9 Nov 2016

So…You think Jesus is king?

by | posted in: Uncategorized | 134,756

With all this election posting on social media, one thing has caught my attention. A lot of people keep posting that Christ is King. If that is so, and I would agree with them, then the question I have is this. Do we realize what making Christ King means for our lives?

The first thing is that is Jesus is king, then he is king over all, whether they have accepted him or not.  This also means he is king over all our politics, business deals, education, and every other part of our lives. To have a king is different than a president or governor. A king has total authority to determine how we shall live. We have a choice to either submit in total to the kings will or live in adversity to him and risk the wrath of the judgment of the king. There is also the third party that gives lip service to the king but ignores his statutes. This is where I argue much of the church is today. We have sought peace from earthly kings and now believe we have elected one. So what now? Now we need to do what we should do regardless who sits in government. We need to cry out to the Lord, “We have sinned, because we have forsaken the Lord and have served the Baals and the Ashtaroth. But now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, that we may serve you.” (1 Sam. 12:10) “ And now behold the king whom you have chosen, for whom you have asked; behold, the Lord has set a king over you. 14 If you will fear the Lord and serve him and obey his voice and not rebel against the commandment of the Lord, and if both you and the king who reigns over you will follow the Lord your God, it will be well. 15 But if you will not obey the voice of the Lord, but rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then the hand of the Lord will be against you and your king.” (1 Sam. 12:13-15)

We have chosen our earthly king, but he must submit to the authority of God for things to go well with us. But all the cards are not in his lap. It is us who should study to show ourselves approved. Paul tells us in 1 Thessalonians that to be entrusted with the gospel means we must speak not to please man, but to please God. If we have been transformed by the gospel ourselves, then we live by God’s standards and we need to stop trying to change them to match our standards. We must seek out the standards of God and seek to live as salt and light, different from the world and quit assimilating into it. We must seek the standards of God because they will show us the error of our ways and cause us to repent. Repentance is a beautiful thing. It brings us to God and when he pours his mercy and grace on us we have true peace. In God’s kingdom there is freedom, true freedom, the kind that comes from serving a good king. One who does not lay heavy burdens on His people. But this king calls us to go into the world with truth, not with feel goodness but with truth that can sometimes be hard. But it has to begin with each of us individually. We must apply the truth of God to our own lives. Then apply it to our families and finally our churches. That is when we will see the freedom and peace, for ourselves and for our children.

So if you believe God is truly on the throne, then seek the king’s orders. He is a king who loves, a king who died for you, so give your life to serve him in how He commands.

134756 Responses

  10. เกมพนันคาสิโนออนไลน์
    | Reply

    Maxbet (แม็กซ์เบ็ต) เป็นเว็บไซต์พนันออนไลน์ที่ได้รับความนิยมอย่างแพร่หลายในประเทศไทย
    ด้วยความหลากหลายของเกมที่มีให้เลือกเล่น รวมถึงคาสิโนสดที่มีเจ้ามือคาสิโนชำนาญให้บริการตลอด 24 ชั่วโมง นอกจากนี้ยังมีการแข่งขันกีฬาหลากหลายประเภท เช่นกีฬาฟุตบอล บาสเก็ตบอล และมวยไทย ที่สามารถวางเดิมพันได้ทุกวัน ซึ่ง
    Maxbet ยังมีความปลอดภัยสูงเพราะใช้เทคโนโลยีการเข้ารหัสข้อมูลที่มีความเข้มงวด ทำให้ผู้เล่นมั่นใจได้ว่าข้อมูลส่วนตัวและการเงินของตน
    จะได้รับการปกป้องอย่างเต็มที่ ดังนั้น หากคุณชื่นชอบการเดิมพันออนไลน์ คุณควรลองเล่นกับ
    Maxbet!

    Here is my site เกมพนันคาสิโนออนไลน์

  14. WomWork
    | Reply

    I am really enjoying the theme/design of your web site.
    Do you ever run into any browser compatibility issues?
    A couple of my blog audience have complained about my blog
    not operating correctly in Explorer but
    looks great in Safari. Do you have any suggestions to help fix this
    problem?

  15. slot resmi
    | Reply

    Hi! I just wanted to ask if you ever have any problems with hackers?
    My last blog (wordpress) was hacked and I ended up losing
    several weeks of hard work due to no data backup.
    Do you have any methods to stop hackers?

  18. Mod APK
    | Reply

    It’s wonderful that you are getting thoughts from this
    post as well as from our discussion made at this place.

  23. www.instapaper.com
    | Reply

    เมื่อพูดถึง “Pretty Gaming”, คุณจะนึกถึงความสนุกและการท้าทายที่ไม่ขาดสาย.
    เกมเหล่านี้เอื้อผลแด่ความงดงามของสีสันและการออกแบบที่น่าสนใจ.
    ทั้งหมดนี้ทำให้ผู้เล่นหลงใหลใน Gaming
    Pretty. ไม่ว่าคุณจะเป็นผู้เล่นที่ยังไม่มีประสบการณ์หรือมืออาชีพ, Pretty Gaming มีทั้งเกมที่เหมาะสำหรับทุกระดับความชำนาญ.

    การเล่นเกมเหล่านี้จะทำให้คุณรู้สึกประทับใจ.
    เพราะฉะนั้น, Pretty Gaming คือที่สุดของการสนุกและความสวยงามในโลกของเกม.

    Here is my blog post … รีวิวคาสิโนออนไลน์ (http://www.instapaper.com)

  24. JayCog
    | Reply

    Я думаю, что Вы не правы. Предлагаю это обсудить.
    It is significantly more, than just a piece of technology, it is a bold path of innovation, an https://waffle-swap.io/ driven by those who dared fantasize about more and act in accordance with this.

  29. More info
    | Reply

    My brother suggested I may like this web site. He was once totally right.
    This put up truly made my day. You cann’t imagine simply how much time I had spent for this info!
    Thank you!

  34. Anime merch
    | Reply

    Hello there I am so excited I found your site, I really found you by accident,
    while I was researching on Google for something else, Nonetheless I am here now and would just like to say
    thanks for a tremendous post and a all round exciting blog (I also love the theme/design), I don’t have time to
    read through it all at the minute but I have bookmarked it and also included your RSS feeds, so when I have time I will be back to read
    a great deal more, Please do keep up the great work.

  36. инсталлы для стиллера
    | Reply

    Write more, thats all I have to say. Literally, it seems as
    though you relied on the video to make your point. You definitely know what youre talking about, why
    waste your intelligence on just posting videos to your weblog when you
    could be giving us something informative to read?

  38. đàn hương
    | Reply

    I really like what you guys are up too. This sort of clever work and coverage!
    Keep up the terrific works guys I’ve included you guys
    to my blogroll.

  49. wot trigger
    | Reply

    Thanks for one’s marvelous posting! I genuinely enjoyed reading it, you happen to be a great author.I will always bookmark
    your blog and definitely will come back at some point.
    I want to encourage that you continue your great job, have a nice weekend!

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *