Sunday, December 08, 2024

THE LAME MAN MEETS THE KIND KING

2 SAMUEL 9                                      

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

I. THE LAME MAN

1. Helpless From a Fall [v. 1-3, 4:4]

2. Homeless from Two Falls [v. 4] -his grandfather’s fall from favor with God, his father’s fall in battle

3. Hopeless from the Fall [v. 5-8]

 

II. THE KIND KING

1. He Sought for One to Bless [v. 1-3]

2. He Sent for Him [v. 4-5]

3. He Shewed Kindness for Another [v. 1, 6-13]

 

III. THE LAMER PEOPLE, THE KINDER KING

1. We were Helpless from a Fall, but God Sought Us [Rm. 5:12, 8]

- Wherefore , as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

- But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

2. We were Homeless but God Sent for Us [Acts 17:30, Is. 1:18, Mt. 11:28, John 14:2-3]

- And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:

- Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

- Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

- In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

3. We were Hopeless but God shewed us Kindness for Christ’s Sake [Titus 3:3-8, Ephesians 2:12, 4:32]

- For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men.

-That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

- And be ye kind one to another , tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

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