9 Nov 2016

So…You think Jesus is king?

by | posted in: Uncategorized | 157,401

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.

157401 Responses

  3. bitcoin price live
    | Reply

    The primary one to the answer is rewarded with freshly
    minted bitcoin. Not solely do miners must consider the prices
    associated with costly equipment needed to
    face an opportunity of fixing a hash drawback, however they should additionally
    consider the significant quantity of electrical energy mining rigs make the most of in generating vast quantities of nonces in search of the solution. Back then, you had to sort of give you your own resolution.
    It’s like trying to flip fifty three coins at once and have them all
    come up heads. For the merchants, Bitcoin is preferable to credit score-card
    payments because the merchant doesn’t must pay a price to a
    credit score-card company. Other builders have appeared to make use of Bitcoin for very small
    online payments, of a few cents, that are typically not
    possible in the present monetary system due to the minimum funds required for credit-card transactions.

    The system allows you to use ether (the currency) to carry out a number of functions, but the smart
    contract side of Ethereum helps make it a popular forex.
    The whole number of apples was defined in the public
    ledger initially. Because bitcoins were so cheap at the time,
    and the number of bitcoin users so few, making transactions
    on the bitcoin community was effectively free.

  8. Momaczobruic
    | Reply

    На сайте http://sator.ru получите консультацию для того, чтобы воспользоваться инженерным консалтингом. Также в компании можно воспользоваться и такой услугой, как акустическое моделирование, проектирование. Прямо сейчас специально для вас высококлассные и лучшие сотрудники подсчитают цену звукоизоляции под определенные требования. Вы гарантированно защититесь от шума, а также вибраций. В работе применяется исключительно сертифицированная и безопасная продукция. Сервис, материалы на высшем уровне.

  19. Mufejpreor
    | Reply

    Зайдите на сайт https://glrx.ru/ и вы сможете почитать увлекательную информацию из мира музыки, литературы, в том числе краткие пересказы книг, узнать многое о различных достопримечательностях и стоит ли их посещать, ознакомиться с новостями искусства и различными событиями и многое другое. Это познавательно и интересно! Все в доступном формате и легком восприятии.

  20. Theresa Brown
    | Reply

    Loved learning about nuances involved while dealing intricacies present within taxation frameworks thus necessitating experienced aid – follow updates closely over     #AnyKeyWord Accountant

  21. Bokep Terkini Viral
    | Reply

    of course like your website however you have to check the spelling on quite a few of your posts.
    A number of them are rife with spelling issues and I in finding it
    very troublesome to inform the reality nevertheless I’ll definitely come back again.

  28. buy Designer dupes
    | Reply

    Howdy would you mind letting me know which hosting company you’re working with?
    I’ve loaded your blog in 3 completely different browsers and I must say this blog
    loads a lot quicker then most. Can you suggest
    a good web hosting provider at a honest price?
    Kudos, I appreciate it!

  34. Stairlift
    | Reply

    Can I simply say what a comfort to find somebody who truly knows what they are talking about online. You actually realize how to bring a problem to light and make it important. A lot more people need to check this out and understand this side of the story. I was surprised that you’re not more popular given that you certainly have the gift.

  43. Learn More
    | Reply

    My relatives always say that I am killing my time here at net,
    however I know I am getting know-how daily by reading such pleasant articles or reviews.

Leave a Reply

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