The Grace That Saved Mephibosheth

Now let's turn to 1 Corinthians
15, first of all. Now this is something we need
to learn and we need to remember in the preaching of the Word
of God, in the study of the Word of God. The Bible is a unit. I've said
it so often here and I'll repeat it. that we don't have two Bibles,
an old Bible and a new Bible. There's one Bible. There's the
old covenant, the Old Testament and the New Testament. But the
entire Bible is the book of redemption, God's purpose, God's purchase,
God's redemption in Christ Jesus, all Christ. The Old Testament
says there's someone coming, identifies him, prophesies, pictures,
and the four Gospels tell us that he has come, Christ is that
Redeemer. And the epistles are careful
to tell us that he will return, he will come again. I really
resent the phrase, I didn't used to because I didn't quite understand,
but I resent the term New Testament Christian. New Testament Baptist
Church. Bible Baptist Church is all right,
Bible Christian, you know, but New Testament seems to indicate
that we have no use for, or need of, the Old Testament. And Charlie,
that's a fatal mistake. It's a fatal mistake. First Corinthians,
chapter 15, verse 1, says, Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you
the gospel, the gospel. which I preached unto you, which
also you have received, and wherein you stand, you stand in this
gospel. And by which also you are saved,
you are saved by this gospel. If you keep in memory or hold
fast to that which I preached unto you, unless you believed
in vain, surely not. Surely we have not believed in
vain. Surely we're not going to be like Judas or Simon Magus
or Demas or those who departed from Christ. For I delivered
unto you, first of all, that which I also received, how that
Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures. Underline
that. According to the Scriptures.
He died for our sins. Everything Christ did was in
fulfillment of the Old Testament Scripture. Everything he did,
everything Christ did in redeeming sanity, is fulfilling what the
prophets wrote. Moses wrote of me, Christ said.
Moses wrote of me. Abraham saw my day. David said,
the Lord said unto my Lord, sit thou on my right hand. It's according
to the Scripture. And verse 4 says, and that he
was buried. and that he rose again the third
day according to the scriptures. Now, the Old Testament scriptures
are prophecies and pictures of Christ. As Moses lifted up the
serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted
up. As Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of
the fish, so shall the Son of Man be three days and three nights
in the heart of the earth. Christ, our Passover, When Israel
took the Passover lamb and went through all that they went through,
carefully fulfilling all that God required, they were just
picturing Christ, our Passover, who sacrificed for us. And that
rock, that refreshing rock, that rock which gave forth water that
followed them in the wilderness, that rock is Christ. So with
that in mind, turn to 2 Samuel chapter 9. Now, to me, this is
one of the best illustrations of the grace of God to sinners.
And I think even our boys and girls, if they'll listen carefully
tonight as I paint this picture, I love illustrations. I use illustrations
more when I'm preaching away from home than I do at home because
y'all heard all my illustrations. But I'll fill a sermon with stories
and illustrations. One little boy in North Carolina
told Pastor Luther Hooks one time, said, have Brother Mahan back to preach
sometime. And Brother Hooks said, why?
He said, well, I like to hear him preach. And Brother Hooks
said, why do you like to hear him preach? He said, well, he'll
preach a while, and then he'll tell you something. Then he'll
preach a while, and then he'll tell you something. Here in 2 Samuel 9, I've preached
this message all over the country, and I'll preach it again, because
I think it's one of the best illustrations of the grace of
God to sinners to be found anywhere in the Scripture. And I'm going
to preach it using eight words, eight words. And the first one
is found in verse 1, chapter 9 of 2 Samuel, and David said,
David. Who is David? Well, David's the
king. David, the king, look back at chapter 8, verse 15, and David
reigned over all Israel. And David said, the king had
something to say, and I tell you where the word of the king
is, is power. I visualize David sitting here
on a throne of authority and power, total sovereignty. David, Charlie, reigned over
Israel. The word of David was law, where
the word of the King is this power. David said, is there yet
any that's left of the house of Saul, that I may show him
kindness for Jonathan's sake? This is what David said. There's
no council here, there's no conference here, there's no cooperation
here, there's no bargain. David didn't send for a bunch
of councilmen and leaders and princes and ask their opinion,
David just said, I'm going to show some mercy. I'm going to
show some mercy. This is my will. This is what
I'm pleased to do. And David is a picture here of
the Heavenly Father, and there's no problem. There's no problem
encountered when we present David as a type of God, a type of the
Lord. I listen to preachers preach
a lot of times, and they'll use various types that shake me a
little bit, you know. use various people as types of
God the Father and God the Son and God the Holy Spirit, but
I have no problem with David, because my Lord called himself
the Son of David, the Son of David. And David is a picture
of the Father here in his sovereignty, in his absolute, total sovereignty. God reigns, God rules. He's sovereign
in creation. in the beginning by the word
of God, the heavens were made. He's sovereign in providence.
The scripture said he worketh all things after the counsel
of his own will. There may be second causes, third
causes, numerous causes, but God is the first cause. Moses says, show me a glow, and
God said, I will be merciful. I will be gracious. God is absolutely
sovereign, not only in creation and in providence, but he's sovereign
in salvation. I want to show you two scriptures.
Turn first to Isaiah, chapter 45. Isaiah 45. David is king. And the scripture
said where the word of the king is, is power. Almighty God, our
Heavenly Father, is king. He's absolute king. Total, complete authority over
all creation. In Isaiah 45, verse 6, listen,
verse 5, I am the Lord. Isaiah 45, verse 5. I beg your
pardon. Isaiah 45, verse 5. I am the
Lord. There's none else. There's no
God beside me. I girded thee, though thou hast
not known me, that they may know from the rising of the sun, and
from the west, there's none beside me, I'm the Lord. There's none
else. I form the light, and I create
darkness. I form peace and I create evil. How does God create darkness?
Well, darkness is created when light is withheld. You see, if
God is the only light, God is the light. And where God is not
pleased to reveal himself, you have darkness. I preached a sermon
out in California refuting this thing that God predestinates
men to hell. People say, well, predestination
is God predestinates some to heaven and some to hell. That's
not true. God predestinates men to be like Christ, to be like
Christ. In other words, the only way
you're going to be like Christ is for God to intervene. It's
for God to chart the course. It's for God to plan the way.
It's for God to give you the ability to do something beyond
your nature. He's got to turn your mind and
your heart. He's got to predestinate you
if you're going to be like Christ. Here's Joseph down in Israel,
a little poor people, Israel, small in number, and God wants
Joseph on the throne of Egypt. Now, that's God's will, isn't
it? God's purpose is that he should be on the throne of Egypt.
How in this world is Joseph going to get on the throne of Egypt?
God has to do it. God has to plan and plot and
chart the course for him to be in the throne of Egypt. Now,
for you to go to hell or to perish, what has God got to do? Make
you do something you can't do? No, just leave you to yourself.
Just leave you alone. You see what I'm saying? Just
leave you alone. God doesn't plot anybody or plan
anybody or chart anybody's course to hell. Just leave them alone.
when he willed the death of his son on Calvary. Just leave men
to do what they will to do. They'll crucify him, they'll
spit on him, they'll eat him, they'll lacerate his back. You
see that? And God says, I form the light
and I create darkness. I make peace, I create evil.
How does the Lord do these things? Turn to Isaiah 46. Listen to
this. In verse 9 and 10, remember the
former things of old, for I'm God, there's none else. I'm God,
there's none like me. I declare the end from the beginning. And the only one who can declare
the end from the beginning is one who can bring it to pass. And from age of times of things
that are not yet done, saying my counsel shall stand and I
will do all my pleasure. Great God, how infinite art thou. What worthless, powerless worms
are we? Let the whole human race bow
and give their praise to thee. Thy eternal throne has stood
ere seas and stars were made. Thou art the ever-living God,
were all the nations dead. Eternity with all its years stands
present in God's view. To thee nothing old appears,
and, great God, there is nothing new." So you see that first statement,
and David said, now there's some power. And God said, and God
said, well, what did David say? Well, here's the second word,
kindness. And David said, is there any left of the house of
Saul? Now, what's the house of Saul? Well, Saul was the preceding
king. Saul was the one that they made
king. They had their own will. God
said to Samuel, the prophet said, they want a king, so give them
a king. Give them a king. He said to Samuel, he said, they're
not rejecting you, they're rejecting me. It's not you they're rejecting,
it's me they're rejecting. They want a king instead of me. God was their king. God was the
king of Israel, but they wanted a king they could, like other
nations, so God said, let them have one. And they chose Saul,
and Saul rebelled against God. Saul's heart wasn't right with
God, and God rejected Saul. And Saul was killed. And then
David, God raised up David, his king. David. God raised him up. But David took the throne. And
for a reason, and we'll show you in a moment, it was in David's
heart. He said, is there any left of the household of Saul?
Now, back in these days, generally, The king that had died, one of
his sons would become king. His sons were the heirs to the
throne. And so if someone took over the
government or the kingdom, he just killed all the preceding
king's sons so there wouldn't be any threat to his throne.
But David is saying here, is there any left of the house of
Saul? I'm going to show him kindness. Now, the word kindness there
is mercy. God said, I'll be merciful. David
said, I'm going to show mercy. Mercy is what we don't deserve,
and the house of Saul deserved no mercy. But David's going to
show mercy. Let Israel hope in the Lord,
with the Lord's mercy. David said, is there any left
of the house of Saul, I'm going to show him mercy. And I'll tell
you this, when God Almighty is pleased to look upon any of us,
like Desi just sang, with sinners We're foolish, we're lost, we're
deserving of hell, but God. But God. And I'll tell you, people
today talk a lot about serving God and earning rewards and going
to their rewards and laboring in the kingdom of God, but the
language of this book is mercy. Paul said, I obtain mercy. Paul,
I obtain mercy. The publicans said, Lord, be
merciful. And Paul said, the Lord grant mercy to the house
of Onesiphorus. And according to his mercy, he
saved us. And the apostle wrote in Hebrews,
let us come before the throne of God's grace that we may obtain
what? Mercy, mercy, mercy. God never was and is not now
and never will be indebted to any sinner. Anything that God
does for us is mercy. And here is David sitting on
this indisputable throne, sovereign throne, and he said from his
own heart, and we'll see the reason in a few moments, is there
any left of the house of Saul that I may show him mercy? Mercy. He doesn't deserve it.
All right, verse 2. And there was of the house of
Saul a servant whose name was Zabba. And when they called him
unto the David, the king said unto him, Are you Ziba? And he
said, Thy servant is he. And the king said to Ziba, Is
there any yet of the house of Saul that I may show the kindness,
the mercy of God unto him? And Ziba said to the king, Jonathan,
Saul's son Jonathan, has a son which makes him the grandson
of king Saul. But he's lame on both his feet.
Now, here's where we come in. Here's a picture of us. David's
the king. David's God on his immutable,
infinite, sovereign throne. And you see, mercy, we didn't
sue for mercy. We didn't love God. He loved
us. We love him because he loved
us. Here is love, not that we love God. He loved us. Mephibosheth
wasn't looking for David. He's running from David. Mephibosheth
didn't want anything to do with David. Mephibosheth didn't want
anything to do with David. But David wants something to
do with Mephibosheth. Mercy is born from the heart
of God. And here's a boy, grandson of Saul, son of Jonathan, who's
lame on both his feet. What happened to him? Well, let's
turn back to the book of 2 Samuel, chapter 4. And let's see what
happened to Mephibosheth. And Mephibosheth is such a good
picture of you and me. In 2 Samuel 4, verse 4, and Jonathan,
you got it there? And Jonathan, Saul's son, had
a son that was lame of his feet. He's lame on both his feet now.
He didn't walk and drag one. John, he was lame. He was without
any strength, any power or ability to walk. He couldn't negotiate
at all. He was lame on both his feet. Well, he was five years
old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel,
when his granddaddy and his daddy were killed, when God permitted
the enemy to destroy them. And his nurse took him up and
fled, and it came to pass that she made haste to flee, that
he fell, and he became lame, and his name was Mephibosheth. That's what happened to us. We
were lame for the fall. When Adam fell, we fell. And
this boy, he fell. And when he fell, he lost his
ability to walk. He lost his ability to do anything
for himself. He became a cripple. He became
lame. His faculties were rendered lame for the fall. And that's
what's happened to us in the fall. I want you to listen to
what was affected in the fall, as far as we're concerned. God
said every imagination of the thoughts of our hearts are evil
continually. God said the poison of snakes
is under our lips. God said we have eyes full of
adultery and cannot cease from seeing. God said we love our
affection. We love darkness rather than
light. God said our tongues are set
on fire with hail. God says our feet are swift to
mischief. God says our thoughts are not
his thoughts, our ways are not his ways, and he said you will
not come to me that you might have love. Everything about us,
from the sole of our feet to the top of our heads, is nothing
but wounds and bruises and putrefying sores. That's our condition.
What happens? We fail. We fail in Adam. We fail in Eve. And you know
where we dwell? And the king said, verse 4, Where
is he? Where is this Mephibosheth? Where
is he living? And Ziba said to the king, Behold,
he is in the house of nature, the son of Amel in Lodibar. You know what Lodibar is? Lodibar
is two things. Lodibar is the house of no bread
and the place of no pasture. That's where we are. Can't you
just picture that? I tell you, it's such a beautiful
picture. Here's David in all of his splendor and power and
glory, greatest king on earth. And there's old Mephibosheth
down there in the house of no bread, no pasture, a cripple,
can't do a thing for himself, lame through the fall, enemy
of David. And King David, it originates
with him, he said, I'm going to show some mercy to Mephibosheth. Mercy now, mercy. I'm not going
to pay him off. I'm not going to bribe him. I'm
going to show him pure kindness, pure mercy, pure mercy. So how are they going to get
together? Well, the way preachers preach it today, that David sent
an invitation down there and asked Mephibosheth if he'd like
to come live in the king's house, you know. But that's not how
it happened at all. Kings don't invite men to do
things. Not real kings. In verse 5, here's the next word.
This is a good old Southern word, fetch. In verse 5 it says, Then
King David sent and fetched him. David sent and fetched him, the
king's purpose to show mercy. to someone of Saul's house, he
sent his affection on Mephibosheth, and he sent his servants, he
said, go down there and fetch him. You know what fetching is? Bring it in. Back years ago,
old-timers used to say to their children, go fetch some firewood.
That meant go bring it in. Go fetch some water from the
well. They went out and drew a bucket of water and brought
it in and they fetched it. And this servant of David went down
to The house of no bread, he went down where Mephibosheth
was and fetched him. He fetched him, he brought him
home. And I'll tell you this, the Lord of glory determined
to show mercy to us, you and me. Just like we were, lame on
both our feet. He set his affections on us and
he sent his son into this world. His servant he called his son,
my servant whom I sold to life. He sent him in this world, and
our Savior, God's servant, came where we were. He came where
we were, in this place of no pasture, in this house of no
bread, and he became what we are and worked out a suitable
redemption that God's justice might be satisfied. And then
God sent his Holy Spirit to fetch us. And his Holy Spirit crosses
our path, convicts us of sin, It brings us to our knowledge
of Christ Jesus. He sent and fetched us. It's no accident
that you heard the gospel. I'll tell you this, it's no accident
that God brought his servants whom he brought to this place
to preach the gospel. That's no accident. If you want
me to tell you how you came to know the gospel, how you came
to know Christ, it wasn't because you were smarter than anybody.
It wasn't because you were lucky. is because back yonder before
the foundation of the world, Almighty God set his love upon
you and chose you in Christ. Chose you in Christ. And you
were down here in the place of no bread, in the place of no
pasture, in darkness, loving your hogwalley, loving your sins. And he, on purpose, according
to his divine will, because he chose you in Christ, he sent
And I'll tell you this, all that my Father giveth me, Christ said,
shall be thanks. They'll come to me. I believe
that. I know that. I've heard people say, well,
if I believe what you believe, I wouldn't preach. Well, now,
let me tell you something. It won't be contrary. But if
I believe what they believe, I wouldn't preach. I preach because I believe what
I believe. What do you believe? I believe my God has a people.
I believe he gave them to Christ, and I believe Christ redeemed
them. And I believe they're in Iceland, and Piteville, and Danville,
and different cities, and across the water, and wherever they
are, and they're in that place, and they're going to stay there
until God fetches them, and he sends folks like me to fetch
them. I believe that. And I go fetch them. What I do
is I go preach the gospel to everybody that will hear me,
and God fetches the one he has his love upon. That's what Scripture
says. All that my Father giveth me
will come to me, and him that cometh out of nowhere is cast
out. Christ said, I came down from heaven, not to do my will,
but the will of him that sent me. And this is the will of him
that sent me, that of all which he hath given me I lose nothing,
but I raise it up at the last day." David said he was hired
on Mephibosheth, and he said, and fetched him. And when God
said he was hired upon a son of Adam, he will fetch him. He
may be 20 years old before God fetches him, he may be 10, he
may be 30, he may be 40, he may be 65 before God fetches him,
but what time to God? Eternity. What did I read a while
ago in that song? It said, eternity with all its
years stands present in God's view. There's no time with God. He'll fetch his sheep when he
will. Notice the next word. The next
word, the 4th word, is fear, verse 6. Now, when Mephibosheth,
the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come unto David. Now, this is something I don't
understand. I don't understand the spirit and attitude of this
generation. Yes, I do, I do understand it.
They haven't caught sight of God. But when this poor, lame
cripple, now, you think about it. Here is Mephibosheth. I don't
know how old he was. But he's old enough, lame and crippled
from the middle of nowhere. And they bring him into the hall,
into the court, into the throne room of David. David is God's
king, David is God's heir, David is God's particular servant. And this fellow is kin to Saul,
who was God's enemy, and David's enemy. Saul tried to kill David,
and that's what we tried to do in the garden, throw God over
his throne. We tried to deny God his kingship. And Saul tried
to deny David his kingship. David was the rightful king,
wasn't he? And Saul did everything in his power to get rid of David.
And here sits the son of that fellow, the grandson. And he's
brought into the household, or into the very presence of David,
and he did what you and I would do if we were to know in whose
presence we stand. We're enemies, we're sons of
Adam, we're rebels, we're traitors, we're sons of our Father, and
here we're brought into the presence of God? And our generation stands
in bargains with God, and they stand and tell God, and I'll
tell you, if you'll do this, I'll do that, and we'll get our forces
together and we'll win this town from Jesus. And we're going to
line up with God and offer our services to him. I'm going to
let you be my Savior. I'm going to let you take me
in. That's foolish talk. What did
Mephibosheth do? When Mephibosheth, the son of
Jonathan, the son of Saul, was coming to David, he fell on his
face. That word is fear. He fell on
his face and did reverence. And David called him by name.
God said, I know my sheep, I'll call them by name. And he answered, Behold, I slay
thee. Behold, I slay thee. Oh, I tell you this. And then
David, what did David say to him? Fear not, fear not. Now hold on, look at me a minute,
listen. Have you ever been here? Have you ever been stripped,
lame, and broken in the presence of God, knowing who you are?
what you deserve, where you came from, the pit from which you
were digged, and who he is, and the power of God, and the right
of God, to destroy any threat to his throne. And we're a threat.
We've got attitudes right now that are a threat to God's throne.
Yes, we do. Anything that's not of holiness
is a threat to holiness. And if we ever realize that,
we'll crumble, we'll come down. And he'll speak, fear not. But
now listen, listen to me. God will never say fear not to
those who fear not. Is that right? He'll never say
fear not to those who fear not. God will only say fear not to
those who really fear him. I mean really fear him. That's
exactly right. So if you've never heard fear
not, it's because your heart fears not. But if your heart
ever fears the Lord, in the beginning of wisdom is the fear of the
Lord. If your heart ever comes to tremble in fear before God,
it may be you'll hear him say, Fear not. It may be. But what's the next word? David
said in verse 7, Fear not, I will surely show thee kindness for
Jonathan thy father's sake. Oh, the word is sake. I said
a while ago, David sitting on that throne, David was a man of mercy and
compassion, but this mercy and compassion toward the sons of
Saul was motivated by some particular thing. And you know what it was?
His love for Jonathan. And let me read that to you.
That's over in 1 Samuel. That's over in 1 Samuel. You
see, when Saul was king, His son, Jonathan, realized that
David was the rightful heir and the rightful ruler. And Jonathan
and David's souls, their hearts, were knit together. They loved
one another. And here in chapter 18 of 1 Samuel,
it came to pass when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul
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 let him go no more home to his father's house, speaking
of David. Then Jonathan and David made
a covenant. They made a covenant because
he loved him as his own soul. And Jonathan stripped himself
of the robe that was on him, the robe of the king's son, and
gave it to David, and his garments, even his sword, his bow, and
his girdle. That's the love that these Me
and Jonathan and David had for one another. Now, another scripture,
1 Samuel, chapter 20. And Saul knew that David would
be king. And here in chapter 20, verse
12, now listen to this. And Jonathan said to David, 1
Samuel 20, verse 12. Jonathan said to David, come,
verse 12. And Jonathan said to David, O
Lord God of Israel, when I have sounded my Father about tomorrow
any time, or the third day. And behold, if there be good
toward David, and I then send not unto thee, and show it to
thee, the Lord do so, and much more to Jonathan. But if it please
my Father to do thee evil, then I'll show it thee, and I'll send
thee away, that thou mayest go in peace. And the Lord be with
thee, as he hath been with my Father." Now, watch this, "...and
thou shalt not only, while I live, show me the kindness of the Lord,
that I die not. But David--" Listen carefully
to verse 15. Also, thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from
my house for ever. No, not when the Lord hath cut
off the enemies of David every once in the face of the earth.
So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying that
the Lord even required at the hand of David's enemies. And
David swore right then. These boys were out in the field,
Jonathan and David. And Jonathan said, David, you're
going to be king. Jonathan was the heir to the throne, he was
Saul's son. But he said, God has his hand on you, and you're
going to be king. And I'm going to die, but I'll tell you what
I want to make a covenant with you, and you with me, that when
I die, you'll show kindness for my sake to my son, who wasn't
even born. He wasn't even born then. He
wasn't even born, because when Jonathan was killed, he was five
years old, so they weren't even born yet. In other words, Mephibosheth,
David, sitting on this throne, in his complete power and authority,
says, I'm going to show kindness to Mephibosheth. And Mephibosheth
brought to him, and he's bathing in fear and trembling, who am
I? I'm a dead dog, what am I? David said, you're here because
of Jonathan. And I'm going to show you kindness
because of Jonathan. And my love for you is because
of Jonathan. That's exactly what he said.
And I'm saying this, let's don't get high and mighty. If the Holy
Spirit goes out and touches us and brings us to God, you don't
feel that you're any different from any other child of wrath.
But God is showing us mercy for Christ's sake. He gave us to
Christ before the world began. Christ is our brother, and God
has a covenant with his Son. He gave him a people. John, that's
what I say to you and to Charlie and to Mary and right on back.
I say, if God has fetched you and brought you to himself and
revealed his mercy to you and included you by his grace into
his family, it's for Christ's sake now. It's for Christ's sake. You don't take any credit or
any praise. All that David did for Mephibosheth
was because back yonder in that field, when they struck Haman,
that covenant. And Christ is going to fulfill
his covenant. Christ is going to have his people,
all right? Now, notice another word. In verse 7, David said,
Fear not, I'll show thee kindness from Jonathan thy father's sake,
and I'll restore unto thee all the land of Saul thy father. And thou shalt eat bread at my
table continually." And he bowed himself and he said, "'What is
thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as
I am?' And the king said to Ziba, saw a servant, called his servant
and said to him, I have given your master's son all that pertained
to Saul and his house." Here's the next word, given. Now let
me tell you this, listen to me. He restored my soul. Adam was
created holy and upright without sin. And Adam had a reign. Adam was a king. God told him
to multiply and subdue and rule over the earth. And Adam reigned. But God has restored to us in
Christ all that we lost in Adam, and more, and more, because Adam
had the possibility of falling, and in Christ there's no possibility
of our falling. So we have restored to us all
that we lost in our father, and more, and more. Now the next
word is found in, let's read on down verse 10. Thou therefore
and thy son, he's speaking to Ziba here, and thy servant shall
kill the land for Mephibosheth. Thou shall 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. He'll sit
with the king's son. at my table." That's where we
sit. Beloved, now we are the sons of God. 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 former Phibosheth said the
king, he shall eat at my table as one of the king's sons. That's
what we have in Christ, sons of the king. Now here is another
word, I'm going to throw this in, this is the ninth word. And
Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micah, and all
that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth.
So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem, and he did eat continually at
the king's table. But he was still lame on both
his feet, still bore the scars of the fall. And you and I, you
know, sometimes I know, like Richard said when he was talking
this morning, we're filled with doubts and fears. Why are we? We still got the scars of the
father. That's the reason. We're sons of the king. We sit
at the king's table. We feed from the king's green
pasture. But we still got a whole lot
of limitations. You know, when he's sitting at
the king's table here, all the king's sons, he's sitting there.
He doesn't look any different than the rest of them. But watch
him when he starts to walk. He can't do it. He can't do it. And I, you know, outside, I look
like one of the king's sons maybe once in a while. But you ought
to watch me try to walk. He has to give me all the strength.
still. See that? That's it. That's it. That's the grace of God in Christ
Jesus.

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