Golden Calf Reckoning – Part 3: My Kingdom

Pastor Dan Harrison | Main Text: 2 Kings 10:28–36

In the final message of the Golden Calf Reckoning sermon series, Pastor Dan Harrison brings us to 2 Kings 10:28–36 and asks a piercing question: Who is truly on the throne of your heart—God, or you?

Pastor Dan unpacks the story of Jehu, a king anointed by God and used to bring judgment against Baal worship and the house of Ahab. Jehu started strong—he did what God asked and experienced victory. But the tragedy of his story is this: he wiped out Baal, yet he refused to turn from the golden calves of Jeroboam. Scripture says Jehu “was not careful to walk in the law of the Lord with all his heart.” In other words, he removed one false god while protecting the idols that served his own “kingdom.”

This message exposes how modern idolatry often hides behind spiritual language and religious activity. Pastor Dan highlights several ways golden-calf tendencies still show up today:

• The pursuit of power and the temptation to misuse authority

• The priority of pleasure—chasing temporary fixes instead of lasting joy in Jesus

• Appropriating the Almighty—putting Jesus’ name on what we simply want to do

At the heart of it all is a simple reality: it’s possible to be used by God and still keep areas of your life under your own rule. That’s why this sermon is titled “My Kingdom.” It’s a call to surrender—removing ourselves from the throne and letting Christ be King in every part of our lives.

Pastor Dan closes with a powerful prayer and declaration:

“Christ be magnified… from the altar of my life.”

Because the kind of church that truly changes the world isn’t built on personalities, programs, or power—it’s built on people who choose to magnify Jesus.

As you listen, don’t just evaluate Jehu—ask God to evaluate you. Invite the Holy Spirit to search your heart and reveal any place where your desires, your appetite, your need for control, or your need to be right has taken the throne.

Takeaway Challenge:

This week, pray daily: “Jesus, show me where I’m still building ‘my kingdom.’ Take me off the throne. Be King in me.”Then choose one specific habit, attitude, or appetite to surrender—replacing it with obedience and worship.

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