"Who IS Your God???!!!" - 10

 K - King

Certainly we must, as Christians, know that God, our God, the One True God, The Maker of Heaven and Earth, Our Creator, IS also our King!

Psalm 47:6-7 - Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises! For God is the King of all the earth; sing praises with a psalm

Psalm 24:1 - Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory! Selah

K - Kingdom

Our God, Our King, is the King over His Kingdom, "The Kingdom of God".

Luke 8:1 - Soon afterward he went on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with him,

Acts 19:8 - And he entered the synagogue and for three months spoke boldly, reasoning and persuading them about the kingdom of God.

Matthew 4:22 -  And he went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction among the people.

John 3:1-36 - Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.” Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?” Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 

Mark 10:15 - Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.”

Colossians 1:13 -  It is God who has delivered us out of the dominion of darkness, and has transferred us into the Kingdom of His dearly-loved Son,

L - Lord

Philippians 2:9-11 - Therefore God has highly exalted him and restored on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and in earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Romans 10:9 - because if you acknowledge and confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord [recognizing His power, authority, and majesty as God], and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

Luke 6:46 - So why do you keep calling me ‘Lord, Lord!’ when you don’t do what I say?

Matthew 7:21 - “Not everyone who calls out to me, ‘Lord! Lord!’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of my Father in heaven will enter.

Isaiah 33:22 - For the Lord is our judge; the Lord is our lawgiver; the Lord is our king; he will save us.

1 Chronicles 29:11 - Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all.

Hebrews 12:28 - Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe,

Many people, even Christians, at this time are disgruntled, discouraged, feeling defeated and even depressed over the situation of our world and in particular the condition of the United States of America.

However, God is Our King. Let's hear that again: GOD IS OUR KING!  !!!!!!

If we have entered into the Kingdom of our God by  being Born Again, then we have spiritually been translated out of the domain of darkness, the rule of satan and we have been transferred into the Kingdom of His dear Son...the Kingdom of God.

If we are Born Again, we are now children of God and citizens of His Kingdom. 

Remember that Romans 10:9 tells us: 

If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord (Master, supreme authority of our lives now)

and 

believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

So, put this truth together....

God IS Our KING

We are Citizens of God's Kingdom.

The Kingdom of God has different rules. Different ways of thinking, being and doing 

AND Jesus is the Lord, the Ruler, the Master, the Supreme authority over this Kingdom that we are now citizens of.....The Kingdom of God.

So....we must learn the ways of the Kingdom of God. Jesus was all about teaching about the Kingdom of God while He was on this earth. Obviously, learning them and walking according to His ways must be important since He admonished saying, "Why do you call me Lord, Lord and do not do what I say?"

We are, in effect, Ambassadors of His Kingdom. Citizens of His Kingdom. Living in and representing Him and His ways while we currently reside in the Kingdom of this world with all of His power and authority backing us up.

How should this affect us??? In every way, at all times, in all situations, under any conditions. God IS Our King. He is our Lord, Master and Supreme Authority. No earthly president or congress outweighs or outranks Him. We are subject first and foremost to our King and our Lord and we are, in reality, citizens of the Kingdom of Our God. His power and authority is Far Greater than any natural king, lord or president. We must start seeing ourselves from the real perspective of Who We Are and Who Our GOD IS!!!! 

We must remember what acknowledging and confessing Him as our Lord and yield ourselves to His Lordship. The Kingdom of God is not a democracy. Our opinion in the matter is not the Wise way. God's way is the way that any "wise" person would willingly yield to. His way is the Right way to go All the time!!!

So, how does that affect and impact our natural situation now????

I have been pondering the following thoughts....

Was there anytime that God's people were in a pickle (other than Jesus on the cross) that, when they got tired of their situation and called out to God, that God failed to help them?

In helping them, were there people involved with their deliverance or was it entirely by the hand of God with no human participation?

Answer those two questions and then apply the result to our current situation.

Ponder these examples:

The Israelites were in bondage to the Egyptians.

They cried out to God after what? 430 years in slavery - how long does it take us to get smart????

Then God sent Moses. Through the human hand of Moses, God caused plagues to attack the enemy.

Through Moses' obedience to stretch forth his staff over the Red Sea, God parted the Sea. The Israelites crossed over on dry ground. Then the Sea went back to normal and all the Egyptians who were in pursuit of God's people drowned.

This all took place by:

1. God's people calling out for God's help.

2. By a man cooperating with God to lead the people out and comply with God's instructions along the way.

3. By the cooperation and participation of God's people.

4. By worship and praise of God's people to God

Now think about the following examples in like manner asking the same questions....: 

Joshua leading God's people out of the wilderness to the Promised Land.

Gideon

Jericho

Elijah and the rain

Ezekiel and the dry bones

Queen Esther

Elijah and the woman with last meal

The NT woman with the issue of blood

The Centurion

Jairus

The 10 lepers

The guy let down through the roof by his friends.....

Shall I continue? The Bible is full of more of the same.