I came up Thursday and spent
all day Friday in the wonderful city of Philadelphia. We loved
it. This is a great place. I've really been looking forward
to this and I trust the Lord will bless us. Would you turn
with me to 2 Samuel chapter 9. 2 Samuel chapter 9. I have entitled this message, the shameful thing. The shameful thing. Now I want
to tell the story about a man by the name of Mephibosheth. And his name means the shameful
thing. Can you imagine going through
life with a name like that? The shameful thing? His name
is taken out of the word, which means that which brings disappointment. That which means brings shame. Shameful thing. That's what his
daddy named him. His daddy was a man by the name of Jonathan. And Jonathan was the son of King
Saul. And for some reason, Jonathan
named his son, shameful thing. I don't think they had therapists
back then, but if they would have, he probably could have
used one with a name like that growing up with this name, shameful
thing. And second Samuel chapter nine,
verse one, we read. And David said, and before I
go on at this time, David is the most powerful man in the
world. In chapter eight, we read where
he subdued all of his enemies and now he reigns without a rival,
the most powerful man in the world. And David said, is there
yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him
kindness for Jonathan's sake. And there was of the house of
Saul, a servant whose name was Ziba. And when they had called him
unto David, the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba? And he said,
Thy servant is he. And the king said, Is there not
yet any of the house of Saul that I may show the kindness
of God unto him? Now, he said in the first verse,
I want to do this for Jonathan's sake. More on that in a moment.
That's very important. And he says, I want to show him
the very kindness of God. And Ziba, verse three, said unto
the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, which is lame on his feet. And this boy isn't worth much.
He's lame. He cannot walk. He can't work
for you. He can't serve you. All he can
be is carried. He's lame on both his feet. And
you'd find this interesting. In 2 Samuel 4, verse 4, this
boy became lame through a fall. As a matter of fact, turn over
there. 2 Samuel 4. Now, I want you to remember These
Old Testament stories are given to illustrate the gospel of the
Lord Jesus Christ. That's the purpose behind every
single one of them. Now we read in second Samuel
chapter four, this is where, okay, verse, uh, let's begin
in verse one. And when Saul's son heard that
Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble and all the
Israelites were troubled. And Saul's son had two men that
were captains of bands. The name of the one was Bana,
and the other, Rechab, the sons of Remnon, of Beerothite, of
the children of Benjamin. For Beeroth also was reckoned
to Benjamin. And the Beerothites fled to Githium
and were sojourners there until this day. And Jonathan, Saul's
son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years
old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel.
They'd been defeated and killed. And his nurse took him up and
fled. And it came to pass, after she made haste to flee, that
he fell. that he fell and became lame. He was lame through a fall. Now can you picture what that's
saying? Lame through a fall. Mephibosheth. Now let's go back
to 2 Samuel chapter 9 verse 4. And the king said unto
him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king,
behold, he's in the house of Mekir. Now this means the house
of destruction, the house of destruction. The son of Ameliel
in Lodabar, the place of no bread. Then King David sent and fetched
him. Now he wouldn't have done any
good for him to say, tell him to come. He couldn't. He was
lame in his feet. It wouldn't have done any good
to say, invite him over. He couldn't get there. But King
David said, go and fetch him and bring him to me. Verse five,
then King David sent and fetched him out of the house of destruction,
the son of Ameliel from Lodabar, the place of no bread. Now when
Mephibosheth, there's his name, shameful thing. When Mephibosheth,
the son of Jonathan, now remember who the son of Jonathan is. Jonathan
was the son of Saul. Saul was David's sworn enemy. And so all he knew about himself
was he was David's enemy. He was of the house of Saul.
So he was scared to death. Let's go on reading verse six.
Now, when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul
was coming to David, he fell on his face. and did reverence. He didn't know what the king
was going to do to him. He didn't know if he's going
to be put to death. He didn't know if he's going to be spared. He had
no idea why he was brought. He just did reverence. He didn't
tell David what to do. He just fell flat on his face
in fear, doing reverence. It's the same word that's usually
translated worship. He knew he was in David's hands
and he knew that what was going to happen to him was totally
up to David. He was nothing in himself, but
a shameful thing. So he falls on his face and does
reverence. And David said, Mephibosheth,
He knew his name. Shameful thing! Disgraceful thing! And he answered, Behold thy servant. And David said unto him, Fear
not. I have no doubt that he was scared
to death. He didn't know what was going to happen to him. For
all he knew, David was going to have his head cut off. And
he's trembling in fear. And David says, Fear not, for
I will surely show thee kindness for Jonathan, thy father's sake,
and will restore thee all the land of Saul, thy father, and
thou shalt eat at my table continually. Now this story actually begins
in 1 Samuel chapter 18. Would you turn with me there?
1 Samuel chapter 18. Now, Jonathan, witnessed David defeating Goliath. He witnessed all this and his
soul was knit to him at that time and he Jonathan and David
became best friends at this time. Look in chapter 18, this is after
the defeat of Goliath, chapter 18, and it came to pass when
he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, this is David, that
the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan
loved him as his own soul. And Saul took him that day and
would not let him go no more, home to his father's house. Then
Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own
soul. And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him,
and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword,
and to his bow, and to his girdle." He gave everything to David.
Now this pictures, because we're going to see where Jonathan is
a type. of the Lord Jesus Christ. I'll have mercy for Jonathan's
sake. I'll have mercy for Christ's sake. But this typifies the love
of Christ to his father. He gave him everything. He loved
him so dearly. Now, in verse five, we read,
1st Samuel chapter 18, we read where the trouble began. This
is where Saul was so jealous of David. Look in verse 5. And
David went out, whithersoever Saul sent him, and he behaved
himself wisely. And Saul set him over the men
of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people,
and also in the sight of Saul's servants. And it came to pass,
as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of
the Philistines, that the women came out of all the cities of
Israel singing and dancing to meet King Saul with tabrets and
joy and with instruments and music. And the women answered
one another as they played and said, Saul has slain his thousands
and David his ten thousands. Now, you can imagine why Saul
got upset with this. He was very jealous of David
at this time. And Saul was very wroth and the
saying displeased him. And he said, they described it
to David ten thousands and to me they described it thousands.
And what can he have more but the kingdom? And Saul eyed David
from that day forward. He became David's enemy. Look in chapter 19 verse 1. And
Saul spake to Jonathan his son and to all his servants that
they should kill David. Saul hated David and he wanted
him dead. But Jonathan Saul's son delighted
much in David. Remember, he loved him as his
own soul. And Jonathan told David, saying, Saul, my father seeketh
to kill thee. Now, therefore, I pray thee,
take heed to thyself until the morning and abide in a secret
place and hide thyself, and I'll go out and stand beside my father
in the field where thou art, and I will commune with my father
thee, and what I see, I'll tell thee. He was gonna let him know
what his dad was gonna do. So look over in 1 Samuel chapter
20. I'm going to read several verses of scriptures here. First
Samuel chapter 20. And David fled from Naoth and
Ramah and came and said before Jonathan, what have I done? What
is my iniquity? What is my sin before thy father
that he seeks my life? And he said unto him, God forbid
thou shalt not die. Behold, my father will do nothing
either great or small, but that he'll show it to me. And why
should my father hide this thing from me? It's not so. And David
swore, swear moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth
that I found grace in thine eyes. And he said, Let not Jonathan
know this, lest he be grieved. But truly, as the Lord liveth
and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and
death. Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth,
I will even do it for thee. David said unto Jonathan, behold,
tomorrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with
the king at meet, but let me go that I may hide myself in
the field into the third day at even, and if thy father at
all miss me, then say, David earnestly ask leave of me that
he might run to Bethlehem, his city, for there's a yearly sacrifice
there for all his family. If he say thus, it's well, thy
servant shall have peace. But if he be very wroth, then
be sure that evil is determined by him. Therefore thou shalt
deal kindly with thy servant, for thou hast brought thy servant
into a covenant of the Lord with thee. Notwithstanding, if there
be in me iniquity, slay me thyself, for why shouldst thou bring me
to thy father? And Jonathan said, Far be it
from thee, for I know certainly that evil were determined by
my father to come upon thee. Then would I not tell it thee?
Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me, or what if
thy father answer thee roughly? And Jonathan said unto David,
Come, and let us go into the field. And they went out both
of them into the field. And Jonathan said unto David,
Look what he calls him, O Lord God of Israel. He calls David
that. Now here David is a type of God
the Father. When I sounded my father about
to morrow any time or on the third day, and behold, If there
be good toward David, and I then send thee not unto thee, and
showeth thee, the Lord do so much more to Jonathan. But if
it please my father to do the evil, then I'll showeth thee,
and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace, and the Lord
be with thee, as he hath been with my father. And thou shalt
not only, while I yet live, show me the kindness of the Lord,
that I die not, but also, now listen to this covenant, this
is very important, but also, Thou shalt not cut off thy kindness
from my house for ever. Know not when the Lord hath cut
off the enemies of David, everyone from the face of the earth. Now,
he said, you have mercy on my kids. I want us to make this
covenant, this agreement, because I know that you're going to be
the king of the world. I know that all your enemies are going
to be cut off. Now make this agreement with me that you'll
always have mercy on my family. So Jonathan made a covenant with
the house of David saying, let the Lord even required at the
hand of David's enemies. And Jonathan caused David to
swear again because he loved him for he loved him as he loved
his own soul. Then Jonathan said to David,
tomorrow is the new moon. and thou shalt be missed because
thy seat will be empty." And you can go on reading about what
took place. But the point is they made this
covenant. Jonathan made a prophecy. He
said, you're going to be the most powerful man in the world. God's gonna cut off all your
enemies. Now, when he does that, remember
me and remember my children. Years pass. Jonathan has been dead a long
time. And just as he said, God has
cut off all the enemies of David. He's David, the king, the most
powerful man in the world. Now, after all of his enemies
have been vanquished, he says in our text, he remembers that
covenant that he made with Jonathan many years before. And David
said, verse Samuel nine, verse one, and David said, is there
yet any that's left of the house of Saul that I may show him kindness
for Jonathan's sake? Do you see the gospel there? God, the father says, is there
any left of the house of Adam that I can show kindness to?
for Christ's sake. Now, I want you to remember all
these Old Testament stories are given to illustrate the gospel,
and we don't have a more beautiful illustration of the gospel anywhere
in all the Word of God than we do right here. Verse 2. And there was of the house of
Saul a servant whose name was Ziba. He was a servant of Saul's
when Saul was in power. And when they had called him
unto David, the king said unto him, art thou Ziba? And he said,
thy servant is he. And the king said, is there not
yet any of the house of Saul that I may show the kindness
of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king,
Jonathan hath yet a son, which is lame on his feet. You'd have
to be carried. He couldn't work for you. He
couldn't benefit you in any way. He's just going to have to be
supported. There's nothing he can do for you. He's lame on both of
his feet. He's been lame through a fall.
He's a worthless man. He's a shameful thing. There's
just nothing to it. All he could do is magnify your
mercy because he sure can't do anything for you. Mephibosheth. Shameful thing. Wonder if I have
any Mephibosheth's here tonight. If you're a believer, you are,
you understand. Mephibosheth. Verse four, and the king said
unto him, where is he? And Ziba said unto the king,
behold, he's in the house of Maker. destruction, the son of
Amillel in Lodabar, the place of no bread. Then King David
sent and fetched him. You see, the King's will is going
to be done. He doesn't ask Mephibosheth if he wants to come. He doesn't
offer him the opportunity to come. He says, go fetch him.
And Ziba fetched Him and brought Him. Here we have the sovereign,
irresistible, invincible grace of God. Go fetch Him. He brought
Him in. And I know that's precisely what
took place with me. God said, go fetch Him. He couldn't
offer me something. I'm lame on my feet. I couldn't
get there. But He said, go fetch Him. Aren't
you thankful for fetching grace? I'm so thankful for fetching
grace. It works like this. Whom He did foreknow. He also did predestinate to be
conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn
among many brethren. Moreover, whom He did predestinate,
them He also called. And whom He called, them He also
justified. And whom He justified, them He
also glorified. It's past tense. This is not
talking about something that will be. It's something that's
already been done. So He says now, go fetch Him.
Go fetch him and bring him to me. Thank God for fetching irresistible,
invincible grace. Verse six. Now, when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the shameful
thing, the son of Saul, the house of David's enemies, came unto
David, He fell on his face and did reverence. He didn't say a thing. All he
knew to do in his fear, he falls on his face and does reverence.
Now that word reverence is the word that's generally translated
worship. Now listen to me. At this time,
Mephibosheth knew he had no control. absolutely not he was in david's
hands david could do with him what ever he was pleased if you
and i are brought into the lord's presence we're gonna do the same
thing what is worship here's an example you remember that
leper matthew chapter eight behold a leper came and worshipped Now
there's worship, saying, Lord, if you will, you can make me
clean. It's up to you. If you will,
you can. You have the ability. I'm in
your hands. I have no control. I can't manipulate you. You know,
you'll only worship a sovereign. one in whose hands you are and
he can do with you whatever he's pleased to do. You'll only worship
the sovereign and that's what's going on right here. He falls
on his face and he worships. He does reverence. And David
looks at him. It's hard telling what he looked
like. He must have been in bad shape. He was in hiding, lame. And David looks at that boy.
Mephibosheth. I don't know how old he was.
Maybe he was a young man. Maybe he was in his forties.
I don't know how old he was. But David looks at him. And you know
who he saw? He saw Jonathan. He saw Jonathan. And he remembered
that covenant he made. And he looked at him and he said,
Mephibosheth. Shameful thing. And he answered, behold thy servant,
verse seven. And David said unto him, fear not. Now he was scared to
death. He didn't know what was going
to happen to him. He thought maybe he was going to be executed. And David said to
him, fear not for I will surely show thee kindness for Jonathan,
thy father's sake. and will restore thee all the
land of Saul, thy father, and thou shalt eat bread at my table
continually." All of this for Jonathan's sake. Now look at
his response. And he bowed himself and said, what is thy servant? that thou
shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am. Why would you look in such favor
toward me?" Now, I don't know of anything much more worthless
than a dead dog, do you? I mean, you see them on the side
of the road, you don't stop and start... I mean, nobody thinks
about them. They're worthless. And that's how he viewed himself
before this great king. He saw he was nothing but sin. He saw that the king had the
right to put him to death. And this was his response. Amazed
by his grace. He didn't find fault with it.
He didn't say, well, he should have saved me a long time ago.
He didn't find fault with what David did. He was amazed that
he'd do it. Who am I that you would show such favor and kindness
and pity toward me? That was his response to the
grace of God. Who am I? Verse nine. Then the king called
to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said unto him, I've given to
thy master's son all that pertain to Saul and to all his house.
Thou therefore and thy son and thy servants shall till the land
for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits that thy master's
son may have food to eat. But Mephibosheth, thy master's
son, shall eat bread always at my table. Now Ziba had 15 sons
and 20 servants, then said Ziba unto the king, according to all
that my lord the king hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servant
do. As for Mephibosheth, The shameful
thing, said the king, he shall eat at my table as one of the
king's sons. And Mephibosheth had a young
son whose name was Micah and all that dwelt in the house of
Ziba were servants of the Mephibosheth. So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem
for he did eat continually at the king's table. And look at
the last thing that's pointed out about him. Now, if I was
writing this story, you know what I would have done? I would
have said he was healed. I would have figured out some
way for this man to be able to start walking again. But what's
the last thing that's pointed out about him? He continued laying on his feet. Now those laying feet were covered
at the king's table. If you looked at him, you couldn't
see. His feet were under the king's provision. the king's
table but the scripture points out still that he was lame in
his feet and you know what that reminds me of I am still a sinner I am still a sinner I'm still
lame on my feet. I find that in my experience.
I'm still a sinner and I am made to where I can't look anywhere
but Christ alone. As everything in my salvation,
in my acceptance before God, I can't look anywhere but the
Lord Jesus Christ. I'm still laying on my feet. Now, Phibosheth, his salvation was determined
before he was ever born because of covenant made between his
father and David. The salvation of all of God's
elect was determined before they were ever born. Because of a
covenant God the Father made with His Son. The covenant of
grace where Christ agreed to be my surety. And when He agreed to be my surety,
everything that God requires of me, He looked to His Son for. That's what a surety is. My salvation. was determined before I was ever
born. I am Mephibosheth. Mephibosheth, however you say
it, Mephibosheth was lame through a fall. When my first father Adam fell,
I fell in him. When He fell, I fell. When He sinned, I sinned. You see, I was united to Him.
Everything He did, I did. Romans 5.12 says, For by one
man sin entered the world, and death by sin. So death passed
upon all men, in that all sinned. When Adam sinned, you sinned.
When Adam sinned, I sinned. It's not simply that his sin
was charged to us, although it was, that's what the Scripture
teaches. But more than that, not simply his sin being charged
to me, but I did it. And I'm lame. I'm lame through
a fall, just like Mephibosheth was. And Mephibosheth was lame in
both of his feet. An offer to, if you can get here
and come, I'll save you would do him no good. He was lame in
his feet. He couldn't come. If David would
have said, you're invited to come, I'll give you mercy if
you come. Mephibosheth couldn't have made
it. He was lame in his feet. He had
to have fetching grace. He had to have somebody come
and bring him the irresistible and invincible grace of God. I know that's the way it is with
me. I can identify with Mephibosheth so much. Here's my name. I'm
saved the same way he was. Now, listen to this. There is
only one reason that Mephibosheth is shown mercy. Only one reason. What is it? For Jonathan's sake. Not because he asked for it,
not because he deserved it, not because of anything he could
do or help out in David's kingdom. He was shown mercy for one reason,
for Jonathan's sake. We read in the scriptures in
Ephesians 4, 32, be kind, tender hearted, forgiving one another,
even as God for Christ's sake has forgiven you. Turn with me
to Psalm 106 for a moment. Psalm 106. David says in verse 6, We have sinned with our fathers. We have committed iniquity. We have done wickedly. Our fathers understood not thy
wonders in Egypt. They were a spiritually stupid
people. They remembered not the multitude
of thy mercies. They were an ungrateful people.
But they provoked him at the sea, even at the Red Sea. They
were provoking people. Nevertheless, he saved them. Why? Why? For his name's sake, for Christ's
sake, not for anything in there. Nevertheless, He saved them for
His name's sake, that He might make His mighty power to be known."
Why was Mephibosheth saved? For Christ's sake. Now, listen
to this. God doesn't need to find a reason
in you to show you mercy. Isn't that wonderful? If He had
to find a reason in you, He couldn't find one. There isn't one. But
he has abundant reason for Christ's sake. Mephibosheth was saved
for one purpose. For Christ's sake. Now, I want to show you something
else that's pointed out about Mephibosheth. He stayed lame
in his feet. We see that. You know, there's never an excuse
for sin. These things have I written unto you that you sin not. There's
never an excuse for sin. But isn't it true that all were
still lame? I know it's so. We're still lame. He stayed lame. But those feet
were covered at the king's table. But the story's not over. Turn
to 1st or 2nd Samuel, chapter 16. Now this is after David is having
to flee for his life. And when David was a little past
the top of the hill, behold, Ziba, the servant of Mephibosheth
met him with a couple of asses saddled and upon them 200 loaves
of bread and a hundred bunches of raisins and a hundred of summer
fruits and a bottle of wine. And the king said unto Ziba,
what meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, the asses be for
the king's household to ride on, and the bread and summer
fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine that such as be
faint in the wilderness may drink. And the king said, and where
is thy master's son? Talking about Mephibosheth. And
Ziba said unto the king, behold, he abideth at Jerusalem, for
he said, today shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom
of my father." Now Ziba says, he's betrayed you. He's betrayed you. Now that you've
been run off, he thinks the kingdom is going to be restored back
to the house of Saul, and he's going to be put in power. Then said the king to Ziba, Thine
are all that pertaineth unto Mephibosheth. All the stuff that
I gave him is now yours. He has nothing. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech
thee that I might find grace in thy sight, my Lord, O King. You believe Mephibosheth did
that? Turn to 2 Samuel chapter 20,
or 19, I'm sorry. 19. Verse 24. Now, this is after
David has returned to Jerusalem. Absalom has been slain and he's
returning to power back to Jerusalem. And Mephibosheth, the son of
Saul, came down to meet the king. and had neither dressed his feet,
nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes from the day the
king departed into the day he came again in peace. And it came to pass when he was
come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto
him, wherefore wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth? And he
answered, my lord, O king, my servant deceived me. For thy
servant said, I'll saddle me an ass that I may ride there
on and go to the king because thy servant is lame. And he has
slandered thy servant unto my Lord, the king. But my Lord,
the king is as an angel of God. Do therefore what's good in thine
eyes. Now he didn't say for, he didn't
even ask for mercy at this time. He said it was a lie, but whatever
you're pleased to do with me, do it with me. Whatever's good
in your eyes. Well, that's a good place to
be, isn't it? I come into the presence of the Lord. Do whatever
seems good in thine eyes. I'm not going to tell him what
to do. I'm afraid I'm not qualified to do something like that. In
his presence, do whatever's good in thine eyes. Verse 28, for
all my father's house were but dead men. before my Lord the
King. Yet didst thou set thy servant
among them that did eat at thine own table. What right, therefore,
have I yet to cry any more unto the King?' And the King said
unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said,
Thou and Ziba divide the land. He is giving him his land back.
And Mephibosheth said unto the King, Yea, let him take it all. For as much as my Lord the King
has come again in peace unto his own house. Now, what is he
saying? He's saying he can have it all. I don't care. Just as
long as you're back in peace, I'm satisfied and I need nothing
else. When my Lord was raised from
the dead and returned in peace to his father, Having made my
peace with God, I say, you can have the world. You can have
it. Don't need it. As long as my
king is returned in peace, I'm satisfied. I don't need anything
else. In Christ, as he's returned in
peace, having accomplished the salvation of everybody that he
died for. I'm complete in him. And all this stuff that the world's
grasping after, you can have it. As long as I'm complete in
my beloved, I need nothing else. You see, in Him dwells all the
fullness of the Godhead in a body. And you are complete, lacking
nothing in Him. Colossians 2, 9 and 10. And here's another scripture
to underline that. In 1 Corinthians 1.30 we read
of Him, are you in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us, wisdom,
righteousness, sanctification, and redemption, that according
as it's written, he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. Now,
in Christ, Somebody says, how do you get in Christ? Well, of
Him are you in Christ, Jesus? God put you there. In Christ,
I have wisdom. He has made unto me wisdom so
that the all-wise God can have fellowship with me. In Christ,
I'm wise. He is my wisdom. He's made unto us wisdom and
righteousness. Now listen to this. In Christ,
I am righteous. So righteous, right now while
I'm talking to you, I'm so righteous that the living God can embrace
me and accept me and be pleased with me and say, He's righteous. Because in Christ, I am righteous. He is made unto me righteousness. His righteousness is my personal
righteousness before God. What confidence there is there.
He's made unto us sanctification. He's made unto us holiness so
that I am holy. So holy that God can embrace
me. So holy that I'm as holy as Jesus
Christ the Lord because His holiness is my holiness. He's made unto
me sanctification. And he's made unto me redemption. He's made unto me full redemption,
full deliverance. I can't get any more loved. I
can't get any more accepted. I can't get any more holy. I
can't get any more righteous than I am right now in the beloved. Now, what else would I want? If he returns in peace, you can
have all that the world is after. I'm happy that my king has returned
in peace. He found his all in the Lord
Jesus Christ. Colossians 3, verse 11 says,
Christ is all. What's that make everything else? Nothing. That stuff that he said
you can have, worthless anyway. Worthless anyway. Oh, Mephibosheth,
that shameful thing. He found his complete everything
in his king. Got any Mephibosheth's here?
That's what a believer is. May God add his blessing to his
word. Let's pray together. Lord, we come into your presence
in the name of our blessed Redeemer, the Lord Jesus. And Lord, we
ask that you have mercy upon us for his sake. We ask that
you give us faith for his sake. We ask that you grant us true
repentance for his sake. We ask that you give us a new
heart for his sake. We ask that you give us the forgiveness
of sins. For his sake. Lord, let us take
the place of Mephibosheth, sitting at the king's table, being fed
by him. And Lord, teach us truly to find
our all in the Lord Jesus Christ. Bless these words for his sake. In his name we pray. Amen. Let's, well, you all don't have,
I can't give the right hymns. Do you all have Pass Me Not in
your hymn book? I don't think you do. The hymn Pass Me Not, I don't
guess you all have it. Well, it's a good hymn, I would
like to sing it. Pass me not, O gentle Savior,
hear my humble cry, while on others thou art calling, do not
pass me by. And that is our prayer. Okay,
you're dismissed.