The New King
Renew and refresh your relationship with Jesus so you can lead others away from the bondage of their old king to find freedom in a New King.
God brings restoration, citizenship and flourishing because we are a part of a new Kingdom. A different Kingdom.
How do we become a part of this new Kingdom?
The New King
God promises to raise up David their King. This is weird. David was dead for centuries by time Jeremiah wrote.
Jeremiah looks forward to the Messiah. The One promised to be the King in the line of David forever.
They were to serve the Lord their God — YHWH — and this King. Putting this King of the same level as YHWH.
They would serve YHWH and the King after breaking the yoke of bondage of a previous king.
YHWH and Jesus can only be served when the yoke of the previous king is broken.
You are in bondage when you serve the created order. He will let you go through full discipline. How do you know the bondage and full discipline is over?
When you serve God and Jesus First, Before anything else. When you turn to Hear & Follow him alone. He will save you. He will save you from far away. He will break the bonds of captivity.
Your bondage may be serving the created order of ministry or religion. You think Jesus will bring flourishing because you do awesome in ministry. Or because you follow all the rules.
Or you have secret sin that is ripping you apart because you know your outward presentation is a lie.
Leadership or ministry is not your salvation. The Lord declared through Jeremiah, “I am with you to save you.”
God has saved you so that you now serve your New King. No matter how long you’ve Heard & Followed Jesus, he is you New King. You have to renew your relationship with him daily. Not to retain your salvation. To renew and refresh your passion for Jesus.
And now your mission is to advance his Kingdom and build a church who will stream those far from God to him. All so they can break the bonds of their old king to find freedom in their New King.
Take the Bible Deeper…
The New King will defeat the bondage of the king you serve. Hear & Follow Jesus First, Before anything else (including ministry and religion) to find freedom from the bondage of your king.
What has you in bondage? Ministry? Religion? Sin? Hear & Follow Jesus First, Before anything else to find freedom.
How can you lead your church to find freedom from the bondage of sin or ministry or religion?