by Terry Wane Benton<\/p>\n
The King let Himself be crucified, but that did not lessen His rule or disqualify Him from being King (Psalm 2). Instead, His crucifixion became the very means of winning the hearts of those who would enter His kingdom. He is the King who rules hearts by winning them first.<\/p>\n
“Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends<\/em>” (John 15:13). No king ever started a kingdom by dying for his citizens. But, Jesus did. A King who rules by the greatest form of love will have citizens who love being in the king’s domain or kingdom.<\/p>\n This King also arose from the dead to show His power is greater than death itself, and His death was indeed to save us from the condemnation we were headed for until He changed our hearts.<\/p>\n There is no king or president of any nation or country who is greater than King Jesus. All kings of the earth and presidents will bow the knee to King Jesus (Philippians 2:10). “He is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light…to whom be honor and everlasting power<\/em>“(I Timothy 6:15-16).<\/p>\n God has set the King over a kingdom of volunteers. Those who know Him, love Him! He is our greatest advantage in this world.<\/p>\n Do you know Jesus the King? Do you want to learn about Him?<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Terry Wane Benton The King let Himself be crucified, but that did not lessen His rule or disqualify Him from being King (Psalm 2). Instead, His crucifixion became the very means of winning the hearts of those who would enter His kingdom. He is the King who rules hearts by winning them first. “Greater…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27],"tags":[228,73],"class_list":["post-92147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-crucifixion","tag-jesus"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":38409,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/king-and-high-priest-now\/","url_meta":{"origin":92147,"position":0},"title":"King and High Priest Now","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 30, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"by Terry Wane Benton Premillennial thinking is that Jesus was not able to set up His kingdom in the first century like He planned, postponed that plan, and will come back again later to set up His kingdom on earth and reign for 1000 years. 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