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Our American history is not used to kings.
You guys probably know the history of our nation.
On July 4, of 1776, we declared our independence from what nation?
England.
And who was in charge of England?
A king.
What followed, was a war that would last until 1783, the American Revolutionary War.
That was our fight for freedom from the British Empire.
As Americans we then made a government that was as far from a monarchy as possible.
We saw the bad side of a king and so our government would be nothing like a king.
What does this mean for us?
It means we have forgotten what a good king looks like.
Why is that important?
We have forgotten how kings
Because tonight we come to the third function of Jesus, Jesus as King.
We’ve learned that Jesus is:
Prophet
Priest
Because Jesus is our king.
And now King.
And this is a very strange thought, because we don’t understand kings.
He’s not our president.
No one votes for Jesus to be king.
We don’t give Him permission to be king.
These are all very anti-American thoughts.
So today, we will look at how Jesus is our King.
First, Jesus is a Protecting King
When you think of a king, where does he live?
In a castle.
Back in the day, a castle was an important part of a kingdom.
It was more than just the home of the castle.
It was a fortress for those who lived under the king.
There were people who worked out in the fields.
But if an enemy approached, or there was some kind of danger, the villagers would run tot he castle.
He would raise the drawbridge, and lock the gates.
He offered protection for those who he ruled over.
Now open your Bibles to .
Look at verse 1 - “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”
Now look at verses 6-7 - “The nations rage, the kingdoms totter; he utters his voice, the earth melts.
The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.
Selah”
And now look at verses 10-11 - ““Be still, and know that I am God.
I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!”
The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.
Selah”
What is the description of God in those verses?
A fortress
A castle.
It was this chapter of the Bible that inspired Martin Luther to write his hymn, A Mighty Fortress.
God is described as a fortress in our times of trouble.
Not just a fortress, but a refuge.
Someone that we can run to.
Let’s be honest, most things in life are completely out of your control.
We make plans, but we don’t know if they will ever come true.
The world around us is spinning out of control.
Life seems absolutely crazy.
Perhaps it’s moving to a new school.
It’s having friends who attack or gossip about you.
And yet, what is God?
He is a refuge.
A help in our time of trouble.
He is who we run to, knowing that He protects us.
The thing about God being a castle or a refuge is you must run to Him for protection.
If an enemy was coming, they would be out in the fields looking to kill.
The villagers response to danger was to run to the shelter of the castle.
They ran to the castle because they trusted in the protection of the king.
This becomes a good example of what faith is.
Faith is running to God to protect you from the most frightening of things.
But what could he be protecting you from?
The reality is that each of us will one day die.
Death.
The enemy of death is approaching each one of us.
And the only way to escape that day is if you run to the shelter of God’s protection.
The next element of a king is that Jesus is a Judging King
A king would hold court.
People would come before the king and he would intervene and rule on difficult matters.
A great biblical example of a king holding court was Solomon.
King Solomon was the son of David who ruled over Israel after his father’s death.
Solomon was the wisest man to ever live.
One of the greatest examples of Solomon’s wisdom was how he interceded over two women (:16-28)
These 2 women each had a child.
People would come before the king and he would intervene and rule on difficult matters.
As they were sleeping at night, one of the mothers rolled over and accidentally killed her son by laying on him.
In the middle of the night, she saw the other woman sleeping with her son awake.
So she did the old switcheroo.
She took the living son, and swapped him with the dead son.
In the morning, the woman who had her son stolen woke up and saw that she had a dead son in her arms, while the other lady had a living son.
She looked closely at the other baby and saw that he was actually her son.
And so a fight began.
They came to King Solomon and told the case.
King Solomon’s solution to the story was awesome.
There were no witnesses.
There was no evidence.
He’s never met either woman.
He’s never met either of the two babies.
So how does he solve this murder mystery?
He asks for a sword.
He then orders that the living child be cut in half, and the two woman split the boy.
Now before you freak out, listen to what happened.
The mother of the living boy, knew that it was his boy, and didn’t want anything to happen to him, so she said to let the other woman have the baby.
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