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The Messiah Complex
Deuteronomy 17:14-15
“When you come to the land that the LORD your God is giving you, and you possess it and dwell in it and then say, ‘I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are around me; you may indeed set a king over you whom the LORD your God will choose.”This entire paragraph is glistening in the hues of Providence, every word a prophetic utterance, every noun and verb a promise in the making, every clause another glimpse into the wondrous mystery of God’s sovereign design for human history and of the coming of our Savior-King.
“When you come into the land that the LORD your God is giving you, “Moses writes. Not if, but when. Not ‘might give’ but is giving. “And (when) you possess it and dwell in it and then say, ‘I will set a king over me … you may indeed set a king over you whom the LORD your God will choose.” In other words, everything Moses just said will happen as a matter of fact. Every jot and tittle of it. From the overcoming of enemies to the possession of the land to the desire for monarchial rule over theocratic rule to their motivation for the shift to God choosing a king for them. Another reminder that the Bible is the one miracle of literature where every prophetic word has past, present, and future applications, because every word is a revelation of the King of glory Who was and is and is to come.
Isn’t it magnificent how God put the idea of a Messiah into the hearts and minds of pagans before He ultimately fulfilled and fleshed out that longing through Jesus Christ generations later? Marvel at the thought that men of all tribes, tongues, and nations have always longed for that once and future king. The Greeks had their shrines to Odysseus and the Romans to Julius Caesar and the Britons to Arthur and the Egyptians to Tutankhamun and the Gauls to Vercingetorix and the Aztecs to Montezuma because God has written His gospel on our very hearts.
The longing for a Messiah who’s one of us, who rises from low estate to win the battle and defeat the enemy and remove the shackles and lead as a shepherd rather than as a tyrant is a God-given desire. And it’s one only He can fulfill.
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An Out-Pouring
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Start with a Song
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Redeeming the Grinch Heart
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A Mighty Mirror
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Sabbath Psalm (Adapted from Fredrick Blom’s hymn ‘He the Pearly Gates Will Open’)
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The Substance of Signs
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Righteousness in Ruins
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The Passion, The Privilege
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The Same Old Story
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The Higher Country
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Sabbath Psalm (Adapted from Samuel Stennett’s hymn, ‘On Jordan’s Stormy Banks’)
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The Law of Empathy
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Top of the List
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Uplifting Love
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Get a Grip
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A Call to Pray
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Sabbath Psalm (Revision of Franklin Mason North’s hymn, ‘Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life’)
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Two Sides of Stubbornness
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Dividing Lines
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A Sacred Affluence
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The Bountiful, The Beautiful
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Simple Math
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Sabbath Psalm (Revision of Frances R. Havergal’s hymn ‘Another Year is Dawning’)
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The Wolves We Don’t See
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Unsung Heroes
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Good in Both Senses
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For the Love of God!
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Cardiac Check
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Sabbath Psalm (Adapted from Anne Ross Cousin’s hymn, ‘The Sands of Time are Sinking’)
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Today’s Chronicle: Constancy
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A More Consuming Fire
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About a Burning Fire
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Against the Winds
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Hide-And-Seek-Chase
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Sabbath Psalm (Adapted from Carrie Breck’s hymn ‘Face to Face’)
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Dummies
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Visual Words
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A Double Standard
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Actions Speak
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A Great Co-Mission
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Sabbath Psalm (Adapted from Edward Mote’s hymn, ‘The Solid Rock’)
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Passing the Baton
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Divine Devotion
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King of the Grasshoppers
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Holy Dread
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Blaze of Glory
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Sabbath Psalm (Adapted from Mary Kidder’s hymn ‘Is My Name Written There?’)
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Outliers
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The Father’s Arms
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The Prepositions of Providence
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The Grace of Problem Solving
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Make Me a Sanctuary
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Sabbath Psalm (From Fanny Crosby’s hymn ‘Blessed Assurance’)
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Spiritual Scars
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Better Judgment
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A Roll Call
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Kingdom Rising
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A Tale of Two Pilgrims
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Sabbath Psalm (Revised from Charles Wesley’s hymn ‘Depth of Mercy’)
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A Leprous Colony
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Word Spreads
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Dry Seasons Pt. 2
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Dry Seasons
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For the Record
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Sabbath Psalm (From Priscilla Owens’ hymn ‘Jesus Saves!’’)
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Monumental Letters
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A Second Impression
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Fighting Words
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Either-Or
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Striking Justice
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Sabbath Psalm (From Lidie H. Edmund’s hymn ‘My Faith Has Found a Resting Place’)
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The Fall of Balaam
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Justice—A Double-Edged Sword
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Spoken For
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A Divine Intervention
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Promises Performed
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Out of the Ordinary
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Dying Request
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Hand in Hand
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When God Speaks for You
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A New Genesis
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Sabbath Psalm (Revised from John Peterson’ hymn ‘A Flag to Follow’)
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In Broad Daylight
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No Place Like Home
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Balaam’s Final Oracle
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Faith—An Oasis
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Balaam’s Second Oracle
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Sabbath Psalm (Revision of Henry F. Lyte’s hymn ‘Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken’)
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Balaam’s First Oracle
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A Language Barrier pt. 2
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A Language Barrier pt. 1
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No Solicitors!
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Out of the Shadows
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Sabbath Psalm (Revised from Palmer Hartsough’s hymn ‘I Am Resolved’)
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The Way of Kings
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Lost Books
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The Truth Bites
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The Hand-Off
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Rebels All