Kiss the Son

Q: What does the Bible say about the Lordship of Christ?

The Bible emphasizes that Jesus is the sovereign King, reigning over all as declared in Psalm 2. The Bible presents the Lordship of Christ as foundational to the salvation of believers. In Psalm 2, we see the kings and rulers of the earth conspiring against God and His anointed, but God affirms His sovereignty by declaring, 'I have set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.' This signifies that Christ's reign is established by divine decree and cannot be overthrown. His commandment is not just for personal salvation but calls for recognition of His authority over all aspects of life. Recognizing Christ as Lord is essential for true submission and faith in Him.

Q: Why is it important to submit to Christ as Lord?

Submitting to Christ as Lord is crucial for true salvation and obeying His authority over our lives. The significance of submitting to Christ as Lord stems from the necessity of recognizing His ultimate authority. In Romans 10:9, we are called to confess Jesus as Lord, indicating that true faith involves more than just acknowledging Him as Savior; it requires submission to His lordship. This is vital because without recognizing Christ's authority, one risks remaining in rebellion against God, which leads to spiritual death. Acknowledging Jesus as Lord allows believers to fully embrace His redemptive work and live under His reign, which brings peace, hope, and transformation in their lives.

Q: What does 'Kiss the Son' mean in Psalm 2?

'Kiss the Son' means to submit to Christ's authority and recognize His sovereignty to avoid His wrath. 'Kiss the Son' represents an act of submission and reverence towards Jesus, acknowledging Him as the rightful King and Lord. This phrase reflects the concept of honor and allegiance to a sovereign ruler. The call to 'kiss the Son' serves as a warning: to do so is to embrace His authority, leading to blessing and protection. Conversely, failing to submit invites divine wrath, as highlighted in Psalm 2:12, where it states that those who defy Him will face judgment. Thus, to 'kiss the Son' is both an act of reverence and a necessary response to the gospel's demands.

Q: How do we know Jesus is truly sovereign?

Scripture asserts Jesus’ sovereignty through prophecies and His declared authority over creation and redemption. The sovereignty of Jesus is affirmed throughout Scripture, demonstrated through His fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies, particularly in psalms like Psalm 110 and Psalm 2. These texts portray Him as both priest and king, emphasizing His unique position and authority. Additionally, the New Testament confirms His dominion, stating that 'all authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me' (Matthew 28:18). His control over nature, life, death, and salvation illustrates that He reigns supreme. In acknowledging His sovereignty, believers understand that all things are under His lordship, which is a source of comfort and assurance.

I had Mike read, I mean had Ronnie
read Psalm 110 and Psalm 2. Now my text will be Psalm 2. Kiss the son, lest he be angry. But the reason
I had him read Psalm 110 also is because There are many messianic psalms,
there are many psalms written by David and Moses which indicate and exalt our Lord Jesus
Christ in his person and work, but no psalm more than these
two. Many psalms I read which are
messianic psalms can apply to David as well. And I feel like
David is writing not only about his Lord, but about himself,
but not these two. I just, I see David writing only
about the Lord Jesus. Look at Psalm 110 again. The
Lord said unto my Lord, God the Father said unto the Son, who
is my Lord, David said, sit thou at my right hand until I make
Thine enemies thy footstool. The Lord shall send the rod of
his strength out of Zion. Rule thou in the midst of thine
enemies. Verse 4, the Lord has sworn and
will not repent. Thou art a priest forever after
the order of Melchizedek. The Lord at thy right hand shall
strike through kings in the day of his wrath. There's just not
anything in this Psalm about David. He is projecting himself
into that future time when Christ would come. In many psalms, you
know what I mean, Tom, that you can read them and David writes
to himself and you apply them to Christ. But not this one. He's just, he's like Moses. Christ said, Moses wrote of me.
And that's what David's doing in that psalm. He's writing of
Christ. And in Psalm 2, let's look over there. This is the
one for just a few moments I want you to look at with me. Psalm 2. Now I'm going to divide
this psalm into four parts. Four equal parts. There are twelve
verses. The first three verses are the
voice of truth. And the next three, four, five,
and six, we hear the voice of wrath. And then in verses 7,
8, 9, you hear the voice of the king himself. And then in verses
10, 11, and 12, the voice of the preacher. Now here in verse
1 through 3, listen to it. Why do the heathen rage? Why
do the people imagine a vain thing? Why do the heathen rage
against the Lord's Christ? and that he is the object of
their wrath. He was in the world, the world
knew him not. He came unto his own, his own
received him not. Why do they rage against him?
It must be admitted that his commandments and his precepts
would be good for everybody, wouldn't they? Look over the
words of our Lord, as you would that men should do unto you,
do ye even so unto them. Love your enemies, bless them
that curse you. Bless and despise not. Thou shalt
not kill, lie, steal, commit adultery, bear false witness.
Wouldn't those be good statutes and laws for the whole world?
Love God, love your neighbor. So his commandments and precepts
would be good for all men. Why do the heathen rage? And
his kingdom is not of this world. He's no enemy to a righteous
ruler. He's no enemy to a godly magistrate
or a just judge. His kingdom is not of this world.
His life was above reproach. He went about doing good. Where his gospel is preached
and where his gospel is believed, men live in peace. And they live
in joy, and they have a good hope. And he turns a thief into
an honest man. You want to empty the jails?
Preach the gospel. If they believe it, that'll empty
your jails. He turns a drunk into a sober
man. I read a story years ago about
Mel Trotter, who operated a rescue mission in Chicago on Skid Row
for many, many years. How did Mel Trotter get into
this kind of work? Because he was one of those bums
on Skid Row when God found him and saved him. John, you're familiar
with his ministry, years back in the 20s and 30s. Mel Trotter
told the story, he actually, he was such a drunk and such
a no-count bum that other people had to support his wife and children.
And somebody gave his little baby girl a pair of new shoes
and he took them and sold them and bought whiskey. That's how
low down he was. And God turned that man into
a preacher of the gospel who operated a rescue mission on
skid row for many years. That's what his gospel will do.
He came to preach the gospel to the poor He came to set at
liberty the captives. He came to give sight to the
blind. He came to preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
That's the reason David said, why do the heathen rage? Why do they despise him? Why
do they hate him? Why do they say, we'll not have
this man reign over us? Why? Why? Why do they imagine such a vain
thing? What is a vain thing? Somebody
said a vain thing is a useless endeavor. What is this that they're
imagining? Verse 3, let us break their bands
of thunder, let us cast away their cords from us, good by
God. That's what they're saying. Good by God. Why do people imagine
such a vain thing? Why are they embarking on such
a useless endeavor? Tackle a hurricane with your
bare hands, but don't try to put Christ off the throne. Tackle
a flood. Tackle a volcano. Tackle a raging
sea, and you'll come nearer to success than to imagine you can
deny God his glory in Christ Jesus. Why? Why? Why do the people imagine such
a vain thing? His kingdom cannot fail. He rules over earth and heaven. The keys of death and hell to
my Savior have been given. The highest place that heaven
affords is His, and His by right, the King of kings and Lord of
lords. He's heaven's eternal light.
God has exalted Him and given Him a name above every name.
That at the name of Jesus, every knee is going to bow in heaven,
in earth, and under the earth, and every tongue is going to
declare that he's Lord to the glory of God the Father. And
for a man to set out on a mission to rob God in Christ of that
glory is a vain thing, and a foolish endeavor, and just foolish. Look at verse 2. The kings of
this earth, the leaders and rulers, set themselves. And the rulers
take counsel together. Here are men who agree on nothing
else, but they agree on this. They hate Christ. Here are people that have no
use for one another. They can agree on nothing. They're
divided into so many different groups. opposing one
another but when it comes to Christ they all get together.
They all with one accord lift their voices against him. Turn
to Acts chapter 4. Satan began the rebellion back
before man was created. He said I'll be God. Then Adam
and Eve came along and continued the rebellion and they said we'll
be God. And then when the Lord Jesus Christ came in the flesh
to this earth, they nailed him to a cross and they said, we'll
not have him reign over us. And that rebellion continues
today in every unbelieving heart. They reject the right of Christ
to reign. Now that's what it all comes
down to. The natural mind, the Bible doesn't
say the natural mind is at enmity. The Bible says the natural mind
is enmity. There's a difference. You know,
if you're at enmity, you can change your mind. But if your
mind is enmity, there's no change that can be wrought. You have
to have a new mind, new nature, new heart, because that old natural
mind is enmity. Brother Barnard told me, and
some of you remember him telling this story, that out in Barger,
Texas, a long time ago when he began his ministry, that was
his first ministry in Barger, Texas. It was an oil town of
about 50,000 people. He was the only preacher in town,
the only one there. People from everywhere had come
there to find jobs during the oil boom. And he was the only
preacher in town. He said he had one funeral a
day, average, for two years. Built a church there. But he
said when he first went there, there were 19 saloons, and behind
every saloon there was a dance hall. And there were these girls
that entertained these oil workers off the field. And one of the
most popular girls was a girl by the name of Dixie. Everybody
in town knew Dixie. She was a beautiful girl. Worked
there in one of the saloons. And he said one night, somebody
pulled a gun and shot at the fella she was dancing with and
shot her. Missed him and shot her. And
they took her back in the back there and put her on a cot and
somebody said, send for the preacher. Well, there wasn't but one preacher.
And Roth came over there and he said, I knelt beside the bed
there where she was wounded, lying there bleeding, waiting
on a doctor to come so somebody could find him. And he said,
I took her by the hand and I talked to her about Christ and about
bowing to His Lordship. That was the theme of Barney's
ministry, the Lordship of Christ. Bowing to Christ, receiving Christ,
crowning Christ Lord of her life. surrendering, submitting to Christ
Jesus, turning from her idols to the living God. And he said,
after he got through talking, she turned her face to the wall
and cried. And then she turned back and
looked at him and said, she said this, she said, Preacher, there's
no use in me trying to fool you or anybody else. If I get well,
I'm going to live the same kind of life I'm living right now,
because preacher, that's just the way I am. And that's true
of everybody by nature, that's just the way we are. And it says here in Acts chapter
4, look at it, verse 27, verse 26, Acts 4, 26, the kings of
this earth stood up and the rulers were gathered together. against
the Lord, against his Christ. That's the issue. That's the
issue. It's not, do you want to be saved? It's, who is your Lord? The preacher
said, I know who your Savior is. Would you tell me who your
Lord is? Everybody accepts a Savior, is interested in a Savior. Everybody's
interested in a happy hunting ground. But here's the issue. They rose up against the Lord.
against his claims and his right to rule and to reign over all
things. That's the issue, the sovereignty
of Christ. That's the whole issue. For the
truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed,
anointed him what? Lord. God hath made this same
Jesus both what? Lord and Christ. That's the issue. And they rose up against thy
holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod and Pontius
Pilate, who couldn't stand each other, the Gentiles and the people
of Israel, who couldn't stand each other, but they were gathered
together to refuse the right of Christ
to reign." Now, that's what he's saying here. That, at verse 2,
turn back to my text. See, the gospel we preach is
a gospel that doesn't call on you to raise your hand, decide
for Jesus, and accept him as your personal Savior. The gospel
we preach enforces the claims of the Lord Jesus Christ to carry
the keys of hell and death, to quicken whom he will, to reign
on the throne in heaven and reign over the hearts of men on this
and to dispose of everyone as he sees fit. Now that's the gospel
we pray. And that's what a man says when
he bows to that Christ. The scripture says if thou shalt
confess with thy mouth Jesus to be Lord, not to be your personal
Savior, and not to be your valet and your little personal lackey
to keep you out of hell when you breathe your last breath
and take you to to heaven so you can live in a mansion, not
hurt anymore, cry anymore, suffer anymore. The gospel demands us
now to bow the knee, submit and worship and exalt the Lord Jesus
Christ in these hearts and in these minds. That's right. Let God be God and every man
alive. And that's when the man will
be saved, when he submits and bows and surrenders to Christ
Jesus, the Lord. Let him do with me what he will,
he's Lord. Now that's right. Look back.
The kings of Israel, verse 2, they set themselves, and the
rulers take counsel together against the Lord, and against
his authority, saying, let's break their bans. What are their
bans? Control, authority, the claims
of Christ, the right of Christ to reign. That's what it's all
about. That's what it's all about. He's
Lord. Let's break his bands. Let's cast away his cords from
us. We'll be our own God. We'll go
our own way. That's what repentance is in
Isaiah 55. 55 says to let the wicked turn
from his way. If we turn from our way, we've
got to turn to his way. Turn from our thoughts to his
thoughts and let him return to the Lord. The Sovereign Lord,
do with me what you will. That's the Sovereign Lord. And
when you come to see his Lord, you won't have any trouble with
election, you won't have any trouble with particular redemption,
you won't have any trouble with effectual call, you won't have
any trouble with his right to reign, you won't have any trouble
until you find out who the Lord is you bow. You won't have any
trouble with trials, you won't have any trouble with life or
death, you won't have any trouble with success or failure or prosperity
or poverty. Because he does what he will,
when he will, with whom he will. Because he loves. He's got that
right. The claims of Christ. Alright, that's the voice of
truth now. That's the voice of truth. That's the enmity of the
human heart and the natural mind. Now verse 4 through 6, the voice
of wrath. Well, he that sitteth in the
heavens shall lie. He that sitteth in the heavens,
notice his place, he's in the heavens. That's where he is,
he's in the heavens. His throne is above all. That's
what you read about in there tonight. He sitteth, notice his
posture, he's sitteth. He's not pacing, he's not upset. He reigns in calm Sovereignty
and combat. He's seated. He's in the heavens. He reigns
over all. Let me read you a scripture over
here. I'll just turn to it quickly and read it in Isaiah chapter
40. Listen to this. Have you not
known? Have you not heard? Hath it not
been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from
the foundations of the earth? It is he that sitteth on the
circle of the earth. in the heavens, he sitteth. And
the inhabitants of this earth are his grasshoppers. He stretcheth out the heavens
as a curtain, he spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in, he
brings princes to nothing. He makes the judges of this earth
as vanity. To whom will you liken me, God
said, to whom shall I be equal? Hast thou not known, hast thou
not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of
the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary, there's
no searching of his understanding? He that setteth in the heavens,
what's his response to their imagination, their vain imagination,
their foolish endeavor, to their rebellion? He laughs. He laughs. Pharaoh, mighty monarch of Egypt. I guess at that time Egypt was
the most powerful, influential nation on the face of the earth
with its gold and pyramids and statues and army and power and
slaves, three million slaves. And Pharaoh thought that by killing
the male children of Israel, he would frustrate God's purpose
to deliver Israel. And at the very time he was carrying
out this foolish endeavor, this vain imagination, this rage against
the King of Heaven, in his home, his own daughter was caring for,
educating, training God's deliverer. You like? God did too. Here he goes, old Pharaoh with
his plume and his hat, you know, and his sword, and he's prancing
around with his army, rounding up all those little boys. And
God's boy was out there in his home. He's chuckling him under
the chin, playing with him, teaching him how to fight, educating him. And God's sitting
in the heavens laughing. An infidel died in England back
in the days of Whitefield. A prominent infidel. And one
of the local Bible societies bought his home and used it to
store Bibles. And God laughed. I'll tell you
verse 5 says, Then shall he speak. Now here's what he's saying.
He sits in the heavens. And he laughs. The Lord has them
in derision. And then, in due time, their
foot will slide in due time. Then, when the cup of wrath is
full, he'll speak. That's all he has to do. He doesn't
have to move off the throne. He doesn't have to pay any particular
attention to any person. He just speaks. It's over. It's over. He'll speak. When he gets ready to destroy
his enemies, he'll vex them in his sore displeasure. You see,
he destroyed Pharaoh with a shepherd's rod. A whole army with a shepherd's
rod. That's all. Moses went unarmed
into Egypt and led three million people out. He humiliated Goliath
with a stone from a shepherd's boy's sleigh. He turned mighty Nebuchadnezzar
into a beast of the field. Herod, who boasted about his
mighty kingdom and his mighty power, was eaten with worms from
within. God's enemies can be destroyed
by a small germ that you can't even see under a microscope,
because this is my father's world. So let me never forget that though
the wrong seems all so strong, my Lord is the ruler yet. This
is my Father's world and the battle's not done. Jesus who
died is going to be satisfied and heaven and earth is going
to be one. He'll speak. There's not an enemy
anywhere. against our Lord that God will
not deal with in his own good time. And verse 6, listen to what,
let me tell you this, I read this one and William Plummer,
William Plummer made a study of some of the early Yipras who
were bitter against Christianity and sent many believers to their
death. William Plummer made a study
of many of those famous emperors, and this is what he found out.
One went crazy. One was slain by his own son. One became stone blind. One was
drowned. One strangled on his food. Two
committed suicide. Five were assassinated by their
own people, and eight died in battle. I tell you, a man may climb up
just high as his old bootstraps will take him, but God's just
sitting there waiting till that due time, and he'll bring him
down. Then shall he speak, and he's
going to speak in wrath. Verse 6, and here's what he said,
I have set my king upon my holy hill of Zion." My friends, it's
done. I've set him there, God said.
I have set him there. This is a permanent arrangement.
It cannot be changed. He is set, S-E-T, set, like concrete
is set. He's there by design. He's there
by decree. He's there by right. He died
to purchase that right. He's seated He says, I set my
king. He's my king. And he reigns in righteousness.
And watch this. He said, I have set my king upon
my holy hill. He's a righteous king. He reigns
in righteousness. And it's the holy hill of Zion.
What's Zion? The church. He's the king of
the church. He's the head of the church.
That in all things he might have the preeminence. Oh, why do the heathen rage?
Why do people imagine such a vain thing? Preachers too. Preachers
too. There's a sign over here on 29th
Street by the fire station. If you've passed it, you need
to take a trip over and read it. What does it say? Can you tell me exactly what
it says? You've passed it a hundred times. I know you're trying to
blot it out of your mind, but you remember. God, this is out there in broad
daylight there by the road. This is this man's God. This
is this preacher's God he's advertising. Now it says God will only do,
God can only do what men let him do. I mean, he didn't accidentally
put that out there. He put that out there on purpose. But that's not the God of the
Bible. That's not my King. I've sent my King, reigning Lord
on the holy hill of Zion, the King. This is what these preachers
are trying to do. They're trying to dethrone the
King. They'll let him sit in his almshouse and dispense little
favors to us, to the kiddies, you know. They'll let him be
the creator because they can't make anything. They make a mess
out of everything they make anyway. They'll let him do all, but they're
not going to allow him to reign and rule in this thing of salvation
and redemption and the kingdom. But he's going to reign. And
to try to take that right and that glory away from him is a
vain, foolish, useless endeavor. And God's laughing at us. He's
sitting up there laughing. He's going to quit laughing someday.
And he's going to deal with me in wrath. I've set my King on
the holy hill of Zion. The righteousness. He's the Lord
of righteousness in the church. Alright, the King himself speaks.
This is the Lord Jesus, the voice of the King. He says in verse
7, I will declare the decree the Lord has said to me. In other
words, I'm going to tell you what my Father said. I was talking about this on something
on television the other night, Monday night, making tapes. If
people quit talking about what they think God says, and what
they want God to say, and what God ought to say, and just find
out what God says. And this is what the Lord Jesus
is saying. I'm going to tell you what he
said to me. I'm going to declare the decree
the Lord sent to me. Now David's not talking about
himself here. This is the Lord Jesus saying
the Father said this to me. Thou art my son. Do you hear? He said this is my beloved son. Make no mistake about it. This
is my beloved son in whom I'm well pleased. God's not pleased
with any son of man or son of Adam. He's pleased with THE Son
of God. This is my Son. And again He
said, This is my beloved Son. Hear Him! This is my Son. To the Son, He
saith, thy throne, O God, is forever. Thou art my Son. This day have I begotten thee. Ask of me. You ask of me. I tell you, let me be careful how I say this,
but God's not going to hear you ask for mercy. God's going to hear Christ ask
for mercy for you. Did I say that right? Did it
come out right? See, you can't speak to God.
God's not going to hear you. God won't be spoken to. Nor will
he speak to a son of Adam. He says to Christ, he says, I
set my king on the holy hill of Zion. And the king says, I'm
going to tell you what he said to me. He said to me, you're
my son. Father loves his son. Has given all authority over
all flesh into his hand. All power in heaven and earth.
He says to the son, you ask me. You ask for Bob Coffey and I'll
give him to you. You ask for Mike Barton and I'll
give him to you. You ask for Gary and Kathy and
I'll give them to you. But he's got to ask for you. You know what that says? He said,
you ask me and I'll give you the heathen. Gary says to him,
you call me a heathen? Yes, sir. By nature. I'll give you the heathen. I'll
give you some of these people up here that imagine a vain thing.
I'll give you some of them. You ask me and I'll give them
to you. You ask me and I'll give you the uttermost parts of the
earth for my, for your possession. I turn to, hold that right there
and turn to John 17 and listen to him. John 17, verse 9. John 17, 9. This is our Lord
asking. This is our Lord praying. He's
asking for people. I give you a people out of every
kindred, tribe, nation, tongue unto heaven, the uttermost parts
of the earth for your inheritance. Verse 9, John 17, I pray for
them. I ask for them. I pray not for
the world. I pray for them which thou hast
given me. They are thine. Verse 24, Father, I will that
also, that they also whom thou hast given me be with me where
I am. that they may behold my glory,
which thou hast given me, for you loved me before the foundation
of the world. O righteous Father, the world
hath not known thee, but I know thee. And those and these have
known that thou hast sent me, and I declare unto them thy name,
and I will declare it." You're going to learn more about that
name, that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in
them and I in them. You asked me, Seth. You asked
for He ever lived it to make intercession for us. That's who
you have to do business with, the King. Go to Christ. That's
what Pharaoh said, go to Joseph. Go to Joseph. Ask of me, and
I'll give you the heathen. Oh Lord Jesus, that's what the
thief on the cross said, will you remember me when you come
into your kingdom? Will you ask for me? I believe
that's what he's saying. I know that's what has to be
done. And thou shalt, verse 9, the
rest of them, you'll break them with a rod of iron, you'll dash
them in pieces like a potter's vessel. The fate of his enemies
is recorded here. They're his footstool. You'll
break them in pieces like a broken vase. Their foot shall slide
in due time. There's a day of wrath upon Christ
is going to deal with them in wrath. He that is not for me
is against me. Now the voice of the preacher.
Verse 10. This is what Tom said in the
study a while ago. Be wise now therefore. Be wise
now therefore. Be wise and be instructed you
judges of the earth, you kings, you leaders, you heathen, Be
wise, be instructed. Your warfare is foolish. It's
foolish. Talk about Don Quixote attacking
the windmill and you laugh at him. You're tackling a bigger
windmill than he is. And that's, I've set my king,
my lord, my anointed on the throne. And your warfare is foolish.
Your opposition is going to fail. I won't have that kind of God.
Well, yes, you're going to have him. Somebody said to Brother
Barnard one time, said, your God's a monster. He said, well,
get ready to deal with a monster then. Because he's God. Lock, stock,
and barrel. He turned the whole world over
to Christ. He's King. And that's your image of him.
It's not my image of him now. That's the only kind of God I'd
worship as a sovereign God. That's the only kind God can
save me, is a God who has the power over all flesh to save
whom he will. Your opposition is going to fail.
Your way is the way of death. He that believeth not shall be
damned. He said, Be wise, be instructed. Listen, verse 11. Serve the Lord
with fear. Rejoice with trembling. A lot of people don't like that
word fear in connection with God, but I'll tell you this,
hope without fear is presumption. Fear without hope is tarment.
I don't want fear without hope, that's tarment. But I don't want
hope without fear. I want hope with fear. Serve the Lord with fear. Listen,
kiss the sun. Kiss the sun. You're not yet
at the judgment. You're yet in the land of the
living. God delights to show mercy. Kiss the sun. Kiss the
sun. Now, I want you to listen to
me right here. I want to make a statement. I don't know, but
what we Americans are at a little disadvantage in understanding
what this means. We're so rights conscious. We're
so rights conscious. I'm not saluting any man. I'm
not bowing the knee to any man. We watch the British bow to their
crown, their queen, you know. We see them kissing the hand
of the sovereign and we say, boy, us Americans don't bow to
nobody. We don't submit to nobody. We're independent. We cuss our
president out. We call him by his first name.
Well, I don't know whether that's good for us or not. We don't
know much about respect. Your children and my children and the children
out yonder don't have respect for adults. Did you know that?
And the average man working out there on the job knows nothing
of authority. He's not going to bow to authority.
He'll just put up a picket line. That's us. You can't even, you
can't squip a child. You can't correct a child in
school. You teachers can't. You don't
have any authority. That's right. They do with you
what they want to. They terrorize their parents.
They torment their teachers. and they won't eat their beans. That's right, they're little
rebels and we're grown-up rebels. Maybe the people who lived under
the old kings and queens and masters, maybe they know something
about authority. But I'm telling you this, if you're going to get in on
this, You and I are going to find out something about authority. Christ is a monarch. He's a dictator. He's a sovereign. He's a lord. And you're his slave, his bond
slave, who's going to bow at his feet and kiss his feet like
the woman in the Pharisees' home. That's right. But you ain't coming
in. I'm telling you the truth. I'm
telling you the truth. We're going to have to find out
something about authority. We're nothing. We're nothing. Kiss the son lest he be angry. Kiss the son lest he look your
way with piercing eyes of wrath. Kiss him. Hover on his feet and
kiss his feet. Bow, submit, surrender. lest he be angry and you perish
from the way when his wrath is kindled just a little. See, you're
not important enough for big wrath. You and I, that's why
he don't have to get too mad. We don't deserve much wrath,
just a little. Blessed, oh, blessed are they
that put their trust in him. Now that's strong, but that's
strong right there. That's strong. And I say these things for my
good and for your good and for my benefit and your benefit.
I'm not preaching Baptist doctrine. I'm preaching the Word of God.
I'm not standing up here proclaiming something to attract attention
to myself. I'm standing up here telling
you what he says. I've set my king, quiet the heathen,
rage and imagine such a stupid thing. They say we'll break his
bands, we'll cast his cords aside. He's sitting in the heavens laughing
at us, laughing. He'll speak and rap someday,
and they're full of slime. So kiss the sun. Be wise, be
instructive. Kiss the sun. Blessed are they
that put their trust in him. Cast all your eggs in one basket. Christ the Lord. He never dropped
one yet, that's it. He's the king. All right. Mike,
come lead us in closing here.

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How do we know Jesus is truly sovereign?

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