How To Embrace Grace

2 SAMUEL 9 CHAPTR 5-7

HOW TO EMBRACE GRACE

5 Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son

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6 Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant!

7 And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.

I WANNA TALK THIS MORNING ON HOW TO EMBRACE GRACE, HOW DO WE

EMBRACE GRACE? WHAT WOULD GRACE LOOK LIKE

IT WOULD PROBABLY LOOK LIKE THE BLIND MAN AT THE POOL OF BETHESA, OR MAYBE IT WOULD LOOK LIKE RAHAB THE PROSTITUTE, OR PERHALPS IT WOULD LOOK LIKE YOU AND ME

THIS MORNING I WANNA LOOK AT METPHIBOSETH, LIKE THE BLIND MAN AND THE AND THE PROSTITUTE AND MANY OTHERS THEY LOOK OF NO VALUE, THEY BRING NOTHING TO THE TABLE, THEY ARE OUTCAST, THEY ARE THE ONES ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN

AND HERE THIS MORNNG IS AN OUTSIDER LOOKING IN NAME METPHIBOSETH

THE STORY GOES, DAVID IS NOW IN THE THRONE ROOM IN HIS PALACE, HE IS NOW THE KING IN JERULESM, SITTING DOWN IN HIS PALACE, HE BEGANS TO THINK ABOUT HOW GOOD GOD HAS BEEN TO HIM, HOW FAR GOD HAS BROUGHT HIM, HOW MANY DOORS GOD HAS OPENED FOR HIM, AND DAVID REMEMBERS HE IS NOT WHERE HE IS BY HIMSELF, AND I THINK I OUTTA SAY THIS TODAY, NOBODY IS SELF MADE, IF YOU’RE ANYWHERE, SOMEBODY HELPED YOU GET THERE, SOMEBODY PRAYED FOR YOU, SOMEBODY GAVE YOU A PUSH, GAVE YOU A HELPING HAND, YOU ARE NOT WHO YOU ARE BY YOURSELF, IT’S BY THE GRACE OF GOD THAT SOMEBODY HELPED YOU

SO, DAVID STARTED THINKING ABOUT JOHATHAN AND HOW JONATHAN LOVED HIM INSPITE OF HOW HIS FATHER HATED HIM, BUT JONATHAN ALREADY KNEW THAT DAVID WOULD BE THE NEXT KING

SO, DAVID IS NOW KING, HE IS NO LONGER A SWEET LITTLE BOY WITH AN INSTRUMENT, AND DESPITE THE MANY TIMES SAUL TRIED TO KILL HIM DAVID REFUSED TO RETALIATE, HE REFUSED TO TOUCH GOD’S ANNOITED KING

BECAUSE WHEN GOD HAS SOMETHING FOR YOU, IT’S FOR YOU, YOU DON’T HAVE TO UNDERCUT ANYBODY, YOU DON’T HAVE TO CHEAT OR STEAL, YOU DON’T HAVE TO TAKE WHAT BELONG TO SOMEONE ELSE, BECAUSE WHEN GOD CHOOSES TO BLESS YOU, NO MATTER HOW MUCH THEY HATE ON YOU THEY CAN’T STOP YOU, NO MATTER HOW MANY ROAD BLOCKS THEY PUT BEFORE YOU THEY CAN’T STOP YOU. IF GOD BE FOR YOU WHO CAN BE AGAINST YOU AMEN!

SOMEBODY TRIED TO STOP YOU BUT LOOK AT FAR GOD BROUGHT YOU, LOOK AT HOW MANY DOORS HE’S OPENED FOR YOU, HOW MANY WAYS HE MADE FOR YOU, DISPITE YOUR ENEMIES, ONLY GOD CAN PREPARE A TABLE FOR YOU IN THE MIST OF YOUR ENEMIES, AND ALL THEY CAN DO IS WATCH YOU EAT

THEY MAY GET MAD BUT THEY CAN’T STOP GOD FROM BLESSING YOU, FRET NOT THYSELF BECAUSE OF EVIL

SO, DAVID IS JUST THINKING OF THE GOODNESS OF GOD, AND HE ASKS, IS THERE ANYBODY LEFT OF THE HOUSE OF SAUL THAT I MAY SHOW KINDNESS BECAUSE OF JONATHAN (THAT WORD KINDNRESS IN HERBREW IS PRONOUNCED K-SED) IN ENGLISH IT’S LOVING KINDNESS, IT’S SHOWING SOMEBODY GRACE EVEN WHEN THEY DON’T DESERVE IT, IT’S BEING KIND EVEN WHEN THEY CAN’T GIVE YOU ANYTHING IN RETURN, ITS SHOWING FAVOR TO SOMEONE BECAUSE SOMEONE WAS KIND TO YOU

YOU’RE NOT SO BLESSED BECAUSE YOU’RE SO HOLY, NO SOMEBODY IN YOUR PAST WAS GOOD TO SOMEBODY, SOMEBODY IN YOUR FAMLY WAS GOOD TO SOMEBODY, I’M HERE NOW BECAUSE SOMEBODY PRAYED FOR ME

HE SAID, IS THERE ANYBODY LEFT OF THE HOUSE OF SAUL, HE SAID ANY? THAT WORD ANY MEANS HE DON’T HAVE TO HAVE CERTAIN QUITERIA , HE DON’T HAVE TO BE A SOLDIER, HE DON’T HAVE TO HAVE A BIG NAME, HE SAID ANYBODY LEFT OF THE HOUSE OF SAUL, THAT MAKES ME WANNA SHOUT THIS MORNING, GOD CAN SAVE ANYBODY, GOD CAN WORK WITH ANYBODY, GOD CAN PICK UP ANYBODY, AND THE REASON I KNOW GOD CAN SAVE ANYBODY IS BECAUSE HE SAVED ME, ANYBODY CAN BE SAVED BECAUSE HE LOVES EVERYBODY, AND I DON’T CARE WHAT YOU’VE DONE IN YOUR PAST BECAUSE EVERY SAINT HAS A PAST AND EVERY SINNER HAS A FUTURE, ANYBODY! I DON’T CARE WHAT YOU’VE DONE, DRUGS, ALCHOLIC, ABORTION, PROSTITUTION, GOD CAN SAVE YOU

HE SAID IS THERE ANYBODY OF THE HOUSE OF SAUL? FINALLY, SOMEBODY SAID THERE’S A SERVANT NAME JIBA, AND JIBA SAID THERE’S ONE LEFT OF SAUL’S HOUSE BUT HE’S CRIPPLE, HE’S LAME AND CRIPPLE IN BOTH FEET. LISTEN MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, GRACE DON’T CARE ANYTHING ABOUT YOU BACKGROUND, GRACE DON’T CARE ABOUT WHO YOUR MOTHER OR FATHER IS, GRACE DON’T CARE ABOUT WHAT DEGREE YOU PROCESS, GRACE JUST SAYS BRING HIM HERE. SO THEY GO DOWN TO THE HOUSE OF MACHUM IN THE TOWN OF LODABAR AND BRING THIS BOY METPHIOBETH, AND IN ORDER FOR YOU TO SHOUT HERE YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY FOUND HIM IN THE HOUSE OF MACHUM, THE HOUSE OF MACHUM MEANS SOLD, AND HE’S IN LODABAR AND LODABAR MEANS NO HOPE, AND THE NAME METPHIBOSETH MEANS SHAMEFUL. SO, HE FINDS THIS YOUNG MAN SOLD, WITH NO HOPE, SHAMEFUL, AND THEY BRINGS HIM TO THE KINGS TABLE.