Jesus Is King 2020

Jesus is King 2020 The first century reader (especially the non-Jews) would hear this passage December 13th, 2020 by Kasey Crawford and no doubt think about Caesar and will be left with the question: Today’s Passages: Lk 1:30-33, 2:1-14; Matt 5:14-16 Where is your ______? Who is your King?

Luke reminds us there will always be ______kings, vying to take This is the first time in the book of Luke that Jesus is introduced. His place in our life. What does Luke want to make sure is really clear?

This leaves us at a place where we don’t just celebrate that Jesus is King at What you hear is Jesus is the coming ______. Christmas, it means that we are vigilant to keep before us the question: the Lord God will give to him the ______of his father David, what does it look like for Jesus to be King in every aspect of my life, in every and he will ______over the house of Jacob, day of my life? and of his ______there will be no end. And what does is look like for Jesus to be KING of your life in 2020? As Jesus arrives on the scene this is what it is said about the King…

-good news (εὐαγγέλια) of great joy that will be for all the people. We assert, against the governor, that we have we have God-given rights, -born this day in the city of David a Savior (σωτήρ), who is Christ the not government-given rights, to gather and freely exercise our religion. Lord (κύριος). -with the angel join in a multitude of the heavenly host singing Our true King calls us to gather, to worship, to pray, to encourage one -“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace… another, to renew our minds with Truth, to get filled with the Spirit, to care for one another, and to equip one another to be ambassadors of God to the But wait…is there another King?… world-our family members, neighbors and co-workers who need the light In 27b.c. the Roman Senate bestows upon Gaius Octavious the title of Christ. “Caesar Augustus”, acknowledging his supreme position as King of the People are hurting and it’s only getting worse. Roman Empire. He was seen as essentially a god and worshipped in a cult A Recent Gallup Poll was published Dec. 7th with the headline: of the emperor and they hailed him as ______(κύριος). Many cities “Americans' Mental Health Ratings Sink to New Low” in the empire rearranged the calendar to begin the year on Augustus’ Surprisingly/not surprisingly, every single demographic saw a decrease in birthday, on the basis that Augustus had been sent as ______mental health in 2020, except ______church goers, whose mental (σωτήρ) to make an end to all war. The day of his birth had marked the health actually improved in 2020! beginning of the message of ______(εὐαγγέλια) for the world. ______were used in the worship of the emperor. And Responding to God… Augustus, was praised for having inaugurated a worldwide ______. What does it look like for Jesus to be King in your life in 2020? An altar to pax Augusta (“Augustan peace”) stood in Rome. Where is that a challenge? Where have you seen victory?

Answers: King, throne, reign, kingdom, lord, savior, good news, choirs, peace, allegiance, false, weekly