![]() ![]() ![]() In the same way the Bible says “the Son of Man is come to seek and to save that which was lost” and it says that God saves those lost souls, not because of anything that they did to deserve it, but strictly for Christ’s sake!Įph. We find that many years later after Mephibosheth grew up, and David became King of Israel, King David went out to seek a descendant of Jonathans just to give him grace for his friend Jonathan’s sake! If we are to be saved, it must be by the grace of God.įortunately, that wasn’t the end of the story for Mephibosheth, and it isn’t the end of the story for sinners like you and I either! The story goes on. However, it’s even worse because we lie condemned because of our sin, before a Holy and Righteous God! So just like Mephibosheth, we lie helpless to save ourselves. For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” It says that all of our righteousnesses … things we do in an attempt to gain favor with God are like handing God a bag of dirty rags! The Bible says “none are good, no not one. This is a problem because we ARE unrighteous! The Bible says that “the unrighteous shall not inherit the Kingdom of God.” 2:1 says that we are “…dead in trespasses and sins.” Just as Mephibosheth was completely reliant on others for his life, we can do nothing to save ourselves from the righteous punishment that our Holy God has ordained for us due to our sin. This is where the picture of salvation begins.Įph. If someone didn’t feed him, he would starve. The Bible says that Mephibosheth was “lame on his feet.” If someone didn’t get him where he needed to go, he wouldn’t get there. Sadly Jonathan died in battle when Mephibosheth was a small child and shortly after that Mephibosheth became crippled. The Bible says they were “knit together like one”. Jonathan and David (who would go on to be King David) loved one another like brothers. In the second book of Samual chapter nine we see a beautiful picture of salvation in the account of Jonathan’s son, Mephibosheth. ![]()
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