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 Yeah, okay, well, I don't know how much story you've received or haven't received, but Nathan was here this morning.

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! He was trying really hard to push through and make it. As you know, he's stubborn like I am and a lot of other people, but he finally decided to tap out and go home and then make the 730 phone call to me, phone a friend to pick up the service.

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 And so, but I myself, some of you that know me well know I probably have some mild insomnia, so I'm not really fully awake this morning myself, but I was glad to help out.

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 So, I went upstairs and thankfully, my wife Kathleen made some oatmeal for me and some coffee and I slammed that down. No Red Bull or pre-workout is in the equation this morning.

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 I probably should have gone to some of that, but I thought it would make me too jittery.

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 So, I was upstairs just like, alright Lord, here we are. What in the world are we going to talk about this morning? What will you have your people here?

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 And for some reason, my mind was led to another time I was asked to preach short notice. I think it was like in 2010 probably or 11.

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 And just a story that illustrates just the simple gospel, one that we are prone to forget, one that we are prone to wander from.

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 And so, I was in doing some mission stuff, doing some ministry in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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 And my best friend Mark, he was in charge of this ministry team.

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 And he said, so, you want to preach tonight? And that was like two hours away.

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 And I told him, are you serious? I kind of like laughed at first.

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 And then he's like, I'm not joking. I'm like, do you want to preach tonight?

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 And we were in inner city Belfast and at a church that was just sitting right in the middle of inner city Belfast.

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 And it was around the time of the year when there's a lot of conflict and rioting and fighting in Belfast.

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 There's a lot of tension between Irish Catholics and, quote, you know, British, Scottish Protestants who were there.

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 And there was a pretty big riot that year, actually.

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 And we were right near the place where the two neighborhoods kind of meet.

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 So, that's where all the stuff goes down.

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 Like, you know, Irish Catholics over here and the, I'm just saying, quote, Protestant, not real, probably, in a lot of ways.

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 But on this side of the street.

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 And I knew that a lot of them were going to be around that week.

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 A lot of them were going to come around and hear, like, what is this, what is going on at this gathering over here?

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 So, that's what my friend asked me to preach at.

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 And I told him, like, do you really want me to preach this short notice?

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 And he was like, you Americans, you rely so much on, like, preparation.

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 And he just started giving me a hard time about not being prepared to, like, just give a message.

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 And as you know, he's very sarcastic in a loving way.

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 And so, I don't know why, but I was led to 2 Samuel.

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 So, open your Bibles there.

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 And probably a big mouthful of Hebrew narrative is not the best thing to preach on in the morning when you're really tired.

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 But the Lord has pictured his gospel for us in so many ways.

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 We're blessed to have a Bible that comes to us in such an incredible form.

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 Where there's everything from law to historical accounts to poetry.

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 And different ways that God has sought to reveal himself to us.

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 And in our passage, we'll be in 2 Samuel chapter 9.

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 It's a wonderful story that depicts what God has done for us in Christ.

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 And as I thought about it, I don't think that, at least myself, I've never spoken on this before here.

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 And as many of you are aware, the Old Testament, what we call the Old Testament,

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 is all in many ways foreshadowing and pointing to a greater fulfillment in Jesus Christ.

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 So, God sovereignly was organizing and bringing about so many things to depict for us

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 what he would do one day for us in Christ.

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 And this is a story that really, really moves me.

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 And I hope it does the same for you.

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 But let's give you some context before we start getting into chapter 9.

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 Most of you know that King Saul was Israel's first king.

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 And he had wandered away from the Lord and he had sought very simple things out.

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 And God had judged him and said, basically, you will no longer be king over Israel.

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 And as time went by, Saul was killed by the Philistines,

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 along with his three sons, his three heirs.

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 And that included Jonathan, who was David's really close friend, if you remember that story.

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 Jonathan was one of David's close confidants, even though his father was seeking to kill David.

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 But Jonathan was killed as well in this battle with the Philistines.

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 And David, even before Saul was actually killed, was anointed king by Samuel.

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 God had told Samuel, go and find this one that I'm going to appoint to be king over Israel.

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 And he found him right out in the field, watching the sheep, and anointed him to be the king.

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 So David was really just waiting for God's timing and still trying to honor Saul,

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 because he had a great love for Saul, even though Saul was trying to kill him.

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 But after this disaster happened, and Saul was killed along with his three sons,

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 there was a civil war that erupted in the nation.

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 And under Saul, they had been united under one nation.

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 But after that, he was killed, it broke off back into the old ways of more like tribal rivalries

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 with all the different tribes kind of fighting each other.

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 But most of the tribes were connected to the house of Saul.

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 And they fought against David and his house, which was the house of Judah.

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 And over time, David began winning more and more victories.

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 And the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.

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 And there was one connection still to Saul.

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 His name was Ish-bosheth.

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 And he eventually was leading the forces that were fighting against David.

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 And at some point, somebody thought it would be a good idea to kill him and brutally kill him,

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 hoping to gain favor with David.

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 So he brought the head of this man to David.

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 And David was not happy.

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 He said, you have unjustly and cruelly murdered this man,

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 even though he was a connection to the house of Saul.

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 And so he executed that man.

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 And so after all this happened, the civil war was over.

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 Everyone began looking to David for leadership over the nation.

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 And that around the age of 30, he was crowned king of a united Israel and Judah.

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 So one nation again.

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 And in history, this was sort of the golden age in a lot of ways,

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 that they look back on the nation of Israel when David was the king.

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 And so here's what we pick up in our text.

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 We'll start at verse 1, chapter 9.

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 And David said,

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 All right.

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 All right.

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 So after he's crowned king, David steps back and he asks this question,

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 Is there anyone left in Saul's family at all that I may show kindness to him,

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 as God has shown kindness to me?

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 And so he learns about the son of Jonathan.

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 And why is this uncommon?

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 This is a very, very uncommon thing.

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 I could give you, I will spare you, probably spare myself too at this point.

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 But there are a ton of historical accounts of when someone takes over rule of a nation,

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 like an emperor or a king or whatever.

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 There's tons of this in Roman history.

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 They would make sure that there was no immediate threat to their position as ruler.

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 So they would have anyone related to the previous ruler just killed, executed,

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 to strengthen their own position.

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 So stepping back, there's a pretty amazing that David didn't do this

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 because if Saul had a direct descendant,

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 technically that could be argued that he was supposed to be the king and not David.

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 And then civil war could happen all over again.

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 But in 2 Samuel chapter 4,

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 this is actually a reference back,

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 going back to the son of Jonathan.

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 But 2 Samuel 4.4 says,

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 Jonathan, the son of Saul,

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 had a son who was crippled in his feet.

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 He was five years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel.

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 And his nurse took him up and fled.

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 And as she fled in her haste,

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 he fell and became lame.

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 And his name was Mephibosheth.

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 So this descendant of Saul,

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 Jonathan's son, Mephibosheth,

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 he had been injured and he was lame.

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 Couldn't walk.

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 Had to be carried around everywhere.

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 And so David deliberately seeks out Mephibosheth,

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 not to do him harm like as would be expected,

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 but to do good to him.

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 So Mephibosheth had no part in this

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 and taking initiative to go and see David.

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 More than likely, he was fleeing for his life,

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 hoping David would not kill him.

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 He was afraid.

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 So, that was point number one, by the way.

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 Verses one through four.

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 Which is, if you want to write this down,

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 there's only three this morning,

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 but the first one is like,

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 moved by grace.

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 And that's seen in verses one through four.

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 Moved by grace.

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 David deliberately sought out this descendant of Saul

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 to show him kindness.

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 All right?

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 So then we will read on.

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 This goes into the second point,

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 which is a humble response.

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 A humble response.

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 And we'll see this in verses five through eight.

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 Then King David sent and brought him

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 from the house of Meshire,

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 and the son of Emiel at Lodabar.

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 And Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan,

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 son of Saul, came to David,

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 fell on his face, and paid homage.

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 And David said, Mephibosheth.

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 And he answered,

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 Behold, I am your servant.

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 So he's just laying down like,

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 Please don't kill me.

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 I'm your servant.

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 And David said to him,

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 Do not fear,

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 for I will show you kindness

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 for the sake of your father, Jonathan.

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 And I will restore to you

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 all the land of Saul, your father.

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 And you shall eat at my table always.

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 And he paid homage and said,

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 What is your servant

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 that you should show regard

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 for a dead dog such as I?

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 So we see a humble response

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 from Mephibosheth.

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 He came into the situation

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 expecting like I've been caught,

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 and now I'm going to be executed

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 by King David.

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 And he is mind blown.

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 He's probably just on his face

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 prostrated before King David

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 saying, I'm your servant.

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 I'm your humble servant.

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 Please don't.

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 Please don't kill me.

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 And David says,

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 Hey, listen,

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 I haven't brought you here to do this.

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 I'm bringing you here

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 because I want to show you kindness

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 for the sake of your father, Jonathan.

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 He still couldn't believe it.

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 He was shocked,

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 and then he responded,

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 Who am I?

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 He calls himself,

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 Why are you showing regard for me?

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 I'm like a dead dog.

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 I have no value at all.

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 So you've got to ask yourself,

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 What is David's motives

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 for showing kindness

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 towards Mephibosheth?

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 He, again, has nothing to offer.

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 He has no service he can offer to David

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 because he's lame.

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 He's physically unable to.

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 He has no case to plead before him.

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 No money to offer.

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 So he expected death.

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 So why did David do this?

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 And at least from our text,

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 we can pick up two reasons

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 why David chose to show

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 such kindness to this young guy.

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 The first one, it says,

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 Kindness for Jonathan's sake.

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 He desires to display

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 the love and the loyalty he had to Jonathan,

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 who was his best friend.

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 And a long time ago,

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 in 1 Samuel chapter 20,

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 Jonathan and David

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 make a covenant together

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 and basically say,

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 After all this is over,

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 will you swear before God

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 to take care of my family

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 and anyone that follows me?

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 And they both promised each other that.

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 If something happens to the other,

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 they would see to it

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 that they looked after their family.

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 So he made that covenant with David

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 before God.

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 And this was him being faithful

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 to that covenant.

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 The second thing

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 that we also see in our text,

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 it says,

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 That I may show the kindness

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 of the Lord to you.

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 David could love his enemies

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 because he had experienced

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 being loved as an enemy

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 by God.

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 He was very, very mindful

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 that his own sin

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 and his own rebellion

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 against God

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 deserved death as well.

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 But now he wanted to display

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 the kindness

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 and forgiveness of God

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 in how he treated Mephibosheth.

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 There's only a couple of places

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 for you to look today

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 outside of our main text,

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 but hold your hand there.

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 But go to Psalm 25.

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 Psalm 25 and verse 6.

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 And this is a psalm of David.

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 He's pouring his heart out

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 to the Lord.

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 So David wrote this.

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 And just to kind of give you

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 a glimpse into his heart

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 and his relationship with God,

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 that he was very aware

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 that he himself

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 had received mercy from God.

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 So look at verse 6.

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 He says,

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 Remember your mercy, O Lord,

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 and your steadfast love.

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 For they have been

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 from of old.

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 Remember not

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 the sins of my youth

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 or my transgressions.

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 According to your steadfast love,

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 remember me

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 for the sake of your goodness,

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 O Lord.

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 Good and upright

00:17:27.720 --> 00:17:28.640
 is the Lord.

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 Therefore,

00:17:30.039 --> 00:17:31.180
 he instructs sinners

00:17:31.180 --> 00:17:31.940
 in the way.

00:17:32.840 --> 00:17:34.259
 He leads the humble

00:17:34.259 --> 00:17:35.259
 in what is right

00:17:35.259 --> 00:17:37.140
 and teaches the humble

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 his way.

00:17:38.940 --> 00:17:40.400
 All the paths of the Lord

00:17:40.400 --> 00:17:41.860
 are steadfast love

00:17:41.860 --> 00:17:42.920
 and faithfulness

00:17:42.920 --> 00:17:44.540
 for those who keep

00:17:44.540 --> 00:17:45.080
 his covenant

00:17:45.080 --> 00:17:46.280
 and his testimonies.

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 For your name's sake,

00:17:49.560 --> 00:17:50.060
 O Lord,

00:17:50.920 --> 00:17:51.800
 pardon my guilt

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 for it is great.

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 Really remember

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 verse 11 particularly.

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 For your name's sake,

00:17:58.380 --> 00:17:58.800
 O Lord,

00:17:58.960 --> 00:17:59.820
 pardon my guilt

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 for it is great.

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 So David is a man

00:18:02.660 --> 00:18:03.500
 who is very aware

00:18:03.500 --> 00:18:04.480
 of his own sin

00:18:04.480 --> 00:18:05.460
 and his own rebellion

00:18:05.460 --> 00:18:07.480
 against the holy God

00:18:07.480 --> 00:18:09.039
 and that God has

00:18:09.039 --> 00:18:10.079
 shown him mercy,

00:18:10.620 --> 00:18:11.960
 shown him his goodness

00:18:11.960 --> 00:18:13.360
 and his steadfast love.

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 And so,

00:18:15.039 --> 00:18:16.380
 all of us know

00:18:16.380 --> 00:18:17.599
 that if you actually

00:18:17.599 --> 00:18:18.700
 have been touched

00:18:18.700 --> 00:18:19.779
 and saved

00:18:19.779 --> 00:18:21.019
 and born again,

00:18:21.799 --> 00:18:22.960
 you can't look at

00:18:22.960 --> 00:18:23.980
 other people around you,

00:18:24.039 --> 00:18:24.839
 including your enemies,

00:18:24.940 --> 00:18:26.059
 the same way anymore.

00:18:26.519 --> 00:18:27.480
 You are transformed

00:18:28.019 --> 00:18:29.839
 by the grace of God.

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 And so,

00:18:31.379 --> 00:18:33.279
 this is David's motivation.

00:18:33.459 --> 00:18:34.039
 He wants to keep

00:18:34.039 --> 00:18:34.500
 his covenant

00:18:34.500 --> 00:18:35.220
 that he made

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 to his loyal

00:18:36.939 --> 00:18:37.740
 and best friend,

00:18:37.859 --> 00:18:38.240
 Jonathan,

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 but also to display

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 the kindness

00:18:41.019 --> 00:18:42.299
 and forgiveness

00:18:42.299 --> 00:18:42.980
 of the Lord.

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 So you can go back

00:18:44.819 --> 00:18:46.059
 to 2 Samuel.

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 And this brings us

00:18:48.439 --> 00:18:50.879
 to our third point.

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 Point number three

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 is accepted

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 and blessed

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 by the king.

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 All right.

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 So verse 9.

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 It says,

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 Then the king

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 called Ziba

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 Saul's servant

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 and said to him,

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 All that belong

00:19:13.500 --> 00:19:14.139
 to Saul

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 and to all his house

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 I have given

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 to your master's grandson.

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 And you and your sons

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 and your servants

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 shall till the land

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 for him

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 and shall bring

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 in the produce

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 that your master's grandson

00:19:28.559 --> 00:19:29.859
 may have bread

00:19:29.859 --> 00:19:30.259
 to eat.

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 But Mephibosheth,

00:19:32.319 --> 00:19:33.359
 your master's grandson

00:19:33.359 --> 00:19:34.720
 shall always eat

00:19:34.720 --> 00:19:35.500
 at my table.

00:19:36.500 --> 00:19:37.059
 Now Ziba

00:19:37.059 --> 00:19:39.159
 had 15 sons

00:19:39.159 --> 00:19:40.099
 and 20 servants.

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 And Ziba

00:19:41.480 --> 00:19:43.000
 said to the king,

00:19:43.500 --> 00:19:44.859
 According to all

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 that my lord

00:19:45.519 --> 00:19:45.980
 the king

00:19:45.980 --> 00:19:46.579
 commands

00:19:46.579 --> 00:19:47.259
 his servant,

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 so will your servant

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 do.

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 So Mephibosheth

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 ate at David's table

00:19:52.519 --> 00:19:53.720
 like one

00:19:53.720 --> 00:19:55.019
 of the king's sons.

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 And Mephibosheth

00:19:57.000 --> 00:19:58.000
 had a young son

00:19:58.000 --> 00:19:58.480
 whose name

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 was Mekah.

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 And all who lived

00:20:01.900 --> 00:20:02.779
 in Ziba's house

00:20:02.779 --> 00:20:04.480
 became Mephibosheth's servants.

00:20:05.460 --> 00:20:06.139
 So Mephibosheth

00:20:06.139 --> 00:20:07.440
 lived in Jerusalem

00:20:07.440 --> 00:20:08.819
 for he ate

00:20:08.819 --> 00:20:09.460
 always

00:20:09.460 --> 00:20:10.480
 at the king's table.

00:20:11.400 --> 00:20:12.019
 Now he was

00:20:12.019 --> 00:20:12.420
 lame

00:20:12.420 --> 00:20:13.799
 in both his feet.

00:20:16.299 --> 00:20:16.859
 So,

00:20:17.420 --> 00:20:18.579
 not only

00:20:18.579 --> 00:20:19.099
 does David

00:20:19.099 --> 00:20:20.339
 just spare his life,

00:20:20.420 --> 00:20:21.079
 he could have said,

00:20:21.220 --> 00:20:22.019
 I brought you here

00:20:22.019 --> 00:20:22.759
 just so you would

00:20:22.759 --> 00:20:23.339
 be aware

00:20:23.339 --> 00:20:25.160
 that I could

00:20:25.160 --> 00:20:26.059
 execute you,

00:20:26.640 --> 00:20:28.140
 but I'm just

00:20:28.140 --> 00:20:28.980
 going to get rid

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 of you instead.

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 Just disappear.

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 Get out of my sight.

00:20:31.759 --> 00:20:32.319
 I don't want

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 to see you again.

00:20:34.079 --> 00:20:35.079
 He could have said that

00:20:35.079 --> 00:20:35.660
 and that would have

00:20:35.660 --> 00:20:36.440
 actually still

00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:37.220
 been merciful.

00:20:38.619 --> 00:20:39.319
 That actually

00:20:39.319 --> 00:20:40.059
 still would have

00:20:40.059 --> 00:20:41.480
 been a crazy act

00:20:41.480 --> 00:20:41.859
 to the people

00:20:41.859 --> 00:20:42.299
 around him.

00:20:42.319 --> 00:20:42.480
 Like,

00:20:42.539 --> 00:20:42.920
 why aren't you

00:20:42.920 --> 00:20:43.680
 killing this guy?

00:20:45.099 --> 00:20:45.519
 But,

00:20:46.200 --> 00:20:46.859
 he not only

00:20:46.859 --> 00:20:47.519
 just shows him

00:20:47.519 --> 00:20:47.900
 mercy,

00:20:49.099 --> 00:20:49.960
 but he blesses

00:20:49.960 --> 00:20:50.920
 him with land

00:20:50.920 --> 00:20:51.500
 and servants

00:20:51.500 --> 00:20:53.140
 that came

00:20:53.140 --> 00:20:53.940
 from the house

00:20:53.940 --> 00:20:54.440
 of Saul.

00:20:55.320 --> 00:20:55.680
 So,

00:20:55.759 --> 00:20:56.200
 you see that

00:20:56.200 --> 00:20:56.860
 greed was not

00:20:56.860 --> 00:20:58.060
 really in David's.

00:20:58.980 --> 00:20:59.500
 He didn't really

00:20:59.500 --> 00:21:00.160
 care about all

00:21:00.160 --> 00:21:00.500
 of that.

00:21:01.180 --> 00:21:01.900
 He gave it

00:21:01.900 --> 00:21:03.700
 to Mephibosheth

00:21:03.700 --> 00:21:04.759
 so that he would

00:21:04.759 --> 00:21:05.580
 have somewhere

00:21:05.580 --> 00:21:06.019
 to go

00:21:06.019 --> 00:21:06.600
 and people

00:21:06.600 --> 00:21:07.240
 to help him

00:21:07.240 --> 00:21:08.480
 because of his

00:21:08.480 --> 00:21:08.980
 condition.

00:21:10.500 --> 00:21:10.800
 And so,

00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:11.600
 not only

00:21:11.600 --> 00:21:12.240
 he just stops

00:21:12.240 --> 00:21:12.640
 there,

00:21:13.060 --> 00:21:13.600
 it goes even

00:21:13.600 --> 00:21:13.920
 further.

00:21:14.039 --> 00:21:14.759
 One more step.

00:21:15.380 --> 00:21:16.080
 Not just spares

00:21:16.080 --> 00:21:16.700
 his life,

00:21:16.860 --> 00:21:17.480
 not just gives

00:21:17.480 --> 00:21:18.080
 him land

00:21:18.079 --> 00:21:18.720
 and servants.

00:21:19.439 --> 00:21:19.799
 But then he

00:21:19.799 --> 00:21:20.139
 says,

00:21:21.419 --> 00:21:21.720
 hey,

00:21:21.819 --> 00:21:22.259
 I want you

00:21:22.259 --> 00:21:22.639
 to know

00:21:22.639 --> 00:21:22.960
 that you

00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:23.939
 always have

00:21:23.939 --> 00:21:25.699
 the right

00:21:25.699 --> 00:21:26.059
 to come

00:21:26.059 --> 00:21:26.339
 and eat

00:21:26.339 --> 00:21:26.740
 here with

00:21:26.740 --> 00:21:27.039
 me,

00:21:27.159 --> 00:21:27.559
 the king.

00:21:28.359 --> 00:21:28.759
 You're

00:21:28.759 --> 00:21:29.599
 always welcome

00:21:29.599 --> 00:21:30.720
 at my

00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:31.119
 table.

00:21:31.839 --> 00:21:32.379
 And said,

00:21:33.139 --> 00:21:34.079
 join this

00:21:34.079 --> 00:21:34.679
 fellowship

00:21:34.679 --> 00:21:35.359
 and join

00:21:35.359 --> 00:21:36.319
 friendship

00:21:36.319 --> 00:21:36.879
 with me

00:21:36.879 --> 00:21:37.399
 and come

00:21:37.399 --> 00:21:37.779
 and eat

00:21:37.779 --> 00:21:38.240
 with me.

00:21:39.319 --> 00:21:40.259
 At best,

00:21:40.379 --> 00:21:40.619
 right?

00:21:40.679 --> 00:21:41.059
 He could have

00:21:41.059 --> 00:21:41.359
 just said,

00:21:41.419 --> 00:21:41.759
 get out of

00:21:41.759 --> 00:21:42.059
 the knowledge,

00:21:42.119 --> 00:21:42.519
 but he said,

00:21:42.579 --> 00:21:43.299
 I don't want

00:21:43.299 --> 00:21:44.819
 to just stop

00:21:44.819 --> 00:21:45.099
 there.

00:21:45.199 --> 00:21:45.579
 I want you

00:21:45.579 --> 00:21:46.079
 to really

00:21:46.079 --> 00:21:47.259
 see the

00:21:47.259 --> 00:21:47.799
 mercy and

00:21:47.799 --> 00:21:48.159
 grace of

00:21:48.159 --> 00:21:48.439
 God.

00:21:48.519 --> 00:21:48.679
 So I

00:21:48.679 --> 00:21:48.960
 want you

00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:49.399
 to come

00:21:49.399 --> 00:21:49.819
 and actually

00:21:49.819 --> 00:21:50.419
 dine with

00:21:50.419 --> 00:21:51.379
 me as if

00:21:51.379 --> 00:21:51.599
 you were

00:21:51.599 --> 00:21:51.859
 one of

00:21:51.859 --> 00:21:52.259
 my own

00:21:52.259 --> 00:21:52.679
 sons.

00:21:54.359 --> 00:21:54.699
 I mean,

00:21:54.779 --> 00:21:55.740
 so mind

00:21:55.740 --> 00:21:56.039
 blowing.

00:21:57.419 --> 00:21:58.000
 And I

00:21:58.000 --> 00:21:59.220
 love the

00:21:59.220 --> 00:22:00.119
 emphasis in

00:22:00.119 --> 00:22:01.539
 our text.

00:22:01.639 --> 00:22:01.960
 It kind

00:22:01.960 --> 00:22:02.679
 of reminds

00:22:02.679 --> 00:22:03.159
 you at

00:22:03.159 --> 00:22:03.779
 the end

00:22:03.779 --> 00:22:04.199
 of verse

00:22:04.199 --> 00:22:05.439
 13.

00:22:06.579 --> 00:22:06.960
 Now he

00:22:06.960 --> 00:22:07.460
 was lame

00:22:07.460 --> 00:22:07.799
 on both

00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:08.119
 feet.

00:22:09.139 --> 00:22:09.319
 Just,

00:22:10.000 --> 00:22:10.480
 you know,

00:22:10.559 --> 00:22:11.099
 most of you

00:22:11.099 --> 00:22:11.439
 who are,

00:22:11.799 --> 00:22:12.399
 he's repeating

00:22:12.399 --> 00:22:13.220
 himself by

00:22:13.220 --> 00:22:14.859
 saying just

00:22:14.859 --> 00:22:15.379
 the emphasis

00:22:15.380 --> 00:22:15.800
 is that this

00:22:15.800 --> 00:22:16.260
 man had

00:22:16.260 --> 00:22:16.900
 nothing to

00:22:16.900 --> 00:22:17.400
 offer the

00:22:17.400 --> 00:22:17.920
 king at

00:22:17.920 --> 00:22:18.200
 all.

00:22:19.400 --> 00:22:20.160
 And the

00:22:20.160 --> 00:22:20.820
 king accepted

00:22:20.820 --> 00:22:22.280
 him, forgave

00:22:22.280 --> 00:22:22.840
 him, and

00:22:22.840 --> 00:22:23.420
 blessed him,

00:22:23.520 --> 00:22:24.000
 and made him

00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:24.500
 a part of

00:22:24.500 --> 00:22:24.900
 his own

00:22:24.900 --> 00:22:25.420
 family.

00:22:26.740 --> 00:22:27.180
 So what

00:22:27.180 --> 00:22:27.740
 is some

00:22:27.740 --> 00:22:29.500
 application then

00:22:29.500 --> 00:22:29.960
 for us,

00:22:29.980 --> 00:22:30.440
 if we haven't

00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:30.960
 gotten some

00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:31.260
 of that

00:22:31.260 --> 00:22:31.680
 already?

00:22:32.980 --> 00:22:33.620
 A few

00:22:33.620 --> 00:22:34.060
 things.

00:22:35.100 --> 00:22:35.880
 One is,

00:22:36.040 --> 00:22:36.860
 just as the

00:22:36.860 --> 00:22:37.280
 house of

00:22:37.280 --> 00:22:37.680
 David and

00:22:37.680 --> 00:22:38.020
 the house

00:22:38.020 --> 00:22:38.560
 of Saul

00:22:38.560 --> 00:22:39.600
 were at

00:22:39.600 --> 00:22:40.040
 war with

00:22:40.040 --> 00:22:40.500
 each other,

00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:43.700
 we also,

00:22:43.700 --> 00:22:45.059
 apart from

00:22:45.059 --> 00:22:45.500
 Christ,

00:22:45.580 --> 00:22:45.900
 are at

00:22:45.900 --> 00:22:46.700
 war with

00:22:46.700 --> 00:22:47.019
 God.

00:22:47.900 --> 00:22:48.559
 All of

00:22:48.559 --> 00:22:49.160
 us have

00:22:49.160 --> 00:22:50.559
 shown great

00:22:50.559 --> 00:22:51.240
 rebellion and

00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:52.080
 great hostility

00:22:52.080 --> 00:22:53.759
 to God

00:22:53.759 --> 00:22:54.259
 himself.

00:22:55.220 --> 00:22:55.779
 Unimaginable

00:22:55.779 --> 00:22:56.620
 hostility between

00:22:56.620 --> 00:22:57.299
 God and

00:22:57.299 --> 00:22:57.640
 man.

00:22:59.299 --> 00:23:00.120
 All of us

00:23:00.120 --> 00:23:00.420
 have done

00:23:00.420 --> 00:23:00.759
 this,

00:23:00.880 --> 00:23:01.480
 all of us.

00:23:03.900 --> 00:23:04.720
 In Romans

00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:05.680
 6, 23,

00:23:05.799 --> 00:23:06.200
 a well-known

00:23:06.200 --> 00:23:06.660
 verse, it

00:23:06.660 --> 00:23:06.940
 says,

00:23:07.519 --> 00:23:08.059
 for the wages

00:23:08.059 --> 00:23:08.860
 of sin is

00:23:08.860 --> 00:23:09.259
 death.

00:23:09.259 --> 00:23:19.000
 God is

00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:19.559
 of such

00:23:19.559 --> 00:23:20.579
 great value,

00:23:20.779 --> 00:23:22.160
 such unimaginable

00:23:22.160 --> 00:23:23.579
 beauty and

00:23:23.579 --> 00:23:24.319
 greatness and

00:23:24.319 --> 00:23:24.779
 perfection,

00:23:25.779 --> 00:23:26.359
 that for us

00:23:26.359 --> 00:23:26.879
 just to look

00:23:26.879 --> 00:23:27.359
 at him and

00:23:27.359 --> 00:23:27.740
 say, you

00:23:27.740 --> 00:23:28.480
 are no longer

00:23:28.480 --> 00:23:29.299
 God, but I'm

00:23:29.299 --> 00:23:29.960
 going to rule

00:23:29.960 --> 00:23:30.759
 my own life

00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:31.259
 and do what

00:23:31.259 --> 00:23:31.819
 I want to

00:23:31.819 --> 00:23:33.200
 do, isn't

00:23:33.200 --> 00:23:34.180
 just a trivial

00:23:34.180 --> 00:23:35.180
 thing, it's

00:23:35.180 --> 00:23:36.579
 treason of

00:23:36.579 --> 00:23:36.980
 the worst

00:23:36.980 --> 00:23:37.379
 kind.

00:23:37.380 --> 00:23:39.180
 And so,

00:23:39.420 --> 00:23:40.560
 all of us

00:23:40.560 --> 00:23:41.400
 have exchanged

00:23:41.400 --> 00:23:41.920
 the truth

00:23:41.920 --> 00:23:42.620
 about God

00:23:42.620 --> 00:23:43.860
 for a lie,

00:23:44.040 --> 00:23:44.360
 and we

00:23:44.360 --> 00:23:45.600
 worship the

00:23:45.600 --> 00:23:46.120
 things in

00:23:46.120 --> 00:23:46.740
 this world

00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:47.460
 rather than

00:23:47.460 --> 00:23:48.240
 the creator

00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:49.480
 himself.

00:23:50.320 --> 00:23:51.340
 All of us

00:23:51.340 --> 00:23:51.880
 are at war

00:23:51.880 --> 00:23:52.420
 with God,

00:23:52.980 --> 00:23:54.920
 and by

00:23:54.920 --> 00:23:56.660
 right, if

00:23:56.660 --> 00:23:57.400
 he desires

00:23:57.400 --> 00:23:58.780
 so, God

00:23:58.780 --> 00:23:59.960
 could destroy

00:23:59.960 --> 00:24:01.380
 us without

00:24:01.380 --> 00:24:01.960
 showing us

00:24:01.960 --> 00:24:02.520
 any mercy.

00:24:03.980 --> 00:24:05.180
 But another

00:24:05.180 --> 00:24:05.900
 connection to

00:24:05.900 --> 00:24:07.360
 our story is

00:24:07.359 --> 00:24:08.059
 the pursuit

00:24:08.059 --> 00:24:08.719
 of God.

00:24:09.799 --> 00:24:10.699
 As David

00:24:10.699 --> 00:24:11.679
 pursued

00:24:11.679 --> 00:24:12.419
 Mephibosheth,

00:24:13.459 --> 00:24:14.159
 he had

00:24:14.159 --> 00:24:14.639
 nothing to

00:24:14.639 --> 00:24:14.899
 do with

00:24:14.899 --> 00:24:15.139
 that.

00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:15.719
 He didn't

00:24:15.719 --> 00:24:16.259
 initiate

00:24:16.259 --> 00:24:17.059
 anything with

00:24:17.059 --> 00:24:17.559
 David at

00:24:17.559 --> 00:24:17.759
 all.

00:24:17.839 --> 00:24:18.219
 He was on

00:24:18.219 --> 00:24:18.679
 the run.

00:24:18.779 --> 00:24:19.139
 He was

00:24:19.139 --> 00:24:19.859
 hiding,

00:24:20.019 --> 00:24:20.519
 hoping he

00:24:20.519 --> 00:24:20.839
 wouldn't be

00:24:20.839 --> 00:24:22.039
 caught by

00:24:22.039 --> 00:24:23.199
 David like

00:24:23.199 --> 00:24:23.819
 a fugitive.

00:24:24.919 --> 00:24:25.439
 But David

00:24:25.439 --> 00:24:26.439
 intentionally,

00:24:27.119 --> 00:24:27.619
 deliberately

00:24:27.619 --> 00:24:28.419
 sought this

00:24:28.419 --> 00:24:29.740
 man out and

00:24:29.740 --> 00:24:30.479
 pursued him.

00:24:31.079 --> 00:24:31.539
 And the

00:24:31.539 --> 00:24:32.359
 connection is

00:24:32.359 --> 00:24:34.059
 that God

00:24:34.059 --> 00:24:35.099
 has intentionally,

00:24:35.339 --> 00:24:35.879
 not by

00:24:35.880 --> 00:24:36.300
 accident,

00:24:36.460 --> 00:24:37.060
 not because

00:24:37.060 --> 00:24:37.880
 he came up

00:24:37.880 --> 00:24:38.320
 with a new

00:24:38.320 --> 00:24:38.680
 plan,

00:24:39.580 --> 00:24:40.000
 but God

00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:40.320
 has

00:24:40.320 --> 00:24:41.100
 intentionally

00:24:41.100 --> 00:24:42.920
 pursued us

00:24:42.920 --> 00:24:43.440
 by sending

00:24:43.440 --> 00:24:43.920
 Christ.

00:24:44.840 --> 00:24:45.280
 He has

00:24:45.280 --> 00:24:45.980
 sought us

00:24:45.980 --> 00:24:46.400
 out.

00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:47.780
 Have you

00:24:47.780 --> 00:24:48.300
 ever taken

00:24:48.300 --> 00:24:48.760
 note of that

00:24:48.760 --> 00:24:49.120
 in your own

00:24:49.120 --> 00:24:49.460
 life?

00:24:49.580 --> 00:24:49.960
 Have you ever

00:24:49.960 --> 00:24:50.600
 stood back

00:24:50.600 --> 00:24:51.200
 and been like,

00:24:51.900 --> 00:24:52.880
 if I really

00:24:52.880 --> 00:24:53.920
 am careful and

00:24:53.920 --> 00:24:54.600
 I look at my

00:24:54.600 --> 00:24:55.940
 life, I can

00:24:55.940 --> 00:24:56.820
 see the pursuit

00:24:56.820 --> 00:24:57.700
 of God on

00:24:57.700 --> 00:24:58.260
 my life.

00:24:59.100 --> 00:24:59.960
 People that he

00:24:59.960 --> 00:25:00.420
 put in my

00:25:00.420 --> 00:25:02.100
 life, the

00:25:02.100 --> 00:25:02.740
 place where I

00:25:02.740 --> 00:25:05.420
 grew up, the

00:25:05.420 --> 00:25:06.059
 fact that there

00:25:06.059 --> 00:25:06.700
 are so many

00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:09.759
 gospel things

00:25:09.759 --> 00:25:10.259
 that are out

00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:10.799
 there for us

00:25:10.799 --> 00:25:12.140
 to hear, some

00:25:12.140 --> 00:25:12.960
 bad stuff too,

00:25:13.700 --> 00:25:14.960
 but so many

00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:15.640
 Bibles that

00:25:15.640 --> 00:25:16.140
 are around,

00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:18.539
 God seeks

00:25:18.539 --> 00:25:19.099
 us out.

00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:20.400
 He's not just

00:25:20.400 --> 00:25:21.259
 sitting back very

00:25:21.259 --> 00:25:22.140
 passively on his

00:25:22.140 --> 00:25:22.660
 throne saying,

00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:24.079
 I hope they

00:25:24.079 --> 00:25:24.880
 figure it out

00:25:24.880 --> 00:25:25.480
 and I hope they

00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:26.160
 know I'm here.

00:25:26.160 --> 00:25:28.259
 If you read

00:25:28.259 --> 00:25:28.720
 the scripture,

00:25:29.800 --> 00:25:30.500
 God hunts

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:31.160
 people down.

00:25:31.900 --> 00:25:32.540
 He finds

00:25:32.540 --> 00:25:33.220
 them and he

00:25:33.220 --> 00:25:33.620
 knocks them

00:25:33.620 --> 00:25:33.940
 off their

00:25:33.940 --> 00:25:35.140
 horses and he

00:25:35.140 --> 00:25:35.600
 says, you're

00:25:35.600 --> 00:25:35.960
 mine.

00:25:36.860 --> 00:25:37.779
 I'm choosing

00:25:37.779 --> 00:25:38.460
 to show you

00:25:38.460 --> 00:25:38.820
 mercy.

00:25:40.100 --> 00:25:40.900
 And if you

00:25:40.900 --> 00:25:41.380
 really are

00:25:41.380 --> 00:25:42.060
 careful to go

00:25:42.060 --> 00:25:42.660
 back over your

00:25:42.660 --> 00:25:43.160
 life, you'll

00:25:43.160 --> 00:25:44.960
 see God at

00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:45.259
 work.

00:25:45.360 --> 00:25:46.600
 You'll see his

00:25:46.600 --> 00:25:47.220
 handprints

00:25:47.220 --> 00:25:47.779
 everywhere.

00:25:49.300 --> 00:25:49.580
 And he

00:25:49.580 --> 00:25:50.160
 didn't have to

00:25:50.160 --> 00:25:50.640
 do that.

00:25:51.140 --> 00:25:51.620
 He's not

00:25:51.620 --> 00:25:52.340
 required to.

00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:55.160
 Like, like

00:25:55.160 --> 00:25:55.900
 Mephibosheth,

00:25:56.160 --> 00:25:57.420
 we have no

00:25:57.420 --> 00:25:58.080
 case to

00:25:58.080 --> 00:25:58.460
 plead with

00:25:58.460 --> 00:25:58.779
 God.

00:25:59.279 --> 00:25:59.940
 We have no

00:25:59.940 --> 00:26:01.200
 righteousness or

00:26:01.200 --> 00:26:02.080
 goodness of

00:26:02.080 --> 00:26:03.420
 ourselves to

00:26:03.420 --> 00:26:04.400
 offer to God

00:26:04.400 --> 00:26:04.840
 at all.

00:26:05.440 --> 00:26:06.540
 He does not

00:26:06.540 --> 00:26:08.060
 need us.

00:26:09.800 --> 00:26:11.000
 We are all

00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:11.880
 guilty without

00:26:11.880 --> 00:26:12.460
 exception.

00:26:13.380 --> 00:26:14.120
 The psalm that

00:26:14.120 --> 00:26:14.800
 David read

00:26:14.800 --> 00:26:15.540
 earlier, Psalm

00:26:15.540 --> 00:26:16.279
 14, is

00:26:16.279 --> 00:26:17.820
 quoted in

00:26:17.820 --> 00:26:19.320
 Romans 3

00:26:19.320 --> 00:26:20.960
 where Paul

00:26:20.960 --> 00:26:21.740
 says, all

00:26:21.740 --> 00:26:22.300
 are guilty.

00:26:22.700 --> 00:26:23.360
 None are

00:26:23.360 --> 00:26:23.779
 righteous.

00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:24.640
 No, not

00:26:24.640 --> 00:26:25.060
 one.

00:26:25.059 --> 00:26:26.379
 No one

00:26:26.379 --> 00:26:27.259
 understands and

00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:27.819
 no one

00:26:27.819 --> 00:26:28.799
 seeks God.

00:26:29.679 --> 00:26:30.799
 Our lost

00:26:30.799 --> 00:26:31.559
 condition is

00:26:31.559 --> 00:26:34.299
 so beyond

00:26:34.299 --> 00:26:35.339
 our imagination.

00:26:35.859 --> 00:26:36.379
 If you

00:26:36.379 --> 00:26:37.059
 really step

00:26:37.059 --> 00:26:37.619
 back and

00:26:37.619 --> 00:26:38.139
 look at what

00:26:38.139 --> 00:26:38.839
 God's word

00:26:38.839 --> 00:26:40.319
 says about

00:26:40.319 --> 00:26:40.899
 us, then

00:26:40.899 --> 00:26:41.460
 look at your

00:26:41.460 --> 00:26:41.980
 own life.

00:26:42.079 --> 00:26:42.399
 You'll see

00:26:42.399 --> 00:26:43.019
 these things.

00:26:44.059 --> 00:26:44.359
 That we

00:26:44.359 --> 00:26:45.480
 were slaves.

00:26:46.559 --> 00:26:47.159
 Jesus says

00:26:47.159 --> 00:26:47.519
 those who

00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:48.079
 commit sin

00:26:48.079 --> 00:26:48.759
 are slaves

00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:49.259
 to sin.

00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:50.659
 He also

00:26:50.659 --> 00:26:52.059
 says, this

00:26:52.059 --> 00:26:52.419
 one really

00:26:52.419 --> 00:26:53.079
 bothers people

00:26:53.079 --> 00:26:53.359
 and it

00:26:53.359 --> 00:26:54.019
 scares me.

00:26:55.439 --> 00:26:56.299
 He says, if

00:26:56.299 --> 00:26:56.720
 you're not

00:26:56.720 --> 00:26:57.960
 in me, you

00:26:57.960 --> 00:26:58.460
 don't belong

00:26:58.460 --> 00:26:58.799
 to me.

00:26:58.859 --> 00:26:59.079
 You don't

00:26:59.079 --> 00:26:59.559
 belong to

00:26:59.559 --> 00:27:00.099
 my father,

00:27:00.199 --> 00:27:00.500
 but your

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:01.199
 father is

00:27:01.199 --> 00:27:02.819
 your, you

00:27:02.819 --> 00:27:03.379
 belong to

00:27:03.379 --> 00:27:03.779
 the devil.

00:27:03.879 --> 00:27:04.240
 He said, you

00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:04.699
 are of your

00:27:04.699 --> 00:27:05.399
 father, the

00:27:05.399 --> 00:27:06.539
 devil, and

00:27:06.539 --> 00:27:06.980
 you want to

00:27:06.980 --> 00:27:07.519
 do the will

00:27:07.519 --> 00:27:07.960
 of your

00:27:07.960 --> 00:27:08.299
 father.

00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:10.500
 All of us

00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:11.359
 have hearts

00:27:11.359 --> 00:27:11.980
 and minds

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.299
 that are

00:27:12.299 --> 00:27:13.059
 corrupted by

00:27:13.059 --> 00:27:14.399
 sin and

00:27:14.399 --> 00:27:14.759
 evil.

00:27:15.359 --> 00:27:16.000
 We're not

00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:18.220
 just, you

00:27:18.220 --> 00:27:18.799
 know, morally

00:27:18.799 --> 00:27:19.599
 off and need a

00:27:19.599 --> 00:27:20.000
 little bit of

00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:20.559
 help, need a

00:27:20.559 --> 00:27:20.859
 little bit of

00:27:20.859 --> 00:27:21.699
 guidance from a

00:27:21.700 --> 00:27:22.180
 therapist.

00:27:22.799 --> 00:27:23.360
 We're not

00:27:23.360 --> 00:27:24.160
 just sick in

00:27:24.160 --> 00:27:24.539
 bed, we

00:27:24.539 --> 00:27:24.960
 don't need a

00:27:24.960 --> 00:27:25.299
 doctor.

00:27:26.140 --> 00:27:26.980
 We need a

00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:28.740
 complete miracle

00:27:28.740 --> 00:27:29.400
 worker who

00:27:29.400 --> 00:27:29.960
 can bring us

00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:30.740
 back from

00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:31.500
 spiritual death

00:27:31.500 --> 00:27:31.960
 to life.

00:27:33.120 --> 00:27:33.620
 And that's

00:27:33.620 --> 00:27:34.180
 the depiction.

00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:34.799
 That's why we

00:27:34.799 --> 00:27:35.440
 need to be born

00:27:35.440 --> 00:27:36.500
 again is because

00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:37.460
 we are dead

00:27:37.460 --> 00:27:37.799
 in our

00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:38.539
 trespasses

00:27:38.539 --> 00:27:39.700
 and sin.

00:27:40.660 --> 00:27:41.500
 So we have

00:27:41.500 --> 00:27:41.860
 nothing.

00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:42.519
 We have nothing

00:27:42.519 --> 00:27:43.100
 to go before

00:27:43.100 --> 00:27:43.779
 God just the

00:27:43.779 --> 00:27:44.120
 way that

00:27:44.120 --> 00:27:44.779
 Mephibosheth

00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:46.160
 had no case

00:27:46.160 --> 00:27:46.620
 to plead.

00:27:48.500 --> 00:27:50.100
 And as we

00:27:50.100 --> 00:27:50.400
 look,

00:27:50.400 --> 00:27:52.220
 we saw

00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:52.740
 David's

00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:54.180
 motives for

00:27:54.180 --> 00:27:54.600
 why he

00:27:54.600 --> 00:27:55.160
 chose to

00:27:55.160 --> 00:27:55.759
 show mercy

00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:57.660
 to Mephibosheth.

00:27:58.440 --> 00:27:59.019
 But what

00:27:59.019 --> 00:27:59.519
 are God's

00:27:59.519 --> 00:27:59.840
 motives?

00:28:01.040 --> 00:28:01.759
 Why does

00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:02.220
 God do

00:28:02.220 --> 00:28:02.519
 this?

00:28:02.540 --> 00:28:02.900
 He's not

00:28:02.900 --> 00:28:03.420
 under any

00:28:03.420 --> 00:28:04.500
 obligation to.

00:28:05.840 --> 00:28:07.440
 Well, the

00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:08.040
 second place I

00:28:08.040 --> 00:28:08.400
 want you to

00:28:08.400 --> 00:28:08.840
 look is

00:28:08.840 --> 00:28:09.640
 Ephesians

00:28:09.640 --> 00:28:10.540
 chapter 1.

00:28:12.540 --> 00:28:13.040
 Ephesians

00:28:13.040 --> 00:28:13.740
 chapter 1.

00:28:13.860 --> 00:28:14.320
 This is,

00:28:15.160 --> 00:28:15.740
 there are

00:28:15.740 --> 00:28:16.300
 many more,

00:28:16.380 --> 00:28:16.960
 but the two

00:28:16.960 --> 00:28:18.680
 main motives

00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:19.240
 I'm just going

00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:19.660
 to connect

00:28:19.660 --> 00:28:20.000
 to our

00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:21.720
 story is

00:28:21.720 --> 00:28:23.640
 that God

00:28:23.640 --> 00:28:24.460
 chose to

00:28:24.460 --> 00:28:24.920
 show us

00:28:24.920 --> 00:28:25.500
 mercy and

00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:27.279
 grace for

00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:27.759
 the sake of

00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:28.099
 his own

00:28:28.099 --> 00:28:29.640
 glory to

00:28:29.640 --> 00:28:30.440
 display how

00:28:30.440 --> 00:28:31.140
 great he

00:28:31.140 --> 00:28:31.740
 is and how

00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:32.400
 forgiving he

00:28:32.400 --> 00:28:32.799
 is.

00:28:34.319 --> 00:28:35.019
 Look at

00:28:35.019 --> 00:28:35.819
 Ephesians 1

00:28:35.819 --> 00:28:36.700
 verse 6.

00:28:37.180 --> 00:28:37.980
 It's talking

00:28:37.980 --> 00:28:38.460
 about our

00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:39.259
 salvation in

00:28:39.259 --> 00:28:39.640
 Christ.

00:28:41.079 --> 00:28:41.539
 It says,

00:28:41.539 --> 00:28:42.740
 to the praise

00:28:42.740 --> 00:28:43.159
 of his

00:28:43.159 --> 00:28:44.200
 glorious grace

00:28:44.200 --> 00:28:45.720
 with which

00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:46.639
 he has

00:28:46.639 --> 00:28:47.319
 blessed us

00:28:47.319 --> 00:28:47.700
 in the

00:28:47.700 --> 00:28:48.079
 beloved.

00:28:49.079 --> 00:28:49.740
 In him

00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:50.240
 we have

00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:50.700
 redemption

00:28:50.700 --> 00:28:52.180
 through his

00:28:52.180 --> 00:28:52.700
 blood and

00:28:52.700 --> 00:28:53.159
 the forgiveness

00:28:53.159 --> 00:28:53.839
 of our

00:28:53.839 --> 00:28:54.519
 trespasses

00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:56.240
 according to

00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:56.619
 the riches

00:28:56.619 --> 00:28:57.000
 of his

00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:58.319
 grace which

00:28:58.319 --> 00:28:58.960
 he lavished

00:28:58.960 --> 00:28:59.859
 upon us in

00:28:59.859 --> 00:29:00.579
 all wisdom

00:29:00.579 --> 00:29:01.420
 and insight.

00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:03.240
 So,

00:29:03.639 --> 00:29:04.859
 God sent

00:29:04.859 --> 00:29:05.819
 his son,

00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:07.339
 Jesus Christ,

00:29:07.579 --> 00:29:08.839
 to come here

00:29:08.839 --> 00:29:09.500
 and bear the

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:10.179
 punishment of

00:29:10.179 --> 00:29:10.720
 our sin,

00:29:11.459 --> 00:29:12.319
 to die in

00:29:12.319 --> 00:29:12.879
 our stead.

00:29:14.159 --> 00:29:14.720
 Unlike

00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:15.679
 David,

00:29:16.619 --> 00:29:17.299
 God can't

00:29:17.299 --> 00:29:17.980
 just pardon

00:29:17.980 --> 00:29:18.659
 a crime

00:29:18.659 --> 00:29:19.959
 and then not

00:29:19.959 --> 00:29:20.439
 punish it.

00:29:20.539 --> 00:29:21.039
 He has to

00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:21.539
 punish it.

00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:22.799
 He must

00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:23.359
 punish it.

00:29:24.279 --> 00:29:24.839
 All of us

00:29:24.839 --> 00:29:25.519
 are outraged

00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:25.939
 when we hear

00:29:25.939 --> 00:29:26.519
 about a

00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:27.919
 case in

00:29:27.919 --> 00:29:28.419
 our country

00:29:28.419 --> 00:29:29.459
 where clearly

00:29:29.459 --> 00:29:30.179
 someone committed

00:29:30.179 --> 00:29:30.779
 a crime,

00:29:31.199 --> 00:29:31.579
 a really

00:29:31.579 --> 00:29:32.279
 heinous crime,

00:29:32.359 --> 00:29:32.579
 and then

00:29:32.579 --> 00:29:33.059
 they're

00:29:33.059 --> 00:29:35.019
 pardoned.

00:29:36.019 --> 00:29:37.819
 And I

00:29:37.819 --> 00:29:38.199
 think none

00:29:38.199 --> 00:29:38.539
 of us would

00:29:38.539 --> 00:29:38.859
 be in that

00:29:38.859 --> 00:29:39.440
 position if

00:29:39.440 --> 00:29:39.680
 we heard

00:29:39.680 --> 00:29:40.139
 a judge

00:29:40.139 --> 00:29:41.039
 who really

00:29:41.039 --> 00:29:42.759
 committed a

00:29:42.759 --> 00:29:43.319
 really bad

00:29:43.319 --> 00:29:43.700
 crime.

00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:44.059
 A judge

00:29:44.059 --> 00:29:44.460
 just say

00:29:44.460 --> 00:29:45.039
 to someone,

00:29:45.440 --> 00:29:45.879
 you promise

00:29:45.879 --> 00:29:46.299
 not to do

00:29:46.299 --> 00:29:46.659
 it again?

00:29:47.220 --> 00:29:47.759
 I know you

00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:48.159
 had a really

00:29:48.159 --> 00:29:48.879
 rough upbringing.

00:29:49.879 --> 00:29:50.240
 You promise?

00:29:50.420 --> 00:29:50.680
 Okay,

00:29:50.980 --> 00:29:51.819
 go free then.

00:29:51.879 --> 00:29:52.119
 Just don't

00:29:52.119 --> 00:29:52.599
 do it again.

00:29:53.740 --> 00:29:54.559
 God cannot

00:29:54.559 --> 00:29:55.180
 do that

00:29:55.180 --> 00:29:56.480
 and will

00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:56.859
 not do

00:29:56.859 --> 00:29:57.159
 that.

00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:58.379
 He has

00:29:58.379 --> 00:29:59.039
 to punish

00:29:59.039 --> 00:30:00.079
 sin.

00:30:00.920 --> 00:30:01.319
 And so

00:30:01.319 --> 00:30:01.920
 either you're

00:30:01.920 --> 00:30:02.359
 going to

00:30:02.359 --> 00:30:02.759
 bear your

00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:03.420
 own punishment

00:30:03.420 --> 00:30:05.119
 or Christ

00:30:05.119 --> 00:30:05.639
 is going to

00:30:05.639 --> 00:30:06.099
 bear it for

00:30:06.099 --> 00:30:06.359
 you.

00:30:06.359 --> 00:30:06.479
 God.

00:30:07.479 --> 00:30:08.619
 And that's

00:30:08.619 --> 00:30:08.839
 what we

00:30:08.839 --> 00:30:09.359
 read here

00:30:09.359 --> 00:30:09.699
 is that

00:30:09.699 --> 00:30:10.479
 in Christ

00:30:10.479 --> 00:30:12.459
 God did

00:30:12.459 --> 00:30:13.459
 this to

00:30:13.459 --> 00:30:14.019
 the praise

00:30:14.019 --> 00:30:14.339
 of his

00:30:14.339 --> 00:30:14.959
 own glory

00:30:14.959 --> 00:30:15.979
 so that we

00:30:15.979 --> 00:30:16.399
 would look

00:30:16.399 --> 00:30:16.779
 at him

00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:17.119
 and be

00:30:17.119 --> 00:30:17.639
 like this

00:30:17.639 --> 00:30:18.000
 is an

00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:18.579
 amazing,

00:30:18.819 --> 00:30:19.219
 forgiving,

00:30:20.099 --> 00:30:20.619
 glorious

00:30:20.619 --> 00:30:21.139
 God.

00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:23.119
 So that's

00:30:23.119 --> 00:30:23.939
 one motive

00:30:23.939 --> 00:30:24.259
 to the

00:30:24.259 --> 00:30:24.639
 praise of

00:30:24.639 --> 00:30:25.139
 his glory.

00:30:26.279 --> 00:30:26.759
 The second

00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:27.599
 motive is

00:30:27.599 --> 00:30:28.679
 God's love

00:30:28.679 --> 00:30:29.000
 and his

00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:29.859
 mercy towards

00:30:29.859 --> 00:30:30.259
 us.

00:30:31.199 --> 00:30:31.740
 Just jump

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:32.319
 ahead one

00:30:32.319 --> 00:30:32.819
 chapter in

00:30:32.819 --> 00:30:33.219
 Ephesians

00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:34.000
 chapter 2.

00:30:36.579 --> 00:30:37.460
 In verse

00:30:37.460 --> 00:30:39.500
 4 it

00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:39.740
 says,

00:30:40.039 --> 00:30:40.539
 But God,

00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:42.079
 being rich

00:30:42.079 --> 00:30:42.839
 in mercy

00:30:42.839 --> 00:30:44.500
 because of

00:30:44.500 --> 00:30:44.920
 the great

00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:45.779
 love with

00:30:45.779 --> 00:30:46.160
 which he

00:30:46.160 --> 00:30:46.799
 loved us,

00:30:47.400 --> 00:30:48.039
 even when

00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:48.319
 we were

00:30:48.319 --> 00:30:48.920
 dead and

00:30:48.920 --> 00:30:49.920
 our trespasses,

00:30:50.559 --> 00:30:51.200
 made us

00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:51.980
 alive together

00:30:51.980 --> 00:30:52.640
 with Christ.

00:30:53.460 --> 00:30:54.220
 By grace

00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:54.720
 you have

00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:55.339
 been saved.

00:30:56.539 --> 00:30:56.839
 So we

00:30:56.839 --> 00:30:57.180
 see that

00:30:57.180 --> 00:30:57.740
 God didn't

00:30:57.740 --> 00:30:58.059
 just,

00:30:58.779 --> 00:30:59.160
 he's not

00:30:59.160 --> 00:30:59.720
 just really

00:30:59.720 --> 00:31:00.299
 tight with

00:31:00.299 --> 00:31:00.819
 his mercy,

00:31:00.819 --> 00:31:02.519
 he loves

00:31:02.519 --> 00:31:02.960
 to show

00:31:02.960 --> 00:31:03.539
 mercy to

00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:03.939
 those who

00:31:03.939 --> 00:31:04.279
 were coming

00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:04.740
 to him

00:31:04.740 --> 00:31:06.359
 for forgiveness.

00:31:07.639 --> 00:31:08.399
 And it

00:31:08.399 --> 00:31:08.819
 says there

00:31:08.819 --> 00:31:09.019
 that we

00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:09.579
 were dead

00:31:09.579 --> 00:31:09.899
 but we

00:31:09.899 --> 00:31:10.259
 were made

00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:11.119
 alive with

00:31:11.119 --> 00:31:11.579
 Christ.

00:31:12.779 --> 00:31:13.079
 And,

00:31:13.179 --> 00:31:13.359
 you know,

00:31:13.439 --> 00:31:13.859
 of course in

00:31:13.859 --> 00:31:14.220
 the Bible

00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:14.599
 belt,

00:31:15.659 --> 00:31:16.139
 you hear

00:31:16.139 --> 00:31:17.179
 from everybody

00:31:17.179 --> 00:31:17.819
 they are

00:31:17.819 --> 00:31:18.960
 saved.

00:31:20.579 --> 00:31:21.200
 But if you

00:31:21.200 --> 00:31:21.980
 ask many of

00:31:21.980 --> 00:31:22.139
 them,

00:31:22.220 --> 00:31:22.539
 what are you

00:31:22.539 --> 00:31:23.519
 saved from,

00:31:24.139 --> 00:31:24.519
 they don't

00:31:24.519 --> 00:31:24.899
 really know

00:31:24.899 --> 00:31:25.839
 how to say,

00:31:25.899 --> 00:31:26.079
 they don't

00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:26.599
 really know.

00:31:27.419 --> 00:31:27.720
 But we

00:31:27.720 --> 00:31:28.339
 are saved

00:31:28.339 --> 00:31:28.819
 from the

00:31:28.819 --> 00:31:29.240
 holy,

00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:30.599
 just

00:31:30.599 --> 00:31:31.259
 wrath of

00:31:31.259 --> 00:31:31.599
 God.

00:31:32.200 --> 00:31:32.700
 The judgment

00:31:32.700 --> 00:31:33.059
 of God.

00:31:33.120 --> 00:31:33.339
 You were

00:31:33.339 --> 00:31:34.120
 delivered from

00:31:34.120 --> 00:31:34.839
 that in

00:31:34.839 --> 00:31:35.359
 Christ.

00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:37.400
 And so

00:31:37.400 --> 00:31:38.319
 God's mercy

00:31:38.319 --> 00:31:39.539
 is so

00:31:39.539 --> 00:31:39.980
 great.

00:31:41.539 --> 00:31:42.220
 Got a

00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:42.400
 couple

00:31:42.400 --> 00:31:42.859
 quotes.

00:31:44.480 --> 00:31:44.960
 Our man

00:31:44.960 --> 00:31:45.460
 Spurgeon,

00:31:46.079 --> 00:31:46.900
 he said,

00:31:47.880 --> 00:31:49.000
 God's mercy

00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:49.500
 is so

00:31:49.500 --> 00:31:50.799
 great that

00:31:50.799 --> 00:31:51.160
 you may

00:31:51.160 --> 00:31:51.980
 sooner drain

00:31:51.980 --> 00:31:52.440
 the sea

00:31:52.440 --> 00:31:52.980
 of water

00:31:52.980 --> 00:31:54.359
 or deprive

00:31:54.359 --> 00:31:55.059
 the sun

00:31:55.059 --> 00:31:55.460
 of its

00:31:55.460 --> 00:31:56.980
 light or

00:31:56.980 --> 00:31:58.000
 make space

00:31:58.000 --> 00:31:58.519
 narrow.

00:31:59.240 --> 00:31:59.720
 than to

00:31:59.720 --> 00:32:00.079
 diminish

00:32:00.079 --> 00:32:00.539
 the great

00:32:00.539 --> 00:32:01.059
 mercy of

00:32:01.059 --> 00:32:01.380
 God.

00:32:02.380 --> 00:32:02.559
 The

00:32:02.559 --> 00:32:02.900
 Lord's

00:32:02.900 --> 00:32:03.200
 mercy

00:32:03.200 --> 00:32:03.660
 is a

00:32:03.660 --> 00:32:04.000
 sea

00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:04.299
 which

00:32:04.299 --> 00:32:04.640
 cannot

00:32:04.640 --> 00:32:05.039
 be

00:32:05.039 --> 00:32:05.440
 filled

00:32:05.440 --> 00:32:06.380
 though

00:32:06.380 --> 00:32:06.900
 mountains

00:32:06.900 --> 00:32:07.500
 of sin

00:32:07.500 --> 00:32:08.140
 be cast

00:32:08.140 --> 00:32:08.660
 into its

00:32:08.660 --> 00:32:09.039
 midst.

00:32:10.160 --> 00:32:10.900
 It is

00:32:10.900 --> 00:32:11.799
 like Noah's

00:32:11.799 --> 00:32:12.440
 flood which

00:32:12.440 --> 00:32:13.200
 covers all

00:32:13.200 --> 00:32:13.819
 and drowns

00:32:13.819 --> 00:32:14.240
 even the

00:32:14.240 --> 00:32:14.960
 mountaintops

00:32:14.960 --> 00:32:16.380
 of heaven

00:32:16.380 --> 00:32:17.039
 defying

00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:17.599
 sins.

00:32:18.779 --> 00:32:19.240
 God's

00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:19.599
 mercy

00:32:19.599 --> 00:32:21.120
 is so

00:32:21.120 --> 00:32:21.779
 beyond us

00:32:21.779 --> 00:32:22.140
 as

00:32:22.140 --> 00:32:23.339
 fallen

00:32:23.339 --> 00:32:25.160
 creatures.

00:32:25.559 --> 00:32:26.279
 We have

00:32:26.279 --> 00:32:26.519
 no

00:32:26.519 --> 00:32:27.140
 comprehension

00:32:27.140 --> 00:32:27.759
 in and

00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:27.880
 of

00:32:27.880 --> 00:32:28.340
 ourselves

00:32:28.340 --> 00:32:28.660
 of

00:32:28.660 --> 00:32:29.100
 grace

00:32:29.100 --> 00:32:30.380
 of

00:32:30.380 --> 00:32:30.800
 mercy.

00:32:31.040 --> 00:32:31.320
 It is

00:32:31.320 --> 00:32:31.500
 not

00:32:31.500 --> 00:32:31.940
 within us

00:32:31.940 --> 00:32:32.259
 to think

00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:32.759
 that way

00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:33.800
 at all.

00:32:33.980 --> 00:32:34.340
 We want

00:32:34.340 --> 00:32:34.740
 justice

00:32:34.740 --> 00:32:35.100
 when we

00:32:35.100 --> 00:32:35.520
 see wrong

00:32:35.520 --> 00:32:36.060
 being done

00:32:36.060 --> 00:32:37.259
 except when

00:32:37.259 --> 00:32:37.520
 we are

00:32:37.520 --> 00:32:37.980
 the one

00:32:37.980 --> 00:32:38.259
 who has

00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:38.480
 committed

00:32:38.480 --> 00:32:38.980
 the crime.

00:32:39.100 --> 00:32:39.320
 Then we

00:32:39.320 --> 00:32:39.520
 want

00:32:39.520 --> 00:32:39.860
 mercy.

00:32:40.620 --> 00:32:41.240
 It is

00:32:41.240 --> 00:32:41.560
 always

00:32:41.560 --> 00:32:43.140
 twisted

00:32:43.140 --> 00:32:44.200
 but God's

00:32:44.200 --> 00:32:44.580
 mercy

00:32:44.580 --> 00:32:45.800
 is so

00:32:45.800 --> 00:32:46.259
 pure,

00:32:46.620 --> 00:32:46.900
 rich,

00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:47.800
 and

00:32:47.800 --> 00:32:48.140
 great.

00:32:49.180 --> 00:32:49.660
 So

00:32:49.660 --> 00:32:51.100
 how are

00:32:51.100 --> 00:32:51.440
 we to be

00:32:51.440 --> 00:32:51.920
 made right

00:32:51.920 --> 00:32:52.420
 with God

00:32:52.420 --> 00:32:52.700
 then?

00:32:53.360 --> 00:32:53.700
 This is

00:32:53.700 --> 00:32:54.080
 just going

00:32:54.080 --> 00:32:54.680
 back over

00:32:54.680 --> 00:32:55.180
 our story

00:32:55.180 --> 00:32:55.440
 a little

00:32:55.440 --> 00:32:55.740
 bit.

00:32:56.860 --> 00:32:57.340
 And if

00:32:57.340 --> 00:32:57.840
 you remember

00:32:57.840 --> 00:32:59.000
 what I

00:32:59.000 --> 00:32:59.259
 read to

00:32:59.259 --> 00:32:59.779
 you earlier

00:32:59.779 --> 00:33:00.279
 out of

00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:01.279
 the Psalms

00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:02.160
 about how

00:33:02.160 --> 00:33:02.980
 David was

00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:04.440
 aware of

00:33:04.440 --> 00:33:04.940
 the forgiveness

00:33:04.940 --> 00:33:05.279
 that he

00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:06.720
 had in

00:33:06.720 --> 00:33:07.620
 Psalm 25,

00:33:08.759 --> 00:33:09.019
 for your

00:33:09.019 --> 00:33:09.779
 name's sake,

00:33:09.880 --> 00:33:10.340
 O Lord,

00:33:11.279 --> 00:33:11.980
 pardon my

00:33:11.980 --> 00:33:13.080
 sin and

00:33:13.080 --> 00:33:13.519
 my guilt

00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:13.940
 for it is

00:33:13.940 --> 00:33:14.259
 great.

00:33:15.539 --> 00:33:16.120
 So just

00:33:16.120 --> 00:33:16.420
 kind of

00:33:16.420 --> 00:33:17.000
 unpacking

00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:17.299
 that a

00:33:17.299 --> 00:33:17.700
 little bit,

00:33:18.480 --> 00:33:19.420
 we can

00:33:19.420 --> 00:33:19.980
 receive the

00:33:19.980 --> 00:33:20.460
 mercy of

00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:21.060
 God only

00:33:21.060 --> 00:33:21.340
 through

00:33:21.340 --> 00:33:21.660
 Jesus

00:33:21.660 --> 00:33:22.160
 Christ,

00:33:23.120 --> 00:33:23.560
 and we

00:33:23.560 --> 00:33:24.080
 must have

00:33:24.079 --> 00:33:24.359
 it that

00:33:24.359 --> 00:33:24.659
 way.

00:33:25.859 --> 00:33:26.539
 So if

00:33:26.539 --> 00:33:26.699
 you're

00:33:26.699 --> 00:33:27.339
 here this

00:33:27.339 --> 00:33:27.879
 morning without

00:33:27.879 --> 00:33:28.399
 Christ,

00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:29.899
 hear these

00:33:29.899 --> 00:33:30.319
 words,

00:33:30.679 --> 00:33:31.419
 and if

00:33:31.419 --> 00:33:31.899
 you are,

00:33:32.079 --> 00:33:33.059
 just rejoice,

00:33:33.439 --> 00:33:34.779
 be happy,

00:33:34.919 --> 00:33:36.919
 be glad that

00:33:36.919 --> 00:33:37.759
 God has made

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:38.319
 you aware of

00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:38.799
 these things.

00:33:40.179 --> 00:33:40.899
 These points

00:33:40.899 --> 00:33:41.599
 actually came

00:33:41.599 --> 00:33:42.839
 from Jonathan

00:33:42.839 --> 00:33:43.199
 Edwards.

00:33:44.299 --> 00:33:45.039
 He said

00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:47.500
 about being

00:33:47.500 --> 00:33:47.919
 right with

00:33:47.919 --> 00:33:48.279
 God,

00:33:48.599 --> 00:33:49.199
 you must

00:33:49.199 --> 00:33:49.720
 see the

00:33:49.720 --> 00:33:50.439
 misery and

00:33:50.439 --> 00:33:50.899
 feel the

00:33:50.899 --> 00:33:51.439
 weight of

00:33:51.439 --> 00:33:51.939
 your sin.

00:33:52.599 --> 00:33:52.859
 Do you

00:33:52.859 --> 00:33:53.419
 have broken

00:33:53.420 --> 00:33:53.920
 God's

00:33:53.920 --> 00:33:54.660
 law and

00:33:54.660 --> 00:33:55.220
 his wrath

00:33:55.220 --> 00:33:55.960
 abides on

00:33:55.960 --> 00:33:56.279
 us?

00:33:56.920 --> 00:33:57.340
 Are you

00:33:57.340 --> 00:33:58.140
 conscious?

00:33:59.180 --> 00:33:59.519
 Are you

00:33:59.519 --> 00:34:00.340
 aware of

00:34:00.340 --> 00:34:01.060
 the sin

00:34:01.060 --> 00:34:01.440
 in your

00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:01.840
 life?

00:34:03.360 --> 00:34:03.860
 Those of

00:34:03.860 --> 00:34:04.140
 us who

00:34:04.140 --> 00:34:04.680
 have come

00:34:04.680 --> 00:34:05.060
 to know

00:34:05.060 --> 00:34:05.500
 Christ,

00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:06.660
 we're very

00:34:06.660 --> 00:34:07.019
 aware.

00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:09.420
 So beyond

00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:10.119
 perfection,

00:34:10.340 --> 00:34:10.980
 so beyond

00:34:10.980 --> 00:34:12.680
 just,

00:34:13.519 --> 00:34:13.800
 you know,

00:34:13.840 --> 00:34:14.300
 it's a saying

00:34:14.300 --> 00:34:14.579
 in our

00:34:14.579 --> 00:34:14.920
 culture,

00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:15.220
 whenever

00:34:15.220 --> 00:34:16.280
 someone wants

00:34:16.280 --> 00:34:16.639
 to kind of

00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:17.019
 get out of

00:34:17.019 --> 00:34:17.300
 trouble,

00:34:18.280 --> 00:34:18.900
 like they've

00:34:18.900 --> 00:34:19.320
 done something

00:34:19.320 --> 00:34:19.740
 wrong,

00:34:20.360 --> 00:34:20.880
 this is kind

00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:21.200
 of their

00:34:21.200 --> 00:34:21.960
 phrase they

00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:22.360
 always throw

00:34:22.360 --> 00:34:22.760
 out there,

00:34:22.760 --> 00:34:23.800
 I mean,

00:34:23.840 --> 00:34:24.220
 nobody's

00:34:24.220 --> 00:34:24.740
 perfect,

00:34:25.980 --> 00:34:27.960
 they have

00:34:27.960 --> 00:34:28.700
 no idea

00:34:28.700 --> 00:34:30.320
 the seriousness

00:34:30.320 --> 00:34:30.740
 of what

00:34:30.740 --> 00:34:31.240
 they're saying,

00:34:31.860 --> 00:34:32.500
 no one

00:34:32.500 --> 00:34:32.920
 is,

00:34:33.620 --> 00:34:33.900
 and we

00:34:33.900 --> 00:34:34.280
 are all

00:34:34.280 --> 00:34:34.580
 guilty

00:34:34.580 --> 00:34:35.220
 before God,

00:34:35.300 --> 00:34:35.660
 so if you

00:34:35.660 --> 00:34:36.240
 are aware

00:34:36.240 --> 00:34:36.800
 of that,

00:34:37.840 --> 00:34:38.460
 that's the

00:34:38.460 --> 00:34:39.040
 first thing

00:34:39.040 --> 00:34:39.500
 we have to

00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:40.060
 recognize.

00:34:40.880 --> 00:34:41.100
 It's where

00:34:41.100 --> 00:34:41.620
 David says,

00:34:41.700 --> 00:34:42.420
 pardon my

00:34:42.420 --> 00:34:42.900
 sin,

00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:43.220
 because it

00:34:43.220 --> 00:34:43.980
 is great,

00:34:44.400 --> 00:34:45.040
 he's very

00:34:45.040 --> 00:34:45.380
 aware.

00:34:46.620 --> 00:34:47.100
 The second

00:34:47.100 --> 00:34:49.100
 thing is

00:34:49.100 --> 00:34:49.280
 that we

00:34:49.280 --> 00:34:49.760
 have to be

00:34:49.760 --> 00:34:50.440
 sensible that

00:34:50.440 --> 00:34:50.880
 we are not

00:34:50.880 --> 00:34:51.760
 worthy that

00:34:51.760 --> 00:34:52.220
 God should

00:34:52.220 --> 00:34:52.820
 save us.

00:34:53.579 --> 00:34:53.940
 He says

00:34:53.940 --> 00:34:54.160
 that we

00:34:54.160 --> 00:34:54.579
 come as

00:34:54.579 --> 00:34:55.280
 beggars and

00:34:55.280 --> 00:34:56.019
 rags and

00:34:56.019 --> 00:34:56.360
 not as

00:34:56.360 --> 00:34:56.940
 creditors.

00:34:58.200 --> 00:34:59.059
 And connecting

00:34:59.059 --> 00:34:59.599
 that to our

00:34:59.599 --> 00:35:00.039
 story,

00:35:00.240 --> 00:35:00.940
 we're in the

00:35:00.940 --> 00:35:01.800
 same position

00:35:01.800 --> 00:35:03.260
 that Mephibosheth

00:35:03.260 --> 00:35:03.680
 was in.

00:35:05.140 --> 00:35:06.059
 We live in

00:35:06.059 --> 00:35:06.420
 such an

00:35:06.420 --> 00:35:06.920
 entitled

00:35:06.920 --> 00:35:07.800
 culture now

00:35:07.800 --> 00:35:09.140
 where we

00:35:09.140 --> 00:35:09.700
 think that we

00:35:09.700 --> 00:35:11.280
 deserve good

00:35:11.280 --> 00:35:11.700
 things,

00:35:11.820 --> 00:35:12.160
 like we

00:35:12.160 --> 00:35:13.000
 expect it

00:35:13.000 --> 00:35:13.240
 even.

00:35:13.780 --> 00:35:14.019
 And if

00:35:14.019 --> 00:35:14.500
 someone doesn't

00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:14.920
 show us

00:35:14.920 --> 00:35:15.099
 that,

00:35:15.160 --> 00:35:15.680
 we are very

00:35:15.680 --> 00:35:16.300
 angry about

00:35:16.300 --> 00:35:16.539
 it.

00:35:16.539 --> 00:35:17.539
 God's

00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:17.539


00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:17.920
 But that

00:35:17.920 --> 00:35:18.739
 is not so

00:35:18.739 --> 00:35:19.460
 with God.

00:35:20.679 --> 00:35:21.639
 I had a

00:35:21.639 --> 00:35:23.340
 friend in

00:35:23.340 --> 00:35:24.059
 college when

00:35:24.059 --> 00:35:24.340
 I was up

00:35:24.340 --> 00:35:24.519
 here in

00:35:24.519 --> 00:35:24.960
 North Georgia,

00:35:26.099 --> 00:35:26.440
 and he

00:35:26.440 --> 00:35:27.179
 was a

00:35:27.179 --> 00:35:27.699
 Gulf War

00:35:27.699 --> 00:35:28.039
 vet.

00:35:28.719 --> 00:35:29.159
 He was an

00:35:29.159 --> 00:35:29.639
 old ranger

00:35:29.639 --> 00:35:29.980
 guy.

00:35:30.059 --> 00:35:30.340
 He was a

00:35:30.340 --> 00:35:30.800
 demolition

00:35:30.800 --> 00:35:31.099
 guy.

00:35:31.199 --> 00:35:31.440
 He always

00:35:31.440 --> 00:35:31.579
 said,

00:35:31.619 --> 00:35:31.820
 I always

00:35:31.820 --> 00:35:32.279
 got blue

00:35:32.279 --> 00:35:32.820
 stuff up.

00:35:32.960 --> 00:35:33.360
 He didn't

00:35:33.360 --> 00:35:33.860
 say stuff

00:35:33.860 --> 00:35:34.059
 though,

00:35:34.099 --> 00:35:34.300
 he said

00:35:34.300 --> 00:35:34.460
 other

00:35:34.460 --> 00:35:34.739
 things.

00:35:35.820 --> 00:35:36.579
 And I

00:35:36.579 --> 00:35:37.119
 always tried

00:35:37.119 --> 00:35:37.460
 to share

00:35:37.460 --> 00:35:37.900
 the gospel

00:35:37.900 --> 00:35:38.320
 with him

00:35:38.320 --> 00:35:38.860
 constantly.

00:35:39.019 --> 00:35:39.259
 I had

00:35:39.259 --> 00:35:39.840
 like five

00:35:39.840 --> 00:35:40.440
 classes with

00:35:40.440 --> 00:35:40.900
 this guy,

00:35:42.179 --> 00:35:43.980
 and he

00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:44.539
 always just

00:35:44.539 --> 00:35:44.940
 told me,

00:35:45.000 --> 00:35:45.300
 hey man,

00:35:45.360 --> 00:35:45.840
 me and God

00:35:45.840 --> 00:35:46.340
 were cool.

00:35:46.539 --> 00:35:47.000
 We've

00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:47.159
 worked

00:35:47.159 --> 00:35:47.440
 something

00:35:47.440 --> 00:35:47.739
 out.

00:35:47.820 --> 00:35:48.259
 Like we

00:35:48.259 --> 00:35:49.039
 have an

00:35:49.039 --> 00:35:49.639
 understanding.

00:35:49.840 --> 00:35:50.059
 And I

00:35:50.059 --> 00:35:50.340
 just kept

00:35:50.340 --> 00:35:50.579
 saying,

00:35:50.639 --> 00:35:50.880
 no you

00:35:50.880 --> 00:35:51.239
 don't.

00:35:51.800 --> 00:35:51.960
 You

00:35:51.960 --> 00:35:52.400
 don't have

00:35:52.400 --> 00:35:52.519
 an

00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:52.980
 understanding.

00:35:53.739 --> 00:35:53.960
 It's

00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:54.840
 come to

00:35:54.840 --> 00:35:55.139
 God,

00:35:55.219 --> 00:35:55.539
 God's

00:35:55.539 --> 00:35:55.860
 way,

00:35:55.940 --> 00:35:56.219
 or not

00:35:56.219 --> 00:35:56.599
 at all.

00:35:57.159 --> 00:35:57.460
 You

00:35:57.460 --> 00:35:57.679
 can't

00:35:57.679 --> 00:35:58.099
 work out

00:35:58.099 --> 00:35:58.239
 an

00:35:58.239 --> 00:35:58.619
 agreement.

00:36:00.239 --> 00:36:01.099
 And we

00:36:01.099 --> 00:36:02.639
 don't

00:36:02.639 --> 00:36:03.139
 deserve

00:36:03.139 --> 00:36:03.440
 this

00:36:03.440 --> 00:36:03.840
 mercy.

00:36:05.279 --> 00:36:05.599
 There's

00:36:05.599 --> 00:36:06.559
 a story

00:36:06.559 --> 00:36:08.179
 of Napoleon

00:36:08.179 --> 00:36:08.800
 Bonaparte,

00:36:08.960 --> 00:36:09.599
 who had

00:36:09.599 --> 00:36:10.159
 someone

00:36:10.159 --> 00:36:11.279
 commit a

00:36:11.279 --> 00:36:11.619
 serious

00:36:11.619 --> 00:36:12.099
 crime

00:36:12.099 --> 00:36:12.500
 against

00:36:12.500 --> 00:36:12.820
 him,

00:36:12.860 --> 00:36:12.940
 and

00:36:12.940 --> 00:36:13.159
 against

00:36:13.159 --> 00:36:13.539
 just the

00:36:13.539 --> 00:36:13.900
 nation

00:36:13.900 --> 00:36:14.199
 of

00:36:14.199 --> 00:36:14.639
 France.

00:36:14.639 --> 00:36:15.940
 And this

00:36:15.940 --> 00:36:16.319
 man was

00:36:16.319 --> 00:36:16.739
 under the

00:36:16.739 --> 00:36:17.199
 sentence of

00:36:17.199 --> 00:36:17.519
 death,

00:36:17.579 --> 00:36:18.159
 and this

00:36:18.159 --> 00:36:19.099
 man's

00:36:19.099 --> 00:36:19.859
 mother came

00:36:19.859 --> 00:36:20.319
 to plead

00:36:20.319 --> 00:36:20.940
 with Napoleon

00:36:20.940 --> 00:36:22.299
 to just

00:36:22.299 --> 00:36:23.639
 forgive her

00:36:23.639 --> 00:36:23.980
 son.

00:36:25.319 --> 00:36:27.339
 And she

00:36:27.339 --> 00:36:27.739
 said,

00:36:28.099 --> 00:36:28.420
 you know,

00:36:29.099 --> 00:36:30.559
 your

00:36:30.559 --> 00:36:30.839
 highness,

00:36:31.099 --> 00:36:31.819
 please show

00:36:31.819 --> 00:36:32.379
 mercy to

00:36:32.379 --> 00:36:32.940
 my son.

00:36:33.679 --> 00:36:34.599
 And Napoleon

00:36:34.599 --> 00:36:35.099
 said,

00:36:35.179 --> 00:36:35.739
 I can't do

00:36:35.739 --> 00:36:36.059
 that.

00:36:36.960 --> 00:36:37.259
 And she

00:36:37.259 --> 00:36:37.599
 said it

00:36:37.599 --> 00:36:37.819
 again,

00:36:37.900 --> 00:36:38.400
 please,

00:36:39.500 --> 00:36:40.099
 my emperor,

00:36:40.099 --> 00:36:41.059
 please show

00:36:41.059 --> 00:36:41.859
 mercy to my

00:36:41.859 --> 00:36:42.219
 son.

00:36:42.219 --> 00:36:43.759
 And Napoleon

00:36:43.759 --> 00:36:44.159
 said,

00:36:44.239 --> 00:36:44.559
 your son

00:36:44.559 --> 00:36:44.879
 does not

00:36:44.879 --> 00:36:45.279
 deserve

00:36:45.279 --> 00:36:45.659
 mercy.

00:36:47.099 --> 00:36:47.799
 And her

00:36:47.799 --> 00:36:48.259
 response

00:36:48.259 --> 00:36:48.719
 was,

00:36:50.000 --> 00:36:50.779
 my emperor,

00:36:50.939 --> 00:36:51.259
 if he

00:36:51.259 --> 00:36:52.399
 deserved

00:36:52.399 --> 00:36:53.799
 mercy,

00:36:53.959 --> 00:36:54.379
 I wouldn't

00:36:54.379 --> 00:36:54.859
 be asking

00:36:54.859 --> 00:36:55.319
 for this.

00:36:55.399 --> 00:36:55.739
 I know

00:36:55.739 --> 00:36:56.179
 he doesn't

00:36:56.179 --> 00:36:56.559
 deserve.

00:36:57.599 --> 00:36:58.139
 If he

00:36:58.139 --> 00:36:58.779
 was entitled,

00:36:58.939 --> 00:36:59.159
 if he

00:36:59.159 --> 00:36:59.719
 deserved it,

00:36:59.739 --> 00:37:00.879
 then I

00:37:00.879 --> 00:37:01.119
 would not

00:37:01.119 --> 00:37:01.480
 be having

00:37:01.480 --> 00:37:01.659
 this

00:37:01.659 --> 00:37:02.159
 conversation

00:37:02.159 --> 00:37:02.599
 with you.

00:37:03.539 --> 00:37:03.879
 And then

00:37:03.879 --> 00:37:04.219
 Napoleon

00:37:04.219 --> 00:37:04.599
 agreed,

00:37:04.699 --> 00:37:04.959
 okay,

00:37:05.219 --> 00:37:05.459
 you're

00:37:05.459 --> 00:37:05.679
 right.

00:37:06.259 --> 00:37:06.500
 Mercy

00:37:06.500 --> 00:37:06.839
 is only

00:37:06.839 --> 00:37:07.319
 given to

00:37:07.319 --> 00:37:07.659
 those who

00:37:07.659 --> 00:37:07.819
 don't

00:37:07.819 --> 00:37:08.159
 deserve

00:37:08.159 --> 00:37:08.379
 it.

00:37:08.739 --> 00:37:09.099
 So he

00:37:09.099 --> 00:37:09.339
 was

00:37:09.339 --> 00:37:10.099
 correcting

00:37:10.099 --> 00:37:10.599
 himself.

00:37:11.480 --> 00:37:11.659
 And so

00:37:11.659 --> 00:37:12.139
 he

00:37:12.139 --> 00:37:12.659
 pardoned

00:37:12.659 --> 00:37:12.839
 her

00:37:12.839 --> 00:37:13.199
 son.

00:37:14.599 --> 00:37:14.960
 We

00:37:14.960 --> 00:37:15.179
 must

00:37:15.179 --> 00:37:15.559
 come to

00:37:15.559 --> 00:37:15.920
 God

00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:16.579
 for

00:37:16.579 --> 00:37:17.059
 mercy

00:37:17.059 --> 00:37:18.219
 in and

00:37:18.219 --> 00:37:18.359
 through

00:37:18.359 --> 00:37:18.699
 Jesus

00:37:18.699 --> 00:37:19.239
 Christ

00:37:19.239 --> 00:37:19.779
 alone.

00:37:19.960 --> 00:37:20.079
 There

00:37:20.079 --> 00:37:20.399
 is no

00:37:20.399 --> 00:37:20.599
 other

00:37:20.599 --> 00:37:20.920
 way.

00:37:21.699 --> 00:37:21.879
 We

00:37:21.879 --> 00:37:22.359
 remain

00:37:22.359 --> 00:37:22.839
 enemies

00:37:22.839 --> 00:37:23.319
 of God

00:37:23.319 --> 00:37:23.719
 until we

00:37:23.719 --> 00:37:24.079
 come to

00:37:24.079 --> 00:37:24.339
 God

00:37:24.339 --> 00:37:24.779
 on his

00:37:24.779 --> 00:37:25.299
 terms

00:37:25.299 --> 00:37:26.579
 and not

00:37:26.579 --> 00:37:26.739
 our

00:37:26.739 --> 00:37:26.980
 own.

00:37:28.199 --> 00:37:28.519
 And

00:37:28.519 --> 00:37:29.519
 the

00:37:29.519 --> 00:37:29.819
 beauty

00:37:29.819 --> 00:37:30.239
 of this

00:37:30.239 --> 00:37:30.619
 guys

00:37:30.619 --> 00:37:30.980
 is that

00:37:30.980 --> 00:37:31.179
 God

00:37:31.179 --> 00:37:31.460
 is not

00:37:31.460 --> 00:37:31.920
 up there

00:37:31.920 --> 00:37:33.099
 just

00:37:33.099 --> 00:37:33.420
 being

00:37:33.420 --> 00:37:33.920
 stingy

00:37:33.920 --> 00:37:34.079
 and

00:37:34.079 --> 00:37:34.420
 angry.

00:37:34.599 --> 00:37:34.739
 He

00:37:34.739 --> 00:37:35.599
 wants

00:37:35.599 --> 00:37:36.239
 to show

00:37:36.239 --> 00:37:37.299
 grace

00:37:37.299 --> 00:37:37.519
 to

00:37:37.519 --> 00:37:37.859
 sinners.

00:37:38.039 --> 00:37:38.259
 It's a

00:37:38.259 --> 00:37:38.519
 part

00:37:38.519 --> 00:37:38.819
 of who

00:37:38.819 --> 00:37:39.000
 he

00:37:39.000 --> 00:37:39.440
 is.

00:37:39.440 --> 00:37:40.980
 in

00:37:40.980 --> 00:37:41.420
 Isaiah

00:37:41.420 --> 00:37:42.019
 chapter

00:37:42.019 --> 00:37:42.500
 30

00:37:42.500 --> 00:37:43.559
 it

00:37:43.559 --> 00:37:43.760
 says

00:37:43.760 --> 00:37:44.079
 therefore

00:37:44.079 --> 00:37:44.440
 the

00:37:44.440 --> 00:37:44.820
 Lord

00:37:44.820 --> 00:37:45.539
 waits

00:37:45.539 --> 00:37:45.760
 to

00:37:45.760 --> 00:37:45.940
 be

00:37:45.940 --> 00:37:46.280
 gracious

00:37:46.280 --> 00:37:46.539
 to

00:37:46.539 --> 00:37:46.820
 you.

00:37:48.079 --> 00:37:48.460
 Therefore

00:37:48.460 --> 00:37:48.740
 he

00:37:48.740 --> 00:37:49.220
 exalts

00:37:49.220 --> 00:37:49.720
 himself

00:37:49.720 --> 00:37:49.960
 to

00:37:49.960 --> 00:37:50.179
 show

00:37:50.179 --> 00:37:50.619
 mercy

00:37:50.619 --> 00:37:50.920
 to

00:37:50.920 --> 00:37:51.240
 you.

00:37:51.920 --> 00:37:52.400
 For

00:37:52.400 --> 00:37:52.559
 the

00:37:52.559 --> 00:37:52.820
 Lord

00:37:52.820 --> 00:37:53.079
 is a

00:37:53.079 --> 00:37:53.260
 God

00:37:53.260 --> 00:37:53.400
 of

00:37:53.400 --> 00:37:53.820
 justice

00:37:53.820 --> 00:37:54.079
 but

00:37:54.079 --> 00:37:54.440
 blessed

00:37:54.440 --> 00:37:54.740
 are

00:37:54.740 --> 00:37:55.039
 all

00:37:55.039 --> 00:37:55.420
 those

00:37:55.420 --> 00:37:55.639
 who

00:37:55.639 --> 00:37:55.920
 wait

00:37:55.920 --> 00:37:56.139
 for

00:37:56.139 --> 00:37:56.440
 him.

00:37:57.880 --> 00:37:58.220
 And

00:37:58.220 --> 00:37:59.740
 all

00:37:59.740 --> 00:37:59.880
 of

00:37:59.880 --> 00:38:00.079
 us

00:38:00.079 --> 00:38:00.280
 I

00:38:00.280 --> 00:38:00.460
 am

00:38:00.460 --> 00:38:01.780
 I've

00:38:01.780 --> 00:38:01.900
 had

00:38:01.900 --> 00:38:02.039
 a

00:38:02.039 --> 00:38:02.420
 chance

00:38:02.420 --> 00:38:03.720
 lately

00:38:03.720 --> 00:38:04.019
 just

00:38:04.019 --> 00:38:04.179
 the

00:38:04.179 --> 00:38:04.400
 Lord

00:38:04.400 --> 00:38:04.539
 has

00:38:04.539 --> 00:38:04.679
 just

00:38:04.679 --> 00:38:05.159
 reminded

00:38:05.159 --> 00:38:05.500
 me

00:38:05.500 --> 00:38:05.659
 of

00:38:05.659 --> 00:38:05.860
 so

00:38:05.860 --> 00:38:06.159
 much

00:38:06.159 --> 00:38:06.319
 of

00:38:06.319 --> 00:38:06.500
 the

00:38:06.500 --> 00:38:06.859
 sin

00:38:06.859 --> 00:38:07.379
 that

00:38:07.379 --> 00:38:07.980
 he

00:38:07.980 --> 00:38:08.139
 has

00:38:08.139 --> 00:38:08.359
 saved

00:38:08.359 --> 00:38:08.519
 me

00:38:08.519 --> 00:38:08.839
 from

00:38:08.839 --> 00:38:11.099
 and

00:38:11.099 --> 00:38:11.519
 the

00:38:11.519 --> 00:38:11.779
 sin

00:38:11.779 --> 00:38:12.019
 that's

00:38:12.019 --> 00:38:12.299
 still

00:38:12.299 --> 00:38:12.960
 in

00:38:12.960 --> 00:38:13.159
 my

00:38:13.159 --> 00:38:13.519
 life

00:38:13.519 --> 00:38:13.639
 and

00:38:13.639 --> 00:38:13.759
 in

00:38:13.759 --> 00:38:13.920
 my

00:38:13.920 --> 00:38:14.239
 heart

00:38:14.239 --> 00:38:16.399
 I

00:38:16.399 --> 00:38:16.699
 have

00:38:16.699 --> 00:38:16.839
 to

00:38:16.839 --> 00:38:17.059
 have

00:38:17.059 --> 00:38:17.420
 mercy

00:38:17.420 --> 00:38:17.619
 I

00:38:17.619 --> 00:38:17.839
 have

00:38:17.839 --> 00:38:17.960
 to

00:38:17.960 --> 00:38:18.139
 have

00:38:18.139 --> 00:38:18.460
 grace

00:38:18.460 --> 00:38:18.699
 there's

00:38:18.699 --> 00:38:18.920
 no

00:38:18.920 --> 00:38:19.099
 other

00:38:19.099 --> 00:38:19.440
 way

00:38:19.440 --> 00:38:20.179
 and

00:38:20.179 --> 00:38:20.440
 that's

00:38:20.440 --> 00:38:20.699
 the

00:38:20.699 --> 00:38:21.339
 beauty

00:38:21.339 --> 00:38:21.799
 of

00:38:21.799 --> 00:38:22.139
 the

00:38:22.139 --> 00:38:22.539
 gospel

00:38:22.539 --> 00:38:23.420
 that

00:38:23.420 --> 00:38:23.739
 Jesus

00:38:23.739 --> 00:38:24.259
 came

00:38:24.259 --> 00:38:24.460
 to

00:38:24.460 --> 00:38:24.819
 die

00:38:24.819 --> 00:38:25.199
 poor

00:38:25.199 --> 00:38:25.599
 sinners

00:38:25.599 --> 00:38:26.399
 we

00:38:26.399 --> 00:38:26.639
 are

00:38:26.639 --> 00:38:27.619
 undeserving

00:38:27.619 --> 00:38:28.000
 we are

00:38:28.000 --> 00:38:28.239
 just

00:38:28.239 --> 00:38:28.460
 like

00:38:28.460 --> 00:38:28.739
 dead

00:38:28.739 --> 00:38:29.199
 dogs

00:38:29.199 --> 00:38:30.000
 we

00:38:30.000 --> 00:38:30.139
 are

00:38:30.139 --> 00:38:30.500
 like

00:38:30.500 --> 00:38:31.059
 lame

00:38:31.059 --> 00:38:31.239
 in

00:38:31.239 --> 00:38:31.440
 both

00:38:31.440 --> 00:38:31.719
 feet

00:38:31.719 --> 00:38:31.879
 we

00:38:31.879 --> 00:38:32.059
 have

00:38:32.059 --> 00:38:32.519
 nothing

00:38:32.519 --> 00:38:33.039
 to

00:38:33.039 --> 00:38:33.379
 bring

00:38:33.379 --> 00:38:33.599
 to

00:38:33.599 --> 00:38:33.739
 the

00:38:33.739 --> 00:38:34.059
 king

00:38:34.059 --> 00:38:35.779
 we're

00:38:35.779 --> 00:38:35.960
 at

00:38:35.960 --> 00:38:36.179
 his

00:38:36.179 --> 00:38:36.679
 disposal

00:38:36.679 --> 00:38:37.599
 but

00:38:37.599 --> 00:38:37.719
 he

00:38:37.719 --> 00:38:37.940
 is

00:38:37.940 --> 00:38:38.279
 ready

00:38:38.279 --> 00:38:38.659
 to

00:38:38.659 --> 00:38:38.880
 pity

00:38:38.880 --> 00:38:39.259
 us

00:38:39.259 --> 00:38:39.500
 and

00:38:39.500 --> 00:38:39.699
 show

00:38:39.699 --> 00:38:39.880
 us

00:38:39.880 --> 00:38:40.219
 mercy

00:38:40.219 --> 00:38:41.159
 and

00:38:41.159 --> 00:38:41.299
 to

00:38:41.299 --> 00:38:41.480
 lift

00:38:41.480 --> 00:38:41.719
 us

00:38:41.719 --> 00:38:41.960
 up

00:38:41.960 --> 00:38:42.199
 and

00:38:42.199 --> 00:38:42.900
 not

00:38:42.900 --> 00:38:43.400
 only

00:38:43.400 --> 00:38:43.920
 God

00:38:43.920 --> 00:38:44.039
 could

00:38:44.039 --> 00:38:44.119
 have

00:38:44.119 --> 00:38:44.259
 done

00:38:44.259 --> 00:38:44.440
 the

00:38:44.440 --> 00:38:44.739
 same

00:38:44.739 --> 00:38:45.199
 thing

00:38:45.199 --> 00:38:46.579
 that

00:38:46.579 --> 00:38:46.940
 a lot

00:38:46.940 --> 00:38:47.039
 of

00:38:47.039 --> 00:38:47.239
 people

00:38:47.239 --> 00:38:47.400
 have

00:38:47.400 --> 00:38:47.579
 done

00:38:47.579 --> 00:38:47.719
 he

00:38:47.719 --> 00:38:47.880
 could

00:38:47.880 --> 00:38:47.940
 have

00:38:47.940 --> 00:38:48.259
 said

00:38:48.259 --> 00:38:48.480
 I'm

00:38:48.480 --> 00:38:48.639
 going

00:38:48.639 --> 00:38:49.279
 to

00:38:49.279 --> 00:38:49.519
 not

00:38:49.519 --> 00:38:49.920
 destroy

00:38:49.920 --> 00:38:50.199
 you

00:38:50.199 --> 00:38:50.400
 I'm

00:38:50.400 --> 00:38:50.559
 not

00:38:50.559 --> 00:38:50.759
 going

00:38:50.759 --> 00:38:50.940
 to

00:38:50.940 --> 00:38:51.219
 judge

00:38:51.219 --> 00:38:51.460
 you

00:38:51.460 --> 00:38:52.579
 just

00:38:52.579 --> 00:38:53.019
 go

00:38:53.019 --> 00:38:53.159
 and

00:38:53.159 --> 00:38:53.299
 be

00:38:53.299 --> 00:38:53.559
 free

00:38:53.559 --> 00:38:54.719
 but

00:38:54.719 --> 00:38:54.799
 he

00:38:54.799 --> 00:38:54.980
 didn't

00:38:54.980 --> 00:38:55.139
 do

00:38:55.139 --> 00:38:55.480
 that

00:38:55.480 --> 00:38:55.980
 he

00:38:55.980 --> 00:38:56.980
 saved

00:38:56.980 --> 00:38:57.380
 us

00:38:57.380 --> 00:38:58.360
 gave

00:38:58.360 --> 00:38:58.539
 us

00:38:58.539 --> 00:38:58.679
 the

00:38:58.679 --> 00:38:59.000
 perfect

00:38:59.000 --> 00:38:59.500
 righteousness

00:38:59.500 --> 00:38:59.900
 of

00:38:59.900 --> 00:39:00.259
 Christ

00:39:00.260 --> 00:39:00.460
 and

00:39:00.460 --> 00:39:00.900
 brought

00:39:00.900 --> 00:39:01.100
 us

00:39:01.100 --> 00:39:01.360
 into

00:39:01.360 --> 00:39:01.640
 his

00:39:01.640 --> 00:39:02.060
 family

00:39:02.060 --> 00:39:02.740
 in

00:39:02.740 --> 00:39:02.860
 the

00:39:02.860 --> 00:39:03.100
 same

00:39:03.100 --> 00:39:03.440
 way

00:39:03.440 --> 00:39:04.120
 that

00:39:04.120 --> 00:39:04.880
 Mephibosheth

00:39:04.880 --> 00:39:05.960
 was brought

00:39:05.960 --> 00:39:06.400
 into the

00:39:06.400 --> 00:39:06.840
 family of

00:39:06.840 --> 00:39:07.120
 David

00:39:07.120 --> 00:39:08.160
 and

00:39:08.160 --> 00:39:08.260
 we

00:39:08.260 --> 00:39:08.400
 are

00:39:08.400 --> 00:39:08.800
 welcome

00:39:08.800 --> 00:39:09.220
 at

00:39:09.220 --> 00:39:10.060
 his

00:39:10.060 --> 00:39:10.460
 table

00:39:10.460 --> 00:39:11.220
 because

00:39:11.220 --> 00:39:11.440
 of

00:39:11.440 --> 00:39:11.860
 Christ

00:39:11.860 --> 00:39:12.720
 and

00:39:12.720 --> 00:39:13.180
 accepted

00:39:13.180 --> 00:39:13.560
 in

00:39:13.560 --> 00:39:13.700
 the

00:39:13.700 --> 00:39:14.060
 beloved

00:39:14.060 --> 00:39:15.560
 so

00:39:15.560 --> 00:39:15.700
 I

00:39:15.700 --> 00:39:16.040
 pray

00:39:16.040 --> 00:39:16.680
 that

00:39:16.680 --> 00:39:18.160
 you

00:39:18.160 --> 00:39:18.620
 actually

00:39:18.620 --> 00:39:19.140
 ponder

00:39:19.140 --> 00:39:19.380
 the

00:39:19.380 --> 00:39:19.600
 great

00:39:19.600 --> 00:39:19.920
 mercy

00:39:19.920 --> 00:39:20.100
 of

00:39:20.100 --> 00:39:20.400
 God

00:39:20.400 --> 00:39:21.400
 don't

00:39:21.400 --> 00:39:21.760
 forget

00:39:21.760 --> 00:39:22.060
 it

00:39:22.060 --> 00:39:23.020
 always

00:39:23.020 --> 00:39:23.320
 keep

00:39:23.320 --> 00:39:23.440
 it

00:39:23.440 --> 00:39:23.660
 very

00:39:23.660 --> 00:39:23.940
 near

00:39:23.940 --> 00:39:24.100
 that

00:39:24.100 --> 00:39:24.240
 you

00:39:24.240 --> 00:39:24.380
 are

00:39:24.380 --> 00:39:24.680
 not

00:39:24.680 --> 00:39:25.060
 worthy

00:39:25.060 --> 00:39:25.260
 of

00:39:25.260 --> 00:39:25.580
 anything

00:39:25.580 --> 00:39:26.000
 good

00:39:26.000 --> 00:39:26.160
 that

00:39:26.160 --> 00:39:26.280
 you

00:39:26.280 --> 00:39:26.600
 have

00:39:26.600 --> 00:39:27.100
 especially

00:39:27.100 --> 00:39:27.720
 redemption

00:39:27.720 --> 00:39:28.620
 in

00:39:28.620 --> 00:39:29.040
 Christ

00:39:29.040 --> 00:39:30.080
 and

00:39:30.079 --> 00:39:30.480
 may that

00:39:30.480 --> 00:39:31.079
 lead you

00:39:31.079 --> 00:39:31.299
 to

00:39:31.299 --> 00:39:31.980
 rejoice

00:39:31.980 --> 00:39:33.019
 in

00:39:33.019 --> 00:39:33.380
 God's

00:39:33.380 --> 00:39:33.900
 salvation

00:39:33.900 --> 00:39:35.779
 and

00:39:35.779 --> 00:39:36.119
 may that

00:39:36.119 --> 00:39:36.579
 lead you

00:39:36.579 --> 00:39:36.819
 to

00:39:36.819 --> 00:39:37.299
 obedience

00:39:37.299 --> 00:39:37.759
 in

00:39:37.759 --> 00:39:38.099
 Christ

00:39:38.099 --> 00:39:39.699
 what a

00:39:39.699 --> 00:39:40.119
 savior

00:39:40.119 --> 00:39:40.719
 we have

00:39:40.719 --> 00:39:42.840
 he's

00:39:42.840 --> 00:39:43.159
 so good

00:39:43.159 --> 00:39:43.579
 to us

00:39:43.579 --> 00:39:45.679
 so with

00:39:45.679 --> 00:39:45.940
 this

00:39:45.940 --> 00:39:46.219
 let's

00:39:46.219 --> 00:39:46.880
 close

00:39:46.880 --> 00:39:47.179
 in

00:39:47.179 --> 00:39:47.460
 prayer