TCA Tue28May24 - Grace 4 Growth - Apostle Joseph Sithole

This is a story about Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, and his relationship with David. David made a covenant with Jonathan that they would take care of each other's families. After Jonathan and Saul died, Mephibosheth's nurse took him and ran away to Lodibar. Ziba, an official in Saul's kingdom, took their possessions. David later found out about Mephibosheth and restored all his wealth and land. This story shows the grace of God and how it can restore and bless us undeservingly. We should focus on the grace of God and not be too performance-driven. We have a covenant with God through Jesus, and His grace makes us deserving and can restore what the enemy has taken. We are also royalty through Christ and should reject anything that doesn't reflect our royal identity. We should strive for the best because of God's grace. O muša manda, O muša manda O muša manda, O muša manda O muša manda, O muša manda O pašu me muša me, O muša manda O muša manda, O muša manda Let us look at grace for growth. Grace for growth. 2 Samuel 9, 1 up to 5. Good morning. Good morning. 2 Samuel 9, 1 to 5, King James. And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may choose a child as a daughter to him? And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba. And when they had called him unto David, the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant is he. And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul that I may show the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son which is laying on his seat. And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he is in the house of Michael the son of Saul in Lodibah. Then the king sent and fetched him out of the house of Michael the son of Amin from Lodibah. Now son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come unto David. He fell on his face and did reverence. And David said, May he bless you. And he answered, Behold, thy servant. And David said unto him, Fear not, for I will surely show thee kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father, and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually. And he bowed himself and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am? Amen. This is a story about Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan. And his relationship with David. But Abel lives that Saul was the first king of Israel. And as the first king of Israel, he had a son called Jonathan. And Jonathan was a friend to David. The Bible says, Jonathan and David, their souls were so dear together. They loved one another as friends. And one day, David and Jonathan made a covenant. And the covenant was as follows. That if anything happens to David, Jonathan must make sure that he takes care of the family and the children of David. And if anything happens to Jonathan, then David must take care of Jonathan's family. It so happened that now, Jonathan and Saul went to war for fighting against the enemies of Israel. And they were both killed in that battle. Both Jonathan and his father Saul, who was the king of Israel. And once the news reached Israel that Jonathan and Saul had been killed, the family of Saul knew very well that when a new king comes in, he will surely kill them. So, the nurse of Mephibosheth, because Mephibosheth was still a little child, took the baby and ran for their dear lives. And as they were running, the nurse tripped and fell. And Mephibosheth also fell. The Bible says he just got disabled because he was dropped and he fell. But they did not stop running away. Eventually, they found themselves in Lodibara. That's where Mephibosheth was and started growing there. And Ziba, one of the officials in Saul's kingdom, took their possessions, took everything. Took their fields, their houses, and everything. Because David was aware of the covenant that he made with Jonathan, Saul's son, that he didn't want to take anything. But Ziba took everything. He was so heartless, he took everything. So heartless, Ziba. And the Bible says, one day, David said, Is there anyone in the house of Saul that I can show kindness or mercy or grace? Then, Ziba said, okay, there's a son of Saul somewhere in Lodibara. Then he said, go for him. They went, took Mephibosheth from Lodibara, a place of wilderness, a place that was cut off, a place of poverty. And they took Mephibosheth. And David said, all the wealth, the land of your grandfather Saul and your father Jonathan must be given, restored to him. In fact, now, Ziba was stripped of everything. Because he took everything and let that boy suffer. And he said, from today, you're going to sit at my table and enjoy royal food, royal treatment, royal everything. Now, this is a picture of what the grace of God can do in one's life. It's also a picture. Theologians use this chapter as a picture of grace and salvation in our lives. Therefore, we need to go back to this grace. We need to go back to this grace and look at grace. What is grace? Grace is the mercy of God, the kindness of God. It is the undeserved favor of God upon our lives. The undeserved favor of God upon our lives. Mephibosheth did not do anything to please David or to find favor in the sight of David. David was responding to a covenant that he has made with his father, Jonathan. And that covenant was binding. Now, ladies and gentlemen, when we look at our lives, there's a covenant that was made. And that covenant is the covenant in the blood of Jesus in the New Testament. This is the ultimate covenant. We have a covenant with God through the death of Jesus Christ. And that covenant makes us deserving because Jesus' death and his burial and his resurrection paid all the price, did all the work. And therefore, the covenant makes us deserving. And grace coming from that covenant appropriates things in our lives. And therefore, we need to work on this issue of grace. Meditate on the grace of God. Look at Jonathan thrown out like that in a place of poverty, lack, disabled, cannot do anything for himself. But David says, the king of Israel says, Is there anyone left in the house of Saul so that I may show him mercy, kindness, or the grace of God? Because of Jonathan. Because of Jonathan. This is what the Christians will always say. We have grace today, not because of what we have done. But today, we have the kindness and the mercy of God. The grace of God. We have the favor of God. Not because we are good enough. Just because of Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God. Amen. Amen. But here is the point that I want us to, you know, we all want to be deserving. We all want to do our work to please God and get things. Because I've done this, then I got this. Because I did this, then I got this. Because I did this, because I get this. We are so performance-driven that we forget the grace of the Living God. Don't be so performance-driven that you find yourself, that you forget the kindness of God. That you forget the mercy of God. Yes, there are things, listen, the laws, the law of Moses is performance-driven. I will bless you because you did this. I'll bless you because you did this. I'll give this to you because you did this. And because you have fulfilled this commandment, I'll do this. And so on. This is now a life of deserving and performance and reward. Performance and reward. This is how life is structured. But now we are under the grace of God. We can achieve anything that we want to achieve. Not because of performance, but by the grace of God. Powered by the grace of God, we can be the greatest people. And we can get things restored. Look at what was restored. Because of grace. What the zebus of this world has taken. Zebus there represents the devil. Who takes things from our lives. Who steals things. The Bible says in John 10, the devil has come to kill. Steal. Kill. And destroy. All these ways are just subtracting. Taking. Giving. Taking life. Taking things. Taking health. Taking a lot of things in our lives. And this morning I want to decree and declare. By the grace of God. Everything that the devil has taken in your life. Will be restored in Jesus' name. We speak restoration. Restoration. Restoration. Restoration by the grace of God. Hallelujah. You might not be good enough. You might not have done enough. You cannot please God more. But here is the issue. By the grace of God. Things that you have lost. Will be restored. Hallelujah. Amen. Amen. The second aspect about the grace of God. It doesn't just restore. But it also makes the royalty lifestyle manifest in your life. The royal lifestyle must manifest in your life. You are royalty. And therefore you need to live a royal lifestyle. Just like my people said. He was just living a life of a poor servant in Lodiba. But when grace appeared. He was restored to his rightful place of royalty. Hallelujah. The Bible says we reign in life through one Christ Jesus. We reign in life through one Christ Jesus. I decree and declare royalty in Jesus' name. Royalty in your life. You will reign. Amen. Listen. Reject everything that is not of royalty. Amen. Amen. I say reject it. Reject it. Fight it. With contempt and speak over that. Anything that doesn't reflect royalty. Take it out of your life. Anything that does not reflect the rule that you have. Your position in life. Please take it. Fight it. And go for the best. In Jesus' name. I mean the best. I mean the best. Hallelujah. By the grace of God. You must have the best. Am I talking to somebody? By the grace of God. You must have the best. Amen. Amen. In the name of Jesus. The best is your portion. Don't settle for less. Because the grace of God has appeared. The king of kings. Jesus Christ has spoken. That who is left. I like the phrase that President Cyril Ramaphosa uses. No one must be left behind. Amen. Amen. No one must be left behind. And David says. Who is left? In the house of Saul. Who is left? Who is left? Hallelujah. You can lift up your own hand today. And say, I think I'm left. There's an area here. Look at your eye. And say, I think I'm left here. There's this and that and that. What shall I say today? Hallelujah. I need to lift up his hand and say, Lord. I feel like just praying and saying, Lord. Let's stop here. Your grace is upon me. Because of what Jesus has done. He died so that I may live. He became sick so that I might be healed. He became sin so that I may become the righteousness of God. He became so that I can be well seen. He went down so that I can go up. He descended from high so that I can rule in the name of Jesus. And because of Jesus, I deserve this in the name of Jesus. Who is left in the heart of Saul? Hallelujah. Look at the areas that are left. And get it right by the grace of God. By the grace of God. God spoke to Saul of Carthage. Paul, Apostle Paul, he said to him, my grace is enough. My grace is sufficient. My grace is sufficient. My grace is sufficient. My grace is enough. Hallelujah. The grace is enough. The grace is enough for everybody. Enough to make you live royalty. It's enough. You might not have enough money, but you have enough grace. Amen. You might not have enough wisdom, but you have enough grace to take you over. You have enough grace. You have sufficient grace. In Jesus' name, grace and praise. Amen. Glory to God. Right now you might say, well, I don't have enough. I don't have enough time. I don't have enough what. I don't have enough what. I don't have enough what. 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I don't have enough what. I don't have enough what. I don't have enough what. I don't have enough what. I don't have enough what. By grace, we are saved. Not through our works. But by grace, through faith. Now, here is it. Grace is accessed, received by faith. Have this strong belief. Humanism is believing in yourself. Take out faith from yourself. Put your faith in the grace of God. Appropriate the faith. Appropriate grace by faith. By faith, appropriate the grace of God. Just say, Lord, I believe in grace. And that strong belief will make grace work for you. In the name of Jesus, put your faith in grace. Don't put your faith in your works, in yourself. Put your faith in the grace of God. The same grace that saved you. The same grace will restore. The same grace will make you realize royalty. The same grace will put you ahead of the pack. In Jesus' name. Just thank the grace of God. And appropriate the grace of God by faith. In areas that you see are left behind. Let us pray. Father, in the name of Jesus. In the name of Jesus. In the name of Jesus. In the name of Jesus. In the name of Jesus. In the name of Jesus. In the name of Jesus. In the name of Jesus. In the name of Jesus. In the name of Jesus. In the name of Jesus. In the name of Jesus.