My Kingdom Is Not of This World

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 of Matthew 21 and John 12, His exchange with Pilate in John 18, and the taunts at the cross in Matthew 27. Christ never denied His kingship; He repeatedly corrected misconceptions about its nature while unequivocally claiming a real throne, real subjects, and a real kingdom 'not of this world.' Even Pilate understood what the Jews missed, and the dying thief found mercy by appealing to Jesus as King while He hung upon the cross.