Please read the whole chapter and feel free to post a reply even before you read my thoughts. If you don't have a Bible with you, you can follow this link to the passage: 1 Samue 20
It's interesting that Jonathan is so devoted to David. Saul even makes the point that David's existence means that Jonathan will not inherit the kingdom. But Jonathan is more concerned with the covenant he has made, which really sets him apart from his father. Jonathan is a great example of selflessness and devotion, but he doesn't make our decisions any easier. He is, after all, disobeying his father in order to help David. He lies regularly to his dad. In fact Jonathan breaks any number of commandments in this section of Scripture. With that in mind it's hard to see this story as an example for us. Rather we see that God works his salvation despite and through human sinfulness. Through the day-time drama that is David's story, the Messiah will come, and through greed, evil, and corruption, the Son of God will die. This is what is so mind blowing about God's work in Jesus Christ. Certainly we can get some good rules for living and some nice principles for friendship in this story, but if that's all we get, we've missed out on the greater story of Christ.
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