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Pray the Word with David Platt

#640 – The Kindness of the King (2 Samuel 9:7–8)

Pray the Word with David Platt

David Platt

Bible Study, Spirituality, Devotional, Bible, Christianity, Prayer, Christian, Religion & Spirituality, David Platt, John Piper, Pray, Louie Giglio, Baptist, Radical

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🗓️ 11 May 2019

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

We who were once enemies of God have been invited to eat at His table now, for all our days in this life, and for all of eternity.We who were once enemies of God have been invited to eat at His table now, for all our days in this life, and for all of eternity.

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Second Samuel, chapter 9 verses 7 and 8.

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And David said to him,

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do not fear, for I will show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan.

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And I will restore to you all the land of Saul your father, and you shall eat at my table always.

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And he paid homage, and and said what is your servant that you should

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show regard for a dead dog such as I? This is a picture of kindness from David the King to Mephebushe.

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He was a son of Jonathan, he was crippled in his feet and the king. King David basically just said I

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will make sure you are provided for you will eat at my table always and my fibrousheath is overwhelmed.

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He's thinking who am I that I would sit at the King's table, always, and for the rest of my life,

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that I would enjoy this privilege, and in this picture

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of a man who is overwhelmed by the king inviting him to his table to feast there for

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the rest of his life.

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In this picture we see a portrait of what it means to be a follower of Jesus, what it

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means to be a child of God, invited by the King of the universe.

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Just think about this in your life.

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You have been invited by the sovereign king of the universe, the creator of all, the

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omnipotent sovereign ruler of everything.

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He has invited you to feast at his table, not just for the rest of your life here on earth,

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but forever.

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Huh, even, if what we're going to do right now

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as we pray in just a moment.

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