Royal

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Have you seen my son don't break the chain of command. You gotta come through him you have to come to Jesus Christ insert a portion of the upcoming message titled Royal pastor Avedon Shockley featured Anderson North Carolina I Clearview focus is on making Christ visible you will find a more loving worship with and serve alongside. We'd love for you to come check us out at 3485 Oxford Rd. in Henderson business online. I Clearview B.org join us for the rest of this week's message. Now this morning to talk about the king who is much more than any cartoon or even a real king. He alone is the supreme undefeated total king of the universe who not only created everything, but he also came to redeem it. We messed it up.

He came to redeem it and now he rules forevermore and he demands our allegiance were talking about King Jesus.

When we talk about placing our faith in Jesus. Don't think of faith as this believe this trust why pray the prayer and I'm trusting him trust in the biblical context is swearing your allegiance to your king you have your Bibles with you turn to the book of Colossians chapter 1 Paul's letter to the church in Colossae and you see this we go see how Christ is our Creator, king the series is going to bring out a new aspect of Christ as our King for the next five weeks so you have your Bibles.

Colossians 1 verse nine. Let's all stand once again for the reading of God's word. Paul says, for this reason, we also since the day we heard it. Do not cease to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding.

Paul is praying the Colossian Christians will grow in their spiritual understanding.

What is my prayer was my desire for our church. The same that Paul had that you would grow in your spiritual knowledge and understanding of the word of God of the truth about Jesus Christ of salvation of the things to come, then for time sickness jumbled verse 12 giving thanks to the father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light. He has delivered us not pay attention to these words, he has delivered us from the power of the Lord is dominion kingdom. He has delivered us from the kingdom of darkness and conveyed us transferred us into the kingdom of the son of his love. When you and I get saved there's a transfer that takes place from the evil dominion to the kingdom of the beloved son. How does this transfer happen. Listen to verse 14 in whom we have redemption through his blood.

This is not a king who sits back on his throne, and demands things from you and takes things unjustly because he is King.

He's on the right because he paid it with his blood, the redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins. Before we pray there are only two kingdoms in this world. One is the evil kingdom and the other is the good kingdom one is Satan's kingdom and the other is Christ's kingdom, which kingdom do you belong to which kingdom do you belong to is Jesus Christ truly your king is a thing thank you when it comes to Christ being your king, you cannot say no to the king what happens if you say no to the king off with your with your head and yet we do it all the time we pick and choose what we want to obey. But if he is truly your king you have to obey, no matter the cost is Christ your king you so he is my Savior. He is my Lord. Is he your king.

As I pray this morning. If you've never asked them to be your king. As I pray you pray and ask him to come into your life, not to just sit in a corner somewhere but to rule terrain in your heart that this message begins our Christmas series called Royal. Most of the Bible deals with God being our King. It refers to God as our supreme king.

But if you don't understand how it is to live in the kingdom and to obey the king and to follow the king. This is hard to understand nor wonder how to be doing our Christian life is like a buffet.

We pick and choose just like we pick and choose our leaders and if you don't like them. You form out of the office. You don't vote, the king out of any office.

He is caring and that said so when it comes to Christ. The reason we have a hard time understanding who he is and what he's done is that we don't understand what rulers and kings all about we elect Christ to kingship. We simply declare our allegiance to him. We don't pick and choose what obey and not obey. We obey no matter the cost. But unlike earthly kings who operated by fear and threats.

Jesus Christ is that king who came and laid down his life for his subjects and that beautiful he died for us, our King did not sit back and say you go fight sin he said I'll find it. In fact, I will take it upon myself this morning were going to see the first of this message. This can be a great series.

Next week we'll talk about the good king compared to king David Jesus was a good king. We can talk about the humble king regular talk about the universal king, even Magi's Persians from the East came to worship him and said where is the king and then we'll talk about the coming king. But this morning, our focus is on our creator. Kings basically to point. That's it. The first is our King created and sustains everything same it with me that word everything. Listen to what is says in verse 15 he meaning Jesus is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of overall creation not to words that first is image and the second word is firstborn.

What does it mean when we say Christ is the image of the invisible God will immediately rethink about Genesis 127. What is essay it says so God created man in his all image in the image of God he created him male and female he created them to be created in the image of God.

Listen carefully is to have God's authority. God ruled the world when he made Adam and Eve in his image. He gave them authority to rule the world.

Something else to be made in the image of God is to have God's attributes.

We were made in the image of God, which means we have another attribute that we can communicate with God, we can have a relationship with God. So when Paul says Jesus is the image of the invisible God. Is this what he meant was he talking about having certain attributes of God, was he talking about having certain authority from God, not really.

Please listen carefully. Adam was made in the image of God. Jesus is the image of God. There is a subtle difference, but it's a substantial difference. Adam was made in the image Jesus is the image is what is the difference or think about it is like a blueprint when we built this building. We had to have a blueprint that I remember walking here, there would be a blueprint over there a blueprint over here, the guys would come look over it and then they would go back and do their work.

Adam had the blueprint of God. He had a copy. Adam was made.

Listen carefully when the work image is used.

He was made as a copy, but he was not the real deal. He was a blueprint, the real building was Jesus Duncan. The difference Jesus is the real building is a better way to say it.

He was, he is the DNA of God. You see that word image will miss this the word image eight: means the essence, the being of something. What is my essence 35 myosin is also less I get that deep my essence is my DNA.

As we have DNA testing to find out who you are you attributes why certain things are certain way.

It is this part of who I am is my system is my essence. When Paul says Jesus is the image of God he is saying that he is the DNA of God. He is not like God. He is not someone who resembles God, he is God don't get that he is God. We believe father-son spirit.

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And yet one Jesus is coequal with God.

He is not demigod. He's not semi-God. He is not like God, he is God, you're getting this. He has everything that the father has been in the second word that is used is the word firstborn wasn't mean firstborn firstborn. It means exactly what that word says is the first child born in the family. For example, Ruben was the first child born to Jacob through Leah. He was the firstborn of Jacob women.

Paul uses this. He has much more than chronology in mind that you know that word firstborn also means the legal air means he has everything that the father has.

He is the firstborn. He has all the authority he has all the power everything belongs to him. So Jesus is the image of the invisible God.

He is the firstborn over all creation.

When I listen to verse 16 for by him all things were created that are in heaven that are on earth, visible, invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers who made it by everything we mean everything above all the surface below the surface. Everything was made by Jesus Christ. Don't misunderstand that baby in the manger was the son of God came as man. But even before that, he always existed in fact everything that exists came through him. Listen again to the first.

For by him all things were created out of those all things this entire world in which we live.

The earth did you know that when you think about the article talking about the animals were talking about the fish we talk about the birds but on all the critters. Somebody had estimated that there are 8.7 million species in the world and so far they have discovered and catalogued only 1.2 million every year. The Discover 15,000 more in the crazy who made a law. Jesus made payment of all every single one of them. Every bird you ever seen every animal in the scene you've ever seen that every animal roaming the face of the domestic a while Jesus made us a lot of species folks every plant, every brush, every blade of grass every tiny little whatever growing in the ocean. He made what it was that he make it made us he made every single human being that comes into this world. Since Adam and Eve is minimal. That's why killing babies is wrong.

It's a sin I don't know how people don't get it because Jesus made it and when you kill that baby brother inside the womb or anywhere else is a sin against God.

You're creating your destroying his creation how to help people don't think that issue matters and we are a complex being would you admit that is a complicated some of us are complicated. We are a complex being coming take any part of her body. For example, take the I did you know that in every human eye. If you take that one square millimeter of the retina.

There's about 400,000 optical sensors in just that one square millimeter study on that was a how to how to be explained.

As I read here and that is what I found. If you are think about those sensors is a tennis ball about this big and they're not attached to each other.

They are there sitting side-by-side, spread out, but if one square millimeter, has 400,000 on it. Imagine if every sensor was a size of a tennis ball separated from the other with the same diameter of a tennis ball. You would need three hot air balloons to be able to cover 400,000 cents, and one of you has him we talk about megapixels right iPhone or android overcommit of but what screws cameras better. UI has over 500 megapixels. That's just what their findings back up a little bit talk about the article talked about the inhabitants with you backup and think about our universe.

Did you know who made this universe. Jesus made me some stats. The sun is about 93 million miles away from us is a lot of miles Nicole's family, extended family was having a get together and they're just what father miles away. We read and go as too far to drive through the rough traffic can imagine 93 million miles with us as far as a son is from us, but here's here's something to hold onto your hats. If you happen to have one. Did you know that the diameter and this is a scientist guessing looking at telescopes there guessing the diameter of the entire universe they say is about 93 million ly is lost one light-year is about 5.88 million trillion miles. 1 ly is 5.88 trillion miles for me to calculate that on the calculator you'll get an E element by any it tells you there's not enough room for zeros. Guess who made but he didn't stop there heart want to get this close to not only made all this, but he also made thrones and dominions and principalities and powers which is angelic beings and spirit beings in various level of spirit beings, good and evil ready for this. Even Satan himself was made by Jesus number he's a fallen angel who made him all Jesus did that. So when people talk about as if Jesus and Satan to have this ballot and and I want to cast my vote with Jesus, you are putting Jesus and Satan on the same level as if you put Mike Tyson and me on the same level when he was saying that there is no comparison is not imaginal. Who is your king killing people talk about afraid about what's gonna happen in the world and was going on in the world and there were so terrified about this and that you got the wrong King because my king controls and rules the entire universe.

What else listen to this verse 16. All things were created through him and for him. Any only child in this place.

We got couple here and there. Okay, good, good Christmas morning when your parents said they must go see what Santa brought for you, if you look around for your siblings to come like I got a share this news. You know, the entire universe and everything in it on and below it. Above it even us were made for Jesus Christ.

Is it where you going with all of this, but I'm asking you to understand is that Christ is so much greater and more powerful than the corrected sure we have made them out to be this in verse 17 and he was before all things and in him all things consist means he sustains everything he not only created all but he also sustains that he gives it life. When the nail him to the cross.

He made the tree from which they made the cross he made the iron that made the nail and the hammer and the hand and the person he made it all if I were God I would done were done the whole world would've imploded, and yet he allowed it folks. Don't be amazed with what I'm saying to you be amazed with the fact that Jesus Christ is the sovereign all-powerful King was the application so the application how well do you know your king, how well do you understand who Christ is and what are you afraid off our creator.

King made everything and he sustains everything without risk of the second point, our king came to redeem and to reconcile everything, listen to verse 18 and he is the head of the body, the church is as powerful because Paul does not tell us anything about how the fall came in how human beings sin and we are under the wrath of God.

Nothing is mentioned. He just skips over and talks about the new creation, not the new creation in the end, where there will be a new heavens and the earth. He's talking about the new creation as in the church, the people of God. Did you know that I'm not the head of the church. I simply work for him. I simply do what he has told us to do some simply here to tell you what he has said in his word. That's my job.

Your problem taken up with him is the boss vociferous in this book, you have no choice but to listen and obey.

He is the head of the body that only the universal charge for every local church belongs to him and when we tried to take over when we think we know better when we live in fear of what the world is good due to the church. He has not given us a spirit of fear but of power and of love innovate sound mind. Jesus is the head of the body, the church that is in verse 18, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead. This creator King. He's not only the head of the church but he is also the firstborn from the dead go back to the firstborn.

He is the legal heir which means this he has power over life and over debt.

Firstborn means he was the first to come out of the grave for something else.

Firstborn also means this one day on the die and at the right time is gonna bring me out of the grave as well. He has the power he has the authority he is the Prince of life.

This is the Jesus I worship listen to verse 18 again and all things he may have the preeminence in everything Jesus should be supreme in the creation and in the re-creation the church Jesus is supreme. What is the model of our church, making Christ visible, because all about him. Verse 19 for it pleased the Father that in him all the fullness should dwell, and by him. Listen to this, to reconcile all things to himself by him is because Jesus, the creator not only redeemed us, but rose from the grave. Now he has the power to forgive sins and give life from the grave. If you want to get to God, you have to come through him. Waldo will give you project here's $100.

Go feed the hungry. Well, that's wonderful. As long as you don't think that's going to get you to God, he hears up, here's me, I'm going to go and feed the hungry, as long as you don't think that's going to get you to God because if you think that what Godzilla sayest. Have you seen my son don't break the chain of command. You gotta come through him you have to come to Jesus Christ and something more beautiful here up with that verse back of the this is by him to reconcile all things to himself that were reconciliation that really what it meant was the person offended have to reconcile with the person that has been offended.

The way Paul uses this passage. What he's saying is he reconciled. He initiated the reconciliation and the beautiful folks you did not think about getting saved is God who reached down to you, everything comes from him. You made a choice but even there he opened your eyes that you could make that choice everything is done through Jesus Christ and then listen to this weather things on earth, or things in heaven for these are mysteries too deep to understand how in the world are things in heaven can be reconciled as we evaluate and find out. Having made peace through the blood of his cross, and you who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, good. Now he has reconciled means in your mind you were angry with God and God reached down and brought you near this in verse 22 in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and blameless and above reproach in his side means. Now he is exchange your ugliness and your sinfulness with holiness and blamelessness, if indeed that is a powerful don't miss this infant deed you continue in the faith grounded in steadfast and are not moved away from the whole of the gospel which you heard because when you truly understand the Jesus as your Savior and your king whatever he says goes. You make mistakes you miss slip. But that's when he helps you.

But if you begin your Christian life already saying I may or may not obey you may or may not see me.

You need to get saved today where you stand is Christ truly your king is either one who rules your heart. Have you been reconciled to him and receive the exchange of holiness and his righteousness are you obedient to him what you your king is told you to go to all the world preach the gospel will cross the street to that neighbor to talk to that man at work to go into Flint Hill were you fine people you've never seen may never see otherwise. But you are to love your neighbor as yourself means you have to love them. The way you love your go to the other side of the world you have to obey your king is more than just a baby and in thank you so much for joining us for this message.

This Christmas season. Gotta remember that Jesus wasn't just a little baby born in a manger. 2000 years ago.

He's the creator King through him. Everything was created. He the rightful king of our hearts this Christmas season. Your life once you can.

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