1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,400 hashtag dancein' you Lord my night 2 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:18,560 God for peace in your 3 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:20,660 bulls 4 00:00:20,660 --> 00:00:23,440 We Island 5 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:25,800 What is 6 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:28,880 good 7 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:37,880 Dancing you Lord my God, dancing you Lord in God's holy hour of life. 8 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:49,880 Dancing you Lord my God, dancing you Lord in God's holy hour of life. 9 00:00:49,880 --> 00:01:00,880 Dancing you Lord my sight, dancing you Lord my heart, dancing you Lord in God's holy hour. 10 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:06,880 I will praise you with all of my life. 11 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:20,880 I will praise you with all of my strength, with all of my life, with all of my strength. 12 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:33,880 Oh my God, dancing you, dancing you Lord my strength, dancing you Lord my heart, 13 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:39,880 dancing you Lord in God's holy hour of life. 14 00:01:39,880 --> 00:02:04,880 Dancing you Lord my sight, dancing you Lord my heart, dancing you Lord in God's holy hour. 15 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:20,880 I'm going to give you a few scenarios. 16 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:23,880 Just listen for one second, okay? 17 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:29,880 And then I'm going to ask you, tell me which of the Ten Commandments am I talking about? 18 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:35,880 Okay, here's the first one. It's not so direct, but listen. 19 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:39,880 You're on the clock. You've clocked in. 20 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:45,880 It's a busy day at work. You're doing one job after another. Your boss has given you several things to do. 21 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:50,880 But you're concerned about what's going on at home, and so you slip around the corner, 22 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:55,880 hide from everyone and everything that's being done, and make a quick phone call. 23 00:02:55,880 --> 00:03:01,880 Or you're playing cards. You'll have the necessary cards. 24 00:03:01,880 --> 00:03:05,880 You realize if you don't win this hand, you lose the game. 25 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:08,880 You've got to win this hand to have a chance of winning the game. 26 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:14,880 So when the other person's not looking, you swap a few of the cards to make your hand a winning hand. 27 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:19,880 And now you'll win that hand and possibly have a chance of winning the game. 28 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:21,880 Now this will make it pretty obvious. 29 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:27,880 You're over at your friend's house, and you notice that his mom just got back from the grocery store 30 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:30,880 and opened a couple of bags of candy on the counter. 31 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:32,880 Three different kinds of candy sitting there. 32 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:37,880 And you think nobody will know exactly how many pieces of candy are in each bag. 33 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:42,880 So you slip a few pieces of those candy in your pocket without asking. 34 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:45,880 Okay, now that one made it pretty obvious, didn't it? 35 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:46,880 Thou shalt not steal. 36 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:56,880 Now, I'll give candy to anybody who can tell me the exact book, chapter, and verse on your first try. 37 00:03:56,880 --> 00:04:01,880 Okay, I already said it's an Exodus, so he gave you that much. 38 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:03,880 The chapter? 39 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:06,880 It's actually in Geronimo as well, but we'll go with the Exodus for reference. 40 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:09,880 The Exodus chapter. Anybody? 41 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:12,880 Going once. 42 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:14,880 Nope. You're out. 43 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:16,880 Go ahead. 44 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:19,880 Nope. You're out too. 45 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:22,880 You're out too. 46 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:24,880 No, it's not. 47 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:26,880 15? 48 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:28,880 15 is too low. You're out. 49 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:30,880 You've got three people out. 50 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:35,880 See how we can do this, especially if you play a brickmanship right in the end. 51 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:39,880 22 is too high versus out. 52 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:40,880 20. 53 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:42,880 20 is correct. You said that. 54 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:44,880 Too many people. 55 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:47,880 Anybody that is not out. 56 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:49,880 He was out for each other. 57 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:52,880 Okay, chapter so far. Now the verse. 58 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:54,880 Quit looking at me. I don't know. 59 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:56,880 He was my verse again. 60 00:04:56,880 --> 00:04:59,880 20 and then verse 10 is too low. 61 00:04:59,880 --> 00:05:02,880 Holly's out. 62 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:05,880 Anybody want to take a stab at it? We're running out of people. Go ahead. 63 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:06,880 20. 64 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:08,880 17. 65 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:11,880 So close. 14 missed by a little bit. 66 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:13,880 Ariana's out. 67 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:16,880 15 is correct. 68 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:18,880 Verse 20. 69 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:23,880 They said at first try they got a piece of the answer. 70 00:05:23,880 --> 00:05:28,880 I'm going to give these to you. 71 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:30,880 I got 13. 72 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:33,880 Okay. All right. We're going to pray together. 73 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:35,880 And then we'll worship a little bit more. 74 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:36,880 One more song. 75 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:38,880 And the kids are off to the classroom with their lead. 76 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:39,880 All right. Here we go. 77 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:40,880 We're praying now. 78 00:05:40,880 --> 00:05:42,880 We're all calming down. 79 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:44,880 Focusing on God. 80 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:45,880 Tyson, buddy, we're going to pray. 81 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:47,880 It's okay. We're going to pray. 82 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:49,880 Here we go. Ready? Are you with me? 83 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:51,880 This is the easiest way to do it. 84 00:05:51,880 --> 00:05:56,880 Father in heaven, we thank you so much that the instructions that are in the Bible, 85 00:05:56,880 --> 00:05:58,880 they're no longer just rules to us. 86 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:01,880 They're no longer just punishable offenses. 87 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:05,880 They don't just point to the fact that the wages of sin is death. 88 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:07,880 They remind us that now that we are alive, 89 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:12,880 there's a way that we can live, that we can honor you and do better, better, better every day. 90 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:15,880 We know that Jesus came that we might have life and have it more abundantly. 91 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:21,880 An abundant life does not include taking that which does not belong to us. 92 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:23,880 And we are grateful, Lord. 93 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:30,880 We are grateful that in you so much more belongs to us than we ever could have asked for. 94 00:06:30,880 --> 00:06:33,880 Please bless us today as we worship you. 95 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:35,880 Grow us today as we study. 96 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:38,880 We study, delve into your word, listen and learn. 97 00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:41,880 We pray all these things in Jesus' name. Amen. 98 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:43,880 Amen. 99 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:47,880 All right. Children, Ms. Sherry has the instrument basket. 100 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:51,880 If you would like to go get one and stand back there by her, 101 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:55,880 she will lead you with our next song. 102 00:06:55,880 --> 00:06:58,880 Everyone else, would you stand with us? 103 00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:00,880 You got it. 104 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:03,880 You can use your hands as instruments, 105 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:06,880 which is easier to do if you're standing. 106 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:08,880 Strike your head. 107 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:11,880 You can stomp your foot like this. 108 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:34,880 Music 109 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:50,880 Music 110 00:07:50,880 --> 00:08:02,880 Music 111 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:26,880 Music 112 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:29,880 That was awesome. 113 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:32,880 Yay for us. 114 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:39,880 After you turn in your instruments, the children and their leaders will be released to the classroom. 115 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:41,880 It's class time. 116 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:42,880 Class time. 117 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:44,880 Yes, watch the classroom. 118 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:47,880 Come on. 119 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:51,880 Kyler, don't have to fall on us. 120 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:53,880 Walk, please. 121 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:54,880 Classroom. 122 00:08:54,880 --> 00:08:56,880 Time to go. 123 00:08:56,880 --> 00:09:00,880 Bye-bye. 124 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:27,880 Music 125 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:46,880 Music 126 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:50,880 Come on. 127 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:59,880 Music 128 00:09:59,880 --> 00:10:09,880 Music 129 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:19,880 Music 130 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:29,880 Music 131 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:39,880 Music 132 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:49,880 Music 133 00:10:49,880 --> 00:10:59,880 Music 134 00:10:59,880 --> 00:11:09,880 Music 135 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:19,880 Music 136 00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:29,880 Music 137 00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:39,880 Music 138 00:11:39,880 --> 00:11:49,880 Music 139 00:11:49,880 --> 00:11:59,880 Music 140 00:11:59,880 --> 00:12:09,880 Music 141 00:12:09,880 --> 00:12:19,880 Music 142 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:29,880 Music 143 00:12:29,880 --> 00:12:39,880 Music 144 00:12:39,880 --> 00:12:49,880 Music 145 00:12:49,880 --> 00:12:59,880 Music 146 00:12:59,880 --> 00:13:27,880 Music 147 00:13:27,880 --> 00:13:37,880 Music 148 00:13:37,880 --> 00:13:50,880 Alright, before we get going, as the papers are coming around and we get organized, I will throw this, I'm going to find some orange in here. 149 00:13:50,880 --> 00:13:51,880 We like the orange stuff. 150 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:53,880 Oh, here's some brown and here's some orange. 151 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:59,880 I'll throw this right here to anybody who can tell me the title, just the title of this past Sunday's sermon, the title. 152 00:13:59,880 --> 00:14:01,880 Go. 153 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:03,880 Coming at you. 154 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:06,880 Good catch. 155 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:08,880 It'll taste just as good. 156 00:14:08,880 --> 00:14:16,880 Okay, can anybody, now I've got four in my hand, can anybody do the lightning point, the bottom part, or get pretty close? 157 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:17,880 It's harder. 158 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:19,880 It's harder. 159 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:23,880 He's got notes. 160 00:14:23,880 --> 00:14:24,880 We're on a time limit. 161 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:34,880 How accessible are they? 162 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:35,880 There you go. 163 00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:40,880 Very good, sir. 164 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:41,880 Okay. 165 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:56,880 Alright, so we are still and will be for some time because there are a lot of entertaining characters and more than entertaining, there are educational characters in, I just realized I forgot to fill in a blank, but I know what it is, so I think we're good. 166 00:14:56,880 --> 00:15:01,880 Okay, in the story of when David was ousted from Jerusalem, you remember that's what we're talking about, right? 167 00:15:01,880 --> 00:15:09,880 We've been looking at people from the story of when David was ousted from Jerusalem. 168 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:11,880 What are we doing? 169 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:12,880 Are we with me? 170 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:13,880 Okay. 171 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:14,880 He's coming in there. 172 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:17,880 Then when he gets there, his attention will be complete. 173 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:19,880 He's going to be focused, right, Alex? 174 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:20,880 Right, Alex? 175 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:21,880 We're going to be focused. 176 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:22,880 We're ready. 177 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:23,880 We got this. 178 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:24,880 We're drilling in. 179 00:15:24,880 --> 00:15:25,880 Okay, here we go. 180 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:30,880 Alright, so this guy's name, I bet you can't guess what his name is. 181 00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:33,880 Zeba, Zeba, right, it's in the middle of the page. 182 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:35,880 The paper focuses on his name. 183 00:15:35,880 --> 00:15:37,880 It's right here in the middle of the page. 184 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:39,880 Z-I-B-A, that's his name. 185 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:42,880 I don't even know how you pronounce it for sure, but I go with Ziba or Ziba. 186 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:50,880 Alright, so he's a smallish character in the story, but he plays a real important role, which we'll see before we're through. 187 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:51,880 Okay. 188 00:15:54,880 --> 00:15:56,880 Everything okay? 189 00:15:56,880 --> 00:15:57,880 Okay. 190 00:15:57,880 --> 00:16:05,880 Alright, so if you'll look in the number one at the top, we're going to find out where he's introduced, but there's a symbol next to that number one. 191 00:16:05,880 --> 00:16:07,880 It kind of looks like a clock. 192 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:09,880 Do you recognize that I've been using it recently? 193 00:16:09,880 --> 00:16:15,880 Notice that the arrow on the clock is going counterclockwise, which means we're going back in time. 194 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:16,880 That's right. 195 00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:22,880 So we're going to go back and find out where Zeba or Ziba or however you want to say his name was first introduced. 196 00:16:22,880 --> 00:16:26,880 And you're going to find him in 2 Samuel chapter 9. 197 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:29,880 Okay, so right there is your reference, 2 Samuel chapter 9. 198 00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:33,880 And it's verses 1 through... 199 00:16:33,880 --> 00:16:35,880 I forgot the last one. Hold on a second. 200 00:16:38,880 --> 00:16:41,880 12. Verses 1 through 12. 201 00:16:41,880 --> 00:16:43,880 Okay, that's the blank I didn't fill in by the way. 202 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:47,880 So now we're good. All the other blanks are filled in for me, so we're good. 203 00:16:47,880 --> 00:16:49,880 So I'm going to read this to you briefly. 204 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:52,880 There is another interesting character, listen for him. 205 00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:54,880 He's important by the time we're done. 206 00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:56,880 He's important in the life of Zeba or Ziba. 207 00:16:56,880 --> 00:16:57,880 Okay. 208 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:04,880 Then David said, Is there yet anyone left of the house of Saul that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake? 209 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:08,880 Now there was a servant of the house of Saul whose name was Zeba or Ziba. 210 00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:11,880 And they called him to David. 211 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:13,880 And the king said to him, Are you Ziba? 212 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:14,880 We'll just call him Ziba. 213 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:16,880 And he said, I am your servant. 214 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:21,880 And the king said, Is there not yet anyone of the house of Saul to whom I may show the kindness of God? 215 00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:26,880 And Ziba said to the king, There is still a son of Jonathan who is crippled in both feet. 216 00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:28,880 So the king said to him, Where is he? 217 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:34,880 And Ziba said to the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Amiel in Lodobar. 218 00:17:34,880 --> 00:17:40,880 Then King David sent and brought him from the house of Machir, the son of Amiel from Lodobar. 219 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:45,880 And Mephibosheth, Mephibosheth, his name is written by the way in the middle of your page. 220 00:17:45,880 --> 00:17:49,880 I gave it to you one time, so because you're going to have to spell it like three times. 221 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:50,880 Okay. 222 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:55,880 And so it says, And Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David and fell on his face 223 00:17:55,880 --> 00:17:57,880 and prostrated himself. 224 00:17:57,880 --> 00:17:59,880 That means he laid out flat in front of David. 225 00:17:59,880 --> 00:18:04,880 And David said, Mephibosheth, and he said, Here is your servant. 226 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:08,880 And David said to him, Do not fear, for I will surely show kindness to you for the sake of your father Jonathan. 227 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:15,880 I will restore to you all the land of your grandfather Saul, and you shall eat at my table regularly. 228 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:21,880 Again he prostrated himself and said, What is your servant that you should regard a dead dog like me? 229 00:18:21,880 --> 00:18:26,880 And the king called Saul's servant Zeba, or Zeba, and said to him, 230 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:31,880 All that belong to Saul and to all his house I have given to your master's grandson. 231 00:18:31,880 --> 00:18:35,880 So David's giving everything that previously belonged to Saul to Mephibosheth. 232 00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:40,880 And it says, And you and your sons, your servants, shall cultivate the land for him. 233 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:45,880 So he's saying this to Zeba, You and your sons will cultivate the land for him. 234 00:18:45,880 --> 00:18:49,880 And you shall bring in the produce so that your master's grandson may have food. 235 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:55,880 Nevertheless, Mephibosheth, your master's grandson, shall eat at my table regularly. 236 00:18:55,880 --> 00:18:59,880 Now Zeba had fifteen sons and twenty servants. 237 00:18:59,880 --> 00:19:05,880 Then Zeba said to the king, According to all that my lord the king commands his servant, so your servant will do. 238 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:09,880 So Mephibosheth ate at David's table as one of the king's sons. 239 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:16,880 And Mephibosheth had a young son whose name was Micah, and all who lived in the house of Zeba were servants to Mephibosheth. 240 00:19:16,880 --> 00:19:19,880 So we have, this is the background story. 241 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:24,880 So real quick before we go on to the paper, Zeba was a servant of Saul. 242 00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:27,880 Who was Saul? The previous king. 243 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:29,880 No, not Paul in the New Testament, that's another Saul. 244 00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:31,880 Maybe named after him, maybe, I don't even know. 245 00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:34,880 But anyway, this is the Saul that was king before David. 246 00:19:34,880 --> 00:19:36,880 This is the Saul that was king before David. 247 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:38,880 And Saul did what to David? 248 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:39,880 Tried to kill him. 249 00:19:39,880 --> 00:19:43,880 Hunted him across the land with an army trying to kill him. 250 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:48,880 Because it was said by God, through the prophets and through Samuel, that David was going to replace him. 251 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:50,880 Saul also had a son. 252 00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:52,880 His name was, going once? 253 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:56,880 No, Jonathan. His name was Jonathan. 254 00:19:56,880 --> 00:19:59,880 There's a story where Jonathan told David that he needed to flee. 255 00:19:59,880 --> 00:20:03,880 They had a little thing where he fired the arrow, fire a pass, and they say it's past you, then you've got to run away. 256 00:20:03,880 --> 00:20:05,880 It's a story, you can read that. 257 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:09,880 Jonathan gave David the hint that he needed to get away because Saul was going to kill him. 258 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:13,880 After he went back and checked with his father, he found his father was trying to kill David. 259 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:16,880 So then he ran from Saul all that time. 260 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:20,880 But Jonathan protected David as much as he could, being the son of the king and the heir. 261 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:24,880 Jonathan would have been king in Saul's stead when Saul died. 262 00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:28,880 But David had been ordained to be the king. 263 00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:30,880 So David was going to replace Saul. 264 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:34,880 So by protecting David, he was sort of giving up his throne in a way. 265 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:38,880 But he was trying to be a friend to David and an ally to God. 266 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:47,880 So now David has ascended to the throne and he wants to reward somebody for Jonathan's sake. 267 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:49,880 That brings us to the paper. 268 00:20:49,880 --> 00:20:52,880 So first of all, the first thing we have there starts with a Z. 269 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:56,880 So if it starts with a Z in here, it's probably going to be Ziba. 270 00:20:56,880 --> 00:21:04,880 And it got a W-A-S of was a servant of Saul. That's right. Was a servant of Saul. 271 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:09,880 And in this particular story, his main role was he what? 272 00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:14,880 T-D, D is capitalized. So it is probably... 273 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:18,880 He told David about Mephibosheth. 274 00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:25,880 That was his main role. The main thing that he did here was he told David about Mephibosheth, which is hard to say. 275 00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:29,880 Mephibosheth. It's on the paper. I gave it to you once. 276 00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:32,880 It's right in the middle above Ziba. Two lines up. 277 00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:36,880 So you can just copy it over because we're going to use it like four times. 278 00:21:36,880 --> 00:21:42,880 So he told David about Mephibosheth. David wanted somebody to bless. 279 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:45,880 Ziba provided him. He provided Mephibosheth. 280 00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:50,880 Mephibosheth, by the way, was crippled in both of his feet because when Saul's household was fleeing, 281 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:55,880 the woman who was carrying fell with him into her arms and broke both of his feet when he was a baby. 282 00:21:55,880 --> 00:21:57,880 And so that's why he was crippled for his whole life. 283 00:21:57,880 --> 00:22:03,880 But he had been spared and now is alive, is a descendant of Jonathan and Saul. 284 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:08,880 And David wants to bless somebody and Ziba provides Mephibosheth. 285 00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:13,880 So the next line then says Mephibosheth. The first word is Mephibosheth. 286 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:14,880 I warned you it's going to be a couple of times. 287 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:16,880 P-L. What does he do? 288 00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:18,880 Want to take a stab at it? 289 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:20,880 So he comes to David and then he does what? 290 00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:22,880 Prostrate. 291 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:26,880 Okay, that would work perfectly for P except it doesn't go very good with the L. 292 00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:29,880 You could say prostrates low, I guess that would kind of work. 293 00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:33,880 But he professes loyalty. Why is that important? 294 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:36,880 Why is it important that he's loyal to David? 295 00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:41,880 Yeah, because very technically he is an heir to the kingship. 296 00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:47,880 Mephibosheth was the son of, was one of the sons in the heirship, 297 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:50,880 I'm not sure where he fits in exactly, but he's the son in the heirship of Saul. 298 00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:52,880 So Saul, Jonathan, Mephibosheth. 299 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:54,880 So he could claim to be king. 300 00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:57,880 Now he's crippled in both feet, he's not a mighty warrior, 301 00:22:57,880 --> 00:23:01,880 he doesn't have a lot of followers, so he's not really probably a danger in that area, 302 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:06,880 but he lays on the ground and he professes loyalty. 303 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:12,880 And then it says and, capital D is probably David, and it's D-T-S-K. 304 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:14,880 What do you think? 305 00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:19,880 You could do decides or desires to S-K. 306 00:23:19,880 --> 00:23:21,880 Jason, what do you think, man? You love puzzles. 307 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:24,880 Something king. 308 00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:27,880 Okay, it's show kindness. Remember what David said? 309 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:31,880 Is there not an heir left that I can show kindness to? 310 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:34,880 And then the next part I'll just give you, for Jonathan's sake. 311 00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:38,880 That's what he said, is there not an heir left that I can show kindness to for Jonathan's sake? 312 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:41,880 So David desired to show kindness for Jonathan's sake. 313 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:49,880 Remember, Jonathan gave him the word to help him get out of there when Saul would have killed him. 314 00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:56,880 Jonathan, Saul's son, heir to the throne, protected David at a crucial moment in time. 315 00:23:56,880 --> 00:24:00,880 And so David is now wanting to be a blessing to that household, and there's very few left, 316 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:05,880 and the only one they could find was Mephibosheth provided by Zeba. 317 00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:08,880 And then we've got a Z, so that's Zeba or Ziba. 318 00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:14,880 What happened to Ziba in this story, what we just read, what happened to him? 319 00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:19,880 Okay, let me read a little bit of it again. 320 00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:22,880 Then the king called Saul's servant, Ziba, and said to him, 321 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:27,880 All that belonged to Saul and to all his house I have given to your master's grandson, 322 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:30,880 and you and your sons, your servants, shall cultivate the land for him. 323 00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:34,880 You shall bring in the produce so that your master's grandson may have food. 324 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:38,880 Nevertheless, Mephibosheth, your master's grandson, shall eat at my table regularly. 325 00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:40,880 He had fifteen sons and twenty servants. 326 00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:45,880 So what do you think? In this story, what happened to Ziba? 327 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:51,880 Okay, he was assigned, he and his family, anybody want to finish that? 328 00:24:51,880 --> 00:24:53,880 Say it again? 329 00:24:53,880 --> 00:24:56,880 No, he wasn't murdered. 330 00:24:56,880 --> 00:25:00,880 He and his family, where are we at? 331 00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:06,880 Okay, he and his family, WMTE. 332 00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:10,880 They would manage the estate. 333 00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:13,880 It's like a noun verb or adjective. 334 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:16,880 I could do that, you're right. Sometimes I'll do that, I'll think about that. 335 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:19,880 Okay, would manage the estate of Saul. 336 00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:22,880 So they're going to run it all. It's a big deal. 337 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:25,880 This is a big estate. It's wealth. It's a lot of money. 338 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:27,880 So they're essentially the main boarders then? 339 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:29,880 Well, they're going to do everything. 340 00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:34,880 In fact, the only reason you could say that they don't own it all is because Mephibosheth owns it all. 341 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:36,880 Mephibosheth is not going to work the fields. 342 00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:39,880 You're not going to find him out walking in the fields making sure they're doing the right thing. 343 00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:47,880 These people are given all of the authority, but they are given the authority under Mephibosheth. 344 00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:55,880 So he and his family, all those 15 sons and 20 servants, will now manage all of Saul's previous estates. 345 00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:57,880 This is a huge honor. 346 00:25:57,880 --> 00:26:03,880 But Mephibosheth would, it's a verb, eat. 347 00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:07,880 At the king's table. 348 00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:10,880 I used an F. It probably should have been an R. 349 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:11,880 Frequently. 350 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:12,880 Frequently, that's right. 351 00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:13,880 Frequently. 352 00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:15,880 And actually in another translation it does say frequently. 353 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:16,880 Regularly. 354 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:19,880 This translation uses the word regularly twice. 355 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:22,880 That's why I probably should have used an R, but I didn't notice that. 356 00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:25,880 I read it in a different translation. It said frequently. 357 00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:30,880 So Mephibosheth would eat at the king's table frequently. 358 00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:36,880 So what we have so far, if you look in the middle where it says Ziba, there's a line. 359 00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:41,880 And the title of this actual lesson about Ziba is One Timely Service. 360 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:43,880 Remember, he's a servant of Saul. 361 00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:47,880 A lot of bad things happened to servants of Saul right after David took over. 362 00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:53,880 Because if they remained loyal to Saul and Saul and his family were losing power, they were running. 363 00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:59,880 But Ziba's still there and he provides one timely service, which in this case was to locate Mephibosheth. 364 00:26:59,880 --> 00:27:00,880 That's what he did. 365 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:04,880 But that's not the one timely service that we're actually studying about. 366 00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:10,880 Because we're talking about what happened during the period of time when David was ousted from Jerusalem. 367 00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:11,880 Okay? 368 00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:14,880 So now we're going to follow that arrow down. 369 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:17,880 And we're going to stop there right under where it says Ziba. 370 00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:19,880 And you see the number two? 371 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:21,880 You see the number two there? 372 00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:24,880 You got a reference. 373 00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:26,880 So we know the book, right? 374 00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:28,880 Yep, 2 Samuel. 375 00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:34,880 And now we're in the present day of the story when David was ousted from Jerusalem. 376 00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:37,880 And we probably want to just kind of drill this one into our heads. 377 00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:39,880 The chapter is 16. 378 00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:42,880 So chapters 15 and 16 are Absalom's conspiracy. 379 00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:45,880 It's when Absalom takes over in David's place. 380 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:48,880 It is 16, yep. 381 00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:50,880 And it really goes through 7. 382 00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:56,880 So 15, 16, and 17 are the story of the whole time that David is out of there. 383 00:27:56,880 --> 00:28:00,880 So right in the middle of that we have a story about Ziba. 384 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:01,880 Okay? 385 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:02,880 So it's just four verses. 386 00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:04,880 So it's 16, 1 to 4. 387 00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:06,880 2 Samuel 16, 1 to 4. 388 00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:07,880 And here we go. 389 00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:10,880 It says, now when David had passed a little beyond the summit. 390 00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:12,880 So this is during that period of time when David's running away. 391 00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:13,880 So back up the story. 392 00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:16,880 Just make sure we understand this for one second, okay? 393 00:28:16,880 --> 00:28:19,880 Remember Absalom is coming into Jerusalem. 394 00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:22,880 They get word he's coming and the people are declaring him as king. 395 00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:24,880 This is either going to be a huge civil war, 396 00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:28,880 which if the numbers panned out David would lose, or he can run. 397 00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:29,880 And so he runs. 398 00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:31,880 And then people are encountering him as he's running. 399 00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:33,880 Remember Zadok the priest came out. 400 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:35,880 They brought the Ark of the Covenant out. 401 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:37,880 David said, no, take it back. 402 00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:38,880 Take it back into Jerusalem. 403 00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:41,880 And if God really wants me to come back, I'll be back. 404 00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:44,880 And me and you and the Ark will all be together in Jerusalem again. 405 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:45,880 That's what he said to Zadok. 406 00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:46,880 We studied him a couple weeks ago. 407 00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:48,880 And there were others. 408 00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:49,880 One guy mocked him. 409 00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:54,880 It was a guy who, Itai, who became a very important general, 410 00:28:54,880 --> 00:28:57,880 even though he was not even in Israel. 411 00:28:57,880 --> 00:28:58,880 He was from Gath, right? 412 00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:03,880 And so he became a very important character. 413 00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:05,880 And he stayed loyal to David during this period of time. 414 00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:07,880 We're following these different characters. 415 00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:10,880 So David has crossed the brook Kidron. 416 00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:12,880 The backside of Jerusalem, I showed you a map at one point. 417 00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:13,880 Jerusalem, there's a valley. 418 00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:15,880 And then that valley is a brook. 419 00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:18,880 Now in the rainy season, it runs big, like a river, right? 420 00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:20,880 But most of the year, it's not like that. 421 00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:23,880 So off the backside of Jerusalem, down through the valley, 422 00:29:23,880 --> 00:29:25,880 across the brook. 423 00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:28,880 And now you're getting over the horizon, away from Jerusalem. 424 00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:31,880 And it says, now when David had passed a little beyond the summit, 425 00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:38,880 so he's getting away from Jerusalem, behold, Ziba, the servant of Mephibosheth, 426 00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:40,880 the servant of Mephibosheth. 427 00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:42,880 Notice he's no longer called a servant of Saul, right? 428 00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:45,880 Because David assigned him to Mephibosheth. 429 00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:51,880 So Ziba, the servant of Mephibosheth, met him with a couple of saddled donkeys. 430 00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:57,880 And on them were two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred clusters of raisins, 431 00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:01,880 a hundred summer fruits, and a jug of wine. 432 00:30:01,880 --> 00:30:06,880 And the king, as David, said to Ziba, why do you have these? 433 00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:11,880 And Ziba said, the donkeys are for the king's household to ride, 434 00:30:11,880 --> 00:30:15,880 and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat, 435 00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:19,880 and the wine for whoever is faint in the wilderness to drink. 436 00:30:19,880 --> 00:30:22,880 Then the king said, and where is your master's son? 437 00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:25,880 And Ziba said to the king, behold, he is staying in Jerusalem, 438 00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:30,880 for he said, today the house of Israel will restore the kingdom of my father to me. 439 00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:33,880 Now notice, or check the phrase real quick, because I want you to catch that. 440 00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:37,880 He says, where is your master's son? Who's he talking about? 441 00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:46,880 Mephibosheth. But notice, is Ziba Saul's servant now? 442 00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:50,880 David placed Ziba under Mephibosheth. 443 00:30:50,880 --> 00:30:52,880 So then he says, where is your master's son? 444 00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:55,880 So that sounds like he's talking about Mephibosheth, but he's not. 445 00:30:55,880 --> 00:31:00,880 He's talking about Saul. He sees Ziba and he identifies him as Saul's servant, 446 00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:03,880 even though he previously placed him under Mephibosheth. 447 00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:05,880 So he's asking him, where is Mephibosheth? 448 00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:07,880 Why didn't Mephibosheth come out here? 449 00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:10,880 The one that ate at my table all this time that I thought I could trust, 450 00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:12,880 who's a friend, blah, blah, blah. 451 00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:15,880 Why didn't he come? Or why didn't he? 452 00:31:15,880 --> 00:31:18,880 Did he send a message? Basically is what he's asking. 453 00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:22,880 And he's identifying him as a servant of Saul and asking, where is Mephibosheth? 454 00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:24,880 Verse 4 said this, so the king said to Ziba, 455 00:31:24,880 --> 00:31:28,880 behold, all that belongs to Mephibosheth is yours. 456 00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:33,880 And Ziba said, I prostrate myself. Let me find favor in your sight, 457 00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:37,880 my lord the king. So now, because of this one act, 458 00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:40,880 this one timely service of bringing two donkeys for David 459 00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:44,880 and all this food and wine and fruit and all that, 460 00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:50,880 David asks about Mephibosheth and Ziba sort of throws him under the bus, right? 461 00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:55,880 And then now Ziba gets all of the estates for himself. 462 00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:59,880 And Mephibosheth is out. One timely service. That's what happens. 463 00:31:59,880 --> 00:32:05,880 So here we go right under that. It's 2 Samuel 16 verses 1 to 4 on the two point. 464 00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:09,880 And the Z is Ziba. And what did he do? 465 00:32:09,880 --> 00:32:12,880 B.S. in two different words. Say it again? 466 00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:15,880 That's right. Ziba brings supplies. 467 00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:20,880 They're fleeing. They do not have the luxury of a lot of supplies. 468 00:32:20,880 --> 00:32:22,880 They don't have the luxury of a lot of animals, whatever. 469 00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:24,880 So him bringing supplies is a big deal. 470 00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:27,880 He's supplying them at a very important hour of their need. 471 00:32:27,880 --> 00:32:30,880 And then it says Ziba and then there's a verb. 472 00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:33,880 And then the M is Mephibosheth. So what goes there? 473 00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:36,880 What did Ziba do to Mephibosheth? 474 00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:39,880 Okay. Slided or slandered was the word I was looking for. 475 00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:41,880 He slandered Mephibosheth. 476 00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:44,880 Now we're going to talk about slander for a minute. 477 00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:47,880 The biblical term of slander is when you talk bad about somebody. 478 00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:53,880 The legal term of slander is when you talk bad about somebody incorrectly or it's a lie, right? 479 00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:56,880 So in the newspaper, on TV, if you slander somebody, you can be sued 480 00:32:56,880 --> 00:33:00,880 because you talked bad about them and you were lying. 481 00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:02,880 You weren't telling the truth. 482 00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:06,880 But biblical slander is when you talk bad about somebody even if you're telling the truth. 483 00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:12,880 Now what we'll find out here or what was probably true is that he's not really telling the truth. 484 00:33:12,880 --> 00:33:14,880 What did he say about him? 485 00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:17,880 He said that he waited there in the hopes that the kingship would be returned to him, right? 486 00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:20,880 Now we have not seen that in the character of Mephibosheth at all. 487 00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:24,880 And I submit to you that David never saw that when he was sitting at his table. 488 00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:30,880 So probably Ziba is slandering him in the traditional sense, which is that he's lying about him. 489 00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:37,880 Remember that Mephibosheth ate frequently with David from the time of his blessing to the time of this day. 490 00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:39,880 They had constant interaction. 491 00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:41,880 Say again? 492 00:33:41,880 --> 00:33:43,880 Yeah, I think so. 493 00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:45,880 But it's sort of a mix, right? 494 00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:47,880 Because he is blessing David. 495 00:33:47,880 --> 00:33:49,880 He is bringing out the supplies. 496 00:33:49,880 --> 00:33:51,880 But he wasn't ordered to do so. 497 00:33:51,880 --> 00:33:52,880 Kind of. 498 00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:54,880 Yeah, I guess you could say that. 499 00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:56,880 So he is doing a good thing right now. 500 00:33:56,880 --> 00:33:58,880 This one timely service is a blessing. 501 00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:01,880 But at the same time, he's not really trustworthy. 502 00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:03,880 Certainly not to Mephibosheth. 503 00:34:03,880 --> 00:34:11,880 And because of what he's done here, Ziba is awarded the estate or everything. 504 00:34:11,880 --> 00:34:12,880 Really. 505 00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:17,880 He says everything that belonged to Mephibosheth now belongs to you because of the one timely service. 506 00:34:17,880 --> 00:34:19,880 So this service happened when? 507 00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:22,880 It happened when David is fleeing Jerusalem. 508 00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:25,880 And the power structure of Jerusalem is... 509 00:34:25,880 --> 00:34:27,880 People are rising stars. 510 00:34:27,880 --> 00:34:30,880 They're coming to the top of the crop right away. 511 00:34:30,880 --> 00:34:31,880 Or they're falling out. 512 00:34:31,880 --> 00:34:33,880 Their lives are being destroyed. 513 00:34:33,880 --> 00:34:35,880 Think about the ten concubines. 514 00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:37,880 Their lives were destroyed. 515 00:34:37,880 --> 00:34:39,880 And we haven't even studied them specifically. 516 00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:42,880 And we might just to make sure we understand what happened there. 517 00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:49,880 But Ziba, one timely service, he's now elevated to rule everything that Saul once ruled. 518 00:34:49,880 --> 00:34:50,880 That's huge. 519 00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:51,880 Right? 520 00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:52,880 Okay. 521 00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:54,880 Now we're going down to number three. 522 00:34:54,880 --> 00:34:55,880 Second Samuel. 523 00:34:55,880 --> 00:34:58,880 The reference here is chapter 19. 524 00:34:58,880 --> 00:35:01,880 Chapter 19. 525 00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:04,880 And the verses are 24 to 30. 526 00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:05,880 Okay. 527 00:35:05,880 --> 00:35:11,880 So this is during the wrapping up period. 528 00:35:11,880 --> 00:35:13,880 So David is getting back on the throne. 529 00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:15,880 He's back in Jerusalem. 530 00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:17,880 He's going to be king again. 531 00:35:17,880 --> 00:35:20,880 So I didn't really speed the clock forward per se. 532 00:35:20,880 --> 00:35:22,880 It is a little bit forward. 533 00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:24,880 But it's really like days forward. 534 00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:25,880 Right? 535 00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:26,880 Okay. 536 00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:28,880 So 19, 24 to 30. 537 00:35:28,880 --> 00:35:31,880 So this is after Absalom is hung in the tree. 538 00:35:31,880 --> 00:35:34,880 Hung by his hair and run through the heart with spears. 539 00:35:34,880 --> 00:35:36,880 This is after all of that. 540 00:35:36,880 --> 00:35:37,880 Yeah. 541 00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:38,880 No. 542 00:35:38,880 --> 00:35:39,880 Pounds. 543 00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:41,880 But yeah, about five pounds. 544 00:35:41,880 --> 00:35:42,880 Okay. 545 00:35:42,880 --> 00:35:44,880 So verse 24 says this. 546 00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:47,880 Then Mephibosheth, okay, there he is again. 547 00:35:47,880 --> 00:35:48,880 So he's not gone. 548 00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:51,880 Then Mephibosheth, the son of Saul, came down to meet the king. 549 00:35:51,880 --> 00:36:02,880 And he had neither cared for his feet, nor trimmed his mustache, nor washed his clothes from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace. 550 00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:05,880 So in other words, he's been mourning David's terrible situation. 551 00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:13,880 Which when both your feet are crippled and it's a combat situation, that might be the best you could do is pray for him and mourn the situation. 552 00:36:13,880 --> 00:36:16,880 I don't know if it's the best he could do, but that's what he did. 553 00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:17,880 Verse 25. 554 00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:24,880 And it was when he came from Jerusalem to meet the king that the king said to him, Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth? 555 00:36:24,880 --> 00:36:29,880 So he answered, Oh, my lord, the king, my servant deceived me. 556 00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:30,880 Uh oh. 557 00:36:30,880 --> 00:36:32,880 He definitely paints a bad picture of what Ziba did. 558 00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:40,880 For your servant said, I will saddle a donkey for myself that I may ride on it and go with the king because your servant is lame. 559 00:36:40,880 --> 00:36:41,880 So he was going to come out. 560 00:36:41,880 --> 00:36:47,880 And remember, Ziba did bring two donkeys, exactly two, not three, not one. 561 00:36:47,880 --> 00:36:48,880 He brought exactly two donkeys. 562 00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:52,880 He said, my servant, I said, I'm going to saddle a donkey and go. 563 00:36:52,880 --> 00:36:57,880 That's what he's alleging is that he was going to come with David because your servant is lame. 564 00:36:57,880 --> 00:37:02,880 27 Moreover, he has slandered your servant to my lord, the king. 565 00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:05,880 But my lord, the king is like the angel of God. 566 00:37:05,880 --> 00:37:06,880 So in other words, he's like a messenger. 567 00:37:06,880 --> 00:37:09,880 That word angel means messenger is like a messenger of God. 568 00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:10,880 He's an agent. 569 00:37:10,880 --> 00:37:12,880 Therefore, do what is good in your sight. 570 00:37:12,880 --> 00:37:15,880 So he's pitching himself on the mercy of David. 571 00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:20,880 For all my father's household was nothing but dead men before my lord, the king. 572 00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:24,880 Yet you set your servant among those who ate at your own table. 573 00:37:24,880 --> 00:37:27,880 So he's making an argument for why he would never betray David. 574 00:37:27,880 --> 00:37:32,880 When David found out that he was still alive and Ziba outed him to David, he could have killed him. 575 00:37:32,880 --> 00:37:33,880 He had every right to. 576 00:37:33,880 --> 00:37:37,880 He killed most of the rest of Saul's household, but he was trying to be a blessing to Jonathan. 577 00:37:37,880 --> 00:37:43,880 And so Mephibosheth is saying, gosh, I owe you everything. 578 00:37:43,880 --> 00:37:45,880 Right? Goes on a little bit more. 579 00:37:45,880 --> 00:37:50,880 What right do I have yet that I should complain any more to the king? 580 00:37:50,880 --> 00:37:56,880 So why should I be allowed to come to the king and even complain about what's been done to me or seek justice? 581 00:37:56,880 --> 00:37:58,880 I was a dead man and now I am alive. 582 00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:01,880 Does this sound kind of like an important biblical message here? 583 00:38:01,880 --> 00:38:03,880 You hear the theme? 584 00:38:03,880 --> 00:38:08,880 Verse 29 says, So the king said to him, why do you still speak of your affairs? 585 00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:13,880 I have decided you and Ziba shall divide the land. 586 00:38:13,880 --> 00:38:16,880 So in other words, he's like, don't concern yourself. 587 00:38:16,880 --> 00:38:17,880 You had nothing. 588 00:38:17,880 --> 00:38:19,880 You had the entire estate. 589 00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:20,880 Ziba slandered you. 590 00:38:20,880 --> 00:38:21,880 And so I gave the entire estate to him. 591 00:38:21,880 --> 00:38:23,880 But now I'm going to take half of it back and I'm going to give it to you. 592 00:38:23,880 --> 00:38:25,880 So he's going to have half and you're going to have half. 593 00:38:25,880 --> 00:38:33,880 Verse 30 says, And Mephibosheth said to the king, let him even take it all since my lord the king has come safely to his own house. 594 00:38:33,880 --> 00:38:37,880 In other words, he's saying, I'm grateful that you give me half of it back. 595 00:38:37,880 --> 00:38:39,880 But the truth is, it doesn't even matter to me. 596 00:38:39,880 --> 00:38:41,880 All that matters to me is that you're OK. 597 00:38:41,880 --> 00:38:43,880 Now, David does give him half. 598 00:38:43,880 --> 00:38:45,880 Once that decree was spoken, it's settled. 599 00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:46,880 He's going to get half. 600 00:38:46,880 --> 00:38:50,880 So maybe that's kind of a nice gesture that he said, I don't really need it. 601 00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:51,880 But he doesn't have a choice. 602 00:38:51,880 --> 00:38:53,880 It's already settled. 603 00:38:53,880 --> 00:38:54,880 OK. 604 00:38:54,880 --> 00:38:55,880 All right. 605 00:38:55,880 --> 00:38:56,880 So now we're under that tax right there. 606 00:38:56,880 --> 00:38:59,880 Second Samuel 19, 24 to 30. 607 00:38:59,880 --> 00:39:01,880 So it's Mephibosheth came to David. 608 00:39:01,880 --> 00:39:02,880 That's an easy one. 609 00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:03,880 Good job. 610 00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:04,880 OK. 611 00:39:04,880 --> 00:39:07,880 SS of M. 612 00:39:07,880 --> 00:39:08,880 It's a little trickier. 613 00:39:08,880 --> 00:39:10,880 It's a verb first. 614 00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:11,880 Nope. 615 00:39:11,880 --> 00:39:12,880 Nope. 616 00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:15,880 Focus on the M for a second. 617 00:39:15,880 --> 00:39:16,880 Nope. 618 00:39:16,880 --> 00:39:18,880 And I did capitalize it. 619 00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:19,880 So I apologize for that. 620 00:39:19,880 --> 00:39:21,880 I didn't mean to. 621 00:39:21,880 --> 00:39:22,880 OK. 622 00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:24,880 He showed signs of mourning. 623 00:39:24,880 --> 00:39:28,880 When he came to David, it was clear that he was mourning. 624 00:39:28,880 --> 00:39:32,880 You can't like, oh, no, gosh, David's coming back to the throne. 625 00:39:32,880 --> 00:39:35,880 I've got to real quick grow out my hair and stuff like I was mourning. 626 00:39:35,880 --> 00:39:36,880 You can't do that. 627 00:39:36,880 --> 00:39:37,880 He didn't take care of his feet. 628 00:39:37,880 --> 00:39:41,880 He didn't care of his mustache, his hair, his clothes the whole time David was gone. 629 00:39:41,880 --> 00:39:45,880 So when he came out and all the hair is all grown out and he's not properly groomed, that's 630 00:39:45,880 --> 00:39:49,880 been going on for the months and years that David has been. 631 00:39:49,880 --> 00:39:51,880 So he looks really like he's been mourning. 632 00:39:51,880 --> 00:39:52,880 Sloppy. 633 00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:53,880 Right? 634 00:39:53,880 --> 00:39:54,880 You can't fake that. 635 00:39:54,880 --> 00:39:55,880 Go again. 636 00:39:55,880 --> 00:39:56,880 What did you say? 637 00:39:56,880 --> 00:39:57,880 Did you have something? 638 00:39:57,880 --> 00:39:58,880 I was just comparing him to David. 639 00:39:58,880 --> 00:39:59,880 OK. 640 00:39:59,880 --> 00:40:00,880 Yeah. 641 00:40:00,880 --> 00:40:04,880 So he showed signs of mourning, which is strong testimony that he cared about what was going 642 00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:05,880 on with David. 643 00:40:05,880 --> 00:40:06,880 You understand? 644 00:40:06,880 --> 00:40:10,880 He didn't just come to David now with lip service and say, well, you're king again. 645 00:40:10,880 --> 00:40:13,880 I really I was really sad when you were gone. 646 00:40:13,880 --> 00:40:15,880 He's been mourning the whole time. 647 00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:18,880 And if he'd go and ask you go and ask the other servants, wherever they would say, yeah, 648 00:40:18,880 --> 00:40:19,880 he hasn't got his hair. 649 00:40:19,880 --> 00:40:24,880 He's been in the same clothes for months or he's changed like three times in two years 650 00:40:24,880 --> 00:40:27,880 or he's clearly been mourning the whole time. 651 00:40:27,880 --> 00:40:29,880 And that David doesn't have to tell. 652 00:40:29,880 --> 00:40:30,880 He's been mourning. 653 00:40:30,880 --> 00:40:32,880 There's no way of faking it. 654 00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:33,880 OK. 655 00:40:33,880 --> 00:40:38,880 And then Mephibosheth P.L. we did this one before professed loyalty. 656 00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:41,880 OK, he says, I have been loyal. 657 00:40:41,880 --> 00:40:45,880 And by the way, when he said, I have been loyal, do you think David believed him? 658 00:40:45,880 --> 00:40:47,880 Yeah, you did believe him. 659 00:40:47,880 --> 00:40:48,880 He did. 660 00:40:48,880 --> 00:40:52,880 Because he'd been eating at David's table all that time. 661 00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:54,880 So you can eat with you. 662 00:40:54,880 --> 00:40:56,880 You talk to people while you're eating. 663 00:40:56,880 --> 00:40:57,880 You spend years with somebody. 664 00:40:57,880 --> 00:41:01,880 If somebody betrays you after you spend years with them and they've been loyal and you know 665 00:41:01,880 --> 00:41:05,880 their their secrets, you know their emotions, you know how they respond to things, you know 666 00:41:05,880 --> 00:41:09,880 all their phobias and you know they're you know, you've been eating with them constantly 667 00:41:09,880 --> 00:41:10,880 for years. 668 00:41:10,880 --> 00:41:11,880 You know who they are. 669 00:41:11,880 --> 00:41:14,880 Then if they betray you, it's like, oh, that cuts so deep. 670 00:41:14,880 --> 00:41:15,880 Right. 671 00:41:15,880 --> 00:41:19,880 But then when they don't betray you, that's no surprise because you know who they are. 672 00:41:19,880 --> 00:41:22,880 He professed loyalty and David believes him. 673 00:41:22,880 --> 00:41:24,880 But there's a problem still. 674 00:41:24,880 --> 00:41:25,880 Right. 675 00:41:25,880 --> 00:41:28,880 So then he what did he do here? 676 00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:29,880 Mephibosheth did what? 677 00:41:29,880 --> 00:41:33,880 That Z in the middle is Ziba or actually Ziba apostrophe S. 678 00:41:33,880 --> 00:41:36,880 Ziba's and we want to finish the sentence. 679 00:41:36,880 --> 00:41:37,880 What was he doing? 680 00:41:37,880 --> 00:41:38,880 Okay. 681 00:41:38,880 --> 00:41:41,880 He reported Ziba's betrayal. 682 00:41:41,880 --> 00:41:42,880 That's right. 683 00:41:42,880 --> 00:41:45,880 So he was explaining to David. 684 00:41:45,880 --> 00:41:48,880 They mainly by way of what David asked him. 685 00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:49,880 Why didn't you come out? 686 00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:53,880 And he said, well, I was going to come out, but my servant betrayed me. 687 00:41:53,880 --> 00:41:54,880 Right. 688 00:41:54,880 --> 00:41:57,880 He wasn't throwing Ziba under the bus like Ziba was throwing him under the bus. 689 00:41:57,880 --> 00:41:58,880 He wasn't saying you need to punish him. 690 00:41:58,880 --> 00:41:59,880 Right. 691 00:41:59,880 --> 00:42:01,880 He was saying it didn't work. 692 00:42:01,880 --> 00:42:03,880 The plan was I was going to come out here. 693 00:42:03,880 --> 00:42:05,880 He was going to settle the donkeys and we were going to come out here. 694 00:42:05,880 --> 00:42:07,880 And then next thing I know he's gone. 695 00:42:07,880 --> 00:42:08,880 That's what he's saying. 696 00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:10,880 He's explaining why he didn't make it out while David was fleeing. 697 00:42:10,880 --> 00:42:14,880 Once David got past the summit, there wasn't any time he couldn't have flee. 698 00:42:14,880 --> 00:42:17,880 Don't saddle donkeys again the next day and gone. 699 00:42:17,880 --> 00:42:18,880 He never would have found David. 700 00:42:18,880 --> 00:42:19,880 Right. 701 00:42:19,880 --> 00:42:22,880 This was his chance and he missed his chance because Ziba betrayed him. 702 00:42:22,880 --> 00:42:23,880 That's what he argues. 703 00:42:23,880 --> 00:42:24,880 Okay. 704 00:42:24,880 --> 00:42:26,880 And then this one's kind of funny. 705 00:42:26,880 --> 00:42:27,880 So I'll just give it to you. 706 00:42:27,880 --> 00:42:30,880 David assigned Hafsies. 707 00:42:30,880 --> 00:42:31,880 That's what he did. 708 00:42:31,880 --> 00:42:34,880 He said, well, you're going to have Hafs and he's going to have Hafs. 709 00:42:34,880 --> 00:42:35,880 Okay. 710 00:42:35,880 --> 00:42:39,880 So we'll finish it and then we'll talk briefly about that because I think that's does that 711 00:42:39,880 --> 00:42:41,880 not seem like a strange decision a little bit? 712 00:42:41,880 --> 00:42:46,880 It's a little odd because it seems like he really just got rewarded. 713 00:42:46,880 --> 00:42:47,880 Right. 714 00:42:47,880 --> 00:42:48,880 Okay. 715 00:42:48,880 --> 00:42:50,880 Skip over to the left for a second. 716 00:42:50,880 --> 00:42:51,880 Number four. 717 00:42:51,880 --> 00:42:54,880 The first word is Ziba and then Ziba was what? 718 00:42:54,880 --> 00:42:56,880 Starts with a T. 719 00:42:56,880 --> 00:42:57,880 Nope. 720 00:42:57,880 --> 00:42:58,880 Nope. 721 00:42:58,880 --> 00:43:00,880 It is a weird word. 722 00:43:00,880 --> 00:43:01,880 It's a verb. 723 00:43:01,880 --> 00:43:03,880 It's a past tense verb. 724 00:43:03,880 --> 00:43:04,880 Okay. 725 00:43:04,880 --> 00:43:06,880 He was thwarted. 726 00:43:06,880 --> 00:43:07,880 What was his goal? 727 00:43:07,880 --> 00:43:09,880 Well, listen to the story. 728 00:43:09,880 --> 00:43:10,880 What was his goal? 729 00:43:10,880 --> 00:43:13,880 Go ahead and say it again. 730 00:43:13,880 --> 00:43:15,880 He wanted the whole estate. 731 00:43:15,880 --> 00:43:16,880 Well, now you do. 732 00:43:16,880 --> 00:43:17,880 Thwarted. 733 00:43:17,880 --> 00:43:20,880 T-H-W-A-R-T-E-D. 734 00:43:20,880 --> 00:43:21,880 Thwarted. 735 00:43:21,880 --> 00:43:22,880 Okay. 736 00:43:22,880 --> 00:43:25,880 And so he wanted the whole estate. 737 00:43:25,880 --> 00:43:27,880 He wanted to be blessed by the king. 738 00:43:27,880 --> 00:43:29,880 He wanted David on his side. 739 00:43:29,880 --> 00:43:30,880 Right. 740 00:43:30,880 --> 00:43:35,880 But when Mephibosheth comes out, he doesn't get the whole estate. 741 00:43:35,880 --> 00:43:37,880 He does get something. 742 00:43:37,880 --> 00:43:39,880 His situation is still better off in a way. 743 00:43:39,880 --> 00:43:40,880 Right. 744 00:43:40,880 --> 00:43:44,880 So he's not only thwarted, Ziba is thwarted and awarded. 745 00:43:44,880 --> 00:43:45,880 You see that? 746 00:43:45,880 --> 00:43:48,880 Because he's not a servant of Mephibosheth anymore. 747 00:43:48,880 --> 00:43:51,880 He's his own man now. 748 00:43:51,880 --> 00:43:54,880 His own man over only half the estate but still his own man. 749 00:43:54,880 --> 00:43:57,880 And then the next words are pretty obvious. 750 00:43:57,880 --> 00:43:58,880 G-H. 751 00:43:58,880 --> 00:43:59,880 Given half. 752 00:43:59,880 --> 00:44:00,880 Given half. 753 00:44:00,880 --> 00:44:08,880 Now consider he, follow with me on this, consider he actually lost on the deal. 754 00:44:08,880 --> 00:44:10,880 Somebody explain to me why that's true. 755 00:44:10,880 --> 00:44:12,880 Ultimately he lost on the deal. 756 00:44:12,880 --> 00:44:15,880 He got half of the estate and he's no longer a servant. 757 00:44:15,880 --> 00:44:16,880 But why did he lose? 758 00:44:16,880 --> 00:44:18,880 Because he doesn't have all of it. 759 00:44:18,880 --> 00:44:20,880 He wanted all of it. 760 00:44:20,880 --> 00:44:21,880 He didn't get all of it. 761 00:44:21,880 --> 00:44:23,880 But it's a little worse even than that. 762 00:44:23,880 --> 00:44:26,880 What did he really have when Mephibosheth was his master? 763 00:44:26,880 --> 00:44:27,880 All of it. 764 00:44:27,880 --> 00:44:28,880 All of it. 765 00:44:28,880 --> 00:44:29,880 He really had all of it. 766 00:44:29,880 --> 00:44:33,880 Because Mephibosheth crippled in his feet and ate at the table with David all the time. 767 00:44:33,880 --> 00:44:37,880 How much time did Mephibosheth really go out and check and see what was going on? 768 00:44:37,880 --> 00:44:38,880 He had all of it. 769 00:44:38,880 --> 00:44:40,880 Now he didn't have the title. 770 00:44:40,880 --> 00:44:42,880 He didn't have the word. 771 00:44:42,880 --> 00:44:43,880 Like he's master. 772 00:44:43,880 --> 00:44:44,880 He didn't have that. 773 00:44:44,880 --> 00:44:46,880 He didn't have the long term investments. 774 00:44:46,880 --> 00:44:49,880 Like he could take the money and put them in there for his retirement maybe. 775 00:44:49,880 --> 00:44:51,880 He didn't have the bank. 776 00:44:51,880 --> 00:44:52,880 He didn't have the bank account. 777 00:44:52,880 --> 00:44:53,880 He didn't have the signing. 778 00:44:53,880 --> 00:44:56,880 But he probably had the signing ability on everything. 779 00:44:56,880 --> 00:44:58,880 He was literally running everything. 780 00:44:58,880 --> 00:45:01,880 And in the end he only winds up with half of everything. 781 00:45:01,880 --> 00:45:02,880 But he gets the title. 782 00:45:02,880 --> 00:45:03,880 Kind of. 783 00:45:03,880 --> 00:45:04,880 Yeah, it does. 784 00:45:04,880 --> 00:45:05,880 Very much. 785 00:45:05,880 --> 00:45:06,880 Yeah, I didn't catch that. 786 00:45:06,880 --> 00:45:07,880 Okay. 787 00:45:07,880 --> 00:45:09,880 So here's what I want you to see then. 788 00:45:09,880 --> 00:45:16,880 Because I think the decision of David to give half to each man is a strange one. 789 00:45:16,880 --> 00:45:23,880 Because if Ziba really betrayed Mephibosheth and left him behind on purpose, tricked him if you will, 790 00:45:23,880 --> 00:45:28,880 then slandered him to David, I'm kind of like, dude, he should be in trouble. 791 00:45:28,880 --> 00:45:33,880 I don't know about killing him, but giving him half of the estate seems like a reward for bad behavior to me. 792 00:45:33,880 --> 00:45:35,880 Except something happened. 793 00:45:35,880 --> 00:45:38,880 What happened that's super, super important? 794 00:45:38,880 --> 00:45:40,880 Say it again. 795 00:45:40,880 --> 00:45:41,880 He had the supplies. 796 00:45:41,880 --> 00:45:42,880 He had the supplies. 797 00:45:42,880 --> 00:45:44,880 He fed David's men. 798 00:45:44,880 --> 00:45:46,880 He brought donkeys for David's family. 799 00:45:46,880 --> 00:45:50,880 So no matter how you slice it, he blessed them huge. 800 00:45:50,880 --> 00:45:51,880 Right? 801 00:45:51,880 --> 00:45:59,880 Even if he did it without Mephibosheth's exact desire or he went 15 minutes ahead of time so Mephibosheth couldn't get on the donkey or whatever. 802 00:45:59,880 --> 00:46:06,880 Even if he did it with a little bit of duplicity, he performed the timely act of service. 803 00:46:06,880 --> 00:46:16,880 And so when a person performs a timely act of service, even if they do it kind of wrong a little bit, they should be rewarded. 804 00:46:16,880 --> 00:46:18,880 It makes sense. 805 00:46:18,880 --> 00:46:20,880 People could starve to death. 806 00:46:20,880 --> 00:46:21,880 Right? 807 00:46:21,880 --> 00:46:23,880 So it's a pretty big deal. 808 00:46:23,880 --> 00:46:25,880 Okay. 809 00:46:25,880 --> 00:46:29,880 So Ziba actually had one timely service. 810 00:46:29,880 --> 00:46:33,880 And along with that one timely service, you'll notice there he had one event of slander. 811 00:46:33,880 --> 00:46:36,880 He spoke badly of Mephibosheth. 812 00:46:36,880 --> 00:46:39,880 And the end result of that is he is rewarded in status. 813 00:46:39,880 --> 00:46:42,880 What is a person trying to get when they slander somebody else anyway? 814 00:46:42,880 --> 00:46:48,880 What are you trying to make yourself look better or people think, well, you know, oh yeah, you know, you know that person. 815 00:46:48,880 --> 00:46:49,880 You got them nailed. 816 00:46:49,880 --> 00:46:50,880 Right? 817 00:46:50,880 --> 00:46:53,880 Or you're the person I'm going to come to listen to from now on or whatever. 818 00:46:53,880 --> 00:46:54,880 Right? 819 00:46:54,880 --> 00:46:59,880 So he one timely act of service, one event of slander, and he got the status. 820 00:46:59,880 --> 00:47:00,880 But let's be realistic. 821 00:47:00,880 --> 00:47:02,880 He lost half his kingdom. 822 00:47:02,880 --> 00:47:08,880 Mephibosheth, on the other hand, was dead when Saul went, broken feet. 823 00:47:08,880 --> 00:47:10,880 He had nothing. 824 00:47:10,880 --> 00:47:12,880 And David gave him everything. 825 00:47:12,880 --> 00:47:18,880 And when David fell away from the throne, when he was pushed away from the throne by Absalom, Mephibosheth mourned. 826 00:47:18,880 --> 00:47:20,880 And he begged God. 827 00:47:20,880 --> 00:47:22,880 And all he really wanted was to see David come back to the throne. 828 00:47:22,880 --> 00:47:25,880 He was loyal in that regards. 829 00:47:25,880 --> 00:47:29,880 And when he lost everything in the middle, didn't he? 830 00:47:29,880 --> 00:47:32,880 David said, I take it all from Mephibosheth, I give it all to you, Ziba. 831 00:47:32,880 --> 00:47:34,880 So he lost everything. 832 00:47:34,880 --> 00:47:36,880 And then he came back and he got half. 833 00:47:36,880 --> 00:47:38,880 So this is what Mephibosheth had. 834 00:47:38,880 --> 00:47:39,880 He had zero. 835 00:47:39,880 --> 00:47:42,880 Then he had everything but didn't really need any of it. 836 00:47:42,880 --> 00:47:43,880 You following? 837 00:47:43,880 --> 00:47:44,880 Guys, listen. 838 00:47:44,880 --> 00:47:45,880 He had zero. 839 00:47:45,880 --> 00:47:48,880 Then he had everything but didn't really need any of it. 840 00:47:48,880 --> 00:47:51,880 And then he had half and didn't really need any of it. 841 00:47:51,880 --> 00:47:58,880 Actually, it's a lot like Christianity because we were dead in our trespasses and sins. 842 00:47:58,880 --> 00:48:00,880 And we were given life. 843 00:48:00,880 --> 00:48:02,880 We've been given everything. 844 00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:05,880 We think we need, oh, I don't know, you need a job and money and bills paid. 845 00:48:05,880 --> 00:48:08,880 We always think of health and life and creativity and art. 846 00:48:08,880 --> 00:48:10,880 We can absorb things that we experience. 847 00:48:10,880 --> 00:48:11,880 Life is amazing. 848 00:48:11,880 --> 00:48:12,880 Jesus came back. 849 00:48:12,880 --> 00:48:14,880 We may have life and have it more abundantly. 850 00:48:14,880 --> 00:48:21,880 But the truth is we don't need any of it because we have an eternal kingdom somewhere we're going where we're going to have the everything that we really want and need. 851 00:48:21,880 --> 00:48:24,880 So whatever you collect here and now is worthless to you. 852 00:48:24,880 --> 00:48:32,880 That's why we don't store treasures on earth but rather in heaven where moth and rust and steel and thieves cannot break in and destroy and steal respectively. 853 00:48:32,880 --> 00:48:36,880 So we store it all up in heaven, in the storehouses of heaven. 854 00:48:36,880 --> 00:48:40,880 So Mephibosheth is an archetype of us. 855 00:48:40,880 --> 00:48:47,880 But be careful, be careful, because Ziba is also an archetype of some of us. 856 00:48:47,880 --> 00:48:53,880 We say we are a servant and we are very good stewards of that which God has placed under our management. 857 00:48:53,880 --> 00:49:04,880 But the first opportunity we get to advance ourselves, we might slander or betray another servant in order to get ahead. 858 00:49:04,880 --> 00:49:12,880 But the thing about Mephibosheth was in the end he had half of what he once had and he needed it. 859 00:49:12,880 --> 00:49:14,880 And the question is what do you need? 860 00:49:14,880 --> 00:49:21,880 And what you really, do you think about what you've got and how much of it do you really need, especially considering you're going to heaven when you die? 861 00:49:21,880 --> 00:49:27,880 So the story of Ziba is to remind us that one timely service and you'll be rewarded. 862 00:49:27,880 --> 00:49:31,880 God is wise and he's just and he's merciful and he's kind and he'll reward. 863 00:49:31,880 --> 00:49:37,880 But one event of slander to try to get ahead and you can wind up with less than what you need. 864 00:49:37,880 --> 00:49:41,880 Okay, alright, so I'm going to ask some questions and then we'll be through. 865 00:49:41,880 --> 00:49:43,880 Do you have any questions? 866 00:49:43,880 --> 00:49:49,880 Alright, we have several characters in this story to look deeply into yet before we're through. 867 00:49:49,880 --> 00:49:51,880 One of them is Joab. He is famous. 868 00:49:51,880 --> 00:49:54,880 If you all could take some time, are you with me, Kashawn? 869 00:49:54,880 --> 00:50:01,880 If you could take some time before we get to him to read a little bit about Joab, that would be helpful because he's a big deal. 870 00:50:01,880 --> 00:50:05,880 And I think we're going to have to do him in two weeks as it is, two separate times. 871 00:50:05,880 --> 00:50:09,880 And then we haven't talked about David. 872 00:50:09,880 --> 00:50:12,880 So there's a couple of guys in here that are big deals that we have to talk about. 873 00:50:12,880 --> 00:50:14,880 Alright, here we go. 874 00:50:14,880 --> 00:50:20,880 I got a big old hand full. When it's gone, it's gone. 875 00:50:20,880 --> 00:50:22,880 Alright. 876 00:50:22,880 --> 00:50:30,880 At the beginning of the story, raise your hand so I can call on you. 877 00:50:30,880 --> 00:50:34,880 At the beginning of the story, Zibba was a servant of who? Jason. 878 00:50:34,880 --> 00:50:36,880 incorrect. 879 00:50:36,880 --> 00:50:38,880 Solo was next. 880 00:50:38,880 --> 00:50:39,880 Incorrect. 881 00:50:39,880 --> 00:50:40,880 Someone else? 882 00:50:40,880 --> 00:50:41,880 Go. 883 00:50:41,880 --> 00:50:42,880 Saul. 884 00:50:42,880 --> 00:50:44,880 Pay attention. 885 00:50:44,880 --> 00:50:45,880 Here we go. 886 00:50:45,880 --> 00:50:46,880 Alright. 887 00:50:46,880 --> 00:50:52,880 In the early segment of the story, Zibba was reassigned to be a servant of who? 888 00:50:52,880 --> 00:50:55,880 First hand was Caleb. 889 00:50:55,880 --> 00:50:59,880 You have to be able to say it. Sound it out. 890 00:50:59,880 --> 00:51:02,880 Yes, I'll give it to you. Very good. 891 00:51:02,880 --> 00:51:04,880 Okay. 892 00:51:04,880 --> 00:51:06,880 Alright. 893 00:51:06,880 --> 00:51:12,880 David wanted to bless someone or be kind to someone for this person's sake. 894 00:51:12,880 --> 00:51:15,880 Jonathan is correct. Jason was the first hand I saw. 895 00:51:15,880 --> 00:51:18,880 I'm sure that's what you were going to say. I'm going to give you the candy. 896 00:51:18,880 --> 00:51:20,880 Sorry, Natalie. 897 00:51:20,880 --> 00:51:22,880 Okay. 898 00:51:22,880 --> 00:51:24,880 Alright. 899 00:51:24,880 --> 00:51:27,880 Okay. Not on your paper. This is for three. 900 00:51:27,880 --> 00:51:30,880 This is for three. Not on your paper. 901 00:51:30,880 --> 00:51:33,880 Zibba had this many sons. Raise your hand. 902 00:51:33,880 --> 00:51:34,880 Haley. 903 00:51:34,880 --> 00:51:36,880 15 is correct. 904 00:51:36,880 --> 00:51:38,880 Okay. 905 00:51:38,880 --> 00:51:40,880 Alright. 906 00:51:40,880 --> 00:51:45,880 Okay. 907 00:51:45,880 --> 00:51:50,880 When Zibba brings out the supplies, this is the beverage. 908 00:51:50,880 --> 00:51:52,880 Correct. 909 00:51:52,880 --> 00:51:57,880 Yep. That's what I do. 910 00:51:57,880 --> 00:52:00,880 Yeeting Bible study. That's what we're going to call this. 911 00:52:00,880 --> 00:52:02,880 The Yeeting Candy Bible study. 912 00:52:02,880 --> 00:52:04,880 Them's the deets, baby. 913 00:52:04,880 --> 00:52:06,880 Absolutely not. 914 00:52:06,880 --> 00:52:10,880 Alright. 915 00:52:10,880 --> 00:52:12,880 Okay. 916 00:52:12,880 --> 00:52:19,880 In this story, these two men professed loyalty to David solo. 917 00:52:19,880 --> 00:52:21,880 You know what I'm saying? 918 00:52:21,880 --> 00:52:23,880 Shut up. 919 00:52:23,880 --> 00:52:26,880 This is Zibba's son. 920 00:52:26,880 --> 00:52:27,880 Yes. 921 00:52:27,880 --> 00:52:30,880 And this is Zibba's son. 922 00:52:30,880 --> 00:52:32,880 It's not David. 923 00:52:32,880 --> 00:52:33,880 No. 924 00:52:33,880 --> 00:52:35,880 Proffessed, loyal, yes. 925 00:52:35,880 --> 00:52:37,880 Say it. You got it. 926 00:52:37,880 --> 00:52:40,880 By the way, those are the only two men in the story. 927 00:52:40,880 --> 00:52:46,880 So anybody who was wondering, they are the only two. 928 00:52:46,880 --> 00:52:52,880 Okay. 929 00:52:52,880 --> 00:52:54,880 Okay. 930 00:52:54,880 --> 00:53:02,880 Expressed as a percent, this is the amount of the estate that Zibba would eventually rule over. 931 00:53:02,880 --> 00:53:03,880 Hannah. 932 00:53:03,880 --> 00:53:06,880 That's correct. 933 00:53:06,880 --> 00:53:08,880 You got neither one. 934 00:53:08,880 --> 00:53:13,880 This is like, they're like, you throw the candy and then fetch the candy. 935 00:53:13,880 --> 00:53:15,880 That's what it's all about. 936 00:53:15,880 --> 00:53:18,880 Okay. We're going to do one more. Let's see here. 937 00:53:18,880 --> 00:53:19,880 Alright. 938 00:53:19,880 --> 00:53:24,880 According to this story, this was the final end of Zibba. 939 00:53:24,880 --> 00:53:25,880 Jason. 940 00:53:25,880 --> 00:53:32,880 It was, say it in a sexy way, when he brought the donkeys to David. 941 00:53:32,880 --> 00:53:34,880 That is incorrect. 942 00:53:34,880 --> 00:53:35,880 Caleb, go. 943 00:53:35,880 --> 00:53:37,880 He got half of the. 944 00:53:37,880 --> 00:53:41,880 That's where he ends in this story, but what was his final end? 945 00:53:41,880 --> 00:53:42,880 Josh. 946 00:53:42,880 --> 00:53:43,880 He tells unknown. 947 00:53:43,880 --> 00:53:45,880 He tells unknown. Good job. 948 00:53:45,880 --> 00:53:46,880 No. 949 00:53:46,880 --> 00:53:49,880 And he caught both of them. 950 00:53:49,880 --> 00:53:50,880 What a finish. 951 00:53:50,880 --> 00:53:52,880 We are across the line. 952 00:53:52,880 --> 00:53:54,880 Alright, we're going to pray together. 953 00:53:54,880 --> 00:53:57,880 So we have some special snackage. 954 00:53:57,880 --> 00:53:59,880 Cookies. 955 00:53:59,880 --> 00:54:04,880 It's baked cookies and garlic bread, right? 956 00:54:04,880 --> 00:54:06,880 In the cafeteria. 957 00:54:06,880 --> 00:54:11,880 Let's keep the food in the cafeteria and try to help govern the children to keep the food in the cafeteria. 958 00:54:11,880 --> 00:54:17,880 And let us calmly enjoy our snack and social time so that we do not provoke the children to bad behavior. 959 00:54:17,880 --> 00:54:20,880 Okay. Thank you very much. Let's pray together and then we'll be through. 960 00:54:20,880 --> 00:54:23,880 Before we pray, we should sing Happy Birthday to Dan. 961 00:54:23,880 --> 00:54:25,880 Three, two, one. 962 00:54:25,880 --> 00:54:30,880 Happy birthday to you. 963 00:54:30,880 --> 00:54:34,880 Happy birthday to you. 964 00:54:34,880 --> 00:54:39,880 Happy birthday dear Dan. 965 00:54:39,880 --> 00:54:45,880 Happy birthday to me. 966 00:54:45,880 --> 00:54:50,880 And you have given me one of the greatest presents of all being here so we can learn about this Goofy Dude Zibba. 967 00:54:50,880 --> 00:54:51,880 Yay. 968 00:54:51,880 --> 00:54:52,880 Let's pray. 969 00:54:52,880 --> 00:54:53,880 Thank you. 970 00:54:53,880 --> 00:54:59,880 By the heaven, we thank you for the story that we have studied today and the reminder that we had nothing. 971 00:54:59,880 --> 00:55:00,880 We were nothing. 972 00:55:00,880 --> 00:55:03,880 We were dead in our trespasses and sins and you gave us everything. 973 00:55:03,880 --> 00:55:08,880 And it is even more than we need because we have everything there with you already. 974 00:55:08,880 --> 00:55:10,880 We pray we will be good stewards. 975 00:55:10,880 --> 00:55:17,880 We pray we will be found on our face before a holy God to serve, to always provide a kindly service, 976 00:55:17,880 --> 00:55:22,880 to receive a reward and to have that reward stored up for us in heaven protected by you. 977 00:55:22,880 --> 00:55:31,880 I'm reminded where Paul said, wrote to Timothy, that I know in whom I have trusted and that he is able to keep unto that day that which I have entrusted to him. 978 00:55:31,880 --> 00:55:38,880 And so Lord I pray that we, gathered in this room tonight, will always remember as we go out from here to trust you with it all. 979 00:55:38,880 --> 00:55:43,880 Bless our sick and hurting, those who are traveling, those who are struggling in whatever way. 980 00:55:43,880 --> 00:55:46,880 We desire your presence in our lives. 981 00:55:46,880 --> 00:55:47,880 And we pray it in Jesus' name. 982 00:55:47,880 --> 00:56:02,880 Amen.