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S. Michael Houdmann
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There are two men by the name of Mephibosheth in the Bible, both in 2 Samuel. The less prominent one was a son of King Saul; he was delivered by David to the Gibeonites to be hanged in retaliation ...
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Jack Gutknecht
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Mephibosheth lived in exile from the king but was remembered because of a covenant (1 Sam. 20:14, 15; 2 Sam. 9:3, 4). (It was the Kindness of God -- 2 Sam. 9:3; Tit. 3:4) that brought the king and the cripple together. Isn’t that what brings God the King and the sinner together? HOW DAVID SOUGHT MEPHIBOSHETH (2 Samuel 9:1-5) is brought out here. Mephibosheth was favored—shown in the phrase, ‘that I (David) may show him (Mephibosheth) kindness’ (2 Sam. 9:3) He was friendless—he was “of the house of Saul” (2 Sam. 9:1)—enemies of David. He was famished—in Lo-debar, place of no pasture 2 Sam. 9:4 M was called into the king’s presence and exalted because of the merits of another (2 Sam. 9:5, 7). He was fetched—King David sent and fetched him. 2 Sam. 9:5 This was a kindness the king showed to Mephibosheth (and incidentally to Hanun, too -- 2 Sam. 9:1,7; 10:2; Jer. 31:3). This all pictures the Son of Man coming to seek and to save the lost (you and me).
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