in Christ, there is 509 00:31:31,100 --> 00:31:34,100 now. No condemnation, Romans 7 and 510 00:31:34,100 --> 00:31:36,700 verse 6. You are delivered from the law 511 00:31:36,700 --> 00:31:40,000 of Moses in, Ephesians, 2, and verse 13. 512 00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:43,500 You are near God, Colossians 1 in verse 13. 513 00:31:43,500 --> 00:31:46,200 Your delivered from the power of evil and the member of his 514 00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:49,500 kingdom. Romans 5, you're Justified. 515 00:31:49,700 --> 00:31:52,600 Hebrews 10 and verse 14, you are Perfect. 516 00:31:52,700 --> 00:31:55,500 In Christ. Romans 8, verse 15. 517 00:31:55,600 --> 00:31:58,800 You've been adopted, Ephesians 2 and verse 18. 518 00:31:58,900 --> 00:32:01,100 You have access to God at any moment. 519 00:32:01,100 --> 00:32:04,400 First Peter 2 and verse 5. You're a part of his priesthood, 520 00:32:04,500 --> 00:32:07,800 Hebrews 13 and verse 5. You'll never be abandoned in 521 00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:11,300 First, Peter 1 and verse 4. You have an imperishable 522 00:32:11,400 --> 00:32:15,800 inheritance further, you are a partner with Christ in life, 523 00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:19,500 Colossians 3, and verse 4 in privilege, Ephesians, 2, and 524 00:32:19,500 --> 00:32:21,900 verse 6 in suffering. Second. 525 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:24,400 Timothy 2 and verse 12 and in-service. 526 00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:28,800 First Corinthians 1 verse 9. You are a member of his body. 527 00:32:28,900 --> 00:32:32,800 First Corinthians 12 and verse 13, a branch in the vine. 528 00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:36,100 John 15 verse 5, a stone in the building. 529 00:32:36,100 --> 00:32:40,700 Ephesians 2 beginning at verse 1 of Bride for the groom Ephesians 530 00:32:40,700 --> 00:32:45,700 5:25 through 27 and a priest. In the new generation first 531 00:32:45,700 --> 00:32:50,400 Peter 2 and verse 9 and get this in Christ, you become the 532 00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:54,200 recipient of every spiritual Oil blessing in the Heavenly World 533 00:32:54,200 --> 00:33:01,200 Ephesians 1 and verse 3. What do you suppose would have 534 00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:06,500 been the result if after David made this this incredible? 535 00:33:07,900 --> 00:33:11,400 Charitable gesture to mephibosheth if he hadn't even 536 00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:14,200 thought about it for a minute and told King David, you know, 537 00:33:15,900 --> 00:33:19,000 sir, sir your honor, your lordship. 538 00:33:20,500 --> 00:33:22,100 This just, this just unbelievable. 539 00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:25,400 Now, I was brought here thinking that I was going to be executed 540 00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:28,700 and here you are. You're treating me as though I'm 541 00:33:28,700 --> 00:33:34,200 your own son. And believe me I'm grateful and 542 00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:39,100 thank you, but no thanks. I believe in just going to go 543 00:33:39,100 --> 00:33:42,300 back over there. Lo debar and live in Exile and 544 00:33:42,300 --> 00:33:45,400 scratch out as mirror and existence, as I possibly can. 545 00:33:46,500 --> 00:33:48,700 Well, you'd think he'd be insane. 546 00:33:50,700 --> 00:33:55,200 Prince had his no more outrageous than the multitudes 547 00:33:55,200 --> 00:34:01,200 of people today who knowingly and deliberately reject God's 548 00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:08,199 over tours of kindness that he extends us for Christ's sake. 549 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:15,800 Could it be tonight that you're here? 550 00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:22,500 And you have been extended the invitation To become a child of 551 00:34:22,500 --> 00:34:24,800 God and to sit at the Kings table. 552 00:34:25,500 --> 00:34:29,400 But until now you've rejected it, if that's the case, we urge 553 00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:33,199 you to seize the opportunity while it is yours if you're not 554 00:34:33,199 --> 00:34:37,400 a Christian become one tonight believe in Jesus as the Son of 555 00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:39,800 God. Repent of your sins confess, his 556 00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:43,500 name and be baptized in water for the remission of sins. 557 00:34:43,500 --> 00:34:47,100 Frames of you'll do that, then by virtue of the blood of Christ 558 00:34:47,100 --> 00:34:49,800 you enter into a covenant relationship with God. 559 00:34:49,900 --> 00:34:53,100 God and God for Christ's sake. Will forgive you? 560 00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:57,500 We thank you for listening to our podcast, put on by the 561 00:34:57,500 --> 00:35:03,200 Church of Christ at 22:15 plans. Road in Bakersfield, if you 562 00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:06,300 would like any additional information, or you would like 563 00:35:06,300 --> 00:35:09,400 to receive a free Bible correspondence, course by mail. 564 00:35:10,100 --> 00:35:13,900 Please email us at info at her Church of Christ 565 00:35:13,900 --> 00:35:17,900 Bakersfield.com. 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