9 Nov 2016

So…You think Jesus is king?

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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.

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    The base jumper’s friend landed safely moments after his pal – identified
    locally as a 50-year-old German – died instantly after hitting rocks at the
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    Distressing footage taken by an onlooker showed the
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    A man thought to be the third base jumper filmed standing by the pair that leapt off the edge
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    A woman, also speaking in English, could be overheard saying, ‘Oh my God’.

    The dead man’s chute only opened after he hit the ground.

    The incident happened just after midday at Praia do Norte in Nazare – North Beach in English.

    A currently unnamed base jumper leapt off a cliff and fell to his
    death after his parachute failed to activate

    Leading Portuguese daily Correio da Manha said the victim was a 50-year-old German. Officials confirmed he was a foreigner.

    Police and firefighters were among the emergency services who raced to the scene,
    but they could nothing to save him.

    He was pronounced dead just before 1pm.

    The tragedy happened near the same spot where a 29-year-old Swedish man died when his parachute failed to open in July 2013.

    The base jumper’s friend landed safely moments after his pal – identified
    locally as a 50-year-old German

    He had travelled to Portugal with some Norwegian friends to pursue his passion for base jumping,
    which involves participants jumping from fixed objects such as bridges and using parachutes to break
    their fall.

    The new victim has not been named.

    The cliffs at Nazare are a popular spot for base jumping
    and enthusiasts usually upload videos of their feats
    onto social media.

    Praia do Norte is famed for its monster waves, which form due to the presence of the underwater Nazare Canyon.

    In November 2011 surfer Garrett McNamara surfed a record-breaking wave measuring 78 feet.

    Brazilian surfer Rodrigo Koxa broke the previous record
    by surfing an 80-foot wave on November 8 last year.

    Maritime Police chief Paulo Agostinho said the German base
    jumper fell around 310 feet (95 metres)
    and confirmed the man he jumped with was a Portuguese friend.

    The height of the cliff meant the dead man would have hit the
    ground at just under 100mph.

    Psychologists are now assisting friends of the victim who witnessed the tragedy.

    An autopsy was due to take place at regional capital Leiria.

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