“…there is another king, one Jesus.” ~ Acts 17:7
The early Christians did not get into hot water for saying Christ was their Savior, but by owning Him as their King. Not that He was going to be so at some distant date; but that He was their Sovereign at that particular moment in time. Paul used Jesus’ Kingship in the present tense, “Now unto the King eternal…” True, there was a coup and this world rejected His Kingship, resulting in His temporary exile, as David of old, but this does not make Him any less a King.
As His subjects, we are to submit our lives to His rule, even though He commands us, at present, from another country. For us to do less would be to rob Him of His Royalty. He, and He alone, is to occupy the throne of our hearts, and His desire should be our command.
Those who reject His Sovereign rights now will soon find, to their embarrassment, as Shimei of old, that David’s greater is truly King. Or as Paul states it, “…in his times he shall show who is…King of Kings.”
We Christians will do well to remember old John’s reference to Him in Revelation as “…thou King of saints.”
by an Aged Saint
Amen, Dad. That’s the big issue.