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Mephibosheth: So Blessed But Crippled

November 22, 2020 Rev. Dr. Olusegun Adeleke Season 1 Episode 1
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IKOYI BAPTIST CHURCH's Podcast
Mephibosheth: So Blessed But Crippled
Nov 22, 2020 Season 1 Episode 1
Rev. Dr. Olusegun Adeleke

This message is a character study. We trust God to draw some lessons for our personal, family and congregational lives. I appeal that nobody should take offense about the character used for our study. It is not meant to spite or insult anyone.

A. Who is Mephibosheth?

  1. The only known surviving son of Jonathan - 2 Sam. 4; V.3.
  2. His name means “utterance of Baal.” What a name! I can’t imagine Jonathan giving his son this kind of name. This was perhaps the reason for the misfortune he suffered later in life. Be careful about the kind of name you bear and the kind of name you give your children.
  3. He was lame on both feet - V.4
  4. He was not born lame but became lame accidentally at the age of five when his nurse was running away with him - V.4.
  5. He experienced unusual favour - 2 Sam.9:1-13.
  • Against protocol, Mephibosheth experienced God’s favour.
  • He wasn’t the only one left of the household of Saul. There were others, but Ziba particularly mentioned the one that was be of interest to David.
  1. Mephibosheth was brought from seclusion from Lodebar (meaning with pasture)to stay with the King in Jerusalem – V. 4

Note the levels of Kindness shown Mephibosheth viz:

  1. A reassurance from the king - V.7
  2. He was shown kindness for the sake of his father Jonathan - V. 7
  3. Restoration of all the land that belonged to his grand-father Saul - 7.
  4. He was made to eat at the King’s table always from that day - V.7. Cf. v.10b, 11b; Ps 23:5.
  5. The favors were overwhelming and perhaps not expected by Mephibosheth that he referred to himself as a “dead dog” - V.8.
  6. David also made Ziba, his 15 sons and 20 servants to become Mephibosheth’s servants from that day - V.9-10, 12.
  7. Mephibosheth was made to live in Jerusalem from that day - V. 13.

The sad news was that, despite all these privileges, Mephibosheth was crippled on both feet. He was more a dependant and a burden to people around him. Even when he had the opportunity to minister to David when Absalom attacked him, he did nothing and that led to his losing everything. He went back to square one - insignificance and oblivion! – 2 Sam. 16:1-4; 19:24-30.

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This message is a character study. We trust God to draw some lessons for our personal, family and congregational lives. I appeal that nobody should take offense about the character used for our study. It is not meant to spite or insult anyone.

A. Who is Mephibosheth?

  1. The only known surviving son of Jonathan - 2 Sam. 4; V.3.
  2. His name means “utterance of Baal.” What a name! I can’t imagine Jonathan giving his son this kind of name. This was perhaps the reason for the misfortune he suffered later in life. Be careful about the kind of name you bear and the kind of name you give your children.
  3. He was lame on both feet - V.4
  4. He was not born lame but became lame accidentally at the age of five when his nurse was running away with him - V.4.
  5. He experienced unusual favour - 2 Sam.9:1-13.
  • Against protocol, Mephibosheth experienced God’s favour.
  • He wasn’t the only one left of the household of Saul. There were others, but Ziba particularly mentioned the one that was be of interest to David.
  1. Mephibosheth was brought from seclusion from Lodebar (meaning with pasture)to stay with the King in Jerusalem – V. 4

Note the levels of Kindness shown Mephibosheth viz:

  1. A reassurance from the king - V.7
  2. He was shown kindness for the sake of his father Jonathan - V. 7
  3. Restoration of all the land that belonged to his grand-father Saul - 7.
  4. He was made to eat at the King’s table always from that day - V.7. Cf. v.10b, 11b; Ps 23:5.
  5. The favors were overwhelming and perhaps not expected by Mephibosheth that he referred to himself as a “dead dog” - V.8.
  6. David also made Ziba, his 15 sons and 20 servants to become Mephibosheth’s servants from that day - V.9-10, 12.
  7. Mephibosheth was made to live in Jerusalem from that day - V. 13.

The sad news was that, despite all these privileges, Mephibosheth was crippled on both feet. He was more a dependant and a burden to people around him. Even when he had the opportunity to minister to David when Absalom attacked him, he did nothing and that led to his losing everything. He went back to square one - insignificance and oblivion! – 2 Sam. 16:1-4; 19:24-30.

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