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Saturday 2/22/14 Pastor Loran We Must Believe in God!
II Samuel 9:1-13
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We must believe in God and in Jesus who He sent. Nothing else is requested of us. If we believe this, we will live forever. In the Old Testament, King David asked if there was anyone left of Saul’s household that he may be kind to. David longed for his best friend Johnathan, Saul’s son, who was dead. David wanted to show his kindness to any family of Saul’s because he loved Johnathan and he was showing kindness for his sake. There was a son of Johnathan living in the land of Lodebar. Lodebar was a place of desolation. Mephibosheth was the son that was lame in his legs. When he was brought to David, he was scared. He thought the new King David would kill him because he was Saul’s grandson. He thought he was going to the palace to be beheaded for the sins of his grandfather. David told him do not fear. God also tells us to not fear. He cannot stand it when his children live in fear. King David told Mephibosheth that he would restore all of his father’s riches to him and that he would eat at the King’s table.
This is like our salvation that God gives to us. God shows us kindness for Jesus’s sake. David showed Mephibosheth kindness for Johnathan’s sake. Everything we have today from God: our food, our safety, our position we have in Heaven, is because of Jesus’s sake. God is to restore our stuff to us and let us eat at His table. Mephibosheth was lame in both his legs and feet. Sometimes God lets you remain crippled, scarred and lame so you don’t forget what God’s mercy has done for you. To be able to sit at God’s table is a gift that only God can give. Sometimes Christians are limping in their life so they will remember that we are saved for Jesus’s sake.
Jesus went to a dry, barren land and found us. He brought us back to his table. It is for Jesus’s sake that we are eating at the King’s table. For Johnathan’s sake, Mephibosheth ate
at the kings table. For Jesus’s sake, we eat at God’s table. Now under the table, Mehibosheth was still lame. When people came into the room where he sat, they could not see his lameness that was under the table. We ourselves know our own weakness and lameness that is under the table where nobody can see. Mephibosheth ate at the king’’s table still lame and still needing help to walk. We also need help everyday even though we eat at the kings table. God, who is rich in mercy, lets us sit and eat. That is salvation…the continual eating with God. We are continually being blessed by the Word for Jesus’s sake. We enjoy salvation tonight for Jesus’s sake! We should all say to Jesus that we want His approval and His presence. It is not the stuff that He promises us that is the most important! It is having His hand and His favor on us.
We should live for Jesus so we can enjoy life at the King’s Table for Jesus’s sake!!
AMEN
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