7 9 17 Kingly Character Outline

Kindness

2 Samuel 8:15 (NASB)
¹⁵  So David reigned over all Israel; and David administered justice and righteousness for all his people.

1. Remembering Promises & Righting Wrongs

2 Samuel 9:1-3 (NASB)
¹  Then David said, "Is there yet anyone left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake?"
²  Now there was a servant of the house of Saul whose name was Ziba, and they called him to David; and the king said to him, "Are you Ziba?" And he said, "I am your servant."
³  The king said, "Is there not yet anyone of the house of Saul to whom I may show the kindness of God?" And Ziba said to the king, "There is still a son of Jonathan who is crippled in both feet."

1 Samuel 20:42 (NASB)

42 Jonathan said to David, "Go in safety, inasmuch as we have sworn to each other in the name of the Lord, saying, 'The Lord will be between me and you, and between my descendants and your descendants forever.'" Then he rose and departed, while Jonathan went into the city.

1 Samuel 23:17-18 (NASB)

17 Thus he said to him, "Do not be afraid, because the hand of Saul my father will not find you, and you will be king over Israel and I will be next to you; and Saul my father knows that also."

18 So the two of them made a covenant before the Lord; and David stayed at Horesh while Jonathan went to his house.

1 Samuel 24:21-22 (NASB)

21 "So now swear to me by the Lord that you will not cut off my descendants after me and that you will not destroy my name from my father's household."

22 David swore to Saul. And Saul went to his home, but David and his men went up to the stronghold.

2 Samuel 4:4 (NASB)
⁴  Now Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son crippled in his feet. He was five years old when the report of Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel, and his nurse took him up and fled. And it happened that in her hurry to flee, he fell and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.

2. Using Your Power To Bless Others

2 Samuel 9:3-5 (NASB)
³  The king said, "Is there not yet anyone of the house of Saul to whom I may show the kindness of God?" And Ziba said to the king, "There is still a son of Jonathan who is crippled in both feet."
⁴  So the king said to him, "Where is he?" And Ziba said to the king, "Behold, he is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel in Lo-debar."
⁵  Then King David sent and brought him from the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar.

2 Samuel 9:6-8 (NASB)
⁶  Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, came to David and fell on his face and prostrated himself. And David said, "Mephibosheth." And he said, "Here is your servant!"
⁷  David said to him, "Do not fear, for I will surely show kindness to you for the sake of your father Jonathan, and will restore to you all the land of your grandfather Saul; and you shall eat at my table regularly."
⁸  Again he prostrated himself and said, "What is your servant, that you should regard a dead dog like me?"

3. Giving Generously For The Glory Of God

2 Samuel 9:9-13 (NASB)
⁹  Then the king called Saul's servant Ziba and said to him, "All that belonged to Saul and to all his house I have given to your master's grandson.
¹⁰  "You and your sons and your servants shall cultivate the land for him, and you shall bring in the produce so that your master's grandson may have food; nevertheless Mephibosheth your master's grandson shall eat at my table regularly." Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
¹¹  Then Ziba said to the king, "According to all that my lord the king commands his servant so your servant will do." So Mephibosheth ate at David's table as one of the king's sons.
¹²  Mephibosheth had a young son whose name was Mica. And all who lived in the house of Ziba were servants to Mephibosheth.
¹³  So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, for he ate at the king's table regularly. Now he was lame in both feet.

Ephesians 2:4-9 (NASB)
⁴  But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,
⁵  even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
⁶  and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
⁷  so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
⁸  For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;
⁹  not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.