The King’s Kingdom [Behold your King 13]

The King’s Kingdom [Behold your King 13]

Author: Christ Community, an Evangelical Free Church March 26, 2023 Duration: 35:07

John 18:28-19:6 // Tom Nelson

The game of chess reminds me of the Monday worlds we inhabit.  The places we live, work and play are a lot like an extended chess game with many players all with differing abilities and degrees of personal, social, and institutional power. And in life, it doesn’t take long to realize not one of us is completely in control. Not one of us is all knowledgeable, nor are we invincible. Yet we often buy into the enticing illusion of our control, the attractive myth of our certainty. In life we all place our trust in something or someone, but who or what will we put our ultimate trust in? Who will rule us, and who will be our true king?  In a riveting narrative terrain that feels a lot like a chess game, the Gospel writer John confronts us as readers to ask ourselves where our ultimate trust lies. Who is our king? Whoever is the king of your life ultimately gets to decide what you think is true, and what you think is untrue. Where your highest affections are directed, how your priorities are determined, and where your ultimate loyalty rests. Who is your king? It seems to me that there are three distinct possibilities… Is it king me, king others, or king Jesus? Am I King? Are Others King? Or Is Jesus King


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23.03.26


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