Kingship of Christ

Pastor Martin opens a new series within Here We Stand on the kingly office of Christ. He establishes the biblical concept of a king as one who possesses a real throne, wields a real scepter, and…

Pastor Martin continues his sweep through the Old Testament period of preparation, showing how God added bolder strokes to the prophetic portrait of the coming Messiah-King. Beginning with the…

Pastor Martin moves from the Old Testament period of preparation to the period of manifestation in the Gospels, showing that from the very first verse of the New Testament Jesus is presented as the…

Pastor Martin examines four pivotal Gospel passages in which Jesus Himself asserts His kingship: His refusal to be made a political king after the feeding of the 5,000 in John 6, the triumphal entry…

Pastor Martin moves into the period of proclamation, the book of Acts, to demonstrate that the kingship of Christ was a dominant note in apostolic preaching. He shows that the very words 'Christ' and…

Pastor Martin completes his survey of apostolic preaching in Acts, walking through Acts 5, 8, 10, 13, 17, 20, and 26 to show that the present kingship of Jesus Christ was a constant note in…

Entering the 'period of explanation and confirmation' (the Epistles), Pastor Martin expounds Romans 14:9 as one of the clearest New Testament assertions of Christ's present kingship. He shows Paul…

Pastor Martin expounds Ephesians 1:20-22 as the third major epistolary passage for Christ's present kingship. In the middle of Paul's prayer that the Ephesians may know the exceeding greatness of…

Pastor Martin expounds the opening vision of Revelation 1:9-20, in which the exiled John on Patmos sees the Son of Man in the midst of the seven golden lampstands. After reviewing first principles of…

Pastor Martin expounds the second half of the throne-room vision, Revelation 5, in three movements: the problem of the sealed scroll, the answer in the Lion who is the slain Lamb, and the response of…

In the final sermon on Christ's kingship in Revelation, Pastor Martin expounds 11:15-18, the sounding of the seventh trumpet and the great voices declaring, 'The kingdom of the world is become the…

Pastor Martin expounds on the Old Testament prophecies concerning the kingship of Christ, demonstrating how God progressively revealed the nature of the Messiah as a divine, eternal, and righteous…

Pastor Martin continues his series on the Kingship of Christ, focusing on its centrality in the Book of Acts. He demonstrates that apostolic preaching consistently proclaimed Jesus as the enthroned…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Revelation 1:9-20, focusing on the opening vision of the exalted Christ amidst the seven golden lampstands. He emphasizes that this vision, given to John in exile…

Pastor Martin expounds Revelation 4, presenting it as a vision of God's sovereign throne and its occupant, the Creator and Sustainer of the universe. He argues that this vision, given to John amidst…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Revelation 5, presenting Christ's kingship as the Lamb who was slain, the only one worthy to open the seven-sealed scroll of God's complete purposes for the church…

Pastor Martin expounds Revelation 1:9-20, focusing on the opening vision of Christ's kingship. He argues that this vision provides essential comfort and stability for the suffering church…

Pastor Martin expounds Revelation 4, presenting it as a vision of God's sovereign throne and its occupant, the Creator and Sustainer of the universe. He argues that this vision provides profound…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Revelation 5, presenting the vision of the sealed scroll and the Lamb who alone is worthy to open it. He identifies the scroll as God's complete, unchangeable…

Pastor Martin expounds Revelation 11:15-18, focusing on the proclamation of Christ's universal and eternal kingship at the sounding of the seventh trumpet. He uses an extended analogy of…

Pastor Martin expounds on Christ's own claims to kingship, drawing from John 6, Matthew 21, and John 18. He demonstrates that Jesus unequivocally asserted His present kingship, while simultaneously…

In "Kingship of Christ in The Acts, Part 1," Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds on the pervasive theme of Christ's kingship throughout the book of Acts, particularly in its opening and closing notes…

Pastor Martin expounds Romans 14:9, "For to this end Christ died and lived again, that He might be Lord of both the dead and the living," within its broader context of Romans 14-15. He argues that…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Ephesians 1:20-22, focusing on the absolute, universal, and unqualified kingship of Christ. He details Christ's exalted position at God's right hand, far above all…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Revelation 11:15-18, presenting it as the culmination of Christ's kingship in the book of Revelation. He uses an extended analogy of a cross-country trip to explain…

Before turning to Revelation's great assertions of Christ's kingship, Pastor Martin lays out first principles for interpreting the book. Negatively, Revelation is neither a pre-written crystal ball…

Pastor Martin introduces a series on the kingship of Christ in the book of Revelation by first establishing proper principles for interpreting the book. He argues that Revelation is not a cryptic…

Pastor Martin introduces a series on the kingship of Christ in the Book of Revelation by first establishing proper principles for interpreting the book. He argues that Revelation is not a cryptic…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds on the kingship of Jesus Christ, the third of His mediatorial offices, following His roles as Prophet and Priest. Drawing from numerous Old Testament prophecies and…

Pastor Martin expounds Revelation 4 as the first half of the great vision of the throne of God and of the Lamb. After the seven letters are dictated, John is beckoned through an opened door in heaven…