Prophet, Priest, King, God: Jesus the King

Prophet, Priest, King, God 

Pastor Rollan Fisher

We worship Jesus because he is our great prophet, priest, king and God.  

Last week:

Jesus the Priest 

Why is there salvation in no one else and why is Jesus the only name by which we must be saved?

Jesus is not just a priest - he is our perfect, merciful and faithful high priest before God. 

But the importance and uniqueness of Jesus continues.  

Focus: God the Father has us submit to Jesus because he is King of Kings and Lord of lords.  

Jesus the King

We serve Jesus because he is our benevolent king. 

‭‭Revelation‬ ‭1‬:‭4‬-‭11 ‭ESV‬‬

“John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen. "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty." I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and the kingdom and the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet saying, "Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea." 

Jesus is called the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead and the ruler of the kings of the earth.  

Jesus is our king which means he is to be the Lord and ruler of every area of our lives.  

Just as our lives were saved by Christ’s perfect obedience to and fulfillment of the law of God, so we are now to express our gratitude and love for God by obedience to his commands.  

There is no area of your life that his rulership leaves untouched, whether it be your time, your relationships, your sexuality, your leisure, your resources or your pursuits. 

How do we know that God anointed Jesus to be the eternal king of the nations?

We know it by Christ’s sinless life, miracles and resurrection from the dead.  

Christ’s sinless life demonstrated that he was a king who could be trusted and should be adored.  

Christ’s miracles demonstrated God’s supernatural backing for he who would be our benevolent ruler. 

‭‭John‬ ‭12‬:‭12‬-‭16‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!" And Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written, "Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your king is coming, sitting on a donkey's colt!" His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him and had been done to him.”

Christ’s resurrection from the dead and ascension to the right hand of the Father validated his identity as the one who would approach the Ancient of Days and would rule the nations with justice.   

As the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end, the Almighty, it is said that Jesus is given glory and dominion forever and ever.  

This reflects the words of the prophet Daniel, who ministered in exile in Babylon approximately 530 to 600 years before Christ.  

‭‭Daniel‬ ‭7‬:‭9‬-‭10‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“"As I looked, thrones were placed, and the Ancient of Days took his seat; his clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames; its wheels were burning fire. A stream of fire issued and came out from before him; a thousand thousands served him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him; the court sat in judgment, and the books were opened.”

‭‭Daniel‬ ‭7‬:‭13‬-‭14‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“"I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him. And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed.”

*The point for us is that beyond our personal devotion, God has always shown himself sovereign through ever-changing social and political, domestic and world affairs. 

God’s people were to remain steady, focusing on God as their rock and serve Christ as their king.  

Rulers come and go, governments rise and fall, yet Christ’s kingdom is eternal and remains the same.  

Christ’s kingdom is not only lasting, but historically advances during tumultuous times.  

Why does it matter that we recognize Jesus as king when we see chaos around us?

(ROBINHOOD pictures)

Because we have a king who is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen.

How do we live in God’s peace and purposes?  

You live in God’s peace by understanding that Jesus is the sovereign ruler over the nations whose government will know no end. 

God has used godless men and women throughout history to fulfill his ultimate ends (think King Cyrus and his decree to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem in Ezra 1:1-11 or those who discipline Israel in I Chronicles 5:26; II Chronicles 21:16).    

God remained seated on his throne and it will be no different now.  

We live in God’s purposes by finding our identity in Christ and our activity through Christ’s body, his church - which should be on mission to fulfill his gospel great commission long after the election is over.  

This purpose keeps us from the ditches of identity politics, single issue politics and the tribalism that flows from ideas of government totalitarianism.  

We are looking to the whole counsel of God. 

There is a primacy of identity where I am a child of God, a follower of king Jesus above all else, and a priority of conviction where I will not be boxed into any party or policy that does not submit to his rule. 

Jesus is to be the ruler of the kings on earth. 

Though important, your hope is never to be in a fallible political leader or government.  

All kings will eventually be subject to Christ’s rule as a benevolent creator. 

‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭2‬:‭5‬-‭13‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“For it was not to angels that God subjected the world to come, of which we are speaking. It has been testified somewhere, "What is man, that you are mindful of him, or the son of man, that you care for him? You made him for a little while lower than the angels; you have crowned him with glory and honor, putting everything in subjection under his feet." Now in putting everything in subjection to him, he left nothing outside his control. At present, we do not yet see everything in subjection to him. But we see him who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone. For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering. For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one source. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers, saying, "I will tell of your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will sing your praise." And again, "I will put my trust in him." And again, "Behold, I and the children God has given me."”

We must be careful to not be driven by mere emotion, but endeavor to have the mind of Christ, parsing out and applying biblical truths at every point and turn. 

 

Our priority of purpose is to love Jesus and represent the king well in character (common decency towards others) and conviction (standing on Biblical truths). 

*The gospel is the answer to the ills of this fallen world because it changes hearts and not just policies.  

When Jesus is proclaimed as Lord and king, redemption, restoration and reconciliation are the result - between God and humanity as well as humanity and humanity.  

In our political season it is comforting to know that though we bear with temporary rulers, we serve an eternal king. 

“Trials are intended to make us think, to wean us from the world, to send us to

the Bible, to drive us to our knees.”

-JC Ryle

Because of Christ’s sinless life, though he would die on the cross as a sacrifice for humanity’s sins, Jesus would rise to live days without end ruling the nations with an eternal Kingdom.  

The government would forever be on Christ’s shoulders.  

We should come to understand Jesus as king through his church.  

Revelation 1:12-20 ESV

Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands, and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around his chest. The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire, his feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters. In his right hand he held seven stars, from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in full strength. When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, "Fear not, I am the first and the last, and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades. Write therefore the things that you have seen, those that are and those that are to take place after this. As for the mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands, the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.”

When we turn to hear Jesus, the first thing that we see is his church.  

John turned to hear the voice and saw the seven lampstands, and in the midst of the lampstands was one like a son of man.  

We need to see Jesus the king, clearly, not as we’ve supposed him to be, before we can be of benefit to the world.  

Jesus stood amongst the lampstands - the churches. 

Jesus held the seven stars in his hand - the messengers.  

From Christ’s mouth comes the double-edged sword - his word by which he deals with our sin to bring both truth and order. 

So we see that as Jesus is king, he rules in and through the lampstands, his church.  

Below is a picture of the work of God bringing his Kingdom on the earth:

Individual to Christ (work out issues in the heart) >

Christian to Church (work out real issues in safe community under Christ’s benevolent rule) > 

Church to the Culture (work out beneficial societal change as we bring Christ’s light to the world)

“God wants you to be planted…to be present and engaged in the Body of Christ.”

-Pastor Jon Owens

Why?

You can not see Christ’s rule fully worked out in your life without being a part of his local church.  

The church is God’s war room for real world redemption and change. 

The beauty of the church of Jesus Christ is that you get to work out real world issues with real people from every tribe, nation, language and tongue - all serving one king and all having equal concern for one another because we are family united by his blood.  

With this display of supernatural love, wisdom and reconciliation, we provide real solutions to a real world without hope and without God.  

Be godly in social posts. 

So our call today is to turn from our sins to the cross, make peace with Jesus the king and fear not, because he holds the keys of death and Hades, the present and the future in his hands!

‭‭Revelation‬ ‭19‬:‭11‬-‭16‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name written that no one knows but himself. He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is The Word of God. And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses. From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of Lords.”

 - Second City Church 

 

 

 

 

 

Prophet, Priest, King, God: Jesus the Priest

Prophet, Priest, King, God 

Pastor Rollan Fisher

Last week:

We worship Jesus because he is our great prophet, priest, king and God.  

 

Jesus the Prophet 

We follow Jesus because he is our great prophet. 

 

We are told to beware of false prophets and false teachers.  

 

Why did God glorify his servant Jesus?

 

Jesus is not just a prophet - he is God’s unique prophet pointing to reconciliation with God through his death on the cross, burial and resurrection from the dead. 

But the importance and uniqueness of Jesus continues.  

 

Acts‬ ‭4‬:‭8‬-‭12‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "Rulers of the people and elders, if we are being examined today concerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has been healed, let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead—by him this man is standing before you well. This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone. And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."

 

Focus: God the Father has us look to Jesus because he is our merciful and faithful high priest, forever able to sympathize and save.  

 

Jesus the Priest 

We trust Jesus because he is our merciful and faithful high priest.  

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Hebrews‬ ‭2‬:‭14‬-‭18‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery. For surely it is not angels that he helps, but he helps the offspring of Abraham. Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.”

 

A priest was one who stood as an intermediary to minister to God on behalf of the people and to the people on behalf of God.  

 

The priests were to remind the people of God’s commands, accurately facilitating worship that was pleasing to God. 

 

The high priest was the intercessor between God and the people, acting as their representative before God.  

 

The high priest in particular was:

  1. Appointed to offer the most important sacrifices of worship. He was the sole individual to enter the Holy of Holies in the temple, particularly on the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) where he would offer sacrifices for the people to cleanse the people of their sins.

  2. Appointed to direct the practical affairs of our worship - he had authority in temple operations, directing finances and priestly duties.

 

The problem was that all other high priests prior to Jesus and after him were both fallible and mortal.  

 

This meant that the high priest was neither a perfect example of the righteousness which he preached or was able to continue in office to make continual sacrifices for the people.  

 

Jesus was different in that he was a perfect example of God’s righteousness - so his authority was pure and complete. 

 

Jesus would also live forever to maintain the duties of his office. 

 

In these ways, Jesus would become our merciful and faithful high priest. 

 

Because Jesus was made like us in every way, he too suffered when tempted and is merciful towards us, understanding our fight to do what is right.  

 

His mercy means not only that he cares, but that he is compelled to move and do something about the suffering in which he finds us.  

 

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭20‬:‭30‬-‭34‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“And behold, there were two blind men sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, "Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!" The crowd rebuked them, telling them to be silent, but they cried out all the more, "Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!" And stopping, Jesus called them and said, "What do you want me to do for you?" They said to him, "Lord, let our eyes be opened." And Jesus in pity touched their eyes, and immediately they recovered their sight and followed him.”

 

Because Jesus understands, he is faithful to show up in our battles as we come to him. 

 

Jesus offers us the help that we need to overcome.  

 

Ultimately, Jesus would end our slavery to the fear of death by defeating the devil who tries to not only steal, kill and destroy our lives, but held the power of death.  

 

John 1:29-32

*It matters that Jesus not only offered sacrifices for our sins as our priest, but as our faithful High Priest offered himself, once for all, as the Passover Lamb to make atonement and take away the sins of the world"

 

The power of death is now gone and we need to walk out of our slavery into the freedom that Jesus provided!

 

My days, weeks, months and years are different because I am walking into the abundant life that God planned for me from the beginning.  

 

“We modern people think of miracles as the suspension of the natural order, but Jesus meant them to be the restoration of the natural order. The Bible tells us that God did not originally make the world to have disease, hunger, and death in it. Jesus has come to redeem where it is wrong and heal the world where it is broken. His miracles are not just proofs that he has power but also wonderful foretastes of what he is going to do with that power. Jesus' miracles are not just a challenge to our minds, but a promise to our hearts, that the world we all want is coming.”

-Timothy Keller, The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism

 

Why is there salvation in no one else and why is Jesus the only name by which we must be saved?

 

Jesus is not just a priest - he is our perfect merciful high priest before God. 

 

*It matters that Jesus was and is perfect when I am not. 

 

We look to Jesus as our high priest because he was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin. 

 

‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭4‬:‭14‬-‭16‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.”

 

Jesus is our sympathetic high priest. 

 

Because Jesus was tempted in every way as we are, he sympathizes with our struggles. 

 

Because he was without sin, he knows the way out and is ready to give mercy and grace to help us in our time of need.  

 

Always remember, the grace of God doesn’t just remove the consequences of sin - it empowers us to say no to sin (Titus 2:11,12)!

 

This means you can win your fight!!!

 

“Our Lord has many weak children in his family, many dull pupils in his school, many raw soldiers in his army, many lame sheep in his flock. Yet he bears with them all, and casts none away. Happy is that Christian who has learned to do likewise with his brethren.”

-J. C. Ryle (1816-1900)

 

We’ve all had seasons when we are these people.  

 

Let us remember this as we love one another and treat one another as our great high priest would. 

 

We trust in Jesus because he is our high priest forever who is able to save completely those who come to the Father through him since he always lives to intercede for us. 

 

‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭7‬:‭17‬-‭28‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“For it is witnessed of him, "You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek." For on the one hand, a former commandment is set aside because of its weakness and uselessness (for the law made nothing perfect); but on the other hand, a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God. And it was not without an oath. For those who formerly became priests were made such without an oath, but this one was made a priest with an oath by the one who said to him: "The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, 'You are a priest forever.'" This makes Jesus the guarantor of a better covenant. The former priests were many in number, because they were prevented by death from continuing in office, but he holds his priesthood permanently, because he continues forever. Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them. For it was indeed fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, innocent, unstained, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens. He has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, first for his own sins and then for those of the people, since he did this once for all when he offered up himself. For the law appoints men in their weakness as high priests, but the word of the oath, which came later than the law, appoints a Son who has been made perfect forever.”

 

Jesus is our perfect high priest who forever lives to save. 

 

Two things needed to be done for our salvation and reconciliation with God that we could not fulfill.  

 

The first is perfect obedience to the law of God to receive God’s approval by satisfying his justice.  

 

The second is paying the price for our sins, as the wages of sin is death. 

 

Either I will pay the price for my sins in the judgment, or Jesus in his mercy and grace already paid it for me.  

 

I enter into this grace through repentance from my sin and faith in Christ’s finished work at the cross - his death, burial and resurrection from the dead. 

 

Since in both of these cases we are left wanting, we need a perfect mediator to satisfy the demands of a relationship with a holy God. 

 

That perfect, merciful high priest is Jesus who not only perfectly fulfilled the righteous requirements of the law our behalf (Romans 8:4), not only died on the cross to take the penalty for our sins, but now lives forever to intercede for us as we are daily seeking God to be set apart for his pleasure and purposes.  

 

Why is there salvation in no one else and why is Jesus the only name by which we must be saved?

 

Jesus is not just a priest - he is our perfect merciful high priest before God. 

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Hebrews‬ ‭7‬:‭25‬ ‭NIV‬‬

“Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them."

Jesus was not only the unblemished sacrifice for our sins, but the perfect, merciful priest who lives forever to mediate the benefits of that sacrifice before almighty God.

 

“Jesus is the “High Priest of our confession” (Hebrews 3:1). Our confession enlists Jesus as our High Priest, but the opposite, unfortunately, is also true.  If we make no confession, we have no High Priest.  It’s not that Jesus has ceased to be our High Priest, but that we give Him no opportunity to minister as our High Priest.  

 

He is the High Priest of our confession.  if we say the right things with our mouths in faith, according to Scripture, then Jesus has eternally obligated Himself to see that we will never be put to shame - that we will always experience what we confess   But if we do not say the right things, then, alas, we silence the lips of our High Priest. He has nothing to say in heaven on our behalf.  

 

Jesus is also called our “Advocate” (I John 2:1).  The word advocate is similar to the modern word attorney.  Jesus is the legal expert who is there to plead our case in heaven.  He has never lost a case.  But if we do not make a confession, he has no case to plead, so the case goes against us by default.  

 

We can see how important confession is; therefore, it is very important that we give heed to this third “Let us” passage in Hebrews: “Let us hold fast our confession” (Hebrews 4:14).  This principle of right confession has a central place in the gospel, as well as in our experience of salvation. In fact, there is no salvation without right confession.“

-Derek Prince, Declaring God’s Word

 

Benediction:

“Now may the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the eternal high priest himself, the Son of God Jesus Christ, build you up in faith and truth and in all gentleness and in all freedom from anger and forbearance and steadfastness and patient endurance and purity.”

-Polycarp

 

Prophet, Priest, King, God 

Prophet, Priest, King, God 

Pastor Rollan Fisher

Focus: We worship Jesus because he is our great prophet, priest, king and God.  

 

We want to be careful in our time not to proclaim and worship:

 

“A God without wrath who brought men without sin into a kingdom without judgment through the ministrations of a Christ without a cross.”

-H. R. Niebuhr

 

Jesus the Prophet 

 

We follow Jesus because he is our great prophet. 

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Acts‬ ‭3‬:‭11‬-‭24‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“While he clung to Peter and John, all the people, utterly astounded, ran together to them in the portico called Solomon's. And when Peter saw it he addressed the people: "Men of Israel, why do you wonder at this, or why do you stare at us, as though by our own power or piety we have made him walk? The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified his servant Jesus, whom you delivered over and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release him. But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you, and you killed the Author of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses. And his name—by faith in his name—has made this man strong whom you see and know, and the faith that is through Jesus has given the man this perfect health in the presence of you all. "And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers. But what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ would suffer, he thus fulfilled. Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus, whom heaven must receive until the time for restoring all the things about which God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets long ago. Moses said, 'The Lord God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brothers. You shall listen to him in whatever he tells you. And it shall be that every soul who does not listen to that prophet shall be destroyed from the people.' And all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those who came after him, also proclaimed these days.”

 

Jesus the Priest 

 

We trust Jesus because he is our great high priest.  

 

‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭2‬:‭14‬-‭18‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery. For surely it is not angels that he helps, but he helps the offspring of Abraham. Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.”

 

Jesus the King 

 

We serve Jesus because he is our benevolent king. 

 

‭‭John‬ ‭12‬:‭12‬-‭16‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!" And Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written, "Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your king is coming, sitting on a donkey's colt!" His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him and had been done to him.”

 

‭‭Revelation‬ ‭19‬:‭11‬-‭16‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name written that no one knows but himself. He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is The Word of God. And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses. From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of Lords.”

 

Jesus is God

We worship Jesus because he is our great God and Savior.  

 

‭‭Titus‬ ‭2‬:‭11‬-‭14‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.”

Second City Church