I want you to turn with me, if you haven't already, to 2 Samuel, Chapter 9, because here

you're going to find a picture of the grace of Jesus, 1,000 years before he showed up on earth.

A picture of Jesus, a thousand years before he was born in Bethlehem of Judea.

I can tell you, this is the most fantastic chapter in that whole series of messages.

And I've been having the joy of preaching through it.

For it is the gospel in a capsule.

It is the gospel in a microcosm.

It is the gospel foreshadowed.

Chapter 9, verse 1.

Is there anyone still left in the house of soul to whom I can show kindness or favor or grace for Jonathan's sake?

This verse is enough to turn me into a shouting Pentecostal.

For I know that my God asked about me one day, is there anyone undeserving that I can show a favor and I can save for the sake of my son Jesus?

Glory to God, he found me. And he found you. Think with me here.

David suffered for 15 years under soul. David was persecuted and hunted down for 15 years by soul.

David was chased from mountain to mountain. He was chased from wilderness to wilderness. He was chased from town to town. David barely escaped

the javelin in the spear of soul. And yet, as soon as David becomes king, as soon as David emerges victorious by the power of God alone,

as soon as David comes into the seat of power, he exercises grace.

As I said in this chapter, it's a foreshadowing of God's grace who came to earth searching for lost sinners,

like me. Just like God, who initiated his work of grace in an undeserved sinners' life,

David initiates the act of grace to the family of his archer enemy. Just like God reached

out to undeserving disobedience and rebellious people, David reaches to Maphibisht,

the grandson of the very man who hated David, who resented David. God is forever initiating ovatures

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