Knitted with Christ
“When he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father’s house. Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him, and gave it to David, and his clothing, even including his sword, his bow, and his sash.” (1 Samuel 18:1-4 WEB)
Today, we will be unpacking the rich passage above. Here, king Saul represents Father God, Jonathan (his name means “gift of Yahweh”) represents Jesus, and David (meaning “beloved”) represents a born-again believer.
Jonathan was Saul’s beloved son, just as Jesus is the Father’s beloved Son.
Jonathan means “gift of Yahweh”, and the Father gave Jesus to us as a gift.
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.” (John 3:16 WEB)
When we first finished speaking to God, praying to receive Jesus as Lord, our spirit was knit with the Holy Spirit—we became one spirit with Christ.
“But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit.” (1 Corinthians 6:17 WEB)
Just as Jonathan loved David as himself, Jesus also loves us unconditionally without limits.
God took us into His house, transferring us from the domain of darkness into the glorious kingdom of God. We can never return to our old father’s (Satan) house. We are permanently saved.
Jesus as the pre-incarnate Christ made a covenant with Abraham out of love for mankind, and we who receive Him as Lord come under that covenant relationship. Under the New Covenant of Grace, God blesses based on what Jesus’ perfect obedience at the cross, and not our own works-based obedience.
Just as Jonathan stripped himself of his royal clothing and armor to give them to David, Jesus also stripped Himself at the cross so that we could be clothed with His righteousness.
Meanings of the 5 items:
1. Robes: righteousness
2. Clothing: anointing
3. Sword: power
4. Bow: authority
5. Sash: royalty.
As children of God, we have received all the good things that rightfully belongs to Jesus. We have inherited righteousness, anointing, power, authority and royalty.
What did we give Jesus? Our sins! We made Him spiritually bankrupt when He received our sins upon Himself at the cross. Through His poverty, we have become rich in every good way.
“For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.” (2 Corinthians 8:9 WEB)
Thank You Jesus for Your great sacrifice!! Teach us to always keep our eyes on You and serve You for the rest of our lives.
Speaking of clothing, there are seven pieces of the whole armor of God. Learn how to use them, as well as other powerful spiritual weapons like fasting, anointing oil, and more, to emerge victorious in spiritual warfare: https://bit.ly/silencing-the-serpent
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