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Good morning Unchained people!!!
Intro
What would you do if suddenly you received a huge and unexpected inheritance?
What would you do if in the morning you woke up just a normal person, completely poor, living in a desert place, and at night you had become a very rich person, sleeping on a palace?
We see a lot of that in “novelas” - Atual Maria da Paz (boleira) virou milionaria.
In this world, there are examples of people who came from prison to palaces: Nelson Mandela, and also biblical characters, like Joseph.
Daniel is another example: from captivity to the Babylonian palace.
Daniel is another example: from captivity to the Babylonian palace.
The message today is not a “novela”, it happened in real life, and it’s about kindness, second chances, and about a covenant that changed completely the life of a man called Mephibosheth.
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Context
This story happens in Jerusalem, about 1000 years BC.
The nation of Israel was an established Kingdom, and after many battles with many nations, king David had conquered peace all around.
David was on that time one of the most powerful men in the world, if not the most powerful one.
Then, He remembered his good friend Jonathan, and the covenant he made with him concerning their future.
That covenant was made when David was still trying to escape Jonathan’s father, king Saul.
Let’s take a look at the covenant between David and Jonathan:
1 sam
The man we read about it in the main text, Mephibosheth, was Jonathan’s son, and lived far away from Jerusalem, beyond the Jordan River, in the south of Galilee, in a city called Lo-Debar.
Mephibosheth was cripple from both legs.
The accident with Mephibosheth happened when he was 5 years old, when his nanny was probably running for their life.
That can be read on 2 Samuel:
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Sometimes we are in Lo-Debar because somebody dropped us...
Because of the pact made, king David decides to do something that would impact Mephibosheth for the rest of his life.
Today, we will concentrate on the results of his decision.
Therefore, our theme for today will be:
EFFECTS OF A COVENANT ON A CRIPPLE MAN
WHAT DID THE COVENANT BRING?
1. RETURN FROM A DESERT LAND
The same way Joseph brought his family because of the famine in Canaan, David brought Mephibosheth from Lo-Debar.
Lo-Debar means “no pasture” “not having”, a land of the forgotten.
Lo-Debar means “no pasture” “not having”, a land of the forgotten.
Mephibosheth was living there probably out of fear.
The more distant from the king, the better.
It was a costume that the new king would kill all the royal family of the previous king.
David, however, wanted him close by, in the palace.
Mephibosheth was probably terrified with the king’s decision of going after him.
Let’s think for a moment about the royal delegation arriving at Lo-Debar... “We are looking for Mephibosheth!!
He must have been petrified with fear!
He was just left in Lo-Debar by someone and he just accepted it.
But that was about to change!
But the Covenant between David and Jonathan also brought:
2. RESTORATION
Self-esteem
Now Mephibosheth is in the presence of the king… and this is what he says:
And this is what he says:
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Mephibosheth didn’t know or didn’t care that he was a royal person!
That’s why he had such a low self-esteem.
Mephibosheth didn’t know that he was a royal person.
That’s why he had such a low self-esteem.
See, he was NOT a dog, but he thought of himself to be like a dog.
Many times our situation is not a condition, but a mindset!
But king David was just starting...
Many times our situation is not a condition, but a mindset!
2. Honor and Belonging
Mephibosheth now was a guest of honor in the king’s palace.
Now, he was going to seat at the king’s table!
Mephibosheth was given the honor as royal family that once he had back.
Let’s think about the scene during every dinner…
There would come Joab, the general, Abisai, a powerful warrior, Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, the Scribe Seraiah, prince Absalom, princess Tamar, all the chief ministers, and all the royal court, and then king David.
Suddenly, someone else also comes in: it’s Mephibosheth, with his crutches, proudly dragging himself into the room!
3. Inheritance
All the properties of his grandfather, King Saul, and of his father Jonathan as the firstborn, which was a great inheritance, would now belong to Mephibosheth now and his descendants forever!
We have to understand that we are joint heirs with Christ.
romans 8:17
And finally, the Covenant between David and Jonathan also brought:
3. ETERNAL SECURITY
3. ETERNAL SECURITY
3. ETERNAL SECURITY
Now he would be considered one of the King’s sons!
No more wasteland, his home now was Jerusalem!
David adopted Mephibosheth!
No more shame, no more hiding.
Maybe king David put him with the best physicians in town… one thing is certain: Mephibosheth is forever granted in the house of the king!
FINAL APPLICATIONS
The story of Mephibosheth is the story of all of us.
It is the story of how God, because of King Jesus, decided to call us back from a land of sin and desolation and bring us back to the restoration and inheritance of the Kingdom of God.
We all are crippled, we all came from Lodebar, we all were received by the wonderful grace of the King and were accepted into His table forever!
Everything was set, Mephibosheth had only to ACCEPT IT.
Can you imagine it if he just had said “No, I want to come back to Lo-Debar...”
Learn how to extend grace to people
Let’s think now of that great day where all of us will be part of another King, the Son of David, Jesus Christ, in the eternity: Abraham, Moses, David
He still invites the lame, the crippled to come into His table
The same way David did because of Jonathan, God does because of Jesus.
(GRACE: God’s Riches At Christ’s Expense)
on v. 13 he still was a lame, but in the palace, like us.
We will always need the grace.
Lame in the beginning, lame at the end.
Today may be your last day in Lo-Debar!
someone may have dropped you, but God wants to restore the time you lost.
Let’s think now of that great day where all of us will be part of another King, the Son of David, Jesus Christ, in the eternity: Abraham, Moses, David
Maybe you haven’t ever received an inheritance in this world, but the Bible promises that one day.....
It’s time for us to learn how to extend grace to people.
Illustration:
The story of Wilma Rudolph
2 samuel 8:
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