Christ Is a Real King

Americans blame the president for the economy as though he were a king, but he cannot override Congress or the Supreme Court — we must break out of this mentality to understand biblical kingship.

When the king says, look, this is my legitimate realm of authority and power, he doesn't go around and get a consensus and wait for the approval. No, no. A kingdom is a realm where the power and will of the king or the will and power of the king are exercised. Now, do you think you have at least the beginnings of a biblical concept of the king? Now, that's fundamental. You miss that, everything else, I've failed. Now, I don't want to treat you as though you were second graders, but I find if I preach as though you were all sixth graders, for the most part, we get it. Now, that's not an insult....

14:25 - 15:27 Read in full sermon

Even the king and queen of England rule under a parliament — we must go back to biblical concepts to grasp what unrivaled kingly authority really means.

over all. Or Psalm 47, verses 2 and 8, a parallel passage. Oh, clap your hands, all ye people, shall we? Shout unto God with the voice of triumph, for the Lord Most High is terrible. He is a great king over all the earth. Verse 8, God reigneth over the nations, God sitteth upon his holy throne. Now, think with me. If the Scriptures assert, and they do, that God is the absolute sovereign of the universe, ever has been and ever shall be, then God is God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. And if that God is God the Father, Son, and Holy

16:48 - 17:35 Read in full sermon

God paints His portrait of the Redeemer across the Old Testament in progressive brush strokes — seed of the woman, seed of Abraham, tribe of Judah — filling in the details of His king over centuries.

Well, this is what God does. And the first stroke of His brush in Genesis says, the Redeemer, the Deliverer, will be a man, seed of the woman. The second bold stroke says, He will ultimately crush the very head of the serpent. In other words, He will deal a death blow to him.

29:13 - 29:30 Read in full sermon

An oriental leader often placed his ruler's staff between his knees and over his shoulders as he sat in judgment — picturing Judah's enduring authority until Shiloh comes.

And Jesus Christ is the ultimate embodiment of all that surrounds the concept of Shiloh, for He is the temple of God. He who said, destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up. God says, that until this one comes and unto Him shall the obedience of the peoples be. And I'm fully aware that this finds, as it were, some premonition in the fact that David becomes a great leader and the kings rise out of the seat of David.

34:20 - 34:57 Read in full sermon