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Discipleship Focus: King
- 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.
As I reread my blog post from 3 years ago, I
was struck once more by the lesson that hit me then. It takes Gentiles and Jews to build the
temple of God. Solomon enlists Jewish
help but he also requests workers from Tyre and Sidon. The most holy place on earth from the Jewish
mindset is a product of Gentile and Jewish hands.
Of
course, what a beautiful place to point us to the work of Christ! His church is build from Jewish and Gentile
hands. Jesus’ disciples were Jews. Most of the first few decades of the church
were filled with Jews. Paul comes around
and begins to include Gentiles and the church grows by leaps and bound. Suddenly both Jews and Gentiles alike are
able to be included.
What this
brings us to is God’s sovereignty. He is
sovereign over us. But He is sovereign over
Jews and Gentiles alike. He is not just
the God of the Jews. He is the King over
creation. He will rule over all, and all
those who humble themselves before His presence will abide in the very presence
of the king.
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