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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.
In this
chapter, we see multiple sides to the fact that God is king of the
universe. The first area that we see God
as king is the fact that He asserts that the Egyptians cannot save the Hebrew
people from Assyria. After all, what is
all of the collective might of any nation next to the salvific power of the
Almighty God who is the Creator and King of the universe? When stated this way, doesn’t it seem silly
to put our hope in humanity? Yet how
many times do we abandon the help of the King of the universe in order to put
our trust in what we can see and touch?
As we
move through the chapter, we also hear that God is King because He has the
authority and the ability to forgive when we turn aside. The King is the one who can pardon criminal activity. The King is the one who can stay an
execution. The King is the one who can
extend grace and cause His subjects to live.
Even though the Hebrew will reject God – as we all do – the King is
willing to forgive and bring them all back into the fold.
God is
King. God is the one who saves. God has the authority to forgive, pardon, and
keep us in life.
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