The Monarchy of Jesus Christ

BIG THANK YOU!!

DINNER

& GIFT FROM LAST WEEK...

SO THANKFUL to BE YOUR PASTOR...

THIS MORNING = BIT DIFFERENT....

HOPEFULLY—YOU’LL STILL BE THANKFUL I’M HERE AFTERWARDS.

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HOW MANY OF YOU HERE TODAY HAVE FOUND IN RECENT WEEKS YOUR MAILBOX LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE THIS?

OVERWHELMED W/ POLITICS...

ADS in MAILBOX

TEXTS

YOUTUBE ADS

SOCIAL MEDIA

I DON’T HAVE CABLE,, BUT I CAN ONLY IMAGINE...

**NORMALLY YOU GET a ONE HOUR BREAK on SUNDAYS**

(T) TODAY: BEGIN BY OFFERING THOUGHTS on CHRISTIANS NAVIGATING POLITICS & ELECTION...

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INTERESTING PHENOMENON:

SEPARATION of POLITICS & PULPIT

TABOO SUBJECT

CAN TALK ABOUT YOUR SIN,, MARRIAGE, THOUGHTS,, ETC...

I’M GUESSING:

IN TIMES PAST,, POLITICS = PRIMARILY DIFFERENT POLICIES LARGELY AMORAL

WE COULD ALL AGREE:

KILLING = BAD

STEALING = BAD

ETC. = BAD

NO NEED for PASTORS to TALK on POLICY:

ECONOMICS

FOREIGN TRADE

INFRASTRUCTURE

DEPARTMENT of WHATEVER

ETC.

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· I FOR ONE, AM NO EXPERT ON ECONOMICS.

· I AM NO EXPERT ON INFRASTRUCTURE.

· I AM NO EXPERT ON THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM.

· I AM NO EXPERT ON A LOT OF THESE THINGS

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OUR DAY is GROWING to BE DIFFERENT...

POLITICAL ISSUES ARE GROWING to BECOME BIBLICAL ISSUES...

NOT VOTING FOR AMORAL POLICIES—BUT on THINGS REGARDING BIBLICAL MORALITY.

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GOD HAS GIVEN ME A PLATFORM AND A PEOPLE…

AND MY TASK IS TO BRING THE BIBLE TO BEAR ON YOUR LIFE.

THAT YOU MIGHT LEAD a GOD-PLEASING LIFE

THAT YOU MIGHT KNOW GOD’S WORD BETTER

& THAT YOU CAN REACH OTHERS WITH HOPE of the GOSPEL...

(T) SINCE THIS is SUCH a LARGE AREA of LIFE PRESENTLY— & THIS ELECTION SEEMS to BE VERY IMPORTANT… & CHRISTIANS WILL SOMETIMES SIT THIS OUT...

I WANT to OFFER 6 THOUGHTS on CHRISTIANITY & POLITICS BEFORE WE JUMP INTO PHIL. 2....

I PRAY YOU HEAR ME OUT & DON’T REJECT THIS FROM the OUTSET.

**HERE’S YOUR CHANCE to LEAVE**

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CHRISTIANITY AND POLITICS:

1. THE CHRISTIAN IS TO BE A GOOD CITIZEN OF THEIR EARTHLY HOME, SO LONG AS IT’S IN OBEDIENCE TO GOD.

a. ROMANS 13 TELLS US TO BE SUBJECT TO GOVERNING AUTHORITIES AND TO PAY TAXES.

1 Peter 2:13–14 (ESV)

13 Be subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme,

14 or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good.

i. SO LONG AS THE CHRISTIAN CAN OBEY THE LAWS OF THE LAND IN OBEDIENCE TO GOD, WE’RE TO BE GOOD CITIZENS.

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BIBLICAL HISTORY—CAPTIVITY in BABYLON:

Jeremiah 29:7 (ESV)

7 But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.

BUILD HOUSES

PLANT GARDENS

GET MARRIED

LIVE THERE & LIVE WELL....

BABYLON = WICKED NATION,, UNDER GOD’S JUDGMENT

GOD’S PEOPLE —TOLD to LIVE THERE WELL

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AMERICANS W/ HEAVENLY CITIZENSHIP—SIMILAR IDEA

WE OUGHT to LIVE WELL in EARTHLY HOME,,

SEEK PEACE/WELFARE of OUR HOMELAND

CIVIC DUTIES,, BEING GOOD CITIZENS,, SEEKING WELFARE— I THINK YOU SHOULD VOTE.

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DISCLAIMER: I DON’T THINK THIS SHOULD BE the CHURCH’S PRIMARY WAY of SEEKING CHANGE to WORLD...

***BUT if CHRISTIANS DON’T VOTE…THEN the GODLESS DECIDE WHAT KIND of NATION WE’LL BE LIVING IN.

SOMEONE’S VALUES WILL RESULT in LAW.

AGAIN & AGAIN WE HEAR—CHRISTIANS DIDN’T VOTE & WORSE CANDIDATE WINS...

CHRISTIAN BEING SALT & LIGHT—WE SHOULD TRY & IMPACT the WORLD WHEREVER WE CAN

POLITICS AREN’T OUR PRIMARY MISSION…BUT THAT DOESN’T MEAN WE CAN’T VOTE TOO...

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**THIS CAN BE a ROMANS 14 ISSUE…** BUT WE’LL NEVER HAVE PERFECT CANDIDATES...

YOU CAN ONLY CHOOSE FROM the OPTIONS GIVEN...

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2. WITH THAT SAID I BELIEVE THAT OUR VOTE SHOULD BE TIED TO A CANDIDATE’S POSITIONS ABOVE ALL ELSE........REGARDLESS OUR DESIRES FOR POLICY SHOULD REFLECT BIBLICAL STANDARDS OF MORALITY FIRST AND FOREMOST.

GOD’S WORD = ONLY BEDROCK STANDARD of MORALITY

2 Timothy 3:16–17 (ESV)

16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

17 that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

GOD’S WORD == GIVEN to US,, SO WE KNOW HOW WE OUGHT to LIVE...

IF IT’S COMPLETE for the PASTOR/CHURCH LEADER—HOW MUCH MORE FOR EVERYONE to KNOW??

Psalm 119:105 (ESV)

105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

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GOD’S WORD = OUR GUIDE for HOW to LIVE—IT’S NOT SUBJECTIVE.

**MORALITY = GREAT DEFENSE for the EXISTENCE of GOD.

SOME SAY: MORALITY COMES FROM MAJORITY CONSENSUS—WHAT’S BEST FOR EVERYONE, ETC.

WITHOUT BEDROCK: MORALITY = CONSTANTLY CHANGING...

***IF MAJORITY CONSENSUS DETERMINES RIGHT & WRONG THEN SLAVERY WASN’T WRONG.***

HUMAN SACRIFICE & CANNIBALISM in TRIBAL PEOPLES??

HUMANKIND,, STEEPED in SIN,, CONTINUES to DIG to MORE LAWLESSNESS...

GOD’S WORD = THE ONLY BEDROCK

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POLITICAL ISSUES = BECOMING BIBLICAL ISSUES—ISSUES of MORALITY…HENCE WHY I’M TALKING of IT...

CAN DEBATE POLICY/ECONOMICS/ETC…BUT OUR ISSUES ARE BIGGER PRESENTLY...

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3. IF GOD’S WORD IS OUR STANDARD FOR RIGHT AND WRONG.........I DON’T BELIEVE AS A CHRISTIAN YOU CAN VOTE FOR A CANDIDATE THAT BUILDS THEIR PLATFORM ON THINGS THAT GOD HATES.

EVERY CANDIDATE WILL BE IMPERFECT.

HAVE SOMEWHERE/SOMETHING YOU CAN POINT TO

**BUT the RADICAL LEFT HAS MADE ABORTION and LGBT+ ISSUES MAIN TALKING POINTS...

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I. GOD IS THE GIVER of LIFE AND ONLY HE IS AUTHORIZED TO GIVE AND TAKE LIFE AT WILL.

INTERESTING NOTE:

Exodus 21:22–25 (ESV)

22 “When men strive together and hit a pregnant woman, so that her children come out, but there is no harm, the one who hit her shall surely be fined, as the woman’s husband shall impose on him, and he shall pay as the judges determine.

23 But if there is harm, then you shall pay life for life,

24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

25 burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

UNDER the LAW— A BABY in WOMB = PERSON

**DISTINCT BODY WITHIN WOMAN’S BODY**

Jeremiah 1:5 (ESV)

5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

Psalm 139:13–16 (ESV)

13 For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb.

14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.

15 My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth.

16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.

ABORTION is MURDER—TAKING the LIFE of a CHILD, A PERSON.

THE BIBLICAL VIEW is THAT a BABY in WOMB is a PERSON.

THEY SAY: “JUST a CLUMP of CELLS”

ATHEISTIC WORLDVIEW: WE’RE ALL CLUMPS of CELLS...

BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW: IMAGO DEI—IMAGE of GOD

IF WE WON’T PROTECT the MOST VULNERABLE,, WHAT’S THAT SAY FOR EVERYONE ELSE?

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HUGE PROBLEM: ABORTION = COMING CLOSER & CLOSER to “PLAN A” TREATED LIKE a CONTRACEPTIVE

IN 1992, PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON SAID THAT ABORTION SHOULD BE, “SAFE, LEGAL, AND RARE.”

30 YEARS PASS—NOW SOME WOMEN CELEBRATE it on SOCIAL MEDIA...

BECOMES a RIGHT of PASSAGE—MOMENTOUS TIME in SELF-ACTUALIZATION...

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THE QUESTION ISN’T:

LIFE of the MOTHER

RAPE

INCEST

BUT that SHOULD it BE ON DEMAND FOR WHOEVER, FOR WHATEVER REASON...

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FROM KAMALA’S OWN WEBSITE:

“VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS’ FIGHT FOR OUR FUTURE IS ALSO A FIGHT FOR FREEDOM.

IN THIS ELECTION, MANY FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS ARE AT STAKE:

THE FREEDOM TO MAKE YOUR OWN DECISIONS ABOUT YOUR OWN BODY WITHOUT GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE;

THE FREEDOM TO LOVE WHO YOU LOVE OPENLY AND WITH PRIDE;

AND THE FREEDOM THAT UNLOCKS ALL THE OTHERS: THE FREEDOM TO VOTE.”

#1 = ABORTION RIGHTS

CAMPAIGN PROMISE—BRINGING BACK ROE V. WADE “PROUDLY SIGN INTO LAW”

BUS TOUR— 50 STOPS--- “REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM” HORRIBLE EUPHEMISM...

TESTIMONY: I’M the PRODUCT of an UNPLANNED, TEENAGE PREGNANCY… ACCORDING to THEM I SHOULDN’T BE HERE.

ECONOMIC CHALLENGES FOR MOM? SURELY.

CHANGES to LIFE’S PLANS? SURELY.

DID SHE MAKE IT & STORY ENDED GOOD? SURELY.

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2ND THING— EMPHASIS on LOVE is LOVE—HOMOSEXUALITY & MODERN GENDER IDENTITIES ETC… RAGING WAR on GOD’S DEFINITION of FAMILY

RADICAL LEFT— IT’S NOT JUST ALLOWING IT,, YOU HAVE to BOW & CELEBRATE IT.

NOT JUST TOLERATION—BUT MUST SAY WHAT THEY’RE DOING is OKAY...

USE THEIR PRONOUNS

KAMALA MAKES it a BIG TALKING POINT:

SHE REPORTEDLY OFFICIATED THE FIRST HOMOSEXUAL WEDDING IN CALIFORNIA BACK IN 2004.

LOVE WHO YOU WANT W/ PRIDE

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ISSUES HAVE CHANGED…IT’S NOT JUST THEM DOING THEIR THING OVER THERE...

RADICAL GENDER IDEOLOGY COMING FOR KIDS.

LEFT is PUSHING FOR GENDER TRANSITIONS for KIDS...

TOO YOUNG to:

DRIVE CAR

VOTE

SERVE in MILITARY

BUY CIGARETTES

BUY a POCKETKNIFE @ WALMART

CAN MAKE LIFE-ALTERING DECISIONS on BODILY MUTILATION WITHOUT PARENTAL CONSENT.

**LOVE is LOVE WILL NOT END WITH TWO CONSENTING ADULTS

IT WILL RESULT in PEDOPHILIA AND BESTIALITY

IF CHRISTIANS DON’T JOIN the FIGHT AGAINST THESE THINGS—THEY WILL DETERMINE the WORLD WE LIVE IN TOMORROW.

A SMALL PERCENTAGE of the POPULATION = DICTATING the CONVERSATION…WHAT if CHRISTIANS ACTUALLY MADE THEIR VOICES HEARD???

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JESUS ASKED ABOUT DIVORCE—GIVES HIS POSITION on MARRIAGE

Matthew 19:4–6 (ESV)

4 He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female,

5 and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?

6 So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”

GOD’S DEFINITION of MARRIAGE = ONE MAN & ONE WOMAN FOR LIFE.

HE PUT a MAN & WOMAN in GARDEN--

HE DESIGNED US to PERFECTLY FIT ONE ANOTHER

HE DESTROYED SODOM & GOMORRAH for THIS SIN...

UNDER LAW —ABOMINATION...

**JESUS = DIVINE— HE WAS THERE FOR ALL of THIS**

NEW TESTAMENT....PAUL USES LANGUAGE of:

DISHONORABLE PASSIONS

CONTRARY to NATURE

SHAMELESS ACTS

TO DESCRIBE HOMOSEXUALITY in ROMANS 1:26-27...

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**I DON’T THINK WE SHOULD PICK on THEM**

SEXUAL SIN = UMBRELLA TERM— FORNICATION, ADULTERY, HOMOSEXUALITY, ETC...

THEY NEED SAVED JUST as MUCH as ANY REPUBLICAN/WHOEVER WITHOUT CHRIST...

PROBLEM is: LEFT is MILITANT WITH THIS...

&& THEY EXPECT OUR APPROVAL on THEIR SIN

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A VOTE for KAMALA = A VOTE for ABORTION RIGHTS & FOR RADICAL GENDER THEORY & HOMOSEXUALITY.

**TRUMP ISN’T a PERFECT CANDIDATE on THESE THINGS...

NOT AS PRO LIFE as I’D LIKE...

BUT HE’S NOT KAMALA.

**YOU CAN CHOOSE BETWEEN:

ONE WHO APPOINTED JUSTICES WHO TOOK AWAY ROE V. WADE...

OR the ONE WHO PROMISES to BRING IT BACK...

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4. WITH THIS IN MIND, THE WORLD WON’T BE ENTIRELY CHANGED BY YOUR VOTE, OR BY GETTING THE RIGHT PERSON IN OFFICE…THE CHURCH NEEDS TO REACH THE WORLD WITH THE HOPE OF THE GOSPEL…

DON’T THINK OUR MISSION IS POLITICAL...

BUT JUST BECAUSE IT’S NOT the PRIMARY AVENUE…DOES THAT MEAN WE SHOULD CASH OUT COMPLETELY???

**WOULDN’T IT BE BETTER to HAVE a COUNTRY THAT DIDN’T WANT the THINGS WE’RE VOTING AGAINST??

COMES THROUGH a HEART CHANGE W/ REGENERATION....

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5. REGARDLESS OF WHO GETS ELECTED, IF YOU’RE A CHRISTIAN YOU SHOULD BE PRAYING FOR THEM AND NOT PRAYING FOR THEIR HARM.

1 Timothy 2:1–2 (ESV)

1 First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people,

2 for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.

WE SHOULD STRIVE for PEACEFUL, QUIET, GODLY LIVES

**WHO KNOWS WHAT GOD MIGHT DO**

IF GOD CAN MAKE NEBUCHADNEZZAR EAT GRASS,

BALAAM’S DONKEY SPEAK,

AND CAN SAVE SAUL OF TARSUS, CERTAINLY NO ONE IS BEYOND HIS REACH OR USE.

***PERHAPS GOD MIGHT SAVE WICKED SINNERS in WASHINGTON TOO....

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6. LAST, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, IN THE MIDST OF A MESSY WORLD, GOD IS STILL SOVEREIGN OVER THE NATIONS, AND HIS PLANS WON’T BE FOILED OR ACCOMPLISHED BY A SINGLE POLITICIAN.

Romans 13:1 (ESV)

1 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.

NEBUCHADNEZZAR & CYRUS—KINGS of PAGAN NATIONS— GOD CALLS “SERVANT”

THE CHRISTIAN’S FAITH IN THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD

AND IN HIS SURE PLAN,

SHOULD SET US APART FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD…

POLLS HAVE FOUND:

7/10 ADULTS HAVE SIGNIFICANT STRESS REGARDING ELECTION & FUTURE of NATION

“ELECTION ANXIETY”

***WE DON’T HAVE to FEEL THIS WAY.

IF YOU STRUGGLE: READ WHOLE BOOK of JEREMIAH.

(T) AND SO THIS MORNING, AS WE’VE ALL DEALT WITH CAMPAIGN INFORMATION HEAPED UPON CAMPAIGN INFORMATION,

AS WE’VE DEALT WITH NEWS,

AS WE’VE DEALT WITH THE FLYERS AND ALL THE REST,

I AM THANKFUL THAT TODAY I GET TO BRING GOOD NEWS TO YOU TODAY.

**PULL OUT BIBLE**

WE’VE GOT MAIL FROM HEAVEN THIS MORNING....

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RECAP: “THE MIND OF CHRIST”

PAUL HAS BEEN DEALING WITH CHRISTIAN HUMILITY

GREATEST EXAMPLE— JESUS CHRIST....

MINDSET of CHRIST:

BEING in FORM of GOD—DIDN’T ABUSE/EXPLOIT HIS POSITION

EMPTIED HIMSELF—TAKING on FORM of SERVANT

HUMBLED HIMSELF to DEATH

EVEN DEATH on a CROSS

MOST PEOPLE “CLIMB the LADDER”

CHRIST WENT LOWER & LOWER & LOWER

THE SON of GOD HUMBLED HIMSELF—WILLINGLY— to THE MOST HUMILIATING AWFUL WAY to DIE....

(T) AND NOW, TODAY, WE’LL SEE THE FATHER’S RESPONSE AND WHAT HE DID.

LOOK W/ ME NOW @ PHIL. CH. 2… VS. 9-11

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PREACHING PASSAGE: PHILIPPIANS 2:9-11

Philippians 2:9–11 (ESV)

9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name,

10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

SCRIPTURE in VARIOUS PLACES SAYS:

HUMBLE YOURSELF—THAT GOD MAY EXALT YOU...

CHRIST = GREATEST EXAMPLE of THIS

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HUMBLED HIMSELF

WENT DOWN LADDER as MUCH as POSSIBLE...

LEFT GLORY of HEAVEN BEHIND

NOT to BE WORSHIPED...

BUT to BE a SERVANT...

TO DIE...

AND NOT ONLY to DIE...

BUT to DIE on a CROSS...

REMEMBER: CRUCIFIXION WAS UTTERLY HUMILIATING...

HE SUFFERED THIS HORRIBLE DEATH…THE GREATEST ACT of WILLING HUMILITY...

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(V9) THEREFORE, AS A RESULT OF THIS, BECAUSE OF WHAT HE DID,... NOW THE FATHER HAS RESPONDED.

GK TEXT: “GOD” (ESSENTIALLY in ITALICS/BOLD) EXALTED HIM

HUMILIATED BY ROME

BUT EXALTED BY the FATHER...

BESTOWED on HIM—NAME ABOVE EVERY NAME.

JESUS CHRIST = LORD.

HE’S @ TOP.

BACK WHERE HE STARTED... EQUALITY W/ GOD…BUT NOW WITH a FURTHER EXALTED STATUS & NAME in EARTH...

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(V10) WHAT’S the PURPOSE?? SO THAT EVERY KNEE WOULD BOW...

W/ GOD “PURPOSE” = ALSO RESULT...

LOVE HOW PAUL = SO CLEAR

“EVERY” KNEE

GK: MEANS EVERY

IN CASE YOU WERE STILL WONDERING:

EVERY KNEE in HEAVEN

EVERY KNEE on EARTH

EVERY KNEE UNDER the EARTH

HEAVENLY: ANGELIC HOST & COMPANY of BELIEVERS in GLORY

EARTHLY: ALL WHO ARE HERE @ HIS COMING

UNDER the EARTH: UNDERWORLD/DEMON/DEVIL/ETC.

NO EXCEPTIONS.

EVERY KNEE WILL BOW

(V11) AND EVERY TONGUE WILL CONFESS:

WHICH MEANS: “TO DECLARE OPENLY IN ACKNOWLEDGMENT, PROFESS, ACKNOWLEDGE” (BDAG)[1]

JESUS CHRIST is LORD

1ST CENTURY ROME— “CAESAR is LORD”

IMPERIAL CULT = DEVOTED to WORSHIPING EMPEROR

the CHRISTIAN RESPONDED: NO, CAESAR isn’t LORD… JESUS CHRIST is LORD....

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AGAIN: THIS WEEK WE “VOTE”

HALF the COUNTRY WILL HAVE the “NOT MY PRESIDENT” ATTITUDE...

JESUS CHRIST ISN’T TAKING VOTES

HE’S NOT RUNNING a DEMOCRACY

HE DOESN’T NEED a MAJORITY

DOESN’T NEED POPULAR VOTE,, ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTE...

CHRIST ISN’T UP FOR ELECTION—HE’S BEEN ESTABLISHED as LORD.

HIS TERM is ETERNAL…

NO OPPORTUNITY FOR CHANGE EVERY 4 YEARS

NO TERM LIMIT

EVERY KNEE WILL BOW

EVERY TONGUE WILL CONFESS

TO the GLORY of GOD the FATHER:

ONE SCHOLAR HAS EXPLAINED HERE: “GOD IS HONORED AND GLORIFIED WHEN CHRIST IS HONORED AND RECOGNIZED FOR WHO HE IS. THE FATHER’S GLORY IS NOT DIMINISHED BY THE EXALTATION OF HIS SON; IT IS INCREASED.”[2]

CAN I ENCOURAGE US TODAY: THIS IS THE FUTURE!

NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS in AMERICA

NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS in the WORLD

NO MATTER WHAT POLITICAL UPHEAVAL MAY or MAY NOT HAPPEN...

CHRIST is the EXALTED LORD

AND EVERY KNEE WILL BOW

& EVERY TONGUE WILL CONFESS...

JESUS CHRIST is LORD!!

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GOSPEL: CHRIST IS LORD

THAT DAY IS COMING, WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT.

PEOPLE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE to VOTE… BUT WE ALL HAVE an OPPORTUNITY

—THIS SIDE of ETERNITY—

to RECEIVE CHRIST....

Romans 10:9–10 (ESV)

9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

10 For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.

IF YOU ACCEPT BY FAITH— THAT HE is LORD

BELIEVE HE DIED for YOUR SINS & WAS RAISED to LIFE AGAIN

YOU WILL BE SAVED

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WHEN EVERY KNEE IS FORCED TO BOW, YOU’LL ALREADY BE BOWING.

WHEN EVERY TONGUE IS FORCED TO CONFESS, YOU’LL ALREADY BE CONFESSING.

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THE DIFFERENCE COMES IN HOW YOU RECEIVE HIM IN THIS LIFE.

HE CAME DOWN HUMBLY

BABY in MANGER

HUMBLED HIMSELF to DEATH...

BUT HE’S COMING BACK as KING.

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THROUGH HIS DEATH FOR SIN—WE HAVE OPPORTUNITY to RECEIVE HIM as SAVIOR & LORD…THIS SIDE of ETERNITY...

HE DIDN’T DIE JUST to HUMBLE HIMSELF...

BUT HE DIED FOR US...

HE PAID the PRICE for OUR SINS...

2 Corinthians 5:21 (ESV)

21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

YOU CAN BE FORGIVEN & BROUGHT INTO RIGHT-RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD, TODAY. BY A GIFT of GRACE—RECEIVED THROUGH FAITH.

AND IF YOU’RE HERE TODAY AND YOU DON’T HAVE ASSURANCE OF SALVATION,

OR DON’T KNOW WHERE YOU STAND WITH THE LORD TODAY,

I’D LOVE TO SPEAK WITH YOU AFTER THE SERVICE .

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APP: CHRIST IS LORD

FOR THOSE WHO HAVE TRUSTED IN CHRIST AS SAVIOR,

FOR THOSE WHO HAVE PROFESSED THAT HE IS LORD,

I WANT TO CLOSE W/ a SOURCE OF ENCOURAGEMENT.

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NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS TUESDAY, AT THE END OF TIME, WE’RE ON THE WINNING SIDE.

KING JESUS ISN’T TAKING VOTES

GOD RUNS a MONARCHY.

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CONTEXT of PAUL’S ARGUMENT:

CHRIST’S EXALTATION = RESULT of HIS HUMILIATION

HUGELY ENCOURAGING FOR CHRISTIAN:

1ST CENTURY PHILIPPI—UNDERGOING PERSECUTION

HUMBLING THING

YOU MIGHT BE MADE FUN of in THIS WORLD...

YOU MIGHT BE CONSIDERED CRAZY

YOU MIGHT FACE PROBLEMS for YOUR FAITH in CHRIST...

END of the STORY: YOU’LL BE WITH CHRIST—THE EXALTED LORD.

IF YOU ARE “IN CHRIST” && HE’S the EXALTED LORD—YOU HAVE NOTHING to FEAR!!

YOU DON’T HAVE to FEAR ANYTHING in THIS LIFE

YOU DON’T HAVE to FEAR ANYTHING AFTER LIFE— THE ONE WHO INHABITS ETERNITY HAS PREPARED a PLACE FOR US!!!

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BE of GOOD COURAGE

CHRIST is KING of KINGS & LORD of LORDS

ALL AUTHORITY in HEAVEN & EARTH BELONGS to HIM

&& HE’S COMING BACK AGAIN—TO TAKE UP HIS RIGHTFUL PLACE on the THRONE,, NOT the CROSS.

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· AND SO TUESDAY, I HOPE YOU GO VOTE.

BUT PLEASE DON’T PLACE YOUR HOPE THERE.

NOT IN YOUR VOTE,

NOT IN ANY POLITICIAN,

NOT IN ANY MAN,

BUT IN JESUS CHRIST.

KAMALA WON’T SAVE/RUIN THINGS BEYOND REPAIR

TRUMP WON’T SAVE YOU....DON’T THINK HE’LL “SAVE AMERICA”

ONLY THING THAT WILL SAVE US FROM GOD’S JUDGMENT is A NATION of PEOPLE TURNING to GOD…NOT ONE MAN.

ROOT of OUR PROBLEMS is 2 COR. 4:4

2 Corinthians 4:4 (ESV)

4 In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

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PEOPLE NEED CHRIST:

§ PEOPLE NEED CHRIST MORE THAN POLITICAL SOLUTIONS.

§ PEOPLE NEED CHRIST MORE THAN ECONOMIC SOLUTIONS.

§ PEOPLE NEED CHRIST, HE ALONE IS THE ANSWER, HE ALONE IS SAVIOR AND LORD.

· AND SO LET’S PLACE OUR HOPE IN CHRIST.

· LET’S PLACE OUR SOLUTIONS IN CHRIST.

AND LET’S REST IN THE JOY AND PEACE WE CAN HAVE...WITH THE TRUTH THAT THE KING IS COMING. AMEN?

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