Jesus Is The King Of Kings (Part 3) Series

Jesus: Prophet, priest, KING

Pastor Jefferson M. Williams

Chenoa Baptist Church

11-16-2025

The King

Growing up in Memphis, I knew royalty.

There was Jerry “The King” Lawler a wrestler who had an on-going fake feud with comedian Andy Kaufman.

There was Prince Mongo, Robert Hodges, is 333 years old and is from the ruling family of the planet Zambodia. He ran for mayor my entire childhood, owned a great pizza place, drove his neighbors crazy with his yard art (junk), and actually lived in a Castle.

When I was about ten years old, he wrapped himself in saran wrap and climbed into a hot air balloon. He bid all of us a sweet farewell and headed back to his home planet. Thankfully, at the last minute he received a message from Zambodia that told him to stay in Memphis so he landed a few miles away.

There was B.B. King, the king of the blues guitar, who would play at his club on Beale Street.

* I cruised the Mississippi several times on the Memphis Queen Steamboat.

* And then there was The King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley.

Elvis didn’t like being called “The King.” When people would stop him on the street and address him as the king, Elvis would often reply, “No ma’am. Jesus in the King. I’m just a singer.”

Review

In the Old Testament, after the fall, God instituted three offices or patterns.

Prophets - revealed God’s will to the people

Priests - mediated between a sinful people and a holy God

Kings - led the people as a representative of God

Dr. Albert Mohler writes:

“As we read the Scriptures, we discover Jesus clearly operating as a Prophet. For when we He talks, the words of God are spoken. We also see Jesus operating as Priest. For He gave himself up as the perfect sacrifice for His people.

However, while on earth, we never see Jesus operating as King the way we humans would expect a king to operate. Yet He was our king then, is ruling as our King now, and will hold this position throughout eternity.”

Let me begin with a very important question - who is king of your life? Whose kingdom are you living for?

Prayer

God is King

Any study of kingship starts at the beginning - God is King. The Psalms highlight the kingship of God:

"The Lord is King for ever and ever; the nations will perish from his land.” (Psalm 10:16)

And…

“For the Lord Most High is awesome, the great King over all the earth  He subdued nations under us, peoples under our feet. He chose our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom he loved. God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the Lord amid the sounding of trumpets. Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises. For God is the King of all the earth; sing to him a psalm of praise.” (Psalm 47:2-7)

And…

“Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.  Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song. For the Lord is the great God, the great King above all gods.” (Psalm 95:1-3)

Adam Failed as King

This King created mankind in His image and gave Adam the directive to establish dominion, rule, and authority over all creation. This was a function of kingship.

Adam was a king under the authority of God and God would express His kingship in and through Adam.

Adam failed miserably. Instead of asserting his authority over the snake in the garden, he willingly gave up his crown to become like God, knowing good and evil.

But, we know that from the curse that God places upon the serpent, all is not lost:

“And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.” (Genesis 3:15)

As we’ve learned, the word offspring is “seed” and it is singular. This Seed would come from Adam and Eve and will crush the head of satan once and for all.

The Seed would come and restore the proper role of kingship. Because after the fall, dominion easily becomes domination, exploitation, and oppression.

Abraham was a King

As time went by, Abraham was called by God out of his home country. Abraham acts as a king. He rescues his nephew Lot from a coalition of kings.

God establishes His covenant with Abram and changes his name:

“As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations. No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations. I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.” (Genesis 17:4-6)

So we now know that the Promised King will come from Abraham.