Jesus - King Of Kings

5. A King Now Rules. The Old Testament and the life of Jesus here on earth were all a prelude to Jesus establishing His role as eternal King.

• Hebrews 1:8 But of the Son he says, "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom.

• Acts 2:29-36 In Peters sermon at Pentecost he affirmed that Jesus had been raised from the dead to sit on David's throne. Peter went on to explain that Jesus is at the right hand of God and that He is exalted.

6. Jesus’ Kingdom Will One Day Be Over a New Universe – the current universe in made of perishable material but when Jesus sets up His new universe it will be imperishable and eternal.

• Revelation 11:15 Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever."

• Matthew 25:31-46 When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

CONCLUSION

As time has progressed in our lives, my wife Ernestine and I have noticed how the number of nativity scenes appearing in front of churches and on people’s lawns has steadily declined. America, a nation where our forefathers declared that: “We have no King but Jesus,” has become a nation that can barely acknowledge the birth of Baby Jesus, let alone bow to Him as King. The simple truth, however, is that Jesus is King; and, it does not matter what the people want: God’s plan is God’s plan. Scripture clearly establishes five key facts about Jesus as King:

1. God planned to restore a fallen mankind to His Kingdom authority;

2. God sent Jesus to earth to establish the spiritual Kingdom of God;

3. Jesus is now ruling the spiritual Kingdom of God;

4. Entrance into the Kingdom is only through King Jesus;

5. Jesus will return and create the eternal Kingdom of God; and

6. Jesus will rule the Kingdom of God forever.

It is a tragedy that the bulk of Christendom just cannot seem to accept a salvation, which is only found in the Monarch of the Kingdom of God. People want a universal, watered down version of salvation, which requires nothing on their part. The idea of a great spiritual teacher or even a savior is fine; just as long as Jesus is not given Lordship and authority over the lives of those who claim to love and know Him.

This is the time of the year when we enjoy remembering God’s love and His greatest gift to mankind: Jesus. What we must never do is consider the birth of Jesus as only being the birth of a gentle loving teacher and savior. We must remember that the baby in the manager was born the Lord of Lords, and King of Kings. To think of the Baby Jesus as anything less than the supreme monarch of the universe is an attack on the deity of Jesus.