Kingdom-Security
Notes
Transcript
Good morning, everyone, if you’d please begin by turning with me to 2 Samuel chapter 23.
And as we turn there, let’s turn to the Lord in prayer.
Intro: How Ought a Christian to Interact w/ Politics
Intro: How Ought a Christian to Interact w/ Politics
· Politics. Fun, right?
SOME = REALLY INTO IT
SOME = NOT INTO IT AT ALL
SOME = IN BETWEEN
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PERSONALLY: I TRY & STAY OUT
BABYLON BEE (SATIRE) = NEWS SOURCE.
RIGHT NOW—IT’S UNAVOIDABLE.
YOUTUBE: 4X SEEING KAMALA’S ADS.... $10....
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WHAT SHOULD the CHRISTIAN’S RELATIONSHIP to POLITICS LOOK LIKE?
SHOULD WE CARE/NOT CARE?
SHOULD WE VOTE/NOT VOTE?
SHOULD WE HOPE/NOT HOPE?
AREN’T CHURCH & STATE SEPARATE ANYWAYS?
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OPINIONS VARY
I DON’T // WON’T PRETEND to HAVE ALL the ANSWERS...
NEED:
NEED:
BUT I BELIEVE TODAY’S TEXT MIGHT ANSWER SOME of THESE QUESTIONS...
HOW RULERS OUGHT to RULE
And hopefully we can approach an extremely divisive topic in an increasingly divisive time with a biblical worldview.
PRAY YOU LEAVE:
CHALLENGED
& ENCOURAGED
(T) But before we begin, I want to offer a QUICK RECAP for those who weren’t here last week.
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Recap “Gigantic Deliverance”
Recap “Gigantic Deliverance”
FINAL SYNOPSIS of DAVID’S LIFE...
CH. 21-24 = CLOSING OVERVIEW
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Last Week:
DAVID’S MEN = SLAYING GIANTS
DAVID RESPONDS to GOD’S DELIVERANCE (IN LIFE) W/ SONG of PRAISE
GIGANTIC DELIVERANCE—OUGHT to RESULT in GIGANTIC PRAISE
CHRISTIAN: GOD’S DELIVERED YOU FROM the GIANTS of SIN & DEATH....
SHOULDN’T OUR PRAISE BE in PROPORTION to OUR DELIVERANCE?
(T) And now, if you’d look with me at 2 Samuel CH. 23,
we’re going to see the NEXT EPISODE in the LIFE of DAVID....
LOOK W/ ME @ VS 1
The text says,
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Text:
Text:
Setting/Intro (v1)
Setting/Intro (v1)
2 Samuel 23:1–7 (ESV)
1 Now these are the last words of David: The oracle of David, the son of Jesse, the oracle of the man who was raised on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, the sweet psalmist of Israel:
LAST WORDS = HUGELY IMPORTANT
TODAY: DAVID’S PARTING WORDS as KING—LAST OFFICIAL STATMENT
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B4 DETAILS of STATEMENT—TEXT REMINDS US WHO DAVID IS:
I. 1ST—HE’S the SON of JESSE
WHO’S JESSE?
EPHRATHITE of BETHLEHEM in JUDAH
SON of OBED (GRANDSON of BOAZ/RUTH)
8 SONS
INTRODUCED in SCRIPTURE in HIS OLD AGE....
WE KNOW BASIC LINEAGE & HIS HOMETOWN... THAT’S PRETTY MUCH IT!
***SEE HOW DAVID COMES FROM OBSCURITY***
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II. 2ND BUT HE’S the ONE RAISED on HIGH ((BY GOD))..
G.N.T.... “the man whom God made great.”
PASSIVE IDEA
CONSISTENT TESTIMONY of DAVID’S LIFE: HE WAS GREAT BECAUSE GOD MADE HIM GREAT!!
WHEN a NOBODY BECOMES a SOMEBODY—GOD GETS GLORY.
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DAVID WAS JUST a SHEPHERD BOY....
Recap: Samuel’s Anointing of David (1 SAM SIXTEEN)
SAMUEL GOES to BETHLEHEM to FIND JESSE. (GOD HAS a KING AMONGST HIS SONS)
SPECIAL MEAL
JESSE’S SEVEN SONS PASS B4 PROPHET
GOOD SONS
LOOKED the PART
ELIAB LOOKED LIKE a KING!
WARNING: MAN LOOKS OUTWARDLY,, GOD LOOKS INWARDLY....
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SAMUEL RESPONDS: “IS THIS ALL YOU’VE GOT?”
YOUNGEST = OUT in FIELD…KEEPING SHEEP…WE DIDN’T INVITE HIM...
GET HIM...
GOD RESPONDS: THIS is the ONE.
SAMUEL ANOINTS HIM to BE KING OVER ISRAEL ((EVEN IF THEY DIDN’T KNOW PURPOSE))
GOD CHOOSES the NOBODY SON of a NOBODY MAN in a NOBODY TOWN!!
&& GOD MADE HIM GREAT!
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DOESN’T THIS ENCOURAGE YOU this MORNING?
PAUL in CH. 1 OF 1 COR...
NOT MANY NOBLE BIRTH,
WISE BY WORLDLY STANDARDS
(Q) HOW MANY in PICKUP SPORTS WEREN’T PICKED?
LAST CHOICE
UNWANTED
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THOSE WHOM the WORLD REJECTS ARE GOD’S FIRST CHOICE.
NOT OVERLY HANDSOME/BEAUTIFUL?? :
GOD SAYS: FEARFULLY & WONDERFULLY MADE,, KNIT TOGETHER in MOTHER’S WOMB
NOT OVERLY WISE??
GOD SAYS: ASK ME—HE GIVES WISDOM
NO ONE is DISQUALIFIED BECAUSE THEY AREN’T ENOUGH — GOD MAKES UP the DIFFERENCE
HE DOESN’T PLAY W/ an ALL-STAR TEAM
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III. 3RD: HE’S ANOINTED....IN DAVID’S LIFE—GOD’S CHOICE COMES W/ GOD’S ANOINTING—CONSECRATION FOR OFFICE.
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IV. 4TH the SWEET PSALMIST of ISRAEL
WARRIOR & POET!
SONG-WRITER & GIANTSLAYER!
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1 SAM CH.17...= DAVID & GOLIATH—BEHEADING a GIANT
1 SAM CH. 18...= WAR && PLAYING the LYRE!!
YOU’VE GOT to LOVE HIM!
(T) So, this guy, he’s got some final words to share.
So, what’s he have to say?
LOOK W/ ME @ VS 2...
The text says,
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Content (v2-4)
Content (v2-4)
2 “The Spirit of the Lord speaks by me; his word is on my tongue.
3 The God of Israel has spoken; the Rock of Israel has said to me: When one rules justly over men, ruling in the fear of God,
4 he dawns on them like the morning light, like the sun shining forth on a cloudless morning, like rain that makes grass to sprout from the earth.
TEXT = CLEAR… DAVID = SPEAKING on GOD’S BEHALF as PROPHET·
The Spirit of the Lord is speaking by me.
It’s His Word that is on my tongue.
It’s the God of Israel that has spoken.
It’s the Rock of Israel that has said this to me.
Can we take a hint?
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DAVID’S FINAL WORDS AREN’T HIS OWN...
CONTENT of MESSAGE:
ONE RULING JUSTLY...
ONE WHO RULES in FEAR of GOD...
THIS ONE BRINGS GREAT BLESSING:
LIKE a BEAUTIFUL MORNING SUNRISE
LIKE FRESH RAIN on GRASS,, BRINGING LIFE
**I JUST SAW BEAUTIFUL SUNRISE this MORNING...
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JUST & GODLY RULERS = BLESSING,, SOURCE of HEALTH & LIFE
Proverbs 14:34 (ESV)
34 Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.
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I’M SURE WE’VE ALL SEEN the FRUITS of the OPPOSITE
**NOT a DIG @ BIDEN SPECIFICALLY
GODLINESS of a LEADER BRINGS GREAT BLESSING to the PEOPLE…DOES IT NOT?
PROBLEM: NO ONE is CUTTING IT....
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DIFFICULTY W/ DEMOCRACY & VOTING:
JESUS ISN’T on the BALLET.
OFTEN FEEL: WE’RE JUST VOTING FOR LESSER of TWO EVILS
EVERYONE MUST ACCEPT THEIR CANDIDATE is IMPERFECT—OTHERWISE YOU’VE FALLEN INTO IDOLATRY.
***EVEN THOSE W/ GOOD POLICIES MIGHT NOT BE GOOD PEOPLE
MIGHT BE IN IT FOR PERSONAL GAIN...
OUTWARD ACTIONS CAN BE RIGHT W/ CROOKED HEART INSIDE...
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RIGHTEOUSNESS & GODLINESS in LEADERSHIP = GREAT BLESSING...
BUT IT’S a BLESSING THAT FOR MOST of TIME MANKIND HAS BEEN STARVED OF.
HOW MANY NATIONS TODAY CAN WE VOUCH FOR?
**CERTAINLY MANY WE CAN VOUCH AGAINST!
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NOT a NEW PROBLEM:
LOOK @ ANCIENT ISRAEL! DAVID’S DESCENDANTS!
VERY FEW GOT it RIGHT
0 in ISRAEL
3-5ISH in JUDAH??
NONE 100%
WORLD LONGS FOR JUST RULERS—BUT THERE’S a FAMINE
BEST CASE SCENARIO... IT SEEMS.... YOU GET SOMEONE WHO’S JUST BETTER THAN the REST...
(T) And so there begins this PROPHETIC UTTERANCE on David’s lips of the BENEFITS of RIGHTEOUS RULERSHIP...
And now, this UTTERANCE WILL FINISH in VS 5-7
HE SAYS:
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Conclusion (v5-7)
Conclusion (v5-7)
5 “For does not my house stand so with God? For he has made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things and secure. For will he not cause to prosper all my help and my desire?
6 But worthless men are all like thorns that are thrown away, for they cannot be taken with the hand;
7 but the man who touches them arms himself with iron and the shaft of a spear, and they are utterly consumed with fire.”
DAVID CONCLUDES W/ SELF-REFLECTION
JUST RULERS = BLESSING
PEOPLE of ISRAEL (LARGELY) BLESSED DURING DAVID’S REIGN.
DAVID’S KINGDOM = SMALL FORETASTE of THE KINGDOM.
BUT DAVID WAS IMPERFECT—HUGELY
DAVID’S ISRAEL OVERALL = GLORIOUS...
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KING of GOD’S CHOOSING on the THRONE
ENACTING GOD’S LAWS
NO OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM...
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ALL THIS = RESULTS of GOD’S COVENANT W/ DAVID (2 SAM CH 7)
EVERLASTING COVENANT
ORDERED
SECURE
**2 KINGS—DIVIDED KINGDOM—LAMP in JUDAH BECAUSE of DAVID!
SECURE: IDEA of BEING GUARDED/WATCHED OVER
GOD = ON the WATCH—ENSURING COVENANT GOES THROUGH...
GOD NOT ONLY MAKES PROMISES,,
BUT GUARDS OVER THEM,,
ENSURING THEIR FULFILLMENT!
COVENANT-MAKING
&& COVENANT-KEEPING GOD!!
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BECAUSE of COVENANT,, GOD WILL CAUSE DAVID’S HELP/SALVATION & HIS DESIRE to PROSPER·
IT’S ALL of GOD’S GRACE!
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(V6-7) DAVID CONCLUDES: NOT SO FOR the WICKED...
JUST RULERS = LIKE MORNING SUNRISE & RAIN for GRASS
WICKED/WORTHLESS MEN = LIKE THORNS
KEPT @ ARMS LENGTH
DESTINED for the FIRE
(T) And so, what do we make of this passage today?
GOD’S MESSAGE THROUGH DAVID = PLAINLY THAT:
Homiletical Idea:
Homiletical Idea:
Just rulers who walk in the fear of God bring great blessing to their people.
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Gospel: The Only One Truly Righteous
Gospel: The Only One Truly Righteous
WE AGREE—BUT NOT FROM EXPERIENCE
IF YOU’RE LIKE ME,, THESE THOUGHTS HAVE YOU LONGING FOR a FUTURE DAY....
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DAVID GOT it RIGHT,, MUCH of the TIME...
BUT WHEN HE GOT it WRONG…HE GOT it WRONG.
DAVID GIVES a PICTURE of THE KINGDOM…BUT AN IMPERFECT ONE...
DAVID SPEAKING as PROPHET:
GIVES GUIDANCE for FUTURE KINGS....
RULE JUSTLY in FEAR of GOD....PLEASE...
BUT ULTIMATELY POINTS to THE KING
THE ONE WHO WOULD RULE JUSTLY
THE ONE WHO WALKS in REVERENT OBEDIENCE to the FATHER
ONLY SINLESS & RIGHTEOUS ONE
HIS FINAL SON—JESUS CHRIST.
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JESUS CHRIST = the PERFECT CANDIDATE…THE ONE to VOTE FOR…THE ONE to RULE....
WHAT DID THEY DO??
THEY DIDN’T ELECT HIM.
AFTER ONE SMALL PARADE THEY DEMANDED HIS CRUCIFIXION
RELIGIOUS & POLITICAL LEADERS TEAMED UP to EXECUTE HIM....
@ CRUCIFIXION THEY MOCKINGLY CALLED HIM “KING of the JEWS”
NOT REALIZING HE’S the TRUE LORD of HEAVEN & EARTH....
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BUT HE CAME to DIE...
to PAY the PRICE for OUR SINS
TO FREE the BOUND
TO SEEK & SAVE the LOST
TO RAISE the SPIRITUALLY DEAD
**TO MAKE a WAY FOR US to BE RECONCILED W/ OUR CREATOR
BEST PART?
THOSE WHO BELIEVE: HOPE = SECURE
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1 PET. CH. 1: HEAVENLY INHERITANCE:
IMPERISHABLE
UNDEFILED
UNFADING
KEPT in HEAVEN FOR US!
INHERITANCE AIN’T GOING NOWHERE!!
1 Peter 1:5 (ESV)
5 who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
SALVATION/INHERITANCE = ABUNDANTLY SECURE
WE’RE SECURE to REACH IT!
JUST as GOD WATCHED OVER & SECURED the DAVIDIC COVENANT....
SO HE SECURES the NEW COVENANT.
BECAUSE HE’S a PROMISE-MAKING & PROMISE-KEEPING GOD!!
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WE ANTICIPATE & EAGERLY AWAIT the CONSUMMATION of the KINGDOM
MORNING SUNRISE & RAIN for GRASS—DOESN’T EVEN BEGIN to EXPLAIN IT!
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DAY of SALVATION for GOD’S PEOPLE = DAY of JUDGMENT for the WICKED
DAVID ALSO POINTS OUT the WICKED/WORTHLESS = LIKE THORNS DESTINED for FIRE...
STARK REALITY: THERE ARE TWO CATEGORIES & NO FENCE
THOSE INSIDE the KINGDOM
RECEIVED CHRIST
FORGIVEN BY GRACE of JESUS
REPENTED of SIN,, TRUSTING in CHRIST ALONE
THOSE OUTSIDE the KINGDOM
REJECTED JESUS & HIS GRACE
REBELLED AGAINST GOD
REMAIN in THEIR SIN...
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THE ONLY DIFFERENCE is ONE CAMP is FORGIVEN…THE OTHER is NOT....
THOSE INSIDE AREN’T BETTER…THEY’RE JUST FORGIVEN
IF YOU’RE HERE WITHOUT HOPE—TALK to ME AFTER SERVICE
IF YOU’RE HERE WITH HOPE—REMEMBER IT’S ALL DUE to GRACE
(T) And now, in closing, I’d like to share a few takeaways with you all, today.
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Takeaways:
Takeaways:
Learn about God?
GOD = SOURCE of SUCCESS & BLESSING
DAVID = MADE GREAT,, BY GOD
GOD TOOK the NOBODY SON,, OF NOBODY MAN,, IN NOBODY TOWN… AND MADE HIM GREAT.
2. GOD = COVENANT MAKING & COVENANT-KEEPING GOD!
GOD’S COVENANT = MORE SECURE than the MORNING SUNRISE...
· Learn for us?
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App: Pray & Believe
App: Pray & Believe
PASSAGE TODAY TEACHES US: BLESSEDNESS of PEOPLE UNDER RIGHTEOUS RULERS…WALKING in FEAR of GOD...
WHAT DO WE DO THEN?
FEW THOUGHTS:
FIRST....WE HAVE the ABILITY to VOTE,, WE SHOULD VOTE for CANDIDATES THAT UPHOLD GOD’S STANDARDS of JUSTICE
AS CHRISTIANS,, OUR VOTE SHOULD BE BASED OFF BIBLICAL REASONING
NOT on PERSON’S QUALIFICATIONS
SKIN COLOR
GENDER
ANYTHING ELSE...
GOD’S WORD = the ONLY BEDROCK STANDARD FOR MORALITY...
SOME HAVE ISSUE W/ THIS....
**WE’RE LEARNING MORE DAY BY DAY WHAT STANDARDS the WORLD WILL DESCEND INTO IF YOU DON’T HAVE an ABSOLUTE STANDARD...
GOD = the ONE WHO DEFINES RIGHT & WRONG.
SOME WILL SAY:
“I DON’T THINK WE SHOULD PUT BIBLICAL STANDARDS of MARRIAGE on NONBELIEVERS” SEPARATION of CHURCH & STATE
***WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY SAY YOUR UNDERAGE CHILD/GRANDCHILD NEEDS to MARRY an ADULT??
HERE’S the PROBLEM—> IF WE’RE GOING to LET THEM MAKE the RULES,, THEN WE’VE GOT to LET THEM MAKE the RULES.... & WE DON’T WANT SINFUL MAN MAKING the RULES.
WHAT OTHER STANDARD DO WE HAVE??
WE MUST ASK: ARE the POLICIES WE SUPPORT “JUST” ACCORDING to GOD’S STANDARDS,,
—>> BECAUSE HE’S the ONE WHO DEFINES JUSTICE
***UNFORTUNATELY ALL WILL FALL SHORT SOMEWHERE.
I BELIEVE in PICKING LESSER of TWO EVILS,,
BUT I UNDERSTAND if YOU WANT to OPT OUT ENTIRELY.
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SECOND....MORE IMPORTANT THAN VOTING: WE SHOULD ALL BE PRAYING FOR THOSE in POSITIONS of AUTHORITY.
1 Timothy 2:1–4 (ESV)
1 First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people,
2 for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.
3 This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior,
4 who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
IF YOU’RE HERE TODAY & YOU’RE CONSERVATIVE....
I WOULD DARESAY YOU’VE PROBABLY SPENT MORE TIME COMPLAINING ABOUT BIDEN RATHER THAN PRAYING FOR HIM.
WE HAVE a BIBLICAL MANDATE to PRAY FOR LEADERS....
WE HAVE a BIBLICAL MANDATE NOT to COMPLAIN...
HOW OFTEN DO WE GET the ROLES REVERSED?
***WHO KNOWS WHAT GOD MIGHT DO!
CRAZY: MANY CHRISTIANS FEEL DEFEATED & MELANCHOLY WHEN THEIR CANDIDATE LOSES...
--->>> WHAT IF THE MOST CRAZY LEFT-WING CANDIDATE GOT BORN-AGAIN?
AS a PUBLIC DISPLAY of GRACE??
IF YOU’RE COMPLAINING ABOUT WICKED LEADERS,, MAYBE PRAY THAT GOD SAVES THEIR SOULS....
IF GOD SAVED SAUL of TARSUS
IF GOD SAVED JOSIAH from COUDERSPORT
IF GOD SAVED BLANK WHO’S to SAY HE CAN’T SAVE THEM TOO?
LASTLY: REMEMBER GOD is IN CONTROL of IT ALL.
GOD RAISED UP NEBUCHADNEZZAR as HIS SERVANT to DESTROY JERUSALEM!
DAN. CH. 2....SPEAKS in DREAM: PICTURE of 4 KINGDOMS
BABYLON
PERSIA
GRECO-MEDIAN
ROMAN
KINGDOM of GOD CRUSHES THEM ALL.
&& REMEMBER HOW GOD BRINGS JUDGMENT UPON NEBUCHADNEZZAR— MAKES HIM EAT GRASS LIKE a COW!!
NONE of the EVENTS on the WORLD STAGE HAVE CAUGHT GOD BY SURPRISE
NATIONS RISE & NATIONS FALL.... BUT the KINGDOM of OUR GOD WILL STAND FOREVER!!!
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NONE of the POLITICIANS WILL RUIN it
& NONE WILL ACCOMPLISH IT...
BIDEN, KAMALA,, ETC. WON’T RUIN IT ALL & THEY WON’T SAVE US....
TRUMP WON’T SAVE US…HE WON’T RUIN IT ALL EITHER.
IT’S ALL in GOD’S HANDS.
LET’S NOT FALL PREY to WORSHIPING AMERICA MORE THAN GOD...
AMERICA is in GOD’S PURPOSE…BUT WILL ONLY BE AROUND AS LONG as GOD PURPOSES...
DON’T FALL PREY to the CULT-FOLLOWING of ANY POLITICAL LEADER
DON’T PUT YOUR NATIONAL IDENTITY BEFORE YOUR KINGDOM-IDENTITY in CHRIST.
THE ONLY SOLUTION to the PROBLEM of SIN = JESUS CHRIST
NO POLITICIAN WILL SAVE US or RUIN IT ALL
WE TRY & VOTE for the BEST CANDIDATE
BUT WE ULTIMATELY PRAY: “YOUR KINGDOM COME, YOUR WILL BE DONE”
& IN THAT WE PLACE OUR HOPE.
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ONE DAY CHRIST WILL DESCEND,, HE WILL SET UP HIS KINGDOM FOREVER,, AND IT WILL ENDURE...
THE ULTIMATE FULFILLMENT of GOD’S COVENANT W/ DAVID… & IT’S EVERLASTING...
&& SOME DAY WE’LL INHABIT a NEW CREATION.
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So no matter what happens to America.
No matter what happens in the world.
No matter what politicians come or go.
Our hope is in Christ, and Christ alone.
Come Lord Jesus.
CLOSE in PRAYER
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