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Dr. Jim Garlow is a lifelong pastor who most recently served in San Diego, California, and now leads Well Versed, a ministry dedicated to bringing biblical
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The Covenant Between Jonathan and David 0:10 We're gonna telescope the time of the sermon down to accommodate all we've had to share this morning, but second Samuel 9 is where we're going. Second Samuel 9 is where we're going. I want you to see an application of0:22 the covenant steps of the covenant making ceremony in scripture that we might have missed in the past if you weren't watching for it. And I take you to the end of first Samuel first Samuel 18 to set the0:34 stage so we can get the second Samuel chapter 9 where we'll be in a moment. First Samuel chapter 18. It says, now it came about when they finished speaking to Saul that the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David0:46 and Jonathan loved him as himself. Now what's about to take place is a covenant making ceremony. Remember, Saul is the king. He has a boy named Jonathan. Jonathan is about to0:58 make a covenant with his friend named David. And Saul took him that day and did not let him return to his father's house. This is aft this is right after the slaying of Goliath. David's a young shepherd1:09 boy, he was at that point coming right off the shepherd's fields. Then Jonathan made a covenant. Now here's that language, you might have shot by if you would not have known about covenant with David because he loved him1:21 as himself and Jonathan stripped himself with the robe. I'm gonna stop right there. 1 of the most horrific, 1 of the most offensive things going on in the homosexual community today is they take a text like this and turn1:33 it into a homosexual relationship. There is nothing of that kind. This is a covenant making ceremony, and people who understand ancient covenant making ceremony know exactly what1:45 says he loved him as his self, and he gave his outer garment, his outer robe. That is distinct covenant making language that was common at the time. Has nothing to do with those who would try to distort this incredible1:56 wonderful text. And Jonathan stripped himself his robe that was on him and gave it to David. Look at his armor, including his sword, his bow and his belt. So there we have the first 3 steps of the covenant2:08 making ceremony. The outer garment, the belt, and the weaponry. The identity, the assets, the enemies have now been exchanged. Now I jump you to second Samuel 4 4.2:20 Second Samuel, now it's Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son crippled in his feet. He was 5 years old when the report of Saul and Jonathan came. What was the report that came? The report was they've been killed in2:32 battle. So the king is dead. His boy who would follow him in the kingship is dead. Who would be next in line? It'd be Jonathan's son2:44 Mephibosheth. Watch what happens. When the report of Saul and Jonathan came, that they'd been killed, from Jezreel, and his nurse took him up and fled. They're running for governor from the2:55 enemy. And it happened that in her hurry to flee, he fell and became lame and his name was Mephibosheth. Now we have a 5 year old boy, Mephibosheth, lame in his feet. He's the obvious 13:07 who's in line to be a descendant for the kingship, for the for the throne. Now we're gonna jump it ahead, David is now king. It's second Samuel 9, then David said, is there not anyone left in3:19 the house of Saul that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake? Now there was a servant, let me stop right there. Notice the phrasing, I may show him kindness. I've said to you before, so I'm repeating, the Hebrew3:31 word there is c h e s e d. It looks like cheesed, but it's pronounced in Hebrew culture, chesed. Chesed, that3:43 is translated here kindness, but it's so much more. It's covenantal love. It's love that never ends for you because it's covenantal. It has no ending to it. It's forever eternal Lou, love that3:55 pursues. So is there not someone because of the covenant I've made with Jonathan, because the covenant is multigenerational. In other words, David made a covenant with Jonathan, but4:06 if Jonathan has descendants, that covenant applies to those kids as well. So is there anyone in the house of Saul who's and and so the house of Ziba came, they called him David. And the king said to him, are4:18 you Ziba? And he said, I am your servant. And the king said, is there not yet anyone of the house of Saul, a descendant of Saul, to whom I may show this covenantal hesed love of4:30 God? And Ziba said to the king, there is still a son of Jonathan who is crippled in both feet. So the king said to him, where is he? And Ziba said to the king, behold he's in the house of Machir,4:42 remember that word, the son of Amiel, remember that word, in Lo Debar, remember that word. Then King David sent and brought him back from the house of Machir, son of Amiel, from Lo debar.4:54 And Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, who was the son of Saul, came to David and fell on his face and prostrated himself. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he said, here is5:05 your servant. And David said to him, do not fear, for I will surely show you hesed love, covenant of love to you, for the sake of your father, Jonathan, because I'd made a covenant with him, and5:17 will restore you all the land of your grandfather, Saul. And you shall eat at my table regularly. Now some of the translations, you'll eat at my table continually. I'd rather be eating continually than regularly,5:29 wouldn't you? Again, he prostrated himself and says, what is your servant that you should regard a dead dog like me? Then the king called Saul's servant Ziba and said, all that belong to5:41 Saul and all this house I've given to your master's grandson, everything belongs to him. Honor this guy Mephibosheth because of the covenant. And you and your sons and your servants will cultivate the land for him.5:51 You'll bring in the produce so that your master's grandson may have food. Nevertheless, Mephibosheth, your master's grandson, shall eat at my table regularly. So they went effectively and did that. Skip the verse, verse6:02 of 9. So Mephibosheth ate verse 10 rather. So Mephibosheth ate at David's table as 1 of the king's sons, and Mephibosheth had a young son whose name was Micah, and all who lived in the house of Ziba were6:14 servants of Mephibosheth. So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, no longer in Lo Debar, for he ate at the king tables regularly, for he was lame in both feet. That is an actualFrom Lo Debar to the Palace: Our Story 6:26 historical event. That is a covenant making ceremony demonstrated, but what is physical in the Old Testament is oftentimes spiritual in the new. The spiritual6:38 import of that story has a direct impact and relevance to you, and even though it is a physical story that occurred in time and space that's what the definition of history is time and space.6:50 It occurred in history, the spiritual import of that is many times over for each 1 of you. And what do I mean by that? You are in that story. How? David represents7:02 symbolically Jesus. The figure of Mephibosheth represents you and me, and we dwell too much of the time in Lo7:13 Debar. Let me unpack it. Here is here's let let's just pack the story like this. David I picture David washing his hands for the evening meal, and he notices Let's just7:25 assume for a moment that he had a covenant mark right here that he made with Jonathan. We don't know whether he did, but let's assume they had the covenant mark. And he sees that covenant mark, he says, oh my. I miss7:37 Jonathan. He's been gone a long time. Wow. I miss him. How long has it been? 10 years? 20 years? I miss him. Oh, I wonder if there's any of his offspring around.7:49 Because as I made the covenant with him, it applies to them as well. Oh, is it possible that Hey, Ziba. Ziba, are are are there any offspring left over from from Mephibosheth that are I mean8:01 from, Jonathan? Oh, really? What's his name? Mephibosheth. Wow. Where where is he? Lo debar. Oh, everybody8:13 That's arid dry ground down there. Oh, who would wanna live in Lo debar? Oh, you know what? I'm gonna honor and bless him because of the covenant. Go get him. Ziba takes off. Now we go8:25 to Lodobar. There's a knock on the door at Miff's house. I don't wanna say Miff and Fish at a time. There's a knock. Yes? Who's there? Ziba sent by king David. Oh, no. Now, what's8:36 Mephibosheth thinking? He's thinking, oh my goodness. I'm in the natural descendant descendants that we could be on the throne, but I'm not. My grandfather's killed, my My father's killed. I'm the8:48 1 that'll be king. David's king. He's come after me because he thinks I'm gonna lead an insurrection and try to recapture the the throne. I'm not. I'm lame in both feet. I couldn't do it if I tried. And and and I he's8:59 coming down here to get rid of me, kill me, so I can never ever try to reclaim the throne in my name. And he says, no. No. I don't want to go. Open the door. Open the door from the king. Oh, no. I've been9:11 hiding down here in no this godforsaken place hoping they'd never find me down here. I don't want to go to the king. Come with me. Now David's there. Okay. Get things ready, guys. Get things ready. Guess what? Because of9:21 the covenant, I'm gonna really bless Mephibosheth. Get everything just perfect. The table set just right. Big banquet. Oh, here he comes. Here he comes. Boy, he's lame. He's walking funny. He's having a hard time9:30 walking. Oh, good. He's getting closer. Oh, he's getting closer. Hey, Saibah, why is he why is he laying on the floor like that? What? He's afraid I'll9:43 he's afraid I'll kill him? Oh, no. No. I would never accuse him of trying to lead an insurrection. That wasn't why I sent you there. No. Mephibosheth, listen to me. Listen to me. I made a covenant9:54 with your your dad. You're not getting it. Why are you calling yourself a dead dog? No. No. Myth, get a grip. Okay. Look at this. Raise your head up.10:06 Do you see this Mark? You know what that is? I I cut a covenant with your dad covenant partners. That means everything goes multi generational, next generation. Means everything10:18 I have Mephibosheth, look around here. Everything I have belongs to you. You'll dwell in the palace from now on. You'll ever have to go back to Lo Debar. In10:30 that story, David represents Jesus. You are in that story. You're Mephibosheth. Mephibosheth translates to mean from10:42 the ancient Hebrew, the despised 1 or shame. Care of shame for our past, or maybe self loathing10:54 or maybe just not feeling we don't measure up. We've had either parents or a teacher somewhere or or or maybe an ex spouse or somebody tell us we just don't measure up. We don't have it together And11:06 and and and the look on the commercials call us call attention to the fact that we don't measure up to everybody else and you're just not as good as everybody else and and so a self loathing sets in, the despised 1.11:19 And Jesus says, oh no, I don't want you to be like that. He calls you to himself, and we go, oh we throw ourselves now, I'm just a dead dog. And Jesus says, oh you don't get it. You don't get it.11:31 The reason you don't get it because you're dwelling in Lo debar. Debar in Hebrew is the word. Lo means no. You're dwelling in the place of no word. You don't know the word of God about the covenant. You've11:43 been dwelling in a place where there's not understanding of the nature of the covenant. What the covenant making ceremony is. You've been down there, it's an arid place. It has a meaning of arid. It means deprived of11:52 life and vitality. No word in Lo Debar. Don't dwell there. And Jesus says, Mephibosheth, saying to all of us, oh, you don't have to be despised anymore. You don't have to12:04 be shame bearer anymore. In fact, 1 of the meanings of Mephibosheth is contender with Baal, Baal a false idolatry. You don't have to be enraptured with idols anymore of your life. You're coming to the 1 now who is king,12:17 and we don't get it right at first. And so Jesus says, Mephibosheth, speaking to you and me, look at the covenant mark. See the sign of a nail that went through my wrist or in Hebrew,12:29 yod the hand. This is the covenant mark of the price I paid for you, Mephibosheth. No longer will you be deprived of the word, of the truth that you are my12:41 covenant partner. You don't have to dwell down in that dry arid place. Everything I have belongs to you. Look at the banquet tables. They're ready for you. I have a feast prepared for you. I wanna be in covenant with12:52 you. Let's go on and unpack some more words. Machaer. It says he dwelled down there in the house of Machir. Machir means bartered. InBreaking Shame Through the Covenant 13:04 Ammael, the son of Ammael. Ammael means 1 who was a kinsman of God. Somehow in the process, the enemy caused you to barter away your relationship to God. And along comes Jesus. And story,13:19 and he says look at the covenant mark, Mephibosheth. You don't have to see yourself as despised, as not measuring up anymore. I paid the price for that.13:31 You don't have to carry that shame. What is that thing that has caused you most shame through the years? Don't carry it anymore. My friend, No woman in here, no man in here, needs to carry13:43 the shame anymore. Your name is gonna be changed, not Mephibosheth any longer. And you're not gonna dwell on Lo Debar. Lo Debar is the place where you don't have the word. You don't have the teaching on the covenant.13:56 There was a lady that came forward in an invitation, just about 3 weeks ago and she I saw her standing here weeping and she came back and talked to me afterwards. She says for14:07 52 years, this is her words, for 52 years I have carried this shame. It is gone. What had happened? Mephibosheth14:19 met David and came to an understanding of the covenant. And that lady that day, like some of you right now, moved out of the dry aridness of Lo Debar, the14:31 place of no word. No longer bartering away the relationship of your your your kinship with God. No longer dwelling in that place, God forsaken place of Lo14:42 Debar. Now coming to the palace. The palace that Jesus has arranged for, and he says, because you are my covenant partner, the result is that14:54 you're gonna enjoy feasting with me here and now. Everything I have belongs to you. Gone is the shame. Some of you right now, the15:06 word is penetrating your heart. There's an impregnation that's taking place as the Holy Spirit is bringing this word and this truth upon you this very moment. Some of you are throwing15:18 overboard for the first time perhaps in your life. Shame because you moved out of Lo Debar, the place of no word, to the place where the word, the covenant is being taught. Some of you who've seen yourself as15:30 not measuring up, the despised 1. Those days are over and you realize that because of the covenant, you are drawn into the palace to eat with him always.15:42 Some of you have been contending with bail and tied up in some aspects of idolatry and has crippled you. Now, you're putting that aside, you're throwing and casting that away, and you're now focusing on the 115:54 who is the king of kings. Yes, it does say, and he continued to be lame from that day on. The scars of this world are left upon us. The scars sometimes are with on us, are on16:06 us admittedly. But the eternal impact of them is forever gone. When we come into the palace that Jesus has prepared for somebody here, this is your moment16:18 to move from Lo Debar into the palace. Would you reverently stand right now? Everyone standing, please. I'm gonna lead us in a prayer. If this prayer describes the desire16:30 of your heart, this desire would be for you to understand the covenant and throw overboard the self loathing that some of you struggle with. The inappropriate self image. You you16:42 wanna call yourself a dead dog as you lay before Jesus and he says, no no no. Don't do that. Some of you have struggle with shame, that shame for whatever it is. That shame needs to be gone16:55 now, because you're no longer Mephibosheth, you're moving into the covenantal relationship that God has with you. You're out of Lo Debar, you're into the palace now. Somebody here needs to take that step.17:07 Father God, as we come to this moment, I wanna thank you in advance for those who are making a conscious deliberate decision to embrace the truth. And the17:19 truth of the covenant is impregnating our spirit, and produces produces the offspring of joy and release and peace and delight17:31 and celebration because the shame that we've carried is gone in the covenant. The self loathing, the despising is gone.17:43 The the the fleeing and flirting with with with idols is is gone and we turn to you and to you alone. And so finally this moment we move into the palace17:55 with the reality that everything that belongs to Jesus, our covenant partner belongs to us and he releases an avalanche of blessings and value18:07 and worth and love and healing and forgiveness and all things good poured out upon us right now. We receive that as people who now dwell in the word18:19 no longer in Lo Debar, the place of no word because we know and understand the truth of the covenant. No 1 looking around all eyes closed. If you if you prayed that prayer with me or18:31 were you or 1 who had been changed by what you're hearing today, I would just like the privilege of your pastor to know that. And so if this sermon is applied to you in a unique and special way, just keep your eyes18:40 closed. No 1 looking around. Just raise your hand so I will know that. Raise your hand high. Raise it really high so I can see it. Oh, wonderful. Wonderful. Wonderful. May father, I thank you for what you're doing,18:50 stirring hearts across this congregation. I thank you for what you're up to, moving us out of Lo Debar and changing our name from Mephibosheth, not despise, not shame bearers, but19:02 destroyers of shame because we understand we've seen the covenant mark on you and the price you paid for that, and we walk in the full joy of the covenant. In Jesus name we pray.19:14 Amen. Amen.In this video 0:00 The Covenant Between Jonathan and David6:24 From Lo Debar to the Palace: Our Story12:55 Breaking Shame Through the Covenant
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