Here is a sermon I preached at New Life Fellowship in San Antonio

Who Sits at Your Table

Thesis: Inviting ALL people to your table is the sign of your trust and belief in Jesus Christ. 

2 Samuel 9:1 One day David asked, “Is anyone in Saul’s family still alive—anyone to whom I can show kindness for Jonathan’s sake?” 2 He summoned a man named Ziba, who had been one of Saul’s servants. “Are you Ziba?” the king asked. “Yes sir, I am,” Ziba replied. 3 The king then asked him, “Is anyone still alive from Saul’s family? If so, I want to show God’s kindness to them.” Ziba replied, “Yes, one of Jonathan’s sons is still alive. He is crippled in both feet.”

He is found in Lo Debar and comes to Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 9:7 “Don’t be afraid!” David said. “I intend to show kindness to you because of my promise to your father, Jonathan. I will give you all the property that once belonged to your grandfather Saul, and you will eat here with me at the king’s table!” 8 Mephibosheth bowed respectfully and exclaimed, “Who is your servant, that you should show such kindness to a dead dog like me?”

9 Then the king called Ziba, Saul’s servant, and said to him, “All that belonged to Saul and to all his house I have given to your master’s grandson. 10 And you and your sons and your servants shall till the land for him and shall bring in the produce, that your master’s grandson may have bread to eat. But Mephibosheth your master’s grandson shall always eat at my table.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

3 Men of the Story:

• David: a Man of great POWER and AUHTORITY  “Who can I honor?”
• Mephibosheth had nothing to offer David.  He was lame in both feet. Living in Lo debar
• Ziba has no authority but is in a critical position to serve and facilitate. For David and Mephibosheth.

There are quite possibly folks here today that aren’t used to this church thing and you might feel like you are out of place because church is for good people.

“What do you have to offer God?” 

“What have you done that would make you right with God?”

I have good news for you today.

Humans left God; rebelled, sinned.  While we were in the midst of doing our own thing and living a life that built our own kingdom, He died for us.

God so loved the world that he put a chair at His table for us. 

We (like Mephibosheth) have no power, resources or value to give God that he doesn’t already have in his existence already. YET, he gives us a spot.  He gives us a place to simply be…us.

He is looking today for people to sit at his table that have nothing to offer him. He is looking for Mephibosheths that are broken, hurting, lonely, desperate.

If you are looking for a place to belong, then you have come to the right place!  There is room at the kings table for you.

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