Sermon - Pastor Tim Johnson | 2 Samuel 9

In this powerful and deeply moving message, Avenue Community Church invites us into one of the most breathtaking portraits of the gospel in all of Scripture — 2 Samuel 9.

What if one of the “throwaway” stories in the Old Testament is actually a masterpiece of grace?

In The Gospel According to Mephibosheth, we step into the unlikely story of a forgotten, crippled descendant of Saul — a man hiding in Lo-debar, a place whose very name means “no pasture.” A man with no power. No leverage. No claim. No hope.

And yet… the king comes looking for him.

Through the lens of covenant theology and the powerful Hebrew concept of hesed — steadfast, promise-keeping love — we discover that David’s kindness to Mephibosheth is not random compassion. It is covenant faithfulness. It is love with receipts. It is grace rooted in promise.

And that’s the gospel.