Jeremiah, Week 26: No King But One! - Sermon

Wanna ask you a question this morning, and that question is very simple, but it's also very deep. And the question is this, who is your king? We're just saying about Christ our king. Amen? Is he your king? Who's on the throne of your life? Who or what do you live for? Whether we know this or not, whether we have ever thought about it or not, everybody has a king. [00:00:13] (40 seconds)  #WhoIsYourKing

God, even though it was them rejecting God, God said, do it. Give them a king. Let's show them what they really don't want. Now, before he did that, he had Samuel warn them about all the things that come with having a king. We'll talk about that here in a little bit. And he warned them in the end that, listen, I'm gonna give you a king, but in the end, you're gonna cry out to me because of what that king is doing to you. [00:02:32] (34 seconds)  #GiveThemAKing

``here's the message. I'm gonna give it to you upfront. It's the title of the sermon today, and here's the message, I believe, in our text today, and that is this, friends, that there is no good perfect king except for one. There's no good perfect king except for one. We as human beings want to find somebody to lead us and rule us just like the Israelites. We want a human king because we think that's gonna be a status thing or whatever whatever the reason is, but there's no good human king, but there is one king. Amen? [00:11:01] (34 seconds)  #OnePerfectKing

of all, here's what we wanna talk about. Here in chapter 22, I believe what we see is at least six toxic traits, that characterized the kings of Judah. I believe these are traits that unfortunately characterized many leaders, many kings throughout history, many leaders even in our world today that lead us friends, the point is don't put your hope and trust in human leaders, even in human government. That is not where our trust needs to lie. Number one, the first trait that characterizes Judas' leaders, friends, is injustice. Injustice. [00:12:24] (41 seconds)  #SixToxicTraits

So because of Zedekiah's unwillingness to do the basic things, execute justice, do what's right, not take advantage of others or mistreat them, God says he is gonna bring judgment down on the house of Israel and destroy them. Simply because king Zedekiah, just like many of the other kings, was unjust. In fact, he wasn't the only one. There were many of them, that were never the type of king that God called them to be. They were unjust, and they did injustice. [00:18:03] (32 seconds)  #ZedekiahAndJudgment

Should we, maybe as a Christian, should a Christian run for office or get involved in politics? If God calls you to that, absolutely. But should we put our hope for the future in a specific ruler or leader? No. Here's what we need to remember, friends. No human leader or ruler is our savior. They will not be our savior. There is only one who is our savior. Amen? Our hope for the future should lie in the lord Jesus Christ and him alone. [00:27:59] (33 seconds)  #ChristNotOurSaviorReplacement

Fourth, the fourth toxic trait that characterized the kings of Judah friends was selfishness. Selfish. Hey, that's a that's a character trait that that unfortunately characterizes us all. Amen? That's that's at the at the at the root of our our sinful nature. It characterizes all of us. Here's the problem. Because we're human and and because we all are naturally selfish, and if you say, I'm not selfish, you're a liar. We all are. Okay? And without Christ, we all seek to please our self. But the problem comes in when you add to selfishness power. Selfishness plus power has the potential to be very bad. [00:28:41] (46 seconds)  #SelfishnessPlusPower

What God has done in the past is wonderful, but it is nothing compared to what he's gonna do in the future. When we think about our future friends, we should not put our hope in human leaders and human kings. Our hope should lie totally in the Lord Jesus Christ. [00:58:06] (19 seconds)  #HopeInChristAlone