Christ as Our King

In this part of the sermon: Martin provides representative prophecies from the Old Testament divisions: Genesis 49:10 and Numbers 24:17 from Moses, Psalm 2 and Psalm 72 from the Psalms, and Isaiah 9:6-7 and…

Martin uses the analogy of a wedding officiant saying 'I pronounce you man and wife' and a judge saying 'I pronounce him guilty' to explain that a 'pronouncement' is an official declaration with authority, distinguishing it from a mere 'announcement' and highlighting the authoritative nature of declarations about Christ's kingship.

in offering oblation and intercession but he will assume the role of a king to rule and to reign so the only Christ foretold by the Old Testament scriptures is one who was promised as a king just as surely as God said in Deuteronomy he would be a prophet the Lord God shall raise up a prophet like unto me Moses said just as surely as Isaiah declared in chapter 53 that the coming Messiah would be a prince so Moses the Psalms and the prophets declared that the Christ of God would come in the office and function of a king but not only do we know that he's a king by the prophecies that preceded his...

13:28 - 14:57 Read in full sermon

The point: If God the Holy Ghost has ever swept across your heart, the only proof you have is that you find this morning a glad disposition to own the yoke of Christ. If there is no disposition to own his yoke, you're a stranger to…

Using the picture of marriage, Martin explains that Christ becomes the head of the church in the same way a woman gets a head: by entering into a covenant relationship and saying 'I do,' signifying willing submission to His sovereignty.

of willing consent that is the portion of those who've heard his invitation and have been partakers of his effectual call for is that not precisely what a man declares in baptism Jesus said make disciples of all the nations baptizing them in the name of the Father Son and the Holy Ghost teaching them to observe what I have commanded you what is baptism but the open of all among other things that Jesus Christ is my gladly owned sovereign and now by making this confession of my subjection to him I identify myself with Christ and his people to be his willing bondservant and through the ministry o...

28:14 - 29:44 Read in full sermon

The point: Do you love his rule? Do you love his reign? Do you love his yoke? Have you found his commandments to be not grievous? Can you sing that song 'His yoke is easy, his burden is light, I found it so'? Or do you count his co…

Martin mentions listening to Handel's Messiah and the chorus singing 'He shall reign forever and ever,' using it to express his confidence in Christ's future absolute dominion, even if the prophetic scheme is not fully understood.

in the path of holiness to be found in no other path have you found it so have you found it so I'm not asking do you believe it so but have you found it so have you found it so the scripture says righteousness and peace have kissed each other there is no peace out of the way of righteousness have you found that so his command to confess him before men even though at times you're ashamed and you mourn failures do you count it a delight to let the world know you're the property of Jesus Christ by your actions and reactions by what you say and don't say by where you go and don't love his rule Jes...

32:44 - 34:13 Read in full sermon

The point: If you're not willing to bow at that throne and kiss the scepter of Jesus Christ, there's no mercy. You have tried to obtain mercy without his government. Grace and government go together and if you'd have his grace you'…

Martin recounts the story of King Saul offering sacrifices in Samuel's absence, an act of disobedience that led to the kingdom being taken from his line, illustrating the uniqueness of Christ's combined priest-king office and the danger of assuming roles God has not given.

we're reading in Joel's Bible story the other night how Saul when Samuel delayed his coming you remember that account some of you will Saul was king of Israel and Samuel said in seven days I'll come and offer sacrifices and we'll pray to God if he'll give us deliverance from the Philistines and Saul got impatient and said well he's not coming it's past time he hasn't kept his appointment so Saul himself took the place of a priest and offered sacrifices and when Samuel came back he said Saul you've disobeyed God he said the kingdom will be taken from your line God does not have so much pleasure...

36:43 - 37:26 Read in full sermon

The point: If you're not willing to bow at that throne and kiss the scepter of Jesus Christ, there's no mercy. You have tried to obtain mercy without his government. Grace and government go together and if you'd have his grace you'…

Martin uses the example of the church in China, meeting in basements at great risk, to illustrate that Christ is still building His church despite persecution and the absence of American missionaries, demonstrating His kingly power to open and close doors.

have come to places of power to terminate the church of Christ what has happened he's built his church why because his throne is a throne of sovereign grace and anything necessary that needs to be done in the way of exerting power and moving nations and kingdoms to build his church Jesus Christ said I will build it and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it so when he has to open a door he opens it he says in revelation 3 10 I open and no man shut I shut and no man opens that what he says God wanted to open the door to China to outside missionaries beloved he could do it three minutes ...

39:06 - 39:55 Read in full sermon

The point: Oh what boldness it should give you when you pray. Remember the words of that hymn 'Thou art coming to a king, large petitions to him bring, for his grace and power such, none can ever ask too much.'

Martin quotes a hymn to encourage believers to pray with boldness, bringing large petitions to Christ, because His throne is one of sovereign grace and power.

this morning as well the fact that his throne is a throne of sovereign grace oh what boldness it should give you when you pray remember the words of that hymn thou art coming to a king large petitions to him bring for his grace and power such none can ever ask too much thou art coming to a king large petitions would thee bring for his grace and power such none can ever ask too much what is his function as a king one of universal government secondly a throne of sovereign grace thirdly a throne of universal judgment in revelation 1916 where our lord is described as coming upon a white horse it s...

44:35 - 45:36 Read in full sermon

The point: Oh what boldness it should give you when you pray. Remember the words of that hymn 'Thou art coming to a king, large petitions to him bring, for his grace and power such, none can ever ask too much.'

Martin uses the vivid image of a potter's vessel being knocked off a kiln and dashing into a hundred pieces to describe Christ's mighty exertion of kingship in destroying His enemies at His coming judgment.

mighty exertion of his kingship as he comes as a king to destroy his enemies it's the picture of that vessel some of you fellas at susque remember what it was like you baked that thing in the kiln and you were getting ready to take it home and somebody knocked it off the thing onto the floor and it dashed into a hundred pieces that's what our lord is going to do at his coming when as a king he will dash in pieces his enemies then he will set his throne of judgment in Matthew 25 31 says the son of man shall come in his glory and sit upon his throne and in verses 33 and 40 you have this interest...

45:37 - 46:24 Read in full sermon

The point: Oh how the thought of his kingship should be the source of adoring worship. It was he who brought us out of the kingdom of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of his dear son.

Martin quotes an old Puritan's analogy of Peter being released from prison by an angel, his chains falling off, to illustrate how King Jesus exercises His sovereign rights to bring believers out of the kingdom of darkness into grace.

his creatures oh my friend this is the Christ whom God summons you to embrace the Christ who not only sits on a throne of universal government of sovereign grace but of universal judgment and this has some tremendously important implications to us those of us who are savingly joined to Jesus Christ oh how the thought of his kingship should be the source of adoring worship why am I a Christian if I'm a Christian it's because my prophet priest and king exercise the rights of his kingship to bring me to grace one of the old Puritans used an interesting analogy he said as Peter lay between the two...

46:30 - 47:26 Read in full sermon