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1 Gospel Baptist Tabernacle 781 Salem Road, Rossville, GA 30741 Where the Love of God abounds, everyone is welcome . Children’s Church taught by Paul and Marsha Davis during preaching. www.rossvillechurch. com September 8, 2013

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Gospel Baptist Tabernacle781 Salem Road, Rossville, GA 30741

Where the Love of God abounds, everyone is

welcome.

Children’s Church taught by Paul and Marsha

Davis during preaching.

www.rossvillechurch.com

September 8, 2013

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Fifth Sunday

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King David is returning to Jerusalem.

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2 Samuel 19:24 And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came again in peace. 25 And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth?

David had treated Phib really well because of David’s love for Jonathan and his vows to him.

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26 And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame. 27 And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes.

Truth or lie – we don’t know.

But we do know that he is using the oldest trick in the book:

Blame it on someone else.

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Genesis 3 11 And God said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? 12 And the man said, The woman whom Thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. 13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

It’s not my fault!The devil made me do

it.

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To confess our faults is all about accepting

responsibility for self.I sinned; it’s my own fault.

This is the only way to truly repent.

Back to Mephibosheth:

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28 For all of my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto the king? 29 And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.

David is in a very forgiving mood;

He said Phib could keep half of what he had.

His servant Ziba would get the other half.

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30 And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own house.

Did he mean it? We’re not told.

It may have been a gesture to convince David of his innocence and loyalty. Or --

He may have been sincerely grateful to David.

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David took the words of both Shimei and Mephibosheth at face value, forgiving both.

We can’t always know the hearts of people, but we can choose to be as forgiving as David was.

To forgive doesn’t mean to immediately restore that person to their full place held previously.

Forgiveness means we hold no grudge in our heart.

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Let’s say a man was treasurer of a church or business, and he stole money.

He comes back and says, “I’m sorry.”

You forgive, but you don’t put him back in charge of the treasury.

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One who would be trusted, must prove himself trustworthy -- over time.

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31 And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan. 32 Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.

Barzillai had proven himself a true friend in David’s time of trouble and need.

A friend in time of need is a friend indeed.

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33 And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem.

34 And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem? 35 I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?

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36 Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward? 37 Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee.

Chimham was probably Barzillai’s son.

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38 And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require of me, that will I do for thee. 39 And all the people went over Jordan. And when the king was come over, the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto his own place.

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40 Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him: and all the people of Judah conducted the king, and also half the people of Israel. 41 And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David's men with him, over Jordan?

Jealousy raises its ugly head.“the men of Israel” is referring to the ten northern

tribes; Judah was in the south.

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42 And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king's cost? or hath he given us any gift?

David was of the tribe of Judah.

The men of Judah were receiving no special treatment from David; probably they were taking

care of him.

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43 And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

EscalationFierce words are never good.

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This division and animosity continues to grow as time goes by, until finally the nation is split in two.

Proverbs 15 1 A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

Fierce words will lead only to greater hurt and anger, but will never heal a wound.

God tells us to be kind, tender-hearted, forgiving.

Fierce words and deeds are contrary to the very Nature of our Father in Heaven.