"That's My King!" In Proverbs 9!

Jesus' Feast Gives Eternal Life
He Died To Save From Wrathful Strife
And Make Us Pure – His Lovely Wife!

That's my King! Do you know Him?!

Jesus Christ Was Severely Abused
Though He Never Scoffed Or Words Misused
He's The Wisest Of All And Yet Was Bruised
Shamefully Used, And Falsely Accused
But He Rose And Left All Foes Confused
Now From Judgment For Sin We're Forever Excused!

That's my King! That's my King!

"That's My King!" Who Was Single Yet He Burned; Aflame With Passion Yearned; For His Bride Who Spurned; Her Righteousness He Earned; And From Her Sin She Turned; To Long For His Return!

"For it is better to marry than to be aflame with passion." 1 Corinthians 7:9

Jesus was a single man His whole time on earth, but He was always aflame with passion for His bride, the Church. At the consummation of all things, He will take her to Himself and marry her so that He might express His flaming passion for her in new, glorious, and utterly sensational ways for all eternity!

Come Lord Jesus!

He was single all His life
And conquered every strife
Then gave His precious life
So we could be His wife!

That's my King!

Pleasures of marriage He never knew
He lived and died – the single Jew
There's joy in sex and marriage true
But from a greater joy He drew
Eternal pleasures great He knew
Joys from His Father through and through
His delights in the Father flourished and grew
The pleasures of sin away He threw
No lust His heart would ever pursue
For God's beauty itself is the greatest view
His heart was crushed when this Beauty withdrew
For on that cross God's wrath would spew
Forsaken by God He paid our due
Though no sin to Him would ever accrue
He became sin for me and also for you
Then He arose and made all things new
To bring you to God – a bride clean and true
Come to Him now – your desires He'll subdue
You'll cry from your heart: "All my joy is You!"

That's my King! Do you know Him?!

Oh Father please come – my need seems dire
Please come help me fight overwhelming desire
Oh God You alone can put out the fire
Turn my eyes upon You and lift me up higher
To trust and obey all that You require
May I find "Christ is all!" –  my great King and Sire
And delight in Him – our greatest Desire!

That's my King!

God's Word says singleness is the best way
And you'll be happier if single you stay
All your attention on God you can certainly lay
He'll fill all your thoughts – to Him you can pray
He wants you alone with Him everyday
A Lover Who's jealous and won't let you stray
He's the Fountain of all delight so survey
His glorious beauty on full display
He died to take your sins away
And lives to give you life His way
So trust in Him and fight to obey
He'll grant you contentment – come what may!

That's my King! I wonder if you know Him?!

Christ is THE SINGLE Who was left all alone

No wife, no father, no children His own

No friends, no disciples from Him they'd all flown

No God, in a sense, forsaken and thrown

Under His wrath where He died with a groan

There Jesus died for our sins to atone

Then rose up alive to sit on His throne

All this for His bride - the bone of His bone

He's single no more, the Lamb has now shown

His love for His bride, the church He has known

We'll praise Him forever our Groom Cornerstone!

That's my King!

One day you'll be married for eternal duration
This fact is certain – God's declaration
For all who trust in Christ for salvation
Will marry the Lamb in the new creation
His bride you will be from every nation
You'll marry the King – the best combination
Most loving, most kind, your closest relation
The greatest Spouse – beyond all expectation!
If you have Him, fear no deprivation
You'll know all is good at the consummation
Where joys in Him pass all imagination
And grow forever in great adoration
The Husband-King is all compensation
So find in Him life's full celebration!

That's my King! That's my King!

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"Christ Is All!" For Muslims!

Is Islam A Religion Of Peace?

What Does The Quran Say?

Surah 9:29: Fight those who do not believe in Allah

Surah 9:73: O Prophet! Strive hard against the unbelievers and the hypocrites and be unyielding to them.

Surah 9:123: O you who believe! Fight those of the unbelievers who are close to you, and let them find harshness in you

Surah 48:29: Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, And those who are with him are severe against disbelievers, and merciful among themselves.

Surah 2:216: Fighting is ordained for you

Surah 5:33: the penalty for those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger and strive upon earth is none but that they be killed or crucified or that their hands and feet be cut off from opposite sides or that they be exiled from the land.

Surah 5:51: O ye who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians for your friends and protectors: They are but friends and protectors to each other. And he amongst you that turns to them is of them.

Surah 8:12: I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them.

Surah 8:59-60: And let not those who disbelieve think that they can outstrip (escape from the punishment). Verily, they will never be able to save themselves (from Allah's Punishment). And make ready against them all you can of power, including steeds of war (tanks, planes, missiles, artillery) to threaten the enemy of Allah and your enemy, and others besides whom, you may not know but whom Allah does know.  And whatever you shall spend in the Cause of Allah shall be repaid unto you, and you shall not be treated unjustly.

Surah 8:65: O Prophet! Urge the believers to fight. If there are twenty steadfast persons amongst you, they will overcome two hundred, and if there be a hundred steadfast persons they will overcome a thousand of those who disbelieve, because they (the disbelievers) are people who do not understand.

Surah 9:5: Then when the Sacred Months (the 1st, 7th, 11th, and 12th months of the Islamic calendar) have passed, then kill the Mushrikun (polytheists, idolaters, pagans, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah) wherever you find them, and capture them and besiege them, and lie in wait for them in each and every ambush.

Surah 47:4: So, when you meet, those who disbelieve smite (their) necks till when you have killed and wounded many of them

What Did Muhammad Say?

Bukhari: 4.52.220: Muhammad said: “I have been made victorious with terror.”

Bukhari 9.84:57: Muhammad said: “Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him.”

Sahih Muslim 1767a: “Muhammad said: I will expel the Jews and Christians from the Arabian Peninsula”

Bukhari 1.2.25: Muhammad said: “I have been ordered (by Allah) to fight against the people until they testify that none has the right to be worshiped but Allah and that Muhammad is Allah's Apostle, and offer the prayers perfectly and give the obligatory charity, so if they perform that, then they save their lives and property from me except for Islamic laws and then their reckoning (accounts) will be done by Allah.”

Bukhari 4.52.176: Muhammad said: “You (Muslims) will fight with the Jews till some of them will hide behind stones. The stones will (betray them) saying, 'O 'Abdullah (slave of Allah)! There is a Jew hiding behind me; so kill him.'”

Please Turn Away From This Violence And Trust In The Prince Of Peace:  

The Lord Jesus Christ!

Isaiah 9:6: For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulder, and His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

This was prophesied about Jesus Christ 700 years before He was even born! He is the Mighty God and the Prince of Peace Who alone can grant you peace with God and peace with others!

The Bible says God created all things, and He made you to be in a relationship with Him: to know Him, to trust Him, to love Him, and to obey Him.

Genesis 1:1:  “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.”

Matthew 22:37-39:  “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.  This is the great and first commandment.  And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

1 Corinthians 10:31:  “So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.”

The bad news is that we have all sinned against God, selfishly desiring our own will instead of His will, and we've broken His good, holy, just, and loving laws – laws He gave us because He loves us and to help us live lives full of joy, peace, and satisfaction.

Romans 3:23:  “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God”

Because of our sin, we deserve God's just punishment and curse in hell forever.  But God so loved sinners that He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, into the world to save sinners!

John 3:16:  “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.”

Jesus never sinned, died on the cross, bearing the anger and curse of God toward sinners, and rose up from the dead, conquering sin, death, and hell, so that if you turn from your sins and believe in Him, He will save you!

Acts 16:31:  “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved!”

Ephesians 2:8-9:  “For by grace you have been saved through faith.  And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.”

You cannot earn God's love and favor by doing good things, praying, giving alms, or being a good person. Adam and Eve were forced to leave God's presence in Paradise for committing only one sin! God cannot be in the presence of even one sin! And you need all of your sins forgiven! Only through Jesus can all your sins be forgiven. He is God the Son, and He alone can save you and grant you peace: Jesus says: “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28)

Please trust in God the Son today!

To learn more, please visit us at:

Olney Baptist Church
239 West Chew Ave.
Phila, PA 19120
www.olneybaptist.org
215-548-8833
11am every Sunday

We have lunch afterward, and we love to share meals with our Muslim friends!

30 Reasons Jesus Christ Rose From The Dead

Buddha is dead, Mohammed is dead,

Ghandi and Haile Selassie are dead,

Elijah Mohammed is dead - however

Jesus is Alive! Shai Linne

Jesus Christ Is the Risen King 

He's More Beautiful Than Anything 

He Conquered All And Took Death's Sting 

Fullest Pleasures He Will Bring 

So Turn From Sin And To Him Cling 

He Will Forever Make You Sing!

Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead . . . . 2 Timothy 2:8

1. Jesus rose from the dead to fulfill all God's promises about Him in the Old Testament

1 Corinthians 15:4: he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures

Isaiah 53:8, 10: he was cut off out of the land of the living, stricken for the transgression of my people . . . it was the will of the LORD to crush him; he has put him to grief; when his soul makes an offering for sin, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days

Acts 13:30, 32-33, 35: But God raised him from the dead . . . And we bring you the good news that what God promised to the fathers,  this he has fulfilled to us their children by raising Jesus . . . Therefore he says also in another psalm, 'You will not let your Holy One see corruption.' 

Paul Tripp: The victory of Jesus' empty tomb is an historical validation of the reliability of every promise God has ever made to his children.

2. Jesus rose from the dead to fulfill what He said He would do

Mark 9:31: The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And when he is killed, after three days he will rise.

Greg Bahnsen: Christ [strongly disapproved of] those who sought signs beyond the authority of His words . . . The refusal of men to believe Christ’s word is not attributed to a lack of factual evidence, but rather to their not abiding in that self-evidencing word of God. Scripture is authoritative in itself to testify of Christ, for God’s word is more sure than any eyewitness experience of the facts. If men will not submit to the self-evidencing, ultimate starting point of God’s word, neither will the fact of an historical resurrection convince them. Hence, when certain disciples were reluctant to believe the fact of Christ’s resurrection, He rebuked them, not for failure to attend to the experienced evidence, but for their hesitance to believe the Scriptures.

3. Jesus rose from the dead for our justification

Romans 4:25: who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.

S. Lewis Johnson: The resurrection is God's "Amen!" to Christ's "It is finished."

4. Jesus rose from the dead so our faith won't be futile

1 Corinthians 15:17-19: And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If in this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied. 

5. Jesus rose from the dead so we would be raised imperishable

1 Corinthians 15:42: So is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable.

You won't perish! You won't be destroyed! You won't see corruption! You won't see decay! New body!

6. Jesus rose from the dead so He would be a life giving spirit

1 Corinthians 15:45: Thus it is written, "The first man Adam became a living being"; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

7. Jesus rose from the dead so we would bear the likeness of the man from heaven

1 Corinthians 15:49: Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven.

8. Jesus rose from the dead to abolish death and so death would be swallowed up in victory

2 Timothy 1:10: our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel

 

1 Corinthians 15:54-58: When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: "Death is swallowed up in victory." "O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?" The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

Philippians 1:21: For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Luke 1:34-37: And Mary said to the angel, "How will this be, since I am a virgin?" And the angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy - the Son of God. And behold, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. For nothing will be impossible with God."

Our Daily Bread Story: As enemy forces advanced, Baker Company was cut off from the rest of their unit. For several hours no word was heard, even though headquarters repeatedly tried to communicate with the missing troops. Finally a faint signal was received. Straining to hear, the corpsman asked, "Baker Company, do you read me?" "This is Baker Company," came the reply. "What is your situation?" asked the corpsman. "The enemy is to the east of us, the enemy is to the west of us, the enemy is to the north of us, the enemy is to the south of us." Then after a brief pause, the sergeant from Baker Company said with determination, "The enemy is not going to get away from us now!" Although surrounded and outnumbered, he was thinking of victory, not defeat. 

 

9. Jesus rose from the dead so He would be the firstfruits

1 Corinthians 15:20: But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

Christ is the first to rise, and His resurrection guarantees that all who trust in Christ shall also rise again!

10. Jesus rose from the dead so we would have new life full of love and holiness as those dead to sin and alive to righteousness

Romans 6:3-13: Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. For one who has died has been set free from sin. Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. We know that Christ being raised from the dead will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their passions. Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness.

11. Jesus rose from the dead to show it was impossible for death to hold Him

Acts 2:24: God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.

Paul Tripp: The sermon preached by the empty tomb outside Jerusalem is titled, "Nothing Has the Power to Stop this Savior!"

12. Jesus rose from the dead to give us repentance and forgiveness of sins

Acts 5:30-31: The God of our fathers raised Jesus, whom you killed by hanging him on a tree. God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.

13. Jesus rose from the dead so He would be declared to be the Son of God in power

Romans 1:4: and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead

This is Jesus' installation (His crowning!) as the ruling, reigning, God-Man and Davidic King Who has conquered death and has been exalted as Lord and all powerful Messiah!

Hebrews 1:8: But of the Son he says, “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom.” 

2 Corinthians 13:4: For he was crucified in weakness, but lives by the power of God. 

He came meek and humble; but He's coming back as a lion!

Revelation 19:11-16: 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.

14. Jesus rose from the dead so He would be the Resurrection and the Life

John 11:25-26: Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life.  Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?"

John Piper: One of the most powerful moments in my seminary days was at the funeral of James Morgan, my 36-year-old systematic theology teacher. Lewis Smedes was preaching the sermon, and at one point he lifted up his majestic voice and cried, "James Morgan is not dead!" My spine tingled, with the heralding of glorious truth.

15. Jesus rose from the dead so we would have the powerful life of the Spirit of God dwell in us

Romans 8:11-15: If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you. So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, "Abba! Father!"

16. Jesus rose from the dead so no one or no thing can ever condemn us

Romans 8:34-39: Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died - more than that, who was raised - who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? As it is written, "For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered." No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. 

 

17. Jesus rose from the dead so we would be delivered from the wrath to come

1 Thessalonians 1:9-10: you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come. 

18. Jesus rose from the dead so we would believe and be saved

Romans 10:9: if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

19. Jesus rose from the dead so we would enjoy God's presence

2 Corinthians 4:14: knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence.

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18: But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. Therefore encourage one another with these words.  

20. Jesus rose from the dead so we would be born again to a living hope in God

1 Peter 1:3-4: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you

21. Jesus rose from the dead so that at the name of the LORD Jesus Christ every knee should bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father

Philippians 2:8-11: And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

22. Jesus rose from the dead to prove that He is the Messiah

Acts 2:31-32: he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption. This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are witnesses . . . Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.

23. Jesus rose from the dead to show that He is God

John 20:27-28: Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe." Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!"

24. Jesus rose from the dead to be our everlasting, permanent Priest Who has an indestructible life and Who guarantees for us a better covenant, saves to the uttermost, and always lives to make intercession for us

Hebrews 7:14-17, 22-25: For it is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah, and in connection with that tribe Moses said nothing about priests. This becomes even more evident when another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek, who has become a priest, not on the basis of a legal requirement concerning bodily descent, but by the power of an indestructible life. For it is witnessed of him, "You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek." . . . 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.

25. Jesus rose from the dead so that He would conquer all of His and our enemies and be worthy to accomplish all God's perfect plans, purposes, and judgments

Revelation 5:2-5: And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?" And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it, and I began to weep loudly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it. And one of the elders said to me, "Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals." 

Simon Kistemaker: The verb overcome [conquered] conveys good news. It links this verse to the letters to the seven churches, which have re recurring refrain "the one who overcomes" (e. g., 2:7), and also to Jesus who says "I have overcome" (3:21; John 16:33). This verb implies that Jesus is the conqueror over death and hell, the firstfruits of the dead, and the King who ascended to heaven and sits at God's right hand.

26. Jesus rose from the dead so that He might be the firstborn from the dead and the ruler of the kings of the earth 

Revelation 1:5: Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth.

27. Jesus rose from the dead never to die again and to take the keys of Death and Hades so that we might not fear

Revelation 1:17-18: 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."

Simon Kistemaker: The one who has a key is able to unlock doors that give access to possessions, treasures, and secrets. Possessing a key means having power and authority. But no one on the face of this earth is able to claim power over Death and Hades. Jesus, who triumphed over death and the grave, possesses the keys to unlock them . . . Jesus has complete power over death and the grave.

28. Jesus rose from the dead to destroy the devil and to deliver us from the fear and slavery of death

Hebrews 2:14-15: 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.  

John MacArthur: Jesus came to earth to die. By dying, He was able to conquer death in His resurrection (Jn 14:19). By conquering death, He rendered Satan powerless against all who are saved. Satan's using the power of death is subject to God's will (cf. Job 2:6).

Buist Fanning: Jesus' death and resurrection provides complete victory over death and the devil. 

 29. Jesus rose from the dead to show God will judge the world through Jesus Christ

Acts 17:30-31: The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent, because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.

30. Jesus rose from the dead so we would seek the things above and Christ would be all in all

Colossians 3:1-11: If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming. In these you too once walked, when you were living in them. But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all.

God And The Gospel

To learn more about the great and true Triune God, the God-Man, Jesus Christ, His cross, and His glorious Gospel message and everlasting Kingship, please watch American Gospel: Christ Alone. You can watch the full documentary here and here for free!

Some Evidence For The Resurrection Of Jesus Christ

(From a fellow Pastor)

a. Biblical Evidence: 

1) Jesus’ death & resurrection was prophesied hundreds of years in advance (Isaiah 53)

2) Jesus prophesied His death & resurrection (Mark 8:31; 9:31; 10:33–34; John 2:18–22)

3) Jesus died on the cross (Matt. 27:45-54; Mark 15:33-39; Luke 23:44-48; John 19:28-42)

4) Jesus appeared physically alive three days after his death (John 20:17; John 20:20–28; Luke 24:36–43)

5) Jesus’ resurrection convinced His family & those closest to Him to worship Him as God (Acts 1:14; 12:17; 15:12–21; 21:18; 1 Cor. 15:7, Gal. 2:9; James 1:1; Jude 1; John 20:28: Thomas: “My Lord and My God!”)

6) Jesus’ resurrection was confirmed by His most bitter enemies, like Saul/Paul.

b. Circumstantial Evidence: 

1) The transformation of the disciples from cowards to men that no longer feared death & died as martyrs; the disciples stayed loyal to their risen Messiah in the face of great suffering & persecution.

2) The day of worship changed from Saturday to Sunday in honor of Jesus’ resurrection & in contrast to thousands of years of observance according to one of the 10 Commandments.

3) The object of worship became Jesus the God-Man.

4) Women discovered the empty tomb according to the Scriptures, & if the story were fabricated they would not have been included since they could not legally testify as witnesses.

5) Early church preaching continually emphasized the fact of Jesus’ resurrection as the central truth of Christian faith, & this truth was preached in the very city & area where Jesus rose from the dead.

6) The tomb where Jesus was buried was not enshrined like so many religious leaders in that day for the simple fact He was not there but rather had risen from the dead.

7) Growth of the church can only be explained by the fact of the resurrection of Jesus as its cause.

8) The earliest Jewish arguments against Christianity admit the empty tomb. In Matthew 28:11-15, there is a reference made to the Jew's attempt to refute Christianity by saying that the disciples stole the body. This is significant because it shows that the Jews did not deny the empty tomb. Instead, their "stolen body" theory admitted the significant truth that the tomb was in fact empty.

Resources On The Resurrection Of Jesus Christ

1. Resurrection Resources From Desiring God

2. Resurrection Resources From Ligonier Ministries

3. Resurrection Resources From Monergism.com

4. Resurrection Resources From The Gospel Coalition

5. Reasons For The Resurrection by John MacArthur

6. 14 Passages To Read About The Resurrection

7. Wesley Huff On The Resurrection

8. Do Some People Really Believe That A Dead Man Came Back To Life? by Nicholas Piotrowski

"That's My King!" In Proverbs 7 And 8!

Jesus Christ Will Fill You With Love
The Greatest Husband From Above
In Whose Presence Is Delight
And Pleasures Of An Epic Height
And Not Just Short Love All One Night
But Joys Eternal Out Of Sight
Your Heart He'll Ravish And Seduce
And Holy Longings Pure Produce!

That's my King! Do you know Him?!

Jesus Lives And Cries Aloud
With Perfect Words He Awes The Crowd
And Humbles All The Selfish Proud
So More Than Every Jewel Endowed
Desire The King His Praise Avowed!

That's my King!

Jesus Loves Us As His Own
He Reigns With Strength Upon The Throne
And On That Cross He Did Atone
To Make Us One His Flesh And Bone
Now By His Grace Our Minds Are Blown
Through All His Love And Mercy Shown!

That's my King!

Jesus Christ Has Always Been
Through Him Creation Did Begin
And Then God's Wisdom Came In Skin
To Give His Life His Bride To Win
He Died And Rose To Save From Sin
Oh He's The Best That's Ever Been!

That's my King! That's my King!

"That's My King!" In Proverbs 6:20-7:27!

He Is The Obedient Son
He Died And Rose His Work Is Done
His Beauty Stands Second To None
So Turn From Sin And To Him Run
He'll Capture You And Your Heart Stun!

That's my King! Do you know Him?!

He Will Fill You With Love
The Greatest Husband From Above
In Whose Presence Is Delight
And Pleasures Of An Epic Height
And Not Just Short Love All One Night
But Joys Eternal Out Of Sight
Your Heart He'll Ravish And Seduce
And Holy Longings Pure Produce!

That's my King! That's my King!

"That's My King!" In Proverbs 6:1-19!

Jesus Christ Is Our Security
Though He Was Born In Obscurity
He Abolished Impurity
And Rose To Maturity
As Our Everlasting Surety
To Make Us Clean Purity!

That's my King! Do you know Him?!

Jesus Christ Worked Hard Without Tire
Did All Things Well God Would Require
Died On That Cross To Save From The Fire
Then Rose Again To Never Retire
And Now He's Our Passionate, Holy Desire!

That's my King!

Jesus Christ Is Worth The Most
To Everlasting Joy Our Host
For All God Hates That's Foul And Gross
He Punished In His Son Utmost
So In The Cross Alone We Boast!

That's my King! That's my King!

"That's My King!" Who's The Christmas Celebration, The God-Man Incarnation, And The Holy Causation Of Our Great Salvation!

Jesus is the Incarnation

The God on earth Visitation

The God-Man Summation without separation

Savior of every nation

The "all-of-life" Foundation

Without Whom there's no salvation

Who saves from condemnation

And is worthy of our most faithful dedication, infinite admiration, and eternal appreciation!

That's my King!

Through the virgin birth

He came down to earth

He fills with joy and mirth

By granting rebirth

And He Himself is infinite worth!

He's truly God and truly man

According to God's perfect plan

He saves sinners from every tribe and clan

His mercy has no bounds or span

From Bhutan to Japan

Kazakhstan to Sudan, or Iran

He's the only saving Man

Who's also the God Who can!

That's my King!

He humbled Himself to be born in a manger

Though all around He was surrounded by danger

To the likeness of sinful flesh He's no longer a stranger

But lived and died to be the sin for righteousness Exchanger

He rose up from the grave to be the only great world Changer

He'll live in you to be your whole life's Rearranger!

Hark the herald angels sing

Glory to the newborn King

Who comes with healing in His wing

All by Himself He's the greatest Thing

He's the everlasting Spring

Who alone can make your heart ring

To you salvation He will bring

If to Him by faith alone you'll cling!

That's my King! Do you know Him?!

Let every heart prepare Him room

He's God Who's come from the virgin's womb

All sin and death He will consume

He saves from wrath and judgment doom

He died on Friday – there was gloom

But Sunday He rose up from the tomb

Now He is our everlasting Groom!

That's my King! I wonder if you know Him today?!

For unto us a Child is born

Of true salvation, He's the Horn

He'll make His people cease to mourn

Joy to the world He will adorn

He came to save from sin and porn

By being Kinged with crown of thorn

In His body sins were borne

On that cross He was forlorn

He took on all our sin and scorn

At His death the curtain's torn

Yet He rose just as was sworn

So those who trust could be reborn!

That's my King!

Joy to the earth, the Savior reigns

He came to save from all our pains

From every sin He'll break those chains

If you'll seek to die like grains

Then you'll find your fruit remains

In holiness you'll make great gains!

He came to make His blessings flow

Far as the curse is found below

Though your sins are red you know

He died to make them white as snow

He took upon Himself your woe

And now your clean from head to toe

Behind His back your sins He'll throw

Just trust in Him, nothing you owe

In your heart good things He'll sow

Through His Spirit you will grow!

That's my King! I wonder if you know Him today?!

He shall save His people from their sins

That's were Matthew starts and ends

Trust in Him - your life begins

He's the Warrior-King Who always wins

And makes His enemies God's friends!

Immanuel is His glorious name

He's "God with us!" we must proclaim

In the manger our weakness He became

Go tell it on the mountain without any shame

May this good news set our world aflame

On that cross He took our blame

Forever banished all our shame

And rose from the grave all death to tame

The world will never be the same

Sadness for joy He'll reclaim

For the glorious fame of His beautiful name!

That's my King! That's my King! 

Will you trust Jesus Christ as your King today?!

The idea for this poem structure is based on S. M. Lockridge's poem "That's My King!"

God And The Gospel

To learn more about the great and true Triune God, the God-Man, Jesus Christ, His cross, and His glorious Gospel message and everlasting Kingship, please watch American Gospel: Christ Alone. You can watch the full documentary here and here for free!

My Other Christmas Blog Posts

It's Christmas, But The Cross Is Comin'!

21 Reasons God The Son Took On Human Flesh And Dwelt Among Us

Use Christmas Time And Other Times To Store Up Treasure In Heaven!

"That's My King!" Who Will Intoxicate - He'll Leave You In A Ravished State - Delights Unknown For You Await - His Love Is Best And More Than Great - He Died And Rose On Him Fixate - He'll Satisfy With Joy Elate!

My King is the Lover of all lovers of all time!

He's the Valentine of valentine's!
His love far surpasses your ability to even understand or comprehend how much He loves!
His love surpasses knowledge!
His love is the only love that satisfies the deepest longings of the human heart!
His love was enough to satisfy the infinite, everlasting Father and Holy Spirit for all eternity – so how much more must it satisfy your finite, frail human heart?!
He's enough for God! Oh how much more than enough is He for you!
He loved so much that He took on human flesh
lived a perfect life
died the most horrifying death this universe has ever seen
suffered the pains of myriads of hells in place of sinners
rose up from the grave triumphant over sin, death, and Satan
and ever lives to plead mercy for His beautiful, blood-bought Bride!

That's my all-satisfying King!

My King is more precious than more than 999 trillion universes of gold!
And every other good gift in this life compared to Him is worth less than a penny!
He commands me to hate everything else in comparison to the love I must have for Him!
And He's worthy of all that kind of love and all that kind of hate!
He's more valuable than the most precious gold and the most priceless diamond!
His value far exceeds 999 trillion worlds with all their riches and pleasures!
Whatever you love and value most in this life – Jesus exceeds that value in ways that are incomparable!

That's my King! Do you know Him?!

He's the King of all beauty!
He's the Beauty of beauties!
He's more beautiful than the most beautiful sunset because He made the sunset!
He's more beautiful than the most breathtaking scenery in the universe because He made the universe and upholds it by the Word of His power!
He's more beautiful than the most stunning flower of the field because He made them all and sustains them all!
He's more beautiful than all the starry hosts and the most amazing phenomenon in the galaxy because the heavens are telling His glory, and He placed all the stars in the heavens to magnify His own beauty!
He's more beautiful than the most gorgeous woman who has ever crossed the horizon of this world because:
she is created, but He created her
she is sinful, but He is perfect
she is finite, but He is infinite
she is the image, but He is the real thing!
If the art work of woman is so amazingly, breathtakingly, gloriously, speechlessly beautiful (and she is!), oh how much more amazingly, breathtakingly, gloriously, speechlessly beautiful must my King the Artist be?!
Oh but He is so beautiful!
More beautiful than we could ever dream or imagine!

That's my King! That's my Lover! Do you know Him?!

He made you in His own image!

He loves you with an everlasting love!

He chose you before the creation of the world to be His very own!

He will never leave you nor forsake you!

He is always for you! 

And if He is for you, then no one can successfully be against you!

He takes great delight in you like no one else ever will!

He quiets you with His love!

He rejoices over you with singing - with loud shouts of joy and delight! 

He loves you like no one else will ever love you!

He loves you more than the best mother, father, son, daughter, sister, brother, lover, boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, or wife ever could!

His love for you is deeper than the ocean!

His love for you is vaster than 10 million galaxies!

His love for you stretches as far as the east is from the west!

His love never ends!
His love never changes!

His love never grows cold!

His love lasts forever!

He will never leave you alone!

He will cause your joy and delight in Him to increase forever throughout all eternity!

You will be fully saved, safe, and satisfied in Him one day very soon and all things sad will become untrue! (Thanks John Piper & J. R. R. Tolkien for those lines!)

The best days of your life are always in the future with Him, and He will do you good all your days forever!

He's pursuing and chasing you down with goodness and mercy all the days of your life, and you shall dwell in His house forever!

That's my King!

He's the Lover Who will never let you down!
He always desires you just how you want to be desired!
He always gives you just what you need!
He's always excited to be with you!
He always delights over you!
He sings over you with loud shouts of great joy!
He always passionately and purposefully pursues you with passionate, pleasing pleasures!
He not only loves you like no other, but He makes you feel loved like no other!
He's always the most desirable of all lovers!
You'll long for Him like you've longed for no one else!
He'll take your breath away!
He'll make you jump and shout and turn all about!
He'll fill your stomach with joy and butterflies like no one you've ever met!
You'll be so in love with Him that your body would explode if He didn't first give you a new, glorified body to experience all that love and all that joy and all that pleasure!
He alone gives you the deepest, best, and longest lasting intense pleasures that have ever crossed the horizon of this world!
The most intense pleasures this world or any other lover in this world could ever offer you are only tiny candles compared to the blazing, infinite sun of our pleasure-giving, ravishing, all-satisfying God!
In His presence is fullness of joy, and at His right hand are pleasures forevermore!
He will give you pleasures that are out of this world for all eternity beyond what you could ever dream or imagine!
May He be our Preoccupation, Infatuation, and holy Fascination, for He causes intoxication more than anything else in all of creation!

That's my King! That's my King!

God And The Gospel

To learn more about the great and true Triune God, the God-Man, Jesus Christ, His cross, and His glorious Gospel message and everlasting Kingship, please watch American Gospel: Christ Alone. You can watch the full documentary here and here for free!

Valentine's Day Posts

1. "That's My King!" On Valentine's Day Who Takes Your Breath Away And Shall Forever Love Display!

2. Christ Is All On Valentine's Day And Every Day!

3. The Song Of Solomon: Love In Marriage And Love In Christ

"That's My King!" Who Created Sex Of Human Pleasures It's Apex In Love He Gives It Specs and Checks So His Great Beauty It Reflects!

The forbidden woman will bring you down
Though she wears a beautiful gown
Never has a frown
Speaks of you with great renown
And gives your heart an unspeakable meltdown
She'll make of you a foolish clown
And bring you down low to the ground
And even lower further down
Because in flames of hell you'll drown
So turn and trust the Son – be found!
For He will never be brought down
He rose in power – great renown
She never made of Him a clown
He has conquered every frown
He died –  in flames of wrath was drown
In darkness to the tomb went down
Then rose – was given every crown
To clothe you in a clean, bright gown
All the devil's work shutdown
Now Christ's the greatest Site in town
He'll give your heart the true meltdown
Oh ravish us with Your renown!

That's my King! Do you know Him?

From Jesus' pure and precious lips
The best and sweetest honey drips
Your heart His loving passion grips
For His compassion never slips
He saves you from apocalypse
Away from you all evil strips
All other lovers He'll eclipse
So trust His Word from precious lips
From Him eternal pleasure drips!

That's my King! That's my King!