Apr 19
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God’s King is King Already
About 5,000 men sat on the side of a mountain in the lush grass and
listened to the gracious words of Him who was the gospel incarnate.
Having heard His precious words they ate their fill of a basket
containing five barley loaves and two small fishes.
This God did by Him in their midst to confirm His person and offices
(Acts 2: 22). Having satisfied their religious curiosity and mixing His
words with their own reasoning and logic, they rose up with an ignorant
zeal intending to make Him a king by force. Perceiving their selfish and
carnal motives, the Lord withdrew himself from their numbers and went
into the mountain alone.
Every fallen son of Adam believes he has the power and ability to
effectually resist the living God, alter His will, and by his own
authority allow him to do or not do certain things. David calls this in
Psalm 2 a vain imagination. “He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh;
the Lord will have them in derision (Psalm 2: 4).”
“Yet have I set my King upon my holy hill in Zion. I will declare the
decree: The Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I
begotten thee. Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thy
inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
(Psalm 2: 6-8).” This is not that day in Bethlehem when Mary brought
forth the promised seed but the eternal begetting of the mediator King.
God’s King is King already! God hath set Him by decree upon his holy
hill in Zion. This is the eternal generation of Christ and includes all
of his offices, all of his work, all of the means, and all whom he
represented.
His reign is without contest, without assistance, and without question.
‘None can stay his hand or say unto him, what doest thou (Daniel 4:
35).” “In his times he shall show, who is the blessed and only
Potentate, the King of Kings, and Lord of Lords (I Timothy 6: 15).” As
fallen sons of Adam the best thing we can do is to fall prostrate at his
feet, and be thankful for his rule which has been established in him to
save sinners for the glory of his name. (John 17: 2)
Darvin Pruitt