Sermonette: Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, God's Servant
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Jarod Ritenbaugh
Given 28-Mar-26; 16 minutes
We must never decide that we can limit God on whom He can work through when using His agents to fulfill His will. Looking through to book of Jeremiah, we see that Nebuchadnezzar is called God's "servant." Even though the king used to bring judgement and destruction against a nation that God established and would be considered a villain to the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, nevertheless he was bringing about God's divine judgement and plan. We saw that the king committed many sins such as threatening to murder his advisors if they could not tell and interpret his dreams, and was he was very proud, which eventually led to his downfall where he was temporarily brought low. Paralleling with how the Old Testament kingdoms would find him politically distasteful, both them and us today would find some of his character traits and sinful actions morally distasteful. Despite our own personal feelings, he is fulfilling God's word, and we should humbly realize that we cannot limit God's servants on earth to achieve His will to morally fit our own frame. Our mindset should be to shift to how God sees His actions and people that fulfill it, not our own.
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