2. What’s so Amazing about Grace?What’s so Amazing about Grace?
Extending special favor to someone who :
doesn’t deserve it,doesn’t deserve it,
who hasn’t earn it,who hasn’t earn it,
and can never repay it.and can never repay it.
• hain,hain, hananhanan – to show favor, grace to someone– to show favor, grace to someone
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3. What’s so Amazing about Grace?What’s so Amazing about Grace?
Then David said, "Is there yet anyone left of
the house of Saul, that I may show him
kindness [grace] for Jonathan's sake?"
2 Samuel 9:1
• hain,hain, hananhanan – to show favor, grace to someone– to show favor, grace to someone
in needin need
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4. What’s so Amazing about Grace?What’s so Amazing about Grace?
"If it please my father to do you harm, may the
Lord do so to Jonathan and more also, if I do
not make it known to you and send you away,
that you may go in safety. And may the Lord
be with you as He has been with my father.
"And if I am still alive, will you not show me the
lovingkindness [there's that word again--the
grace] of the Lord, that I may not die?” 1
Samuel 20:13-14
• hain,hain, hananhanan – to show favor, grace to someone– to show favor, grace to someone
in needin need
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5. What’s so Amazing about Grace?What’s so Amazing about Grace?
So Jonathan made a covenant with the house
of David, saying, "May the Lord require it at the
hands of David's enemies." And Jonathan
made David vow again because of his love for
him, because he loved him as he loved his
own life. 1 Samuel 20:16-17
• hain,hain, hananhanan – to show favor, grace to someone– to show favor, grace to someone
in needin need
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6. What’s so Amazing about Grace?What’s so Amazing about Grace?
"And now, behold, I know that you shall surely
be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be
established in your hand. So now swear to me
by the Lord that you will not cut off my
descendants after me, and that you will not
destroy my name from my father's household."
And David swore to Saul... 1 Samuel 24:20-22
• hain,hain, hananhanan – to show favor, grace to someone– to show favor, grace to someone
in needin need
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7. What’s so Amazing about Grace?What’s so Amazing about Grace?
Now there was a servant of the house of Saul
whose name was Ziba, and they called him to
David; and the king said to him, "Are you
Ziba?" And he said, "I am your servant.“
And the king said, "Is there not yet anyone of
the house of Saul to whom I may show the
Grace of God?" And Ziba said to the king,
"There is still a son of Jonathan who is
crippled in both feet.“ 2 Samuel 9:2-3
• hain,hain, hananhanan – to show favor, grace to someone– to show favor, grace to someone
in needin need
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8. What’s so Amazing about Grace?What’s so Amazing about Grace?
So the king said to him, “Where is he?”
And Ziba said to the king, "Behold, he is in the
house of Machir the son of Ammiel in Lo-
debar."
2 Samuel 9:4
• hain,hain, hananhanan – to show favor, grace to someone– to show favor, grace to someone
in needin need
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9. What’s so Amazing about Grace?What’s so Amazing about Grace?
Now Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son crippled
in his feet. He was five years old when the
report of [the death of] Saul and Jonathan
came from Jezreel, and his nurse took him up
and fled. And it happened that in her hurry to
flee, he fell and became lame. His name was
Mephibosheth. 2 Samuel 4:4
• hain,hain, hananhanan – to show favor, grace to someone– to show favor, grace to someone
in needin need
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10. What’s so Amazing about Grace?What’s so Amazing about Grace?
Then King David sent and brought him from the
house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo-
debar.
And Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the
son of Saul, came to David and fell on his face
and prostrated himself. And David said,
Mephibosheth." And he said, "Here is your
servant!“ 2 Samuel 9:5-6
• hain,hain, hananhanan – to show favor, grace to someone– to show favor, grace to someone
in needin need
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11. What’s so Amazing about Grace?What’s so Amazing about Grace?
And David said to him, "Do not fear, for I will
surely show kindness [grace] to you for the
sake of your father Jonathan, and will restore
to you all the land of your grandfather Saul;
and you shall eat at my table regularly."
2 Samuel 9:7
• hain,hain, hananhanan – to show favor, grace to someone– to show favor, grace to someone
in needin need
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12. What’s so Amazing about Grace?What’s so Amazing about Grace?
Again he prostrated himself and said, "What is your
servant, that you should regard a dead dog like me?"
Then the king called Saul's servant Ziba, and said to
him, "All that belonged to Saul and to all his house I
have given to your master's grandson. And you and
your sons and your servants shall cultivate the land for
him, and you shall bring in the produce so that your
master's grandson may have food; nevertheless
Mephibosheth your master's grandson shall eat at my
table regularly." Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty
servants.
• hain,hain, hananhanan – to show favor, grace to someone– to show favor, grace to someone
in needin need
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13. What’s so Amazing about Grace?What’s so Amazing about Grace?
Then Ziba said to the king, "According to all that
my lord the king commands his servant so your
servant will do." So Mephibosheth ate at David's
table as one of the king's sons. And Mephibosheth
had a young son whose name was Mica. And all
who lived in the house of Ziba were servants to
Mephibosheth. So Mephibosheth lived in
Jerusalem, for he ate at the king's table regularly.
The Word of God added this---remember ..
Now he was lame in both feet.
2 Samuel 9:8-13
• hain,hain, hananhanan – to show favor, grace to someone– to show favor, grace to someone
in needin need
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14. Grace – Understanding the extend of it.Grace – Understanding the extend of it.
1.1. David, the King, out of sheer love for Jonathan,David, the King, out of sheer love for Jonathan,
demonstrated Grace to his handicapped son.demonstrated Grace to his handicapped son.
2.2. Mephiboshelh has nothing, deserve nothing, couldMephiboshelh has nothing, deserve nothing, could
repay nothing. He was hiding from the king.repay nothing. He was hiding from the king.
3.3. David restored Mephiboshelh from a place of barrennessDavid restored Mephiboshelh from a place of barrenness
to a place of honor.to a place of honor.
4.4. David adopted Mephiboshelh into his family, and heDavid adopted Mephiboshelh into his family, and he
become one of the King’s son.become one of the King’s son.
5.5. MephiboshelhMephiboshelh’s disability was a constant reminder of’s disability was a constant reminder of
grace.grace.
6.6. When Mephiboshelh sat down at the table of the king, heWhen Mephiboshelh sat down at the table of the king, he
was treated just like any other son of the king.was treated just like any other son of the king.
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