The Roman Emperor Augustus was appointed as sole emperor by the authority of the Senate. Jesus needed no Senate, no presidential campaigning, nor electors. Jesus never became King. He had always been King and was born King. Nobody else ever was. They only became king and received royal authority at their crowning. Nobody ever crowned Jesus, except with thorns. He derives His authority from nobody. He is what He is, all-sufficient, El Shaddai. He told the disciples: ‘You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you’ (John 15,16). He did not come as a candidate and we are not His acceptance committee. Luke writing the book of Acts drops a bold hint in Acts 17:6/7. In Thessalonica the complaint was made that the disciples were turning the world upside down ‘contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus’. Amen! There was! And an infinitely greater benefactor of mankind! Christ is Lord and has overcome enemies that no power of Rome, no power of any state, could subdue. The world’s technology and military might cannot cure the curse of the demonic evils and guilt that trouble mankind. But in every sphere in heaven and earth JESUS is Lord, and has shown Himself supreme always and everywhere. He has the keys even of death and hell. God bless you. REINHARD BONNKE
Posted on: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 02:09:18 +0000