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Come, You Are Invited!!!
Contributed by Naveen Balakrishnan on May 18, 2004 (message contributor)
Summary: What a marvelous picture of communion is made manifest between David and Mephibosheth in 2 Samuel 9 picturing Christ’s relationship with His children.
“Come, You Are Invited!”
2 Samuel 9:1-13
A. Mephibosheth’s RESTRAINED Condition. (vv. 1-4) 2 Samuel 4:4; 19:24-26; John 8:34; Romans 6:12-13, 16 Jeremiah 13:23; Psalm 51:5; Genesis 6:5; 8:21; John 8:44; 1 John 3:8, 10
B. Mephibosheth’s RESCUE/REDEMPTION by King David. (vv. 5-10) 1 Samuel 20:14-17; 24:14-15; Micah 7:5-6; 2 Samuel 9:1; Genesis 18:2; John 8:32, 36; Romans 6:18; Deuteronomy 10:15; Jeremiah 31:3; Matthew 5:44-45; Luke 6:36; 2 Timothy 1:16-18
1. RECONCILIATION. (vv. 5-7a) Ephesians 2:14-16; Colossians 1:20; 2 Corinthians 5:19
2. RESTORATION. (vv. 7b-8) Luke 21:28; Romans 3:24; 1 Corinthians 1:30; Ephesians 1:7; Colossians 1:14
3. RESTITUTION. (vv. 9-10) Exodus 22:3, 5-6, 12; Job 20:18;
C. Mephibosheth’s RECEPTION at King David’s Table. (vv. 11-13) 1 Kings 2:7; 2 Kings 25:29; Jeremiah 52:33; Matthew 11:28-30; Isaiah 55:6; Jeremiah 29:13; Luke 14:15; 22:30; Revelation 3:20; 19:9