At the King's Table
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TURN to 2 SAM 9
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Intro: “The Security of Your Word
Intro: “The Security of Your Word
· ONE PHENOMENON that I FIND FASCINATING IN THE WORLD TODAY...IS the NUMBER of THINGS that PEOPLE DO to ENSURE or VALIDATE a PROMISE…SPECIFICALLY BEGINNING W/ KIDS:
o YOU’LL HEAR THINGS LIKE,
PINKY PROMISE?
SPIT-SHAKE?
CROSS MY HEART AND HOPE TO DIE?
SWEAR on MOTHER’S GRAVE
ADULTS:
THERE’S ALL SORTS OF LEGAL ISSUES to ENSURE THAT SOMEONE ACTUALLY UPHOLDS THEIR WORD.
HANDSHAKE AGREEMENT AIN’T CUTTING IT!
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MAKES SENSE:
IMAGINE SOMEONE GOING TO THE BANK....TAKING OUT A MORTGAGE
PINKY-SWEARING AND SPIT-SHAKING: THEY’LL DEFINITELY PAY THEIR BILLS...
THESE THINGS = LOGICAL..OFTENTIMES PEOPLE DON’T HOLD UP to THEIR WORD...
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TEXT TODAY SHOWS US in ONE WAY,, HOW WE SHOULD UPHOLD OUR WORD,,
& IN GREATER WAY,, HOW GOD UPHOLDS HIS...
(T) AND IN TODAY’S TEXT, WE’RE GOING TO SEE A SIGNIFICANT MOMENT IN DAVID’S LIFE,
WHERE HE’S GOING TO FACE UP TO A PROMISE HE’D MADE...
AND WE’LL SEE IF HE’S FAITHFUL TO HIS WORD, OR IF HE FALLS SHORT.
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RECAP: “THE KING & HIS KINGDOM”
RECAP: “THE KING & HIS KINGDOM”
DAVID = @ HIGHEST POINT IN HIS KINGSHIP
—TODAY’S TEXT = PROBABLY CLIMAX of ENTIRE REIGN—
I. REMEMBER—DAVID SOUGHT to BUILD GOD a HOUSE
&&& INSTEAD....GOD PROMISES to BUILD DAVID a HOUSE (LASTING DYNASTY)
II. GOD GRANTS DAVID CONTINUAL VICTORY
LAST TEXT: DAVID = FINISHING WORK JOSHUA STARTED
GOD PROMISED LAND from RIVER in EGYPT to RIVER EUPHRATES to ABRAHAM’S DESCENDANTS
DAVID = FINALLY TAKING LAND
GOD = WITH DAVID,, GRANTING HIM SUCCESS
§ HE’S PROSPERING PERSONALLY.
§ HE’S PROSPERING IN HIS KINGSHIP.
§ AND THE KINGDOM OF ISRAEL IS PROSPERING.
TASTE of KINGDOM of GOD on EARTH:
PEOPLE WALKING in GOD’S WAYS
IN LAND of GOD’S PROMISE
DAVID EXECUTING JUSTICE.
(T) NOW, THAT DAVID’S LIFE PROBABLY COULDN’T GET ANY BETTER,
WE’LL SEE WHAT HE DOES NEXT,
IF YOU’D LOOK WITH ME @ 2 SAMUEL, CHAPTER 9, VERSE 1.
THE TEXT SAYS,
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TEXT: 2 SAMUEL 9:1-13 ESV
TEXT: 2 SAMUEL 9:1-13 ESV
SETTING/INCITING INCIDENT (V1)
SETTING/INCITING INCIDENT (V1)
2 Samuel 9 (ESV)
1 And David said, “Is there still anyone left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?”
TIMES = GOOD for DAVID && DAVID KEEPS PRIORITIES STRAIGHT
WE SAW (LAST TEXT) — GOD KEEPING PROMISES to ABRAHAM
>>> NOW IT’S TIME for DAVID to KEEP HIS (PROMISE to JONATHAN)<<<
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Jonathan:
SON of SAUL
BEST FRIEND (BROTHER in LAW) to DAVID
VALIANT MAN; MAN of FAITH
WHEN SAUL WENT CRAZY—JONATHAN HELPED to SPARE DAVID’S LIFE
**RESULTING in COVENANT BETWEEN JONATHAN & DAVID**
JONATHAN SAYS to DAVID:
1 Samuel 20:14–17 (ESV)
14 If I am still alive, show me the steadfast love of the Lord, that I may not die;
15 and do not cut off your steadfast love from my house forever, when the Lord cuts off every one of the enemies of David from the face of the earth.”
16 And Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “May the Lord take vengeance on David’s enemies.”
17 And Jonathan made David swear again by his love for him, for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
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I. JONATHAN & DAVID ENTERED COVENANT
A. JONATHAN KNEW—DAVID = NEXT KING...
i. EVEN THOUGH—JONATHAN = LOGICAL HEIR to THRONE
B. JONATHAN REQUESTS—DAVID BE FAITHFUL & KIND to HIS DESCENDANTS
COMMON CULTURAL PRACTICE: PEOPLE WOULD DESTROY DESCENDANTS of PREVIOUS KING
--- NO COMPETITION for THRONE ---
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II. JONATHAN REQUESTS COVENANT OVER CULTURE
NOW WE CAN IMAGINE:
THIS WOULD’VE BEEN EASIER for DAVID to MAKE PROMISE DURING DESPERATION...
THAN it WOULD’VE BEEN FOR HIM to FULFILL DURING the GOOD TIMES...
&&& JONATHAN = DEAD & GONE NOW… & WOULDN’T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS...
IF DAVID WENT BACK on HIS PROMISE—JONATHAN WOULDN’T HAVE KNOWN!
HE COULD’VE LIED.
>>> THE DIFFERENCE HERE IS COVENANT <<<
PEOPLE of GOD— CALLED to LIVE BIBLICALLY BEFORE WE’RE CALLED to LIVE RELEVANTLY
DAVID ISN’T AIMING to FIND LAST DESCENDANT of SAUL to ELIMINATE…BUT to BLESS… FULFILLING COVENANT...
DAVID’S DECISION MAKING PARADIGM is COVENANT, NOT CULTURE.
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HE DESIRES TO SHOW KINDNESS—COVENANT-KEEPING, FAITHFUL LOVE....NOT WRATH… IF THEY STILL EXIST...
FOR DAVID, COVENANT COMES BEFORE CONVENIENCE.
COVENANT COMES BEFORE CULTURAL-NORMALITY.
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CAN IMAGINE—GOD’S RECENT COVENANT W/ DAVID JOGGED HIS MEMORY....
HE WAS PROMISED an ETERNAL “HOUSE”
SO DAVID WONDERS,, IS THERE ANY LEFT FROM SAUL’S HOUSE??
(T) SO, THE ONLY QUESTION AT THIS POINT IS, IS THERE ANYONE LEFT? IS THERE ONE TO WHOM DAVID CAN SHOW THIS KINDNESS?
THE TEXT CONTINUES IN VERSE 2 AND SAYS,
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RISING ACTION (V2-4)
RISING ACTION (V2-4)
2 Now there was a servant of the house of Saul whose name was Ziba, and they called him to David. And the king said to him, “Are you Ziba?” And he said, “I am your servant.”
3 And the king said, “Is there not still someone of the house of Saul, that I may show the kindness of God to him?” Ziba said to the king, “There is still a son of Jonathan; he is crippled in his feet.”
4 The king said to him, “Where is he?” And Ziba said to the king, “He is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, at Lo-debar.”
I. DAVID = LOOKING to UPHOLD COVENANT W/ JONATHAN
FIND GUY—ZIBA—SERVANT
DAVID: “IS THERE ANYONE LEFT of the HOUSE OF SAUL?”
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II. DAVID’S INTENTION— SHOW the KINDNESS of GOD TOWARDS HIM...
1. WE SAW: KINDNESS FOR the SAKE of JONATHAN
2. NOW: KINDNESS = REPRESENTATION/REFLECTION of GOD’S KINDNESS/STEADFAST LOVE to HIM.
Psalm 103:8 (ESV)
8 The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love (same word-kindness).
DAVID AIMING to REFLECT GOD’S LOVE TOWARDS OTHERS
1 John 4:19 (ESV)
19 We love because he first loved us.
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I THINK in a WORD.... WE CAN DESCRIBE THIS KINDNESS…THIS LOVE.... as GRACE....
IT’S a FAITHFUL LOVE,, THAT is UNDESERVED!!
GOD’S KINDNESS CAN’T BE EARNED
GOD’S KINDNESS—LEAVING 99 SHEEP to SEEK OUT the 1
SAVING UNDESERVING SINNERS
SEE the KINDNESS OF GOD is SOMETHING THAT is EXTENDED THAT CANNOT BE REPAID.
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III. THIS KINDNESS = ONE WAY DAVID CONTINUES to MANIFEST KINGDOM of GOD on the EARTH...
WE SAW GOD’S JUSTICE in DAVID’S REIGN
WE SAW GOD’S FAITHFULNESS to HIS PROMISE in DAVID’S REIGN
**NOW WE SEE a DIFFERENT FACET OF THE KINGDOM, AND IT’S KINDNESS.**
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THIS = SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ALL BE A PART OF: MANIFESTING KINGDOM of KINDNESS—IN OWN SPHERES of INFLUENCE
UNIQUE PEOPLE GROUPS (FRIENDS...SCHOOL... WORKPLACE.... FAMILY)
YOU CAN MANIFEST the KINGDOM of KINDNESS in THESE PLACES.
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PAUL WASHER: SHOWING UNCONDITIONAL LOVE to SPOUSE…not BLOWING it WHEN WIFE = HAVING a BAD DAY
MISSING the PERFECT OPPORTUNITY to LOVE WIFE as CHRIST LOVED the CHURCH—SACRIFICIALLY/UNCONDITIONALLY..
REMEMBER: CHRIST DIDN’T DIE FOR A PEOPLE WORTH DYING FOR, BUT FOR THOSE WHO WERE UNDESERVING.
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SO THOSE in OUR LIVES,, WHO ARE SEEMINGLY UNDESERVING == ARE the ONES to WHOM WE CAN DISPLAY the KINDNESS & LOVE of GOD...
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOD’S KINDNESS & GENERAL KINDNESS = WHETHER OR NOT IT’S DESERVED...
**IF YOU ONLY LOVE THOSE WHO LOVE YOU,, WHO DESERVE IT…WHAT REWARD IS THIS??
**PAGANS & TAX COLLECTORS DO the SAME…**
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DAVID ENDEAVORS to SHOW THIS KINDNESS to SOMEONE FROM SAUL’S HOUSE...
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III. ZIBA KNOWS JUST the GUY FOR DAVID to HELP
NAME = MEPHIBOSHETH.
SON of JONATHAN
CRIPPLED in HIS FEET
(2 SAM 4…) NURSE DROPPED HIM as CHILD,, FLEEING in HASTE...
MEPHIBOSHETH—WAS LIVING UNDER THE CARE OF A MAN NAMED MACHIR...
POSS. EAST of JORDAN RIVER
(T) SO, DAVID HAS COMMITTED TO UPHOLDING HIS SIDE OF THE COVENANT WITH JONATHAN...
AND WE NOW KNOW OF A CANDIDATE TO RECEIVE THE BENEFITS OF THIS PROMISE,
SO HOW DOES THIS TURN OUT?
LOOK W/ ME @ VS 5, THE TEXT SAYS,
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CLIMAX (V5-8)
CLIMAX (V5-8)
5 Then King David sent and brought him from the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, at Lo-debar.
6 And Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan, son of Saul, came to David and fell on his face and paid homage. And David said, “Mephibosheth!” And he answered, “Behold, I am your servant.”
7 And David said to him, “Do not fear, for I will show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan, and I will restore to you all the land of Saul your father, and you shall eat at my table always.”
8 And he paid homage and said, “What is your servant, that you should show regard for a dead dog such as I?”
CHURCH, DID YOU NOTICE HOW MEPHIBOSHETH ARRIVES?
I. MEPHIBOSHETH COMES HUMBLY—BOWING & PAYING HOMAGE...
HE KNOWS HE’S in PRESENCE of KING...
HE = FEARFUL…
DALE DAVIS: “MEPHI-BOSHETH’S LAMENESS WAS IN HIS FEET NOT IN HIS BRAIN. HE KNEW WHAT NORMALLY HAPPENED TO THE REMNANTS OF DEFUNCT DYNASTIES.”[1]
INSTEAD of JUDGMENT/DEATH SENTENCE:
DAVID SHOWERS UNDESERVED FAVOR UPON MEPHIBOSHETH
IN LIGHT OF THE COVENANT W/ JONATHAN (PROB. 15-20 YEARS OLD NOW!)
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II. DAVID’S GRACE TOWARDS MEPHIBOSHETH = TOTALLY UNDESERVED
CULTURAL STANDARDS—MEPHIBOSHETH = DEAD MEAT.
MEPHIBOSHETH = LAME/CRIPPLED,, NOTHING HE CAN DO in RETURN
THERE WAS NOTHING MEPHIBOSHETH COULD DO FOR DAVID…
>>> THIS = KINDNESS of GOD. <<<
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DAVID FULFILLS this PROMISE,, AGAIN DURING the GOOD TIMES
III. MEPHIBOSHETH is GIVEN a SEAT @ the TABLE ALWAYS.
LOOKING BACK @ SETTING of COVENANT BETWEEN JONATHAN & DAVID....FROM 1 SAM. 20....
NEW MOON FEAST W/ SAUL & FAMILY
DAVID—THOUGH a SON—HAD to FEAR FOR HIS LIFE & RAN AWAY
DAVID’S SEAT @ TABLE WAS EMPTY...
JONATHAN MEETS DAVID in FIELD—TELLS HIM HARM = DETERMINED...
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DAVID,, BECAUSE of SAUL’S JEALOUSY—LOSES HIS SEAT @ TABLE
NOW,, INCREDIBLE ACT of GRACE—DAVID GIVES THIS DESCENDANT of SAUL a SEAT @ HIS TABLE,, CONTINUALLY.
DO YOU SEE HOW INCREDIBLE THIS IS AND HOW THIS HAS COME FULL CIRCLE??
IV. MEPHIBOSHETH RECOGNIZES...HE IS A RECIPIENT OF GRACE.
REFERS to SELF as “DEAD DOG”
HE WAS WHOLLY UNDESERVING...
DAVID EXHIBITS this COUNTER-CULTURAL,, COVENANT-KEEPING, FAITHFUL LOVE TOWARDS MEPHIBOSHETH JUST AS GOD HAD DISPLAYED TOWARDS HIM.
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RESOLUTION (V9-11A)
RESOLUTION (V9-11A)
9 Then the king called Ziba, Saul’s servant, and said to him, “All that belonged to Saul and to all his house I have given to your master’s grandson.
10 And you and your sons and your servants shall till the land for him and shall bring in the produce, that your master’s grandson may have bread to eat. But Mephibosheth your master’s grandson shall always eat at my table.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
11 Then Ziba said to the king, “According to all that my lord the king commands his servant, so will your servant do.”
I. TO ESTABLISH MEPHIBOSHETH’S BLESSING—DAVID ASSIGNS ZIBA & HOUSE to SERVE HIM...
**MEPHIBOSHETH EFFECTIVELY GOES FROM BEING a BEGGAR to BEING SEATED at the KING’S TABLE!
1. HIS NEEDS = MET
2. PROVIDED W/ LAND
3. SERVANTS to WORK IT.
(T) AND AFTER ZIBA AGREES THAT HE WILL TAKE CARE OF MEPHIBOSHETH....
OUR TEXT IS GOING TO CLOSE IN THE 2ND HALF of VS 11. THE TEXT SAYS,
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CONCLUSION (V11B-13)
CONCLUSION (V11B-13)
So Mephibosheth ate at David’s table, like one of the king’s sons.
12 And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Mica. And all who lived in Ziba’s house became Mephibosheth’s servants.
13 So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, for he ate always at the king’s table. Now he was lame in both his feet.
DO YOU SEE, CHURCH, THAT ONE WHO SHOULD’VE BEEN AN ENEMY IS TREATED LIKE A SON?
COULDN’T DO ANYTHING for DAVID
MOST KINGS WOULD’VE DESTROYED
HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO ALWAYS EAT AT THE KING’S TABLE.
(T) AND SO WE CAN LEARN FROM THIS PASSAGE TODAY, THE IDEA THAT,
HOMILETICAL IDEA:
HOMILETICAL IDEA:
In light of God’s covenant-keeping faithful love towards us, we should display faithfulness and love to others.
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GOSPEL: A SEAT AT THE KING’S TABLE
GOSPEL: A SEAT AT THE KING’S TABLE
REASON WE’RE FAITHFUL
REASON WE’RE LOVING
REASON WE’RE KIND...
WE’VE BEEN RECIPIENTS OF A MUCH MORE GRACIOUS COVENANT.
I. PASSAGE TODAY: KING DAVID,, GRACIOUS to UNDESERVING MAN,, WHO SHOULD’VE BEEN TREATED LIKE an ENEMY...
**EVEN THOUGH the SON WAS CAST OFF from the TABLE, HE WELCOMED HIS ENEMY BACK to the TABLE.**
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II. THERE’S a GREATER KING,, a SON of DAVID,, WHO DID SOMETHING FAR GREATER THAN THIS.
SCRIPTURE DESCRIBES THOSE OUTSIDE of CHRIST:
UNDER THE DOMAIN OF DARKNESS.
WE WERE ENEMIES OF GOD.
WE WERE SINNERS.
WE WERE DEAD IN OUR TRESPASSES & SINS.
WE WERE WITHOUT GOD & THEREBY WITHOUT HOPE IN THE WORLD.
I CHILDREN OF WRATH, LIKE THE REST OF MANKIND.
WHEN WE WERE CAST OFF—LOST in SIN—WITHOUT HOPE...
THE ETERNAL SON OF DAVID CAME INTO THIS WORLD:
HE LIVED A SINLESS AND PERFECT LIFE,
&& LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR SINNERS
THAT WE MIGHT BE SAVED
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III. SEE THE SON OF GOD WAS PUNISHED IN OUR STEAD.
HE WAS FORSAKEN UPON THE CROSS.
HE WAS CAST AWAY FROM THE TABLE IN ORDER THAT
YOU AND I MIGHT HAVE A SEAT THERE.
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PASSAGE TODAY: MEPHIBOSHETH = GIVEN SEAT LIKE a SON
IV. BUT the SCRIPTURE SAYS—WE’RE ADOPTED as SONS of GOD THROUGH FAITH in JESUS CHRIST
WE AREN’T TREATED LIKE SONS
WE ARE MADE SONS & DAUGHTERS of the MOST HIGH....
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V. WE AWAIT a FUTURE DAY WHERE WE WILL ENJOY the MARRIAGE SUPPER of the LAMB.
Revelation 19:9 (ESV)
9 And the angel said to me, “Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.”
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WE LOVE to QUOTE PS. 23:5
Psalm 23:5 (ESV)
5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
BUT WHAT = FAR MORE AMAZING…
IS THAT THOUGH WE WERE ENEMIES of GOD,, WE WERE GIVEN a SEAT @ the TABLE...
ALL THOSE WHO PLACE THEIR FAITH in the SON of DAVID,, && SON of GOD… the LORD JESUS CHRIST,,
ARE GIVEN a SEAT FOREVER @ the TABLE!!
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&& IF YOU’RE HERE,, & YOU DON’T HAVE THIS HOPE....
PLACE YOUR FAITH in the SAVIOR...
TRUSTING in HIM for RIGHT-STANDING BEFORE GOD…
NOT of WORKS/INHERENT RIGHTEOUSNESS....
BELIEVING CHRIST DIED FOR YOU & WAS RAISED....
TURN FROM LIFE of SIN,, PROFESS CHRIST as LORD,,
YOU CAN BE SAVED,, TODAY.
HAVE QUESTIONS,,
DON’T KNOW WHERE YOU STAND W/ GOD
TALK to US AFTER SERVICE.
(T) AND NOW, IN CLOSING, I’D LIKE TO SHARE SOME TAKEAWAY THOUGHTS WITH YOU ALL TODAY.
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TAKEAWAYS:
TAKEAWAYS:
LEARN ABOUT GOD?
LEARN ABOUT GOD?
GOD = GRACIOUS GOD....REMEMBER THAT it’s GOD’S KINDNESS TOWARDS US THAT = OUR MODEL FOR BEING KIND TO OTHERS.
Psalm 103:8 (ESV)
8 The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
GOD’S LOVE for US = SOURCE of ALL OUR UNCONDITIONAL LOVE for OTHERS...
GOD’S COVENANT-KEEPING FAITHFULNESS = the SOURCE for ALL OUR COVENANT-KEEPING W/ OTHERS...
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LEARN FOR US?
LEARN FOR US?
APP: “LIFE AT THE TABLE”
APP: “LIFE AT THE TABLE”
·FOR US CHURCH, I WANT US TO CONSIDER THIS MORNING WHAT IT MEANS TO LIVE @ the TABLE OF GOD.
IF YOU’RE a PART of GOD’S PEOPLE = YOU’VE ENTERED a COVENANT W/ GOD
IF HE = OUR GOD…THEN IT’S OUR JOB to REPRESENT HIM WELL… IN RESPECTIVE AREAS of INFLUENCE...
TWO AREAS WE SEE THIS in TODAY’S TEXT:
BEING TRUE to OUR WORD & a FAITHFUL/RELIABLE PEOPLE...
COVENANTS W/ GOD & MAN ((MARRIAGE for EXAMPLE))
AS GOD = a PROMISE-KEEPING GOD…
WE SHOULD ENDEAVOR to BE a PROMISE-KEEPING PEOPLE.
BEING a PEOPLE of UNCONDITIONAL LOVE & KINDNESS...
WE LOVE BECAUSE HE FIRST LOVED US
DAVID = SHOWING the KINDNESS of GOD
A LOVE & KINDNESS THAT = UNCONDITIONAL…UNEARNED...
ONE THAT DOESN’T EXPECT to be REPAID & CAN’T BE.
MEPHIBOSHETH SHOULD’VE BEEN an ENEMY & HE WAS CRIPPLED...
THERE WAS NOTHING IN IT FOR DAVID.
SHOWING the UNCONDITIONAL, FAITHFUL LOVE of OUR GOD TOWARDS OTHERS = A WAY WE CAN MANIFEST the KINGDOM of GOD on EARTH...
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REMEMBER: WHOLE TEACHING of BIBLE = SUMMED UP AS:
LOVING GOD
LOVING OTHERS
WHEN WE ENTER INTO COVENANT W/ GOD,, THIS = WHAT HE DESIRES of US...
THIS = the LIFE WE’VE SUBMITTED to W/ CHRIST as LORD...
SO LET’S AIM to REPRESENT & MANIFEST GOD’S KINGDOM WELL in THIS LIFE, AMEN?
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