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Listen ""The King and the Kingdom" (2 Samuel 7:1-16)"
Episode Synopsis
Welcome to the Reformed University Fellowship at UNCW Podcast!
Each week, we will post the messages from our RUF Large Group meetings at UNCW. This semester, we are looking at the big storyline of redemption that is laid out for us in the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation.
In this passage from 2 Samuel, God makes very specific promises to King David about his future plans for the people of God. And we see that God never intended for us to have for fight our enemies in our own strength. God promises to both rescue, protect and rule over his people, through his appointed leader, the Messianic King.
“The real Jesus is not a vending machine, a cheerleader, or a fire-fighter. The Jesus of the Bible is a king, a loving and gracious king ...
Jesus is not the kind of king who sits back on his throne, arms folded, waiting for us to get our act together. He rules actively. He initiates. He pursues. He loves. That's why Jesus came proclaiming "the gospel of the kingdom" (Matt. 24:14). The word gospel literally means "good news." The kingdom of God is good news because the king reigns with grace. Most kings would destroy those who rebel against them. Jesus invites us into his family and gives us a place at his table. The essential message of the kingdom of God is not good advice about what you need to do to clean up your act and win God's approval. It's good news about what God has done for us in Christ ...
Connecting the kingdom of God to Christ's person and work is important because many people think of Christianity merely as a set of timeless principles. But that's not the message of Scripture. Like a stick of dynamite dropped into the ground, the gospel explodes any understanding built on our morality and works.
Christianity is not ultimately about a system of beliefs or principles of morality but about a person Jesus and how he accomplished something in history that will shape all of eternity. Jesus doesn't give us instructions to build a kingdom; he announces that he is the king, and that in knowing and belonging to him, God's reign comes through God's people over all God's creation.
The good news is not only that the kingdom has come, but also who it is coming through.” -Jeremy Treat
“Christ carries out the office of a king in subduing us to himself, in ruling and defending us, and in restraining and conquering all his and our enemies.” - Shorter Catechism Q&A #26
“In the second petition, which is, “May your kingdom come,” we pray that Satan’s kingdom may be destroyed, that the kingdom of grace may be advanced and ourselves and others may be brought into it and kept in it, and that the coming of the kingdom of glory may be hastened.”- Shorter Catechism Q&A #102
Each week, we will post the messages from our RUF Large Group meetings at UNCW. This semester, we are looking at the big storyline of redemption that is laid out for us in the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation.
In this passage from 2 Samuel, God makes very specific promises to King David about his future plans for the people of God. And we see that God never intended for us to have for fight our enemies in our own strength. God promises to both rescue, protect and rule over his people, through his appointed leader, the Messianic King.
“The real Jesus is not a vending machine, a cheerleader, or a fire-fighter. The Jesus of the Bible is a king, a loving and gracious king ...
Jesus is not the kind of king who sits back on his throne, arms folded, waiting for us to get our act together. He rules actively. He initiates. He pursues. He loves. That's why Jesus came proclaiming "the gospel of the kingdom" (Matt. 24:14). The word gospel literally means "good news." The kingdom of God is good news because the king reigns with grace. Most kings would destroy those who rebel against them. Jesus invites us into his family and gives us a place at his table. The essential message of the kingdom of God is not good advice about what you need to do to clean up your act and win God's approval. It's good news about what God has done for us in Christ ...
Connecting the kingdom of God to Christ's person and work is important because many people think of Christianity merely as a set of timeless principles. But that's not the message of Scripture. Like a stick of dynamite dropped into the ground, the gospel explodes any understanding built on our morality and works.
Christianity is not ultimately about a system of beliefs or principles of morality but about a person Jesus and how he accomplished something in history that will shape all of eternity. Jesus doesn't give us instructions to build a kingdom; he announces that he is the king, and that in knowing and belonging to him, God's reign comes through God's people over all God's creation.
The good news is not only that the kingdom has come, but also who it is coming through.” -Jeremy Treat
“Christ carries out the office of a king in subduing us to himself, in ruling and defending us, and in restraining and conquering all his and our enemies.” - Shorter Catechism Q&A #26
“In the second petition, which is, “May your kingdom come,” we pray that Satan’s kingdom may be destroyed, that the kingdom of grace may be advanced and ourselves and others may be brought into it and kept in it, and that the coming of the kingdom of glory may be hastened.”- Shorter Catechism Q&A #102
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