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Title- Come To The Table
Passage- & 9:1-13
Attention-
Hellen Keller once said “To be blind is bad, but worse it is to have eyes and not to see”
Introduction
I think that when we come to this passage it could be difficult for many of us to find the relevance of this passage.
We come to a man like this in the scriptures and it can be difficult for many of us to find the relevance of this account.
By all accounts I believe that most of us would not put ourselves into the place of this man…crippled for all but 5 years of his life
Yet it is in the life of this overlooked man that I find some striking similarities to each and every one of us.
There are similarities that we cannot see
The problems are similar
And the solution to the problem is also very similar
What is the main driving point (CPS)?
Friends, just as there was an answer for Mephibosheth’s greatest problem there is an answer to our greatest problem as well
Why does the CPS matter, what is the consequence?
The problem is that many do not realize their greatest problem…not their most glaring or most recent but their greatest problem
Transition
In this passage we find three truths about Mephibosheth…the first truth is that...
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He had a problem(2 Samuel 4:4)
Explain
Was crippled by a fall
We aren’t given a lot of details about the accident but we are left with the reality that Mephibosheth could not walk anymore
What do we know?
-When he was 5 years old his father Jonathan was in a battle and died.
Saul’s last son, Ish-Bosheth, was in charge and defeated and killed.
Ish-Bosheth, was in charge
Without this account one would assume that the throne would have went to David but the reader is reminded of Saul’s grandson Mephibosheth
As a result of the death of Jonathan and King Saul the life of Mephibosheth is in danger and his nurse rushes him away and in the hasty departure Mephibosheth is injured and as a result is crippled for life.
Ish-Bosheth
Bridge to today
I do not want to in any way make light of persons with disabilities...
But what Mephibosheth and others in that time went through had a different set of challenges
He could not work, he had to rely 100% upon others
Personal care
Personal care
Cooking
I am sure there were great difficulties doing many daily tasks
All because of a fall that he was innocent of
He did nothing to cause the need for him to run, that was the choices of others.
He was only 5 years old, innocent of the situation
Innocent of not the reality is that fall left him crippled
Relevance
There could be some practical day to day truth for those dealing with disabilities or difficulties but I see a much more important truth here in this passage
That truth is that like Mephibosheth, we were crippled by a fall that we had no part in.
Back in the garden of Eden…Adan and Eve decided to doubt the goodness of God and trust in themselves.
In
They decided to eat of the fruit of the tree that God had clearly commanded them not to eat of
Why does this matter?
There are consequences for their decision
There was a curse…or often referred to as the fall of mankind
The fall and the curse were not just on Adam and Eve but all mankind
Paul tells us in
The results of the curse are found in
1- We lost our righteousness
Before the fall mankind was able to fellowship freely with God
2- The loss of righteousness resulted in a separation from God
3- All of creation was cursed
Work became toilsome
Childbirth became sorrowful
The Earth grew thorns and thistles
4- The clothing industry was born!
5- Physical death was a reality to Adam and all of his descendents.
Physically I am pretty healthy this morning, and I have been all of my life so far
But spiritually I came to a moment in my life where I realized that I was affected by a fall
A fall that I was not a part of but I suffered the consequences
This is our greatest problem…
Paul tells us in
It maybe not our most recent or most glaring but it is our greatest problem
Transition
But the beautiful truth is what we find in 2 Samuel 9:1-5...
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There was a solution (2 Samuel 9:1-5)
Explain
Mephibosheth was sought after by the king
In verse 1 and 5 we read that David is seeking out anyone left from Saul’s family
For what purpose?
Verse 1 again…that I may show him kindness of Jonathan’s sake!
What do we NOT read in verse 1 but is a very real truth
1- David was not required to display this kindness
2- The kindness of David was not earned in any way by Mephibosheth
What could this crippled man do for the King of Israel
Strategically, politically, authoritatively, Mephibosheth was useless to David and there was nothing Mephibosheth could do to change that.
Bridge to today
Bridge to today
Now as we try to bridge this to today I think that when we read verse 5 we can get a picture of God the Father sending God the Son to redeem mankind
Notice the actions
The king sends someone to go and get Mephibosheth for him
Someone with the authority of the king
Left the palace
Traveled to Mephibosheth
And made a way for Mephibosheth to be brought before the king
Relevance
The relevance of this passage to our lives personally is HUGE
As we already saw, we were affected by the decision of Adam and Eve and are now alienated from the presence of God and facing physical death and either an eternity with Him or an eternity separated from Him in hell.
To that we read in
Paul also says in
Even while we were unable to love Him God so loved us that he sent His son Jesus Christ to pay the debt for our sin that we could never pay
There was nothing Mephibosheth could due to earn David’s favor
There is nothing we can do to earn God’s
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