Though Jesus came as a king, he was not the kind of king that most people expected. He didn't

come to provide immediate political and military victory, nor did he strike people's outwardly

impressive. Jesus was different than any other earthly king. In this message from Mark,

chapter 11, verses 1 through 11, David Platt helps us see that, despite our expectations,

Jesus Christ is precisely the kind of king we need. His authority, his humility, his power

over sin, his ability to give us peace with God, and his ability to heal us. For all these

reasons and many more, there is no one like Jesus. This is the Radical with David Platt podcast.

Here is David with a message titled The King We Need.

There is nothing like this word in all the world. It's why we gather together.

In a way that doesn't make sense to a lot of people, to open up a buck and read it together.

Because this is the word of God. Pass down for generations,

century after century after century, thousands of years. And it is remarkably relevant.

To our lives and the world right now, just like it has been for generation after generation,

in nation after nation. I want to show you this today. Just think about this last week.

We've seen a tragic, evil, and all-too-predictable script play out yet again,

like another school shooting, followed by all kinds of people shouting, often with vitriol,

their opinions and their perspectives about these policies and those politicians.

And to be clear, for people whom God has called and requires to do justice,

we care a lot about policies and politicians. We work hard to protect people,

particularly the vulnerable. But if we're not careful, especially in this city, the capital of

our country where there's so much focus on our government and lawmakers and policies and

politicians, we are in danger of missing the whole point. This is where the Bible and the text we

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