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The Kingdom of God was nothing less than an affront to the kingdoms, powers, and Kings/leaders of the world. It was a revolution, an overthrow of the reign-of-evil and inauguration of the reign-of-Jesus.

And if you’re going to have a revolution, you’re going to need a leader.

Someone who has…

Power: Jesus has a divine relationship with God. He is empowered by the Spirit.

Purpose: Jesus had a task to perform, a vision of his function. He identifies with his people to lead them through death to a new life.

Character: Jesus embodied God’s character and experienced God’s love, mercy, protection & gifts. He is the very righteousness of God on display for the world to see. 

Jesus is the Chosen Leader to lead the revolution of the Kingdom of God. And the leader sets the tone for all the questions we struggle with in our faith. Questions like:

-What should we believe?
-What’s our purpose?
-What should we value/ hold most dear?
-How should we live?
-What should we do?

The leader, Jesus, sums up these questions and their answers in his very life, death, and resurrection.
The leader answers both questions of deep purpose & meaning AND practical living. 
Who to be and how to act.
He identifies with the people and beckons them to a new way of living. He says “Come into my life. Give up yours, take mine upon you.” 
He has belief enough for us,
forgiveness enough for us,
and he pulls us into the vortex of his power, purpose and character.

The Kingdom finds its power in people who take up the path of the Chosen Leader. They live for what he lived for, are about what he was about, and do what he did.

That’s when the revolution comes. And make no mistake, it’s a revolution of hearts. The author of Hebrews sums up well the unexpected revolution of the Kingdom: 

For he finds fault with them when he says:

“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord,

when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel

and with the house of Judah,

not like the covenant that I made with their fathers

on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt.

For they did not continue in my covenant,

and so I showed no concern for them, declares the Lord.

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel

after those days, declares the Lord:

I will put my laws into their minds, 

and write them on their hearts, 

and I will be their God,

and they shall be my people.

And they shall not teach, each one his neighbor

and each one his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’

for they shall all know me,

from the least of them to the greatest.

For I will be merciful toward their iniquities,

and I will remember their sins no more.”

(Hebrews 8:8-12 ESV)

Jesus is the savior. All of these other things won’t save you.

Jesus is the LEADER. All of these other things won’t LEAD you.

What we let lead us, who we let lead us, defines what we trust in for our salvation. Let the one who brings the Kingdom of God be your leader.