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Discipleship Focus: King, Father
- Father: This is the pinnacle of the Covenant Triangle. God is the Father. He is the creator. He is love. Our relationship with the Father is rooted in His love for us. We get our identity through Him.
- King: This is the pinnacle of the Kingdom Triangle. When we look towards God’s position in the universe, we acknowledge that He is an omnipotent king. Authority comes from Him. Power comes through His authority. He is looking for representatives for His kingdom.
God is indeed the King of the universe. He is the Almighty. There is nothing that God cannot do. He can kill livestock. He can bring about boils. He can rain hail down from heaven. There is no limit to His power. He is most certainly King. The plagues story fundamentally demonstrates
this fact.
However, The Kingdom Triangle is ultimately rooted in the Covenant
Triangle. Covenant precedes
kingdom. Just as obedience precedes
power and identity precedes authority, the Father precedes the King. God desires relationship with us before He
desires to demonstrate His omnipotence.
He has always been omnipotent over this world; He brought this world
into existence so that He could demonstrate the higher goal of relationship.
We see the Father in Exodus 9.
God warns the people of the impending danger. In the plague of hail, He allows those who
fear Him to listen to His warning and pull themselves and their animals out of
harm’s way. This is God demonstrating
that relationship is more important to God than demonstrating His omnipotence.
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