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4. Background Characters in the Old Testament Contents 1. Story and History 2. Caleb: Living With the Wait 3. Hannah: Learning to Be Someone 4. Jonathan: Born for Greatness 5. Abigail: No Victim of Circumstances 6. Uriah: Faith of a Foreigner 7. Abiathar: The Priest 8. Joab: David’s Weak Strongman 9. Rizpah: The Influence of Faithfulness 10. The Man of God: Obedience is Not Optional 11. The Widow of Zarephath: The Leap of Faith 12. Gehazi: Missing the Mark 13. Baruch: Building a Legacy in a Crumbling World

5. Background Characters in the Old Testament Our Goals {181} T o “learn things that can help us to write a different and better story for ourselves.” To “read Scripture afresh, looking beyond the obvious to discover the joy of learning new truths from God’s Word.” To “remember the power of our own lives and examples.”

6. Background Characters in the Old Testament Lesson 4, October 23 Background Characters in the Old Testament Lesson 4, October 23 Jonathan: Born for Greatness

7. Key Text 1 Samuel 14:6 NET J onathan said to his armor bearer, ‘Come on, let’s go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the Lord will intervene for us. Nothing can prevent the Lord from delivering, whether by many or by few.’ ”

8. Jonathan: Born for Greatness Initial Words {222} H eaven uses a different measure for what’s great—and Jonathan was one of the few who was willing to turn his back on what the world sees as great and, instead, seek a different kind of “greatness”—God’s kind. We, too, can be great in the eyes of God—regardless of where we were born, who our parents are, and how much wealth and talent we have.

9. Jonathan: Born for Greatness Quick Look 1. Jonathan and His FATHER-GOD (1 Samuel 14:6) 2. Jonathan and His FRIEND DAVID (1 Samuel 18:1) 3. Jonathan and His FATHER SAUL (1 Samuel 19:4-6)

10. Jonathan: Born for Greatness 1. Jonathan and His Father-God 1 Samuel 14:6 NLT L et’s go across to the outpost of those pagans,’ Jonathan said to his armor bearer. ‘Perhaps the L ORD will help us, for nothing can hinder the L ORD. He can win a battle whether he has many or only a few.’ ”

11. 1.Jonathan and His Father-God A Great Victory {225} J onathan knows that God is so much bigger than the problem Israel faces. Jonathan does not see himself as a type of savior or hero. He knows that God can save by any means He chooses, and so Jonathan makes himself available to God. God chooses to use Jonathan and his armor bearer; an incredible victory follows.

12. Sometimes the line between faith and presumption can seem very fine. Jonathan understands that God is not limited, and so he does not try to manipulate Him. Jonathan is willing to stay or go as God will reveal through the sign that he proposes. Finally, when Jonathan gets the go-ahead, he does not hesitate but immediately engages himself in the challenge. 1.Jonathan and His Father-God A Great Victory {225}

13. Jonathan: Born for Greatness 2. Jonathan and His Friend David 1 Samuel 18:1 NIV A fter David had finished talking with Saul, Jonathan became one in spirit with David, and he loved him as himself.”

14. 2. Jonathan and His Friend David The High Office of Friendship {223} J onathan shows that friendship involves more than just talk; a friend is ready to give practical help, even at great personal risk. Jonathan often interceded for David with his father, King Saul (1 Samuel 19:4). Jonathan took the time and the trouble to find David when he was a fugitive and to encourage him in the Lord (1 Samuel 23:16).

15. Absalom and Adonijah both seek to usurp the throne from their father, David. They are unwilling to allow God to choose the new king. Jonathan’s attitude stands in total contrast to this “I” spirit. He is willing to take second place. He truly stands as an example of a servant leader prepared to take second or even third place. 2. Jonathan and His Friend David Taking Second Place {229}

16. 1 Samuel 19:4-6 ESV J onathan spoke well of David to Saul…. ‘His deeds have brought good to you…. He struck down the Philistines, and the L ORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it, and rejoiced.’ … And Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan. Saul swore, … ‘He shall not be put to death.’” Jonathan: Born for Greatness 3. Jonathan and His Father Saul

17. Parent-Child Relationship {227 } S aul was not someone to look up to. Saul was very selfish, moody, jealous, irrational, and at times neurotic. Jonathan, however, gives evidence in his life and relationship to his father of a practical application of the command given in Exodus 20:12, which tells us to honor our parents.

18. Honoring our parents means a lot more than an occasional card or gift. Jonathan stands by his father in his time of crisis; he stands by him, too, despite what his father wanted to do to him. 3. Jonathan and His Father Saul Parent-Child Relationship {227 }

19. Honoring our parents is not a subjective, passive activity. Jonathan demonstrates that this often involves giving respectful yet sound advice. 3. Jonathan and His Father Saul Parent-Child Relationship {227 } Honoring our parents does not mean suspending our own judgment or defending our parents’ errors, nor blindly following or condoning evil. It does mean, though, that we have special obligations to them, regard- less of the kind of people they might be.

20. Jonathan: Born for Greatness Final Words {231} J onathan is an example of those who do not get what they seem to deserve now. They often suffer, lose positions of honor for the sake of Christ, and sometimes even fall at their post of duty. However insignificant or even useless their lives and sacrifices may appear, they are nonetheless key players in God’s plans.

21. Jonathan: Born for Greatness Final Words {231} They are motivated and sustained by Jesus’ love and presence. They are born for greatness—not necessarily the kind of greatness that the world understands or portrays but a greatness that goes way beyond our human concepts and expectations.